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amber mountain
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I could pick up the last few PUGing it, but pugging is just... frustrating

limber lion
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It shouldn't be too bad with the new patch

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We'll see an influx in players and people doing keys

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And you can just push your own key

amber mountain
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Tried to PUG a 16 SD (one of the last 3 I need, because of course it is) and we did amazing up until the gauntlet

scenic root
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Well it was leaked almost a month ago the release date, blizzard let word of mouth do the advertisement cause they are lazy

limber lion
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People were only speculating

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There were talks of 29th of July, of 1st of August, of 13th of July

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Etc.

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Everyone's just speculating.

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After speculating 50 different dates, one of them will eventually hit.

amber mountain
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Yeah, speculating based on the PTR status, TBCC release date, and just general dates. it was never leaked

scenic root
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Yeah it was, Chinese blizzard employee said July 1st, which is Asian reset day, so us would be 29th

real solar
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because they did the official preview last week, we were all guessing around mid july, but yeah - i dont think there was a real leak

ionic kelp
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next week a lot better tho

amber mountain
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No, it was Monday night

limber lion
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Well, anyways

amber mountain
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i realized how garbage this week was going to be and figured I'd push it

limber lion
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The date is here now

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That's all that matters.

mellow pier
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Gaming in 2021 is paying to beta test product and waiting for fixes

ionic kelp
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ah last week worst fort week imo but u got it dw

hollow river
limber lion
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Pretty much.

white jetty
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Hows the dealio then, I wanna respec to sin, would you guys recommend I change to venthyr now to get the covenant grind done? Or should i wait it out

limber lion
amber mountain
limber lion
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But, you can do that now if you want to.

real solar
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What covenant are you right now? If you're necro - stay necro @white jetty

real solar
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if you're kyrian/fae - go necro

mellow pier
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@amber mountain not that early but prob since legion

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So 2016

orchid cloud
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necro is best for both raiding/m+?

limber lion
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Anything is subject to change

real solar
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venthyr gamers raise your hand

orchid cloud
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I mean I'm venthyr rn

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😦

mellow pier
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Basically go necro for heroic and we will see from there

limber lion
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Currently Necrolord is looking like the better option

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But we'll be getting heroic week tuning

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which can change everything

amber mountain
# mellow pier So 2016

Oh, i'm talking gaming in general, not WoW specific. Basically since Digital distribution and Consoles with online became a thing

hollow river
real solar
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blizzard tuning nowadays is a flat aura buff

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T_T

limber lion
hollow river
amber mountain
mellow pier
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Necro gives best value imo for heroic week because u will be doing m+ mostly

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And u can change after u play the fights

real solar
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well low m+ doesnt even matter

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for covenant

limber lion
hollow river
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Lmfao yes he did it

mellow pier
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Yeah

limber lion
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It's just too good.

mellow pier
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Venthyr on KT tho

limber lion
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Yeah

mellow pier
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Watch šŸ˜›

amber mountain
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For the vast majority of us, comfort and understanding of the spec and rotation matters more than the covenant itself

limber lion
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KT is the one fight where Venth might pull ahead

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Or well, not pull ahead

mellow pier
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Be useful

limber lion
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Yeah

hollow river
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But be good for prog

amber mountain
mellow pier
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I haven’t pushed an m+ in 5 months

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Fuck

real solar
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Honestly, just go Necro unless you're ever considering playing Sub

limber lion
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Got 2k and stopped.

mellow pier
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I’m 1500

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Got my ksm and peaced out

limber lion
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32 characters is max.

mellow pier
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I should probably set up my outlaw ui again

limber lion
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Or just play sin religiously.

normal crater
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Sinner4life

tired citrus
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We have finalized numbers for release or not yet?

mellow pier
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I did slg for second time last week and I was backup soak

amber mountain
mellow pier
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Was risky without outlaw lol

limber lion
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Anything is subject to change, we will get more tuning closer to the patch and during heroic week.

tired citrus
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cheers

mellow pier
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After heroic week u will most likely see changes

real solar
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@limber lion can u explain how doomblade works

limber lion
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Yes.

mellow pier
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Prob just aura or legendary tweaks

mellow pier
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But still

limber lion
hollow river
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Tab mut

real solar
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So mutilate every mob in aoe, got it

amber mountain
real solar
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:^)

limber lion
tired citrus
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So as we go i guess venthyr>necro Sin > other specs Doomblade best leggo

real solar
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Necro > venth sin

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Only stay venth if you want to play around w sub

limber lion
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Venth is only good for pure st, not much of that in 9.1

mellow pier
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Venthyr is completely fine if u like the play style imo

limber lion
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Yeh, venth on sub is nuts though

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It is

mellow pier
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But necro will be better overall

limber lion
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All covenants are fine honestly.

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Except Kyrian.

mellow pier
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Ehhh fuck kyrian

tired citrus
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Ye im necro 2 months now but staying for the playstyle and SLG/Dena mainly

limber lion
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Yeah, you should stay Necro in 9.1 as well.

tired citrus
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even with new renowns?

limber lion
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Yes.

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Currently it's looking like it.

echo cargo
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How much better is necro than venth for m+ after the bone leggo nerf

limber lion
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We don't have all the numbers yet.

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Anything is subject to change, we will get more tuning closer to the patch and during heroic week.

limber lion
teal bloom
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What if we use tiny toxic blade and shiv from stealth in 9.1 but there's no sims yet so I don't have enough soul ash to craft it on patch release pepehands

limber lion
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Necro was ahead even without Deathspike

limber lion
tired citrus
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it felt like full renown heirmir is better than full renown nadjia but that will take a while but i havent done numbers( for ptr at least)

limber lion
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It's not too bad.

frosty bridge
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it's pretty nice that gemstone doesn't DR

tired citrus
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its not gonna be gated?

limber lion
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There will be gating in 9.1, that is correct.

tired citrus
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im not talking about 40

limber lion
amber mountain
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I think Agnostos means post 40

limber lion
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Ah okay fair eough

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Yeah, it's time-gated

pale fossil
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Man, part of me was hoping for a later release date so I have time to swap covenants and get my garden mounts. Now it's too close for me to do that weak

limber lion
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2-3 renown a week.

frosty bridge
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Nadjia haste is flat value right?

amber mountain
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You know... like me... post 40...

limber lion
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Similar to how it worked in 9.1

tired citrus
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I mean would i have to progress a week with nadjia and a week with heirmir etc

limber lion
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Been a while since I looked at Thrill Seeker

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But I think it does DR, could be wrong

tired citrus
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but ill wait for values

limber lion
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Don't quote me on that.

limber lion
frosty bridge
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Oh it is 20%, nvm

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So it doesn't DR

limber lion
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Where the last soulbind is the deciding factor

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The covenant design is probably the factor

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Necrolord is still better in AoE/Cleave, even without ME

frosty bridge
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The fact that Sylvanas daggers are crit haste is pretty nice

limber lion
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They removed the stats.

real solar
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They have no stats

frosty bridge
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dang

limber lion
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They only have the unique effect.

real solar
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They need to buff em to make us want to use it

limber lion
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They are very, very bad currently.

tired citrus
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Cheers for the chat that simplifies things i cba with venthyr anyway too boring

limber lion
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:')

tired citrus
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yeap its giga

frosty bridge
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Venthyr is mega boringh

limber lion
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It's a lot more fun than Venthyr as well.

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personally.

real solar
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i’m staying venthyr for the first week šŸ˜”

tired citrus
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exactly i progressed sub kyrian last tier that was ultra ebola

frosty bridge
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Necro is way too fun

red plaza
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SBS is so satisfying to press

limber lion
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Venthyr Sub is pretty giga though, so definitely give that a shot if you're staying Venthyr for 9.1

limber lion
mellow pier
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I think for prog tho assassin is usually the best option when they are equal or close

real solar
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sin is pretty much always good

limber lion
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Sin has been the go-to raiding spec for a long time

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It doesn't suffer from downtime as much

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But then again, we're usually very well tuned

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If we did 0 damage (like in 9.0), we wouldn't see play

mellow pier
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Honesty if they unpruned 2 things were way more viable

limber lion
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Need the numbers, even if the design of the spec is good.

mellow pier
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Smoke bomb and tricks dmg increase

limber lion
frosty bridge
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Cev would you go for 200 WPS or 226 SF on Sludge?

real solar
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bring back echoing blades or riot

limber lion
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We don't need any more buffs.

mellow pier
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I mean in terms of raid use

real solar
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conduit ilvl doesnt matter

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that much

frosty bridge
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Hmm, thought so

limber lion
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And we do that well.

hollow river
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Death spike needs buffs

limber lion
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Not SP-well

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But still pretty well

hollow river
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(:

frosty bridge
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Yeah, especially on that fight it seems like a nobrainer

teal bloom
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Would you vanish-> shiv with tiny toxic blade legendary? It should do a lot of damage šŸ¤” not that a single person has ever crafted it or should

limber lion
hollow river
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):

mellow pier
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It hasn’t been that philosophy for 95% of games existence

misty holly
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Sticking to my guns as assassination sin since day 1 has worked out nicely so far lol. Every patch and hotfix makes us stronger!

mellow pier
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It’s a new thing for us

limber lion
spice spire
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Oh god nightstalker shiv smashers prayge

limber lion
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I kinda wanna make TTB for Torghast

mellow pier
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A lot of problems with rogue tho is things like alacrity existing instead of being baseline

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It gets rid of other choices we could have

limber lion
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Venom Rush and Exsanguinate are both

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very VERY bad

mellow pier
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Yes

limber lion
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Even if Alacrity didn't exist

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that wouldn't change much

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We would play Venom Rush

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but

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it's still bad

mellow pier
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But changing those to older talents

dull cloak
teal bloom
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Ttb is legendary for the true shiv smashers prayge

mellow pier
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With choices for sin and outlaw

limber lion
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Alacrity is too strong for that row, that is correct.

delicate bone
fathom swift
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its only a problem from the perspective of wanting more viable choices

limber lion
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But it should not be baseline and it will not make other choices "viable"

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Still bad

misty holly
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I bet that guy who only used bleeds would take exanguinate.

limber lion
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Exsanguinate is not worth using even if we had 126% haste and our bleeds did twice the damage.

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We need something giga-crazy for it to become good

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Like Shrouded Suffocation

real solar
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I wish we had 126% haste

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and double bleed dmg

limber lion
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8.3 prayge

real solar
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I wish we had SS and EB

limber lion
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I liked SS

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Didn't care for EB too much

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Didn't enjoy the Fok cp overcap gameplay

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fok spam, ignoring all finisher logic

real solar
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1 combo point fan of knives in aoe is big sad

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Rng is not my forte

limber lion
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Ye that's true

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Give us Shuriken Storm

dull cloak
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I miss poison bomb doing 30% damage :)

limber lion
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and we're happy boys

limber lion
real solar
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y is whispyr mia

limber lion
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He's sleeping

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He's NA

real solar
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how dare he sleep

limber lion
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But that's why I'm here.

amber mountain
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It's 2PM in NA...

real solar
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In the only time zone that matters

limber lion
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He could be at work as well

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Sometimes the man is up at 6 am

strange python
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It's 11 in the good part of na

spice spire
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It’s 11 am in PST, and dude rarely sleeps

limber lion
spice spire
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He kinda deserves some time off every now and then

limber lion
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We've had our time off for 6 months now

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Rise and shine gamers.

spice spire
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Cev out here doing gods work, ethically farming prayge

limber lion
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šŸŒ‡

heavy coral
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!def

prisma monolithBOT
soft fable
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Is doomblade still expected to be the go-to raid leggo?

limber lion
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Anything is subject to change, we will get more tuning closer to the patch and during heroic week.

whole bluff
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can't wait to read updated pins

limber lion
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I'm sure Whispyr will do some pins for us when he gets wakes up.

ruby birch
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It'll happen

hollow river
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Re edit the edit

dull cloak
limber lion
echo crystal
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so how much is my guild going to laugh at me if I stay necro?

real solar
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0

dull cloak
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hope they let us refund legendaries

real solar
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If they laugh at you, they don’t know rogue

ruby birch
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Necro is really good for sin

limber lion
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We're getting infinite Soul Ash in 9.1, so I don't think that's happening

thorny pond
delicate bone
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yea i plan to be Necro but i also play all 3 specs so it seems to be the best

hollow river
limber lion
real solar
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Is there a DR on soul ash farming in 9.1?

halcyon zealot
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Cev hard at work this afternoon i see

hollow river
limber lion
limber lion
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So you get full value from your first run, then the same amount from the runs following it.

thorny pond
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@limber lion @limber lion @limber lion
9.2 what legendary do I play? Why do I take blindside? EP seems better! I like how duskwalkers plays can I do that instead and be good????

real solar
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Okay, I was under the assumption that it gave less with each additional run, so that’s good to hear

shrewd night
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@limber lionImagine asking me but not linking the post WeirdPeepo

limber lion
hollow river
pale fossil
hollow river
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Lol free

prisma monolithBOT
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Anything is subject to change, we will get more tuning closer to the patch and during heroic week.

  • Necrolord is looking like the current best choice for raiding and m+, even with the nerf to Deathspike.
    Venthyr is only slightly ahead in single target and might be the better choice for some niche fights, like mythic Kel'Thuzad.

  • Sylvanas dagger is looking really bad for now and needs more tuning.

  • A lot of things are still bugged/missing in the ptr and a lot of things have not been added to simulationcraft. We will add sims when they are ready and you can find them in the pins. It's safe to assume that the sims will not be ready before 9.1 releases, as many things are constantly changing and being tuned.

limber lion
cerulean nest
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new pin = nut

shrewd night
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Ye, thank moroes for writing it. He is a swell robot butler.

amber mountain
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Only thing I'd like to correct Moroes and @limber lion on is that Sylvanas dagger LOOKS badass, but stat-wise it's non-existant. 100% will still farm for transmog

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I figure I'll actually get the drop in 14.3

spice spire
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Moroes the best TC prayge

limber lion
gaunt tree
limber lion
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The fist weapon is sick though.

shrewd night
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Guess who is the only person in raid to use fists 2ez

amber mountain
spice spire
thorny pond
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Wow

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So about that smoke bomb?

limber lion
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9.2 is a good guess, if at all.

thorny pond
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Color me shocked

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Ion and false promises, name a more iconic duo

limber lion
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I don't think he promised it for 9.1 though

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And they didn't honestly confirm smoke bomb either

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They were just spitballing ideas

thorny pond
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Pulled the old ā€œsoon (tm)ā€

frosty bridge
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Don't remember them mentioning giving us SB for 9.1?

dull cloak
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i rather have giga damage than smokebomb

limber lion
limber lion
frosty bridge
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Either way we can't complain too much, imagine loving Arms Warrior

limber lion
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We're honestly in a good spot right now.

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We're one of the top melee specs in the game.

mellow pier
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I think melee as a whole needs a redesign

limber lion
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Huh

frosty bridge
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Honestly

limber lion
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How would you redesign melee

tired citrus
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ye make them ranged

mellow pier
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Since the encounter team likes to make fights where it’s obvious to use ranged

tired citrus
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pogchamp

limber lion
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Yeah but you don't redesign melee for that

mellow pier
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Melee should be balanced higher

dull cloak
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im willing to bet a good portion of rogues asking for things like smoke bomb or damage tricks will not press it

limber lion
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You design the fights around melee/range

mellow pier
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As a whole

limber lion
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Yeah, that is true

mellow pier
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To make a trade off

limber lion
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Melee should be balanced higher in terms of dps

mellow pier
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Yes

limber lion
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But redesign is a bit too far.

mellow pier
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Well

silent tinsel
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You know why this happened? Because they removed mana as a resource for ranged

amber mountain
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Just put quaking in raids

mellow pier
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Like a philosophy design

frosty bridge
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Well, melee mostly got raid CDs

frosty bridge
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Does any range DPS have raid CDs? Except perhaps innervate

amber mountain
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Most of them?

limber lion
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All of them.

mellow pier
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The only fight in the last like 10 years where u were like yeah let’s bring more melee was Gul’dan

silent tinsel
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Give more mobs with smoke bomb auras?

limber lion
frosty bridge
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I mean, what does SP bring outside of damage?

limber lion
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You just bring your best players

frosty bridge
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Embrace?

limber lion
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Except on the top 10 WR guilds

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You don't put someone who's a god at rogue

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on a mage

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if he sucks at it

frosty bridge
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unless that someone is Fragnance

limber lion
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Exactly

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Like said

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Top 10 WR

mellow pier
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It might be diff in EU

limber lion
mellow pier
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But in NA we just bring another player

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Lol

limber lion
frosty bridge
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But that's what I mean, if their damage wasn't insane you wouldn't neccessarily bring them

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Warlock got gate, mage got intellect

limber lion
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Like they rarely actually design the fights "melee unfriendly"

mellow pier
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You’re the outlier tho for majority of players

limber lion
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A lot of people were complaining that CN was melee unfriendly

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The only melee unfriendly boss

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was Sludgefist

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There's rarely melee-unfriendly bosses, they are just worse in design wise and in numbers.

mellow pier
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Since sludge was the only wall your raid would most likely only use ranged players to get gear for sludge

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See how that works?

amber mountain
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Yeah, having run CN from LFR up to Heroic I can't speak for Mythic, but Sludgefist was the only one I hated as melee

mellow pier
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Well dps wall

limber lion
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Imagine wiping twice the amount on SLG

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And that not being a wall

mellow pier
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Different kind

shy dust
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SLG wasn’t really a dps wall

limber lion
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It wasn't

frosty bridge
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I mean, on Sire melee has the overlap to deal with for example, ranged has it easier

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But that is barely something

amber mountain
shy dust
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Well he did say dps wall and you brought up slg

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Which again wasn’t really a dps wall

limber lion
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Didn't specify it earlier

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But yeh

mellow pier
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Your guild would basically say these are your 4 melee for the tier

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And that was it

limber lion
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That's just by the design of range and melee in MMORPG's

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It's not because a fight is more melee-unfriendly or melee-friendly.

silent tinsel
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Ranged suppose to be throttled by movement

amber mountain
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Yeah, if they can't stand still, their dps drops... hence bring quaking and volcanic to raids šŸ˜„

spice spire
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M+ raids when YEP

amber mountain
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That said, if we gimp ranged dps, the scrubs in my raids will be even more useless and I'll never get progress with these people

limber lion
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Designing a fight by handicapping ranged is very bad design.

amber mountain
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I like them, but I seriously have to call out individuals for every mechanic.

frosty bridge
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If I had to guess the comp for RWF: Tanks: Brewmaster+Blood Melee: Fury W, 2x Unholy, Havoc, Sin rogue RDPS: 2x Warlock 2x Boomkin 1x Hunter 1x Mage 1x Shadow Healers: Hpal, disc, 2x rshammy

odd python
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will venthyr still be bis for assa?

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or can we go necro for outlaw m+?

limber lion
frosty bridge
amber mountain
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X, move towards star...
W... STACK STACK STACK... no... don't run away... STACK

limber lion
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lalalala

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I made the pins for you, you just need to read them.

odd python
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mea culpa

limber lion
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No worries monte, it's all good.

amber mountain
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Except Kyrian

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Kyrian is NOT good

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šŸ™‚

odd python
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ehh... third covenant here we go

frosty bridge
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Third?

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Rookie numbers.

limber lion
odd python
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ive been venth, then kyrian, then venth again

limber lion
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All the cool kids hate Kyrian.

odd python
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now necrolololo

limber lion
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It's not too bad.

pale fossil
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I want to be Night Fae but the ability sucks weak

frosty bridge
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Renown is pretty easy to grind yeah

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Still wish they make it easier to switch but oh well

limber lion
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Just do raids first on all difficulties (lfr, normal, heroic) then do the callings, then wb, then the campaign then the weeklies.

limber lion
pale fossil
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Renown is easy to grind, but two resets to swap back to an old covenant is a bummer.

limber lion
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Takes 2 days.

frosty bridge
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I mean yeah

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I wish it was 0

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It is not hard at all, which is great

limber lion
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But that would promote really, really bad gameplay honestly

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I'm glad there is a time-gate for htat.

tired jasper
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what does this means in the pin notes ? "on non-lashing sims"

limber lion
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Imagine going Venthyr for 1 boss

frosty bridge
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Why?

limber lion
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Then switching to Necro

pale fossil
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To be clear, you can't complete the second leg to swap back and then start the first leg the same reset, right? It should take four resets to swap back and forth, not three?

limber lion
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for 2 bosses

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Then switching back to Venth

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for 1 st boss

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then back to necro

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You get the point

limber lion
odd python
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I went venthyr for sire

silent tinsel
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It doesn't feel easy when you are floating around 25

limber lion
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Non-lashing sims means sims not using the Lashing Scars conduit.

frosty bridge
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It doesn't sound as bad as having different covenants for M+, PvP and Raid

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For many classes and specs

limber lion
silent tinsel
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Checking callings for a chance to gain 1 level

odd python
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blizzard does not like fun

wary pawn
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havent seen anything about new raid, is necrolord the way to go?

limber lion
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You shouldn't do the campaign before you're like 23 or something.

frosty bridge
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Sorry I meant different BiS covenants

nimble tartan
limber lion
nimble tartan
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i love it bro

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esp for prog purposes

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farm i get it

frosty bridge
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It's extremely offspec unfriendly

limber lion
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Sure thing, but that wouldn't work.

frosty bridge
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And conduit energy is just a face punch

limber lion
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If we could change covenants with a touch of a button, that would be good.

nimble tartan
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honestly never changed a condie in my life

limber lion
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Like we can do with a soulbind.

limber lion
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Pointless even.

frosty bridge
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That's what I meant, why not let us switch freely?

silent tinsel
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Imo we need respect fees again

frosty bridge
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I mean

limber lion
frosty bridge
#

You said why, but I think it'S a good tradeoff instead of losing access to your best covenant for e.g. PvP

limber lion
#

But not something that you have to do a quest for every time

#

And visit the sanctum

frosty bridge
#

Just a window that you can switch with tomes

limber lion
#

But Blizzard wants to force choice on players

#

You're forced to make a choice.

pale fossil
#

For a lore standpoint, I also don't really get why we have to commit to a covenant? They aren't in conflict with each other. The whole thing is that they need to work together. So why do I need to do dungeons to "prove my worth" after my "betrayal" because I wanted to help out my skeleton bros?

limber lion
#

And can't just play the best thing for every situation.

pale fossil
#

All the quest dialogue in the quests to swap back is just...bizarre.

limber lion
#

Maybe in 9.2 all the covenants will work together and forge a bond so we can swap as much as we'd like.

frosty bridge
#

They are afraid more casual players will be overwhelmed by choice

#

lol

limber lion
#

Maybe that's just whisful thinking.

limber lion
pale fossil
#

That'd certainly be nice.

limber lion
#

They removed the ability to change gear/talents in m+ because they wanted to force choice on you.

#

And because they are very heavy on the lore-thing

frosty bridge
#

Well, conduit energy is 100% that tho, they think that newer players will feel forced tos witch finesse and defensives for every dungeon boss etc

#

Imo

frosty bridge
#

I see no other reason

pale fossil
#

I want to play WoW partially for the lore because the world is really pretty and cool, but man they make it hard lol

limber lion
#

But there are quite a few inconsistencies here and there.

worn geyser
#

Is assa looking to be the most probable top spec for 9.1 raiding ?

pale fossil
#

They start interesting stories, but they lean on the same couple plot devices way too much and there seem to be a lot of inconsistencies, yeah.

rain mortar
pale fossil
#

Plus, I think the lore "breaks" pretty often for gameplay reasons in ways that make it hard to stay immersed.

silent tinsel
#

They'll make cov abilities swappable in 10.0

limber lion
limber lion
#

We rarely "kill" the major antagonists

#

They either turn good or they go dormant

foggy flint
limber lion
#

But anyways, any assassination boys in the chat sin dance Sinscheme

pale fossil
limber lion
pale fossil
dull cloak
#

arthas redeemed?

limber lion
#

More like Shadow Anduin goes nuts.

#

And then gets cured after a raid fight.

pale fossil
#

Especially since it's so predictable every time.

#

You just dread the silly inevitable fight.

limber lion
#

I'm actually really excited for 9.1 now.

#

I was actually quite bummed out by the sudden announcement, but it's growing on me now.

#

Glad to get some new content, finally get to raid seriously in a long time.

#

pins Anything is subject to change, we will get more tuning closer to the patch and during heroic week. pins

#

Hourly reminder.

nimble tartan
#

yeah same hella excited my interest level plummets immediately after prog

#

im big prog gamer i love that shit

limber lion
teal bloom
#

Will you stream sanctum of domination progress Cev?

limber lion
#

I need to sort the streaming setup out before prog starts.

teal bloom
#

Elite assa gameplay poggers

regal cape
limber lion
pale fossil
limber lion
#

If you want to play a covenant that has cool transmogs, cool mounts and a cool setting, then all the power to ya!

regal cape
#

You can that doesn't mean the general populace at this point will

limber lion
#

Definitely not.

#

Remember to buy your cloaks for 9.1 boys.

#

The price might skyrocket when the patch drops.

pale fossil
#

Oh snap, good call.

limber lion
#

It's looking like the play and currently they are very cheap

#

Probably a pretty safe investment

nimble tartan
#

ohh true#

limber lion
#

But who knows what Blizzard comes up in 3 weeks

pale fossil
#

What if I buy up the market and resell them when 9.1 drops.

limber lion
#

I think some people are planning to do something of the sort

#

Monopolize the market.

limber swallow
#

whoa.. they actually announced the release date..

limber lion
#

Yep

limber swallow
#

Like.. I can stop pretending to like FFXIV...

limber lion
#

I was actually considering starting to play FFXIV

#

But I guess there's no need to anymore.

tired jasper
#

w8 new legy gonna be on cloak ?

whole bluff
#

Would have to buy a cloak for r5/6 anyway which are going to be expensive

limber lion
pale fossil
tired jasper
#

good point

limber lion
#

At least currently (afaik) there are no rank 5 and rank 6 base items.

whole bluff
#

Oh really? That sounds nice

limber lion
#

Let me do some research, maybe they've added some after the fact.

pale fossil
#

I'm planning to farm Soul Ash but not build the lego yet because I remember hearing some talk that Dashing Scoundrel might be better?

sick scarab
#

dooblamde going on cloack right ?

limber lion
sick scarab
#

and zoldick ?

gusty mirage
#

Lmao

#

Zoldick OMEGAKEKW

sick scarab
#

šŸ˜›

spice spire
#

It’s useful for M+ sweat

limber lion
#

Deathspike might pull ahead, not 100% sure yet.

gusty mirage
#

Sorry I giggle at pp jokes

limber lion
#

We'll have to wait and see.

sick scarab
#

i mean new slot for zoldick is ?

#

cant find that ffs

limber lion
foggy flint
limber lion
#

The majority never step into a mythic raid.

gusty pewter
#

so we will have to craft cloack doomblade?

limber lion
gusty pewter
#

cost same soul ash?

limber lion
#

Yes.

#

We don't have the slot open yet

#

So you have to craft it when 9.1 drops

weary marten
#

what does justify the cloak doomblade ?

shrewd night
#

@balmy condor do me a favor, copy the entire text in the freshes pin, do the post yourself, then add what cev is going to dm you in two secs

pale fossil
#

Domination Gem slots @weary marten

weary marten
#

damn i didn't read anything about this

spice spire
#

Sounds like there’s some catch up to do prayge

limber lion
balmy condor
#

Anything is subject to change, we will get more tuning closer to the patch and during heroic week.

  • Necrolord is looking like the current best choice for raiding and m+, even with the nerf to Deathspike. Venthyr is only slightly ahead in single target.

  • Sylvanas dagger will be BiS. Just how bis, we don't quite know. We for example don't know if a heroic sylv dagger is better than a mythic non-sylv dagger

  • A lot of things are still bugged/missing in the ptr and a lot of things have not been added to simulationcraft. We will add sims when they are ready and you can find them in the pins. It's safe to assume that the sims will not be ready before 9.1 releases, as many things are constantly changing and being tuned.

  • Doomblade is looking to be the best legendary for raiding in 9.1. Craft it on a cloak. (LEGENDARIES ARE GETTING EXTRA SLOTS TO CRAFT ON IN 9.1 THIS IS ONE OF THEM) Dashing might also be good, will have to wait on sims.

  • Zoldyck is the choice for m+. Deathspike nerf makes it not worth

weary marten
limber lion
#

So we're forced to use those items that drop from the raid

#

We cannot add domination sockets on legendaries (at least not yet)

long furnace
#

is assasination doing more dmg in m+? is outlaw better because of utility?

weary marten
#

And gloves get a domination socket ? so they aren't wished to be Doomblade lego anymore ?

scarlet spade
#

How nice of them to make the sylvanas dagger bad.

pale fossil
limber lion
scarlet spade
#

Agreed it does look pretty nice

limber lion
#

Outlaw is getting a bit of a bump in 9.1 with the new Deathspike legendary though, so it's very likely that we'll see Outlaw as the dominating 9.1 m+ spec.

long furnace
#

thanks

limber lion
weary marten
#

damn i only have 8500 soul ashes

#

need to craft SBS lego and dunno about another one

limber lion
#

I mean, you'll have 9.5k next week and then around 12k+ after that when 9.1 drops

#

You can craft any 2 legendaries to rank 4 right away when the patch drops

spice spire
#

Huge pins šŸ™

limber lion
#

The Soul Cinders are time-gated, so no rank 6's for us

long furnace
#

you cant craft doomblade on a cloak right?

weary marten
spice spire
long furnace
#

no way i just made mine and they gonna change it

willow eagle
limber lion
limber lion
spice spire
long furnace
#

ok ok thanks

willow eagle
spice spire
#

New currency is the problem

long furnace
#

I wonder how strong the new gems are

weary marten
#

i haven't craft a finality x)

spice spire
#

That is gated

#

Catchup r4s are not

limber lion
#

Yeah, you can get all rank 4's the first day of 9.1 if you so desire

weary marten
#

that's good to know

limber lion
#

Don't recommend it though.

long furnace
#

if you are nuts šŸ˜„

safe barn
#

guys

#

wth are these dom sockets

weary marten
#

at least having a step ahead doesn't mean farming non stop on patch day

limber lion
#

But yeah, if we get an outlier legendary/slot, then it's easy to fix it

limber lion
#

Using 3 of a kind will give you extra powers in the raid.

spice spire
limber lion
#

The gems themselves work outside of raid as well.

#

But they are very janky currently, so anything can happen.

long furnace
#

you guys think there are any bosses you would go outlaw in 9.1?

limber lion
#

Just in case.

weary marten
#

yeah cuz we know how things go

#

nerfs and ups

limber lion
#

Venthyr Sub for some if you're a gamer

#

But Sin is a safe bet on every single raid boss.

rich wren
#

āŒ

weary marten
#

Blizzard

long furnace
#

sub is for the koreans šŸ˜„

limber lion
#

It's for the ST pumpers.

balmy condor
#

Sub is pog

split grail
#

Quick question: Is the Necro legendary the way to go now?

weary marten
#

i only HC and i have such bad players in my raid that i could play outlaw with an aoe optimization and one hand bind behind my back that i could still top the meter x)

limber lion
#

In m+?

#

In raid?

split grail
#

Raid

limber lion
#

No.

spice spire
limber lion
#

We use Doomblade on cloak in the raid.

#

Zoldyck likely in m+, but we'll have to wait for sims.

spice spire
#

And by we I mean whispyr kekw

limber lion
#

I wrote the pins

#

He did pin em, that's true.

#

:p

#

We're a powercouple after all.

split grail
#

On cloak? Hmm...I've had it on hands

limber lion
#

(At least according to current info that we have)

weary marten
limber lion
#

Who knows, maybe we can add dom sockets on legendaries

long furnace
#

would make sense but its blizzard

limber lion
#

Yep.

long furnace
#

its a 9.1.5 feature for sure D:

spice spire
worthy heart
#

deathspike on which slot will it go?

limber lion
worthy heart
#

tyty

nimble tartan
#

omfg if its sub tier 🤤 šŸ”„

limber lion
#

Sorry omr.

long furnace
#

good i am a boomer I cant play sub

nimble tartan
upbeat sandal
#

btw wouldnt you want to craft Zoldyck on Feet because kel drops legs?

limber lion
#

Sub is a lot fun especially as Venthyr in 9.1

spice spire
limber lion
#

The dom sockets will very likely result in a bigger dps increase than a higher item level.

spice spire
upbeat sandal
#

ahhh yeah, so you are just out of luck šŸ˜„ . Yeah overlooked that ^^

limber lion
#

But we'll have to wait and see how they play out.

gusty mirage
#

You can dom my socket whenever you want blush @limber lion

gusty mirage
#

I’m just waiting around for the smarter people to tell me how to play

limber lion
#

The smarter people do the hard work and I just echo their voice.

sick scarab
#

where we see gear wiht dom socket ? cant find it

gusty mirage
#

Big daddy @balmy condor about to be spittin the fax, just gotta wait for it

balmy condor
#

sim implementation though

spice spire
#

Back to the basement Sadge

sick scarab
#

tnx tnx šŸ™‚

gusty mirage
hardy wind
spice spire
#

Good luck waiting for a few hours!

nimble tartan
#

wait does this mean dom sockets gonna go live where the gem get destroyed šŸ‘€

gusty mirage
#

Imagine having a potato that can’t sim like a BEAST

limber lion
limber lion
#

prayge pray for ion to fix it before launch prayge

balmy condor
gusty mirage
soft shale
#

ion is on vacation after killing slg

gusty mirage
#

Why you gotta do me like that? peeporeallysad @balmy condor

limber lion
gusty mirage
spice spire
#

If he does your stuck homie sweat

#

Forever

gusty mirage
#

Nah Koji has no use for me. I’m about as useless as a bible in a brothel

late badge
#

Wait we need to craft doomblade again but on cloak ? ytho

limber lion
late badge
#

Guess i have to run torghast again SucksMan

limber lion
#

You'll get Soul Ash from running those anyways.

late badge
#

So its not necessary to run them before 9.1 ?

#

That's neat

limber lion
#

You can run some prior to 9.1 to stack up Soul Ash and insta-craft the legendary on the new slot when 9.1 drops

#

But I would honestly refrain from recrafting it instantly

#

And waiting for heroic balancing/tuning to happen first.

pale fossil
#

That's my plan. I'm farming a little just because I feel like I'll need it, but not crafting anything.

nimble tartan
#

im gonna preorder my legendaries like i did for tier 1

late badge
#

Alright that sounds like a good plan ty thanksfriend

limber lion
nimble tartan
#

get founders edition

dull cloak
#

i dunno about you guys, but im excited about grinding soulash to craft maw rattle

nimble tartan
#

lol dont have it already?

limber lion
#

We can just use our mounts in 9.1 anyways

frigid kestrel
#

YES THE šŸ“Œ WAS RED TODAY!!!!!!

limber lion
frigid kestrel
#

God it’s been so long

limber lion
#

Yep, your boyo's have been hard at work

willow eagle
#

How's kyrian looking for sin in 9.1?

frigid kestrel
limber lion
#

But, again

#

We don't have simc implementations of all of the new soulbind traits

#

So those can potentially spice some things up

#

Maybe.

#

Perhaps.

#

Maybe not.

sick scarab
#

i want fae power !! šŸ™‚

#

not going to swap covenat

limber lion
#

Nothing's stopping you

willow eagle
#

Kyrian is surprisingly good on recent outlaw sims and fuu mentioned kyrian being good for sub st.
So was wondering how behind kyrian is vs other covenants for sin

frigid kestrel
#

Fae Blink with Necro Deathspike would be complete bliss for me

#

Then again, Fleshcraft be saving lives in keys

limber lion
#

We'll just have to wait and see.

#

But it's unlikely that it'll pull ahead Necro.

willow eagle
#

Oh yeah, but if it's not far

limber lion
willow eagle
#

Then kyrian might be a great tri-spec covenant

limber lion
#

I need to get better at it.

spice spire
limber lion
spice spire
#

That’s true. We rogues are selfish lovers. Nice mechanic? Be a shame if I cloaked it 2ez

polar timber
#

so what slightly ahead when it comes to necro vs venthyr?

#

we talking less than a percent or

limber lion
#

And even more in 3+ and so on.

#

But, we're still waiting for 9.1 sims

#

the new soulbind traits might spice things up.

#

Just gotta be patient. prayge

polar timber
#

ya i guess ill just stay venthyr for now

limber lion
#

It's a safe choice

#

You can do the quests to swap to Necrolord prior to the patch, just don't return the quest.

polar timber
#

well its new char so itll be easy to swap

limber lion
#

Ah okay, fair enough.

polar timber
#

main swap life

icy edge
#

Hey guys, I'm planning to swap to rogue as my new main in 9.1. Is venthyr still the go to and did legos change?

next solar
#

pins

limber lion
icy edge
#

Oh? that's an interesting take

limber lion
#

It's been the default choice for months.

edgy tartan
#

Just when I finish the Venthyr campaign after swapping from Necro.

#

Yay

limber lion
#

Venthyr is only better in pure single target and those are pretty rare.

limber lion
icy edge
#

Guess i'll get started on the necro campaign then.

limber lion
icy edge
#

I'm basically fresh 60, so i have like 3 or 4 renown

limber lion
#

Do the raid on all difficulties and the world boss.

#

And only then do the covenant campaign and weeklies.

#

Campaign and weeklies are guaranteed renown drops and because the frequency that you get renown gets lower the higher you go, you need to farm the renown from the sources that it's not guaranteed from first.

amber mountain
#

Yeah, keep an eye on the covenant display to watch when it shows that you ahve to progress the story to get more renown, that's the only time you should really push the campaign if you're looking to blast through as fast as possible

limber lion
#

Some people get stuck on like 29 renown because they did the campaign too early and get super unlucky with renown drops after that.

rain mortar
#

I dont really like outlaw, but I was just thinking about how the new necro leggo will go with outlaw in M+ and my god it is going to be filty

amber mountain
#

once everything else is exhausted, hit those campaign items every week

limber lion
rain mortar
#

really? Im kind of shocked

limber lion
#

Because of the nerf, it's not going to see much play.

#

Honestly, same.

rain mortar
#

oh what nerf? I am dumb

limber lion
#

It used to shoot 3 bonespikes

twilit hollow
#

it was good, for like a week right? SAD

limber lion
#

Now it only shoots 2.

rain mortar
#

ohhhh

limber lion
rain mortar
#

lame sauce

#

they ruined it

icy edge
#

if its fun, it gets ruijned

rain mortar
#

wont get play on any spec now will it?

limber lion
#

It was busted because every charge flurried

twilit hollow
#

we arent lavender or blue class, we can't have nice things

icy edge
#

welcome to Activison šŸ™‚

limber lion
#

Should have just changed the flurry feature

#

instead of bricking the legendary

limber lion
#

We'll have to wait for sims.

alpine latch
#

So ...

#

Guess it's time to get them gems set up in simc yeah?

#

lol

limber lion
#

Patience, little one.

dawn ivy
#

there still needs to be tuning on the unholy gem set bonus

limber lion
#

We still need tuning on a lot of things.

alpine latch
#

We still need official notes as well

#

To know if things are changing

limber lion
#

The unique weapons, dom sockets/gems and much more

alpine latch
#

yeah

dawn ivy
#

theres no shot in hell they will allow the effect to have a higher uptime than actually gaining stacks for it.....

alpine latch
#

I'm considering trying to update our wowanalyzer profiles

#

Give back a little

#

Make it closer to being a quality chekc

warm parcel
dawn ivy
#

that sounds like a man about to enter a labyrinth of pain

alpine latch
#

It's not hard. It's just time consuming

#

I'm a web developer. It's just finding the time to actually contribute

limber lion
#

Have fun breaking your domination gems when ranking them up

warm parcel
#

Chief

#

I wont even socket a single one until we on the queen

#

or something

dawn ivy
#

the gems dont break anymore though

limber lion
#

Not a bad idea

balmy condor
#

there's a chisel you buy for 10g from a vendor

#

that allows you to just pop them out

alpine latch
#

^

dawn ivy
#

^

limber lion
warm parcel
#

for all I know the chisel will break the item etu

limber lion
#

Okay good shit

thorny pond
#

Deletes the item lol

alpine latch
#

You can also buy a "crappier" version of a dom socket item if you're just unlucky af and don't get one from raid

warm parcel
#

10g

alpine latch
#

I knew you were going to ask that...

limber lion
#

So can't you just

warm parcel
#

oh lower gems

#

dno

dawn ivy
#

just another gold sink for bobby koticks pockets

limber lion
#

buy them

#

before going in to the raid

alpine latch
#

I don't know if it's Cinders or Knowledge

limber lion
#

Fully socket your gear with the low level dom sockets

#

before ever going in

alpine latch
#

Probably not

limber lion
#

I mean yeah

alpine latch
#

Unless you don't upgrade your leggo?

warm parcel
#

nono chisel was gold idno what the gems are

limber lion
#

you still need the dom items

alpine latch
#

Well, you need the gems that only drop in raid

warm parcel
#

also socket your items now

alpine latch
#

It's just the socketable item that you can get outside of raid (at a lower item level)

warm parcel
#

cause socket gone from venari in 2 weeks

limber lion
#

Yeh, get it done boys.

alpine latch
#

You buy sockets from the new chick

limber lion
#

So

#

in like a month

alpine latch
#

Grind more bruh

limber lion
#

Tier is over in a month

warm parcel
#

well if youve got new lego now or sth

alpine latch
#

For you

#

I'm not a HoF guild

warm parcel
#

just so you wont get cucked come patch

thorny pond
#

Is it true the hunter bow is a leggo slot gachigasm

limber lion
alpine latch
#

My tier really gets started by time yours is done, lol

limber lion
#

The new slot is not available yet

#

It's available in 9.1

dawn ivy
#

@thorny pond legendary quality, not a shadowlands unique equip

pale fossil
#

Ok but will I be able to solo Legion content

sand dirge
#

Where is our smoke bomb pepehands

alpine latch
#

I assume we're still going haste/grit on Doomblade cloak

spice spire
pale fossil
limber lion
nimble tartan
#

ok ima need a tldr necro strat and cheese for council huntsman sire slg

warm parcel
#

press spike

#

do dam

#

profit

nimble tartan
#

ok but i need the STRATS

dawn ivy
#

for huntsman, be the first person at the shade, rupture it, spam mutilate until your hands bleed

nimble tartan
#

am i bonin dogs bro save for dogs what if gemstones procs before dogs bro

dawn ivy
#

also already have 4 bleeds on boss/dog

limber lion
dawn ivy
#

dont spike dogs

limber lion
#

Save CD's for the last 10% of Huntsman

#

Pray that your team dies so you're the only one blasting it.

nimble tartan
#

lmfaao

#

ok any umm weird cheese thing i think someone said about sire adds

#

u get more cp

#

p3

limber lion
#

Just spike everything

#

and you got it

dawn ivy
#

that will happen regardless

nimble tartan
#

ok

#

spike it all gotcha

#

so in multi u just always spike to spike or u still wait for stones after they already spiked

#

lmao nvm i just need to play with it

#

ima look at LOGS

limber lion
#

Don't overcap cp

#

Use rupture/garrote/ct on everything

#

Donezo.

nimble tartan
#

so after they spiked u wait for stones?

limber lion
#

Making sure to use them if you're about to cap

#

So if you're at 2 charges and you notice one add about to die

nimble tartan
#

ok im downloading rules in my brain rn LTGcock

limber lion
#

You throw one sbs out