Has anyone 5 boxed and gotten a Bronze drake since 3.0.8?

Ran 4x ele (~2000-2200sp) and a mostly epic DK tank. Ran Heroic for the first time (no normal runs prior) after reading a couple strats and I looted the drake with 2 minutes left. The new talents and +dmg is really great for instances.

note: i spec'd out of some pvp talents and into -10%mana cost / +mp5 talents for heroics this week. I think it really helped, I only had to drink quickly after boss fights, nothing else.

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Originally Posted by 'Hachoo',index.php?page=Thread&postID=170839#post1 70839

Hmm I didn't think about not looting boss 2 and 3 - how long will bosses stay there after they die before they despawn? I'd hate to lose 2 emblems and a couple blue items to get the bronze drake, but if they stay for 15 minutes or so it would obviously be possible to get back to the corpses. Anyone know?

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They stay there for the entirety. I only look Meathook waiting for the waves to respawn. But leave up Flesh guy and Chrono Lord.

Got my first drake this evening with more than 3 minutes to spare.

Awesome! Will try this again tonight with only looting meathook as looting the other 2 bosses definitely adds 60 seconds or so to my run time, also I will try just drinking for a few seconds at a time as I have chances instead of stopping for 30seconds to drink when I need it. I think between those two and with a tiny bit of luck I can get them.

The other thing is, I will be getting 4x emblem shields for my shamans tonight and the extra armor/block will probably help reduce any damage I take from zombies which might help prevent needing any healing through the run (or not as much) on the DPS. Once I can get the 25 min run down to a science I'll probably make a video of it as well now that I have my video creation stuff working OK.

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Originally Posted by 'Hachoo',index.php?page=Thread&postID=171044#post1 71044

Awesome! Will try this again tonight with only looting meathook as looting the other 2 bosses definitely adds 60 seconds or so to my run time, also I will try just drinking for a few seconds at a time as I have chances instead of stopping for 30seconds to drink when I need it. I think between those two and with a tiny bit of luck I can get them.

The other thing is, I will be getting 4x emblem shields for my shamans tonight and the extra armor/block will probably help reduce any damage I take from zombies which might help prevent needing any healing through the run (or not as much) on the DPS. Once I can get the 25 min run down to a science I'll probably make a video of it as well now that I have my video creation stuff working OK.

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Just got my second today with 3:45 to spare. I don't wear the shield as the pathetic block rate on shamans isn't worth it, and use the ward of the violet citadel instead (just for hit, but I'm well over the heroic cap, so it's mainly for raiding).

The -only- time i drink is after meathook, while arthas is trying to hit the infinite mobs in the inn in disguise, and while chrono lord is coming out. When arthas pauses in the archway on the gauntlet pull ahead of him, and you can make up a good chunk of time. I had a horrible spawn rotation today too, as it was Town Hall -> Fountain, over and over. Only 8, 9, and 10 were close together.