i have seen many of the blue posts on how existing abilities to solo older raids after SQUISH would be preserved comments like:
There will be special handling in place for players to retain the ability to solo older raid content. Players will deal bonus damage against and take reduced damage from lower-level creatures from past expansions. (Rygarius)
the item squish *will not* make soloing old raids harder. We promise, and 110% guarantee it.
- Celestalon (@Celestalon) February 9, 2014
Raids you were able to solo pre-item squish, you will still be able to solo just as easily post item squish. and more along these lines with terms like "rest assured"
with this level-85, i ran a low level player thru BT yesterday, 4 bosses i use blood spec and on two i use necrotic strike (NS). this ability is getting pruned in WOD from my tanking spec. when i got to council bosses in BT i normally keep NS up on lady malande, i did a test in the middle of the fight and stopped using NS and did not use it anymore, she healed them enough to eventually wear my DK down and i died. in the second fight i used NS the whole fight and cleared them as usual. the earlier essence of desire boss phase i also use NS, to reduce her healing while being CC'd alot. if i don't use it, which i learned in the past, my player gets wiped and her heals are unstoppable while chain CC'd
basicly i can solo BT now, saw no issues with squish, believe that pruning of key abilities will negate the assurances made.
There will be special handling in place for players to retain the ability to solo older raid content. Players will deal bonus damage against and take reduced damage from lower-level creatures from past expansions. (Rygarius)
the item squish *will not* make soloing old raids harder. We promise, and 110% guarantee it.
- Celestalon (@Celestalon) February 9, 2014
Raids you were able to solo pre-item squish, you will still be able to solo just as easily post item squish. and more along these lines with terms like "rest assured"
with this level-85, i ran a low level player thru BT yesterday, 4 bosses i use blood spec and on two i use necrotic strike (NS). this ability is getting pruned in WOD from my tanking spec. when i got to council bosses in BT i normally keep NS up on lady malande, i did a test in the middle of the fight and stopped using NS and did not use it anymore, she healed them enough to eventually wear my DK down and i died. in the second fight i used NS the whole fight and cleared them as usual. the earlier essence of desire boss phase i also use NS, to reduce her healing while being CC'd alot. if i don't use it, which i learned in the past, my player gets wiped and her heals are unstoppable while chain CC'd
basicly i can solo BT now, saw no issues with squish, believe that pruning of key abilities will negate the assurances made.
