From Chaos vs Heroic Maloriak (10 man, Warrior Tank PoV)

[Martin19950926]

Whis program you record whith so you get 1080 p in quality?

[esb42]

@Martin19950926 I record using Fraps and then edit and compress the video using Windows Movie Maker/iMovie. This video was done with Movie Maker but now I use iMovie. iMovie has some better features though it seems to only be creating 720p (which is fine, really). You need a large hard drive for video recording, Every 1.5 minutes of raw Fraps footage is over 3 GB.

[Martin19950926]

Whats the ui to get so the nameplates on the Void changes to green on aggro and red on no aggro?

[esb42]

@Martin19950926 That is Tidy Plates with Threat Plates. Its very helpful for tanks and you can adjust the properties (like colors and size).

[Martin19950926]

@esb42 Can you link me your Tidy plates. Because i liked the size and the colors and will be perfect for me. Not that good at chaning size

[esb42]

@Martin19950926 I actually use the default settings for that mod. Just get it from Curse and you should be good to go.

[Martin19950926]

@esb42 I tried the adds yesterday on Maloriak hc. Is it easier whith the. Slow the adds talents. Howling Percing or what the name is that slows em for 6 sec. Or it works without it?

[esb42]

@Martin19950926 If you don't have the support of a hunter (with their frost trap) or a shaman (with a slow totem), then it would probably be worth picking up Piercing Howl.

[Martin19950926]

@esb42 But when i downloaded its . Red when i have aggro and green when i have not aggro. You have it like that too?

[esb42]

@Martin19950926 You will have to go into the settings and choose that your Role is Tank before it has the proper setting. Just look around in the Tidy Plates/Threat Plates menu a little bit, shouldn't be hard to find.

[ewiggy24]

Whats the addon or whatever it is that changes your heroic strike to cleave? Does it do it when two or more are in range, or is it something completely different?

[esb42]

@ewiggy24 I have that key bound to my Back button on my mouse. On that key I have the following macro:

#showtooltip

/cast [mod:shift] Cleave; Heroic Strike

So, when I hold Shift then hitting Back does Cleave and the rest of the time it does HS. Its a good idea to have both of those abilities on the same macro because they share a cooldown.

[nicofacee]

I noticed you were using the Impending Victory talent? Is is worth it?

[esb42]

@nicofacee I like to have it in my progression/single-tanking spec. For progression fights, small things in the last 20% can make the difference between a 1% wipe and a kill. So, yes, I think this talent combined with the Glyph is worthwhile for progression.

[nicofacee]

@esb42

Thank you for answering, I'll have to consider picking it up myself :)

[richeclark1321]

pro kiting on adds in vial phases and also on boss in last phase... and definitely a /thumbs up for the music i would have to agree with tist006 that maloriak would like it

[EnvyGM]

Great tanking job! Just watched the movie and i need to say the tank is one of the best i ever seen!

[N4rly]

@EnvyGM Pretty slick moves there idd!

[tist006]

Funny ass music choice, Maloriak would appreciate. Thanks for the help btw, I War tank for my guild also.

[Cptshiza]

Oh alright, thanks for the response. I'm a warrior as well so, ima try that for our attempts as well.

[Cptshiza]

Question I've noticed in a lot of these Heroic kill videos they switch tanks on Maloriak for last phase, is there a reason for this?

[esb42]

@Cptshiza We switch because there is a good chance the tank will die if they get hit by the Jet Flames. However, as a Warrior tank, I can Heroic Leap out of 1 of the flames it I get hit. So, when we were learning the fight, I tanked the last phase for that little extra bit of mobility. I have the timing down well enough now that I pretty much never get hit by it, so I no longer use my Heroic Leap as an escape (but we still swap).

[ihealzzu]

nicely done.

[SoundsLikeAParty1]

diggin the music!!! =)