Difference between revisions of "Tales of the Horde"

Latest revision as of 23:42, 14 February 2012

Background

To change up a weekly group of balanced questers on Stormrage, we migrated the group to Tichondrius and decided on a gimick: all one class (inspired by The Volvo Project). And what better class to concentrate on than the jack-of-all-trades Shaman? A few strategic discussions later, Tales of the Horde began to take shape.

After progressing through the initial growing stages, the team made a decision to focus on instances where possible. This page reflects that focus.

In its current incarnation, there are five specific roles defined on the team:

Tales of the Horde
Role	Character	Player	Notes
Primary Tank	Jaco	Alan	Enhancement-heavy, a bit of Elemental
Primary Healer	Pauco	SnowDog	All restoration, heading to NS first
Secondary Tank	Fako	Magimac
DPS Caster	Cracko	Sosostress	A lot of Elemental and a bit of Restoration
Utility/Backup	Belcka	DarkMoonRising	Extra healing when needed.

Scheduling

The team meets Tuesday nights between 5:30 and 6:00 server time (8:30 - 9:00 Eastern). They usually close down by 8 PM server time.

Instance and Quest Planning

Scheduling and planning for the next instance and quests is done here.

We may someday try to go after the final optional boss in Wailing Caverns. That will require another full clear, however.

Our next step is probably either ShadowFang Keep or Blackfathom Deeps, with the possibility of some dabbling in Warsong Gulch.

Tales of the Past

The group quickly ran through the first dozen levels before conquering Ragefire Chasm. The biggest lesson learned in RFC is that a team of four is much much weaker than a group of five. When doing normal questing or grinding, we'll sometimes play when a teammate cannot make it. Instance runs just can't handle this change, however.

In running Wailing Caverns we learned that we need Tremor Totem running when fighting Druids and that someone must always run Stoneskin. Staying together and avoiding accidental aggro is obviously key, and we continue to improve :). Our biggest problem in WC was not boss fights but rather managing larger fights or pulling too many foes. A swarm of "trash mobs" can quickly take the healer down if he gets aggro; instead of pretending to be a priest at this point the healer probably needs to start swinging that staff.

The Shaman Quest, Call of Water, was harder than anticipated not due to any particular fight but just the logistics of getting everyone to complete it without any problems. The quest is very picky and one of our team had to attempt the final step several times before the steps fell into place.

After that, the group hit Deadmines twice, once 4-manning the last part (and wiping on Van Cleef), and once 5-manning all the way through. The 5-man run was smooth as butter, with most of the team at L23 and having no problems with VC. Our big problem was maintaining Jaco's HP while not losing our off-tanks to the adds.

Strategy and Build Discussion

Primary Healer build at L41. Goal is to reach NS as soon as possible then go back for Mana Tide totem. Comments welcome.

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 Scheduling and planning for the next instance and quests is done here.
-Our next group activity is probably the L20 Shaman Quest, [http://www.thottbot.com/?qu=2985 Call of Water].  This is an involved chain which is difficult to solo.
+We may someday try to go after the final optional boss in [[Wailing Caverns]].  That will require another full clear, however.
-We may also try to go after the final optional boss in [[Wailing Caverns]].  That will require another full clear, however.
+Our next step is probably either [[ShadowFang Keep]] or [[Blackfathom Deeps]], with the possibility of some dabbling in Warsong Gulch.
-After WC, Alan has requested [[Deadmines]].  We can finally kill Van Cleef, who evaded us on Stormrage :).  Plus if we like we can dabble in some PvP action in nearby Duskwood or Redridge.
 == Tales of the Past ==
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 In running [[Wailing Caverns]] we learned that we need Tremor Totem running when fighting Druids and that someone must always run Stoneskin.  Staying together and avoiding accidental aggro is obviously key, and we continue to improve :).  Our biggest problem in WC was not boss fights but rather managing larger fights or pulling too many foes.  A swarm of "trash mobs" can quickly take the healer down if he gets aggro; instead of pretending to be a priest at this point the healer probably needs to start swinging that staff.
+The Shaman Quest, [http://www.thottbot.com/?qu=2985 Call of Water], was harder than anticipated not due to any particular fight but just the logistics of getting everyone to complete it without any problems.  The quest is very picky and one of our team had to attempt the final step several times before the steps fell into place.
+After that, the group hit [[Deadmines]] twice, once 4-manning the last part (and wiping on Van Cleef), and once 5-manning all the way through.  The 5-man run was smooth as butter, with most of the team at L23 and having no problems with VC.  Our big problem was maintaining Jaco's HP while not losing our off-tanks to the adds.
 == Strategy and Build Discussion ==
 Primary Healer build at [http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/shaman/talents.html?000000000000000000000000000000000005005005050100 L41].  Goal is to reach NS as soon as possible then go back for Mana Tide totem.  Comments welcome.
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