Comments on: Hunting Onyxia! http://outdps.com/2009/09/22/hunting-onyxia/ Standing in void zones since 2008 Tue, 08 May 2012 23:37:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: euripidesoutdps http://outdps.com/2009/09/22/hunting-onyxia/#comment-2302 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:29:03 +0000 http://outdps.com/?p=1106#comment-2302 Yeah, I actually posted this as a separate post, and then forgot to mention it in this one.

]]> By: rune http://outdps.com/2009/09/22/hunting-onyxia/#comment-2301 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:43:06 +0000 http://outdps.com/?p=1106#comment-2301 For phase 3 when the fears are going off. Our tank dragged her back to the back side and kept her there facing the back wall like he had in phase one. Some of us, due to positioning, ended up hugging the wall about 45 degree angle away from her. If you look down you’ll see there’s a long rock that travels along the wall. If you stand here, the fear will cause you half the time to run against the wall or up and down this long rock, rather then through all the fire bursts. Helps the healers and means you’ll be able to return to DPS quicker. Stand at the closest end of the rock to onyxia and hope you run in terror against the wall.

]]> By: Eckster http://outdps.com/2009/09/22/hunting-onyxia/#comment-1801 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:59:07 +0000 http://outdps.com/?p=1106#comment-1801 Cheers! It seems alot of people are unaware of this simple yet helpful trick, especially those that never played a hunter in Vanilla. Hopefully spreading this can help them to a smoother phase 2.

]]> By: Kataron http://outdps.com/2009/09/22/hunting-onyxia/#comment-1780 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:54:13 +0000 http://outdps.com/?p=1106#comment-1780 Damn, the three day timer was a glitch, it’s fixed now.

Got a nice new gun off it though. Looks like crap, but it packs quite a punch. :)

]]> By: euripidesoutdps http://outdps.com/2009/09/22/hunting-onyxia/#comment-1778 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:13:57 +0000 http://outdps.com/?p=1106#comment-1778 Welcome :) Thanks for the tip!

]]> By: Eckster http://outdps.com/2009/09/22/hunting-onyxia/#comment-1774 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:19:59 +0000 http://outdps.com/?p=1106#comment-1774 Grats, clra2, on one of the best looking armor items in the game, especially on a Tauren. I used to love my T2 dragonstalker’s helm.

One tip to help you and your raid cope with Deep Breaths: Since you’re obviously a hunter, ue Track Dragonkin to be able to see Onyxia easily on your mini map (don’t get her mixed up with the whelps, however :) ). Occasionally ping her location on the mini map to inform your raid members of her position. She will always deep breath across the room, meaning that if she’s a the 3 o’clock position (by the eastern whelp cave), the deep breath will aim for the 9 o’clock position (the western whelp cave). Standing at either 12 o’clock or 6 o’clock (or around either of the two) means you will be perfectly safe from taking deep breath damage. That’s how we did it in Vanilla, at least, and it seemed to work just the same when we one-shot her tonight. Was great seeing her (dead) again :)

Oh, and Euripides! Thanks for a nice blog and a fun pod cast!

]]> By: euripidesoutdps http://outdps.com/2009/09/22/hunting-onyxia/#comment-1764 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:21:18 +0000 http://outdps.com/?p=1106#comment-1764 It might be free itemization- I’ll have to do a comparison.

]]> By: clra2 http://outdps.com/2009/09/22/hunting-onyxia/#comment-1763 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:18:09 +0000 http://outdps.com/?p=1106#comment-1763 I spent the entire day yesterday wiping before I finally downed this. Her first and third phases aren’t hard at all. Her second phase is tough just because it’s hard to see her when she does her Deep Breath and the transition between the second and third phases will be very hard if there are adds up. But we downed her even though half the raid died when she landed.

I also was able to get the Dragonstalker’s Helm. I’d like to get some thoughts on the gear because I’m kind of confused about the item. It’s a slightly better helm than the Conqueror’s Scourgestalker Helm but the resistance stats seem like wasted itemization. Other than that though, it looks like I’m wearing Onyxia on my head =)

]]> By: Kataron http://outdps.com/2009/09/22/hunting-onyxia/#comment-1757 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:24:49 +0000 http://outdps.com/?p=1106#comment-1757 Ugh, my guild tried to run this tonight, it was awful.

But that was entirely because of the server lag and the fact that people wouldn’t get out of the way of the deep breath attack.

Then everything crashed, we waited an hour to get back in while four people debating American politics on ventrilo (being Canadian, I found this intensely dull), and then it crashed again before we even got in for a second attempt.

Although this is a great chance for people to go back and listen to that “FIFTY DKP MINUS” thing. Hilarious. Someone played a song remix of it on ventrilo.

Hopefully it’ll be fixed so we can give it a shot tomorrow.

Oh, and fun fact, it appears to be on a three day reset timer instead of a full week timer. Dunno if that’ll be changed or if I was just looking at it wrong, but if it’s farmable and the loot doesn’t suck, bonus.

]]> By: euripidesoutdps http://outdps.com/2009/09/22/hunting-onyxia/#comment-1755 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:50:04 +0000 http://outdps.com/?p=1106#comment-1755 On par with one of the easier fights in ToC in my opinion. It can’t be facerolled with a pug that averages 1200 DPS, but you don’t need to have everyone in T9 either.

]]> By: Phyllixia http://outdps.com/2009/09/22/hunting-onyxia/#comment-1754 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:17:08 +0000 http://outdps.com/?p=1106#comment-1754 How easy is it now? Walkover? On-par with Naxx, Ulduar or ToC?

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