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Off to see Grandparents, important for personal reasons, maybe back in time for raid, if not hopefully for Raggy =)

Tonight, 26th July 2011, on Alysrazor, I attempted to solo interrupt the Blazing Talon Initiate with my 5 second Interrupt. However I was found that in-order to get every single interrupt, I would have to be doing very little, if not no damage to the mob, in order to get my interrupt off in time for it's cooldown to have reset. This would be made increasingly harder up to the point where with the mob obtaining 2 stacks of casting speed increase (i.e. 2 Successful Casts) that I could no longer interrupt everyone.

This problem arises when the mob does not cast it's Burning Pitch (Uninterruptable), it normally would cast from landing: BP > Pieroblast > BP (if Pieroblast was interrupted), however I was finding that, after interrupting the first Pieroblast, it was not casting Burning Pitch (which would've given me enough time for the 5 second CD on my interrupt to complete), was I interrupting the Pieroblast too late? I'm using a /stopcasting macro (which should be instant) and so I cannot see the problem as i'm not getting a GCD in the way.

Having looked on the Forums it would seem that guilds have been running with a DK on one side (10 second interrupt), a Rogue and a Lock on the other side. Others on this same thread seem to suggest that missing one or 2 pieroblast casts did not matter, because their dps would have nuked it down by then. A shaman on this same thread suggests that grounding totem also affects it but with a 25 second CD that would mean that I would be able to get 3 interrupts on the First mob, and 2 (possibly 3 on the Second, dependant on if the CD was off by the time the 2nd mob comes, however the time between the arrival of the first and second mob is about 15 seconds, meaning that it may just be cut short, and making me unable to do this :sideways:.)

So what should we do?
We could run with 2 interrupters on either side, which worked before the break.
I could be more vigilant on interrupting and using grounding totem, which I've only just found out works.
Or I can interrupt the first cast, let the second one go, and interrupt the third, the only problem being that it would have a speed increase on the cast time. (On a side note, the spell casting of the mob is not alternate as we previously thought it is, if PB is successfully cast it will carry on to cast that spell again, untill interrupted, leaving no room for error.)

Link to the thread: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2878768490

Going on holiday tomorrow (Friday 14th July) for a week, and will be back the following Friday. Possibly earlier, if the weather in Wales is rubbish. Gl getting more bosses down.

You

Who are you?
Ali Moulder
Where are you from?
England
How old are you?
16
What kind of work do you do?
School, (Hardly Working)
What's your situation at home like?
Stable
What kind of internet connection do you have?
Stable
What are the core specs of your computer?
Integrated Graphics Card Family Chip Set, 3 GB ram, Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU T4200 @ 2.00GHz.
How long have you been playing computer games and what kind?
 Started on PS3,Mw2 (sniping), Black Ops,till my brother got me hooked, on this drug of a game =).
What kind of raiding experience do you have? 3/4, 5/6, 1/2
What other guilds have you been in and why did you decide or were forced to move on?
Conquistadors; I was an officer there, but decided to move onto new pastures, with the collapse of the Raid Team I was leading.
Do you actively play any alts that we could find you in in case we need to contact you? Smadge - Priest, Raffiki - Warrior
If you are a cross-server applicant, name someone from your home server that can vouch for you.
N/A
What are your plans for the game?
To Progress, slowly, but surely through the current content with as much fun as humanly possible ;P.
In what way would you like others to know you? A chilled-out, down to earth, Shaman.
Tell us about your personality, and why you enjoy the game.
Well, it's addictive for a start. I think, (well i would like to), that I am a bubbly Character.
Name one thing you don't like about WoW in its current state.
No bubble for Shaman.

Your character

Please link to your armory profile.http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/aszune/nocto/simple
Why did you decide to play this class?
Having played an almighty Holy Pally in Wrath, and the almighty Flash of Light spec in ICC, I desired more of a challenge, whilst still having fun (after all, this is a game), sooooooo I rolled a Shammy.
What do you think your class' role is in raid content? To be the stable DPS/Healer that people need, situation dependant.
Comment on your build. Why did you choose it?
Well, i designed this spec, at the beginning of Cataclysm, it offers the chance to get from Point A > B quicker then without, the speed increase. Apart from that it was fairly obvious that the roots, would be situation dependant, and as i had not encountered a position where they were needed, I moved away from such a build.
What do you think of other builds of your class?
I think, they are equally as viable, some more then others, obviously situation dependent.
Why didn't you choose one of those? (important question)
Purely because it's my Character, copying some-one else' binds are not going to help me improve, or play my Character. It has to be original.

This guild

What do you look for in a guild?
A fun, social atmosphere, with a view for a more hardcore form of raiding =).
''Dead Men Raiding'' - What comes to mind when you see that guild name?
To be honest, literally, Dead Men Raiding, maybe a secret Hordie? who knows? A more cheesy answer could possibly be, one that strikes fear into the hearts of bosses?
There are other guilds on the server, why did you apply to us?
I'm an English player, you were recruiting an Elemental Shaman, having played all of the specs for my raid team (whatever was needed), I thought that i would
Who do you know in Dead Men Raiding? No-one
How do you know them? n/a
Have you read our 'what we look for' and 'philosophy' posts? What do you think of them? Philosophy wise, I am like-minded, I wish to have fun as this is a game. 'What we look for', I agree with this, completely, I came from a guild where we started raiding at least forty-five minutes later then this, and so the change will be a shock, but I will enjoy the earlier end time, three hours is enough for any one . Overall both thoroughly enjoyable reads. =)


Annoying questions

A guildie says something you find offensive, what do you do?
Depending on the depth of it, I keep it out of Guild, contact an officer or higher, or I just ignore (not put them on the ignore list, but just ignore what they said and move on).
Cake or Pie?
ummm...... Jaffa Cake, if that is indeed a Cake?

Thanks for your time =),
Would it be possible to be contacted in-game? For, rejection or success =), I will, not be available (for raiding), untill after Thursday Week, due to some rather unpleasant Exams still occuring.