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Yes fok trait is eb
800 ish if you do 15-17 keys every week
you will just buy the random ones and scrap it if its useless
@primal gazelle yeah but your talking to a small group
You need eb to be on par with other classes on aoe
For most people it's 600ish
the loot pool is to low to even consider buying the specific one and the price far to high
Yeah.
and the chance that you got at least good traits with the 2 ring system now is also high
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah another trait is way better than 15 ilvl tbh
I hope so much some of the azerite gear in the new raid will drop for me first id
Will 385 random azerite have the double traits too?
yeah all gear you get in season 2
Fuck me
I think anything above a certain ilvl either 370 or 385 that isnt from uldir
also the emissary ones should have it
which one u would prefer for M+, AoT + 2 SS / EB + 2SS ?
Eb clear winner
Eb personally
oka i think i need to try it
Ye EB 2SS
i also have 3x Heed my Call on me but dont know if they stack, just assumed that they will 😛 do they ? should i get a guttriper in ?
curious if we run 3 SS and 3 EB with the new system if possible. seems kinda bonkers if i think about it tbh
its possible
only the chest drops from raid, so youll have to rng the other 2 slots for 3 ss 3 eb
but depends if the combination is available from the dungeon gear
it is available
ah ok i didn't look on ptr what combos there are ao the dungeon gear
there was a nice website that showed all new combos
lost the link 😦
like you could filter by traits and it shows which piece had it
Also what i think to get max chance on good azerite first week is do pvp chest, do mythic chest for residium, do m0, do raid, save 3 worldq with azerite on wednesday if possible
Emissary i mean
Also not sure what piece is in rotation for pvp cap in first week might also be an azerite
So there are many chances
jeah you want that new azerite gear for sure the additional trait is so powerful
and m0 drops 370 in season 2 so thats a really good base
But not sure how many hoa lvl required for example 385 piece with 2 rings
I slacked with lvling im just 36 in 1 bar
@civic palm It's in #rules-and-guides too 
ok im 40 just now so im fine i think
How are the trinket in new raid? Havent even looked at them
Since uldir trinket were totally bs i just used harlans and spyglass
they look interesting tbh. not sure how good that Oscillating Reactor will be but the mechanic seems interesting at least
I mean the trinket from taloc also reads pretty simple and good but just never procced
Dont know it never procs for me
Like harlans proccing forever
Talocs maybe once in 2 mins
This is my experience
oh nice, there's 2 m+ shoulder pieces with SS/EB + Unstable Flames. I guess that's the first slot I'm buying random azerites for
need logs from both right NOW
2/6 chances of geting bis instead of 1/6
Well, if you're aiming for raid progress you should prob buy chest rather than shoulders
As bis shoulders drop from 3:rd boss, and bis helm from 1:st
im optimizing for m+
But for m+ yes
ss/eb chest drops from the 5th boss i think
jeah the good shit for the raid drops so early it is insane
The chest is from jaina i guess @primal gazelle
i wonder if itll be worth sacrificing some SS or EB, for SOB, just to have triple stack of unstable flames
jaina drop shoulders, chest is from conclave
with 3 ss 3 ss combo you only get 1 unstable flames
Will be a lot chainpulls you wont get restealth as much as now
Yeah but why would you 3xSS > _> when you have other options.
jeah you want that 3 eb for sure so much trash you have to do
Nah.
Ill probably run 2x deadshot, 1 ace, 1 wits and 2 tc
LOOK HERE ELEEM THE SUPPOSED SUB ROGUE
stupid sub rogues
I am a master of deception
GET EM OUT
👈
someone should update annoucements to include traits from pvp
DM me a link and i can add it to the #rules-and-guides 👌
as the other 2 are there as well
I'm going 2 ace 2 ds 1 wits 1 barrage
Get yer outlaw shits outta here ya little fuckers 👉 👈 👉 👈
Harder to get, and i dont actually think outlaw will see much play in the raid
Unless you're a diehard outlawboi
Nah there's not enough targets in Battle IIRC.,
Outlaw #1 ???
Uff
assa overlords
Damn. Did I make a mistake switching to ass
but seriously i like the bfa outlaw more than the legion one, but still this gambling tho
It's seriously not that bad
It only blows when you don't get crit. So 80% of the time it blows but that 20%... The dream
I'v never had that job before
Did I miss something? Unstable flames never simmed that high for me
Tbh outlaw is fine as long as there is aoe for wits, then it doesnt matter what you roll
But on pure st its bleh
Unstable is good for aoe, not ST
Oh. Better than heed?
thats true but i like it when i use my shit and it does what it is supposed to do and i don't have ti use it again because it sucked the first time
Heed is basicly singletarget, so yeah
The cleave from heed is 3 yards, which very rarely hits multiple targets
I guess outside of gorefiends that's true
How many of the new fights have cleave over st
I haven't been keeping up. Working 16 hr days
Bois i need tips
Just the tips
So...Do rogue run orbs on Ghuun M
There are better options, no?
Ok?
Rogue isn't the best and isn't the worst runner
Sin is the worst of the three specs as far as mobility but it still fine to grab orb, Sprint to gate then back to boss
If you got time just yourube it; theres probably a 30s clip somewhere that shows the run in its entirety
There is nothing to know
Run to spot. Click orb. Run to spot 2. Click extra action button. Run back to boss
aint sayin ur wrong; I am saying I've done enough runs with dropped orbs to say if you're not confident in it; look it up
solo orb as sub is not hard
get a mousover sstep macro and just go gate>step>step>vanish>sstrike and you are done
😮 its possible to get 2 of each SS/SOB/EB with triple unstable flames
@round harbor yea im just gonna grab and run and throw it seems
sadly 2 of the pieces come from pvp 😦
glbright
Is sob looking to be BIS for raid next tier week?
idk check the gear that drops
My gm was nice and decided to just do 7/8 this week and save our braincells for next week
we just wanna try it
Do we already know how good/bad trinkets in bod will be?
Have you killed it before?
ghuun is not really fun too progress
its a somewhat interesting fight yeha, but you spend the first 100 pulls waiting that your orb groups finaly get it done
for everyone else the fight at this point is boring as hell cus they just do the ussual raid fight ´´hit stuff, dont stand in aoe's´´
Ghuun prog is the type of fight where you learn to hate specific people in your guild for messing up super simple mechanics or not using their mics
was it as fun as augur prog? 😄
Well, that just means your guild is bad tbh. There are dungeon bosses harder than her. 🤷
the fuck im talking? i mean that titan bitch in ToS
idk the name, they all look the same
Maiden
ohhhhh, Maiden.
´´time too play some wow´´ HERE IS THE GUIARTAR HERO MINIGAME!!!!!
"Through the fire and flames"
"And then the your DK got greedyyyyy and hit the wrooooong orrb! And now there's bombs all over raid. Next you're dying on the floorrrrrr. Dun dun dun duuuuuun"
always the dk lol
this fight is fun 
Hello, I'm trying to help a fellow guildy out with some log reviews(haven't helped with melee logs in a while) and noticed he had particularly high miss%28-30% in comparison to other sin rogues around 15-20% is there an aspect to this that is due to being a dual wielder/melee in general? I checked the miss break down and none of it was parried. Is he standing in front of a boss and just being dodged or is this a part of being a dual wielding class?
Is there somewhere you can read how to play with Elaborate planning?

When you're in your normal rotation, do you try to keep it up as muchn as possible (so spend <4 CP finishers), do you try and chain 2 finishers together or do you just finish whenever you can and ignore its there
I only spam Env inside EB if i have the energy to keep envenom up
Just make sure EP is up during your burst windows.
Which is just during Vendetta, or during TB also?
What's EB?
EP
*
Ah ok, cool, thanks.
Im enjoying this beatinb ghuun is giving 
for M ghuun should i be running blindside for the execute?
No
Are they buffing shrouded suffocation or just changing the tooltip in BOD?
tooltip only
i have 28crit, 11 haste, 38 mastey atm with 3 sockets + enchants still being on haste, shall i swap to mastery or crit for m+?
I mean i guess it would depend on your group composition and your role in the group?
there is always a DH dps with me and other is mage/boom/lock, i do usually 15s so have time to build dmg on mobs on most case
pretty low haste for single-target, and it seems you're going all out for aoe - so your groups have to make up time by pulling big and doing huge aoe dps, especially on tyrannical weeks
It really just depends on what you want, if you want big pull aoe dps...keep swapping shit out for crit/mast - or try to balance it out...i think it just comes out to preference and composition mostly
are there any sims for zandalaris
agil sims last for me atm, wtf
Hi, got a quick question guys. Is there an easy way to see in the logs of vectis, who applied the infection by slacking with 6+ stacks during the cast of contagion ?
Does damage snapshotting work on target dummies
I've been pretty frustrated by my lack of M+ dps in 12-14 dungeons. I've been following Dratnos's guides for assassination, but my numbers are never anywhere near his in his videos. I'm a pretty fresh character without access to a bunch of azerite traits that most have, but was wondering if folks could give me a look over for anything glaringly off.
Message your io
Is there an m+ guide anywhere
If you don't have access to the same azerite and arnt doing the same level of keys or pulls as he/they are doing then it's silly to try and compare
whats better DD vs SS in Uldir?
hmmm
They have different uses
Fight length matters a tremendous amount.
bit of a stupid question, but how does using an empowered garrote interact with the bit left of a non-empowered one? do i get a full length empowered one or a mix or what?
i worded this poorly, is it intelligible at all? lmao
You get what you cast most recently.
Because there are better options.
such as?
and there are plenty that did at one point.
But atm EB or even 1 Scent probably leads to better damage.
but is 3x SS not good anymore or is it still top tier trait comp?
getting SS helmet is nigh impossible
you had to get lucky with weekly chest, or buy one (which isnt worth seeing how the new raid comes out soon)
i got 390 SS helm shoulders and chest ?
well, lucky you
would u run 3x SS Selia?
only 385 piece you can get with SS is chest, from fetid
somewhat achievable shoulders are 370 emissary ones, but ive met plenty of people who just didnt get them for months, myself included
depends on the dungeon
you can never go wrong with 3xSS
but in dungeons where you pull huge, like freehold or ML, id prefer 2EB+1SS
gotta check the azerite pieces i got and how they will be with the new rings
omg
the shrine head has EB and SS
omg 0.o so does the shoulders from FH
haha, gonna have 1x DD 2x EB 3x SS
guess im pretty much set for next M+ season 😄
just need to get the Waycrest chest now then ill have 3x EB 3x SS
old pieces wont gain the new ring
only items dropped after new raid hits do
All epic Azerite armor of item level 370 or higher, obtained from Battle of Dazar’alor, world quest emissaries, Season 2 dungeons, or Season 2 PvP, will have a fifth outer ring with additional spec-specific traits.
okbai
thats the sadest fucking news ive seen, " here farm your brains out toget good azerites pieces, oh nvm, we're coming with new ones, another round of farming your brains out"
Bigger numbers...
I would 3xSS in Tyrannical KR and ToS probably, but yeah few have access to 390/375 SS helmet
high end m+ sin players will use triple shrouded. thats including 360 helm 375 shoulders and fetid chest. ive seen that and just 375 / 390 chest SS and archive helm
or echos in there as well
Does that mean uldir won't get the new ring?
That is literally what it says.
I wish i could read
is there anyone on that can help me with mythic raid problem, i am parsing complete trash in mythic. Just went into mythic progression and am doing not even green, like i need help here
I mean, is that really true tho, that EB + scented is better than triple SS? I find that hard to believe
Maybe for alot of pad dmg, but killing prio targets and boss i dont see EB + scent being better
There are no real priority targets, and you're always gonna want 1 SS.
Really?
I'm not a super duper pusher but infested counts as prio, and I can think of most instances with prio dmg
havent seen musclebrah or a shine use scrnt
Infested die so fast that they basically don't count.
There's nothing with so much health that you would be Vendetta+Vanish+Garroting them.
Shrouded has more use than pairing with vendetta and vanish
You go into almost every pull in stealth
will 370 double traits be more valuable than 385 1 trait?
ty for the quick response! 😃
@marble hemlock what u think is the go to trait setup for M+ with 6 Traits?
# Tier 1/2
1-2x Shrouded Suffocation: Too much DMG and energy regen to setup for the rest of the pull
1-3x Echoing Blades: Value increases if you can guarantee bigger pulls and you have High Crit (35%+)
2-3x Scent of Blood: Best value appears between small and large pulls, especially when things live for the entire duration or Rupture
1x Nothing Personal: Misunderstood value from Energy Generation to facilitate more CP generation and Damage from Fan of Knives/Echoing Blades
Twist the Knife/Double Dose: Not AWFUL as you have 6 traits to fill and you need to kill bosses (same idea as not dropping ALL Haste)
It's important to note just how fucking much Agility you get from Scent of Blood (156 per trait @ 400, 468AGI per Rupture @ 400, 5 Ruptures equals +2340AGI)
- - - - -
# Tier 3
Overwhelming Power / Unstable Flames / Heed My Call
I'd probably shift away from EB and use 1-3xSS since it has a lot more value in ST. I'd only ever go EB if I knew for 100% certain that we were doing massive pulls..
Yeah there's a balance there just as there is now between using CT and PBOMB.
M+ is still something like 75% trash.
Well depends on the week. Since high m+ tyran weeks you can spend around 15-20m just doing bosses.
Yep, things will move around week to week and dungeon to dungeon if you wanna be picky.
every dungeon is a EB dungeon with reaping
Correct, group comp. will bring some issues as well, but not much.
id shoot for 2 ss 2 eb 2 sob with triple stack unstable flames
if eb dmg actually scaled off of sob would be nuts
you can get 3 ss 3 eb but you would only have 1 unstable flames
thanks for the inside, so 3x SoB and 1x SS ist our baseline basicly?
2-3 Scent probably
your overall dps is gonna look really low if you dont run any EB
Seems like at least one SS and any combo of eb sob or ss will be strong with maybe outside value in np
ok 1x SS und 2x SoB the last 3 traits are a mix of SS/SoB/EB/NP depending on week/comb/personal rpeferances i guess?
simply bc you wont do enough damage to reaping packs with SOB or SS
I do think that 2 SS is a trap and not worth it.
But in a way after a certain point reaping dmg is pad
Okay like my point is if the reaping stuff dies in the same blade dance no matter what
but on the other side, i heard outlaw will be go to m+ spec fpr rogue, thoughts on that?
Time wise
Sure if the time the reaping mobs are alive is tiny, doesn't matter.
Like it feels like if the reaping mobs die in one windwalker or dh or frost mage or whatever cycle
Regardless of traits
or outlaw rogue
Yeh
Outlaw and assa might be the play
In the same dungeon I mean
Like there’s reaping but the rest of the dungeon still matters a lot
well sry to ask here, but cause @civic palm gave such a nice explaniation for assa, what is probably go-to for outlaw?
1x KyWay 3x Deadshot
i hope you realize without infested, 2-3 pulls at a time will be the norm
Yeah but assa still juiced on big pulls
which will make EB shine
feels like triple eb and 1 ss + any of ss and scent will be worth to me
depending on whether you need pack damage or boss dmg
or play outlaw 😛
piracy is wrong
Coordinated groups will be able to handle reaping better, but for the groups with lower IO, restealth before reaping is going to be hard, makes your SS traits worthless
Do we still use low CP ruptures if its down like we did in MoP / WoD?
Unsure since Venomous wounds appears to have been reworked
ravenholdt doesn't mention racials as part of its guide, raid or uldir. I almost primarily M+, and the people showing top tier clears are all orcs. Is that just due to pvp value? or is there benefit from me going BE -> Orc?
Almost everyone at high io ranks is be
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@ruby idol so you say stay BE? I guess I'm watching dratnos and 2 other sin streamers. all are orcs and I'm sitting around head scratching
Dnt need to care about racials
All 9 of the top 9 rogues are BE. Only 2 of the top 20 are not BE. Theyre not BE for arbitrary reasons, ie they probably just like the race they are because the gains are extremely minimal. BUT if you are min maxing, 1% crit and torrent are the best horde racials.
that partly roots in blizz race balancing, be was op in legion and its still one of the best races in the game.
blizz for some reason insists to balance races propper (i assume the main reason is $)
Theres always going to be something that is better in X scenario anyway , I find it hard to think that there would ever be a scenario where X racial is the same as Y racial but just slightly different, like if there were 2 BE racials atm , 1 silence 1 dispel, both would be beneficial, but in the end 1 would still be more worth
If they wanted money they wouldnt have left BE with bis m+ racials
but id love to see them acctually do something with racials that are older , rework them abit
They would have gutted torrent and made sonething new strong af
its a bit absud with bloodelf tbh, they know AT was a issue and they did not change it for entirety of legion.
now they changed it with bfa to a dispell and add a lot of dispellable targets that needs to be dispelled to the game
coincidence?
Ya its just negligence
You're giving them too much credit. They are out of touch and incompetent.
I just think its ashame that they dont make more racials like BE, a utility, like warstomp is shit in comparsion
M+ is a side project for them
or just make every racial a utility instead of a dps thing
They dont balance for or around it very often if ever
So things just play out how they play out
be's passive stats are also quite good in st + aoe
Troll still typically better in raid so BE stays as is
so even without at its a very strong race
giving at with a high power budget and designing content for it just makes it stand out again
But with all this said the gains are insanely minimal
Im literally only BE because of a high UR i missed timing early in the season by seconds that would have been in time had we not run out of torrents
And i tilted
Traumatized into playing BE
Its not a huge deal in reality tho
I mean, look wise, BE has some sick mog potential 👌
Ive seen your pony tail pirate
Hahaha
a true azerothian hero

race diffrences are dps wise very low
With outlaw being strong next season in m+, its time to go stiff night elf model for that slow 
Prot warriors dont kite
for assassination bloodelf quite of beats it (dungeon + st)
We outlaw boys :)
imagine knowing a prot warrior, haHAA
why is it strong next season?
time to lvl alt and rename to Reapingclap
more azerite traits makes prot quite decent
We'll see how hard the reaping dot scales as keys get higher
Cause that could push them out in favor of dk/monk
But it looks good so far
@devout jolt were you asking about outlaw?
yeah
Ya some dungeons dk will be v good for that specific reason
Outlaw is v strong now already. Reaping favors its dmg profile even more
ah I thought it would be regarding reaping.
anyone tested fok with the new trait yet? that can be quite instant aoe dmg
I think we'll find what are the current best rogue specs in each dungeon, stay that way
same
So assa kr temple, sub tol shrine, preference the rest
Ya im hoping we find some cool sub strats like that
i am actually curios how sub holds with the new affix
Outlaw benefits from having their bis aoe traits also be their bis ST targets
hadnt thought about sub as much with extra azerite rings acctually
you will still likely get 1x wits
Well ya
But many dungeons have bosses where 1 wits is bis ST trait too
Basically theres no sacrificing anything when your gearing outlaw and that has the potential to push it above the other 2 specs i think
Still just speculation
outlaw is atm not bad in m+ too
I hope blizzard also thinks its not bad
Because thatd mean they dont know its actually overtuned af
And is safe :)
all tuned for 5th ring 😃 😃 😃 😃 shhhh it will be fine
i guess there will be a balance tuning for the raid sooner or later
I wish sub just had more use then being a cheesy spec, but otherwise im pretty happy where rogues are in all specs atm. I mean obvsly not perfect but
Ya were speculating about things that will shift alot come mythic week im sure
sub dev's just need to take a step back and look what went wrong in the transition from legion -> bfa and re-iterate using that information
Just be new to rogue this xpac, then you can't be sad 
thats true, if you only started rogue for bfa you probably okay-ish with current iteration
Haha, super pre planned tacs of re rolling a class
just like early legion sub for ppl new to the class
sub's current iteration is very close to early legion sub, and that iteration was so great that they needed to remake the spec in tos
Ye but I think tomb sub was so nice imo cause of the tier set
now with no sets, makes stuff stale
To be fair, having 3 specs that are all insanely viable in different situations is a prett nice state to be in
cause your shit doesnt change up abit every tier
stays the same , and azerite traits hardly change your rotation as much as some tiers did
I mean i only play rogue since bfa so yeah dont know what ya mean and happy 😄
sub was more extreme, all raids pre tos you where only relevant with 1 specific legendary, not having it was up to 25% damage loss besides the legendary acting like a wheelchair and making up for close to every potential mistake
outlaw still has its issues, but i think the bf changes gave outlaw a nice niche
assassination was fine with any dps legendary
got shoulders litterally last aswell
even slightly overtuned compare to others due to low legendary dependency
Zoldycks were sick though, would want smth like that back as a trait
ye the execute was insane
are BFDazaralor fights looking good for rogues?
Fuu what spec are you planning to play on prog atm?
@golden relic how do you skip last reaping wave as DK?
i play subtlety, tho i am not in a guild where spec matters to much
Also what are your thoughts on treacherous covenant?
You would hold a mob like in ataldazar and kill it after boss so the last wave at 100% doesnt spawn
Yeah, might not need a DK for that in every dungeon tho
or it does but its not relevant cause dung is over
any dungeon you can kill last boss with <100% thats doable
TC is rly good, you will want TC or your usual strong traits
no I would imagine you could just CC something aswell
my healers are already concerned about it 😃
there is no real change for traits rly
You don't think it will hinder prog to much with unnecessary deaths?
Some dungeons you might not be able to skip something entirely to go to last boss
Because you would have to backtrack alot of dungeons or re plan alot
New rogue meta shroud to boss
For the new TC trait I recently read that dmg that puts you into 20% range will also be amplified by the the extra dmg taken, not sure iof true but might actually make it pretty bad/risky
🤗
only at risk in M+ i reckon anyways
well wont matter for early progression given the majority will use channeled gear from m+
speaking of the world first race
hmm, i just typed something and it got insta deleted

you probably used one of the forbidden words 😉
Instantly would be Moroes
Depends on tuning
meffod
If it's not a gear thing, method takes it
exorsus got on big player with the highest hoa lvl. that's the only world title they gonna get dis season
If a reset worth of gear makes it easier, limit wins
I mean, if limit just didn't extend they would have won 100%
wasn't limit extending?
yeah thats the joke, but im sure htey wont make that mistake again
and then Vantus runes got nerfed or something as well
kinda yikes
They have some experience with it now
if they whiped very low they would have killed it with a bit more gear
I swear, method is shitting themselves
for the current tier, things are not equal the gear channeling beeing exploited to that extend makes some guilds have a huge advantage
Community runs?
^the gear funneling was what my delted post was bout
the fact that blizzard is so unbelievably dense
to give it such a garbage fix
like how do they not just realise that it doesnt fix anything, legit doesnt make sense
they fixed everything
ye 9 mythic split rund and 18 heroic runs to funnel gear

ye funnel
Yeah
If u can do it why not ^^
They reduced cloth and mail funneling by 2 raid spots. 
Imagine valor points
Its just one of those blizz things where they added a scrapper
But anymore tho
and then their ego makes it so that they NEED to integrate the scrapper
into their gameplay shenanigans
and then it turns int ofiestas like this
yes they could avoided that issue by just make every bosskill drop a certain amount of the currency and make it act like a bad luck protection for gear
I don't understand how they don't predict these things
i think their internal communication is at a high school level
you know, group projects
2 guys that dont do anything till the last day
other than the fact that it's super fucking unfun whats their problem with split runs
"fuck i forgot to fix azerite"
I literally did a hc run on my disc alt yday for mythrax chest and a 389 guy gets it and says "sorry, need the residuum"
its not like i posted about the potential abuse day one 😉
I hate when they "force" us to do old raids... For the residuum
In any other situation that guy probably wouldnt have been in that run tho tisu i think
if it wasnt for the chalk
i think blizz just underestimated the effort guilds make to exploit a system to get a advantage
They might underestimate it, but then they acknowledge it
and legitimately covme up with a completely incomplete solution
They're by far the worst at predicting emergent player behaviour
i just see an issue with mythic atm
they need to purposely tune it up or else we might have a very quick tier
Yea
method has 2+
i thought they were at like 3k chalk tops
Some ppl in method will have 3
damn
Or maybe not idk
degeneracy rampant
Thing is, next week, you have hc and mythic uldir splits, m0 runs, random hc spam, and normal and hc bod splits
So more residuum for every1
also mythic week will have higher reward in weekly chest
so assuming they will go in with full azerite is quite reasonable
But then money > quality
ppl love m+ and its a infinite grind
Or they could have done a 300% ak thing for 1st week of s2
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M+ is not a grind
It's competitive endgame content
It's like saying arenas are a grind
AP overall is a failed system in bfa
thats bc. they specifically designed it for m+
one of the reasons ap is bad is bc. blizz goes with forced content
e.g. if you want to get ap up quick you unavoidable need to do islands
if you dont like them 🤷 other content that provides the currency just will require tons of additional time to get the same result
Yeah but just doing the WQs will have your neck at 38+ 👍 So no need for spam if u aint aming for 40++
Exactly
so doing all wq's is not farming, i see
doing all WQ is worse than islands
imo
id rather just grind island for a few hours just before the new raid tier than do WQ all the bloody time
Not all just the ones with big rewards. Doing them casually gives you a good neck lvl.
ye true
For 40 obv you need boring islands
Do you do your emissaries tisu?
WQs are dead boring content that no one i know actually enjoys
its just another chore
Unless its an AP emissary I just scout the map for one or two big AP ones and do them. That's about all the grind i do
yeah and at some point blizz became hyper aware of that and abuses it to force play time in shit content
not sure if its their egos or their jobs they dont want to hurt, ie. "we need people to play this new content or else we'll look bad"
so they just make IEs give disproportionate amount of AP
Its just as spammable as M+ essentially except they nerf M+ spammability as well, and M+ rewards like 5-10x as little
I mean, Blizzard literally takes away your power (azerite traits) and then gives them back to you if you are a good boy and you do your AP stuff
It does suck that they made M+ less rewarding while making it a tad harder
Thing is i havent done wq or expedition (not even weekly) for over 2 month and im 36. question is , is it worth 2 month grinding shit wq and ie for 4 levels
'forced' sitn the right word for it, but its pretty nasty
You decide
The grind ties in completely to azerite system tho
so its not entirely somethign else
well ap grind would be fine if they did re-iterate on artefact and not bind your tier unlock to it
That's why I guess the Legion Ap grind felt better
azerite is essentially tier sets and i cant think of a reason to say "yea i think it might be a good idea to have ppl get their tier set and have to farm to unlock it after that"
The unclocking of traits and then losing them to unlocl the same ones sounds like a mobile game idea
That, plus a couple of other things are just phony ways to get people to play
People arent playing because they want to paly the game
they are playing because they feel they NEED to do this to some extent
the essentiall issue is losing your progression more or less
it is just a cheep way to keep it relevant
i found the banned word everything makes sense
@fickle viper You dont need to do that thanks
no vanish emote for me to disappear with

I think lots of people have high hop[es for this tier, both the raid and M+ changes
Reaping should make people feel better about M+ again i reckon
its just gonna be spicy that we're only at 2nd tier and people are gonna start getting burnt out on same dungeons soon i think
Lack of infested*
^true actually
No infested is a blessing
now they just remove bolstering and we're another step i nthe right direction
i wounder what classes/specs will be best for the new affix, did anyone play it as sin on ptr?
Im ok with bolstering. Just remove teeming
Teeming i think is fine then again tbh
Its just more mobs
and as long as the mobs themselves arent stupidly designed
I played a bit of sin on ptr
its not a prob
On non tyrannical weeks its not
Bolstering increases time
The other tiers increase difficulty
sanguine increases time
Ya not if executed properly tho, teeming is an unavoidable time sink is the point
Bolstering is an unavoidable time sink because it limits pulls
similar to teeming might
where a pack is suddenly too dangerous
to pull on top of another
Obviously sang and bolstering increase time in some situations
I get what u mean, maybe with PERFECT play you can minimze that time loss
but bolstering is just another anti-fun affix
palying better ==> still losing time tho
CCing a big mob and pulling smallies away
But teeming literally adds millions of hp to the required count, before factoring in any other affix. And performance does not lessen the effect of teeming basically
==> time loss
That extra millions of HP can also be entirely irrelevant if you are aoeing
having 5 more mobs to aoe on top of the 10 you already have doesnt matter if your aoe output just scales linearly with those mobs
the bottleneck of that pull doesnt change at that point
It still IS a time loss, and probably a bigger one gneerally than other affixes
So we agree
Yeah, Im just saying that other affixes are also time sinks
same Ivl, better to have 1 ss trait and one blightborne infusion (crit) vs 2xSS traits?
its not just Teeming, and teeming itself i dont think is an issue
I mean, at start of exp
because blizz went monkey they made teeming be ridiculous
and added some of the dumbest packs they could think of
@@gusty kestrel sub and sin still have there place :) think sub has a lot to gain now that you dont have to deal with shitty infest paths every other week
what made sub lose out because of shitty infest paths?
well you can now pull trash easy to bosses
There were bad weeks for sub in atal shrine siege
But now that nothing is ever infested its easier to pull for subs strengths
And yes pull things on bosses
yeah, thats true
i was thinking how sub also had a good infested kit jsut cause fo their funnel dmg
Ya but that strength exists without infest too right. For example, this week in atal with the skyscreamers infested
Is a VERY good sub week
But if those skyscreamers arent infested those are still very good sub pulls
But now when saurids would have been infested, those are still nutty sub pulls
But ya fuu i played mostly with 3ss 3eb, tho i think 1 ss 2sob 3eb can be very strong
Sins dmg profile felt really odd to me with the new affix, but i think as the season develops well start playing more for the dungeon rather than for reaping damage if that makes sense
im assuming you could stealth between activating the reaping 20% and the mobs becoming active ye?
Let the other classes handle reaping and just run like 3 SS 2 Sob 1 eb
Ya you can stealth
triple melee w/ ranged healer should be pog
so far melee feels like it wins on dmg generally
Anywhere thats not necessary you can 3x melee
yea
Trees beam feels too good to fully drop tho
ive also heard seli say 3eb/2ss/1 ttk for 6 traits btw
Ya i think 1 ttk has a chance to see play
Idk, stacking eb felt like padding overal rather than actually useful to me, but i did only play sin in the like non giga dungeons
ye, i thought sob would be insane too
maybe it still gonan be better on stuff like KR where u cant get macx value from EB anyways
Thats what i mean, i havent played sin in the big aoe dungeons yet
Early on sob will prob be worse as it basicly scales with the rest of your gear. Having 400 overall ilvl will make scent less useful than if you're 420. Which is not the case for ss or outlaw
@ruby idol shouldnt ss2 not be most dungeons kinda aoe?
Like always pulling 2-3 grps?
Stupid question: is it correct to fan of knive with 2+ targets for combo points? If not.. how many targets are enough for FoK to be worth it?
Im not sure what you mean @obsidian sierra
2+ is correct
@vestal wren thank you
2 targets is correct with fan of knives traits
js.
if it IS 2+ always might need an update
idk if the website is even touched anymore
idk the contexted on what you snipped but eleem says with traits
Fairly sure it's still 3+ without fok traits
I'll check the apl in a sec
so i figured id add that
2 targets wouldnt make sense without traits unless uve got 40% crit at least
wait theres some math missing i nthat
as of 66% crit your expected CP per energy spent on FoK vs Muti is equal on 2 targets
So I have been gone for a hot minute, is Sin still decent in pvp?
Ok so 3+ without fok traits is the consensus?
Guide has been 3+ if they need poisons and 4+ constantly
Don't think it's changed except for EB
Okey
What’s ttk
twist the knife typically
I wouldnt say its awful, its okay
Its just that sin has so good traits that having an okay trait is rather bad
Fair
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/cY47VFZTbWnzt9rv#fight=4&type=damage-done my prases is so low

I tried to keep my vanish for the add in p1-p3
Is the limit.of 3 garrotes from stealth using subterfuge still apply? Or can i garrote one more target?
You can garotte as many as you like
Does raidbots accurately sim SS?
Kind of
In a patchwerk you only get value In the opener and vanish but in actual raids you often can use garotte on adds
I assumed something like that, seemed odd that my 385 rezans fury chest was summing so much higher than 375 SS
Well, SS isnt really a singletarget trait
So when simming singletarget its not very suprising its not at the top
^
Valid point
do we stack shrouded suffocation or only go for 1 for the combo points?
depends on the context
for m+ stack
Thank you for the info
Did anyone already took a look into the SS changes on the 8.1.5 PTR? is it a buff or a nerf for the Trait?
!stats
Assassination Stat weights:
Single target: haste > crit > mastery > vers
Multi target: crit > mastery > vers >= haste
Note: Simming will always result in more accurate results.
Changes?
ah okay. i was kinda confused about all the numbers changing and the trait suddenly saying "additional damage every 2 sec for 18 sec"
ty
They're trying to convey that it affects every tick, just like it already does
Because with the current tooltip it sounds like its added onto the total, so just looking at it it seems awful
Yeah now i see. That makes sense. Thanks
and any legit info about asa go-to build in T23? Blindslide can be competitive? WTB decent egzecute phase on my rogue ;P
Blindside is not a thing no, especially not in the new tier
If there was a place for blindside it would've been ghuun and it still sucked
As soon as you have 1 double dose you dont use it outside of the proc
so, mb some prediction about stats/traits/talents? exsa <> TB? EB <> MP?
i like exsa tbh, hope it will be playable ;P
exsang is rly good with GC, TB is else a good alternative
Eb is dominant
there is not much to predict, azerite stays the same the new raid trait TC is good
You should get the 5:th ring asap though, its better than your current ones even at 370
is here already been conversation about what azerite pieces/bosses are optimal to roll first week
and how many coins u gonna save for mythic week?
The best pieces, helm from first and shoulder from third/second
is assa looking like the progression spec again this tier?
y, i have 7 coins waiting
or 5 w/e
u gonna save 7 coins for mythic?
and be sure u gonna kill like 7 mythic bosses first week?
Not even one xD
is it better option than focusing on atleast 3 azerite pieces from hc and main hand?
In my case at least xD
you dont have to spend all 7 in one week
That really depends on your guild right?
Besides, the best azerites drop from the early bosses (except chest) and the best weapon from the fourth one
So
If ur in method or limit.. yeah 7 down in one week seems doable :)
If not well... i will just spend them on azerite dropping bosses on hc. And save at least 2 coins for prog
Mythic prog*
mystler updated the wowehad guide for the raid, might look their
but tl;dr: the traid trait TC is strong, the rest stays as is
is tc really that good? especially on prog
Check your log how often you fall under 50%, its actaully really rare
Checked my progress logs for uldir, worst fight for uptime would've been g'huun at like 85%
atm yes when every1 is outgearing uldir very hard
Progress logs, ie first kill
okay
u think TC gets nerved at some Point in the first weeks?
Did the people running the simulationcraft website just stop working on it? Still not raw data for Dazaralor
Why have raw data for stuff that is still changing
Why not? Why is it bad that I want to get some baseline data on trait matchups and stuff
And still changing? We are like 5 days from the new raid releasing lol
What are you talking about? The frontpage of simc's website?
Yeah
Those rankings are irrelevant in most cases anyway, because speccs that are played less have less dev time and therefore look worse
There should at least be something at this point for the APLs and data stacks
But yes, things will be changing, especially after the first week
Then figure out how to do it yourself. Those people work for free I doubt they want to waste their time
Yes. Let's spend a fuckton of time developing something that could be rendered useless at any point between now and mythic week kek
We always did before lol
'We'?
There is a difference between simming all traits once, like they did for uldir, and simming every combination
Figured someone would have hashed that out by now. Lol
That someone could be you.
Its still just get the best traits
Assa doesnt have any good synergies between the traits anyway
SnD were you the one doing it before?
Nope. I wouldn't waste my time like that.
Ah okay, your just a guy here at the ready to be critical of someone asking where, what is normally pretty accessible data, is. Gotcha lol

Nice one. You really got me there bud. Must be really accessible data. I'm sure the theorycrafters aren't holding it back for a reason. Nah.
rotation for assasination atm ?
!guide
Assassination Guide: http://www.ravenholdt.net/assassination-guide/
Im curious.. what does everyone use for weakauras hub atm? Im using afenar's pack but there is some stuff i dont like..
i use enkey's
!wa
Assassination WA's for BFA:
https://wago.io/HJUbINlV7 (Mizerok's Group)
https://wago.io/E1EB91OtM (Lokkek's Group)
https://wago.io/SyLUNGD4X (Sovv's Group)
https://wago.io/SJLQKGjMM (Afenar's Group)
https://wago.io/ByzCxPq-m (Devlin's Group)
I know which ones there qre @wary icei was just curious on what the majority of ppl.ia using
@gray crest enkeys is outaded af.. do you maintain it?
i just made my own; there isnt a lot to track for ass aside from CD's and Uptimes
everything else is clutter
some dude named geo maintains it now
´´king dies´´
Bad rng
Tfw you finish Uldir at 95% FeelsGoodMan
93.8 PepeHands I suck
9001% 
Hi 👋 team
i use frags WA's
@bronze summit I use AssR by Sushi, which I modified myself to be a bit more BfA friendly.
Everyone go to Luxthos' twitch channel and type "!vote 6" for him to update Rogue weak auras, lol...
Im 8/8 mythic since a couple week and did not do my work to prepare before the next raid ^.^ assasss will be THE best spec again in next tier ?
likely
All specs are good. Specific ones shine in specific areas.
Check the following resources for the facts:
Warcraft Logs: https://www.warcraftlogs.com/zone/rankings/19#class=Rogue
Raider.io: https://raider.io/mythic-plus/season-bfa-1/all/world/leaderboards-strict
Which are better 355 shoulders that i dont have a trait on or 340 that i have echoing knives
should i use the 355 for single target and swap to 340 for multi?

someone is gonna luck out on sub and get 3 tfd early and get it nerfed
should probably focus on getting neck lvl
the third tfd trait is probably going to be too overkill
any profession items worth making?
engineering has a cool shield if you dont care so much abou tmaking gold
Is it reliable to sim multi-target?
hey, quick question
if i play with exsang
do i use it on cd?
The Ravenholdt Guide doesnt say anything to exsang besides how to use it in the opener
i would suggest the wowhead guide for a more in detail one
Just use tb its braindead 😎

Just play sin rogue it's brain dead oh wait.
Teehee
Can't tell if srs
Mostly lul
Eh
I mean any spec can be braindead
Sin is just as hard as any other spec to have mastery of
Lots of little nuances to get full potential out of it
Yea. Sin is easy... til you see that super derp pull terrible dps and wonder if it really is that easy 🤔
Use Exsanguinate when Rupture is up for longer than it's base duration (meaning it has been refreshed and not just applied) and Garrote is also up for more than 6 seconds still.
I'm outlaw is easier, and sub is alot harder
what, shouldnt i reapplay garrote first?
I'd even say sub is probly one of the most difficult specs in the game atm
Yah sub isn't hard
In legion it had more punishing windows, a leggo that forced you to stay max melee range to benefit, and weird artifact powers that could be difficult to master (Sprint stealth)
Early legion*
Wasn't a very loved spec then though
I know it’s a bit of a grey area but how do you guys think sin will stand next tier in raids opposed to the other rogue specs? I’m quite invested in sin atm because i just like The playstyle a lot more but would you say picking up on sub or outlaw is worth it looking at The fights etc?
It'll be fine
They do a balance patch a week before mythic release so it doesn't really matter what u pick now. Wait till then. And then make ur decisions any of them should be fine tho
I know i’m quite okay at playing sub but i just never really picked up on outlaw
Outlaw is the easiest of the three
One builder one spender one glowy proc on buff to maintain and one cooldown that you press on cooldown
Uhhh BtE is a spender too
I just don’t feel it i guess :p i like sin way more and i guess sub is fine aswell
What level of raider are you if you don't mind me asking
Heroic? Mythic? World 100? World 500?
7/8 mythic this tier but had to swap 10 people during The tier because of quitters
Nothing special 😃 mostly cutting edge tho
So at that level it doesn't matter
No but i do still like performing as well as i can. I know all specs are okay for The content i do but if one is much better then another i still feel obligated to pick it up
Also if u want to be technical roll the bones is a spender as well
So who to coin for the first week? The best 3 azerite pieces for single target seem to come from first 2 bosses and mekkatorque. Since it'll take a while to get to mythic mekkatorque, I think coining him is definitely worth it, especially since he also drops a good trinket. Not sure about coining first 2 on heroic since we should be able to kill them every week on mythic including first week. However, it could still be worth it since going from season 1 to 2 azerite gear will be a huge upgrade due to the extra trait. Also thinking about using a coin on one of the bosses that drop daggers. Need to use at least 2 coins to avoid capping, but should we be using more?
17.1k dps on Fettid w/o getting orb, thats pretty good for sin right?
On fetid?.. i guess you mean zekvoz?
Well there is No orb on fetid for starters :p
Check warcraftlogs to see where you stack up against other rogues
Most of the WL are super inflated with orbs tho
I usually do 20-22k with out orb
Yeah i had a 19,5 yesterday without orb
How long does your little adds stay up?
Not long since we have 2 Dh’s and a frostdk just wanking to The thought of those adds spawning
I donno they are irrelevant anyway I don't attack them
Mind linking log ?
I mostly fok once to get my poisons rolling on them
what a legend 😆
And then just dot up The boss if they need to be refreshed and swap to The bigger add
if you look up each of the logs, the entire raid stops dps and let him pad on adds, the amount of dedication is insane
i wonder how much he paid his raid to do that lmao
Well it’s either a very hot lady in a guild full of hungry gamers or Some rich bastard....
I think i might get The boot if i even ask my guild to do this lmao
one of my ww officers paid me 20k back in legion to not aoe adds during spellblade
so he could parse
Scrub mentality I would of told him to piss off lol
nah pretty sure he got #1 that fight
he's a tank in limit now, one of the best players ive ever played with
LMAO
And? Means nothing do people actually look at number 1 parses anyway? Get number 1 on prog then maybe u have ground to stand on. Getting 1 by padding means nothing
I was joking btw :p you know that right?
Yea he took you way too serious 😂😂
Sounds like a soft spot for him.
Good question on the bonus rolls. What do y’all recommend first week?
Wow big dick
20k well spent
Indeed lol
20k well earned haha better way to look st it
I am not sure yet on The rolls. I Will be saving a coin for that first boss helm tho because oh baby that thing is spicy
And mekkaboi has Some Nice loot aswell but as The guy asking The question said it Will be a while for most of us until we reach him on mythic.
Save bonus rolls until after you do all of heroic and normal
Then go back a second clear and roll then
It depends how many mythic kills ur guild will get. I'm rolling on first 2nd and 3rd boss heroic just to get azerite. Then still have 4 rolls for mythic won't kill more then 4 first week for my guild anyway
roll on conclave if you care about m+ and getting SS and EB traits
they dont care for that
? As in who gets it?
Nah it’s kinda irrelevant :p
Whichever guilds doesn't do splits
method/limit will do multiple 9/10 heroic splits before killing jaina
I got a pretty good idea who Will get The wf mythic kill by now tho lol
im rooting for limit just bc #us
It don't matter to me too much
I enjoyed method stream, will they be doing it this raid tier?
I would like it to be limit just because they are The underdog
They should’ve had ghuun but bad call on the reset
Imagine spending all that time farming to get world 2nd

