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strong forum
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been in the game since day1 ye

jovial birch
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I like to thunderclap land

molten ruin
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ive never and been playing this toon since cata lmao

floral river
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charge owns

craggy pilot
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oh wow just checked the Charged Blast, and its almost invisible wtf

ancient reef
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Ok so im down to three choices for a tank warrior, Troll, Zandalari troll or tauren

molten ruin
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tauren extra stun

floral river
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zanda fashion

molten ruin
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true^

ancient reef
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for mythic+ and for raid though @molten ruin

craggy pilot
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just pick whatever you like the most, race doesnt mean anything

outer thorn
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havent regretted GONK GANG (zandalari racial)

ancient reef
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so not worth min maxing race

floral river
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there's no appreciable difference

molten ruin
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more like what you think would be most viable, racials in zandalar are good and so are the tauren's

ancient reef
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isnt the tauren stun and stamina good?

molten ruin
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i play belf for arcane torrent

floral river
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it is good, but imo we have so much cc

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it's superfluous

craggy pilot
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play whichever race, it makes no difference

molten ruin
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mhm

floral river
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except gnome

bleak stump
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arcane torent is REALLY good but i mean its not worth picking your race solely for that lol

floral river
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and certainly not mechagnome

outer thorn
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@bleak stump tyra week umbreskul 5 belf bis setup xD

molten ruin
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i disagree i love AT. XD

floral river
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pugs don't even know what AT does

bleak stump
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i know lol all my tanks are belfs that can be for arcane torrent but i mean its not worth picking it soley for that like the tauren stomp is a reallly good stun/mas interupt lol each class has bonuses and they are like make or break

molten ruin
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if i was alliance id be a nelf

craggy pilot
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AT is just AOE purge now isnt it?

molten ruin
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yes

floral river
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yeah

outer thorn
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does AT at least partially work on first boss RLP?

jovial birch
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Kul Tiran for extra swim speed and underwater breathing duration

floral river
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and some of the worst fashion

molten ruin
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dad bods can be hot hater lol

jovial birch
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yeah dont diss the belly

floral river
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try to create a mog for them

jovial birch
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it always starts with the brawlers harness I can tell you that

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and doesnt usually add much else

floral river
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I think it would have been funnier if they made kultirans the really skinny humans

bleak stump
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or be smart and have the option for both since the models are already in game lol

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makes zero sense they cant be both lol

floral river
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I wanna look like earthworm jim

sand drum
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weird Q, is there some log numbers from what "spike embellishments" ? is it meh or ?

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seems low ?

floral river
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it's average afaik, did only 1.6% overall in a HoV 14

sand drum
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got scale from Offensive .... so ye cant wait to get literallytrash replaced

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codex wibes

limber galleon
molten ruin
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tho youre right dwarf if huge for warriors

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their buffs esp Dark iron is bigg

limber galleon
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The beard alone gives you 10% confidence and thus more DPS

bright lion
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What have people been setting ruby whelp to?

fallen pulsar
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Damage, buts its rng anyway

lusty grotto
proud dock
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wats a smart way to utilize valor? any good upgrading strats?

molten ruin
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not use it the first few weeks

fallen pulsar
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I rock kul tiran, I think they benefit greatly from chest pieces with a top piece that sticks out, it balances out the dad bod and just makes them look like a hulk

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I think their racial armor chest is one one of the best pieces for em

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Easier to mog around it. But the armor that basically skin wraps your character do look pretty bad

hollow stump
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does armor spikes scale with the reagent or with the ilvl of the item

quartz kettle
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what enchant for my 1h prot M+

crystal canopy
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So my lariat is ilvl 392 how do I make it 405? I saw someone with a 405

mellow quartz
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Recraft

crystal canopy
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What’s the option to make it 405?

chrome falcon
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can you block while solving the puzzle box trinket

mellow quartz
edgy grail
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No

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It’s a primal focus

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You get it from the mats from 11-15 keys

crystal canopy
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Oh where do u get the primal focus?

mellow quartz
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For higher end of the range he needs the other as well

crystal canopy
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Ohh I see

warm plinth
lusty grotto
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similar to heroic for normals, and mythic for concentrated in raids

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but im not entirely sure about normals, could be acquired in normal raids, so if anyone has any info on them...

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plus normals are acquired in renown 30 as well

chrome falcon
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11-15

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then 16+

heavy glen
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What’s a good ilvl to start trying to kill mythic eranog?

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I don’t have a mythic raid team

lusty grotto
sick sentinel
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i saw a bald man pull an entire zone with prot
is this true? critcake

chrome falcon
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if you're competent and getting any healing it's a very easy boss to tank

heavy glen
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So…. If I make my own group….

chrome falcon
shut flare
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im having this problem
transfer aborted: instance not found. i cannot enter any dungeon. anyone know?

heavy glen
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Are y’all chad pylling RLP?

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First pull is all the shit LoS to boss room

chrome falcon
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i am not doing RLP

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🙂

heavy glen
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No?

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Why not?

chrome falcon
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this isn't mine but my friend who is an equal or stronger gamer

foggy ruin
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just untime one still score

heavy glen
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Magic dam=no fun?

chrome falcon
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no it's not that hard to tank

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the dungeon itself is just wildly overtuned

lusty grotto
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it is

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super overtuned

chrome falcon
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everything does hilariously way too much damage

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especially the bosses

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on fortified week

lusty grotto
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Kokia is gonna be

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interesting next week

chrome falcon
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most of the trash is ok

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but 2nd and 3rd boss are stupid on fort

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and first will probably become stupid on tyr

lusty grotto
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yeah agreed

chrome falcon
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btw if any gamers need 405/418 weapons

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hit me up

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skyhold discount

lusty grotto
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cross server personals dont seem to work

chrome falcon
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or wait you have to be same server?

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F

lusty grotto
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i always get the capped message

snow robin
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Hello friends, any recommendations on what to use our sparks on ? trinket etc., ?

chrome falcon
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ah

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yes nim

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try typing the person's name with a capital first letter

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fixed it for my friends

lusty grotto
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let me check

chrome falcon
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i'm not kidding

chrome falcon
lusty grotto
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should be Name-Server right?

snow robin
chrome falcon
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i've had multiple people tell me my orders were full

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when they typed mattacate-dentarg

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but then Mattacate-Dentarg worked fine

slim dove
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pugging normal is actually suffering

heavy glen
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Who here is working on mythic raiding? I’m curious to know your ilvl

fallen gazelle
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pugging anything right now is pretty suffering

slim dove
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fr fr

heavy glen
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It’s week 1…. Have patience…:

slim dove
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no

heavy glen
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Lol

slim dove
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people wont learn their class magically next week

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they wont talent into AOE soothe or kick

heavy glen
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No, but they’ll put gear mechanics lol

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Outgear*

slim dove
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3 wipes on dathea normal because nobody kicks infusers and other tank can't press charge fast enough to deal with 3 stacks

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like...come on

heavy glen
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It’s week one….

slim dove
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sitting here with 7 stacks getting booted into narnia and im still getting back to boss just fine

heavy glen
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Chill out. When did you want to have this done anyway?

slim dove
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bro all i said was pugging normal is suffering

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and it is

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got no patience to wipe in normal where im outdpsing half the raid deadge

heavy glen
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Get a guild

slim dove
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can't commit to raid times working on-call

chrome falcon
heavy glen
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Ty

uneven mason
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Well, the propaganda campaign is working

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I can't get invited to dungeons tonight

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"Warriors arn't good anymore"

craggy pilot
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so many fuckin frontals in COS :<

fallen pulsar
safe relic
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guys, quick question, at what point in the ilvl you start to look for stats

fast knot
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People that don't kick or CC

heavy glen
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I start looking for stats as soon as they drop. If I see itemised, I am full erect.

lusty grotto
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👆

safe relic
heavy glen
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Diff being…. HUGE ilvl.

lusty grotto
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you want to optimize at equal ilvl, thats it

chrome falcon
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^

heavy glen
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How many beers are required to tank M+ dungeons optimally?

chrome falcon
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str/armour/stam are by far our most important stats

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str/armour especially

chrome falcon
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you only try to optimise actual armour at equal ilvl

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jewelry you can play around with more

slim dove
heavy glen
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4 pugs

slim dove
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oof

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crush a beer before you start at the very least.

heavy glen
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What if it’s me and a homie?

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3 pugs and a homie

primal badger
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Is Enduring Scale a fat trink for prot atm?

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Trying to figure out whether or not to upgrade things yet

lucid dew
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It seems like it’s the most popular trinket

craggy pilot
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where do we rank the Nokhud on the difficulty scale? just got it in 14 and didnt do it other than a +5 .. 2 days ago

slim dove
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2nd boss is a gear/healer check

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otherwise like...5/10 overall

craggy pilot
slim dove
craggy pilot
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ah so i guess its more a knowledge thing than a gear thing 😄

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is it possible to keep the buff up entire fight?

slim dove
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pretty sure yeah

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its pretty fun having your arcane mage wait for 10 stacks + thundering, pop lust and blast

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boss just melts.

craggy pilot
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is it possible to reflect both effects onto the last boss? 🤔

slim dove
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the first yes.

craggy pilot
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i feel the CD is too long

slim dove
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you can reflect conductive (and should) every time

craggy pilot
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would be hella fun if we could reflect both of these

slim dove
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thunder strike i dont think the timing works.

craggy pilot
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but he casts them too fast

ocean finch
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Are we only getting tier set from raid this tier? Or can we get them by only doing M+?

craggy pilot
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the debuff is 10sec, and our Reflect CD is 20 sec 😦

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build a reflect would be awesome tech though holy shit

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also on 2nd boss Nokhud, aparently this one is reflectable

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and its baitable

ocean finch
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Yea its nice, does alot aswell

craggy pilot
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so i can just pop Reflect, and yeet out for orbs, and then go back 😄

heavy glen
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there's a creation catalyst coming later to make tier

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it

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it's like 5 weeks out?

craggy pilot
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also i think we can gain tier from Vault no?

ocean finch
slim dove
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I believe so but i cant recall exactly where i heard it

craggy pilot
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yes, the chance is low though

drifting needle
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Big bang

drifting needle
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Boss gets a damage buff by 50% I think? (not online currently)

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Like a 10 second purge/dispell buff

craggy pilot
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aha

drifting needle
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So can proper game it

slim dove
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its Energy Surge and it gives him an attack speed buff

drifting needle
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Oh thought it was damage, ree. Guessing he just hits hard so as I did like 12% of my damage in reflects in a 15 earlier

craggy pilot
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whats the idea in 2nd boss area of Nokhud? do you kill the totems first or do they not rly do anything?

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healer left during trash around 2nd boss, not even a lot of hps 🤷‍♂️ people dropping like mad

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but i guess its just dangerous trash there?

fading tide
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32.3k dps on academy 8 decent right?

edgy grail
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Seems like on the lower end but depends on how fast your team did the dungeon

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And what your ilvl is ofc

fading tide
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Damn

edgy grail
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More revenge!

toxic pewter
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How much is a good overall dps to shoot for in a m+? Maybe 40k?

tender cove
toxic pewter
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Yah true pull size definitely matters

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Also different dungeons too

tender cove
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If your group pulls big and pulls around cooldowns, you're gonna have a lot more dps vs not.
You can say an average but it doesn't really mean that much. Compare yourself against yourself and previous run. Not against top players, look at how they play for improving instead.
At least my 2 cents

celest glade
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does anyone have a spell reflect weakaura for df yet?

craggy pilot
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wow i love healers who join, say nothing, and leave after 1 wipe on 1st boss

tender cove
craggy pilot
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he did tho

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just never anything else

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just straight up left after 1 wipe

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on week 1 of M+ wtf

tender cove
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thats bit odd ye

craggy pilot
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peoples time is so precious even on week 1 🤣

tender cove
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usually its those who joins, never says anything and just ups an leaves.

craggy pilot
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they want everyone to be MDI players

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oh well fucked my key from 14 to 12

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now bedtime and ill do it tomorrow

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fk that shit

tender cove
craggy pilot
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people on at night in EU are garbage

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no one killed the saboteur add on 1st boss

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so we got oneshot by the cast

junior spade
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I wanna get back into pve. Is the easiest way to is just farm heroic dungeon gear then goto mythic dungeons and the move into mplus? I don't have friends so it could be a struggle from the beginning

craggy pilot
junior spade
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Ok

tender cove
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At least do m0 so you get all abilities

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but really, no reason not todo 2+s and above as a start

craggy pilot
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if he is low gear he should do M0 before +2, as it gives faster gear

junior spade
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Alright. And I'm torn between both prot war and pally they're both really fun to me

craggy pilot
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depends on ilvl though

opaque vine
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Go with Paladin

tender cove
craggy pilot
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if you like Rage, play Warr, if you like throwing shields, play Pala

tender cove
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I play both pala and warr. There's very little difference. Just flavor.

craggy pilot
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holy shit Divine Toll just feels so dumb good to press on Prot Pala ❤️

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i love that shit

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just the sound

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and then everything is interrupted and just stacks up

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almost as cool as Abom limb

junior spade
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They're both my favorite tanks also smacking people with a shield is awesome

uneven mason
craggy pilot
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how i just wish DK wasnt so pingpong hp minigame

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so i could play Grip class

uneven mason
vapid mountain
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next patch shield block 50% block chance and spell reflect 2min cd

fallen pulsar
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Next patch: no more shields, prot now uses a parrying dagger

harsh thorn
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I'm maining warrior for first time since tbc, it's hella fun

vapid mountain
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oh also they prolly remove spell block

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too op for these dungeons

stone horizon
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Is there any scenario where we go battle stance as prot ?

vapid mountain
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always

stone horizon
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wat

vapid mountain
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only go def stance when u take magic dmg

fast knot
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You only swap when you're getting chunked or about to take predicted damage

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to save your healers some stress

stone horizon
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wait a sec

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you guys always roll on battle stance?

fast knot
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Pretty much any time until a dangerous pull

craggy pilot
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bstance is 14% dmg gain

stone horizon
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wtf lol

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didnt know that

craggy pilot
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d stance reduces your dmg by 10%

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b stance gives you 3% crit

vapid mountain
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just always be in battle stance while playing keys and you will notice soon when you need def stance

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then just use it in those situations

stone horizon
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damn, i see

fast knot
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those situations are going to depend heavily on whether or not your dps are going to assist you with kicks and cc

stone horizon
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i thought that i had to always run on def stance

craggy pilot
fast knot
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if your dps are completely boosted you're probably gonna have to turtle this week

vapid mountain
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I usually camp def stance in high keys that can only go wrong if I die

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like 18 life pools the start icebolts hit for 190k without raging

tender cove
fast knot
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You just want to maximize damage output since that speeds up key

vapid mountain
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some

fast knot
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without jeopardizing your survivability

stone horizon
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i see, damn guys

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thanks for that

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had no idea

vapid mountain
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its pretty easy to die still if u are doing keys for first time so for real its pretty good to just camp def stance until you are comfortable with the keys

tender cove
vapid mountain
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then start flicking b stance in some easier pulls

stone horizon
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i'm running a few 12-14

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always on def stance

craggy pilot
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so often the key gets depleted because DPS is too low, or HPS too low, or shit not getting kicked

stone horizon
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doing 23k overall, wich i thought was pretty nice

vapid mountain
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like if you go into temple of jade serpent without def stance

stone horizon
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yeah

vapid mountain
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you are dead moose meat

craggy pilot
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very rarely i feel i die straight up cus im in BStance

stone horizon
craggy pilot
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when i die its if i stood in shit i shouldnt have, and then DStance does nothing for me anyway

stone horizon
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ruby, temple and that tree boss on academy are fucked up

vapid mountain
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def stance and spell block 100% must in jade serpent

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and ruby life pools

stone horizon
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yeah

vapid mountain
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atleast with this gear

stone horizon
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thanks guys

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really appreciate that

vapid mountain
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but next weeks gonna be a breeze after this one

limber python
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kings how does the dragon pats work in ruby life pools

fast knot
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Flamegullet will go through the sky just past that second elemental pack which can pull if you walk to far forward

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Can't really paint from memory where he lands though

limber python
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the storm one i never understand at all tho

fast knot
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point back to wall and keep block up

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just have to be careful to not accidently pull packs with knockback or the solo thunder boys

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I never really remember getting knocked but from a 0 I got yeeted to Arkansas so I always put back to wall now

limber python
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i mean how does it pull

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pat

fast knot
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Thunder guy doesn't pat

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at least from memory 🤔

limber python
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he always randomly gets pulled

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and i never see him to pull him myself

fast knot
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Immediately to left from first boss he's there

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I always do that immediately

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since that guy kind of fucks

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and you need the path clear to kite boss

limber python
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ive seen him in different areas i usually go right tho

fast knot
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hmm

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I skip flamegullet so 🤔

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especially on higher fort keys that 50-0% is giga damage to party

primal crypt
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what effect should I choose for this trinket?

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is the dmg buff worth?

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or the primary stat

opaque vine
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how do you proc each?

amber lily
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Hey I’m sure there’s been discussions about this already but the pugs like to tell me that I should be playing shockwave build instead of ferocious roar. Thoughts?

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I also see the top raider io players sone play shockwave build sone play roar and would it be dungeon dependent?

royal coral
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I think roar builds is higher overall dmg

thin silo
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my understanding for dungeons is that we go shockwave for the stop but not any of its enhancements. damage comes from roar tree

royal coral
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My m+ uses shockwave but nothing below it

amber lily
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Cool that’s what I was playing before

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Thanks 🙂

vernal vale
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The build in the pins for m+ is very good damage and survivability

last mason
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idk how people are pugging dungeons above 10s

main pulsar
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1500 valor cap per week right?

vernal vale
reef haven
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Is there any strat as the tank for not fucking the arena on 2nd boss in Ruby Life Pools, or is down to the party to not be retarded and not stand in bad locations (especially the ranged)?

fair stump
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Can we stack valor though or do we need to spend it week to week?

ancient reef
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profession recommendations boss?

reef haven
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does not matter, you can craft all you might need from crafting orders, just pick the ones you like

harsh thorn
ancient reef
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ok so mining for ores i guess and jewelcrafting for prospecting

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or alchemy herbalism for the toxic debuff

quartz mist
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what gems are we pumping into our lariats ?

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all haste/vers

reef haven
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first one strength haste sims the highest

quartz mist
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socket all 3 strength haste

reef haven
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you can't

severe hatch
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Can only have 1 strength gem

reef haven
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strength/haste is epic, only 1

quartz mist
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gotcha unique

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then the rest haste vers

severe hatch
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For me pure haste simmed highest for last 2

reef haven
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it will depend on your current stats

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theres no right answer besides simming it yourself

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and it might change everytime you change a piece

quartz kettle
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anyone have an update to date court of stars WA

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for the find the guy part in particular

reef haven
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littlewigs does it

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not sure if dbm also does

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I do think it does

cinder storm
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Question, Shadowmoon burial, getting to the 4 adds after skipping the void spawn thats patroling, we normally go left and one void was there, we went right and the void teleported there

vernal vale
tender cove
dreamy flame
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where can i learn the prot rotation? i'm coming from a pally main and i'm a little confused

cinder storm
reef haven
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down to your preference

tender cove
# dreamy flame where can i learn the prot rotation? i'm coming from a pally main and i'm a litt...

Judgement, hammer is your Shield slam and Thunderclap (generators). Revenge can proc and is free, much like your divine protection talent. Can also be used to burn rage. Shield block is your limited version of sotr. The remaining rage is spent on Ignore pain, Both are your active mitigation, the later being your "wog" in terms of self heals. And that's about it. Generate and spend it.
Also read the pins and pick a guide.

vernal vale
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It's used to dump rage and prevent overcapping

tender cove
reef haven
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shield block can stack up to 30 seconds

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so don't be afraid to press it

vernal vale
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You will ignore pain a lot but the numbers on it are irrelevant

tender cove
vernal vale
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Shield block is most important.

tender cove
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Yes, thats why I followed it up with read the pins and read a guide. I just wanted to give him a quick funny overlap the similarities of prot :p

vernal vale
reef haven
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is not it 1500 cap

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this week

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I read it wrong sorry

vapid magnet
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Do we have any specific items from M+ that is the best idea to save valor for, I got the crystal bulwark drop and was wondering if it was worth it to put my valor into upgrading it yet

inland mesa
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what ilvl would we start thinking about dropping the dps assembly scholar's loop?

reef haven
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when it stops simming higher than other ring you might have

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always sim your new pieces

inland mesa
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ye, I'll have to, was just curious as 395 thunderous cloudburst dropped

quartz mist
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for socketing the lariat , do we need to buy each rank of tiered medallion?

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or forget tier 1 and just buy 2 and 3

inland mesa
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just 2 and 3 as it comes with one, put 2 in first or you'll have to buy 2 of the 3

reef haven
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tier 2 and 3

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don't do 3 first

quartz mist
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figured, thanks mates

reef haven
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or you gonna need a 2nd one

reef haven
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you also probably don't wanna spend your valor before getting into higher keys where you drop higher ilvl so can save some valor

toxic geyser
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Quick question: fairly sure the answer is yes; but wanted to double check:
Is it the right call to keep SB up when offtanking in raid for the shield slam damage amp?

vapid magnet
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I'll probably hold off for a bit I just know shields are usually harder to come by

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what are the best trinkets looking like so far if anyone knows?

toxic geyser
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30% SS

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Made me second guess myself lol

digital frigate
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Hello friends. I have read pins but I must ask personal question. I have 25% haste 22% (24% with other stuff) vers, but my mastery and critical kinda low. Is there a point in which i am too low?

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22% haste, sorry I lie. 23% vers

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15 mastery 16 crit

reef haven
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you have to sim your stat weights

digital frigate
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Oh

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Yes, sorry I will try that

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Thank you

reef haven
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its hidden on raid bots, but its there

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"hidden"

loud patrol
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can someone explain stat weights to me like im 5?

reef haven
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imagine haste is 2 and crit is 1.5

digital frigate
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Thank you so mu ch

vernal vale
reef haven
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1 point in haste is 2 points of dps, 1 point of crit is 1.5 points of dps

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it changes fairly often, better than simming your stat weight is always simming new gear

vernal vale
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After that verse=crit give or take.

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At least in the grand scheme of things.

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Mastery is our worst stat

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Of course more strength is the most important Stat you can have

vernal vale
reef haven
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ye, higher ilvl > all (not on rings, neck and trinkets)

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then haste and vers probably better for survivability

loud patrol
#

we need a measure on how many hogger hits can we tank

reef haven
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versatility work for magic damage and is a static damage reduction, while crit and mastery work against attacks only

vernal vale
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Crit is better in dungeons as a majority of the damage in there is physical and crit is parry

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Verse you need an astronomical amount to really matter but it is passive across all damage

mortal brook
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Dead enemies do less damage. Pew pew helps survival

vernal vale
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Gemming and enchanting verse isn't noticeable. Something that 1 taps you at 10% verse will 1 tap you at 11% verse

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Which is a missed kick of something more often than not.

vernal vale
mortal brook
reef haven
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I would not like to heal you on an azure vault

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oh wait we don't need heals

vernal vale
reef haven
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just get a windwalker, rogue (not assassination) and arcane mage on your party

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and you don't have to worry about anything

quartz mist
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M+ yall taking frozen or wafting you think , sim it up im guessing

vernal vale
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Frozen splits the damage so it actually winds up worse on aoe

reef haven
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I use wafting writ because I'm going budget

quartz mist
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i got a fat rank 1 wafting on

vernal vale
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I mean. My rank 1 sophic writ is not that impressive

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But it is an enchant

reef haven
pliant maple
#

is someone a macro god?

fallen pulsar
#

Who needs defense, dead things cant hurt you

pliant maple
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I want a macro that shows shield charge when its up, and charge when it's not

quartz mist
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youre looking for weakauras for that

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i think

oak ivy
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don't use shield charge as a regular charge. it's an offensive CD

pliant maple
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for an ability?

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rip too many buttons

reef haven
#

ye, shield charge is a big aoe cd

vernal vale
pliant maple
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kk thanks for the input

reef haven
#

my damage has gone up a lot since I dropped thunderlord and started syncing avatar/demo shout/shield charge on aoe packs

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using battering ram and champion's bulwark

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I swear avatar always ends up syncing with demo shout (since you can still sync them if demo shout is still on cd for 12 seconds and you use avatar)

vernal vale
digital frigate
#

@reef haven Thank you so much friend

reef haven
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I've seen a lot of end raiders use Bolster instead of Tough as Nails for dungeons, anyone knows why?

digital frigate
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That helped me a lot

reef haven
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no prob

vernal vale
pallid quiver
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because they're wrong They're likely ru- that

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You'll need Bolster to help patch SB uptime if you're rocking ITF

vernal vale
#

^

reef haven
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I use ITF and have no issues

blazing bone
#

What should be my first T5 crafted piece be

vernal vale
blazing bone
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i was thinking a elemental lariat but im not sure if its worth since i have the haste/vers neck from CoS at 392

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I have a 398 shield

vernal vale
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Then lariat is solid

quartz mist
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lariat is thicc

reef haven
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belt, helm, weapon, waist

quartz mist
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just made mine

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R5 first proc, paid 10k

blazing bone
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i have people trying to charge me 50k to make

reef haven
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remember the embelishment are not that big

blazing bone
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with my providing mats

reef haven
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so don't stress too much

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I paid 20k commission for mine on kazzak-eu

oblique drift
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What's the most reliable way to handle the pack before the first boss in Shadowmoon with the three skeletons and one caster?

reef haven
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interrupt the caster and aoe everything

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🙂

blazing bone
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i just charge in there and look pretty

oblique drift
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the caster isn't what gives me trouble really, it is the skeletons

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they hit like a train with their ability

reef haven
#

what key level and ilvl?

oblique drift
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very easily hitting for like 160 - 180k depending on the key level unless I have shield wall or spell reflect up

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uh anything from like 11-14 and I've been in the low to mid 380s

reef haven
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are you keeping shield block, ignore pain rolling?

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and not turning your back against them

oblique drift
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it's magic damage

reef haven
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the skellies?

oblique drift
#

yeah the void slash thing they do

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or whatever it is called

reef haven
#

honestly can't remember, I've had zero issues with that pack

oblique drift
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everything else in the instance tickles me except for them

reef haven
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the most trouble I've had in the dungeon was when I pulled the 4 big spiders by mistake

oblique drift
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they've never actually given me any issues

#

just the skellies

vernal vale
reef haven
#

spell reflection probably helps a ton too

vernal vale
#

Shockwave stun, shield wall, spell reflect will all help reduce the damage from that pack

reef haven
#

it should die fairly quickly

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if you have good dps

oblique drift
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Yeah spell reflect helps some, but it doesn't last long enough to block all of them - definitely going to try kiting though, that sounds like a good idea

arctic charm
#

uhhhh avatar doesnt remove storm eater boon root?

reef haven
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its not a root, its immobilization

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which means stuck in place

vernal vale
oblique drift
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Not at the moment, but I'll try logging if I have more problems after employing the kite strat

quartz mist
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whats your go to trinket choices , im pairing up my whispering incarnate icon and blazebinders hoof rn , any thoughts on grinding up a wheystone from CoS and replace blazebinders hoof. just curious what trinks you like using

vernal vale
#

I log all my runs so I can analyze them later. It's proved very helpful

oblique drift
#

That is probably good advice for optimizing play

vernal vale
reef haven
oblique drift
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I might start doing that after I feel comfortable with all the routes

quartz mist
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yes im aware of that post lmao , i posted it for what trinks you like using

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also yeah the mastery is ball sack for sure

sick sentinel
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is whetstone not our BiS single target? bloodmallet says so but i dont see much representation on logs

reef haven
#

trinkets always depend on the fights

vernal vale
sick sentinel
#

Strike Twice is definetly our BiS too right?

#

for mainhand

oblique drift
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I know I'm definitely wasting rage haha, though hard to say how much. Prot warrior in its current incarnation is fairly new to me.

vernal vale
oblique drift
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1k is not as much as you'd think over the course of an entire dungeon I'd say

reef haven
#

I never cap unless out of combat

vernal vale
#

Well in a 28min dungeon I would generate 28k rage so

reef haven
#

finger always ready to dump that sweet rage on IP

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when revenge is not appropiate of course

oblique drift
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A lot of the time I feel like that doesn't really do anything if you are fighting a pack which poses no real danger to you

vernal vale
#

That's the goal lol

vernal vale
reef haven
#

spending rage for violent outburst

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even if IP refresh does nothing

#

that spending is important

#

and indomitable too ye

vernal vale
#

Ignore what ignore pain says it does and think of it purely as a mechanism to feed the rage machine. Spend rage to gain rage

oblique drift
#

good point, good point

#

what is the easiest thing to drop in favor of picking up battle-scarred veteran?

reef haven
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I would not use it

#

probably enduring alacrity tho

vernal vale
oblique drift
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It has helped me immensely on certain encounters, specifically plant boss in academy

reef haven
#

that fight gets hectic if your party does not stack the adds and clears their debuff

vernal vale
hasty field
oblique drift
#

I'm using the icy veins M+ build

vernal vale
oblique drift
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I think it is very similar to the wowhead build

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it does not take enduring alacrity though

vernal vale
reef haven
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and pick battering ram or champion's bulwark

#

I dropped thunderlord and enduring alacrity to pick both

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for m+ ofc

oblique drift
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I've been using champion's bulwark, but not battering ram

reef haven
#

battering ram is big for bosses

oblique drift
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perhaps good for next week

safe mango
#

Hi, I'm trying to tank a lot more for our key group good season. Does anyone have any recommendations for streamers that are really good to watch to learn good practices, routes etc.?

reef haven
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Naowh

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or however you spell his name

oblique drift
#

I will say I'm definitely not trying to run BSV all the time, just for certain keys

vernal vale
oblique drift
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okay, that makes sense, probably less impactful than anything else

#

thanks for the advice!

vernal vale
#

Though Nomerator does meme 5 tank keys a fair bit

reef haven
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he is occupied with world first atm tho, so he won't be streaming m+ for a while besides the random keys they decide to run

hasty field
#

Isn’t it just better?

digital frigate
#

Someone here set up automarkers already might have a guide on how to do this?

safe mango
#

Can't seem to find P1ka on Twitch

reef haven
#

I've had better results after dropping it

hasty field
#

It just sounds weird to me to drop a talent that gives you more windows when you do straight more dam

reef haven
#

syncing cooldowns is better than just using a single cooldown in many cases

vernal vale
#

Thunderlord also loses lots of value on bosses

reef haven
#

you might end up having demo shout up ready while shield charge still has 20 seconds for example

#

while without thunderlord they will always be synced

hasty field
#

And yet more demos -> more rage -> more everything

#

And honestly it’s syncable

#

But it’s up to your personal preferences I suppose

reef haven
#

thats what I said

#

no one has it really figured out

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I think Nomeratur has also dropped thunderlord

#

for Battering Ram

pallid quiver
#

Which means more rage for fueling Avatar refreshes

#

booming voice also gives that rage as well, so that's not as strong of a point,

vernal vale
pallid quiver
#

It turns out to be a bit of a damage increase if you pull around the base demo windows

reef haven
#

and battering ram also increases the crit chance and crit damage of shield charge, which is big when you use it in aoe packs

#

followed by a 20s buff to your auto attacks

#

20% in damage and speed

#

which is big for ST

vernal vale
#

Battering Ram is just very good in general

hasty field
#

It is absolutely big
Well sounds legit, gonna try it out tomorrow, thanks for pointing it out

vernal vale
#

I mean if your curious about numbers look up some of Nomerators runs

reef haven
#

whenever you have avatar it should always be lining up with demo shout, if demo shout still has 12 seconds and avatar is ready, you can use avatar since it lasts for 20 seconds and demo buff 8 seconds

oblique drift
#

Wouldn't avatar and demo shout be desynced because of anger management anyway?

#

although that is a good point Zodiac

reef haven
#

It has been lining up incredibly well for me at least

#

just make sure to never cap your rage during combat

oblique drift
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I will try swapping thunderlord with battering ram and see how it goes

reef haven
#

if you can't use revenge because shield slam is up but need to dump your rage

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just use IP or shield block

#

those 2 are not on gcd too

#

will be reducing lots of seconds on your avatar that way

vernal vale
oblique drift
#

true, though I was just thinking they would line up perfectly every time assuming you always use demo shout right away

reef haven
#

in the instance where they fail to sync I just hold on avatar

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since its never more than 10 seconds

#

and the syncing is so good

oblique drift
#

yeah it's probably not a big deal at all

reef haven
vernal vale
reef haven
#

we are the dps now

#

multiple times that I've finished with more damage overall than my dps

vernal vale
vernal vale
reef haven
#

ye, almost always in front of one of the dps in my party

#

avatar, ravager, demo shout, shield charge and thunderous roar goes BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

vernal vale
pallid quiver
#

imagine pressing revenge when we have G I G A clap

reef haven
#

damn I just looked at my dmg from last dungeon

#

the cobalt assembly ring proc did as much % as tough as nails

#

the embellished helm does 3 times less the amount

remote dawn
#

what shield for crafting? tempo/vers with armor spike or the crit/mast and vers procc?

reef haven
#

the one without the proc is recommended I think, since top embellishments are others

#

the one without proc is not embellished

chilly brook
#

So why the hell do the dragons in RLP hit so damn hard compared to everything else lmao

reef haven
#

you mean the big fire elementals? yep

chilly brook
#

no I mean the dragons lmao

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maybe it's a monk thing

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but those were the only things that made me pucker

reef haven
#

do you dodge the frontals fully?

vernal vale
chilly brook
#

by frontals you mean the breaths yes

reef haven
#

they are scary for sure tho

remote dawn
#

thx okay, and when i have the lariat but a 372 shield it make sense? to craft shield

remote dawn
#

❤️ merci

chilly brook
#

the add packs before last boss are the other scary part

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but not for the tank

vernal vale
reef haven
#

ptsd from the storms

#

but I have more ptsd from my ranged dps baiting meteors and add spawns on 2nd boss

#

in idiotic places

chilly brook
vernal vale
#

I normally shield wall after all my dps die to the electric dragon and what not

pallid quiver
#

what's blizz gonna do, ban you?

vernal vale
chilly brook
#

But fr this is the most fun tanking has been in like 2 xpacs

pallid quiver
#

listen i'm in shitpost mode, the pug raid i'm in is in fight explain mode

vernal vale
#

I definitely like these dungeons so far

chilly brook
#

It's nice to feel powerful as a tank

chilly brook
#

having more control is good

vernal vale
#

If anything I struggle to pick my utility I want

reef haven
#

the best part is windwalker and rogue damage will get nerfed this week but our damage won't

chilly brook
#

“Nerfed”

vernal vale
#

Lol

chilly brook
#

3% is hardly going to be noticeable

#

Especially in the case of WW

vernal vale
#

3% is just to make all the other classes feel like something is being done

chilly brook
#

Since a huge portion of their damage profile is ToD which isn’t getting hit by this

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In aoe that is

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Of the keys I’ve done as WW it’s upwards of 15% of my total damage

reef haven
#

I mean it does nerf ToD too

chilly brook
#

It doesn’t

reef haven
#

since a part of ToD damage is from the dmg you do

chilly brook
#

No

vernal vale
chilly brook
#

ToD is a flat damage

#

Based on your hp

reef haven
#

read the rest of the tooltip

#

I'm not saying it nerfs all of it tho

#

that part is not nerfed ye

chilly brook
sick sentinel
#

is strike twice our BiS mainhand?

reef haven
#

"During the 8 sec duration, 10% of all other damage you deal to the target will be added to the final damage dealt."

chilly brook
#

That’s not in game

reef haven
#

oh

#

then welp

#

my bad

vernal vale
chilly brook
#

The portion in the screenshot is the actual tooltip in game

#

Hence this

#

TLDR WW is sitting pretty unless they have to do strictly single target which is like one boss in the raid

sick sentinel
reef haven
#

good

#

would not want to stop inviting windwalkers

vernal vale
# sick sentinel what is

Spellblade cutlass has good stats that will outpace the 1proc per minute secondary effect on Strike Twice

chilly brook
#

Honestly I’m hoping Arms gets a lot better with the buffs

vernal vale
chilly brook
#

I was actually excited for arms with the talent trees, sad to see the performance is not so great

chilly brook
loud patrol
#

man

#

i hate pugs

chilly brook
#

Although really the problem with being hyper specialized will continue

vernal vale
chilly brook
#

It’s like aff, except you actually can do good single target

#

You can choose good aoe or good st but it’s at a significant detriment of the other

vernal vale
chilly brook
loud patrol
#

man how people can wipe in dathea normal, i understand the first 2-3 tries but wiping 10 times?

chilly brook
#

Oh raid

#

Kekw gl

loud patrol
#

the fight is braindead

chilly brook
#

Yea

#

Believe me I’ve been impressed with how…mechanically challenged…people are in raid

#

I showed up to a friends raid tonight and it was…..interesting

reef haven
#

I had a healer that could not dodge the meteor on 2nd boss in RLP

loud patrol
#

wot

reef haven
#

god I really hate pugs on that boss

loud patrol
#

in council?

reef haven
#

ruby life pools

#

2nd boss

loud patrol
#

ohh

chilly brook
#

Honestly I don’t think I can blame people though, there’s a lot going on in fairness. If you don’t have your UI squared away AND you’re trying to learn your class you’re setting yourself up for a pretty bad failure. Blizz has come a long way with the UI but I honestly think they need to communicate mechanics better, not for me but really just for the casual.

reef haven
#

I tried to pug Dathea in normal on my alt, oh big mistake

vernal vale
chilly brook
#

It’s the biggest thing I praise FF for, the information communicated to the player without any need for special addons is perfect

loud patrol
#

true

#

FF mechanics not that they are easy but they are so well communicated that are easely dealt with

wary heath
#

got a Raszageth kill with pugs, warms your heart

wary heath
#

it's about the friends you made along the way

chilly brook
remote dawn
#

whats the best trinkets from M+?

wary heath
#

we dropped down to 10 people so we had less people to jack the mechanics up

chilly brook
#

Surprisingly I’ve had an insane amount of friend requests since starting to do dungeons

vernal vale
loud patrol
#

or they are socially awkward or im a bad tank

wary heath
#

I also had a warrior offtank, we made an absolute legend tanking duo. he was probably on this discord

loud patrol
#

and i think im the problem sadge

wary heath
#

are you out there...CUMTank.....

chilly brook
vernal vale
chilly brook
#

Can’t fix something if you don’t know it’s broken

reef haven
#

people in m+ always say lol at my dmg at the end

loud patrol
#

the thing is idk if im doing somethign wrong

#

i mean im lacking in dmg

#

not using revenge that much idk why

chilly brook
#

Best way to find out is to log your dungeons

loud patrol
#

even when im full on ip charge

vernal vale
chilly brook
#

Plenty of people in here will be more than happy to help you look through logs and give some actionable advice

loud patrol
#

kk

#

just a sec then

reef haven
#

you press revenge if shield slam is not ready and need to dump focus, mostly, ofc there are special cases

chilly brook
wary heath
chilly brook
#

But new class and tons of buttons so I suppose it’s expected

loud patrol
chilly brook
#

The best I’ve done is 30k at the end of an Algethar

reef haven
#

it will vary from dungeon to dungeon because of overall pack sizes

chilly brook
#

Well

#

I’m just happy I’m not dying and 2 chesting keys

#

I’ll get to optimizing my damage as a monk soon enough

reef haven
#

are you not outdpsing some of the dps regularly?

chilly brook
#

Oh I am

#

Especially in CDs

main pulsar
#

is there a "smart" way to spend Valor? Weapons first, like conquest?

vernal vale
reef haven
#

I mean overall damage at the end of dungeon

loud patrol
chilly brook
wary heath
#

yeah. nothing crazy. i might be low on damage, probably the last thing on my mind until phase 3

reef haven
#

ye, I'm usually top 2 or 3

wary heath
#

the crazy thing is the difference in our healing

main pulsar
#

Anyone else love M+ tanking, but hate Raid tanking?

chilly brook
#

Granted I’m also behind, took a few weeks before I could actually jump into DF so I’m still under 270ilvl and haven’t done above a 10 yet

loud patrol
#

also any tip you guys wanna gib in my logs?

chilly brook
#

Assuming you’re doing it right

vernal vale
reef haven
#

raid tanking is chill, almost no mechanics to worry about, tanking m+ can get stressing very quickly

chilly brook
#

Raid is where you figure out just exactly how much damage you can pump out and maximize every last bit of your kit to do so

#

And how much tanky shit you can drop for the sake of damage

wary heath
#

2.3M (14%) was actually Arcane bubble

vernal vale
chilly brook
#

I mean you can also limit test in raids tbh

keen star
chilly brook
#

Seeing what you can solo tank etc.

wary heath
#

oh yeah i was just looking at how much the bubble proc'd

chilly brook
#

The only time I dislike raid tanking is when the group is 75 pulls into a 30 pull boss

keen star
reef haven
#

30 pull boss probably means 30 pulls for end cutting edge guild

#

not the average guild

vernal vale
loud patrol
#

gotta spam more?

reef haven
#

if your rage builders are always on cooldown and you never cap on rage

vernal vale
reef haven
#

you are technically doing all the casts you can

chilly brook
#

You can check average pull count across guilds

vernal vale
#

@loud patrol your casts

reef haven
#

oh I've never looked at that

vernal vale
#

@loud patrol my casts

chilly brook
#

That being said, I was also a CE player

keen star
#

there's well prepared guilds that raid less, and worse prepared guilds that brute force the raid 4 nights a week

wary heath
#

57 executes damn

reef haven
#

oh I execute the shit out of bosses

vernal vale
chilly brook
#

Hungering comes to mind back in S1 of SL where my group for some reason just took way too long to kill it

chilly brook
vernal vale
reef haven
#

I still have ptsd from gorefiend mythic in WoD

chilly brook
#

Stopped playing in s4, coming back but just finally settled on a main

loud patrol
#

so i gotta abuse more of revenge to get more SS procs

reef haven
#

my guild just could not get past the dps check

chilly brook
#

So just a m+ Andy until I find a guild

loud patrol
#

and more IP

chilly brook
# vernal vale Sad day

I mean I intend to still play at a competent level and get back into mythic again but I’m just not in a huge rush

delicate kraken
#

did they change d stance again????

vernal vale
chilly brook
chilly brook
#

The answer is no because you don’t go into d stance anyways

delicate kraken
vernal vale
reef haven
sick sentinel
#

what food should i be eating buff wise as a prot

loud patrol
#

str

#

so fortune cookeis

chilly brook
#

My WoW experience since September has been classic @vernal vale

vernal vale
sick sentinel
#

name ?

chilly brook
sick sentinel
#

whats better tho haste or strength? i have 20% base haste

loud patrol
vernal vale
wary heath
#

what's the correct socket order for lariat, 1 2 3 ?

#

or 3 2 1

vernal vale
#

2,3

chilly brook
vernal vale
#

Comes with one

wary heath
#

quality 2, then quality 3 ?

reef haven
#

yes

wary heath
#

thx

reef haven
#

don't do 3 first

chilly brook
#

Early season lower gear play it safe

#

Or safer anyways

#

Up until a point

vernal vale
reef haven
#

I'm gonna try weaving between both stances tomorrow

#

if I can keep my 15 going

tender quartz
#

Holy

chilly brook
tender quartz
#

Academy Tree Boss CD+Lust on 2nd Set of Adds is such a game changer

reef haven
#

biggest changer is having a party that stacks the adds

chilly brook
#

Proper add placement on tree boss is a game changer

reef haven
#

and that dispell themselves

chilly brook
loud patrol
#

cant wait til next week

chilly brook
#

If you stack them your WW can probably solo it while everyone tunnels boss

reef haven
#

oh, boomies on that fight also wreck it

loud patrol
#

gonna be ez (not looking at u raging tempest medge )

reef haven
#

boomies eat those adds alive like they are cereal

chilly brook
#

ToD does wonders there

#

I’d imagine DH is also pretty disgusting for cleaning them up

reef haven
#

boomies destroy it even if they are not stacked

tender quartz
#

Ney if you CD and Lust on 2nd Adds they disappear, you get the Tree cleanse, Boss dies before 4th Wave comes on 14, just ++'d it.

#

Literally non-issue

chilly brook
#

It’s also a non issue if they’re stacked well and you can aoe properly

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

barren copper
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Depends of your comp probably

chilly brook
barren copper
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Indeed

reef haven
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I hand pick meta comps for my keys everytime, can't help it, I'm a slave

chilly brook
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It’s amazing how much extra damage you can find when what’s supposed to be AoE’d is in the right spot

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But then again your average key enjoyer just holds w when swirlies show up

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That’s why they struggle on the spider boss in the last phase in raid

reef haven
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people either don't move too much when they should move, or they move too much when they should not, like with dathea debuff

chilly brook
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Yep

reef haven
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mfers I swear

fiery python
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Hey guys question about the stormslam debuff on the final boss of ruby life pools, does bitter immunity work as a self cleanse on those debuffs?

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Or would I require the healer to cleanse those for me

chilly brook
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Uhh

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Tbh idk

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Never had to think about it

reef haven
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what kind of debuff is it again

chilly brook
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Just mitigate the hit and vibe is how I’ve been doing the dungies

fiery python
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You take 100% more nature damage each time he hits you with storm slam

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Idk eventually it did 220k on me in a hit

chilly brook
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I’d imagine it can’t be cleansed

reef haven
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ye but is it a poison, curse or disease?

chilly brook
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Like most tank debuffs

fiery python
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Ye idk, I was hoping you guys knew

chilly brook
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Let me consult the handy dandy sheet

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K so, thank you reflect sheet

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TLDR you can block the hit but the magic portion will hit you like a truck if you don’t get a dispel

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Doesn’t mention bitter immunity

reef haven
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probably can be dispelled by priests

chilly brook
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I’d imagine it’s just a magic debuff

reef haven
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who can dispell magic effects?

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all healers?

chilly brook
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All healers

fiery python
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Ooh can I see that reflect sheet

chilly brook
reef haven
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ye duh, had a brain fart, 7 AM... fuck 8 AM here and have been up all night

chilly brook
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Google doc link from Sense

fiery python
reef haven
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gonna go sleep and wake up in 4 hours so I don't fuck my schedule entirely, see ya 🥲 fuck adhd

chilly brook
livid aurora
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Anyone else exclusively getting shit trinkets?

chilly brook
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No because that would require the game gives me loot

livid aurora
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Good point

chilly brook
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On the bright side at least you don’t have to use a mastery trinket with a 1.5 second cast time

livid aurora
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That one has dropped three times for me, gave it away every single time

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The game checks my gear, sees I have the wrathion neck and cloak and commences to give me those slots and shit trinkets 😂

chilly brook
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Pressing it makes me cringe

remote dawn
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whats the best m+ trinkets?

livid aurora
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At least you don't have to press any other buttons meantime

livid aurora
sick sentinel
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the hoof trinket is BIS not shit

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now get the whelp 😉

remote dawn
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rly ? the ruby is bis trinket?