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cursive burrow
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Other than "If you get gud you don't need it?"

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Ok.

slim dove
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we have 100% uptime already with the 3 other block talents

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if youre learning its a good safeguard

lusty grotto
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well do you think you need it?

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i guess its a more personal question

cursive burrow
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I was wondering if it was a math awnser or an uptime one.

lusty grotto
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uptime

cursive burrow
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Makes sense and what I figured.

lusty grotto
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also bolster doesnt benefit from AM anymore

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since LS is not on the AM list since... SL

slim dove
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last stand is already a pretty weak CD and we dont need the block uptime

cursive burrow
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Oh true.

uneven mason
sand pebble
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im legit using last stand to pop a fat victory rush every now and then

lusty grotto
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if it was, it'd be insane rage gain though (with Unnerving)

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with and absolute ridiculous no brainer uptime

cursive burrow
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Rage feels so much better this xpac than Slands.

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I played mostly fury in Slands though.

strong forum
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I just use it as a defensive fairly often on CD just because I'm used to it cuz of SL

slim dove
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It does all feel very good. at 350ish ilvl and lucky drops im already at 19% haste

strong forum
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Ngl Ive not felt the low haste at all rn

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Like, whatsoever

slim dove
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at first dinging 70 i had 6% haste and it was fairly...bleh

strong forum
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CDs make up for it

grave crane
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yeah even with 11% haste it feels good in st and great in aoe

weak snow
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Into the Fray helps tremendously.

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still rocking my old warrior soul cause of that haste.

cursive burrow
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I'm at 17% and yeah. I can only imagine how it will feel when power creep kicks in.

sand pebble
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do we ever take rdm off?

strong forum
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Idk im bing chilling at 8% haste with my HR

lusty grotto
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im not using ITF either

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idk about not noticing it, but

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ill pay more attention to it, its def noticeable to high infiltrator haste though

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but that goes without saying

strong forum
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I didn't even look at my stats until like 5hrs into being level 70 and being shocked at how low everything is

lusty grotto
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lol

strong forum
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But I can't say I've "felt" like I need that haste

sand pebble
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what ilvl did we all start tanking m0's?

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i didnt feel anything at 311

lusty grotto
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its usually cause the first thing we notice is SB

slim dove
lusty grotto
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and that's no longer something we have to worry about (if you're good)

strong forum
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M0s arent supposed to feel like anything

toxic pewter
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I started right when I hit 70 tbh

strong forum
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It'll always be pushover content m8

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I'll do my M0s at the weekend with full plate stack

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When my buddies have caught up

lusty grotto
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im gonna go ahead and remind people that your first spark of ingenuity will probably be best used by making a crafting order to a blacksmith for shield

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384 base ilvl, and can proc higher ilvl

ionic fern
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Weapon.peepo

lusty grotto
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so just remember

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lol mwahi

ionic fern
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šŸ˜‚

lusty grotto
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i mean to be fair...

slim dove
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yeah, weapon

lusty grotto
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if shit ends up not hurting too much

toxic pewter
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In regards to spark of ingenuity how often will we get one anyone know?

lusty grotto
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you get 1 at the end of campaign

sand pebble
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what shield though

lusty grotto
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then probably more after season starts

sand pebble
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shield of the hearth or other one with emblishment

open gazelle
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We can get a 384 shield right now?

ionic fern
lusty grotto
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it doesnt matter bigdan since you can put stats on it, its more like what appearance you want

sand pebble
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no shield of the hearth has vers proc

slim dove
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its 100 and some vers

lusty grotto
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idk im not in game right now

slim dove
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sub 1%

lusty grotto
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cant look at my BS list

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NA servers went down so

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here i am

lusty grotto
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that's 384 base ilvl

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it can go higher

slim dove
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i really wouldn't be using that resource for a shield.

lusty grotto
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with good crafting stats

toxic pewter
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I got weapon and shield from m0 you guys think 384 still worth it. What’s third best slot lol

slim dove
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big stat block pieces.

lusty grotto
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shield is best slot

slim dove
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i dont agree.

lusty grotto
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im sorry you feel that way

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but it is

slim dove
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how so

strong forum
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Defensively speaking shield is the most important item by far

toxic pewter
lusty grotto
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m0 ius 374

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or 376

slim dove
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we dont need defensive

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dude

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we do not die

lusty grotto
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this is about preparing for keys

slim dove
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if YOU are dying, your party is already dead

slim dove
lusty grotto
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im happy you dont die in content that has never been challenging

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ever

slim dove
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i did 15s on beta

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but ok

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im done arguing

lusty grotto
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with 376 shields?

slim dove
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make your shield

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šŸ™‚

lusty grotto
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you did 15s in beta with raid gear

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and tier

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are you dumb?

slim dove
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clearly

toxic pewter
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I’m a known dumb myself

slim dove
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i said im done

lusty grotto
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i mean obviously

slim dove
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obviously

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piss off bud

lusty grotto
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my job here is done

toxic pewter
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Guys let’s all hug it out. The weapon shield debate is a tale as old as time

sand pebble
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so was it shield or whatever aa is crafting?

uneven mason
lusty grotto
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whats old as time is shield has always been the biggest upgrade

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so idk what you're on about

slim dove
ionic fern
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Calm down. I cba muting,too good of a mood.

slim dove
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yeah im done

ionic fern
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Take your squabble to dm's.

slim dove
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sorry

toxic pewter
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Yogi u hit 70 yet

lusty grotto
sick sentinel
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wouldn't be prot warrior channel without a bunch of raging boys protecting themselves

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literal impossible and actually our job

mellow quartz
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Having to run HR, ED, Bulwark and LS to get shield block uptime sucks. 8% haste….

uneven mason
mellow quartz
sand pebble
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no you dont

uneven mason
mellow quartz
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If I want 100% yes

uneven mason
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Like literally 100%

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With no gaps, even between pulls

mellow quartz
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Nah playing without LS I had gabs in pulls themselves

weak snow
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Do you even need 100% atm? the content atm is so simple, soo much mobilitiy I am rarely ever just standing there taking it.

lusty grotto
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are you filling in with SC?

mellow quartz
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Yup

lusty grotto
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hmm

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i havent noticed

ionic fern
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I'm using ED only with itf..no issues. .blockable/physical damage doesn't hurt at all.

lusty grotto
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are you SSing a lot for HR gain?

cursive burrow
mellow quartz
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Not a matter of hurting, was referring it to have SB uptime

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Also low haste levels might be a thing when m+ comes out and things will hurt then

lusty grotto
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it might

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that much is true

weak snow
mellow quartz
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Had 6% haste at one point with my gear upgrades lol

sand pebble
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im not having any issues with 11% haste no ls - arew you pressing ss on cd and getting alot of resets?

mellow quartz
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Yup

weak snow
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are you clipping your sb's into each other?

mellow quartz
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Can’t clip

lusty grotto
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yeah you cant clip

mellow quartz
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Max duration is 3x SB duration

lusty grotto
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it caps out but it doesnt clip

mellow quartz
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Plus 15s if bolster

weak snow
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oh ? I never knew that. Then yeah I def don't have 100% uptime on my SB then. I just spend that down time leaping away to pull other shit though. I guess it'll fix itself with more ilvl/haste

sacred sleet
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Leveling as prot is good? or should i stick with arms through leveling?

toxic pewter
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Prot leveling is great

sand pebble
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prot all the way

lusty grotto
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most of us leveled prot

ocean bloom
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dont pull like a dps

weak snow
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yeah pull everything you can before the mobs run back

toxic pewter
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Yah I would pull entire quests in one pull

sacred sleet
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alright awesome ill try it šŸ™‚

weak snow
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dps showing up to clear your elite packs, best feeling.

mellow quartz
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To be fair in these m0’s I spend a lot of time running into 3-4 packs at a time. So you lose some SB uptime not being able to proper SS while gathering.

toxic pewter
sand pebble
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you can solo elite rares - i couldnt kill a 71 elite rare with 4216k hp when i was lvl 63 but everything else died

toxic pewter
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Yah we are big elite killers

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I kill those 25 elite dragons

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Ez

mellow quartz
# uneven mason Charge charge leap throw

Pulling bigger than that normally šŸ™‚, and it’s more if you pull up SB at the start it takes a while to gather things where you don’t use SS to extend.

weak snow
toxic pewter
sand pebble
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just before server went down i was creafting and along comes a warlock, destroyed them - let them rez and setup again and destroyed them again - prot in unkillable

sand pebble
cursive burrow
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I love leveling as a tanka t the start of an expac. The DPS all KNOW the unspoken rule. When you see my roll up to your questing area, you stop and let me gather them up then nuke and we ride away.

weak snow
cursive burrow
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I just want to get back in and get my last 5 Dragonflying Glyphs so I never have to do this again.

toxic pewter
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Yah definitely glad I got all the glyphs asap

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Really is game changer

cursive burrow
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I'm mainly doing it so I can start farming ore halfway effeciently.

unkempt cape
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I just got in, seems they are back up

lusty grotto
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NA is back yea

jovial wedge
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are these errors when trying to sim expected?

lusty grotto
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theres a typo that needs to be fixed

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just wait a bit

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they arent expected, no

jovial wedge
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oh gotcha

neon fossil
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When it comes to comparing items like this, should I actually be heading straight for stats or ilvl?

jovial wedge
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yeah, thanks

lusty grotto
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ilvl

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the stat spread is just part of the stat budget

neon fossil
lusty grotto
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theres 3 secondaries right

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but notice their values

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there's a stat budget

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just go for ilvl

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in fact there's absolutely zero reason to not go over higher ilvl at this point or any, until you get to a certain point in gearing

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which we're still far off

neon fossil
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okay

mellow quartz
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More stats more better

lusty grotto
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yes and the higher ilvl has more

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even if its only 2 secondaries

pallid quiver
uneven mason
minor helm
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They prob don’t even notice ur a tank

tulip warren
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investing time to get ilvl 262 really helped me being unkillable in normal dungeons. usually the dps is pretty low and I get inexperienced healers. prot warrior is looking good

meager wigeon
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wall

iron orbit
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Mmm I’m getting level 70 gear from dungeons with my 61 alt. Some dungeons only drop 70 gear or is something about alt leveling?

Is a big win tbh

dusky canopy
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My groups been experiencing the same

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Pretty sure that’s unintentional

mellow quartz
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Guess it’s time to run dungeons for leveling on alts

frozen quest
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Hi guys. Does anyone have a shield charge macro?
Cast shield charge when not on cooldown. Cast normal charge otherwise

lusty grotto
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not recommended

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you can use shield charge in point blank range

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why would you use it as a charge when it hits so hard

long stone
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You want to shield Charge Sven your demo and Avatar is up

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If Not - waste dmg

open gazelle
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Overall dmg of sonic boom shockwave was more than ravager and TR overall dmg and cast equal amount of time relative to their cds

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Don’t sleep on sonic boom for puny mythics I’m telling you

lusty grotto
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🄱

grave crane
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Yeah but overall more damage comes out with TR and words cause all your bleeds do more dam

lusty grotto
round delta
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i saw that wowhead recomend this talent for M+

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instead of buffin shockwave

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not pickin those 2 talents

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worth it?

lusty grotto
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jesus christ what is peoples obsession with sonic boom

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i dont fucking get it

stable valve
round delta
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Don't know

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just asking

lusty grotto
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why do you want to "buff shockwave"?

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explain

odd tree
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to max sonic boom you'd have to send on cd, generally not good if you need the stun for an actual stop/interrupt

round delta
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Seems like a pretty good spell

lusty grotto
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why does it seem like a pretty good spell?

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have you tried Thunderous roar at all?

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let him answer

frozen quest
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way to go

noble lynx
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am i weird for for leveling blacksmith to craft my own shield for some weird roleplay value

round delta
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this is the part

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when you chill out maybe 2 levels

lusty grotto
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let him answer please i want to know the mindset

midnight burrow
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darkmoon deck yay or nay this time

odd tree
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you do you

lusty grotto
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cant be weird crafting a 384 base ilvl shield

dusky canopy
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Sonic boom feels satisfying to press but it removes your ability to stun when you need it because you need to send it on cd to get full value

lusty grotto
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can you guys stop explaining?

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im trying to understand the obsession with shockwave

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you ruined it

round delta
odd tree
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people come here to have questions answered, not for you to shit on them

round delta
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not blaming people xd

dusky canopy
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I just gave you the simplest way to understand it. it feels satisfying to press sonic boom

round delta
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You hate people that use sonic boom

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explain your mainset

lusty grotto
round delta
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c'mon

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waiting for you

lusty grotto
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sonic boom is fucking ass is what it is

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there

odd tree
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not the way you're going about it

lusty grotto
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mindset explained

noble lynx
lusty grotto
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any other questions?

round delta
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Ye

lusty grotto
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waiting

round delta
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you wake up this mad all the mornings?

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i mean

lusty grotto
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were you born this retarded?

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ill answer if you answer

dusky canopy
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This guy ^ lmao

stable valve
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For super low stuff, it honestly might be worth to run the shockwave build if everything is just melting

round delta
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is like you've so much cafeine in your veins rn

odd tree
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wow

frozen quest
midnight burrow
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what the hell happened to this discord my god

lusty grotto
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this isnt new

dusky canopy
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If you need useless incite for anything at all ask nimchip

lusty grotto
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hes pushing it, i push back

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are you all new?

round delta
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I just ask questions

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you flamed back to back

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OMG THIS OBSESION

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etc

lusty grotto
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i didnt flame, i said GENERALLY people keep asking about it

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if you feel identified by the general statement, thats your problem

round delta
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if you said something GENERALLY is not my problem if i felt i'm in that because Generally means generally

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i mean xD

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i need to explain it to you?

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srlsy?

lusty grotto
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yes explain

dusky canopy
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David the answer to your question is simple, it’s mathematically behind TR but it’s still a competitive option and is fun to press, just realize you will be losing the ability to have a aoe stop when it’s needed because you’ll have to press shockwave on cd to get full value

round delta
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i'll think about it

dusky canopy
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Anything nimchip has to say is clearly below average iq so just disregard

modern brook
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Shockwave on cd 🤮

odd tree
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could be fun when blasting low keys, but you stop using it when you need to purposefully stun stuff

round delta
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maybe if it forces me to play on cd i'll go other option

dusky canopy
lusty grotto
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i guess ill go with your logic @stable valve

modern brook
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Because not only do yoy lose your aoe stop

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You dr other people's aoe stops

dusky canopy
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Yes exactly

stable valve
round delta
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Just another question (hope our friend nimchip don't go mad) the bleed of the hability gives you Rage? like the bleed that you generate with thunder

open gazelle
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I have TR just not words with sonic boom build, idc about bleed dmg things for too fast

lusty grotto
round delta
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Sorrry if i'm writting the spell's name wrong i'm not english speaker x)

lusty grotto
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notice the date @dusky canopy

open gazelle
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Die too fast

modern brook
final jacinth
stable valve
topaz blade
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so I'm looking at the updated prot guide with talents for raid and M+. Why are we not taking shockwave?

modern brook
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So all applications of deep wound and rend of relevent

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Each individual tick and have a 10% chance to proc rage gen

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Or 7

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Idr where they ended on that

round delta
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thanks šŸ™‚

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this give extra sense

stable valve
modern brook
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Iunn9

open gazelle
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Tw doesn’t make an extra bleed for us

round delta
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more rage and not using shockwave on cd seems like enough reasons to pick it

modern brook
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Numbers are for dweebs and nomerature

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I just do what he says to do

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And ostrecize people who think dofferently

lusty grotto
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not as much as me

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forced to go with homunculus explanation

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wrath classic, yikes

open gazelle
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We don’t care about shockwaves stun for m0

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All about upfront dam

lusty grotto
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we dont care about surv either

open gazelle
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I will change for m+

lusty grotto
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but that doesnt mean we should recommend it

modern brook
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Who cares

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It's basically prepatch 2

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Nothing you do matters

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90% of bars are weird scaling

lusty grotto
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bull did you see that guy last night

modern brook
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No

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I don't have eyed

minor helm
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Being on discord outside of wage cage hours

lusty grotto
lusty grotto
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as long as we get paid šŸ˜„

solar crown
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What ilevel do you guys jump into m0? Feels like nothing hurts atm, so im wondering about skipping HC and go directly for m0

lusty grotto
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and shit gets done on time obviously

modern brook
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U 100% can

lusty grotto
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no need to be scared

modern brook
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It's m0

lusty grotto
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just jump in

solar crown
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Ait, thats what i thought

stable valve
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Naw

solar crown
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Thanks šŸ™‚

modern brook
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0 skill Dr smh noob stat tbh

lusty grotto
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LOL

stable valve
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I’m trying to beef the ilvl up w/ crafted gear/worldquest gear (max is higher ilvl than m0) with 4 other plate homies so we can funnel the good trinkets and weapons to each other

lusty grotto
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this is my favorite part though

stable valve
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And go full sweat for literally 0 reason lmao

modern brook
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Also true tbh

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I never got glad once

lusty grotto
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100% true

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this is a pve channel after all

stable valve
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We taking a SC or ravager capstone or Enduring Alacrity to drop indomitable?

modern brook
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Uhhhh can't you take both without ea and still have indom?

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Or can I not count

lusty grotto
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probably leaning towards Champs Bulwark

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you can

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you can take Indom, SC and Rav

stable valve
lusty grotto
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capstones of capstones

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champs bulwark is probably the safest play

stable valve
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Can get 2 SC caps, 1 rav cap, or enduring alacrity after dropping indomitable

stable valve
lusty grotto
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xD

stable valve
lusty grotto
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BSV probably worth for pushing keys

modern brook
stable valve
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I’m thinking ravager cap for big pulls for the extra dam?

modern brook
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bsv is also dog shit

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because it checks pre mit

lusty grotto
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yeah DoD is kinda meh

upper fox
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Rav caps arent worth it imo

modern brook
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trading ram for TLords

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i cant think of a reason to use anything else

minor helm
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Love that DoD just procs on everything

stable valve
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Idk if enduring alacrity is worth over for the extra strength

lusty grotto
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if stuff dies too fast rav caps are probably worth less honestly, but i could be wrong

modern brook
lusty grotto
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hmm

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@minor helm is it fixed?

upper fox
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what do you guys think of shockwave capstones

minor helm
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No clue doubt it

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Going off what nome said yesterday

lusty grotto
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well i guess its worth a try

minor helm
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Not really a breaking bug to worry about

minor helm
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No pfps?

lusty grotto
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its a bad bait

upper fox
lusty grotto
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lol

modern brook
minor helm
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True

modern brook
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idc what ai generated garbage they have to represent themselves 😠

lusty grotto
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i use minimized too

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i cant stand the standard disc chat

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too big

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'takes too much space

modern brook
lusty grotto
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irc style or bust

minor helm
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I would just even worse forget any person that isn’t in this disc every second

modern brook
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not cause u want shockwave to be apart of your rotation or that its a particularly enticing 3rd gate talent

lusty grotto
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meh idk about that, some names are memorable

upper fox
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And then I can drop bloodborne on main tree which I took because.. damage

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if I dont care about bleeds as much at least

modern brook
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yeah you get to here and have 2 points left

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I think the CDR on roar wasnt very impressive?

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IDR if that was just from the spear fiasco sims or if it was real

upper fox
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I havent tried it yet but I figured it lines up with cds better if you take it maybe?

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Or is it the opposite

lusty grotto
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opposite

upper fox
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right

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What do I take then?

lusty grotto
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TW

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like bull said

modern brook
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that wasnt what we were talking about lmao

lusty grotto
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he said what to take if hes not taking CDR

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or uproar

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so TW

modern brook
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nah he already is taking tw

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he posted his talents like 2 pictures up 😠

lusty grotto
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hmm

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so what cdr are we talking about

modern brook
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in raid idk whatever sims end up saying, ET probably has some value at REALLY bleeding edge prog

upper fox
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maybe i'll just throw the extra point in bitter immunity

modern brook
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ET + uproar is probably fine tbh

upper fox
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im tauren anyway, and it stuns as long as shockwave

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war stomp that is

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but its capepd

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capped*

modern brook
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i also think you cant block during the cast time

upper fox
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o

modern brook
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but that might just be anti-tauren propaganda

upper fox
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I'll try shockwave I think

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If it just sucks dick i'll go bitter immunity

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the dispell is kinda ncie

minor helm
modern brook
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bitter immunity feels pointless without the bleed clear on it

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IMO

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diseases posions and curses should all be handled by the healer cleanses

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3 minutes ona 20% heal is o.o

lusty grotto
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btw when you think about it, its strange they left the dumb bleed cleanse on invokers and removed it from BI

modern brook
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is it

upper fox
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oh it doesnt bleed cleanse

lusty grotto
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but at least there's options besides swapping to dwarves

thick panther
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would you recommend crafting weapon with the first spark of ingenuity or shield with haste/vers?

modern brook
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yeah they got rid of it

upper fox
modern brook
lusty grotto
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shield

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all the way

modern brook
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IDK about how the crafting system works tho

lusty grotto
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no reason to wait

upper fox
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saw someone say you should wait until you've done all m0 at least

lusty grotto
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m0 is around 8 ilvls lower than the base item

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so no

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dont wait

modern brook
#

I can see it

#

cause you can get a more impactful upgrade if your m0 doesnt drop something

thick panther
#

there is no reason to wait when its higher ilvl than m0 but wasnt sure if its better to have higher ilvl weapon or shield first

lusty grotto
#

i mean sparks are not gonna be as limited as dinars

#

yes for week 1

upper fox
#

I think i'll craft weapon first anyway for offspec aswell

lusty grotto
#

but not for the next weeks

modern brook
#

then you can make a shield

lusty grotto
#

absolutely no reason to wait

modern brook
#

and vice versa

lusty grotto
#

next week you can get another

#

or multiple

#

so if youre going by logic you should get shield regardless

modern brook
#

how long are you taking to do your m0s smh

upper fox
#

bro i cant do m0's im busy fishing

#

the real endgame

modern brook
#

as long as you're happy

thick panther
#

ok, thanks for the answers

modern brook
#

I def spent an hour just on a dragon the other day

upper fox
#

yeah im just taking it all in

#

rn

modern brook
#

im hunting glyphs

upper fox
#

I got most of em I think, just install handynotes

minor helm
#

Spend an hour on my dragon

upper fox
#

makes it very easy

minor helm
#

😳

modern brook
#

yah but dflying is like unironically very fun

upper fox
#

Im addicted to pressing the spinny boost move

modern brook
#

and hunting them without the guide is enjoyable while i wait for people to want to play wow with me

upper fox
#

WOOSH

modern brook
#

90% of the time its just

#

"oh thats a tall place go there, glyphs probably there

upper fox
#

yeah

upper fox
#

Some of em are a bit covered though

mystic rain
#

I'm just dropping in and haven't read up so my apologies if this has been discussed. Anyone else not getting the damage proc from the colbalt assembly rep ring? Assembly Scholar’s Loop

modern brook
#

eu is for dweebs and Erga

upper fox
#

But yeah everything is new and fun rn

minor helm
#

Real and true

upper fox
#

not gonna rush through it

modern brook
#

I blasted through the campaign just cause i wanted to level alts

#

but even campaign was paced well

#

<-- renown questing hater

upper fox
#

I levelled my guardian druid first, then as I lost my haste while levelling I changed back to good old war LOL

#

Good lord that class has an hour long gcd

#

cant stand it

modern brook
#

I always have that issue cause i do rogue first and their gcd is locked so i get to deflated gcd classes and i want to gouge my eyes out

tulip kelp
#

Yeah even warrior feels slowwwwww after playing rogue

upper fox
#

Guardian takes like 10 seconds to dot up every target in dungs

#

Abyssmal

modern brook
#

abyssmal gameplay is guardian's class fantasy im p sure so

tulip kelp
#

How you like Prot war?

smoky dock
#

Saw everyone was talking about what to craft are you able to craft high ilvl shield right now?

lusty grotto
#

going back to the Spark debate... when gearing for keys, you want to make sure that the guaranteed piece is worth

lusty grotto
#

but you need a spark

#

and to make a work order

smoky dock
#

I was personally thinking about crafting the goggles for engineering but if shield if smart then yes

modern brook
smoky dock
#

I have spark as well as everything else just need few more primal

lusty grotto
#

just put up a work order iwth the spark

smoky dock
#

Sounds good I will keep that in mind thank you

lusty grotto
#

BS can provide the non-BoP mats

upper fox
#

Prot is meta and flourishing

#

and fun

modern brook
#

im ashamed to say they had a whole quest that explained work orders and i just watched one piece instead of paying attention

#

So i am very likely to go the next 2-3 years without ever actually using one

lusty grotto
#

well its simple

#

go to the city

#

find the work order npc

smoky dock
#

Gotcha I am running engineering and BS but engineering is 50+ but not bs was going for googles

#

goggles*

lusty grotto
#

search for the shield, put spark, put a fee, that's it

lusty grotto
#

and hope the crafter hits a proc

#

for higher than 384 ilvl

smoky dock
#

Appreciate ya thanks

modern brook
minor helm
#

how’s that

upper fox
#

Does shield actually increase our damage more?

modern brook
#

on netflix starting at s1e1 :^)

modern brook
lusty grotto
upper fox
modern brook
#

high block value -> FATTY damage reduction on blocks

minor helm
#

Up to like 210 now

lusty grotto
#

the logic is this

minor helm
#

Have to swap to funimation at like 700

modern brook
#

i think it was something stupid like a 290 shield will give you DR cap on crit blocks in a mythic raid

upper fox
#

Imagine not being caught up on one piece chatting

lusty grotto
#

how much are you betting you can get a higher than 384+ shield on keys in 2 weeks

modern brook
#

so big shields are the biggest value for keeping ourselves alive

lusty grotto
#

and do you really want to make that bet?

minor helm
#

Trying my best sadgers

upper fox
#

I see

lusty grotto
#

instead of a guaranteed item

upper fox
#

This will require some thonking

#

I think

lusty grotto
#

that can proc for a higher ilvl than 384

upper fox
#

wait

lusty grotto
#

depending on the crafter's stats which btw you can set a min to

upper fox
#

you can titanforge crafted gear?

lusty grotto
#

its a lot more controlled than TF

modern brook
minor helm
lusty grotto
#

plus you can reforge it to increase ilvl

upper fox
#

thats cool

lusty grotto
#

but

upper fox
#

I havent looked up too much stuff beforehand didnt really wanna get spoiled too much

lusty grotto
#

YOU NEED A SPARK OF INGENUITY

upper fox
#

all this will be second nature in a week or 2

lusty grotto
#

and to get the first spark WHICH IS BOP

#

you need to complete the campaign

upper fox
#

yeah I have my first

minor helm
lusty grotto
#

wheres my weebs out emote

upper fox
#

I think you lost it in your arms spec

lusty grotto
#

watch a better show

#

watch Andor

#

the best tv season of the year by far

minor helm
#

I heard good things about andor

lusty grotto
#

even if youre not a SW fan

upper fox
#

time to play the game guys enjoy and gl

#

ā¤ļø

slow token
#

Is sidearm a talent we take? Is Wild Strikes a go to?

mighty valley
#

The basic builds are in the pins

modern brook
#

Imagine shitting on weebs and pulling out starwars lmao

lusty grotto
#

just forget that its SW

#

its 100% the best show of the year

strong forum
modern brook
strong forum
#

its really nice QoL

modern brook
#

i want to drop that shit for util etc

strong forum
#

hard to explain

urban portal
#

Would be mandatory in sl

#

Probably less mandatory now

strong forum
#

okay so, according to preliminary sims

#

the execute buff would be a 1.5-2% dmg gain in ST when you play with massacre + juggernaut

#

if you full end focus on execute pump

#

and about 1% dmg gain if you play like normal

modern brook
#

stonks lets go

tulip kelp
#

How much of a gain is sidearm? The 1% you're talking about?

strong forum
#

sidearm is 1.6% dmg

modern brook
#

Nom was uproar underperforming due to the sim not counting spear duration correctly?

tulip kelp
#

That's more then i thought

strong forum
#

spear is 0.5% better in ST than roar

modern brook
#

still? even after accounting for the 2 less seconds?

strong forum
#

but has the downside of being worse on aoe, smaller and extremely restrictive positioning

dusky canopy
#

Oh shit execute stonks!?!?

modern brook
#

now we just need a st fight :^)

#

spear gaming baby

dusky canopy
strong forum
#

not really stonks

#

but its like a 1% dps gain

modern brook
#

the line goes up nom

dusky canopy
#

I mean hey damage is damage

minor helm
dusky canopy
#

Now we can spam execute Pepe again

lusty grotto
#

🤷

dusky canopy
#

YES

strong forum
#

even with 52 execute casts over 5minutes its still only 7% of your dmg

lusty grotto
#

watch them add another sylvannas and make execute useless

strong forum
#

1/3rd of the dps of shield slam

tulip kelp
#

Yeesh, good to know

uneven mason
#

Hardly Worth the gcd

strong forum
#

its worth the GCD but fuck me

dusky canopy
#

Rip

strong forum
#

hard to play

tulip kelp
#

Thats ST too right

#

Basically 0 reason to execute when more than 1

lusty grotto
#

they are talking ST yes

dusky canopy
#

Pretty much seams that way

uneven mason
#

I mean what's the gap between slapping revenge in st or execute

strong forum
#

wait a second

#

hmm

modern brook
uneven mason
#

Sussy

lusty grotto
dusky canopy
#

Is that 52 casts of 40 rage executes?

lusty grotto
#

kind of the same of ye olde Outburst to TC or SS on how many numbers scenario

uneven mason
#

Noms like oh I was reading it upside down it's 93% if your damage

tulip kelp
rough pike
#

Hey guys, is there a rep i should be focusing on as a prot warrior? Also got BS'ing, or does it not matter?

lusty grotto
#

valdrakken and...

#

(as a BS)

#

whats your secondary prof?

rough pike
#

Mining

lusty grotto
#

ok let me check

rough pike
#

Great, thanks alot šŸ™‚

uneven mason
#

Ts won't matter outside of engineers having all the toys

dusky canopy
#

Engi all the way

olive steeple
#

Why valdrakan?

lusty grotto
#

valdrakken and artisans is best for BS

#

higher number of recipes

olive steeple
#

Ah gotchya

rough pike
#

Tys

lusty grotto
#

sorry

olive steeple
#

Is there a best renown for mining and herbalism?

lusty grotto
#

valdrakken and Maruuk

lusty grotto
rough pike
#

Yeh, great thanks again šŸ™‚

lusty grotto
#

havent focused much on gathering reps

#

since its gathering and the only good thing about them is just getting higher quality yields

strong forum
stable valve
strong forum
#

always up

#

that talent is always atleast 1/2 picked

#

with massacre always 2/2

olive steeple
#

When spending knowledge points, will I eventually get to fill out the entire tree?

#

Or do I have to really think of what I want end game

lusty grotto
#

you will fill it out but it will take a while

olive steeple
#

Kk

lusty grotto
#

also btw this isnt crafting disc lol

uneven mason
#

I'm just going to go the "Always be cleaving" rout and pull trash in top of bosses so I can revenge

lusty grotto
#

i know we're OT, so we shouldn't elaborate šŸ™‚

#

tbf i dont even know if there's crafting disc, im just saying stuff of what i know of

#

probably best to see if there's one

zealous turret
#

Anyone know how good the DMC is for us?

uneven mason
strong forum
#

hm okay so with TR + 2 cruelstrikes + massacre + jugg its 0.7% better now than punish+ED

charred ivy
#

is there some macro for shield charge and normal charge same button? maybe been asked before. Like with intervene

charred ivy
#

i feel like i have 100 keybinds already

stable valve
uneven mason
lusty grotto
#

shield charge is not something you should use for movement

charred ivy
#

nah not for movement i meant if close it use shield charge

lusty grotto
#

thats not its purpose

charred ivy
#

cause u dont need to be far right

lusty grotto
#

you can be at melee range

uneven mason
#

I mean if the goal is to save keybinds yeah just like any other macro mod

charred ivy
#

idk whats keymod xD sry

uneven mason
#

Can we do range checks in macro?

charred ivy
#

well idk what u mean atyleast

hazy sluice
#

is there a way to make a spell i use with mouse over on an enemy to set this mob as my target? for example i use charge as mouseover and would like the mob i charge to be my new target

proven lodge
#

can anyone link me a cast sequence macro for swapping between battle and defensive stance?

lusty grotto
#

it should auto target the mob

hazy sluice
#

but i have the last mob in target

lusty grotto
#

wait no... cast sequence, why?

uneven mason
modern brook
#

'cept like better because no resets

lusty grotto
#

well hopefully it helped him

modern brook
lusty grotto
#

and yeah that's what i meant by wondering about the whole cast sequence

modern brook
#

im sure theres an addon on somewhere for target closest hostile

#

but like

#

just left click

kindred quail
#

hey boys how to spread rend as prot

modern brook
#

stomp

hazy sluice
#

i mean there is the option for action targeting, which kinda does what i want. but it auto targets whatever is like closest in front of me and that i dont want

lusty grotto
#

there could be a way, im just not sure its worth the effort looking into

sudden palm
#

Anyone else has new/massive issues with their camera and how it turns?

#

Like I literally can't play like this

#

lol

lusty grotto
lusty grotto
modern brook
uneven mason
dusky canopy
#

Shield charge slaps under avatar and BV

sudden palm
#

It would follow

uneven mason
#

SC slaps.

sudden palm
#

But now; it's acting like I'm holding mouse key down

lusty grotto
#

well i dont know how you play that way but it should be an option

uneven mason
sudden palm
#

Is there a fix?

uneven mason
#

Go blizzard forums report it

#

Reload the game

sudden palm
#

It's awful

olive steeple
#

Can you use shield charge to open

dusky canopy
#

Play with free camera so when your backs to a wall for knockbacks you can still see

uneven mason
#

Yup

lusty grotto
#

ohhhh you meant the camera is stuck behind you

#

not that you played that way

uneven mason
#

I play first person

modern brook
#

it is an rpg

sudden palm
flint cedar
modern brook
#

literally like skyrim with guns

sudden palm
#

Yeah okay I'll try reload and report on forum

dusky canopy
sudden palm
#

Thank you!

lusty grotto
#

well i would go with what ikarikaze said

sudden palm
#

I almost had a meltdown in a HC

#

Was getting chunked down and realized my character is spinning and I'm not blocking =))

minor helm
sudden palm
#

Amazing times

minor helm
#

Prot so strong you can just spin

sudden palm
modern brook
dusky canopy
#

Preach

dusky canopy
minor helm
#

😳

sudden palm
#

Rofl

kindred quail
minor helm
#

Back shots maybe

kindred quail
#

but thanks

uneven mason
dusky canopy
lusty grotto
#

for your specific question

mellow quartz
dusky canopy
#

Honestly hoping for DH to take Fotm so they don’t gut our perfect warrior iteration

uneven mason
#

Who knows they might not fun detected, I'm getting the feeling that they understand maybe just a little, that tanking shouldn't feel like a chore, totally reliant on another role

lusty grotto
#

yeah

#

that was their intention all along

uneven mason
#

Like sl and bfa both felt pretty bad at times because even with perfect play if you had a shit healer or DPS that couldn't kick, that was it, you'd probably die

dusky canopy
#

If I’m not mistaken, in one of the interviews it was stated that they were trying to making tanking easier to get into

idle dagger
#

Is leveling as protection alright?

dusky canopy
#

Hell yeah

uneven mason
dusky canopy
#

Pull 20 mobs and nuke

uneven mason
#

Ha it's more than alright

#

It's the only way to level

idle dagger
#

Well, that is alright to hear then!

dusky canopy
#

Anybody not leveling as Prot is doing it wrong

flint cedar
#

prot > everything else

#

Pull giant pack nuke em

dusky canopy
flint cedar
#

easy questing

uneven mason
modern brook
#

playing a paladin is already a mistake

#

disgusting class

dusky canopy
#

We don’t talk about the pink Prot

lusty grotto
#

paladins can do it well

uneven mason
#

Windchime

lusty grotto
#

bouncy shield is also fun

dusky canopy
#

glares in disgust

modern brook
#

zzzzzzzzzz take

dusky canopy
lusty grotto
#

as an alt tank i was pleasantly surprised

dusky canopy
#

Best way to play paladin

lusty grotto
#

because prior to the prepatch iteration they were dogshit and boring

dusky canopy
#

Is to not

flint cedar
#

imagine playing a class with a mana bar

lusty grotto
#

you dont use mana as a prot paladin, what?

#

alt tanks are fun though, and my paladin used to be perma holy

#

i just gave prot a chance

tawny briar
#

Is there a specific gear piece we should be aiming for with our Spark? or is it more of a "wait and fill gaps" thing

lusty grotto
#

shield

dusky canopy
#

I second shield

#

Biggest upgrade possible

#

More block more better

strong forum
#

okay after ive optimised APL

dusky canopy
strong forum
#

going full execute bananas is only 200 dps gain

dusky canopy
modern brook
#

🫦

lusty grotto
#

oh its a default emoji

#

wtf

dusky canopy
strong forum
#

i mean i could scuff the sims and tell it to use even more executes to make it look bigger keks

#

but thats kinda not the point šŸ˜„

dusky canopy
ocean prairie
#

What's a good ilvl to start mythic 0?

fallow osprey
#

Idk what’s the average ilvl of lvl 70 quest rewards

narrow fern
#

how prot dmg atm?

hot maple
#

Aoe damage is chunky. ST less so.

untold crow
#

Was mentioned earlier, but i can't tell if it was part of the jokes... is SB a DPS gain? (While leveling and barely taking damage is it worth pressing?)

hot maple
#

30% more shield slam damage seems decent?

untold crow
#

I was just reading the talents and was like "oh no im gonna get yelled at for not reading talents" šŸ˜„ Thanks šŸ™‚

neon elk
strong forum
#

yea

terse hollow
#

does anyone have any clue how we get earthen soul? im tryna make the shield and its all i have left to find haha

#

other than "made by engineers" i have no info its bop so can we just never get it?

tulip kelp
# strong forum yea

And that's ST right? So over 1 target absolute pointless to use GCD on execute?

strong forum
#

not pointless

#

i said "going full execute bananas"

#

you still sned it

#

but you dont prio it over revenge to keep up your buff for example

#

you send execute >=50 rage

neon elk
#

Do we have numbers with optimal gameplay ? Exe at 50+ rage vs no exe ?

strong forum
#

not sending execute at all is a small dps loss

#

800 dps loss

pallid quiver
#

that's better than it was looking, at least

#

Still feels bad, though

shy coral
#

I can't seem to handle paying attention to everything at once when tanking, having to keep an eye on shield block going down and my abilities off cooldown and the enemy nameplates for interrupts overwhelms me...Really trying to tank this expansion though

pallid quiver
#

Shield Block should be maintained by your sheer rotation with Enduring, Heavy Repercussions, Shield Charge all funneling into it. As long as you keep spending your SB charges, you shouldn't have to think that hard about ot

shy coral
#

well thats probably part of it, I'm using a talent build that doesn't have those abilities

#

I did just want a build that makes shield block stay up for as long as possible so I didn't have to stress about keeping an eye on it

urban portal
#

That’s very questionable

#

But yes shield block is a dps up

#

Maybe not in an arbitrarily high target count scenario

#

But I’m general yes

open gazelle
#

Where do we get earthen soul

dusky canopy
#

Or amount of rage spent preventing rage loss?

strong forum
#

its just tierset uptime and revenge smoothing the rotation

elder crag
tawny briar
#

any difficulty?

idle dagger
#

Is there a leveling build?

stable valve
jagged pier
#

no u loose both your block talents

#

for less than a % gain

#

its useless

stable valve
dusky canopy
# idle dagger Is there a leveling build?

As a starting point, I would go to the wowhead look at the key talents in the leveling build fill out all the green ones and pick witchever purple ones you like the sound of

jagged pier
#

well yer

#

but that loose to much

#

makes hr pointless

#

to the place where u may as well take ITF

stable valve
#

And technically not a def loss to not have 100% uptime on SB if you’re not tanking the boss when it’s down

#

And it’s 100% not worth it imo. 200 dps is tiny to have a diff load out for it lmao

jagged pier
#

u loose 9% DR from punish at least tho

stable valve
#

Just asking for nerd questions, not to actually use it though, Jakey
I have at least a few wrinkles left on my brain

jagged pier
#

shot i may or may not be able to answer

stable valve
#

Plus if execute range is short for whatever reason, then the gap starts to narrow significantly

ocean prairie
#

How much of a gain is switching to battle stance during the burst (avatar + demo shout + roar + ravager) then switching back to defensive? Is it worth it in m+ generally?

jagged pier
#

i mean im sat in b stance

#

🤷

stable valve
#

Defensive stance should be treated as a def CD

dusky canopy
#

BStance gamer

ocean prairie
#

Oh ok good to know

dusky canopy
#

If you feel like it, swap to d stance on tank busters so your healer sweats a little less

#

Otherwise just stay b stance and they can heal

ocean prairie
#

Ok perfect Luxthos' weakaura complains if I'm in battle stance, ill have to disable that part

dusky canopy
#

Definitely suggest the pinned macro for stance swapping too works like a charm!

ocean prairie
#

And in like massive aoe situations with easy content, during avatar, the rotation becomes Thunder clap - Revenge - Thunder clap - Revenge? For max dps if health is not an issue

dusky canopy
#

I think it was stated much earlier that you still prio revenge but want to press both as much as possible

#

And try not to miss SS even in aoe

#

You want the rage gen

modern brook
stable valve
dusky canopy
#

Yes

#

More rage the better

ocean prairie
#

In like 10+ target rage is overflowing even without ss

stable valve
#

In like BIG AoE?

dusky canopy
#

Cast noms ip macro to not cap rage and also not miss SS procs

#

You’d have to ask Nom about the numbers

#

I imagine there’s a target count where you would not ss

#

It’s gotta be quite large

stable valve
#

I’ve just been forgoing SS on 20 pack pulls and feel flush w/ rage still

round delta
#

Sorry if i repeat an old question

tidal barn
#

Hey guys, what reputation should i start to farm in dragonflight?

round delta
#

about this talents. I saw in a wowhead the right one (the one i picked) but i usually used the wall one

tidal barn
#

which one to prioritize?

#

do we get anything?

jagged pier
#

there isnt one

dusky canopy
#

Do you like certain cosmetics?

jagged pier
#

which ever one u like the rewards from the most

toxic pewter
#

has 30% buff to execute changed how we use it at all

stable valve
forest bay
#

Reps aren't tied to power right now - unless you're crafting your gear I guess

lusty grotto
stable valve
#

Aegis is mega niche

dusky canopy
toxic pewter
#

well damn

weak snow
#

well more that it isn't good enough of a buff to make an execute build viable?

mighty valley
#

look at it this way - we're not hard nerfed if any fights end before 30%

lusty grotto
#

i believe i mentioned this earlier but if youre mining+blacksmith prio Valdrakken and Maruuk

lusty grotto
#

priority given due to the number of recipes you gain by doing so

round delta
dusky canopy
#

Yes

round delta
#

hmm i see

#

can someone share his talent build? i see wowhead has little mistakes

#

or worse options

lusty grotto
mighty valley
#

the wall is a better CD reduction talent and is also a rage gen talent

round delta
#

which has worse talents

mighty valley
#

they just didn't try with defender's aegis it's fine

tidal barn
#

Where do u read the upcoming changes?

mighty valley
#

the pins direct to the wowhead calculator, not to the wowhead guide

lusty grotto
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^

stable valve
urban bane
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Scroll down in the pins for additional builds @round delta

lusty grotto
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worse talents compared to what?

stable valve
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From amazing to actually terrible

lusty grotto
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šŸ¤”

round delta
stable valve
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Should’ve separated the talents instead of a choose node so I could get Aegis AND wall
So I could RP as an actual tank

tidal barn
lusty grotto
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hold up

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youre asking us for talent advice right?

weak snow
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thats the raid talent tree on the wowhead guide for single target bud

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don't think your raiding yet.

lusty grotto
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and you're saying the talents pinned here are worse?