What was wrong?

Seperating is probably your problem.
When I run it with a friend who's also using Sabway we stay close, but still pick a side to generally stick to.
I usually run it on an alt, so I don't have any runes or anything for my heroes but still have no problems.

I find that swapping out one of my necs for a paragon that can spam Anthem of Weariness helps a lot, but it's not at all necessary.

Also, if you're both running the exact same variants of Sabway, it might help for one of you to switch it up a bit and have both your setups complement each other better.


As for your other questions, I can't really help since I've never played a rit...

first wave I find the most annoying, but generally its a cake walk just rune up your heroes.

yep, rit splinter barrage will be quite good especially vs the first wave.

Suggestion:

[build prof=rt/r channeling=14 marksmanship=12][barrage][triple shot][distracting shot][nightmare weapon][splinter weapon][ancestor's rage][comfort animal][charm animal][/build]

14 spec splinter barrage big boom boom. Finish off single targets and destroers of life popping up in the fifth wave with triple shot + nightmare weapon. Pet soaks some aggro and allows you to easily bring [ancestors rage] to a large ball of destroers. :>

Carry less enchants. The more you carry the more it's gonna hurt your team. I suggest a modified version of Sabway and toss out the prots. You should be able to "split" up easily with each team of 4 handling their own with ease. If you find you need to fall back alot and require help then you're lacking something.

The first wave is extremely easy. The key is to kill as fast as you possibly can and not allow the wave to build up. If you're killing too slow you'll eventually get overwhelmed. I use the first wave as a measure to see how much dmg I am doing. If I can't stay ahead of the mob (meaning I kill them fast enough that I can actually sit around at their spawn point and wait for them) then I'm not doing enough dmg and I will most likely fail.

Carry pain inverter with you. The biggest threat with the Glint run is the Destroyer of Compassions. Toss in a well timed pain inverter while the Compassions are swinging at your minions and "poof" they drop like flies. The second biggest threat is the Mesmers but only if you carry too many enchants, otherwise they are a walk in the park.

The Rangers carry an evasive stance so something like "wild blow" for example speeds up your run/killing.

If you need more help I can show you in-game.

Someone mentioned in an earlier post that "sticking together" is the key to winning. I would like to say that "sticking together" is just another way of saying you can't handle your own and you need help. Or another way of saying it is, you need the other guy to cover your flaws. In HM I can totally understand but NM is another story.