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final gust
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got a funky gear question: which one of these would be better (more specifically, is cobalt assembly defense ring worth using when i'm in danger)

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(the dps cobalt ring still sims better than anything else which is funny)

mighty valley
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you can only wear one cobalt ring so make it the dps one

inland mesa
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it will until you get like 415 cos ring, crafted, and mythic eranog

final gust
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kk

merry scroll
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anyone here using ruby whelp? mine barely procs fully trained

sick sentinel
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i got one more

final gust
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So even in higher keys where I'm at risk of dying, it's better to just have the DPS ring anyways and call it a skill issue?

grizzled kite
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It's always a skill issue

round pendant
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alright so

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did a dungeon that I failed before but the dps players this time were actually good

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and it was smooth as butter

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I'm gonna stop blaming myself lmfao

inner rock
tulip kelp
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I did a 20 cos yesterday and failed by 30 secs, all 3 dps were below 50K overall 😂

sick sentinel
tulip kelp
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Don’t even know how that’s possible as 410+ dps and 2500+ io

sick sentinel
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this is what i thought lariat was

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and how i got it confused with how many gmes u have

round pendant
sick sentinel
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that seems like a horrible effect but still

round pendant
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cause they've all been ~35-40k for me

neat parrot
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is there a wa that tracks vanguard ( 2 set buff ) ? cant find any on wago

inner rock
tulip kelp
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If you’re doing 35K overall seek help

round pendant
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idk how to get my friend to be less.. bad

warm plinth
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Only your friend can make your friend less bad

round pendant
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had a shadow priest trying to clear thundering at 10 secs left in prep for the runes at odin

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friend runs away cause he wants that 30% damage

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gets us all stunned, wipe

warm plinth
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nice

final gust
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"muh dps"

warm plinth
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I once had a hunter feign the containment cell on 1st boss of Streets instead of turtling. When I asked about it, he said "turtle is a dps loss"

round pendant
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classic lmao

warm plinth
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I couldn't even respond man

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I was dumbfounded

final gust
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doesn't feign make it go on someone else instead

pallid quiver
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my favorite is the people who do those things while pulling extremely average to bad DPS in the first place

warm plinth
pallid quiver
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because they notice it more because they can't do as well coping with mechs

final gust
warm plinth
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speaking of which

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Why tf doesn't the mage tower set match the mage tower weaopns

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Yeah idk man, you could probably go pretty low fantasy and it wouldn' tlook bad though

sick sentinel
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why cant you just use rank 1 bars for craft/recraft

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just gives 1-3 stars i guess?

warm plinth
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you can

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But frankly a lot of the time Rank 2 is cheaper than Rank 1 lol

sick sentinel
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do we get value out of shield block even though sennarth doesnt melee us?

warm plinth
sharp night
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web blast is blocked

sick sentinel
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i can't decided if i want to craft a ring or a cloak

floral sundial
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@vale glacier Sword and Shield from SotFO match it well

sick sentinel
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probably cloak

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tons of rings out there, its not like socket matters to me

mighty valley
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we haven't had a literally unblockable boss since eye of the jailer

sick sentinel
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only way im doing ring is if its hour glass

warm plinth
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It's not about the socket; it's about being able to customize the stats on a slot that gives a lot of secondaries.

sick sentinel
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yeah imma do ring if im not doing cloak, for my last free spark

mighty valley
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the hourglass ring is just cute, it's not actually more useful than a normal ring

warm plinth
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Yeah it's the same as the other ring except with a weird random ass effect lol

sick sentinel
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as long as oyu don't lose stats for it

warm plinth
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You don't, but the effect is basically useless

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It's just a random teleport

sick sentinel
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to old raids, that house transmog, the true end game

robust lark
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this seems to be my typical experience pugging keys. This was a 12 TJS

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how to do better

dull zodiac
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got it

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thanks

round pendant
dull zodiac
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nvm wrong chat lol

robust lark
warm plinth
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idk that damage is plenty for a 12 tbh

robust lark
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yeah we still timed it fine

round pendant
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for 12 TJS ye

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I need to do TJS more to get used to that last pack

robust lark
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that was the reason I ran it at a 12...jumped across the room a few times but didn't die. 4 dps deaths standing in cone though XD

feral dune
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is the 1h mace ok?

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i can't find anyone to make me the sword

warm plinth
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The weapon type makes no difference

feral dune
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no?

warm plinth
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Not even sort of

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The only reason sword is the common item is because it's common for people to have gone into that specialty

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It has no advantages over any other weapon type

feral dune
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gotcha gotcha

sick sentinel
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have to get gems crafted now in df?

warm plinth
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The primary stat gems you do

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The others you can buy off the AH

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Primary stat ones require the illimited diamonds which are BoP

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er

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the primary stat ones are BoP and require the illimited diamonds

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if I could talk properly

sick sentinel
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its not perfect, but its a ring, with haste

warm plinth
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we love haste

sick sentinel
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this one took me isle of thunder

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game correct, 100% dont remember this place

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absolutely don't remember

warm plinth
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I wonder if it just takes you to a zone you haven't been to in a long time, or just zones with the lowest boss kills or something

short elk
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The cobalt rep ring - what ilvl is it worth replacing?

warm plinth
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Are you talking about the shield ring or the dps ring

short elk
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Either? I’m using the dps one rn

warm plinth
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Whenever it gets outsimmed

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I wouldn't drop much ilevel for the shield ring personally

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Maybe 10 ilevels

short elk
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Kk I’ll sim it thanks

prime sphinx
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done 15 court runs 18+ past 2 days trying for whetstone i hate this place, kinda blasting tho with shiny new kurog trinket

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almost 60k overall some dungs

neon eagle
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Should I upgrade my Larriate first to 418 or Sword?

prime sphinx
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sword

sick sentinel
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finally 400

round pendant
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gz

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That'll be me soon hopefully

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I really want a whetstone

somber shell
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oh man I screwed up and made a shield and it's got a 3rd embellishment on it

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do I need to find someone to re-craft one of my other items to remove the embellishment?

warm plinth
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Well, recraft something, yes

somber shell
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ugh

warm plinth
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either the shield or another item

somber shell
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😢

errant lark
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are we meant to push Execute much?

urban portal
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Yes

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While maining the rest of your rotation

naive panther
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spriest giving me PI added 20k overall to my SBG dps

final gust
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I presume we want to keep vanguard up as higher priority than exe?

pallid quiver
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iirc in ST, pushing vanguard back a bit for execute is a slight DPS gain? I remember Mwahi saying something about it, but I can't actually remember, so

urban portal
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Yeah dps gain

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I remember the same

reef holly
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Hey team I have over 3k valor- should I blow it on maxing out the AV shield? I’m currently rocking the 402 crafted one

mighty valley
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and save valor for your m+ drops

mighty valley
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ok yeah, don't valor blast your shield, just collect the concentrated primal things

reef holly
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396 ilevel

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Ok cheers

sick sentinel
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how much longer for ksm

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im 1715

warm plinth
warm plinth
pallid quiver
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Thaaaat's the one, love ya Ghash

warm plinth
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I've been telling people to ignore 2-set this whole time so I had to verify for my own sanity. Figured you guys would like to know for sure too.

pallid quiver
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I think if you super optimize it's uptime, it's a slightly larger DPS increase, but still minor

reef holly
sick sentinel
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second i can im getting 4pc set

pallid quiver
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I think I remember seeing Nome and MWahi talk about that one

warm plinth
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I'm lazy so I will just ignore

pallid quiver
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but that was even longer ago

sick sentinel
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3/5 right now, i would get 5/5 if i can even

pallid quiver
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I think it was literally hundreds of DPS diff

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is what they saw?

warm plinth
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😱

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yuge

sick sentinel
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it just feels right the get the entire set

pallid quiver
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literally key breaking

quiet monolith
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anyone mind @'ing me a nice council spam sick dps prot tank spec? 🙂

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i lost all mine

sick sentinel
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yeah, i need hands or head

young pagoda
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hello. Which crafted trinket is good for prot?

warm plinth
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None of them are anything special

errant cipher
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did the prot build change any?

warm plinth
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Nope

tulip egret
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my legs 402, are about to be 415 setpiece when I use catalyst. But I have two sparks and two 418 infusions, should I just make the trinket and replace blazebinder until I get something better?

warm plinth
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It's your call. If you have nothing else that you need to use them on, go for it

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Looks like you're fairly set outside of that trinket so it's not a terrible idea

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Just use a droptimizer sim on prof items and see if it's actually gonna be worth though

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Would suck to make it and then it's not better lol

tulip egret
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Okay thanks !

tulip kelp
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I haven't seen alchemist stone trinket discussed much.. the 418 haste stone sims like ~700 dps higher than my 408 all totem but that's prob fake news right?

warm plinth
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In what, ST?

tulip kelp
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Yeah, even higher dps increase with additional targets

warm plinth
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no more weird whetstone bug

echo canyon
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is it better to aim for a high ilvl shield or mainhand?

cloud umbra
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nice!

tulip kelp
warm plinth
echo canyon
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craft a 418 shield? 🤔

warm plinth
trim bay
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w=

onyx smelt
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anyone know what addon/wa shows important casts going off on your screen?

outer sun
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Yo question

inner rock
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is it normal to outheal your healer as warr in m+?

outer sun
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Is dwarf the play? in 24s

sand mason
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Vulpera expect for rlp and aa prolly

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Nose for trouble op. Dwarf BiS for bleeds

agile elbow
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Is Phial of Eye in the Storm any good or should we be using something else?

warm plinth
sick sentinel
inner rock
sick sentinel
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the one about you stand still and get str and move and get ms seems to be a trap

warm plinth
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Yeah but healers don't heal tanks this expansion

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They heal the other people

sick sentinel
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theres another one thats you have to be alone from friendly players, that one sucks too

warm plinth
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As far as DPSing on a healer goes, it really just depends on how comfortable they are with the key/their spec. But I'd rather they focus on keeping people alive if they're just gonna have people dying if they don't.

sick sentinel
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thats my opinion, debate me

slim dove
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dont expect healers in low keys to dps

onyx vessel
robust lark
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can whetstone drop if I'm in prot loot selection?

inner rock
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no, which is very sad

robust lark
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noted

sick sentinel
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im set to loot as fury because ????

tulip egret
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Are my stats okay here, this is haste rune on weap and not ITF yet

slim dove
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ilvl > all

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prio haste and crit when possible.

pallid quiver
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or haste and vers if you wanna be part of the other tribe

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vers and crit kinda equal

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we just throw mud at each other

slim dove
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soy vers vs chad crit

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reminder crit lets you play arms deswind

lone eagle
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Yo gamers

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M Kurog, earth ele dies during Bedrock

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The bedrocks that go out from it that are invisible - do they do damage

fair tinsel
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Hey guys just going over logs for the prot warrior in my raid, he has 27% haste and only has like 50% uptime on shield block - this should be higher right?

cedar trench
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which fight

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linky link

undone verge
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but theres definitely other issues, if you link a log we can see better

sick sentinel
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does he understand that its what 30%dmg increase to his SS?

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more dmg and more threat

cedar trench
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it's a bit more complex than that, context is important

undone verge
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I dont think theres a fight this raid where you wouldnt have SS up for at least 80% of the fight

cedar trench
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Yea for sure but you cant answer a question unless you know other variables IMO

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but yes 50% is low regardless

undone verge
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I agree, but Idk what variables would cause such downtime since any time you can dps you should have SB up

sick sentinel
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even if hes not actively tanking boss its more dmg meaning boss dies tiny bit faster

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other tank just hit more threat buttons shrug

cedar trench
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dead/executing instead (bad but i've seen it)/doesn't think he needs it for not active tanking

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heaps of possibilities

void marten
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our demolock is jealous as fuck

toxic mesa
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yeah i do let my shield block fall down during execute phase while offtanking
still my uptimes are like 85-95, depending on fights

cedar trench
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Yea my point is there's a lot of variables logs are just insane context when asking a question

toxic mesa
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but yeah, if someone has 50% uptime on shield block and/or ignore pain, they are doing things wrong

cedar trench
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as in they're completely not there or just wont come down?

toxic mesa
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has someone tried doing some magic tricks or cheese mechanics with them?

onyx vessel
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Dont get bugged birds or better yet dont run AA

cedar trench
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thats a gg next angle if they dont come down you can get a ranged to jump and tag them

onyx vessel
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Till its fixed

cedar trench
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thats a GG next keks

toxic mesa
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ive seen them bug out if someone dies during the bird packs, the small birds somehow cling to that guy if he releases

onyx vessel
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Just like last season of SL with taz bug where you would be able to get all instruments and the fight would break

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Guess what it was never patched

cedar trench
onyx vessel
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Very rare it happened tho

cedar trench
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first week of taz we brought a mob into the club and nothing spawned

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was good

toxic mesa
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also in azure vaults if you pull those whelp packs they teleport to the rest of your group after you die

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which is a nice bug

onyx vessel
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Where is the bird one is pretty uncommon

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So should get patched

toxic mesa
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and in azure vault one time someone cc's a vault guardian in the 2nd boss room, then we went down to kill those frogs
a couple of minutes later that vault guardian teleported to us in the last frog room

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*cc'd

inner rock
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Ive not seen this before, second pack in smbg had a void ele teleport into the pack after pull.

toxic mesa
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ive seen it once

naive panther
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yeah has happened to me, big rip

inner rock
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They hurt when bolstered rofl

toxic mesa
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we always pull that pack to the spiderlings because of that

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if the big boi suddenly decides to appear there

inner rock
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At first i thought blizz had stealth buffed the dungeon

void marten
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happened to me too, disappeared after waiting a few seconds

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and didnt come back

analog sparrow
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anyone done the mage tower as prot? I can not get inquisitor down before 3 infernals and most guides say try to get him before the 2nd. Anyone able to do that this time around?

void marten
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also did sbg 22 today

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fuck those skeletons hurt

warm plinth
# analog sparrow anyone done the mage tower as prot? I can not get inquisitor down before 3 in...

idk infernals are generally not something that I worry much about personally. I haven't done it on pwar this time around but I did it in Legion (I did Guardian in Legion and in SL). Less infernals really just means more space denial, but you basically never stop moving in p2 anyway and you have a charge if you happen to get yeeted. If they're causing a problem for you, then I'd worry. Otherwise I wouldn't let an arbitrary number bother you.

inner rock
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I think yiu can kite so you dont take the shadow whatever hit

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Like hew in hov

warm plinth
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It's less generous than hew in my experience. But yes you can kite it

void marten
inner rock
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Lol, your healer must have loved that pack in a 22 then

analog sparrow
inner rock
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If you did mt in legion is there any reason to do it again?

cedar trench
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the new armor set

timid beacon
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How many stacks of Sundering Strikes are you all taking in heroic Vault from Grimtotem?

proud dock
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how much IO do i lose on swapping to vulpera?

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or gain? o.O

cedar trench
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about buck seveneen

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give or take a few

proud dock
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sheeeet ill take it

cedar trench
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you gain a lot of middle aged men whispering you though

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so

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weigh it up

proud dock
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its ok, i need attention anyways kekW omegalul

lavish oracle
timid beacon
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We had taken 2 each in normal but we getting trucked doing that now

lavish oracle
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Yeah, there's no reason to take more than 1

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Unless your healers wanna pad their parse

timid beacon
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Does the sundering strikes dot stack?

sturdy sable
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Yes

timid beacon
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Well we’re idiots

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What a waste of a raid night

void marten
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to be honest

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its not really clear on dungeon journal

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not your fault

sturdy sable
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Just dont mention it ever

inner rock
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Thats the sort of thing where you collectiveky wonder how no one else realized what the problem was and told you guys though.

warm plinth
wintry anvil
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keep impending victory on cooldown or wait for 30-40% health

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?

warm plinth
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It's not worth pressing unless you need the heal

sturdy sable
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You should really be using that as more of a safety net

warm plinth
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The damage is insignificant

sturdy sable
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And not on cd

void marten
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yeah but what if the victory was impending

sturdy sable
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Then maybe

warm plinth
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true

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Cast a celebratory impending victory

sturdy sable
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Really impend it

warm plinth
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Impend the fuck out of that victory

wintry anvil
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Who is hitting Impending victory at 60-70% health?

warm plinth
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🤔

void marten
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what do you guys think the next 4 piece will be?

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my guess is "Whenever you cast Rend, you also apply it to one nearby enemy"

warm plinth
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I don't understand your question

sturdy sable
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5% of all the damage you do will add to your current block

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Dont think about it

wintry anvil
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sorry, people in my guild are saying to use it at 60-70%... i said use it at 20-30%

warm plinth
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If you're missing 30% health, use it

wintry anvil
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just wondering which of those most are using it

sturdy sable
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When i need to be healed and am not getting healed

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Is generally when i use it

warm plinth
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There's no reason at all to wait until you're that low. You shouldn't even really ever get that low.

wintry anvil
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double bone slash on first pack of sbg shudders

sturdy sable
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Usually milliseconds after a healer heals me

void marten
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"During Shield Wall you get 5% Leech"

sturdy sable
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Oh baby

warm plinth
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The next tier set should be a lot more interesting

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They haven't done a first tier tier set in quite a while so they made them fairly mediocre on purpose

sturdy sable
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"you can now wear 2handed weapons along with a shield"

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Thats it

warm plinth
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SL didn't have tier in S1, BFA didn't have tier at all, Legion didn't have tier in "S1"

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I don't know if WoD did; I wasn't around long in that one before I took a break

void marten
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technically nighthold was part of s1 in legion as far as i remember

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"Your Bleed effects heal you 2% of the damage they deal"

warm plinth
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It was the second raid though is what I mean

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Emerald Nightmare didn't have a tier set

wintry anvil
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thanks guys, that was helpful ❤️

tame jasper
warm plinth
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They won't

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Also you can get it from vault/catalyst

void marten
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au contraire i wish they added more sets/unique items

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they're the most fun part of the game imo

warm plinth
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How about instead though

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They give us M+ set bonus 😮

void marten
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they were fun in legion

warm plinth
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I'm still salty about them getting rid of the speed/CD reset embellishment

inner rock
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They should definitely do more misc set items, like the legion haste set etc.

void marten
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i also hope they add legendaries but i doubt they will

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majority seems to hate the idea of orange colored loot

inner rock
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They just suck at balancing them

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Legions rng was baaaaad

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Shadowlands was just bland

warm plinth
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Borrowed power is a bad idea in general

mighty valley
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i don't think legendaries have been exciting except for the original ones, but those have a million other problems when only a few can access them

inner rock
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Wow is all borrowed power by now with how frequently abilities and class mechanics are changed

warm plinth
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That is not what borrowed power is

dull vine
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guys any macro for instance dance?

warm plinth
void marten
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remember this was borrowed power 2 months ago?

warm plinth
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And yet, it is now part of the class

dull vine
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ty

warm plinth
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This is the first expansion since WoD where we haven't had significant borrowed power.

inner rock
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Mw literally had one previously "borrowed power" now inherent removed and an old borrowed power replace it just within this season. Its all borrowed.

warm plinth
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changing a talent or an ability is not borrowed power. It's called tuning/balance. Unless you think they should just leave specs alone and if they're bad they're bad idk

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Borrowed power by definition is temporary. Talents are not temporary. Can they be changed? Sure. But we literally just got these talent trees so it makes perfect sense that they wouldn't be set in stone 2 months into the expansion.

inner rock
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At some point tuning becomes remaking. Id argue when you change one ability to something completely different, thatta not tuning. Thats replacement, and it sets the precedent that you cant expect anything about a class is permanent. Which is borne out since wotlk on.

warm plinth
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Artifacts, legendaries, covenants, shards of domination, those are borrowed power

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Tier sets are borrowed power too, though if they keep doing them like the current ones, I have no problem with that

inner rock
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Youre making a distinction without a difference, but its not a big deal and not worth arguing over. I hear you, but i think that you miss why borrowed power is bad with your definition.

warm plinth
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Borrowed power IS bad. I never said it wasn't.

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I said the opposite.

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How am I borrowing something that is literally a part of my class/spec?

brisk flax
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Remind me again when vers starts to have diminishing returns as a stat?

warm plinth
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You will very likely never hit vers DR.

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You'd need over 6k

inner rock
warm plinth
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To answer your question though, all stats DR starting at 30% from rating.

brisk flax
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that's what i thought

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Im sitting over 4k vers and was thinking about pulling some out for Crit

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but was not 100% sure if it would be beneficial to do so

warm plinth
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You don't need any specific amounts of stats

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You can have 0 vers and you'd be fine

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Vers stacking is a meme

odd trellis
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good morning, i have 376 lfr set piece and 392 non set on this slot, as tank i go for 4 bonus or 2 and itemlevel?

warm plinth
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Are you doing keys or just raid?

round shale
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hi Ruby Whelp shell should be trained full ST?

odd trellis
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only keys

warm plinth
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Then yeah I'd drop that for 4pc

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@odd trellis

odd trellis
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ok thx

dusky canopy
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Does anyone run bolster for any raid boss in particular? RL who is a fellow warrior was suggesting I use it on brood just wondering other opinions

mighty valley
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if you need constant sb uptime just go hr

dusky canopy
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That’s what I’ve been doing swapping between itf and hr

round shale
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hi Ruby Whelp shell should be trained full ST?

cedar trench
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for what content

round shale
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M+

cedar trench
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dont use it

ionic path
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I have 3 in ST and 3 in AoE on my ruby 😄 About 6-7% overall damage in a key.

cedar trench
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^ thats a good option if its your only item

limpid anchor
cedar trench
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well it does and doesn't

night galleon
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how do you survive temple on fortified lol

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haunting gaze one shot me

ionic path
cedar trench
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spellblock reflect for magic DR externals kiting

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stuns

limpid anchor
night galleon
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i dont think you can kite haunting gaze

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didnt feel lke SR did anything either

violet violet
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It’s a fervent strike

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Just stun it

cedar trench
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SR will do 20%

night galleon
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it did 100% of my health through IP and SR

cedar trench
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ahh haunting ok

night galleon
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on a +20

violet violet
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It doesn’t recast after stun

lofty widget
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stun it

violet violet
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It’s fast though, but that’s the easiest way to outplay

cedar trench
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was it an enraged one?

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oneshot through full IP on 20 sounds odd

limber flame
night galleon
#

nothing bolstered

cedar trench
#

weirdge

low salmon
#

what gems should be used on the lariat? haste + vers?

cedar trench
#

haste + x

lofty widget
#

haste should be the lower stat so lariat procs it

cedar trench
#

proc vs static

low salmon
#

ah, gotcha

cedar trench
#

average it out

#

196 haste all the time vs 551 about 30% of the time

deep plume
#

Do we have new talent builds this week ?

warm plinth
#

No

cedar trench
#

O.o no

deep plume
#

Can some one link the old buils then for M+ and raid. Had to reinstall and lost mine

warm plinth
#

They're in the pins

cedar trench
deep plume
#

Am guessing the icy-vain wow head pin ?

cedar trench
deep plume
#

TY

chilly brook
#

@mortal brook how bad are the bear bugs?

ionic fern
#

Almost as bad as the..bedbugs.

cedar trench
#

or

#

dropbears

finite scarab
#

whats go to wep enchant for m+

modest gulch
#

Just realized I'm bad, bros this is unacceptable. I didn't fucking know that you could press Shield Block twice and the duration would increase... I thought that shit would get overwritten... same with Shield Charge applying Shield Block also adding to the duration

#

I've been fucking TROLLING trying to manage "shield block exactly one time every 8s and use shield charge in between"

#

fuck me

warm plinth
#

Hey kantharos, idk if you know this but Shield Block duration increases if you use it multiple times.

#

(up to 3x base duration)

modest gulch
#

so it can cap at 24s

warm plinth
#

yes

#

Or 18 if you aren't talented into Enduring Defenses (though idk why you wouldn't be)

modest gulch
#

I downloaded elvui and a shield block weak aura and I'm like, "wtf how is that timer way over 8s?"

modest gulch
#

which are notoriously unreliable

warm plinth
#

All the premade specs in the guides/pins should have it

cinder nova
#

The CD is consecutive, not concurrent

#

You should be pressing it only as much as you need to keep it going, which is to say that the ideal situation is to avoid using the second charge as much as you can to ensure you have something in your back pocket. Keep it up for DPS and active tanking.

#

But just doubling down is doodoo

warm plinth
#

Nah but there's a difference between mashing it and knowing you don't have to wait til the very last milisecond to press it again

modest gulch
#

Yesterday there was a conversation about shield block uptime, so I was paying more attention to it.

ionic fern
warm plinth
#

@ionic fern hi ily

modest gulch
# cinder nova But just doubling down is doodoo

At like the beginning of a trash pull in +19 AV I'm hitting Shield Charge (throws up defensives, generates rage) then hitting shield block twice so I don't have to worry about it again for another ~22s... 100% uptime. Yea if it was a smaller pull or some scenario where I didn't need 20+ seconds of uptime I might not do that.

ionic fern
#

Sad thing is..he diddn't realise he was bad.

ionic fern
ionic fern
modest gulch
#

yea to get in

modest gulch
cinder nova
modest gulch
#

I work through it but I dip into "OMG DONT FUCK UP" mode and it just throws me off

cinder nova
#

Should probably be throwing Rav into a Charge into Demo + Shield Block

#

That way you have DR, damage, rage, cleave, and you're getting extra damage on ShCH

ionic fern
#

Well, i tried VDH tanking this week and realised that Warriors have a very-very-very good life compared to them.

#

Gave my healer like 50 heart attacks on the first RLP pull.

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And myself probably like 60.

warm plinth
#

sadge

ionic fern
#

I honestly don't know how they get by.

#

😂

#

I had to actually kite.

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Because no CD's.

onyx marsh
#

nooby question, raidbots shows that upgrading my shield from 411 to 418 is like a 100dps upgrade. Is it super important to have a 418 shield compared to using it on another slot that sims higher?

drifting glade
#

shield very good

#

block stat high defensive value

lofty widget
#

it's your best defensive item

onyx marsh
#

ty

robust lark
#

So I'm running keys and logging them, but the DPS displayed on warcraft logs is always a little lower for everyone than details shows. Anyone know why

warm plinth
#

Yes, because logs count downtime. Details stops recording once everyone is out of combat.

robust lark
#

sick I figured that might be it

silent anchor
ionic fern
#

Pretty sure you can hover over the "Active" part and it will tell you the "DPS While Active".

#

Which should be pretty much the same as Details.

#

@robust lark

ionic fern
#

And lack of interest.

#

But jeah.

silent anchor
#

I had it on on 2nd screen while keying on Holy pally

ionic fern
#

I'm too old for that.

#

Can't focus on multiple things.

silent anchor
#

Lolol how old even r u

ionic fern
#

Old enough to buy a NES simulator on a USB stick with 1000+ games and play that instead of the Xbox.

silent anchor
#

Nes is king tho?

ionic fern
#

Found my good old ninja cat game.

silent anchor
#

I have all the old genuine consoles in my game room 😎

ionic fern
#

Blasting that.

strong forum
#

I regret selling my gamecube

#

Best console and best controller ever

ionic fern
silent anchor
#

Damn. You're not old enough 🤣

#

Megadrive n snes. Old Mario n sonic games bring back the good old gaming days

ionic fern
#

Jeah.
And the graphics don't even look bad since i'm already used to seeing cubes as my daughter insists on playing Minecraft.

silent anchor
#

A game I never got into

ionic fern
#

A game i was forced into.

silent anchor
#

But I did help my daughter try build hogwarts

#

That was kinda...hard?

#

Safe too say we didn't get far

ionic fern
#

Wdym?

#

Easy.

ionic fern
silent anchor
#

I dont have enough time to commit too that lol

silent anchor
silent anchor
#

Full cities

ionic fern
#

Jeah.

silent anchor
#

I cant comprehend

proven patio
ionic fern
#

All we do is try to catch dogs and cats and parrots and things.

silent anchor
ionic fern
silent anchor
ionic fern
silent anchor
#

He thought he was gonna come through

silent anchor
#

Also can't play with her on it on thr same account 😒

#

Level 20 comes in too quick

#

Learn nothing

ionic fern
#

Really?
Mine must be younger cause we can't level for nothing.
Too busy chasing bunnies and deers and discovering places

#

Well, regardless..VDH feels so weird to play compared to Warrior.

silent anchor
#

She's 11. Not really interested in chasing things. Just wanted too smash lol

jagged pier
#

how did the alt run go?

silent anchor
ionic fern
#

It's like "I take more damage, have less defensives, but also heal less".

ionic fern
#

That warrior was something else.

#

He lost aggro on Diurna ON PULL

jagged pier
ionic fern
#

To a DPS'er.

#

And then complained "stop doing DPS".

#

"Can't hold aggro".

#

He was 404 ilvl.

jagged pier
ionic fern
#

But you know..i get curious as to what's going on

#

So i go and look at the log

#

And see this:

#

His casts in the first 20s of the fight.

warm plinth
#

any taunts in chat

drifting needle
#

Suuuuurely the boss was on the wrong side on pull for his egg route?

warm plinth
#

I do less taunts than that in a single dungeon sometimes

drifting needle
#

Yikes haha

prisma crane
#

Does he know that taunt itself doesn't generate threat?

#

Kinda gotta cast more than 2 abilities in nearly 23 seconds

warm plinth
#

If that pic is any indication, taunt is the ONLY thing that generates threat.

ionic fern
#

He was doing 11k DPS.

#

Had Ravager talented.

#

Used it 0 times.

prisma crane
#

Jesus

remote venture
#

I think I get all the feedback but maybe I miss something

left cave
#

is warrior still in a good spot despite more nerfs...?

remote venture
#

Yes

left cave
#

okay

jagged pier
#

thats a link to wow analyser not logs

remote venture
#

ah, right. Do you rather have logs then the wow analyser?

flat jackal
remote venture
flat jackal
#

My guikdies keep asking me if I’ll play warrior now that it’s been nerfed to the ground and idk what they’re saying

jagged pier
#

tell them its deadge

flat jackal
left cave
#

true

flat jackal
#

When I don’t die

left cave
#

lol

ionic fern
#

Yes.

#

That's the real play.

jagged pier
#

no 6-7% on blockable damage

left cave
#

i havent played in afew weeks

remote venture
ionic fern
#

Analysing m+ logs for errors in gameplay is a pain. 😦

hasty wraith
#

Are there any videos or written guides on how to analyse prot war logs properly?

ionic fern
#

Quickly:
-You're blocked hits is 65% which is awfully low for the talent build you're running. Should be 85%+
-You seem to be casting IP wayyy too much.
-You are not casting SS/TC on CD.
-You are not casting your CD's enough.

jagged pier
#

your also running Barbaric tuning

limpid anchor
#

Personally I wouldn’t run the revenge talent

jagged pier
#

which cause a tone of rage issues

hasty wraith
#

Thanks a lot. Will definitely give that a look

remote venture
ionic fern
#

I don't know?

#

😂

#

I'd need to see a replay of your play

#

.To know if you were facing the mobs or not.

remote venture
#

It's just me to try to understand what is happning, but it can be one of the reason right?

ionic fern
ionic fern
#

Shield Block is your main mitigation tool, you should aim to have it up as much as possible when actively tanking.

limpid anchor
#

@ionic fern when are you doing review videos :(

ionic fern
#

I mean

ionic fern
#

I've always offered to look over peoples shoulders if they stream to me on Discord so i can give live feedback...

remote venture
# jagged pier your also running Barbaric tuning

Good point. I just took it from WowHead talnet build. I should change it. Here is the build. Any tips where I shoukd spend it https://www.wowhead.com/talent-calc/warrior/protection/DAPAURUUUkRRQRpFRRBBNVUVEVFRFVYVUQDQBA

ionic fern
#

Think i've had only 2 people take me up on that offer.

jagged pier
#

yer but u scream at them

ionic fern
#

But they do get good.

jagged pier
limpid anchor
warm plinth
#

His stream reviews are literally just him yelling GIT GUD over and over again

ionic fern
#

Je, just ping me if you want it.

#

🤷

remote venture
warm plinth
#

But he gets results

#

Analytics?

jagged pier
#

wowanaylser isnt maintained its very likely its doesnt work correctly

ionic fern
warm plinth
#

Almost like they need to...manage their rage?

#

😏

ionic fern
#

And if they learn to Anger Management correctly ..it means they are already 80% good.

warm plinth
#

Solid lesson plan

ionic fern
#

Our good old friend @sullen valve is MIA.

warm plinth
#

WoWanalyzer isn't update for a ton of specs

remote venture
#

That's explains it

ionic fern
#

Hope you're doing good buddy.

warm plinth
#

updated*

#

It lost a lot of traction when it tried to paywall

#

😦

remote venture
#

I saw the Barbaric Tranning discuss and I agree with it not now I saw I have it in my talnets 😅

warm plinth
#

Also

hasty thistle
#

Im new to prot warrior have been playing it for a week and have a question. Does Punish apply to all enemies or is it just the one target you shield slam?

remote venture
#

So I should put that talnet point some here else

hasty thistle
#

ty

warm plinth
#

I don't think your blocking issue is turning your back. At least, not most of the problem. Your Shield Block uptime in general is low (which is not an incredibly important metric but as low as it is, it's a warning sign).

ionic fern
remote venture
#

Thanks, Mwahi!

#

When do you use Intertaming Shout?

#

To kite packs?

ionic fern
#

You very rarely have to kite.

#

0 at the levels you are doing.

#

You use it to Interrupt Casts.

remote venture
#

oh

#

Nice

worldly wing
#

would you take a 389 sacle or a 405 whelp shell , with crit trained for the big brained parry proc lol

ionic fern
#

No.

#

What scale tho?

#

😂

worldly wing
#

granyths sorry ahah

ionic fern
#

Then no.

#

Chad move on the Crit training tho.

worldly wing
#

im convincing myself the haste would be past the DR ceiling nad the crit gives me parry >.>

ionic fern
#

I just trained it ST cast.

potent anvil
#

My warrior is 411 ilvl now, with 2p

jagged pier
ionic fern
remote venture
#

Is sim your gear the best why to see what stats you should go for? e.g. if I am close to 30% Haste, I should focus on Ver och Crit.

#

Oh, I am very bad to use spell reflaction..... Should I just use it all the time if the pack has casters?

hardy snow
hardy snow
cedar trench
#

genshii's SR wa is good if ur slackin

strong forum
#

It's better than not using it at all

remote venture
#

Okey, so if the party is good to interrupt all casts, spell refection is not needed at all?

hardy snow
ionic fern
#

😂

cedar trench
#

thats funny

ionic fern
#

Is bear good yet Steve?

cedar trench
#

my /yell on reflect makes people kick

ionic fern
#

I'm about to do Mage tower on it..so i can bear playing it.

warm plinth
strong forum
remote venture
#

Yeah, that was I was thinking about

strong forum
#

Or any kind of magic dots

#

Just send SR

hardy snow
#

And some casts are not interruptable, for example first boss in RLP

remote venture
#

Like Temple and fish casts water on you

#

True!

mortal brook
jagged pier
cedar trench
#

"warrior dethroned by BRM monk!? Monk scale with gear giga!?"

jagged pier
#

where did this narrative come from

#

its was already busted

ionic fern
cedar trench
#

andys chat mixed in with the "Andybrew more like andyWARRIOR KEKW" and "When brew key?"

ionic fern
#

Good.

#

The fewer people play warrior the better.

cedar trench
#

gatekeeping warrior 🤔

blazing condor
#

this is Gatekeep Inc.

#

get outa my spec

patent osprey
ionic fern
mortal brook
ionic fern
ionic fern
blazing condor
#

prideful critcake

ionic fern
#

I swear..other tanks would be tankier if they just wore plate and equipped a shield.

#

Idk who the hell thinks:
"I'm going to equip leather gear and double weapons and/or a staff TO TANK!"

rough egret
#

Back in the day, i had an opinion that class without a shield cant be a tank

remote venture
#

Drick beer to take less dmg

livid totem
#

Even inside Avatar, do you guys still use shield slam over thunderclap if there are no more than 4 targets ? I'm never sure which one to use first when shield slam procs

rough egret
#

But class fantasy being a big moma bear is very nice to me 🙂

blazing condor
ionic fern
#

Not sure if a pun about other tanks having to kite or a reference to brews dodges.

blazing condor
#

yes yep

ionic fern
chilly brook
mortal brook
#

Fixed within 2 days of live, and you didnt even play half that shit. Complain more about state of tbh

remote venture
#

When is Rogue dodge tank coming back?

mortal brook
#

Mists classic with symbiosis

blazing condor
#

pog

orchid frigate
#

im so friggin annoyed on how easily dps players like to accuse tanks for tiny mistakes but when a dps player ninja pulls or dies for no good reason theyre just silently igonring it

blazing condor
#

i dont remember what pwarrs got from symbiosis

#

it wasn't all that iirc

ionic fern
#

99% of DPS players are mongs.

orchid frigate
#

but why are they like this?

ionic fern
blazing condor
#

mongolians

mortal brook
blazing condor
#

ah yea

ionic fern
# orchid frigate but why are they like this?

Because they think all they have to do is DPS.
They don't think about:
-Having to dodge things;
-Having to interrupt things;
-Having to use their utility;
-Having situational awareness;

#

They think they have 0 responsibility.

blazing condor
#

-having to know the dungeon

#

-having to know the mobs

#

tldr dps dont need to think to be good dps

orchid frigate
#

god forbid you have to position a mob so a frontal goes of in their direction

blazing condor
#

they just need to push their buttons and pray everyone else does their stuff for them

orchid frigate
#

then they rage

livid totem
ionic fern
#

I got blamed by DPS'ers for failing a +16 when they had a combined deathpool of 20 and i was 2nd on overall DPS done.

#

🤷

blazing condor
#

being a tank is like playing jungler in league

#

since you can have a lot of impact its easier to blame you if something fails

#

"you shouldve fixed it"

jagged pier
blazing condor
#

"i had to do mechanics because the other dps didnt want to"

#

thats why i do 45k overall

orchid frigate
#

yeah. just feels like theres no win sometimes. if you play risky and something fails its your fault. if you dont you get blamed for being slow

woeful trellis
ionic fern
#

Reminds me of Sennrath progress:
-DPS'ers die before reaching 3rd platform..no one says anything, just CR
-Tank Dies 2 times : "WTf??? Why are you dead?? We don't have CR!!"

orchid frigate
#

ugh

mortal brook
ionic fern
#

And you fail.

#

And get blamed because "shit tank died".

orchid frigate
#

sorry for the rant. needed to vent

mortal brook
#

Ya good

blazing condor
#

i got chewed out by my entire raid because i let dps who pulled early die sadge

#

after i repeatedly say "dont pull before 0 pls"

ionic fern
#

You pull, you die.

mortal brook
#

Worth

jagged pier
#

i got a 'bro' yesterday in a 20 SMBGs when a dps stood in cry of anguish

#

yer

blazing condor
#

then i started reseting the boss when that happened

jagged pier
#

thats my fault

#

100%

lyric elm
#

You're just doing him a favor

formal mason
blazing condor
#

"now we gotta wait for our cds again thanks a lot"

#

yw you did this

weary saddle
#

in TJS, the last pack before the last boss - is there anyway to LOS the aoe?

ionic fern
#

Imagine if tanks had Priest grip.

blazing condor
#

the haunting gaze?

ionic fern
#

I would be so happy.

blazing condor
#

heroic leash

#

pog

weary saddle
#

yes i think the sha does a big aoe

ionic fern
mortal brook
blazing condor
#

you either have:
haunting gaze
dark claw
or big sha who do small mobs that explode

mortal brook
#

Infester does the breath, sidestep it

woeful trellis
#

I think he means the little sha explodes ?!

blazing condor
#

i think so too

#

that bolster for whatever reason peepoHappy

weary saddle
#

ah i think its the explosion, there is a huge aoe dmg

blazing condor
#

yeah

#

big sha spawns small shas

#

they explode when they die

ionic fern
#

Wait what?

lyric elm
#

You need to stagger it

ionic fern
#

Small sha's boltser?

woeful trellis
#

Noo way

lyric elm
#

Lol no

weary saddle
#

that last pack is the real boss of TJS this week

blazing condor
#

unless the person i watched yesterday had broken nameplates

#

looked like it

#

i dont play 🤷‍♂️

ionic fern
#

AoE Stun->SR->Sw->Spell Block->SW->SR

weary saddle
#

i'm not the one dying, my teammates melt

hazy thicket
#

You forgot fear

weary saddle
#

it feels like some big aoe

ionic fern
#

Can't really say without logs.

#

Nothing else goes on there for them.

woeful trellis
#

I Went w/o spellb in +20 tjs 🤣 and facetanked the pack - I managed it but healer dies

weary saddle
#

not frontal. its an aoe, i think its add explosion

blazing condor
#

then its the small ads

#

that the big dude spawn

ionic fern
#

^

hazy thicket
#

That pack has been such a moving target for me week on week. I've had groups who finesse it, and it's like it wasn't even there, and I've had groups that were on pace for a solid +2 deplete due to handling it poorly

woeful trellis
#

In Frontal and flames me for breaking the cc, and we were +15 sec over he did 4K dps dudu heal btw 🤣

#

Btw why is mail on Hunter like paper?

void marten
#

i got a +23 tjs key

#

i think imma pass it

blazing condor
#

just do it

#

i believe

void marten
#

if i find a proper group maybe

#

i've pugged my way up until 23s but it's unbearable anymore

mortal brook
#

Bears can bearly do 23s

#

Its rough tho

jagged pier
#

5 good tanks

mortal brook
void marten
#

is there a good seeing red/vo weakaura

errant lark
#

if im saved to an instance of Vault of incarnates and killed most bosses, and then I run it again with some friends in a 10 man, will they get overall less loot because im saved and they are not? as in will it count it as 9 people in terms of loot

craggy pilot
#

how do you guys have Boss Frames on your UI? 🤔
i have boss frames off to the side, but i wantthem to be pushed down a bit when there is Key timer, but not when im in raid 😬 seems like its not really possible with default UI

woeful trellis
#

U can do 2 „ui profiles“ and change it. Then write a Makro that Switches the profiles

warm plinth
warm plinth
#

Or to put it another way, there'd be 1 guaranteed item drop and an 80% chance for a second.

errant lark
#

thanks, so if we got 1 more and made it 11, that would then be the same as regular unsaved 10?

warm plinth
#

Yes

trim bay
errant lark
#

thanks Ghash

warm plinth
near steppe
#

Hello guys, in what situations is recomended spell block?

blazing condor
#

where you take heavy magic damage

#

3rd boss TJS, RLP

#

etc etc etc

peak badger
#

Non-dot heavy magic dmg*

hexed crescent
#

Hi guys, quick question, anything i should be aware of in brood adds on heroic? only tanked her

high drum
#

there are some frontals

jagged pier
#

yer they fucking annoying

#

was out of the animation

#

nah the circles just move out further than the original cone

#

cool

#

👍

tacit haven
#

It’s a cone, then the actual frontal has another animation after. So don’t move back in just after the ground effect cone is gone 🙂

#

Also I think only a few mobs out of all the packs does it.

jagged pier
#

i know its a cone

#

i was red and got hit because the second circles dont follow the cone apprently

echo canyon
#

is it worth ot drop pain and gain for barbaric training?

jagged pier
#

no

echo canyon
#

it heals so much

#

why player play whitout

jagged pier
#

because u dont need it

#

but u dont ever run barbaric

#

it does nothing

#

makes u rage starved

#

and makes tier set worse because u revenge less

tacit haven
#

BT being 25% damage for 50% cost increase doesn’t seem a good trade. (Specially with tier set where you want to use it every 5 seconds)

jagged pier
#

on ST

#

its within the margin of error

#

so its literally garbage

#

u can use it in one place

#

and thats parse whoring on council

cinder jackal
#

Does anyone have a mechanism of being notified when someone (or your co-tank) rips aggro off you?

blazing condor
#

says on my nameplates

#

or they change color rather

jagged pier
#

the game has that by default should say high aggro if u are ripping threat

blazing condor
#

i can also see the aggro glow on my party frames

echo canyon
#

@jagged pier drop pain and gain for intervene?

jagged pier
#

but u shouldnt be loosing threat as a prot warrior

jagged pier
#

u use intervene

#

in one place

#

and thats HoV

#

wolf boss

echo canyon
#

played to much SL warrior xD

#

miss charge legy

jagged pier
#

but we dont have that functionality anymore

#

so intervene is useless

#

generally

echo canyon
#

ye i see

warm plinth
#

This is what I run in keys

cinder jackal
#

Yeah I have it on my nameplates, but clearly it's not enough!

Not a major issue, but me and the co-tank have pulled aggro off each other a few times. I am mainly interested in getting a notifcation (ideally audible) when I lose aggro (happy for that to be in a legitimate situation i.e. taunt swap)

warm plinth
#

I drop sidearm for intervene in Halls of Valor but otherwise it remains unchanged

cinder jackal
#

The boss name plates for a big NCP are right at the top of the screen, and not where my focus is, so I'm missing it

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Which is fun on Terros when you drop it's frontal on your raid 🙂

edgy spear
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more leap

warm plinth
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🤔

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Huge QoL talent, wdym why

sterile bough
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what u need it for

stark anchor
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leaping

edgy spear
stark anchor
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obviously

sterile bough
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hows that QoL its just usless ;s

bitter ravine
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lol

edgy spear
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its reduced CD on a massive move ability. How is it useless?

warm plinth
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Lower CD on mobility spell...increased movespeed after mobility spell... how is it useless lol

jagged pier
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i like bounding

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pretty much always have it tbh

warm plinth
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what am I gonna use instead, pain & gain for a whole 2k HPS?

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big whoop

edgy spear
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I accidentally didnt have bounding on for sennarth after terros on wednesday

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Was horrible

sterile bough
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u use leap -> enter the pack -> kill it in more time than 45 sec-> leap is back again

echo canyon
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is into the fray more a dps gain? and for pushing keys run HR?

sterile bough
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packs dont last shorter

echo canyon
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leap in pack?

jagged pier
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the higher u go the more u want HR

jagged pier
echo canyon
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ok

edgy spear
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Yeah it can be real danger zone to play ITF in high keys. A buster combined with your block dropping can mean floor pov real fast

warm plinth
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Again, what am I gonna use instead? I get use out of just having the 70% movespeed after leaping. It's not all about the CD reduction.

sterile bough
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or increased max rage

warm plinth
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Or, you just don't cap rage, and then you don't need increased max rage

sterile bough
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u will cap rage

bitter ravine
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i support you ghash i might spec it myself next time i run hov

warm plinth
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I will not cap rage because I know how to play my spec

lofty widget
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not if you play properly okayge

sterile bough
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no u will

warm plinth
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Nope, sure won't

sterile bough
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unless u doing IP on FULL IP

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but then its wasting rage

warm plinth
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...

jagged pier
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thats not wasting rage

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thats exactly what your supposed to do

edgy spear
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Violent outburst erasure smh

jagged pier
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its fuels AM

lofty widget
edgy spear
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do you not like 250k shield slam crits?

stark anchor
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now that we are on the topic of rage spending, since im a lil newbie prot, would you rather "spam" IP than revenge? so basically just revenge every 5 seconds for the buff or

jagged pier
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no

warm plinth
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No, you IP to dump rage

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Or if you need it for a tankbuster

jagged pier
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u IP if your going to overcap

stark anchor
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gotcha

jagged pier
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otherwise u revenge

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its a SS proc chance

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and alot of damage

warm plinth
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we love feedback loops

stark anchor
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:D

edgy spear
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In ST/lower target counts its just about generating as many shield slam procs as you can. When it's on CD, use TC and revenge. It generates more rage which means more defensive value through IP (and IP gained through violet outburst) and it generates CDR through anger mangement, taking CD off avatar and shield wall.

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If you play with impenetrable wall and AM, your shield wall CD is around 55-60 seconds instead of the 3.5 mins shown on the tooltip.

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Avatar becomes a 35-45 second CD etc.

stark anchor
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yeah, i kinda went in not really pressing shield wall for quite a while yep realized its like on no cd, so now its being used generously lmao

livid cliff
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it's good?

strong forum
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Nah

strong forum
weary saddle
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@strong forum saw your mage tower vid and trying to follow!

strong forum
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okayge make sure to reflect twisted reflection instead of kicking it like I did in p2

weary saddle
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okok

remote venture