Comments on: Gearing up for Hydross the Unstable http://www.tankhard.com/2008/01/15/gearing-up-for-hydross-the-unstable/ Tanking Hard since 1876! Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:05:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Rochelle http://www.tankhard.com/2008/01/15/gearing-up-for-hydross-the-unstable/#comment-148 Rochelle Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:08:50 +0000 http://www.tankhard.com/2008/01/15/gearing-up-for-hydross-the-unstable/#comment-148 And I found every little bit of hit rating you can find is a big help on this fight. With all the aggro dumps and the need to make a smooth transition, missing a shield slam is bad news. And I found every little bit of hit rating you can find is a big help on this fight. With all the aggro dumps and the need to make a smooth transition, missing a shield slam is bad news.

]]> By: Agroholic http://www.tankhard.com/2008/01/15/gearing-up-for-hydross-the-unstable/#comment-147 Agroholic Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:00:15 +0000 http://www.tankhard.com/2008/01/15/gearing-up-for-hydross-the-unstable/#comment-147 I had to farm all my mats for my Nature resist set myself. I did it in about 3 days, 8 hours a day. Of course I respec'd fury, to make it go a little smoother. I farmed an extra 16x Primal Shadow and Primal Life, and had our guild leatherworker make me 4 Nature Armor Kits. I put them on my legs, chest, and I put one on my Gauntlets of the Iron Maiden, since I don't use them anymore I decided to make them part of my NR set, as they have good tanking stats. Then to keep my defense above 490, I switched out my Jungle Stompers for a pair of Heavy Clefthoof Boots, socketed with a 8 Def Gem, and 12 Stam gem, and stuck the last NR armor kit on those. With that setup I can stay at around 14k HP and 15k armor. I'm also at 364 NR(365 max), and 490 defense. Our guild is still on Lurker, but we're getting geared for the fight early. I had to farm all my mats for my Nature resist set myself. I did it in about 3 days, 8 hours a day. Of course I respec’d fury, to make it go a little smoother.

I farmed an extra 16x Primal Shadow and Primal Life, and had our guild leatherworker make me 4 Nature Armor Kits. I put them on my legs, chest, and I put one on my Gauntlets of the Iron Maiden, since I don’t use them anymore I decided to make them part of my NR set, as they have good tanking stats.

Then to keep my defense above 490, I switched out my Jungle Stompers for a pair of Heavy Clefthoof Boots, socketed with a 8 Def Gem, and 12 Stam gem, and stuck the last NR armor kit on those.

With that setup I can stay at around 14k HP and 15k armor. I’m also at 364 NR(365 max), and 490 defense.

Our guild is still on Lurker, but we’re getting geared for the fight early.

]]> By: Bizzam http://www.tankhard.com/2008/01/15/gearing-up-for-hydross-the-unstable/#comment-145 Bizzam Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:26:39 +0000 http://www.tankhard.com/2008/01/15/gearing-up-for-hydross-the-unstable/#comment-145 We actually already had our first night of attempts on Hydross on Sunday and it went pretty well for first tries. We didn't actually have the paly try to grab all four, but instead had him pick up 3. - On our last attempt of the night we got him down to 44%. I think with a couple of minor adjustments that we'll down him on our next attempts (possibly tonight). - Yes, I agree on the defense statement, the spikes of those crits can tear down your tanks. We actually already had our first night of attempts on Hydross on Sunday and it went pretty well for first tries. We didn’t actually have the paly try to grab all four, but instead had him pick up 3.
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On our last attempt of the night we got him down to 44%. I think with a couple of minor adjustments that we’ll down him on our next attempts (possibly tonight).
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Yes, I agree on the defense statement, the spikes of those crits can tear down your tanks.

]]> By: Rochelle http://www.tankhard.com/2008/01/15/gearing-up-for-hydross-the-unstable/#comment-144 Rochelle Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:21:52 +0000 http://www.tankhard.com/2008/01/15/gearing-up-for-hydross-the-unstable/#comment-144 A common mistake in this fight is to value resistance higher than defense for this fight. Getting to the resistance cap of 365 is a big deal but if you can't get there AND have 490 defense, then you have got to lose some of the resistance gear. Not being at the resistance cap will mean you take a little more damage in the long run but if Hydross is able to squeeze a crit in there then you are dead. Also, I have never seen a pally tank all 4 of the adds, we always use two offtanks to pick them up. I would be interested to hear how it goes, I imagine healing on that pally will be pretty intense. A common mistake in this fight is to value resistance higher than defense for this fight. Getting to the resistance cap of 365 is a big deal but if you can’t get there AND have 490 defense, then you have got to lose some of the resistance gear. Not being at the resistance cap will mean you take a little more damage in the long run but if Hydross is able to squeeze a crit in there then you are dead.

Also, I have never seen a pally tank all 4 of the adds, we always use two offtanks to pick them up. I would be interested to hear how it goes, I imagine healing on that pally will be pretty intense.

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