Kara PUG 0706

Ok, we tried the Karazhan PUG on Saturday; and made it through Opera, with some stumbles. We had new folks, like our barely geared off tank, and our lack of crowd control (only one hunter for traps, and not trap specced); and no one was really used to working with each other, although many of us were in Kara previously. The group however pulled together, and got through Attumen and Maiden in one shot; Moroes in two; and Opera in three tries. It was, actually, pretty amazing considering on Moroes, we had only a trap which broke repeatedly, and we were offtanking mobs with a dps warrior and a brand new 70 prot. We used stuns, minions (felguard, and felhunter) and pally fears to keep mobs moving when necessary; and I double tanked trash and adds when needed. Our dps was fairly low, actually, so every fight took much longer and we had OOM problems; but we still made it through to Opera, and I was actually pleasantly surprised at group cohesion and teamwork.

The Opera event was Oz, and our first attempts were wipes; I chose to tank Roar, thinking he was a real threat, but our successful try I tanked Straw, while Roar was simply feared around the room. The choice worked, and Roar was chain feared by one lock, Straw by another. Dedicating locks to targets worked better than just attempting to overlap fears. The fire suppression on straw seems to be about 50% successful, and he must be tanked the remainder of the fight, or he will take out healers and casters. Roar, however, can one shot clothies, but is easily feared for longer periods than Straw can be disoriented by fire.

Kara PUG	DPS	Total Damage
Starrider	378.7	161120
Thundermoon	485	153851
Mirand	351.3	145220
Thesandman	302.2	132491
Eliminster	310.2	104136
Hiddenrage	272.9	49701
Boramire	88	27205
HPS
Aezura	627.2	268569
Dniwek	496.6	183016
TaeBae	380.2	124335