cynyck wrote:
I hate to be repetitive, but it really is worth it that much - Pally Power I mean. I resisted using it because I felt it was important not to put everything on easy-mode. My loss.
I don't think of Pally Power as putting anything on easy mode per se. Rather, managing pally blessings is already extraordinarily simple, and it mildly bothers me that I'm in a raid with some serious lunkheads that can't figure out who/what/when to bless. People tell you that you "have to have Pally Power" and I think, wow, we must have a terrible reputation as a class. Why doesn't someone script up "Hunter Power" at some point and give the raid leader/raid assistants the ability to turn off Aspect of the Pack at will? How much effort ought to be expended on curing the stupid?
I'm not saying that Pally Power is FOR the stupid, at all, just that I am resistant to a tool that so effectively covers up the stupidity of those alongside me.
cynyck wrote:
I managed the five-mans with the "buff yourself first" trick, and somehow also managed Kara, but the 25-mans were just impossible to keep up with and I got tired of hearing people on vent saying "so-and-so (their toon's name) needs kings."
The 25-mans only make the dysfunction more self-evident, I don't think they're responsible for making it any more complicated. Contrary to popular opinion, more pallies in the raid make it easier to buff, not harder.
Assuming you have at least two pallies in the raid (e.g., typical for Kara and ZA) assign one of them GBoK for the entire raid. He or she is expected to keep it up on everybody continuously. If "so-and-so needs kings" at any point, then it is JoeBob's fault. Failing at this is little different then a mage whining "I didn't realize that 'moon' was going to be my sheep icon the entire raid" (and no one would put up with that level of defect!!!).
Where the problems really emerge is when people lose buffs. If a rogue dies sometime during the pull and gets rezzed, he needs to be rebuffed. So rebuff all the rogues! It's worrisome when I see "buffers" -- I really am focussing on healers -- who don't realize when someone in the raid has died... it really ought to make you wonder what else is taking place on the screen that they're missing (hint: they're likely the ones not Cleansing de-buffs either).
The reagent costs less than 1s50c, so bring 100 to a 10-man and 200 to a 25-man. Rebuff whenever there's a bio break. Rebuff whenever anyone mentions a one-hit wonder from the 80s. Rebuff whenever anyone mentions Finland. You do not need to conserve Symbols of Kings. You are not going to blow through more than 5g worth of blessings in a single raid night.
cynyck wrote:
After using Pally Power the first time, I realized that I really hadn't been managing Kara all that well, after all. And it leaves you free to concentrate on other more important things (like making the priest say "I hate you!" by pointing out to her that you hardly used any mana on that last fight).
The thing I really love about it is sorting the buff assignments before the raid starts and then setting up Pally Power, and not having to worry again about who is giving what to whom. One of us just goes ahead and sets it up for all of us - no muss, no fuss.
You make a good case for giving Pally Power a try. If it can stop a POS Pally from overwriting my Greater Blessing, realizing that he violated the Blessing assignments and then surreptitiously casting the Blessing he was originally assigned, overwriting yet another set of buffs (and making it look I've done jack!), then I should give it a shot. I still don't especially like the thought of turning over my buffs to someone with that mentality though.
I apologize for the length of the post (still shorter than the original one in my head) but when I'm called a lvl 70 failure I imagine I should fess up to it o.O