OK, on a lark and just to make sure gear didn't make all that much difference, I stripped off most of my gear and ran Ahune tonight for my 2 badges per my above strategery. Here's the paper doll stats I started the fight with:
Tank = 24.6k, 2895ap, 16% crit, 10exp, 199 hit, 427 dps, 20.68% dodge, 15% parry, 9% block, 501 defense (LOL!), 21284armor, 2899 gearscore.
DPS = 17k, 2941ap, 22% crit, 0exp, 280 hit, 484dps, 11% dodge, 5% parry/block, 400def (default), 9343armor, 2300ish gearscore (ROFL)
Yeah, I had to do the core twice but ONLY twice, I killed it just as the 3rd hailstone popped. Average DPS on the rets was ~1400 overall with 1325-1525 on the third hailstone, mostly from divine storm and consecration AoE on all the adds.
I used lay on hands towards the end of the 2nd hailstone as I flubbed the transition and got hit by a spike. Otherwise, aside from it being a bit close when the hailstones died, the rest went pretty much as I described above. You have a few more adds following you around as you don't kill them as fast when undergeared but SoLight kept me topped off between phases and I was always at full health except during and shortly after the hailstones.
I'll grant you that he's a lot more unforgiving with low gear but it isn't as bad as I thought it would be.
On a latency note, I'm showing about 215ms when the fight ended. Oh, how I miss my Verizon FiOS fiber sub 30ms pings. :P
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