Haha, well, ultimates are quite good for Zakum's arms, if the run organizer will let you use them. Yes, they do lag, but if they d/c you, then you'll probably d/c later in the run anyway. =P Check out the 101k on Zak's ice-weak arm in my first SS today!
Finally, after dying 4-5 times around 90% trying to level at Himes, I leveled after the second arm on today's arms run.
Then, after two Paps, I made it to Newts to train with some alliance-mates at 98.88%. Needless to say...
(They're both F/P Archmages, so it was some Meteo ownage. Meteo has a really beautiful animation.)