Baracko

For all those that think I yell too much when raid-leading, I promise... It could be worse. If you haven't played with this, you need to visit: Angry Raid Leading 101

Dam what the heck were you guys powered on that night? I can't even last a few minutes past the raid end The magical powers of the AFK keep me going... and going..... <afk> *snores* ...and going... wait a minute! did we pull? Im in Shattrath!?!

Welp, this boss doesn't have much bite to him.

Marr, if you dont understand why you are better off alive and why we yell when you die, this will explain everything. Oh, and by the way, this is farking hysterical. ** Watch THIS!!! **

*cheers* I think I just might have enough for those. If not, we should hopefully have them after tonight. That will about drain our HoD pool dry for now. Ill let folks know as more come available! ;p

You are not the first to echo that sentiment, and it sounds like a good idea. However, once the healers have what they need, I would like to start doing the resist gear peace-meal for the dps starting with the bracers --> feet --> waist so that we can spread the SR around a little more and maybe make some Mother Sharaz learning attempts possible. Bottom line: healers first, then we'll do it a piece at a time for the dps. RAWR! Thanks for being proactive, guys! ;p

There are two ways to go about this: 1. Spirit Chains x1 immediately, then Spirit lance in a counter clockwise fashion, Chains again when its up. This is the easiest method. MAKE SURE YOU USE HOTKEYS! Its almost impossible without using them. Here is a fantastic video with a verbal explanation to help show you this strat: NOTE: If you are unsure of where these abilities will pop up due to your UI, create macros using the following seperately: /cast Spirit Lance /cast Spirit Chains /cast Spirit Volley Personally, I set the above as 3,4,5 resepectively, because its what the flash game has them set as. 2. Spirit Volleyx1 immediately with a quick spirit chains, back up, then spirit lancex2 per in counterclockwise fashion until the cooldown return. Waldonnis and I will be around early, most likely, tonight before the raid to talk anyone through this that needs help.

Notes of interest: 1. The shadow resist tracking has been updated to reflect the 3 new pieces we are all working towards. 2. A new drawing for setting up the Teron Gorefiend fight has been posted. Familiarize yourself, please! If we have good luck on Naj and Supremus, there is no reason why we cant get Shade of Akama down and possibly work on/get down Teron Tuesday!

Considering our success in BT last week, its important to remind everyone to continue to farm for your shadow resist items. These will be crutial to our success on Mother Sharaz. Should almost all of our folks not have the items below by the time we reach her, it will most certainly be a roadblock. Shadow Resist Wiki Link Here is what you need: 1 Medallion of Karabor (hopefully! we know some of you werent around to complete that quest ) 1 Night's End Cloak **Make sure it is enchanted with Greater Shadow Protecton ** 1 SR Wrist 1 SR Feet (These should be augmented by the shadow resist kit - see our leatherworkers for this! ) 1 SR Waist 1 Greater Shadow protection enchant for cloak 1 Shadow Armor Kit for Boots ----> These items will = 321 Shadow Resist with the priest buff. Total mats needed for Wrist, Feet, Waist, and enchants (assuming everyone already has the cloak, but not enchanted): 5 Hearts of Darkness 3 Void Crystals 11 Primal Life 18 Primal Shadow 4 Heavy Knothide Leather 8 Materials (see the link listed above for which material your armor class needs) These mats are very reasonable! Lets get on it now so we're prepared for Mother Sharaz as soon as we can! Also, if you have slightly older pieces of socketed gear from SSC/TK that you're replacing with Tier 6ish loot, you can make that SR loot by putting Void Spheres in them. This way, we can increase SR even further without nurfing dps/healing too much! How to get Hearts for your gear: Just send Baracko a mail or catch me after the raid. First come, first serve on the hearts for resist gear. WE ARE NOT USING HEARTS FOR ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN RESIST GEAR AT THIS TIME. Who to get with for crafting: Cloth: Tizaria/Maube Leather: Kailand/Rahgesh Mail: Kailand/Rahgesh Plate: Calandor/Kadiana Thanks everyone, and good luck! - Bar

It would be in line with what they are saying about root working indoors for Druids, though in Arena mage and shammy with 2 sheeps and all that burst DPS is gonna be a slightly unbalanced, though luckily Blizzard never changes things in game because of people QQing*cough resto and ferals nerfs* lol *slurps up the river of tears coming from Oriah's tent* AHHH! Thats refreshing! ;p

I appreciate the praise, Odenn, but most of the credit should go to Calandor as he is the main raid leader and the more level-headed of the two of us. (Just ask anyone in last night's raid ;p) We honestly owe most of the praise to our group of dedicated folks. Although we have our problems and make our fair share of stupid, repetitive mistakes, the thing that really helps us is that people are consistent and have a sense of humor. Looking at many of the other raid groups, consistency is a big issue. Not being a raiding guild, we couldn't do it without the help of our guild partners: The Gentlemen - There is nothing gentle about them! RAWR! Ani Ayastigi - They bring epic raids of NYC ;p Gurubashi Nation - No raid is complete without some tusken love! Good luck out there in other realms, Odenn.

Datamined by a friend from wiki... NO GUARANTEES! ;p http://wotlkwiki.info/8471 I see a few shaman spells in here, but honestly I dont know everything about shamans spells so I wont try to link them. The ones that say things like "Lightning bolt" means they are new ranks of the spells. edit : Found some info The two new spells (the level 75 and 80 spells) are: Level 75: Lava Burst(Rank 1) 655 Mana, 30 yd range, 2 sec cast, 8 sec cooldown You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing 914 to 1158 Fire damage. If Flame Shock is on the target, Lava Burst will consume the Flame Shock, causing Lava Burst to critically hit. Level 80: Hex 100 Mana, 20 yd range, 0.5 sec cast, 1 min cooldown Transforms the enemy into a random critter, reducing the target's movement speed by 75%. While moving, the hexed target cannot attack or cast spells. Only one target can be hexed at a time. Only works on Humanoids and Beasts. Some of the new talents (not a complete list): Elemental: 40p, Astral Shift, x/3 When you are critically hit twice in a row, you have a 33/66/100% chance to shift into the Astra Plane, causing you to be immune to all physical damage for 3 sec. This effect has a 30 second cooldown. 40p, Lava Flow, x/3 Increases the amount of spell damage gained while having Flametongue Weapon equipped by 5/10/15%, and increases the damage done by your Flame Shock and Lava Burst by 4/7/10%. 45p, Storm, Earth and Fire, x/5 Your Frost Shock has a 5/10/15/20/25% chance to root the target in frozen ice for 2 sec., your Earth Shock's range is increased by 5 yards and the periodic damage done by your Flame Shock is increased by 20/40/60/80/100%. 50p, Thunder(Rank 1), x/1 Instant Cast, 45 sec cooldown You call down a bolt of lightning, energizing you and damaging nearby enemies within 10 yards. Restores 5% mana to you and deals 610 to 694 Nature damage to all nearby enemies, knocking them back 200 yards. Enhancement 40p, Improved Shamanistic Rage, x/2 While under the effect of Shamanistic Rage, you have a 50/100% chance also cause you to be immune to all stun, snare and movement impairing effects. 45p, Weapon Specialization, x/5 Axe - Increases the critical strike damage bonus by 5/10/15/20/25%. Mace - Has a 1/2/3/4/5% chance to increase your melee haste 10% for 15 sec. Fist - Attacks from your fist weapons have a 1/2/3/4/5% chance to reduce the armor of your target by 20% for 6 sec. 50p, Feral Spirit, x/1 12% Base Mana, 30 yd range, Instant Cast, 2 min cooldown Summons 2 Spirit Wolves under the command of the Shaman, lasting 30 sec. Restoration 40p, Ancestral Awakening, x/3 When you critically heal with your Healing Wave or Lesser Healing Wave, you summon an Ancestral spirit to aid you, instantly healing the lowest health friendly target within 40 yards for 20/40/60% of the amount healed. 45p, Tidal Waves, x/5 Increases the critical effect chance of your Lesser Healing Wave and Healing Wave spells by 1/2/3/4/5%, and your Healing Wave and Lesser Healing Wave spells gain an additional 5/10/15/20/25% of your bonus healing effects. 50p, Spirit Link(Rank 1), x/1 12% Base Mana, 40 yd range, Instant Cast You link the friendly target with two nearby targets, causing 50% of the damage taken to be distributed to the linked targets. After 2200 damage, the link will sever. Earthliving Rank 1 Heals the target for $o1 over $d. Yay we got a HoT. For those thinking it might not be a shaman spell… name matches our new healing weapon buff: Earthliving Weapon Rank 1 Imbue the Shaman's weapon with earthen life. Increases healing done by $51940$s2 and each heal has a 20% chance to proc Earthliving on the target, healing an additional $51940s1 over $51940d. Lasts 30 minutes. Elemental Shields Rank 3 Increases the damage done by your Lightning Shield orbs by $s1%, increases the amount of mana gained from your Mana Shield orbs by $s2% and increases the amount of healing done by your Earth Shield orbs by $s2%. Improved Fire Nova Totem Stuns the target for $d. Tidal Waves Rank 3 Increases the critical effect chance of your Lesser Healing Wave and Healing Wave spells by $s1%, and your Healing Wave and Lesser Healing Wave spells gain an additional $s2% of your bonus healing effects. Ancestral Awakening Rank 3 When you critically heal with your Healing Wave or Lesser Healing Wave, you summon an Ancestral spirit to aid you, instantly healing the lowest health friendly target within 40 yards for $s1% of the amount healed. (sounds like a 51 pointer, maybe not) Improved Earth Shield Rank 1 Increases the amount of charges for your Earth Shield by $s1, and increasing the healing done by your Earth Shield by $s2%. Blessing of the Eternals Rank 2 Increases the critical effect chance of your spells by $s1%, and increases the bonus healing from your Earthliving weapon by $s2%. Feral Spirit Summons $s1 Spirit Wolves under the command of the Shaman, lasting $d. Static Shock Rank 3 You have a $s1% chance to hit your target with a Lightning Shield Orb charge when you do damage, and increases your spell damage by $s2% when you have Lightning Shield active. Improved Stormstrike Rank 2 Increases the amount of Stormstrike charges by $s2, and reduces the cooldown by $s1 sec. Improved Shamanistic Rage Rank 1 While under the effect of Shamanistic Rage, you have a $s1% chance also cause you to be immune to all stun, snare and movement impairing effects. Thunder Rank 1 You call down a bolt of lightning, energizing you and damaging nearby enemies within $a1 yards. Restores $s2% mana to you and deals $s1 Nature damage to all nearby enemies, knocking them back $s3 yards. Storm, Earth and Fire Rank 5 Your Frost Shock has a $s1% chance to root the target in frozen ice for 2 sec., your Earth Shock's range is increased by $s2 yards and the periodic damage done by your Flame Shock is increased by $s3%. Not sure: Skin of Earth Thorns sprout from the friendly target causing $s1 Nature damage to attackers when hit. Lasts $d. Not sure: Iron Might Increases the caster's damage it deals by $s1% for $d. Lava Flow Rank 3 Increases the amount of spell damage gained while having Flametongue Weapon equipped by $s1%, and increases the damage done by your Flame Shock and Lava Burst by $s2%. Astral Shift Rank 2 When you are critically hit twice in a row, you have a $s1% chance to shift into the Astra Plane, causing you to be immune to all physical damage for 3 sec. This effect has a 30 second cooldown. Summon Air Elemental Summons an Air Elemental to accompany the caster until dismissed. Elemental Oath Rank 2 Increases your chance to hit with all spells by $s1% while Elemental Mastery or Elemental Focus is active.

On our first official foray into BT, we did pretty well. The Shade will fall next week!

YES! *winks*

Congratulations everyone on a job well done! Very fine DPS and healing. Those summoners in Mag's room went down as fast as some very well-geared groups get em down! A few more weeks, and its gonna be an hour clear! RAWR! - Baracko, your backup ;p

Target for this evening: BT ** Make sure you have lots of HEALTH POTS with you. EVERYONE will need them. ** Read up on the Najentus and Supremus fights! Familiarize yourself with the timers and such. HOLY! You will be healing some tonight! bring your gear... ** There is a new picture posted for Najentus to explain placement. This one is correct in regards to local surroundings... print it out or have it up and ready. Najentus, Supremus and maybe Akama die tonight! RAWR!

Picture updated for Tuesday night's confusion. Consumables... potion.... you will bring.... I shouldnt have to remind you... mods.... quick action... phat lootz....dead Archi.

*hordes the loot* Dats my loot, kitten! *gives the kitten to Calandor to throw into the blender*

Im telling your wife, Eigun!

Yes. I have a very understanding better-half. K Wow... hold on to that one. ;p

For those of that are more musically inclined, listen to these before heading to Archi: Video 1 Also, I was chatting with Uglutz while he was stuck on the highway in NY last week, heard this in the background, and thought it was fitting! Uglutz, for shame! Catch the predominant theme here? (besides the fact that Uglutz likes John Travolta? ;p) Listen to V, you noobs! We're gonna start calling out fools in TS and verbally abusing you! *gets the whip ready* And clear TS while yer at it! *shakes fist*

RAWR!

I want to make sure that everyone gets a chance, so Im going to stay out of this one other than to provide support and help where needed. You know if Im online and free, Im there to help if needed! ;p

Despite a rocky start to the evening, we prevailed and downed Azgalor! Next week, we start solely on T6 content alone, and Archimonde is in our sights! Congrats to our raiders on their first Tier 6 loot! Gloves going to: Holyssa Kadiana Rahgesh Archimonde! We're coming for you!

When it comes time for me to stop using XP, I'll be going Mac as well, I think. I don't think I want to head into an OS as. . . fractious. . . as Linux, and I'm sure not going to use Vista. Hey! Im the only one who can hijack threads on these boards! Stay on target...