tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post4091733042694207094..comments2024-03-27T07:57:48.010-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: Monday Random ThoughtsTheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-11160417039688495312015-03-13T07:53:35.459-04:002015-03-13T07:53:35.459-04:00I tried doubling up a few times. Sometimes it wor...I tried doubling up a few times. Sometimes it worked, sometimes my timing might have been off just by a second or tow. But I could not effectively do it. I think it was a combination of skill factor, as I do not tank on it often and can sometimes be a bit slow to react or prepare, and gear, for even when I did roll what was needed I did not have enough health to take the hit.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-32206410499973102202015-03-13T02:13:57.086-04:002015-03-13T02:13:57.086-04:00Also, from what I remember, you could rotate cds a...Also, from what I remember, you could rotate cds and it would mostly suffice, and only on breaths that conincide with high stacks of rot (>2), like using shield wall/demo shout for one and last stand/demo for the next time it happens, and on the third time shield wall should be off cd again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-65748597097202346802015-03-12T12:07:27.037-04:002015-03-12T12:07:27.037-04:00I think 660 would be better too. I think now that ...I think 660 would be better too. I think now that I added two better trinkets that run that I could probably do it next time. One had 666 stamina and I think that extra health cushion could be the difference. <br /><br />Looks like externals or over gearing it are the only options for me sadly. Thanks for letting me know it was not some simple ability I somehow over looked.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-12091347488823247532015-03-12T10:39:55.812-04:002015-03-12T10:39:55.812-04:00Warrior tanks are really bad at mitigating magic d...Warrior tanks are really bad at mitigating magic damage, so your choices are a full SBar (doesnt do much) and using your cds/calling for externals. Also 650 is a tad low for HM HC imho.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-46145284514410869232015-03-10T13:34:09.138-04:002015-03-10T13:34:09.138-04:00Congrats on doing it without an interrupt. I alwa...Congrats on doing it without an interrupt. I always used one so I never tried without it, but that was smart thinking.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-62251702505743237462015-03-10T11:08:25.795-04:002015-03-10T11:08:25.795-04:00The interruption demon (with Talent upgrade) is th...The interruption demon (with Talent upgrade) is the floating blob with many eyes and who shoots interruption laser beams from these eyes on command. I passed the test with four-arms demon girl. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-51387207404155534012015-03-10T11:00:38.081-04:002015-03-10T11:00:38.081-04:00That is an insanely smart move to get around the ...That is an insanely smart move to get around the heal. Bait him to heal someone else, but make sure you are damaging him as well, then after he heals them, kill him. It shows smart game play, big plus to you.<br /><br />Was going to say you have pets with interrupts, and not sure if you have the same interrupt as aff as I do in desto, but I have a ground effect stun that works as an interrupt. Either way, you adapted to the situation and found a suitable solution.<br /><br />That is what I love about soloing content. I have a few hunter firsts under my belt for doing things "odd" ways like that. Hey, just because it isn't normal, doesn't mean it is not right. ;)TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-13802319698074622102015-03-10T10:57:01.446-04:002015-03-10T10:57:01.446-04:00As would I, but funny part is, the people that fai...As would I, but funny part is, the people that fail the proving grounds are failing because they are trying to DPS only and not doing those things.<br /><br />Interesting how the damage dealing challenge isn't really about damage dealing at all.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-12641932526545005562015-03-10T10:08:26.673-04:002015-03-10T10:08:26.673-04:00- You need good situational awareness.
- Good pos... - You need good situational awareness.<br /> - Good positioning.<br /> - Good target selection.<br /> - Good interrupting.<br /><br />I'll take someone with those skills ahead of someone with 'good dps' in my groups any day of the week.Solahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193184689961780585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-77598967318460199252015-03-10T09:25:49.208-04:002015-03-10T09:25:49.208-04:00Proving grounds was a disaster for my Affliction W...Proving grounds was a disaster for my Affliction Warlock. <br />First, it's AoE of course which is pretty ridiculous. <br />Second, I found myself with NO interrupts in my pocket - like at all and had to invent a piece of tactics. I heavily DoT some other guy (cause DoTs do their job by themselves), then when healer heals it - burst and finish the healer itself while he's on CD. <br /><br />Damn proud with myself, only after passing the test I remembered that I have a demon with interruption spell. Still, some extra brain work doesn't cause any harm, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-15203384945245026392015-03-10T07:58:49.350-04:002015-03-10T07:58:49.350-04:00Those would be some interesting glasses. Could re...Those would be some interesting glasses. Could really help with a lot of the games I play. Wow is not that bad really,but some games I just can not play because of being color blind.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-25682014962757352422015-03-10T01:30:33.676-04:002015-03-10T01:30:33.676-04:00Elkagorasa, we had a thread on the forums with a D...Elkagorasa, we had a thread on the forums with a Destro lock having problems with Silver, http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/13123844457 who eventually got through, and this video may have helped a bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxjPibiGPuc<br /><br />The thing with PG - it's all about knowing the rounds, having the right plan for the right time (and occasionally panicking when you miss a cue :)<br /><br />And since this is a random Monday, it seems appropriate that I browsed your blog and see that you, like Grumpy, have some colorblindness, and today on the Dilbert blog I noticed him mentioning a new type of glasses that can compensate for some cases of colorblindness. I have no idea, but apparently they give a test and a 30 day trial. http://scottadams-tttt.tumblr.com/post/113120520505/top-tech-ten-fusion-color-commuting-robots<br /><br />Gráinnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-78793960039748872642015-03-09T16:00:35.491-04:002015-03-09T16:00:35.491-04:00If you are talking the AoE pack with all the littl...If you are talking the AoE pack with all the little guys, that can be a problem for classes with little AoE or that are not used to using it. I barely managed it on my shadow priest and my rogue.<br /><br />For destro make sure you keep all your embers going, when they spawn drop rain on them and then fire and brimstone them down targeting the center one. If it is the one with the amber guy in the back make sure to havoc him before doing the incenrate spam with fire and brimstone. If you go into that with full embers you should have no problem.<br /><br />Now mind you my lock is still 90, so I can not say from experience, but based on what I did with all the others, and hoping they did not change too much, that should be ample to get it down in time.<br /><br />For the one with two ambers put you personal port down to the side of one of them, at little behind it, like at its 2 oclock or 10 oclock depending on which one you are doing. Start DPSing the healing one and keep an eye out for the interrupt. Walk up to the one in front leaning front left or front right, depending where you put your port, when the one amber hits it, port instantly and the other amber will hit the other shaper. Finish the healer, then kill the other amber buy who will keep the one you are standing by froze, then kill the last amber guy. As long as you kept your dots on the main guy in front you used as bait he will die when the second amber one dies.<br /><br />I would be very glad to write you out a more detailed version. But I do not kno1 100% what has changed and what has not as I have not leveled mine yet. But desto should make quick work of it. Better than the other specs in my opinion.<br /><br />It is just about using your toolbox. On my paladin I have absolutely sick AoE so I used that to my advantage to cover for much lower DPS and positioned myself so my AoE was always hitting as much as possible.<br /><br />It is all about the little things in the proving grounds.<br /><br />Stop worrying about doing "top" DPS and just work on your tricks, like ones I mentioned, and it will fall without you even thinking about it.<br /><br />You are like a lot of other people out there. You are better than you think you are, but you are just concentrating on the wrong thing which is holding you back, thats all. I know you can do it.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-55724561410353703912015-03-09T15:31:36.010-04:002015-03-09T15:31:36.010-04:00Ouch! I must be the worst destro warlock ever. I d...Ouch! I must be the worst destro warlock ever. I don't think it's raid awareness as I have the first 6 fights mapped out for best amber passing, but still can't manage to get all those darn vermin down or the one last lizard, or... sigh.. <br /><br />You one-shot the dps proving grounds and I have yet to get passed it after many multiple times. Maybe it's destro spec? I've all but given up passing this on DPS (or ever seeing the legendary ring) and put a call out to <a href="http://www.elkagorasa.info/2015/02/request-for-62.html" rel="nofollow">Blizzard</a> to remove this artificial barrier. Sigh... evidently it's just me.Elkagorasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16868176919786509891noreply@blogger.com