07-23-2010, 10:02 AM
good post. I'll probably spec into spell warding next week when I get back (I should've done this a long time ago).
Phase 1 is easy but phase 2 is a clusterfuck because of the extra raid damage. If you take a shout from an add while coming off the edge, or if you take a tick of defile your bubble is pretty much wasted and you have to wait up to 15 seconds for a new one, which can easily be enough time for infest to kill you.
When I disc I make PWS a center icon on grid, which covers the whole raid frame. That way I don't even have to take the time to mentally process or search for a tiny spec in the corner to know whether or not someone has a bubble. I know instantly with just a glance who needs a bubble, and every millisecond counts when you only have 20-25 seconds to bubble everyone before infest (only 12 seconds on the transition in, which is only about 12 bubbles). On LK we aren't healing at all so it doesn't matter if you can see names or not, and most of the time you can guess where people are based on the color of the frame border and the group they are in. It takes a lot of practice to get the routine down, and I still need practice on phase 2 because some attempts I do markedly shittier than other attempts. The only way I can explain the shitty attempts is me not being in the bubble zone (out of range people are next to in range people so more mouse movement (and back-tracking) is required to achieve the same amount of bubbles). Also, get clique if you don't have it already, it reduces the number of required clicks (time) by half.
Phase 1 is easy but phase 2 is a clusterfuck because of the extra raid damage. If you take a shout from an add while coming off the edge, or if you take a tick of defile your bubble is pretty much wasted and you have to wait up to 15 seconds for a new one, which can easily be enough time for infest to kill you.
When I disc I make PWS a center icon on grid, which covers the whole raid frame. That way I don't even have to take the time to mentally process or search for a tiny spec in the corner to know whether or not someone has a bubble. I know instantly with just a glance who needs a bubble, and every millisecond counts when you only have 20-25 seconds to bubble everyone before infest (only 12 seconds on the transition in, which is only about 12 bubbles). On LK we aren't healing at all so it doesn't matter if you can see names or not, and most of the time you can guess where people are based on the color of the frame border and the group they are in. It takes a lot of practice to get the routine down, and I still need practice on phase 2 because some attempts I do markedly shittier than other attempts. The only way I can explain the shitty attempts is me not being in the bubble zone (out of range people are next to in range people so more mouse movement (and back-tracking) is required to achieve the same amount of bubbles). Also, get clique if you don't have it already, it reduces the number of required clicks (time) by half.
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