The Pirate Jones (yet another thread)

[OpethPA]

<p>Ok..obviously lots of people are having issues with this fight..I would think even more are having issues now that they fixed it so you cant pull the adds first. Yes I know their are a few posts about it already so whats 1 more. </p><p> I'm hoping to get more useful suggestions then I typically do in the WW swash channel..things such as , "tell your group not to die"  "dont be lame and its an easy fight" dont really help. </p><p>I'm willing to bet I get some responses that say those things above and thats cool and will be funny and all..hopefully someone else can help me out</p><p>lastest group I tried Guardian, Brig, Coecer, Templar, Defiler and me. Had the templar hit Sanctuary on pull. We then hit our symbols of Clear voice about 20 seconds in.  Had the coecer mezzer the parrot on the pull and tried burning..  could get no better then around 20%..</p><p>Is their anything im missing? </p>

[tass]

like any of the 500 threads will tell you, you'll need full on raiding geared and experienced people in ur grp, They offer suggestions on the classes, mostly aoe'ers and such to burn down everything fast.But no matter what u bring, no matter how godly and decked out in mythical armor like a dev they have, it all comes down to luck at about 3 different points otherwise everyone is screwed and wipes.  Which will probably happen 30 times over or so.

[Mojo]

<p>And this assumes, as I pointed out in another thread, that your friends love you so much that they'll spend hours and hours hoping for that set of lucky breaks, when all they will get out of it is a headache, repair bills, and your thanks.</p><p> My friends are starting to avoid me at this point...</p>

[Trojenn]

<p>OMG, I wish people would quit saying you need to be raid fabled and this other crap...</p><p>The Bird despawns and as long as your tank macros The Pirate Jones there is no reason to have to mez the bird, the Pirate Adds do hit hard but can either be mezzed or healed through. Templar and Defiler or what ever two healers you bring can get the job done. Guard or Zerker tank (I did it with a Pally) and 2 DPS (IE Swashi + 1) and I used a dirge.</p><p>so setup Guard/Zerk/Pally/SK- Templar/Defiler/Mystic - Swash - Brig/[Removed for Content]/Swash - Dirge/Illy/Coercer</p><p>With any of the above setups it is possible to do not easy but possible. </p><p> Swash needs to have Advanced Warning, and it is nice to have templar for sanctuary. Symbols of Clear voice are very useful but you can skate by with out them. This fight should not take longer than 40-50 secs to burn down Jones. On pull cast sanctuary (obviously) after about 20 secs into the fight use your symbols. (now if you choose not to use them try and live through the AE) at about 20% use advanced warning and burn it completely down. Take it you are probably going to die in the end from adds but if it works it works..</p><p>Now the above strat is used considering you are mezzing the adds and have the mezzer in grp.</p><p>Sanctuary on Pull 20 Secs into the fight Blade Dance, when adds come AE them down (tank needs to grab agro on them) or just let them beat on the tank. (its no worse than Chardok with the Multiple Mobs in there, if they can live through that 3 Pirate Adds arn't too bad) and Again Symbols around 40 Sec into fight, if you do not have symbols use Advanced Warning ( Swash AE prevention) and burn hard.</p><p>Above stated is with dirge and no mezzer.</p><p>The Grp setup i ended doing with for a friend (after the fix) was this....</p><p>Guard Templar Mystic Swash Swash Dirge, and we ended up getting it on second pull... I would strongly recomend using voice communication for this encounter so you arn't bothered with typing when you are trying to sequence out AE avvoids. Thats about it..</p>

[OpethPA]

<p>So based on what  a few people have said to me this is my plan Im going to try tonight. </p><p>Guardian, Templar, Warden, Mezzer, Swash(debuff spec), Dirge (bladedance spec)        </p><p> 1. Tank creates macro to target the Pirate Jones </p><p> 2. Templar casts Sanctuary on pull.     - Any miracles everyone else has that prevents stun/stifle/fear gets cast </p><p>3. 20 seconds into fight,     - dirge casts bladedance (aoe block)     - everyone uses Symbol of Clear Voice (prevents stifle) for 1 minute </p><p>4. 40 Seconds in Warden casts AoE Block </p><p>5. 50 seconds I cast my AoE block </p><p>6. Whole fight , mezzer has bird and if possible adds locked down.  </p>