konun Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 hey me and my guild are looking to start doing 8 man operations soon and I was wondering what the current operations require for party set up-s So far I was thinking 2-tanks ( juganauggts)(mainly cause that's what the guys that tanked settled on) 2-3 healers 3-4 dps Again I'm assuming we will need two tanks any info will be appreciated can't find alot on the net. Raz'vhan second in command Guarding the angels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Assuran Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 2 tanks 2 healers 4 dps That's the common setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konun Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 2 tanks 2 healers 4 dps That's the common setup. Thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talizora Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 In my guild we roll like this Tanks = 1 Healers = 2 Dps = 5 and hae had no issues running it as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubiellu Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 You don't need two tanks for anything. Heck, a bunch of fights are doable without any tanks. 4th boss in EV might be the only boss you need a person with extra armor on his gear to outlast his mob, but dps spec is fine, even on HM. We run with: 1 tank 2 healers 5 dps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unaki Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 You don't need two tanks for anything. Heck, a bunch of fights are doable without any tanks. 4th boss in EV might be the only boss you need a person with extra armor on his gear to outlast his mob, but dps spec is fine, even on HM. We run with: 1 tank 2 healers 5 dpsCare to show proof of not needing a tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoteh Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 On normal mode we run single tank due to there being no real need for a second (even third boss, cc suffices in place of a tank) and on hardmode we roll with single tank due to enrage timer requirements (and again, no real 'need' for a 2nd tank) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzionR Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Care to show proof of not needing a tank? Looks like he listed a tank to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwipe Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 We run 2 tanks,2 healers and 4 DPS for normal mode and for hardmode. Worked well for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightmgl Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Yeah at least in Norm and HM you don't really need a second tank, its more of a convenience to have one if your tank gets trapped or knocked away or something. In HM it is almost a penalty with the DPS requirements for the fights, if you can get away with the 1 tank you're much better off bringing a 5th DPS to make the time limits easier. Infernal Council is a wierd situation to go by not needing any tanks because its all 1v1 fights. Soa is the only one where having a second one is kinda nice in case your first one gets trapped/thrown but its also really nice being able to kill mind traps faster with that 5th DPS. I'll bet they modify some of the fights to make you 2 tank them or some of the new Karagga's stuff will be more unforgiving to single tanks. Either that or they'll start throwing around the stacking debuffs since theres already plenty of things in normal fights that have them. All it'd take is a boss to stack an armor debuff to force you to switch tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristanian Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Yeah at least in Norm and HM you don't really need a second tank, its more of a convenience to have one if your tank gets trapped or knocked away or something. In HM it is almost a penalty with the DPS requirements for the fights, if you can get away with the 1 tank you're much better off bringing a 5th DPS to make the time limits easier. Infernal Council is a wierd situation to go by not needing any tanks because its all 1v1 fights. Soa is the only one where having a second one is kinda nice in case your first one gets trapped/thrown but its also really nice being able to kill mind traps faster with that 5th DPS. I'll bet they modify some of the fights to make you 2 tank them or some of the new Karagga's stuff will be more unforgiving to single tanks. Either that or they'll start throwing around the stacking debuffs since theres already plenty of things in normal fights that have them. All it'd take is a boss to stack an armor debuff to force you to switch tanks. Pretty much spot on. You don't need a 2nd tank for anything. On normal it's not really that important if you bring a 2nd one but on HM/NM it's almost a penalty, yes. Hell, for HH with the way the fight works and the enrage you don't need ANY tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sath_Wishes Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Indeed, 1 Tank is enough. Hardmode Enrage Timers are pretty tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikesglory Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) 1 Tank 1 Healer 6 DPS For all normal encounters + Gharj, Annihilator HM/NMM 0 Tank 2 Healers 6 DPS For Bonethrasher HM/NMM 1 Tank 2 Healers 5 DPS For all other HM/NMM (Pylons does not require a tank, just have people assigned to certain adds, they stun/nuke them. When elite pops just kite/stunlock it. Should never take much damage at all) Edited January 11, 2012 by Mikesglory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvatarNL Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 You don't need two tanks for anything. Heck, a bunch of fights are doable without any tanks. 4th boss in EV might be the only boss you need a person with extra armor on his gear to outlast his mob, but dps spec is fine, even on HM. We run with: 1 tank 2 healers 5 dps Funny how you listed a tank here but said you don't really need any. Not to mention its not the armor but the threat the tank provides keeping one player on focus. Maybe you were high when you posted this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyinSpaghetti Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Funny how you listed a tank here but said you don't really need any. Not to mention its not the armor but the threat the tank provides keeping one player on focus. Maybe you were high when you posted this? Maybe you were high when you seen how old this thread was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keypek Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Funny how you listed a tank here but said you don't really need any. Not to mention its not the armor but the threat the tank provides keeping one player on focus. Maybe you were high when you posted this? Glad you could set that guy straight 3 years later. I bet he is red in the face that he didn't know the normal group setup a couple weeks after the games release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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