Comments on: How Bear got his groove back

By: Finwe

Finwe — Fri, 20 May 2011 14:06:02 +0000

I know I’m really late in reading this post, but I wanted to ease your apprehension on the bear tank gear. It’s actually gotten really easy in this expansion. Just grab Agility gear. If the ilvl is higher, it’s an upgrade. Then, AskMrRobot. He should tell you to reforge everything to dodge rating. It’s that simple.

By: Hedwig

Hedwig — Mon, 09 May 2011 04:06:02 +0000

Thanks BBB! :) LOL, I’ve been Hedwig for over 5 years now. I’m a huge Harry Potter fan so most of my toons get their names from HP books.

By: Pawzy

Pawzy — Sun, 08 May 2011 18:19:48 +0000

Yay! It’s great to hear that other people are having fun with heroics as well! I’ve recently found myself guild-less after being chased out of a guild by a person who was the most manipulative and two-faced word I won’t type here on a respectable site. Said person had me questioning my abilities about everything I could do in WoW as a priest.

There I was, a lonely and listless 85 priest, looking for something to do. I’d done heroics plenty of times… as shadow spec. So, I said to myself, “Self, why not do something you haven’t done before?” I dusted off my holy spec, did a little re-gemming on my gear, took a deep breath… and solo queued as a healer for a random heroic. First run, it was a little hairy on mana, but no wipes. “Good heals!” all four of the puggers told me. Second run, by blind luck, 3 out of the 4 puggers are from my realm! Once again, no wipes. The other 3 people seemed to think I was okay, so we chained up for 3 more runs before they finally had to log to sleep. We added each other to the friends lists. Now, every other day, we try to hook up and bang out a heroic or two!

Do I miss my old guildmates? Terribly so, but I won’t be going back until that bully is gone. Immature on my part? Maybe, but I’m not playing $15/month to be made to feel horrible! And he/she shows no inclination of leaving, yet. So, I roam the wilds as the rare guildless healer. I’ve started making a few new friends, and finding out that everything that bully said about me was wrong, DEAD wrong. It feels good to be growing my confidence back. Who knows? Maybe I’ll get brave enough to pick up my bear-alt where I left her and try tanking again? :)

By: Suxxy

Suxxy — Sun, 08 May 2011 00:15:55 +0000

B3, get thyself to ZA. Hats off to Blizz for re-createing it as a 5 man with all the feel from the 10 man raid. I never did the original ZG, but that’s so much fun too (WTB portable ice cauldron).
But even the non-Z Heroics *are* fun.
Without spoiling things for you:
- Fun to watch new tanks try to aoe trash pulls where there are 2 healers in the pack, keeping each other alive (that can make for some long fights);
- One particular boss spawns 3 ads, and even pugs seem standard on cc’ing 2 of them;
- Having 2-3 dps have to dance to block beams (think Kara dragon boss);
- Some bosses require the *tank* to dance; and
- Having a dps off-tank driving a mechanical Reaper.

Just a few things to look forward to :)

By: bigbearbutt

bigbearbutt — Sat, 07 May 2011 20:04:54 +0000

But she is the *best* Hedwig!

By: Apple

Apple — Sat, 07 May 2011 19:03:52 +0000

Y’know, I have a Dwarf named Hadewig on Azuremyst, who only got the older version of that name because someone already WAS “Hedwig”. Now I know who to blame! *fist shake*

By: Ursa

Ursa — Sat, 07 May 2011 05:16:40 +0000

As a druid of many forms, I really enjoy the new instances. There’s something for everyone to do aside from just standing there mashing a button. The retooled troll instances are well done – ZG in particular. I won’t spoil any of it for you though – go forth and conquer!

By: Fangtastic

Fangtastic — Fri, 06 May 2011 14:39:13 +0000

I am glad you had so much fun in there Bear, it is nice to see a post from you getting your groove back in WoW.

Of the “old” Cata heroics, I like Grim Batol the most. Its a total hoot to tank, many opportunities for CC, delicious line of sight friendly architecture and many an unsuspecting dragonkin to hibernate. Shadowfang Keep is another great instance.

Personally though, I’m loving the ZA / ZG heroics now. Just so much fun, been getting great pugs in there too.

By: Fangtastic

Fangtastic — Fri, 06 May 2011 13:54:21 +0000

Yes, time your jump so you’re in the air as the cast finishes and you should be able to avoid it.

Healers in low gear will love you if you do this, each druid’s dispel costs 3K mana now so if 5 people get the cling 3 times, thats 45K mana.

By: Unglar

Unglar — Fri, 06 May 2011 08:58:47 +0000

As many have said, VP is one of the easier and quicker heroics, but that doesn’t make it any less fun to run or any less of an achievement to do as your first heroic. I remember chain-trapping in Magisters Terrace on my hunter (before he retired) and having to fear a pet on High King Maulgar on my lock in Burning Crusade, and they are good memories. Other heroics are longer, but if you’re running with a good group all of the heroics from release should be doable in 45 minutes to an hour.

I really enjoyed reading something so positive about running heroics, between people complaining they are too hard, too easy or just that every single other player in their groups are ‘bads’, I was starting to despair, so kudos to you Bear for cheering me up.