{"id":4499,"date":"2012-11-21T17:31:14","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T17:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tumblwise.cynwise.com\/?p=4499"},"modified":"2014-08-05T15:55:24","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T15:55:24","slug":"i-needed-3-more-flag-returns-for-persistent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tumblwise.cynwise.com\/?p=4499","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4499 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/tumblwise.cynwise.com\/?attachment_id=4500#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/tumblwise.cynwise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tumblr_mdum025qqg1roeliao1_1280-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/tumblwise.cynwise.com\/?attachment_id=4501#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/tumblwise.cynwise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tumblr_mdum025qqg1roeliao2_1280-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I needed 3 more flag returns for [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wowhead.com\/achievement=200\">Persistent Defender<\/a>], the last of the &#8220;be faster to click on things than your teammates&#8221; achievements for Battlemaster.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I got 8. Eight. I was on FIRE.<\/p>\n<p>We went down 0-2 early on and I switched tactics from pursuit to ambush. I&#8217;d spent a long and frustrating fight against a blood DK and 2 healers (which I did well in, took out a healer and almost soloed the DK) without any real success.<\/p>\n<p>So, instead of trying to stop them as they came across midfield and chasing them into their base, I would lay in wait for the EFC to pick up the flag and then nuke the hell out of them before they got away. As they approached the flag I would pop CDs and unleash a Chaos Bolt. As they ran away I would Conflag snare them and Fel Flame them down the hall.<\/p>\n<p>It was just me and them, and they were focused on escape. They couldn&#8217;t kill me &#8211; I&#8217;d outlasted their EFC with healers &#8211; and I was careful to stack suns and snares and fears intermixed with nukes so that the five seconds after picking up the flag were the worst of the game.<\/p>\n<p>After three, I got Persistent Defender. That was pretty damn cool.<\/p>\n<p>After five, I got [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wowhead.com\/achievement=872\">Frenzied Defender<\/a>] (5 caps in one game), which I&#8217;d had on my DK Cynwulf but never thought I&#8217;d get on Cynwise. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After seven, I remarked to Zable that I was way past my personal best.<\/p>\n<p>At eight, I was pretty sure I needed to go have a workout after running up that score so much.<\/p>\n<p>I knew I would have to change my playstyle up a bit to get these achievements, and I wish I&#8217;d had more time to experiment with different ways to do it on a warlock. I think this is probably the best way to go about defending, though &#8211; have one strong defender to counter snatchers, focus the rest on offense. If I&#8217;d done it earlier, we might have won.<\/p>\n<p>Remaining Battlemaster tasks: 8 WSG wins, 25 Strand wins, 40 EotS wins. I can do this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I needed 3 more flag returns for [Persistent Defender], the last of the &#8220;be faster to click on things than your teammates&#8221; achievements for Battlemaster.\u00a0 I got 8. Eight. I was on FIRE. We went down 0-2 early on and I switched tactics from pursuit to ambush. 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