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MoO AND YOU
Ever notice a mobs health bar turn pink? Then you do a crazy amount
of damage and it feels so good. The pink bar is called the ‘Moment of
Opportunity” and you or one of your fellow players made it happen!
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If your team happens to all be
he Moment of Opportunity,
cast because they have a reliable
also called the “MoO”
ranged interrupt, heavy armor,
in VoIP software. One way to keep
for short, procs when a mob is
and are typically pretty clever.
an interrupt order going smoothly
interrupted mid cast. This is typically
(As an engineer, I may be biased
is to have the group leader call the
used for a big or devastating cast,
here) For the rest of the fights,
next interrupters number. Example:
but for trash mobs it is good to
you can establish an interrupt
Tank pulls, tank is 1st interrupt
interrupt all casts. The MoO offers
order to be used on every cast.
(or “int”) so he uses his int X3 on
the boss/mobs first cast. Group
a DPS bonus for anyone attacking
that target and generally makes the
Class
fight much easy. I’m going to explain
Ability
Tier
Cooldown
# of interrupt
armour it
a little about the interrupts each
would break
class has, when to use the interrupt,
Warrior
T8
20s
x2
T4
20s
x1(x2)
25s
x1
30s
x2
Obstruct Vision
30s
x1
Spatial Shift
35s
x1
Flashbang
To use your interrupts efficiently
Engineer
your team will need to set up an
interrupt order. Everyone can usually
say which number they want in the
Kick
Grapple
and how to optimize their use.
Spellslinger
T4
Gate
follow this for every cast unless
Esper
T4
30s
x2
Arcane Shock
rotation (1,2,3,4,5) and typically will
stated otherwise. This is an integral
Zap
T4
15s
x1
Crush
T4
35s
x2
part of the game throughout all
Incapacitate
40s
levels and progression, learn it.
Shockwave
30s
x1
30s
x2
Medic
Paralytic Surge
Stalker
Stagger
25s
x1
Collapse
25s
x1
an Engineer will focus on this
False Retreat
25s
x1
36 // WildStar Community Magazine
The GameOn Magazine
Some bosses have “that 1 skill”
that must be interrupted and will
cause a wipe if it isn’t. Typically
T8