04-11-2006, 10:56 PM
My preferences:
Swirlytracks: 45 min baron, ubrs, scholo, dm north
Swirlywar: lbrs, brd, anything else
Also it should be noted that I recently respeced both my characters back to their original builds. Swirlywar is now back to a protection warrior and Swirlytracks is now back to a BM hunter. I switched my hunter back because I was getting tired of my pet losing aggro on FF targets that he was supposed to tank. It seemes to me that the utility of having a pet that can hold aggro is more important than the added dps that a MM build gave. It also makes me feel more comfortable with the character. : ) The warrior was switched back because she will probably be called on to main tank more than she was and so it makes sense to me to be protection speced for that. Its also what I grew up with and so I'm more comfortable with it as well.
By friday both of my characters should be up to the 45 minute baron run. I'd feel better about taking the hunter though. 1 reason is that she has her shoulders, boots, and pants thus is capable of going further in the chain than my warrior would be. The other reason is just that I've played my hunter more and so feel more confident playing her at the speed the run will require. I think it would be better to try it with my warrior after I've attempted it a few times with my hunter so that I know more about it. I've not been on any practice speed runs as of yet so the hunter seems like the better option in my mind. I don't mind giving it a shot with the warrior, I just feel its more risky. : )
It occurs to me that if I take my hunter then we end up with all our tanking characters in one instance...conc, myself, and fazuul. What we might want to do is have me not go to the 45 minute baron run, but instead take my warrior to lbrs. There are alot of people who need warlords command (including my warrior) and my warrior wants to kill a boss in there for her axe smithing quest as well. We might get lucky and get conc's valor belt to drop in either place. This allows us to field a 45 min baron run and a lbrs run. If conc, myself, and fazuul all go to the same place then I'm unsure if we could field a second run because of lack of tanks. We could have conc tank lbrs and I tank baron, but, as I said, I feel more confident about the run with conc tanking it.
Another thing to consider is an early attempt at a 45 minute baron run. I know I often log in hours before our scheduled start time. I would probably have to bring my warrior to it because conc is a late arrival, but if we could field 5 then we could get in some good practice time before the majority of people arrive.
Swirlytracks: 45 min baron, ubrs, scholo, dm north
Swirlywar: lbrs, brd, anything else
Also it should be noted that I recently respeced both my characters back to their original builds. Swirlywar is now back to a protection warrior and Swirlytracks is now back to a BM hunter. I switched my hunter back because I was getting tired of my pet losing aggro on FF targets that he was supposed to tank. It seemes to me that the utility of having a pet that can hold aggro is more important than the added dps that a MM build gave. It also makes me feel more comfortable with the character. : ) The warrior was switched back because she will probably be called on to main tank more than she was and so it makes sense to me to be protection speced for that. Its also what I grew up with and so I'm more comfortable with it as well.
By friday both of my characters should be up to the 45 minute baron run. I'd feel better about taking the hunter though. 1 reason is that she has her shoulders, boots, and pants thus is capable of going further in the chain than my warrior would be. The other reason is just that I've played my hunter more and so feel more confident playing her at the speed the run will require. I think it would be better to try it with my warrior after I've attempted it a few times with my hunter so that I know more about it. I've not been on any practice speed runs as of yet so the hunter seems like the better option in my mind. I don't mind giving it a shot with the warrior, I just feel its more risky. : )
It occurs to me that if I take my hunter then we end up with all our tanking characters in one instance...conc, myself, and fazuul. What we might want to do is have me not go to the 45 minute baron run, but instead take my warrior to lbrs. There are alot of people who need warlords command (including my warrior) and my warrior wants to kill a boss in there for her axe smithing quest as well. We might get lucky and get conc's valor belt to drop in either place. This allows us to field a 45 min baron run and a lbrs run. If conc, myself, and fazuul all go to the same place then I'm unsure if we could field a second run because of lack of tanks. We could have conc tank lbrs and I tank baron, but, as I said, I feel more confident about the run with conc tanking it.
Another thing to consider is an early attempt at a 45 minute baron run. I know I often log in hours before our scheduled start time. I would probably have to bring my warrior to it because conc is a late arrival, but if we could field 5 then we could get in some good practice time before the majority of people arrive.