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disru · 02-14-2005, 11:25 PM

Overview:Over the weekend I took down the Ancient Watcher with a group of guildies. I really enjoyed the strategy involved in killing this mob. For those that don't know, the Watcher is in the Condemned Catacombs and was a Lv 33^^^ group x2 mob.The group was as follows:35 Guardian40 Fury34 Mystic37 Ranger34 Ranger34 BrigandWe beat him on the 4th try, three attempts prior were aborted due to a strategy not working or key person deaths, in which we would break encounter and run back toward the zone until we lost aggro. All 4 of the fights were pretty intense, the 4th one lasting about 15-20 minutes. The Fury and I ended the fight with 10~20% power each. You definately have to work for your slayer's rings, heh.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My role in the encounter:After experimenting with different strategies for this fight, my best role was finally decided. My responsibilities were "Emergency Heals" and debuffs, or more specifically, Haze. I will tell you right now that Haze was a key factor in our victory, we simply could not have outlasted the Watcher without it.During the fight I:Cast Spectral Ward + Ancestral Ward + Wards of Shadow on the Guardian pre-pull.Used group heal about 3 times when 3 or more of my groupmates dipped to orange/red hps.Used Healing Ritual on the Guardian about 5 times when he dipped to orange hps to give our Fury some relief.Kept Delusion on 80% of the time.Kept Haze on 99% of the time. (there were 2 times that it dropped due to resists on refreshes)The most important thing I contributed to this victory was easily Haze. Without it, the Watcher could have literally dropped our Guardian within 5 seconds. With it, he was only losing about 20% of his hps every minute or so on average. Sometimes the Watcher would get a lucky hit or 2 on him and drop him into orange, but for the most part it was just a steady slight decrease in his hp.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Observations:I am actually kind of disappointed. Not in the encounter, but with my role in it. I became pretty much the equivalent of an EQ1 shaman. I only used my "class defining" heal (ward) pre-pull to ensure the Guardian would survive until the first Haze stuck. Other than that, I actually only healed about 5% of the entire fight. Most of my time was spent watching my debuff timers tick down so I could refresh them without having them drop, which I managed to do for the most part. I have no doubt that I definately contributed to that fight. However, I feel that my contribution was not as a healer, but as a utility class.

Message Edited by disrupt on 02-16-2005 09:58 AM

02-14-2005, 11:25 PM	#1
disru Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 285	Overview:Over the weekend I took down the Ancient Watcher with a group of guildies. I really enjoyed the strategy involved in killing this mob. For those that don't know, the Watcher is in the Condemned Catacombs and was a Lv 33^^^ group x2 mob.The group was as follows:35 Guardian40 Fury34 Mystic37 Ranger34 Ranger34 BrigandWe beat him on the 4th try, three attempts prior were aborted due to a strategy not working or key person deaths, in which we would break encounter and run back toward the zone until we lost aggro. All 4 of the fights were pretty intense, the 4th one lasting about 15-20 minutes. The Fury and I ended the fight with 10~20% power each. You definately have to work for your slayer's rings, heh.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My role in the encounter:After experimenting with different strategies for this fight, my best role was finally decided. My responsibilities were "Emergency Heals" and debuffs, or more specifically, Haze. I will tell you right now that Haze was a key factor in our victory, we simply could not have outlasted the Watcher without it.During the fight I:Cast Spectral Ward + Ancestral Ward + Wards of Shadow on the Guardian pre-pull.Used group heal about 3 times when 3 or more of my groupmates dipped to orange/red hps.Used Healing Ritual on the Guardian about 5 times when he dipped to orange hps to give our Fury some relief.Kept Delusion on 80% of the time.Kept Haze on 99% of the time. (there were 2 times that it dropped due to resists on refreshes)The most important thing I contributed to this victory was easily Haze. Without it, the Watcher could have literally dropped our Guardian within 5 seconds. With it, he was only losing about 20% of his hps every minute or so on average. Sometimes the Watcher would get a lucky hit or 2 on him and drop him into orange, but for the most part it was just a steady slight decrease in his hp.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Observations:I am actually kind of disappointed. Not in the encounter, but with my role in it. I became pretty much the equivalent of an EQ1 shaman. I only used my "class defining" heal (ward) pre-pull to ensure the Guardian would survive until the first Haze stuck. Other than that, I actually only healed about 5% of the entire fight. Most of my time was spent watching my debuff timers tick down so I could refresh them without having them drop, which I managed to do for the most part. I have no doubt that I definately contributed to that fight. However, I feel that my contribution was not as a healer, but as a utility class. Message Edited by disrupt on 02-16-2005 09:58 AM __________________ Please go voice your disdain for Mystic nerfage here!