I rolled 4 new accounts, my other half tanks and I'm healing and dpsing.. we only have the boa cloak and we can clear instance bosses 4 levels above us.. now with full boa gear it would be insane.
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I rolled 4 new accounts, my other half tanks and I'm healing and dpsing.. we only have the boa cloak and we can clear instance bosses 4 levels above us.. now with full boa gear it would be insane.
I did notice that :) maybe I should put that in my rotation! /attack !!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Zub
I'd say 'average' 3-4 corpse runs, gundrak trash, rhino's and elemental boss would have brought up that average - trash due to short sheeps, the elemental boss was much easier when I ran away between phases - and those rhino's... well I wouldn't mind popping mirrors for each one and waiting 3 minutes :)
Nexus - died 3-4 times on the last boss, but not before. Ok once I worked out my tactic.
Utgarde Keep - twice, once on second boss and once on last boss.
Azol-Nerub - purposely commit suicide on first boss, as killing the packs before the boss was too overwhelming with no CC and being chain pulled. The last boss I wiped 2-3 times.
Drak'Tharon Keep - I think I only died once and that was on the mixed trash before the last boss, undead versus humanoids with a patrol - just being careless.
For sure it would be a easier, but 4 levels above is your limit really before the enemy become 'red' and very hard to hit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andreauk
I suppose the trouble with getting the best gear for your level - is that you will often gain experience in doing so and grow out of them faster. With heirlooms, you get the equivalent best gear for your level every time you level up. It's a nice luxury:)
Another thing, I should have gotten the lvl 70 epic pvp gear much sooner.
It was a boost to the greens I'd been collecting for 4 levels from quests...
http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/characte...udgem/advanced
http://mudgem.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/mudgem.jpg
For the record, I went back to Gun'Drak @ level 75 without a single wipe. It was now much easier when my spells don't miss so much, and I knew what to expect from the bosses
also found you could sheep rhino riders..
last boss was 13 seconds instead of 22 seconds @ levle 74
The CSS/HTML broke on my last theme somehow, so I just switched to another.. :)
The 1080p has the audio swap already.
http://mudgem.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/gundrak-video/
Quote:
Originally Posted by dancook
Do you have a link with all your add-ons? And a link to your macros and set up. I have a 5 mage team as well, I would like to add to my set up with what you are doing.
What are you using grid for specifically?
Taken from curse client:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Liquidity
Atlast loot enhanced
auctioneer
clique
dbm spell timers
deadly boss mods + old instances
grid
grid custom layouts
jamba
pitbull unit frames
recount
smartbuff.
Macros are pretty simple I have a round robin on T that runs
/focus
/script SetRaidTarget("target", 1)
/focus
/script SetRaidTarget("target", 2)
3..4..5. etc
Then R sent to all to cast.
/cast [@focus] polymorph
My instant Arcane Barrage key
/castsequence reset=1 Arcane Barrage, Ice Lance, Fire Blast, Arcane Barrage, Ice Lance, Ice Lance, Arcane Barrage, Ice Lance, Ice Lance
/use Mana Gem
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Arcane Power
Mana efficient dps
/stopmacro [channeling]
/castsequence reset=6 Arcane Blast,Arcane Blast,Arcane Missiles
/use Mana Gem
/use 13
/use 14
Nuke
/stopmacro [channeling]
/castsequence reset=6 Arcane Blast,Arcane Blast
/use Mana Gem
/use 13
/use 14
This is my second macro fired for both on DPS
/stopmacro [channeling]
/castsequence Arcane Blast
/cast Arcane Power
/cast Presence of Mind
Focus magic is cast when I hit my smartbuff click button (via macro)
!if (character is "slot 1") /castsequence [@{SLOT2}] reset=60 Focus Magic, null
!if (character is "slot 2") /castsequence [@{SLOT3}] reset=60 Focus Magic, null
!if (character is "slot 3") /castsequence [@{SLOT4}] reset=60 Focus Magic, null
!if (character is "slot 4") /castsequence [@{SLOT5}] reset=60 Focus Magic, null
!if (character is "slot 5") /castsequence [@{SLOT1}] reset=60 Focus Magic, null
I originally used it for my DKs+Pala with clique healing - I just kind of like it as a big notification of party health. I was thinking that if I evolved use of it I would be able to click the mage for ice block to prevent death whilst the others continued to dps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Multibocks
Yeah I was going to do the same, but I stopped playing my mages. Well until the new raid instance comes out that hopefully has trash we can farm :)
Halls of stone - new video!
http://mudgem.wordpress.com/2011/11/...f-stone-video/
Got a new video - battlegrounds!
http://mudgem.wordpress.com/2011/11/...-valley-video/
black rock caverns
http://mudgem.wordpress.com/2011/11/...caverns-video/
utgarde pinnacle
http://mudgem.wordpress.com/2011/11/...innacle-video/
halls of lightning
http://mudgem.wordpress.com/2011/11/...ghtning-video/
I think i've hit a stumbling block in cata, in the stonecore I can take down the worm @ about 1.3 mil health - but the drake @ 2.6mil seems a bit too high - got to 1mil before I wiped.
The videos I've seen online of mages beating cata bosses were level 85 I believe - therein lies the secret? :)
You're still 82 if i'm not mistaken, by the time you're 85 your dmg output will have tripled.Quote:
Originally Posted by dancook
I know but it seems cheap to do the stonecore @ 85:)
Was looking at your toons and noticed this:
http://tonicturtle.free.fr/wow/mudgem.png
must have had a hard time buying those BOAs :-)
The gold wasn't so much the problem - it was collecting all them justice points!! for the rest.
I meant sending your gnome to Orgrimmar :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by dancook
ahaha :) yes.. good spot..silly blizzQuote:
Originally Posted by Zub
All arcanes ?
how about all frost mages. or mixing them up.
wouldn't that extra pet after the aggro dump be better ? (more time to dps since the pet takes damage + 3 images).
I am only level 62 x 5. but having funs except the corpse run occasionally.
No, frost doesn't have near the dps that arcane has. At 85 you will see some ridiculous numbers because the fight is so short.
i see.
arcane x 5 then. Other than fireland mobs, anything else to do with the team ?
I actually hadn't considered Firelands trash.Quote:
Originally Posted by remanz
AV has been great fun, just got exalted and I 4000 HP waiting to spend. (currently 84 1/2)
I actually played through all the quests in Hyjal and Deepholm - it didn't seem like as much of a chore with the mage team.
I will be trying out all the cataclysm heroics @ 85 :) when i get a bit of gear.
Made almost 1mill on firelands trash. Then gave it all away lol.
What were you running? have you got a link/armory?
Just arcane mages. Farmed the trash for the first few days of the fire lands patch. People were paying 60 k a drop and they were dropping like candy. Easy money.
fire mages got a pretty big buff for 4.3. So I might be trying that out.
BGs, I don't know. have to see. 85 pvp is pretty brutal. Have to practice on what to do when you get swarmed by melees. Can't be constantly losing slaves in a fight. Once split, the grouping up is pretty frustrating. If things get worse, I might swap a mage with a priest. Old school priest + 4 mages.
as for heroics , I am sure mages can do some.
Have Blizz changed how Mirror images works? Tried Utgardt keep today and had more troubles than usual killing the Prince. Seemed like he ignored my mirrors and kept attacking my real characters instead. (Or was it simply bad luck this time).
Another question. Can I kill Ingvar somehow with a 5x mage team? Those 30 sec with images isn't enough since he fights in two phases. I keep wiping every time at Ingvar.
http://mudgem.wordpress.com/2011/11/09/utgarde-keep/
On Ingvar burn him down in phase one, get behind pillar then pop mirrors for second phase:)
Running 3 mages in normal dungeons with random tank/healer - easy JP since you get the bonus 7 times a week, fast runs.
Actually I was noticing this when I was trying to farm raid trash, it would ignore images. Don't know why.Quote:
Originally Posted by valle2000
Once each mage has the ilevel for heroics I've been running them singularly, now I have two mages raiding the LFR.
I also did Sarth the dragon for my first black drake, was too easy! :)
three mages are raid ready, the other ilvl 333.
I tried firelands and managed to down the first rock giant and a salamander trash mob group.
Couldn't see how to do the spiders... and I died on the doggy in the fire before i decided to stop for now.
I got a 378 amulet though! woo :)
ok after a bit of reading - i guess i'm suppose to kill the salamander pack except one (the toughie) and reset it. Best way to do that? invis?
Ok I worked it out and made a little video :)
http://mudgem.wordpress.com/2011/12/...s-trash-video/