Hel Ra -
I don't know if it would be help or hindrance if we were to give some form of location when we are down and needing ress - something short and sweet "Ash down, side of boss away from wall" or "Cat down right behind dps" or (heaven forbid) "JJ down at the butthead's feet." In Hel Ra, we seemed to be losing people here and there so a single clarifier like that would not bog down the channel. In AA we were going down in waves, so it would obviously not be a good suggestion until we are a little better at staying on our feet.
Warrior - oi. I usually rely on my peripheral vision to tell me when to react to aoe. That being said, between the ultimates and positive area effects, I completely missed one of his last cleaves and I, and a good chunk of the raid, were taken down. I feel that our reaction time to aoe needs to be an area we put work into, myself included.
AA -
How cool was that?!
I completely agree with Jairone on the stone atronach - we all knew we were rotating left but I didn't catch anyone saying how fast, how far, or even why. That being said, after seeing the AOE, I think we can safely say we understand that mechanic and can make it work, now.
The Mage and tank stamina - I was nailing JJ with my channeling rune for magicka and shards for stamina as often as he could take them. This was one of those fights where I had virtually no dps to offer because of how hard those axes were hitting, and each time I went down, it was because I was moving out of position to avoid the large, growing aoe circles and was literally being pushed into the axes. How do we avoid those?