Exploit or not... discuss...

As someone mentioned on episode 14 of your podcast, I think if it takes a raid (An uber leet one at that) 3 hours to zerg it, it isn't an exploit. Heigan, yes, the corner haxx was an exploit (Did I use it? Of course I did, my group stuggled with that fight for the first few weeks and it just seemed the easy although boring... option).

In my opinion, the people flaming Hafrot and his buddies either don't have the gear/skill to pull a stunt like that off, or are angry after they did the encounter the harder(?) way.

We had tried the 10-man "normal" way, similar to the 25-man strategy, and had more difficultly with it than we had in heroic mode. So, I think there are just as many challenges with stacking a good group and pulling off the 10-man as there was learning the 25-man strategy.

I agree, those haters on the forums are just that... Haters!

When doing one of those 10 man sarth zergs , do you have to stack you group? because then there would be people who would never be able to do the instance. liek a shadow priest for an example

Yes, it is entirely stacked - either ALL melee or ALL ranged. There very well could be a mix, but casters won't benefit at all in the melee group because they don't get any of the caster buffs/bonuses that they get from other ranged classes (Curse of Elements for Mages as an example). We have had the most luck so far with a heavy melee group, but we are going to try a ranged group and let you know what happens.

Speaking of which, I was asked to join this week's 10-man melee zerg and heal.... and we were successful! Not only did I get my 10-man 3-d achievement, but also the Gotta Go When the Volcano Blows achievement by pure accident.

There are alot of videos of caster groups doing the Zerg on Sarth so it's entirely feasible. It's just important that you have your buffs stacked.

I was so happy for Stomp getting the achievement I hopped out of my chair and ran over and gave her a big hug. She said after the first attempt that she didn't think she could heali it but was willing to give it another try. Once she reinforced the idea that if you're not the tank and you're taking alot of damage, you were going to die, people tightened up their game and we got Sarth on the next attempt!

Once I realized she got the Gotta Go When the Volcano Blows achievement I went over an punched her in the mouth... so lucky! ><

I feel so owned as that is one shaman healer doing all that and im a shaman myself

To comment on an earlier post: There is definitely room for a Shadow Priest. When we were stacking the raid for 6-minute Malygos, Shadow Priest is up there for caster groups. Misery is a must, and replenishment is incredibly helpful considering that Arcane Mages slurp through their mana like ice cold Mountain Dew. I understand the difficulty of burst damage with SPriest, but I can attest from seeing it first-hand that SPriest can be pretty damn nasty.

Lol. Sounds like they made Dual Specs for you.

yep, i grinded exactly 1000g for it
700-1700g