12-02-2011, 04:38 AM
I and a guildie queued for a random heroic, and landed in an in-progress End Time. We didn't know the new ones were included with a random heroic because of the option to queue for them separately. We were both a bit under-geared (I was at maybe 365, and he was a bit less) and we considered apologizing to the group and dropping out so as not to waste their time, but instead we just went with it. We had a very nice group. The Paladin Tank had never run it before, but he was well-informed and explained all the fight mechanics.
Our first test was Echo of Sylvanas. The tank explained the fight well enough and said that if we one-shot it he'd buy us all a beer. Apparently his previous group broke up because they couldn't get the mechanics down and wiped a few times. Challenge accepted! I can't turn down free beer.
We one-shot it easily. Raid marker on a place for focus-fire on a Risen Ghoul to break the line, and don't stand in purple stuff. The tank was overjoyed at our apparent lack of stupidity, and we all proceeded to smash our way through the rest of the 3 new heroics in order. We wiped maybe 5 times total over the 3 heroics. The day before I was in a random ZA and we wiped at least 10 times and shuffled through at least 10 people before the conclusion. Our little 4.3 heroic party stayed together for the entirety of the 3 instances.
What made it great was also the instances themselves. They are well-designed, and the boss fights are actually fun (except maybe that Mannoroth fight - it's a WTFDOIDO). There are very few annoying trash packs. Well of Eternity is incredible in particular, just for the lore and views. The "escort Thrall once again" instance was a bit bland, but that wasn't enough to ruin it for me.
I never want to run a random ZA/ZG again after that.
Our first test was Echo of Sylvanas. The tank explained the fight well enough and said that if we one-shot it he'd buy us all a beer. Apparently his previous group broke up because they couldn't get the mechanics down and wiped a few times. Challenge accepted! I can't turn down free beer.
We one-shot it easily. Raid marker on a place for focus-fire on a Risen Ghoul to break the line, and don't stand in purple stuff. The tank was overjoyed at our apparent lack of stupidity, and we all proceeded to smash our way through the rest of the 3 new heroics in order. We wiped maybe 5 times total over the 3 heroics. The day before I was in a random ZA and we wiped at least 10 times and shuffled through at least 10 people before the conclusion. Our little 4.3 heroic party stayed together for the entirety of the 3 instances.
What made it great was also the instances themselves. They are well-designed, and the boss fights are actually fun (except maybe that Mannoroth fight - it's a WTFDOIDO). There are very few annoying trash packs. Well of Eternity is incredible in particular, just for the lore and views. The "escort Thrall once again" instance was a bit bland, but that wasn't enough to ruin it for me.
I never want to run a random ZA/ZG again after that.