So I'm reading about Gara'jal and the "not sending people in with stacks" stuff and came to realize.... we've been doing it wrong all along. We were sending one designated DPS and a healer into the spirit realm, every time.
However, we didn't have much trouble either. We killed him on the 9th try and beat the enrage by 24s. I (Aff Lock) was the one going into the spirit realm and solo'd (well, duo'd with the healer) all the adds in the spirit realm, every time. Sometimes even without a healer (an accident, but HS + Soul Harvest + Mortal Coil = win). Everyone else just nuked the boss for the entire duration. When I went back to the physical realm I would put up all the dots before re-entering the spirit realm immediately.
As an Affliction Warlock this is possible because the adds in the spirit realm yield full Sould Shards when killed with Drain Soul. I would basically go in, use all shards on SB:SS, MG then DS one add to get Shards back, dot up adds, rinse and repeat until 30s approaches.
We used 2 healers, and BL at around 30% when the healing got intense. Our DPS is alright, good for the gear I suppose (most everyone in the 460's, myself at 467). We are a casual raid guild with 3 nights/week 2-3 hours/night.
Logs:
http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/b...?s=4721&e=5057
Note that my DPS (the Warlock) isn't correct, as I spent most of the time in the spirit world.
Some food for thought, maybe.