(01-29-2015, 10:49 PM)Kage Wrote: Actually iirc other data centers tank the bone dragon on a far end and the skeletons were pulled to the opposite, the big aoe can be stunned or silenced i forgot. So it's easily dealt with. Iirc this was one of the differences between our data center and say JP data center strats.
That's still incredibly inefficient, given that melee DPS now have to cross twice the distance to assist in downing the Platinals again - which is a pain in the ass for any melee not a DRG, curse their three movement skills - and they have to do so twice. Not to mention that the distance encourages them to sit on Bone Dragon until it's dead, which means you're now relying on ranged DPS to down the Platinals faster than melee can down Bone Dragon. And then you get Platinals stacking for movement speed buff... *shudders*
The AoE I was referring to was Platinals reaching the Dragon which results in instant unavoidable raid-wide damage. Not much of a concern at higher iLvls, but still.
The up-until-recently common strategy on Aether (triangle method? or is that what it's called on Garuda EX?) designates a side of the arena to each alliance, which very easily and intuitively divides responsibility among tanks and DPS (the Platinals closest to you are yours), shares the responsibility of preventing raidwide Platinal damage between alliances (the rows of platforms between A and B and between B and C), minimizes the travel distance for melee DPS since the Dragon is tanked in the middle....
It's intuitive, which makes it ridiculously simple for PUGs to understand. Compare this other method (JP method?) which is hectic and chaotic and I DON'T LIKE CHANGE, OKAY, WHY DO WE HAVE TO FIX WHAT ISN'T BROKEN WHEN THE NEW SOLUTION ISN'T ANY BETTER?
(01-30-2015, 01:35 PM)Ja Wrote: On a different topic - doing WoD..that first trash pull? Tanks. You tiny little babies in your tin-can suits: STOP TANKING THOSE DAMN GARM/CHIMERA MOBS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ALMOST-ARENA-WIDE FIRE AOE. DAMN.
Seriously getting hella annoyed at this shit. They literally tank the things in that tiny little safe spot at the center of the room so now the melee can't hit the things without dropping dead due to the fire tick + ram's voice.
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OMFG this. I haven't tanked WoD yet on account of wanting the MNK set first, but holy shit, tanks, please do your jobs. Drag those motherf***ers to the outside and face them away from the alliances, please. You'd think that after 100 iLvls worth of gameplay, PUG tanks would know how to do their damned jobs.
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