5.0.x Mechanics Patch to hit August 28th
Posted: August 14th, 2012, 12:19 pm
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/697508 ... -8_14_2012
Blizzard has stated that the PvP season will end on Tuesday August 28th. That probably is set to coincide with the 5.0.x mechanics patch. My plans for group 4 are as follows:
1) The raid lockout for August 14th = full heroic clear. If Paul is present for Madness, I intend for the life binder's handmaiden to be his and for us to do yellow first again (since he missed it last week).
2) Since Phil posted that he will most likely be missing in group 2, I will use my paladin to heal in his place. If they can full clear, I will get the life binder's handmaiden on that toon. Since mounts will be shared in MoP, that now finishes off my priest.
3) The raid lockout for August 21st = full heroic clear. Since we added a new tank to group 4, this will be Shin's (Crawling's) mount.
4) The patch hits on Tuesday August 28th.
5) Wednesday August 29th, group 4 will try to do a heroic clear. Note that addons, macros, and rotations will most likely be broken -- we will try to work through them as we do heroic bosses. Even if we get stuck on heroic Morchok, I want the raid to keep trying so that we can *observe and write down* everything that is broken.
6) Raiders will have four days to try and fix what is broken. That means updating your addons, fixing your macros, and joining LFR to practice your rotations. I will most likely be in LFR myself to practice my new shadow priest rotation and take combat logs to see if 5.0.x made me better or worse.
7) Monday September 3rd, we'll give the heroic bosses two pulls to see if we fixed things. If things are still shaky, we will drop to normal mode and complete the Blackhorn deck defender and blue Madness achievements.
I do intend for group 4 to keep clearing Dragon Soul until Mists of Pandaria launches so that we can get Alan his daggers. Since Alan may be a few clusters short, we can do Dragon Soul clears the first couple of weeks in Mists using level 85-86 alts (so they get experience) or some 90 mains (just to feel OP).
-HP
Blizzard has stated that the PvP season will end on Tuesday August 28th. That probably is set to coincide with the 5.0.x mechanics patch. My plans for group 4 are as follows:
1) The raid lockout for August 14th = full heroic clear. If Paul is present for Madness, I intend for the life binder's handmaiden to be his and for us to do yellow first again (since he missed it last week).
2) Since Phil posted that he will most likely be missing in group 2, I will use my paladin to heal in his place. If they can full clear, I will get the life binder's handmaiden on that toon. Since mounts will be shared in MoP, that now finishes off my priest.
3) The raid lockout for August 21st = full heroic clear. Since we added a new tank to group 4, this will be Shin's (Crawling's) mount.
4) The patch hits on Tuesday August 28th.
5) Wednesday August 29th, group 4 will try to do a heroic clear. Note that addons, macros, and rotations will most likely be broken -- we will try to work through them as we do heroic bosses. Even if we get stuck on heroic Morchok, I want the raid to keep trying so that we can *observe and write down* everything that is broken.
6) Raiders will have four days to try and fix what is broken. That means updating your addons, fixing your macros, and joining LFR to practice your rotations. I will most likely be in LFR myself to practice my new shadow priest rotation and take combat logs to see if 5.0.x made me better or worse.
7) Monday September 3rd, we'll give the heroic bosses two pulls to see if we fixed things. If things are still shaky, we will drop to normal mode and complete the Blackhorn deck defender and blue Madness achievements.
I do intend for group 4 to keep clearing Dragon Soul until Mists of Pandaria launches so that we can get Alan his daggers. Since Alan may be a few clusters short, we can do Dragon Soul clears the first couple of weeks in Mists using level 85-86 alts (so they get experience) or some 90 mains (just to feel OP).
-HP