September 16, 2008, 07:09 AM
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Character Info
Solarus
70 Human Warlock
Zenedar
Euro
PvP
Talent Spec: 6/44/11
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Re: ZA Bear Run Tips
Well funnily enough you run almost the same class composition as we do for the bear runs with a couple of spec differences.
The main problems I can see on the run, but i'll summarise mainly what other people have said:
You're running with 3 healers. 1 DPS makes that much more difference. If you can do it with 2 healers (which you should), then try for it. A couple of months back we were trying with 3 healers and ended up about 6 minutes short which is about what you guys are doing now.
You're running with 2 mages. Fair enough that you've probably picked the players who are most competent but ideally you want to maximise the class synergy to get the most out of what you're playing with.
1: I would swap one of the mages with one of your best/most reliable hunters. Place him in the melee group so he benefits from the melee buffs. You've then also got a misdirection for faster pulling.
2: Get your holy priest to spec into shadow. 5% more caster damage and mana regen for your entire group makes up a LOT of time especially when healers have less chance of going out of mana and you're killing mobs slightly faster.
As people have said above it might be an idea for you to spec destruction for the runs. Affliction doesn't really give as much burst DPS as destruction and the majority of the run will be trash, which is what you are going to be needing. If you don't think you're quite ready to go destruction yet then one of your priorities should be to gear up for it.
Mage - I disagree with the point about the mages having to be fire for the run. I've played with a mage who played in both specs in several different runs and saw only marginal differences in the amount of damage he put out. If your mage knows how to use his spells and cooldowns correctly, i.e 2x icy veins on cooldowns etc, then I don't see why the fact that your mages are frost should be a problem so long as they are PVE frost spec.
Lastly here's a report of one of our (less recent) ZA runs. (I'll upload it again since it's due to expire soon)
Wow Web Stats
Mage in question was actually arcane spec, which proves your ZA run can be done well no matter what spec he is. The most valuable thing about arcane is the 40% less threat talent, which is why I was limited on so many of the fights. On Nalorakk for example the whole group was shouting to watch my threat :P
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