Shareef summed it up exactly, and it's not
too bad, but I dunno. Perhaps I just wish some stuff would remain a bit harder a bit longer. I'm also forgetting the obvious fact that it always becomes easier as you do it more often and as everyone gears up...which probably plays no small role.
Prince strat: that's what we do. Unfortunately we often have to door him mid fight because of inferal placement too near the tanks. We downed him last night, but one wipe was just due to shit luck infernal placement. IMHO anyway, there were some other mistakes as well.
And on Gruul this week the attempt we did take him down (he was not a one shot), and I noob died to a cave in because I was tunnel visioned on spamming mindflay and slamming DoTs...I didn't notice it. Only time I died during the fight, usually I don't (esp. since I got KTM <3). Anyway I felt rather nooberific.
As far as Kara fucking up guilds...yeah.
It's a shame that with 10 man specific make up, it's not possible to really have it raid-style, and *everyone* wants to go each week because of loot upgrades (and the fun of it). The guild I go with basically made their Karas a non-guild thing, so that it's run by people in guild who are raid leader types, but they each 'run' their own Kara as they wish. It's NBG loot rolling, no DKP, and I'm now a regular on their run (started as a sub for 2 runs then came in as a regular which means I'm invited each week now). And if ppl can't come the first night (always a 2 nighter, rather than pushing for it to be all in one 'cause of work schedules) whoever subs gets automatic preference for night 2. Which is all in all pretty decent. But I know from people I know in guild there's been some friction (and it's a very nice guild) because not everyone can get into the raid they want, and some haven't been able to raid much at all because their schedule is such they can only go with 1 that has no room for them, etc.
Anyway as far as that goes, I wouldn't ever be adverse to more flexability for Kara, or considerations made towards making it more 'guild friendly'. I'd
much rather see people be able to swap out more than to have to cookie cutter it, though there is *some* flexability. We did this week's run with only 2 priests, one holy, one shadow (me), but we were heavier on dps. The holy priest is pretty top notch tho, which helps.
My kara run also has a paladin tank, who is a really good tank. It amuses me because I hear all the time "
paladins can't tank", which I tease him about heh.
Anyway I'm not raiding in a style that's getting me to new stuff first or anything, I'm playing rather casually so it's not a desire to see content reserved only for those who can field that to attain it or anything. It's just that it feels like stuff slowly gets dumbed down to the point of boring is all. Though I'm not saying Kara's at that point yet or anything.