With Arthas down, our sick healer has put in their two week, we’ve lined up a replacement, and are ready to continue on.
But what to do?
I’ve polled folks, and there’s a high interest in farming drakes (Uld, ICC, OS+3, EoE, TK (Yes, Ashes of A’lar is still the best mount in the game and you know it)), doing the ICC hard modes, and a low interest in old content (I’m pushing AQ40, some folks want BWL and MC, others want to take a trip through Burning Crusade to knock out those places. I’ll probably spend one week a month just knocking out the old crap, though that may increase to two, depending on stresses with the ICC hard modes.
Additionally, that depends on people’s accounts not being hacked in order to allow them to raid.
Over the past week, I’ve seen two people get hacked in game. Both friends in other guilds, but enough to cause me to take action. Access to our GB is now on a authenticated account basis. Please, don’t let your guildies have access to your GB without an authenticator. It’ll just end in hurt feelings.
Finally, I revised the Ovale script. I added in the Optimal cat script from EJ, and I added a checkbox for DemoRoar. Turns out, Arthas is immune to DemoRoar. Prick. It’s a little cluttery, but I don’t want to change the EJ script. I’ve added the two versions below, one with the cat and one without.
Define(FFF 16857)
Define(MANGLEBEAR 33878)
Define(SWIPE 779)
Define(LACERATE 33745)
Define(MAUL 6807)
Define(FF 770)
Define(RIP 1079)
Define(MANGLE 33876)
Define(SHRED 5221)
Define(TIGER 5217)
Define(RAKE 59886)
Define(ROAR 52610)
Define(BITE 22568)
Define(BERSERK 50334)
Define(OMEN 16870)
Define(TRAUMA 46857)
Define(DEMOROAR 48560)SpellInfo(RIP resetcounter=ripshreds)
SpellInfo(SHRED inccounter=ripshreds)
SpellInfo(MAUL toggle=1)
SpellAddBuff(SAVAGEROAR SAVAGEROAR=14)
SpellInfo(BERSERK cd=180)
SpellAddDebuff(DEMOROAR DEMOROAR=30)
AddCheckBox(Manglebot “Manglebot” default)
AddCheckBox(Demobot “Demobot” default)AddIcon help=main nocd=3
{
if Stance(1) # bear
{
Spell(MANGLEBEAR)if TargetDebuffExpires(LACERATE 6 stacks=5)
Spell(LACERATE)unless 1.5s before Spell(MANGLEBEAR)
Spell(FFF)if CheckBoxOn(Demobot)
unless TargetDebuffPresent(DEMOROAR)
unless 1.5s before Spell(MANGLEBEAR)
Spell(DEMOROAR)unless 1.5s before Spell(MANGLEBEAR)
Spell(SWIPE)
}if Stance(3) # cat
{
if ComboPoints(more 0) and BuffExpires(ROAR 0) Spell(ROAR priority=4)if ComboPoints(more 2) and BuffExpires(ROAR 8) and TargetDebuffPresent(RIP mine=1) and at most 3s from TargetDebuffExpires(Rip mine=1) until BuffExpires(ROAR) and TargetDeadIn(more 8) Spell(ROAR priority=4)
if ComboPoints(more 3) and TargetDeadIn(less 2) Spell(BITE)
if TargetDebuffPresent(RIP mine=1) and TargetDebuffExpires(RIP 4 mine=1) and Counter(ripshreds less 3) Spell(SHRED)
if ComboPoints(more 4)
{
if TargetDeadIn(less 6) Spell(BITE)
unless TargetDebuffPresent(RIP mine=1) Spell(RIP priority=4)
unless TargetDebuffExpires(RIP 8 mine=1) or BuffExpires(ROAR 11) Spell(BITE)
}if CheckBoxOn(Manglebot) and TargetDebuffExpires (MANGLE 1) Spell(MANGLE)
unless {TargetDebuffPresent(MANGLE) or TargetDebuffPresent(MANGLEB) or TargetDebuffPresent(TRAUMA)} Spell(MANGLE)
unless TargetDebuffPresent(RAKE mine=1) or TargetDeadIn(less 10) Spell(RAKE)if TargetDeadIn(less 10) Spell(SHRED)
}
}AddIcon help=main size=small nocd=3
{
if Stance(3) # cat
{
{
if {TargetDebuffPresent(MANGLE 0.6) or TargetDebuffPresent(MANGLEB 0.6) or TargetDebuffPresent(TRAUMA 0.6)} and TargetDebuffPresent(RAKE 0.6 mine=1) and {Mana(more 79) or BuffPresent(OMEN) or {TargetDebuffExpires(RIP 3 mine=1) and ComboPoints(less 5)} or BuffPresent(BERSERK) or 2s before Spell(TIGER) or {ComboPoints(less 1) and BuffExpires(ROAR 2)}} Spell(SHRED)
}
unless {BuffPresent(BERSERK) or 4s before Spell(TIGER) or Mana(more 32)}
{
unless {TargetDebuffPresent(FFF) or TargetDebuffPresent(FF)} Spell(FFF priority=2)
}
}
}AddIcon help=cd size=small nocd=3
{
if Stance(3) # cat
{
Spell(TIGER priority=4)
}
}AddIcon help=cd nocd=5
{
if Stance(1) # bear
{
Spell(BERSERK)
}if Stance(3) # cat
{
Spell(BERSERK)
}
}AddIcon help=offgcd
{
if Stance(1)
{
Spell(MAUL)
}
}
And the bear only version:
Define(FFF 16857)
Define(MANGLEBEAR 33878)
Define(SWIPE 779)
Define(LACERATE 33745)
Define(MAUL 6807)
Define(BERSERK 50334)
Define(DEMOROAR 48560)SpellInfo(MAUL toggle=1)
SpellInfo(BERSERK cd=180)
SpellAddDebuff(DEMOROAR DEMOROAR=30)
AddCheckBox(Demobot “Demobot” default)AddIcon help=main nocd=3
{
if Stance(1) # bear
{
Spell(MANGLEBEAR)if TargetDebuffExpires(LACERATE 6 stacks=5)
Spell(LACERATE)unless 1.5s before Spell(MANGLEBEAR)
Spell(FFF)if CheckBoxOn(Demobot)
unless TargetDebuffPresent(DEMOROAR)
unless 1.5s before Spell(MANGLEBEAR)
Spell(DEMOROAR)unless 1.5s before Spell(MANGLEBEAR)
Spell(SWIPE)
}
}AddIcon help=cd nocd=5
{
if Stance(1) # bear
{
Spell(BERSERK)
}
}AddIcon help=offgcd
{
if Stance(1)
{
Spell(MAUL)
}
}
A few other words before I sign off:
1) After you get your Lacerate to 5, hit Berserk after your next Mangle. I haven’t figured out how to get it to prioritize keeping up Lacerate during Berserk, but I’ll work on that after my vacation.
2) Typically, in fights where I’m tanking one or two mobs, I don’t have enough rage to spam Maul. In those fights, I use Maul when Mangle is up. That tends to keep me good on rage.
Hope that helps you bear tanks out there!