Quote Originally Posted by izuel View Post
I wiped. Hard. repeatedly. about 2% of the way in. Thankfully nobody was around to see it.

Anybody got some basic adgvice, i thought i was getting the hang of things until this little experience. I think the main probelms im encountering are:

Defias evokers, who keep spam flamestriking my group (hitting far harder than i ever remember them being able to), which liquidates me before i can even move my team out of range.

Mass pulling. With everything else to focus on its hard to keep track of the surroundings, and wanderers often bumble into my little skirmishes.

Warrior fail tanking: anymore than one enemies are impossible to hold, as my priest swiftly draws aggro from all targets except the one im wailing on, and by the time i get round to trying to fdraw aggro from the stray iv ran out of rage and end up spamming auto attack to get aggro. by which time the priest is dead.

Runners, who somehow always manage to get away just intime to bring the rest of the instance back.
Like it was said, practice, practice, practice.

Don't worry if you wipe before the first boss - you'll get to him eventually.

Deadmines is pretty rough for low level characters, you really need to know your classes, and use *everything* in your arsenal. The pulls are'nt too bad, but positioning and aggro are a big deal, especially at the lowest level to get in the joint, as that makes you aggro magnets, and can pull mobs from further away.

But you know what? It's okay - we all start out in the same place.

Break it down. Work on the first couple of pulls, don't worry about experience, loot, or anything else but getting through them. Then work on the boss. Read instance guides to find out what you're up against.

Keep an eye on Recount or any damage meters you have, and see if you can max your DPS up, get your priest as much spellpower as possible at the level your priest is at, and then, dig into tanking. There are a lot of great websites and blogs that explain what tanking is, how to generate threat, how to hold aggro, etc. I'm still learning too, and I'm running 80 Heroics. Also, start learning crowd control - nobody uses it at 80 anymore, but in the lower levels, it still makes a huge difference, you might survive a 3 mob pull, but that 4th could make the difference between success and a wipe.