One boss to go and all Heroics cleared.

[Teslah]

Teslah, I'm not sure everyone who reads your post appreciates what you've been able to do. I know what it has been like to down a few heroics consistently, but I'm far from having them all down and I certainly haven't experienced all that they can throw at you. Heck, I haven't even set foot in Throne of Tides (regular or heroic).

Your post is quite a contrast a few other posts here about people struggling with heroics (and many quitting with this at least part of their reason). You seem to have persevered and prospered through hard work. Bravo. I look forward to your videos!
I have a couple of teams that have ilvls in the 340s and a couple that are pretty new with ilvls around 330. Getting a few more heroics down will make gearing them easier.


Whur, other interrupts that are a godsend are the famous shammy Wind Shear and the Boomkin's Solar Beam. Pallies have a stun that acts as an interrupt but is on a longer cooldown. Those, in addition to the warrior and mage ones you mentioned should keep you ready to stop those mobs from casting their worst crap on you. Keep learning and having fun.

Thank you for the very nice response.

No question this expansion is frustrating. I certainly have moments where my mouse gets a beating, and I am ready to throw my computer through the window lol. I don't want anyone to think there is a magic formula, and I am holding a coffee in one hand while running heroics. Some of the fights require constant focus and a lot of luck.

I did want to clarify a couple of things for everyone.

1. By no means do I have places like Lost City, GB or ToT on farm. Some of the fights are as much luck right now as strategy. Some of the bosses I have only killed a couple of times, but it feels a little less stressful now that they are finally down.

2. For DPS I can get 12k to 14k (spikes only) at the target dummy with no one moving, totems down, regular buffs up and letting dots get fully going. In dungeons I am averaging about 8k to 11k for full runs. No way I can maintain the target dummy numbers. Someone asked me to fraps the target dummy recount thing for 30 seconds to show them I can get to 10k+ with a one button macro on severtal different classes. I can get to 12k+ on all classes now (only at the target dummy and some boss fights) with one button macros. I'll try to do that later today.

3. If people have the ability to get help, do it. Before clearing some of these solo I brought a friend along to make things easier. Just having one more real person in the group makes a huge difference. If you have the ability to do it, by all means get someone else to help you get these things completed.

4. Run everything on normal to get used to it. Once you do ToT on normal you'll think this place is a cake walk. Of course heroic will be a little different. Heroic Lady Naz was one of those I thought I would never get, but I finally was able to get the right movement down.

A quick strat for her. Stay grouped, move for poison throw, whirlpools and you have to interrupt shock blast every time. The real pain of this fight is when the adds spawn. I swapped in a mage after a few wipes, made e a /target witch /sheep macro and was able to get the hang of it after some time. The vortexes that spawn from the middle and constantly come at you are a royal pain. What I started doing was getting as far out from the middle as I could so I had time to move. Also, during this phase spread out or you will have 3 to 4 vortexes coming at you at all times. I was able to sheep one add, tank the two remaining, kill the chain lightning witch first, then the melee guy, then the sheep.

5. Also, for the harder fights I used elixirs, potions, resists, drums and so on to max all stats. They are easy to make and helped me get bosses like Setesh down at first.

6. For many of the first time clears of heroics I would end up with two or three people alive. It gets easier, but I died a lot just trying to get comfortable with everything. It wasn't pretty, but it got done. It's getting a little easier just because I know what to expect now.

7. Lastly, once you can get the first boss down the rest seem easier. I am not sure if they designed it this way, but examples include ToT, GB, LC, HoO. Those first bosses seem really tough at first, but once they are down you can get several more of the bosses much easier. Of course I have yet to solo GB end boss and didn't get ToT final boss down yet. I'll probably get some help on that one when I have a chance to run it again.

Anyway, I am guessing most of the people ready to quit are just frustrated. Their competitive side will get the best of them and they will keep trying. As I mentioned, I will most likely take a break. I always do after I am able to experience most of the content in an expansion.