Blackrock Caverns = ouch!

[Andreauk]

So I decided at level 81 to give it a try with the 4 Hunters and Holy Priest.

First boss wasn't too bad.. I failed to move on the last quake so died out of stupidity.

Corla.. well I gave up recording.. and decided to giver her 1 last try (6 previous attempts) and managed to burn her down with Ancient Hysteria + trinkets.. adds popped and I had 2 out of the 5 alive.. but she did go down.

Karsh Steelbender now he was my fave.. very fun fight but a lot of moving and pet management.. but we did it

Beauty was down first time.. no real issue.

Acendant Lord Obsidius, now there's a boss I hated! Gave up recording him I failed so many times.. I have 1 button to send pets in and another to recall.. in the end I took the send pet button off the 2 non-tank pets and stuck them on aggressive.. leaving the x2 tank pets on the boss.. and it worked like a charm

Anyways here are the movies I did manage to capture.

[HPAVC]

You'll have that boss if you have everyone attach the chains and then disengage.

[Andreauk]

You'll have that boss if you have everyone attach the chains and then disengage.

I have all the abilities there.. there is just so much going on that I forget silly things like that.. guess it will come with time

[d0z3rr]

I had a hell of a time with that place @ 80 with my melee team, couldn't imagine doing it with your team, probably would have shot myself in the face eventually.

[blast3r]

Very nice!

[Ashley]

Hrm I did this easy at the start of Cata with 5 shamans, has Blizz made it harder?

[Atrocious]

Hrm I did this easy at the start of Cata with 5 shamans, has Blizz made it harder?

Nah don't think so, just think that doing it with 4 hunters + healer might not be the easiest way to do things.Of course I might be wrong.

Also I have to say that comps do make a difference, I have two comps I've been playing a bit lately. 1 85 pally tank, level 80ish priest disc, 1 85 elem shammy + 2 x 80ish elem shammies. Instances were easy mode. Don't think we ever wiped on anything normal as I leveled them up to 85. So I tried level 80ish warrior + 85 druid resto, 85 demo warlock, 85 fire mage, 85 ele shammy. Wiped more and fights were in general harder.

Note this is part of a larger experiment to try to figure out what tank, healer, dps comps are "best". Hopefully I'll get to try all the 3xelem + tank + healer combinations fairly soon, missing DK tank(at 72 atm), druid tank(level 1 ouch), Pally healer(level 15), Shammy Healer(level 68). So maybe by this fall I'll have those combos done.

[Andreauk]

Nah don't think so, just think that doing it with 4 hunters + healer might not be the easiest way to do things.Of course I might be wrong.

Also I have to say that comps do make a difference, I have two comps I've been playing a bit lately. 1 85 pally tank, level 80ish priest disc, 1 85 elem shammy + 2 x 80ish elem shammies. Instances were easy mode. Don't think we ever wiped on anything normal as I leveled them up to 85. So I tried level 80ish warrior + 85 druid resto, 85 demo warlock, 85 fire mage, 85 ele shammy. Wiped more and fights were in general harder.

Note this is part of a larger experiment to try to figure out what tank, healer, dps comps are "best". Hopefully I'll get to try all the 3xelem + tank + healer combinations fairly soon, missing DK tank(at 72 atm), druid tank(level 1 ouch), Pally healer(level 15), Shammy Healer(level 68). So maybe by this fall I'll have those combos done.

Wouldn't the experiment be a little more accurate if all 5 toons were of the same level?

[Atrocious]

Wouldn't the experiment be a little more accurate if all 5 toons were of the same level?

Yupp, that's why I have to level all those toons up..... Not sure it will happen, but the warrior is 84,5ish, so at least I can get a comparison between pally and warrior done soon, resto druid vs disc priest I can do now. So those two comparisons will be done first.

Previous statements is just an initial feeling I have as one would suspect that 1 level 80ish+4x 85 would be superior to 2 level 85s+ 3 80ish. I am suspecting that also certain classes are easier to MB than others. If I get all the comps I want done, then I'll write a comprehensive guide. LOL

[Redbeard]

Thatll be a tough comparison to make, but I would love to read your findings. Just keep in mind things like:

- Your comfort level with both classes
- The quality of your macros
- Their macro-ability (i.e. how close to optimum you can get to wtih castsequence tricks)
- Their synergy with that particular group.

Will all affect your outcome.

Be glad to read how it goes for you.