What spec would you suggest in HVs and what talents would be the best?
My story so far. I collected three vales this week. One is already lost as I went as BM but my pet, Clefthoof, did not perform well with no significant damage. Things went wrong. In one of the Tiers 2 I panicked because the tentacles were getting hidden, get appeared in different places and my pet got crazy. I couldn’t kill it and because of being in combat I couldn’t use the Orb so I lost due to running out of Sanity. I know the instance and I know what to kill and where to go because I have done it on two other alts without major problems, on which I essentially maxed the cloak.
Did anyone do HV as Surv or MM? Can I avoid BM? I guess Surv would probably be better than MM. I was wondering which talents would you suggest and if my ilvl is good enough for it? Thanks.
With your gear you can do it as SV as well. MM, I’m not sure about but I doubt you will be in too much trouble.
A bit odd regarding your recent experience as BM though. As, what pet you pick won’t affect your damage output.
For the tentacles, just make sure you always prioritize killing them. If one goes underground/switch position, just target it again and press Kill Command and your pet will be on it. Any other mobs you can just round up and AoE down while interrupting casters and so on.
Did my last upgrade run this weekend for the +7 cloak. Done all as BM and I’ve had no issues whatsoever. You can clear both corrupted areas for the bonus objectives along with the tainted(first starter area) and kill Alleria with 1 orb remaining and well over half a bar left of sanity from the previous one.
I do the visions solo so I chose the talent that allows me to res back up with 500 sanity if I die in there. So, that is another safety net. Will push it next week to see if I can do a full clear of main objectives. Haven’t checked any guides so am not all that familiar with what to do to optimize the runs.
And yes, it does matter what level of gear you have but yours should be more than fine.
In short, prio on the tentacles and if one switches position, use kill command to get your pet there(or a Barbed Shot cast) and continue as normal.
If there are more adds than the tentacle, keep your Beast Cleave up for AoE and use single target abilities on the tentacle(s) or other elite mobs/harder creatures.
PS, a Spirit Beast for the Spirit Mend ability is a bonus in there. Especially if you’re going solo.
Had no real issues with Dwarven or Trade as SV or Alleria, slightly annoying when the affix yeets you across the area, but it can be used to your advantage if you time it right
So far, I managed to upgrade the Cloak to rank 6. I am still able to get one more vessel. In the end I guess it’s not too bad. BM is definitely “not my thing”; even MM would do better but I am afraid I have not mastered the spec enough. I don’t know what I am doing wrong but using BM mobs just did not die soon enough!! SV was like DoT DoT everything, Wild Bomb, boom boom, nuke nuke; DoTs, killed trash, and MB nuked the main target and the rest was almost dead. I managed to get to Dwarven area and pull the first pack without using Orb. I also managed to kill Alleria. I suppose I will not have a major problem with two objectives and the main boss if I get Emergency Cranial Defibrillation.
I guess tentacle thingies before got me quite bad and I just panicked there
