Gunship Battle! and you didn't tell me?!!!

[Jazrael]

Hey everyone,

There is a gunship battle in icecrown!

http://www.wowwiki.com/Gunship_Battle

I want to go!

Jaz

[Gailen]

Woot!
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[Cypher]

Considering how much fun the rest of Icecrown's first wing is, the gunship battle was actually a big disappointment, putting 'wash rinse repeat' to a whole new level of boring. We wiped the first time, but haven't since. I'll admit it is fun to watch the horde ship veer off and go down in flames, but the fight itself is a struggle to stay awake for, even as a healer. It's actually more entertaining the first time you try it, cause someone is going to miss the jump and plummet to their death.

The Deathbringer Saurfang fight is much, much better and actually has a scripted moment afterward, though it makes Jaina seem more weepy and obnoxious than she already is. Cruelty - putting Jaina on a high platform that I can't push her off of.
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[mereck]

[Cypher]

You don't get to fly the airship, you just stand around and kill the axe throwers, two people get to play in the cannons and kill the mobs lobbing rockets on the far side of the ship. Apparently the people who get to use the rocket packs to jump to the other ship and kill the battle mage find it slightly more exciting than watching pain dry, unfortunately, I'm stuck healing the main tank who just stands around gathering up boarders. The only time I wasn't bored out of my skull is when our OT missed the jump and plummeted to his death (which you can't even do anymore, thanks Blizz) and when our Warlock wasn't paying attention and ended up on the Horde ship when it went down. I was laughing so hard I almost had an asthma attack.

Saurfang isn't that bad, provided your tanks have gear and taunt off at the right times. He was bugged last Tuesday, taking 2X or more power from players than normal. Once we figured out what was going on, it wasn't so bad. Somehow he was on 'heroic' mode, though the instance was clearly regular. I checked the forums and anyone who did the encounter experienced the same thing we did.


Festergut hands down sucks to tank or heal and is a pure gear check. If you aren't doing 30k or better dps as a 10man raid, he'll berserk and obliterate everyone. Apparently he's the 'Most Hated Mob' of the expansion.
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[Thornbeard]

It was actually fun beating him on 25man when he was bugged. Though he still didn't drop my sword. Oh well.
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