I still remember the first time I saw this, way back when... “hero bear” or “be the bear” became a running thing between my friends and I whenever we played and something clutch happened. Many people don’t, but I look back at cata very fondly. You are missed totalbiscuit; I hope you’re in a better place now. Thank you for this memory, and for the memories you have given thousands others... you are not forgotten. Rest In Peace.
For anyone watching this video now, the 'Hero Bear' music is from the Shining Force 3 Original Soundtrack titled 'The Mercenary Soldier.' You're Welcome.
I know this sounds dumb but I hope these videos stay around for a long long time. This was my first mmo I fell in love with and TB/Jesse cox were my guides for raiding. I still raid today and I always come back to these videos remembering how much I loved watching these. Thank you
Every so often i find myself coming back to TB's videos of old wow Content. Especially with wow classic coming closer to cata. We all miss you, thank you for making me fall in love with WoW.
@Zerathil Because there were tons of mistakes that I made, right? Oh wait, no there weren't. It must be awesome to be a spectator that does nothing but nitpick though. I bet if we watched you play we'd find plenty of things to bitch about too. Pedantry, how does it work?
@Ghostkiller5555 No, they did not. And the game came out in late 2004. The only raid bosses that dropped blue items were 20-man bosses and even then they still dropped epics as well from time to time.
Hey man great vid. I truly enjoy watching them because you do your best to show all of us the content and everything you can and you are also very entertaining while doing so. Hope to see plenty more from you TB.
@Ghostkiller5555 Ridiculous claim. Initial items from raids in vanilla were all epics until they brought in the 20 mans, which were considered a bridge between 5-mans and 40-mans, which did drop blues.
@hilger3 Well yeah... as explained, you dps each of the 4 council members down to as close to 25% as possible to ensure the last phase isn't hard, because he gains their combined remaining health as his final HP. Screw that up and you end up getting something you can't beat.
@MrShanden Farmville is a game for casual gamers. Peggle is a game for casual gamers. WoW has never been for casual gamers, it has parts of it that can be easily enjoyed by casual gamers, but it was never designed with casual gamers in mind. Let's also point out the usual dumb fallacy, casual != easy. Casual games have nothing to do with difficulty and everything to do with how much time they require and when.
TotalBiscuit has different hosting abilities. In these kind of vids, the raiding ones, he is serious and a good guide. In others like the aszhara walkthroughs, he is funny and a cynical dude. I like them both. Wanted and needed at both kinds of videos.
I really like the voice and the clarity of ur explanations. and to my surprise it wasnt very cynical at all..lol. I will def add ur vids as my first go-to for boss explanations. grats!
@Zerathil I'm thinking of you wiping over and over again and smiling. I guess people who don't know what it's like to do bosses for the first time without the aid of crutch mods and guides shouldn't really discuss beta raiding.
@TotalHalibut ok i played vanila but it seems i wasn't at the very start so at the start ( 2003 it came out i started in spring 2004-2005) when there were only 40 man and 5 mans it seems but still some bosses did drop blue stuf right ?
I only played healers -- Holy Paladin main, Holy Priest, Resto Druid. The Ascendant Council was far and away one of my favourite fights. The last phase especially was fun as all heck to heal.
Nice to see they're reusing the fire/poison tactic from Acidmaw and Dreadscale. That was a pretty neat ability. Secondly, could you also jump to avoid the quake or use a priest levitate in a pinch? Is the tank required to play with these mechanics or could he or she eat them? (As it stands right now, given it isn't an insta-kill)
You so could be a sports commentator!!! I was more interested in your commentary during phase 3 than the strategy itself :) Thanks for the amusing guide!
hi total, Burn in ur little core stats window, thats ur mastery correct? trying to gather an idea of how much to raid with and my premade 85 after reforging has ~20%. thanks in advance
@Emanuel095 What's the point of these kinds of mechanics if they don't actually punish you for failing? Especially in this particular case where they are so easy to avoid, you can literally change to grounded etc with 30 seconds before its going to hit.
Does there need to be as many instant kill mechanics when even the damage causes more strain on healer mana? Or is there enough strain with the normal abilities, and in your opinion those mechanics are easily avoidable enough where the damage it was doing wasn't punishing enough?
looks like a great fight :D can't wait to try it out :D quick question on phase two, when you're swapping between the two 'debuffs' does even the tank need to run about. or can he just soak the damage and get healed through? Maybe pop a CD or two to help out. P.S. I recon the water boss is supposed to be pronounced Fel-oo-dee-us
@MrShanden WoW Was designed to be more casual than EverQuest but not to be "A Casual MMO" It was Designed to be difficult, challenging and rewarding. I remember at one point being fully epiced meant you "worked" hard for it and downing a boss was an accomplishment.
hey totalhailbut, i love ur vids, but ive been wondering, what are the "mods" ur talkin about. I know that they show you stuff that the regular client doesnt show, but im wondering how do you get them and how do you put them in ur client.
@Essenji It wasn't made for the purpose of pugging, but it with the new raid lock out system, would you not argue that Blizzard are leaning towards pugging? It may not be hard to avoid things, but you theres always people (even in guilds), who will not be paying attention, more so in PuGs. Also, what if people get lag spikes or disconnects? I'm sure you'd love to wipe because someone lagged out and was hit by an insta-kill ability.
Totalbiscuit, what do you think about this? on HC mode. Glaciate, Thunderschock and Quake kills u (it must do it in normal aswell) but the Thunderschock and Quake aren't predictable :O + the bosses do more DMG and have more HP. did I miss something? :O idk lol
@Runmanaburn I would not call it a bad habbit if it doesn't matter in a fight. It didn't cause him any grief or loss of dps/more damage taken that I could see. Just because someone has been playing 6 years doesn't change their play style. Not like it is a huge deal in PvE anyway.
@TotalHalibut I guess you misunderstood what I was saying. When I said "..and not "S" key," that was supposed to be a whole different question. What I was saying, was why do you still "S" key after 6 years of playing this game?
The fight infrrf looks fun, but is mages fun to play as well? It was mainly spamming frostfire bolt. I play Moonkin, but I was thinkin to level my mage - but now after watching this video, I am not sure if I should, to get more fun in the game.
Dude, freaking nice use of the Shining Force 3: Soldier of the Empire music at the end there, very well timed! HERO BEAR SHALL TRIUMPH OVER ALL! ALL HAIL THE ALMIGHTY BEAR OF PROPHECY!
can some1 help me, i downloaded Wrath of the litch king and now when i try and launch it it says 'launcher requires write permission to the world of warcraft registry key' ive tried to right click it and run as administrator and i only have the one acc on my computer. plz help
this is probably going to be my favorite type of council fight. though most of the time i hate council fights with a passion but this one looks pretty awesome.
I still remember the first time I saw this, way back when... “hero bear” or “be the bear” became a running thing between my friends and I whenever we played and something clutch happened. Many people don’t, but I look back at cata very fondly. You are missed totalbiscuit; I hope you’re in a better place now. Thank you for this memory, and for the memories you have given thousands others... you are not forgotten. Rest In Peace.
Rip John, I miss you. I will never forget your legacy
For anyone watching this video now, the 'Hero Bear' music is from the Shining Force 3 Original Soundtrack titled 'The Mercenary Soldier.'
You're Welcome.
I know this sounds dumb but I hope these videos stay around for a long long time. This was my first mmo I fell in love with and TB/Jesse cox were my guides for raiding. I still raid today and I always come back to these videos remembering how much I loved watching these. Thank you
@Runmanaburn Because regardless of how aspergers a small number of people get over the occasional backpedal, it actually doesn't matter at all.
Every so often i find myself coming back to TB's videos of old wow Content. Especially with wow classic coming closer to cata. We all miss you, thank you for making me fall in love with WoW.
@Deathrevelation Urghhh.... it should be fairly obvious that I slow the video down to show the loot.
@Runmanaburn Because I have enough keys on my G11?
@Zerathil Because there were tons of mistakes that I made, right?
Oh wait, no there weren't. It must be awesome to be a spectator that does nothing but nitpick though. I bet if we watched you play we'd find plenty of things to bitch about too.
Pedantry, how does it work?
@Ghostkiller5555 No, they did not.
And the game came out in late 2004. The only raid bosses that dropped blue items were 20-man bosses and even then they still dropped epics as well from time to time.
13 years later just found this, thank you and RIP brother
@disrook it's a window at the bottom of the screen which tells you my sp, crit, haste, hit and burn
@TheRagekill Maybe when it's not so unbelievably bugged. That fight is RNG right now as to whether or not your healers get randomly dced and you wipe.
Hey man great vid. I truly enjoy watching them because you do your best to show all of us the content and everything you can and you are also very entertaining while doing so. Hope to see plenty more from you TB.
@thedruery I don't have any mage videos at all.
@Ghostkiller5555 Ridiculous claim. Initial items from raids in vanilla were all epics until they brought in the 20 mans, which were considered a bridge between 5-mans and 40-mans, which did drop blues.
@Ahoydizzle Levitate breaks on damage, of which there is quite a lot, so not really.
@RoadRageRocker Yes because it is Hero Bear.
@hilger3 Well yeah... as explained, you dps each of the 4 council members down to as close to 25% as possible to ensure the last phase isn't hard, because he gains their combined remaining health as his final HP. Screw that up and you end up getting something you can't beat.
On behalf on the WoW community, we thank you for these continuous Beta updates and beta raid guides.
Thank you.
HERO BEAR!
That was an amazing ending to the raid fight. Last phase does look crazy as you mentioned. Props on another great video!
@TheSnapple what?
@MrShanden Farmville is a game for casual gamers. Peggle is a game for casual gamers. WoW has never been for casual gamers, it has parts of it that can be easily enjoyed by casual gamers, but it was never designed with casual gamers in mind.
Let's also point out the usual dumb fallacy, casual != easy. Casual games have nothing to do with difficulty and everything to do with how much time they require and when.
That was the most fun i have ever had watching a vid. I can't wait to actually play it when Cata goes live!
TotalBiscuit has different hosting abilities. In these kind of vids, the raiding ones, he is serious and a good guide. In others like the aszhara walkthroughs, he is funny and a cynical dude. I like them both. Wanted and needed at both kinds of videos.
@InaboxPayne BoE blues do not count.
@hellotheresirdude No, because I'm not a retard that takes healing offhands.
@KamistraWoW ya
and half the vanilla bosses were dull as shit so *shrug*. Are they AQ40/thegoodbitofBWL/Naxx 1.0 level? Yeah, they're good.
I really like the voice and the clarity of ur explanations. and to my surprise it wasnt very cynical at all..lol. I will def add ur vids as my first go-to for boss explanations. grats!
I don't know of him but I can believe it. Keybinding works for some people , and doesn't for others, depends on your play style, equipment and setup.
Where does the sword that the pally cow was using come from? I will be going for that straight away when cata hits.
Thanks Biscuit, these raid videos are my favorites.
@Zerathil I'm thinking of you wiping over and over again and smiling.
I guess people who don't know what it's like to do bosses for the first time without the aid of crutch mods and guides shouldn't really discuss beta raiding.
'HERO BEAR' was made even better by the dramatic heroic music.
@TotalHalibut ok i played vanila but it seems i wasn't at the very start so at the start ( 2003 it came out i started in spring 2004-2005) when there were only 40 man and 5 mans it seems but still some bosses did drop blue stuf right ?
I only played healers -- Holy Paladin main, Holy Priest, Resto Druid. The Ascendant Council was far and away one of my favourite fights. The last phase especially was fun as all heck to heal.
Nice to see they're reusing the fire/poison tactic from Acidmaw and Dreadscale. That was a pretty neat ability.
Secondly, could you also jump to avoid the quake or use a priest levitate in a pinch? Is the tank required to play with these mechanics or could he or she eat them? (As it stands right now, given it isn't an insta-kill)
You so could be a sports commentator!!! I was more interested in your commentary during phase 3 than the strategy itself :)
Thanks for the amusing guide!
TB's shoutcraft commentary ability really shows at the end xD
@SupaPres how about extra abilities? or even fighting all 4 at once? They can do things other than damage increases.
hi total, Burn in ur little core stats window, thats ur mastery correct? trying to gather an idea of how much to raid with and my premade 85 after reforging has ~20%.
thanks in advance
Ascendant Council on hardmode will be quite interesting. Nice video TB!
The victory music at the end is awesome.
@Emanuel095 What's the point of these kinds of mechanics if they don't actually punish you for failing? Especially in this particular case where they are so easy to avoid, you can literally change to grounded etc with 30 seconds before its going to hit.
how do you make it so that you can see the whole fight area and your character from so far away? mine is so close and i cant see shit
Can you dodge the Big water in the air that does Waterlogged? Kinda like Rotface's Unstable Slime explosion?
@Runmanaburn
Pardon my 'ignorance', but what the crap do you mean when you say "S" key?
Does there need to be as many instant kill mechanics when even the damage causes more strain on healer mana? Or is there enough strain with the normal abilities, and in your opinion those mechanics are easily avoidable enough where the damage it was doing wasn't punishing enough?
What happens if you blink through the Void Zone/Tornado but dont actually land in it. Do you still get the debuff?
@windfiresteel Yeah, add more shit.
That was hard... I should be a designer.
@littledude4eva Runescape is more hardcore than WoW in many aspects, that's a pretty dumb thing to say.
what sword is that on the back of your raid member at 5:48? it looks soo cool.
looks like a great fight :D can't wait to try it out :D
quick question on phase two, when you're swapping between the two 'debuffs' does even the tank need to run about. or can he just soak the damage and get healed through? Maybe pop a CD or two to help out.
P.S. I recon the water boss is supposed to be pronounced Fel-oo-dee-us
how does TB become this cast bar of his target down his char? thanks for helping
Do you keep the same setup in Phase 2 as in 1 (melee dps left, ranged dps right)
@MrShanden WoW Was designed to be more casual than EverQuest but not to be "A Casual MMO" It was Designed to be difficult, challenging and rewarding. I remember at one point being fully epiced meant you "worked" hard for it and downing a boss was an accomplishment.
are they going to implement heroic modes to all the cata bosses?
and
are the boss fights just as fun as the vanilla ones?
whats that at the bottom of the screen that says sp, crit, haste, hit, and burn
what was that red ball floating near u at 8:30?
hey totalhailbut, i love ur vids, but ive been wondering, what are the "mods" ur talkin about. I know that they show you stuff that the regular client doesnt show, but im wondering how do you get them and how do you put them in ur client.
Is there something with this raid that there are more than one boss in the encounter? It's not bad or anything but I'm just saying
Out of curiousity why do you use frostfire bolt instead of fireball??
@paalbananas You do not understand how TH-cam works.
not watching these raid video's, but clicked the ad for you
So anything with spirit in cata is for healers, apart from sometimes S priests?
@Bloodkeeper10 Not really.
@MohoFlaggins You can run WoW on almost anything :/
@Essenji It wasn't made for the purpose of pugging, but it with the new raid lock out system, would you not argue that Blizzard are leaning towards pugging?
It may not be hard to avoid things, but you theres always people (even in guilds), who will not be paying attention, more so in PuGs. Also, what if people get lag spikes or disconnects? I'm sure you'd love to wipe because someone lagged out and was hit by an insta-kill ability.
whats the one called that lets u scroll back so much?
Totalbiscuit, what do you think about this? on HC mode. Glaciate, Thunderschock and Quake kills u (it must do it in normal aswell) but the Thunderschock and Quake aren't predictable :O + the bosses do more DMG and have more HP. did I miss something? :O idk lol
@Lancemasterz Yes but fireball got nerfed in 4.3 so wich is stronger now. frostfire bolt or fireball
Are you still testing the difference between FFB and fireball or have you committed to FFB spec?
just wonder :) why do you have fire spec? isent frost faster to cast and less mana draining? If you have a video that tells me this please tell me :)
Do you have any plans to make a video of Deathwing destroying a zone? I know people would like to see it but it is kinda random when it happens.
@Runmanaburn because you use it to walk backwards??
What is the addon that shows his cooldowns called?
So overall with what you have seen from the Cata raids, Can we expect actual fun and not easy free loot unless we put it on heroic?
What add-ons did you use for this video? Id like to use it since my last one went out of date due to new patch. Thanks TB!
Total, is this the final Raid, does it have Deathwing in the end or is the final still to be revealed?
@Runmanaburn
I would not call it a bad habbit if it doesn't matter in a fight. It didn't cause him any grief or loss of dps/more damage taken that I could see.
Just because someone has been playing 6 years doesn't change their play style. Not like it is a huge deal in PvE anyway.
@TotalHalibut What realm do you play on the live servers ?
Total, Can you tell me the name of the Arms warriors big ass sword? it looks superb!:D
this has probably been answered somewhere but what do mages gem in the beta?
how u get extra long action bar?:O ive always woundered about it. ):
@TheSnapple You mean something like the wipe-a-thon videos?
hey totalhalibut would levetate from a priest work like the debuff levetate
what is the cast time addon that you are useing?
TB did you ever upload the full run of the deadmines?
@TotalHalibut I guess you misunderstood what I was saying. When I said "..and not "S" key," that was supposed to be a whole different question. What I was saying, was why do you still "S" key after 6 years of playing this game?
does the Holy Paladin in your group have a ton of mastery? if so it may be absorbing enough damage to not kill you outright.
The fight infrrf looks fun, but is mages fun to play as well? It was mainly spamming frostfire bolt. I play Moonkin, but I was thinkin to level my mage - but now after watching this video, I am not sure if I should, to get more fun in the game.
Does priest levitate also save you from the ground damage?
@paalbananas When you post 20 seconds after the video goes live with a ridiculous claim like that, you just make yourself look stupid.
@DragonMoth34 No, you didn't, since we changed the pass before that raid. Why lie to try and impress people with something that dumb?
Dude, freaking nice use of the Shining Force 3: Soldier of the Empire music at the end there, very well timed!
HERO BEAR SHALL TRIUMPH OVER ALL! ALL HAIL THE ALMIGHTY BEAR OF PROPHECY!
@TheBrunojones I believe it is quartz?
What castbar addon are you using ? And i like how it shows the Timers on your CDs.
so this encounter is kind of like those Val'kyr sisters is ToC?
can some1 help me, i downloaded Wrath of the litch king and now when i try and launch it it says 'launcher requires write permission to the world of warcraft registry key'
ive tried to right click it and run as administrator and i only have the one acc on my computer. plz help
this is probably going to be my favorite type of council fight. though most of the time i hate council fights with a passion but this one looks pretty awesome.