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It'll be the paladin season
agree
i though hpal was still shit
what about evoker support
i still want some other class to have mass dispell and rogues can create healthstones in pve
rogue besides sneak sometimes and kill shit doesn't offer much else
🤔
how about longer into future next hero class is a cloth or mail wearing class
Gouge, Blind, Kidney Shot, Cheap Shot, Sap, Shroud, the most broken defensive in the game with Feint, a magic immunity, a cheat death. But I guess rogues bring nothing
Tricks of the Trade!
It's rare to see a rogue that takes the gcds from dps to use those stops
sublety has always sucked i felt
Ngl, somebody mentioned that rogue should get CR and Lust too. Cuz you bring them anyway, so might aswell have them bring everything
And I kinda agree
i tried it loads of times
play with better rogues
i have alwyas hated sub, every time
Yeah pretty sure you guys are just playing with bad rogues lol
They're so dumbfuck loaded, just give em everything so you don't have to bring something else specifically
The rogue paradox is that to become a better rogue you'd have to use gcds to actually do better
CR combat rez?
I actually laughed out loud when they buffed Feint in Shadowlands
i just call it battlerez
Electric stab
Or maybe stab of life
spell reflect is a pretty great defensive CD for dps warriors too tbf
Rogues dont bring anything to raids right? Like +phys dmg, like monk/dh?
what was the buff they did
As a question, I've been a prot warrior for a while and feel like I've got to a point I am confident and comfortable with the spec. I'm looking to play a dps spec so other friends get a chance to tank from time to time when they want to. Is it easier to play fury or arms as someone who has had almost exclusively prot warrior experience?
back in 7.00 7.1.5 apparently it was a 50% DR
Kind of a taste thing? Fury's decisions are very simple but faster
and also, that shit is so legit you don't even klnow it
You can spend a little time on a dummy on each spec to get a feel for it
So its bit more like speed vs calculation?
this guy sums it up so much perfectly i cant even begin to critism it
I haven't played arms for a long time, just more of a fury fan, but last time I played there was a little more stockpiling CDs/resources for burst windows
fury just sends all its shit at the start of the pull in sequence
So sorta like on prot when I'm making a big pull I wanna use my CDs more front loaded to apply the bleeds and buffs
again I'm not super familiar with modern arms
but yeah, fury has similar concepts - send all your stuff on CD, don't overcap rage
I'll have to give fury a try then, see if I can figure it out. And once I've worked that out maybe I'll look at arms to see if it feels better on a different playstyle. For now I think I just want to be useful when a friend wants to try tanking
the main thing you'll find you'll have to adjust to from tanking is just melee dps basics - handling mechanics that are thrown at you while maintaining melee uptime
WHY ..DO I...always give ragnaros a chance.
I'm always like "its mean to label the whole server"
And I always give chance...and 90% of time regret
Am I a bad person?
Just remember it's all pugs, regardless of server
I play with Rag, QT, and Azralon all the time. I have bad experiences now and then but that goes for any server. I think people overestimate how many bad players are from a given realm because there's the additional discriminator of the language
So they tend to stand out more than someone from say, Stormrage
bceause you dont remember their server if they are bad from say illidan
but you remember if they are not speaking english
Yep, or at this point it's almost self-fulfilling prophecy. They already get stereotyped, so it's easier to notice because other people already say they're bad.
its really just the language barrier making communication difficult or even impossible.
high tyr nok weeks asking the azra mage to poly moon for instance, bro just starts blasting then flames in broken english when we wipe
Very good points actually
I have some insights since I'm bilingual and I play with both SA and NA, pugs on both sides suck, however when a pug from SA tilts they stop trying or leave, when a NA pug tilts they might rage or type or talk the whole encounter but they keep trying for the most part
There are many good players in Ragnaros but they often have a set group already
For what it's worth, I tend to avoid Ragnaros in the same manner I avoid illidan players

doesnt help that I rolled troll and actually have a useful racial
Just macro that shit to something; that's what I did on my war lol
good idea lol
I'm troll as well
probably just throw it on keg smash lol
At least you're not from EU Kazzak, or, better yet, from one of the Spanish servers 
my theory on why Rag/Quelthalas players are either boom or bust is account sharing, like the sub cost is so expensive down there half the time the 3k player applying is probably someones little brother/friend
How much does haste DR after the first DR threshold?
guys diurna or 421 chest with leech ( i have 421 also) or socket for 421 jeweled signet melandrus
10%
e.g. instead of 170 haste for 1%, it's 187 haste for 1%
ty
Wait does Spell block block the rasz slam and the dmg from the beam in p3?
Yeah they’re both magic damage
Does it completely negate the initial dmg from the breath?
Sim it
I think socket might be best option
What’s the dr?
20%, it says on the tooltip
Not SR, Spell block
oh right
spell block just applies your normal phys block attributes to spell damage
Gotcha thanks
@deep spruce yeah simmed got socket
Sweet
you simmed that leech dont give more dmg then socket - very helpful
so socket is better right now sure but you can take socket every week and a leech set chest would have been better long term choice - but season ends soon anyways 😉
Irrelevant is a strong word
im pretty sure its a lot better then nothing^^
Tertiary stats are pretty negatable
Maybe, but it's not better than the dps that a socket provides
Shouldn't need it regardless.
SW is enough.
Right but that wasn't his point.
And you have it up for each (should have at least).
His point was that you can get a socket any time you want. You can't just farm a 421 leech chest
@ionic fern did you see all the hate earlier about us saying ily 😂
Maybe in week 1, but there's 3 weeks left of season
Eh?
So 🤷🏻♂️
I don't bother reading back.
ily2 Mwahi. Gotta add some shit for them to search 😂
How can i have the 7th week in a row in my mythic weekly the cloak from first boss. how is that not illegal

what is currently the best for m+?
for what? dmg? defensive? stats? aoe? st?
do you have Valor to spend?
i would probably do Icon + Blazebinder
in your case
Valor up the whetstone if you can, all totem is better than icon unless your whole group has icon
It's icon
Your best choices there are whetstone + hoof for General play
And if alot of people have icon in your raid/group then it's whetstone+icon
Imagine not having whetstone + all-totem since week 1

would you say rumbling/all-totem + whetstone is better than torch + rumbling? also 
Nah torch outright beats whetstone
even on aoe?
Yes
Whetstone only scales a tiny bit on aoe and only up to 5 targets
^
Whetstone does 175% dmg split between 5 targets, 100% on 1 target
Grieftorch has strength, which scales better into aoe and the on-use itself does more cuz fire dmg
Whetstone reads like it just does 300k per target, but it has the bfa split
serves me right for not asking sooner
So it's more an ST trinket than aoe
Imagine if it did 300k to each target though
imagine if u could block parry and dodge during it
That's what whetstone did back in Legion and legion m+ timewalking when it was first around
Oh well, gonna be a long time before we see it again after this season so
But by the 2nd round of legion m+ timewalking they applied the bfa split without changing the tooltip
yeah because that would be too unblizzard-like of them 😂
I checked the guides and pinned messages but couldnt find an answer yet.
is 322 avoidance worth 3 Ilvl drop on exact same item?
Ilvl is better that the secondary stats, but couldnt find about the other
(avoidance simming isn't a thing right?)
Tertiaries are worth even less than secondaries
so no, it's definitely not worth dropping ilvl, since that likely has str on it. If not str, then just sheer stat existence
sorry, was afk but frankly, defensive
y, I do
Yeah we generally don't drop ilvl for tertiaries
unless it's speed gotta go fast
hey guys, this is always ashield right? (have 411) boots are biggest ilvl upgrade, while ring is biggest dps upgrade.. but i feel like 418 is hard to get and especially as shield is super important to use, that it might be the right choice
our prot warrior wears ruby whelp shell, he thinks it outperforms and "feels" better then other real trinkets. we got ce last week. what can i do?
I mean if he enjoys it, he enjoys it
And you did get CE so I guess mission accomplished
there are better trinkets for him but his trinkets wont make or break your success
feelycraft 
what do you mean by this
btw i cant craft 418 shield as I dont have the resources to do so.. if i am gonna upgrade smth to 418, its gonna be lariat and then the weapon (if only)
Was implying to craft the shield if you could and take another vault option. But you’ve answered my question. Given circumstances I’d go shield
what's the best way to use your cds for threat on i1 rasza on red side if I have no tricks no md whatsoever?
well u have cds for the first and last
Do i craft the shield with emeblishment right??,
and u have aoe taunt for the 2nd
What the fuuuuck mwahi you are not human
🤷
Agreed.
I am trying to at least pop outburst on tclap but sometimes its not enough
i dunno even with the nerfs u should have cds back for 3rd imo i used to get them back like mid way through 2nd set
granted i havent done it with the most recent nerfs
oh I know where the problem is, we push rasa faster now so I have to use all cds p1 so we push before winds
I think for me it was..
1st)Avatar + SC
2nd)Roar/Ravager/DS + Avatar
3rd) Avatar + trinket + AoE taunt
but i dont think it takes that much time off
so thats why my cds are ass
but yeah its literally yikes how almost nothing happens in p3
Mwahi go give me money
our first p3 we got to 4%
i also agree
mwahi give me money, for wow tokens
this time its wow related so you have to to do it ths time
mwahi give me money so i can invest in society making it so you can peacefully retire and have all your needs accounted for, leading to a stress-free, easy life
Deemed impossible to beat in one segment; the infamous slaughter-map of Okuplok is analyzed in this series. This tutorial explains several survival strategies for the first fight: the Imp Staircase.
Okuplok is considered by many as the most difficult doom map ever created (even though the verdict on that is still up to debate). The map is heavi...
imma be completely real
this is is in a way how i view like, above +20 keys
Is the Kokia's Searing Wounds a bleed effect, or is it pure damage? Can you dwarf racial it?
You can racial it
usually something that can be removed by another player will say "on fire debuff" or "magic bullshit spell" or "im poisioned"
like, it will have a tag in addition to the effect,
and if its got that tag of posion, you just need the poison removal guy in your group with a brain and awake to hit that remove poison button
clear as day my friend 💯
are you that 211 taunts in some kweystone guy, i seem to remember someone from within this week was talking about it
@ionic fern and @warm plinth Ily both.
i vote for importing bfg to wow!
give it to a hunter, let it spam 🙂
pre-nerf ring was plasma gun
fire million times a minute for relatively huge dmg
hi is there a different specc to play for fortified and tyrannical? is there something like an overview when to pick what?
there's no spec variation between fort and tyr
only real talent shift is taking Spell block on the relevent dungeons
spell block is a fun talent, loving it on 18+ AVs
I have 421 chest(no haste) and 421 gloves with leech(have haste) in vault
On me I have 415 chest(with haste) and 415 tier gloves
Could the gloves be worth it?
Picking chest is definite loss in haste
topgear sim?
Take the chest
Ilvl is king
Chest sims better
Was just thinking about haste and leech
For str slots you always want ilvl the stat priority is literally for equal ilvl comparison
Don't think about them our 2ndary stats are very close in value
more stats is better than 'good' stats
And you're not even going to notice the leech
Chest it is then since it has more stats than a gloves upgrade
Thanks for the replies, everyone
the TAS (tool assisted, aka computer aided) speed run im watching for that doom map is 1 hr 57 minute run
takes computer 2 hoursplaying perfectly to beat it, jesus
whats the tldr on the tier
i dont think leech is good on tanks, at all. Cause the amount it heals is fairly insignificant, and every time you're topped off, the supposed value from leech is lost.
The only scenario where leech is good, is if the amount leech heals you for, since the last time you were topped off, is greater than the lowest amount of HP you had during that time. And we get topped off so frequently that this amount dont have time to scale up.
I love avoidance though.. and speed for m+
leech is literally the coolest stat in the game
like imagine damaging enemies and gaining HP from it
if you get it for free, then sure
but there are many things i'd take before leech.
Maybe not secondary stat upgrade, on equal item level... if so it'd have to be worst secondaries to best secondaries
what would you guys pick?
500 Crit 200 Mastery 300 Leech
or
500 Haste 200 Vers
does leech do damage? dont think so
?XD
that's... not an equivalent comparison?
tertiary stats are something you consider after primary and secondary stats
i mean more in that say 500 haste 200 vers is 'better' in terms of dps, i'd give up 60 dps or so for leech
so, rarely will it ever be a deciding factor.
or 500 crit and 200 mastery might be better for me in the first place
hence simming is better than just feeling it out

if you're keking over leech doing damage or not, i was not 100% sure if it healed you based on damage done, or did damage and leached that amount (still based on damage done tho)
Hm dps does the 4pc do in 10.1?
its the first btw
it was just a very narrow-minded response to the sim statement
ofc the leech stat itself does nothing for damage, but crit and mastery do
infact crit is very good for damage
crit is almost as good as strength in pure dps gain
Strength 4.77
Critical Strike 3.18
Haste 2.28
Mastery 2.02
Versatility 1.95
Weapon DPS 25.97
these are weights for me at least
dont know how much they differ from player to player
generally speaking prot gears for hast and crit to get a lot of offensive value
stat weights vary wildly between individuals though, of course.
how is stat weights bad? assuming item level is the same
because it's a momentary snapshot of a thing that will change the instant you change anything.
what do you mean, a completely new set of gear will drastically change weights to the point that they change order?
it's worth no more than a "huh, that's interesting"
totally can, or even as simple as one ring or enchant change can alter your stat weights, in extreme cases.
Emphasis on the dogshit part
whats the worst case scenario you can think of, if you have any
that was 4 uses in 4:45 length on ptr, scaled to 400 ilvl or w/e so itll go up some but its really really bad
did you notice all the warnings all over raidbots when you run a stat weight sim?
Wowee that's not good
it's true for a reason
just as an example rn I can see my stat weights rank vers as second best secondary for me, right under crit. it's not really meaningful to make choices on, that's all.
it's bad because one item changes the weights, but top gear knows it all
just use top gear/gear set comparisons.
Literally no point in that set bonus
So the 2p great, 4p fucking pointless
Ye prettty bad it appears
ok i read the article simcraft referred to when doing stat weights
read the giant yellow box
it explains it
nvm you already read it
ye i read the whole article
TBH I have barely simmed my character this season. Largely I've just slapped on the highest ilvl and called it good.
Anyone know what level you need to do the time walking dungeons?
60
Lame lol thanks
Reworking our tier would be great considering pally seems pretty solid atm
prot anyway
just increase the scaling to like 200% AP that would be cool i think
Idk if "love" is the right word
Whenever an older tier item is better than current tier, it's awful
Not similar for every spec
Some specs just scale better with secondaries
Already outscaled for arms for example because the stats are so awful
That chart seems really...suspect
Because that also means you're keeping a low ilevel helm to proc it
Like it's not as if you're gonna upgrade the helm day 1 of the patch
That too
You aren’t taking account of the opportunity cost of the piece you need to proc it
The number prob true for dh
But yeah I personally hope the tier sets and cantrips are nuked or deactivated. I hate when past tier shit is used in the next tier
At least this is first boss

i'm eyeballing that raging change
In pugs mobs usually are DRd by 30% anyway
Nobody expected that
Blizz making good changes to m+
Before season launch
Is impressive
yea these are fantastic changes
They probably internally testing the season dungeons and they’re like oh fuck this season going to be way to spicy
I'd wager that maybe the feedback was strong enough
they tried real hard to keep explo
wait
indirect minor buff to SR w/ the bolster change lol
really?
ILL READ THEM
the make bad affixes gud
and other bad affixes less bad
and no more super bad one, bring back gud one

wait are people just pogging over explosive being removed?
Spiteful not one shotting people anyomre is probably the coolest part in there tbh
bolster change too
yeah bolster change is pog
Ill give that
volcanic is a dogshit mechanic imo but whatever not gunna complain about a freefix
Shade scaling is the biggun for me tbh
its not THAT free for casters, it's annoying as hell
but thats better than just death
honestly why i think its dogshit
shorter sanguine isnt bad
volcanic is a nothing affix for 80% of your party
and absolutely fucks over the 5th guy
Fuck them ranged
but the bigger problem for sanguine i have to agree w/ gingi, they just need to make it not heal for like .5 second or something
Let 'em suffer
also ery true
so you have time to move them out
failed the skill check by picking mage at charcter creation
incorp going away end of combat is good
I have no comments on the new ones i havent played them at all yet
and entangling is now 40% less annoying and better visually
explosive going away im very mid on, i liked the idea of making it a healer problem personally, but i think just getting rid of it was probably the best play they had
Spiteful scaling ending at 20 is probably the biggest change
well, incorp are mobs you have to "control" for 20 sec, cant kill them, so before, if one spawned 1 sec before you kill all mobs, you're stuck in combat for 19 sec
tired of being insta gibbed becuase shit spawns on me
so it was a really needed change
raging is worse if they cant be interrupted, but i dont think interrupts fall under CC
and hopefully can still be soothed
intervene ftw if you have just one melee
Historically kicks were included in cc
I imagine ragingis handled exactly the same: you just sooth the guy you need to kick
over/under on devs copy/pasting the Inspiring aura and 1 mob being enraged makes the whole pack CC/kick immune?
hello
Hi
umm lfg 
huge 746 intellect
I’m just saying that there’s a real opportunity cost to it more than just what the page says
And it’s more accurate for rogues because they are good with borrowed power
Like I said earlier the rings are already bad for both dps warriors
Same with something like priest and dk as well
Do we care tho
It's already not used in current content
No world it isn't out scaled by next teir
It’s 100% better than any ring vdh can get
Stand by don't care tho
Vdh is not swapping off
what happens to it 10.1
i think the way i've read it, is that they become useless 10.1 s2, cuz you need the new version, but items you've crafted you can craft again to base s2 spark ilvl for the cost of recraft and new base spark
i don't know if this item just turns into a grey sells for 25 gold or what
It will still be usuable
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world first, you heard it here first folks
Everybody hyped for affix changes
but the real challenge will be the dungeons themselves 
what about instead of vocanic and explosive in its current form, its just instead both, fire appears under you have to move out, and after it goes off then (same as for a long time functioning) explosives appear and you gotta kill some explodes
both are like, a firey explosion deal
Yogi has some of the most interesting takes
both of them are do nothing 3 IQ mechanics that only the worst players get hit by or let happen
ooohh
raging got the bolster nerf
im still mad about raging halls of attonement btw
i will never run that keystone ever again, under any circumstance
Great dungeon
almost as bad as plaguefall
Plaguefall was absolutely the worst dungeon of SL
DOS was good
Get rid of the hallways
idk it had what, 43 min timer? And in S3/4 was a pretty easy 2 chest
It’s just a lot of downtime
Pinky got bad takes over in Skyhold yikes
🤔
they had tons of hard trash on the ring and in 3 paths leading to 3 boses before you can attempt the final boss
Plaguefall was ass, easy (to a certain extend) but ass
someone messes up comms, ur screwed
Yeah PF wasn't hard really but it was just...unfun
have to wait another, 90 seconds or so to attempt to kill the one that someone didnt go to or didnt kill or didnt click the thing
weirdo detected
it felt very furstrating to try and then you die and then your knee deep in the dead once again
PF was a blast. Good bosses that ramped in difficulty and complexity, a variety of trash mechanics, different environments, a unique theme, blasting with haste auras, routing freedom…
PF was lit
im talking about the end of DSO
and you have to do the teleports
to get to the 4 things
kill them
click a button
Phial dropped. Poxstorm.
so you don't not timer it
First boss can be tough in a pug though
and its maddeniing when it goes wrong
anything over like 35 min timer is annoying
My guess is Pinky rogue DPS didn’t scale as well with haste as lock dps 
Phial is the lamest trinket ever.
🚫
There was definitely more optimization you can do with phial
Than other trinkets
It’s also on a timer and not a proc
Which is cool
I played multiple toons in 20s in SL sir. Just because I like the haste buff doesn't mean I like the dungeon
everyones probably a something andy

Did borergate really sour you on PF that much? 
did what?
No lol. Idgaf about what happens in MDI personally
What’s not to like then
I just don't like the dungeon lol. It's my opinion.
🤷♂️
i also never really enjoyed plaguefall
just dodge the tentacles. we'll be fine.
song: buttercup by mixandmash
nuff said
I’m not really tapped into the mainstream. I ptr tested freehold and didn’t like it even though everyone claims it is goat
So… 🤷♂️
oh yeah, I'm also not really a freehold lover
well, it's pretty fun after the initial "getting shit on by a bird" section
turn about and blast my broadsides 
Dumb theme lame bosses gimmicky routing. Not a fan. Maybe that will change but so far it doesn’t come close to AA which I think is one of the best
I like spires but it’s objectively kind of bad
before i learned about theatre
spires was a bit too dense on trash mechanics but 90% of its problems were around cameras getting stuck in shit
ToP was my favorite dungeon.
oh yeah top ruled
Not sure if this is the right place to ask but, I’m on heroic raz progression and doing well but struggle with the adds in phase 2. I am always fighting to beep aggro and lead the group out of breath. Got her to 1% last night but emended up calling it due to add phase issues in the follow up attempts to get back to phase 3
I guess I’m looking for any tips on fast aggro on the group of adds as they spawn
Yeah - you should generally have all your burst CDs or your aoe taunt for each pack
Use it on the first pack. Second I thunderclap one side and dragon the other. 3rd pack is a crap shoot
Some of it is lining up with your dps - hopefully they're doing their massive aoe burst at the same time as you
Have you got any good burst trinkets?
No. And I think that my problem is gear, I’m 404 and most are 410 plus.
Definitely not gear.
logs
I have a grief torch from playing arms. Would that plus a ravenger do the trick for one pack?
😠
You should also have avatar up for most of the entire intermission so your basic aoe threat should be high, I wouldn't waste too much time trying to run around the different parts of the pack or whatever
Then you've got taunt-leap-taunt for random stragglers
for add pack threat a trinket with aoe damage would help. like whetstone.
Ok great Thankyou. Also what is your general CD rotation for the frontal in phase 3?
Jeah, you should have CD's for atleast 2 out of 3 packs.
SO just AoE taunt the one you don't have it for.
Ee.
SW.
Then SW again.
Just do SW->Spell Block for example.
P3 is really short now.
Yeah we seen 3 frontals in two attempts
have you got any logs? generally guilds that can reach p3 cleanly just knock it over real fast, it's the easiest part of the fight
No logs right now but I will where we go back in tomorrow night I think
yeah p3 is just a dps check, so if you're struggling there it's likely you lost too many bodies in previous phases
Yeah I think if I can clean up add phase we will be solid into the rest of the encounter. I’m a brand new tank that was asked to tank like 2 weeks ago so I have a lot to improve
What's the time in frontals I thought it was possible to sw each one
probably should review your basics then. make sure you have good uptime on shield block, make sure you're not overcapping rage (burn it on IP), make sure you're not missing shield slam resets
Yeah I need to clean up so much ! Sometimes I get rage starved and I feel like I should probably be swimming in it. Like I said I’m swimming in the deepens due to our tank dropping due to RLStuff
Sounds like you are playing the class incorrectly.
Spamming IP or Revenges too much.
Or not using SS/TC on CD.
Also, if you're running Barbaric Training, that does not help you in your rage spending endeavors



@warm plinth hey pinky rogue didn't you also get portals first week like I did in S1 and not a year later?
In dragonflight?
damn ghash getin bullied today
Oh, I don't remember that long ago so idfk lol
I can't imagine I did though. Don't think I ever have gotten them week 1
Any suggestions for builds? Or wowhead/icy veins ok to start with?
pins has some good info
Miscommunication. Week one that they were available!
any tips for diurna add tanking? these adds hurt sooooo hard
any useful setup with the onyx ring?
Link log
The only time they hurt is when you move from spawn 3 to 4 and get double bleed debuffs
Besides that the adds are chill
Exactly 1 minute apart, so lust can help you potentially do multiple shield walls but
Better to just alternate Spell Block and Shield Wall; it really doesn't need much DR to be forced to its minimum damage value
just pressing basic buttons as pwar + Shield Wall or Spell Block alone will make it only do like 15-20% of the raid's health
(Sw fits for every frontal)
I don’t see a reason to use spell block on raz hc, if sw isn’t up demon + sr + def are enough anyway
how do you guys welcome S2 Prot Warr set bonuses guys? am i the only one who thinks its completely Trash for m+
it get me cold towards my prot warr tbh, probably gonna re-roll to prot pal
I mean
I doubt that thgey won’t buff it
If a tier set is the reason to reroll, you should
nah, its also the playstyle
Then just reroll
Like
It's the same playstyle, but you press our worst defensive on CD instead now
So just reroll
You just don't like prot war
But it’s s tier!
Bruh
If this is what makes you reroll you literally just didn’t like the class
"we have to press LS on CD now!!" - people who didn't play the banner glory days
I thought about addng that part to my statement about pressing it on CD
Ppl are gunna go from 0 ls casts to like 15
Bold of you to assume the people pressing 0 times can track their CDs properly
Spamming ip and holding slam charges
Like we were meta for a whole half a season
And people still aren't pressing sb
The teir set is the least of their problems
We were meta for a whole expansion and people weren’t pressing shield block in BfA
I'm sayin
Teir sets lame yes but ppl conplaing cause it adjusts their rotation barely are just coping
Trying to justify their next fotm reroll
new ssd time
L drive
usb 3 slots don't want to work.... i think? so i have to transfer at usb 1 speeds for now
“Oh man, prot pally is so good man I just don’t know if I can stomach playing prot warrior anymore with the bad tier set”
Meanwhile they’re doing their weekly +10


How am I supposed to doom in spec channels if I'm doing a 15?
Just horse to the runes wdym bruv
Your 5 second horse at that
that horse duration was so needed like holy shit
yeah, will have 2 x 2 tb instead of 2 x 500gb + others for m.2s now
can finally maybe install full steam library now
"Prot Warrior just doesn't have the same utility as prot pally" as they don't BoP any mechanics and only WoG themself
big true
I have an idea for sanguine - make it that sanguine heal a specific amount and it can be soaked by players too. You won’t have those stupid CC immun caster bathing in it for 15sec channel… You have a counter play, everyone is involved with the affix!
I really like that idea
Have the pool soak up similar to fire on council
Except damage based instead of how many times you step into it of course
I would just like to see sanguine get the bolstering treatment on bosses where it doesn't heal them
Agreed
SERIOUSLY
I think the affix is fine otherwise personally
My suggestion of capped healing and soakable by played would fix that too. Where do we start a petition??
idk I don't think we want to force people to stand in a little circle or end up with keys being done that are otherwise impossible because you have sanguine that week
I don’t mean to force soak all puddles, that would be doable if one add standing in one and you want to have a counter play to it. With perfect play you have no soaking to do, in case something goes wrong, you can have a counter play that’s reasonable and make more sense too, everyone soak up the blood
You would open more routes on sanguine weeks essentially
So let me clarify, the puddle would heal players right
that doesn't seem like much of an affix?
well i guess if there's a new paradigm that could be something
Yeah my confusion is like...if you could just stand under the mobs as they die and soak the puddle, how is it an affix
if they work as they do now - damage players and heal enemies - then it could be a choice to be like "take a lot of damage to soak the puddle faster"
tbh it's already on the upper end of affix complexity
I just feel like by the time you got people in the puddle to soak it, you could've just moved the mob out anyway
yeah this just sounds like overcomplicating the affix for the edge cases where you get immovable casters standing in it
which like
that's the only interesting part of the gameplay, right, moving enemies in advance so they don't do that
Right, without the positioning requirement it's basically nothing
although i still have bad memories of putting an infinite puddle on a Shrine of the Storm tentacle
Man the 60 second sanguine was just your heart sinking knowing there's nothing you can do 😂
alche trinket is bad for prot?
It's not bad. It's just not really good either
being decent is enough for now as my recent 70 war has nothing to use there at the moment and i didnt want to waste a spark if it was bad
so i recon haste > versa?
ye, my plan is lariat, alche stone, swordy and shield
there's like three weeks left
i need another damn spark
Does anyone have any idea how the actual obtaining of sparks is going to happen in 10.1? They've been kinda vague about it it seems like?
i think it will be same as now
I know you need like 2 of the fragments or whatever, but they don't say where to obtain those
rare drop from elite and raid boss
you have to say your prayers irl
Ah, that's a bummer
I've only seen 1 spark the entire time they've been able to drop and I play 5 different toons :/
i droped one on my main and each week one drop during the raid
ive seen 0 😦
Like you get one every week from raid? @noble spindle
my group, not me
so... at 418 it gives 56 vers per ally currently, then the buff is like 2vers total? XD
i presume this is a flat 1% vers rather than increasing the rating by 1%
weird that they're mixed though
why even bother doing such "buff"? 
They did it across the board for almost all the embellishments.
It’s so that it’s “worse” once we have more gear
There’s no way they are giving us 5% vers on an embellishment
yeah i realized after i said it
but my brain was like "a 1% buff on a single part of a single item sounds completely negligible"
which it is, but the other version is a little insane
Yeah super weird that they'd bother lol
yea i mean 1% buff on something that's like 1% dmg already is just... odd
lol
So the same crafted gear we have now can be upgraded next season
yes
yes
Ok and do we know cut off for converting tier gear?
Like it has to obv be new season dungeon gear I'm assuming?
season 2 gear to catalyze to season 2 tier? yeah pretty sure that will be the case
Ok boo. I heard we will get charges immediately
Well, we get charges without having to do anything for them. But not until week 7
And then if you get like...heroic raid, 2200 M+ score, or some level of PvP rating, you get a free tier piece
Traitor
I still haven't gotten any
Correct.
Did that change recently?
Yes it was noted in the profession changes for today's build.
ty
Same boat here bro
Three characters tho not 5
madlad
Does anyone know if there is a mob ID spreadsheet anywhere for the new dungeons? Looking to make a automarker
really, i got like 3 sparks
did 8 m+ a week
havent seen one since i dropped to 4 though
i did see one as a world quest reward on an alt, hadnt done much on him except crafting orders for my main
Will our tier sets be valid?
our current ones
or do they just disappear
as in not apply
They stick around afaik
Ok yeah so why would someone do normal raid when the gear lvl is horrible
even heroic first few bosses is same ilvl as now
They nerfed current fdk 2pc when 10.1 comes out so
sorry brother whats fdk
ah i get what u mjean
they are making changes for current stuff so must mean it will be used
They've always stuck around in the past but we haven't had two tier sets in a row since Legion so who knows
okay so there really isnt a rush to get "lower ilvl new tier"
as in if i have 421 current, and 411 drops. of new tier....thats a loss
feels like the ilvl balance isnt that good
but it is the same as SL i see
if you have 421 ilvl gear and you're getting 411 drops then you already vastly out gear the content you're doing.
this will continue to be true in season 2.
If you’re at 410+ you’ll want to go straight to heroic in S2 I would imagine.
season 2 heroic raid gear ilvl starts at .. 428 looks like.
Yeah, so 410-415 shouldn’t have much difficulty getting it done. Likely no different than a 390 going into heroic now.
New normal raid is usually previous tier's mythic ilvl so you can still get upgrades in normal maybe lol
yeah. normal raid gear is gonna start at 415 and scale up to 431 for the "very rare" drops
As long as M+ drops can be converted to raid tier, raid will always be a secondary focus for optimal gearing.
Which isn’t a bad thing
As M+ is much more widely available
yeah feels like 7 weeks into it is annoying
The answer to that for me is:
"Is new raid easy to pug?"
If not, I an't getting aotc
I still haven't even put the effort to see Raz, even in LFR
I have not seen a single raid boss this tier, unless you count seeing people with the Rasz dragonriding skin 😂
I hit Eggnog to my Kellogs for the first four weeks or so
Then I just stopped
got the fire ring week 1 off heroic eggnog, even
Eranog to Kurog

oh
If you aren't renaming raid bosses to food products, are you even living?
Idk but I have chockie milk
I just casually looked at Brood and went, "i dont wanna pug that"
So I've never entered Brood or Raz at all
at least the wow copy i sent to HDD survived
yeah, wrork great besides gotta put it to SSD again
we still doing frostfire belt and lariat for next season?
The reason we did Frostfire over the others was because it could proc the raid rings if you had them. Otherwise, before any tuning that can still take place, they were all roughly the same
So if things stay the same,
Pick whichever, they're all roughly the same
Some tuning happened today I believe, but I don't think any of it makes a big difference
It was all pretty small numbers
except the healing darts thing
But Vault is incredibly easy to PUG? AOTC with pugs was super obtainable
Yeah but like
Raiding is boring
So if it's effort past the amount I care to put in for how much fun I'm not having
i just don't do it
I might think about it if I DPS'd possibly but I still haven't gotten a two hander drop other than one from a timewalking dungeon
Struggling to learn cos route. Quick question. What’s the best way to get from the area of 16 to the area of 18 without pulling the Pat in front of boss? Hug the fountain? Run through building behind boss?
If I do that, I usually just run through building behind boss
Kinda depends on what packs the DPS have their asses magnet to
Lol. That’s my prob. I can’t find good route. Everything I do, someone ass pulls something in pug.
Not looking for anything perfect. Just something to help me learn it from key 11-16
Just wing it. Sometimes you get the item spawns that get you less percent
Just have enough ti get to 100% with the last dreadlord and you're good
That's like 96% iirc
The mini boss you fight after the spy minigame
i haye cos on many levels
Yeah, the vampiric claws dude
its very confusing to me mostly why
Thanks. Yeah I started wow a month ago.
Putting a ton of time learning and have gotten 7 dungeons down pretty good. Cos is killing me.
Yeah, CoS just kinda happens
It has rng spawns that can influence your percentage, so it's best to just not fuss over route too much
its and older dungeon too
You can always go back and kill more
No matter which route I do, I get toxic people complain about pulls. Haven’t had a complaint in any other dungeon lol
Thanks for the advice
so it may notcarry the szme design concrptsand philioshopies
tuned to legion tanks healers dps and those specs
thrown into generic number go up blenderthen why dont it work
Does 93.7 ring a bell?
The only packs I tend not to pull is the bridge and the pack patrolling by the boss. I always pull both imp packs because they're just too dangerous to not pull intentionally. Other than that, pull what you need for count. You don't have to stress about it as much as a lot of people do.
you know that stick in kids bike meme, thats what it is but not really
This is most likely due to CoS having the reputation of being the 2nd easiest dungeon (which it is) and dps being dumb as hell when it comes to... Anything, but especially routing
Thanks!!!
😂
like, they removed some build up rp where u normally had to sit throught what, 4 water eles
Thanks for the advice and making me feel better guys. Appreciate you.
Yeah, he gives like 6.5% or something, the last guy
The only thing you want to try to do is limit your time going back and forth, but if you're unlucky with lures/enforcer spawn, not much you can do about it 🤷
And I don't pull things to get the items unless I need the count. The dungeon isn't hard enough that any of that shit is going to matter
Yeah, I'd agree with Ghash on intentionally pulling the imp packs
And same, only the lures are worth making effort to go to
It wasn't really RP. The boss (in non-M+) gets damage reduction that gets removed by killing the elementals. So as you're killing them, he takes more and more damage
that would murder timers if thwy put it back in
Honestly I'm glad they removed it given how nasty those eles were in M+
need to kill them and drops z pool after
yeah
Well, they wouldn't do the pool
since the M+ ones are different than the non-M+ ones
But that's still 4 eles with some blobs that you'd have to kill before the boss, which would just be a slog
Yeah, it was just a boring phase
The reworked boss actually came out pretty ok
Unlike the second boss which is just... bleh
At least they gave us the marginally more exciting of the two for the 2nd boss
Big boy L right there
oh well season is over so who cares
Season's been over on my end for like a month
for sure, been a good push week
season isnt truly over until you unlock all portals bro
at least that was my standard haha
yeah i gotta admit i was a lot more work than i thought
i went 100% pug route
i think i had 140 runs when i got all +20s?
prob spent too much time at lower keys tho
Try following a fixed route until the second boss. There, I usually pull the same packs regardless of where the Enforcer spawned and work out the remaining % out of items and consequential spawns. Either way, that’s the nature of CoS: sometimes you will overpull, other times you will get 100% on the dot but spend a lot of time in the spy room.
is signet of melandrus a good ring for prot to wear instead of the titanic str?
yeah, ideally right now you'd run annulet and then either raid fire ring or melandrus
Harrow is a good boi
Suggestion for m+ talents this week ?
Same as any other week
Build in the pins
@ionic fern I have been stuck with seed on my warrior for like 3 weeks now, and then my paladin also gets seed from vault this week and I have to use it because it replaced a 376 trinket 😠
also ily
I'm doing pretty well, thanks 🙂 How are you?
Mythic Broodkeeper phase 2: how tf does one not die to stoneslam later into the phase? I'm rotating SW/LS and externals from healers and what not and just flopping every single pull 
Externals as needed.
Full IP
Etc.
Shouldn't be too hard unless you have some Wildfire stacks or something.
busy can be good. Hope it's productive business
ty mwahi
hmmm @warm plinth know anything about this?
Not sure, I heard they were datamined
Makes me think of like SL catch-up gear but they were too lazy to make them separate from dungeon loot this time
I'm hoping they're just M0 though because otherwise it's relinquished tokens all over again
I'm ready to fill my bags trying to farm ((Insert random trinket and/or weapon)).
Giga pray and butt clench the entire way
I swapped to D stance for the slam, also I still don’t know what my dk wanted me to do/ when to take the slam so I just told him to tell me when he needed me to taunt
is 418 seal of filial duty > 418 crafted?
Sim it!
Im out here asking the council of healers "okay who has what, cuz imma need that in about 5 seconds"
Track their CD's and be concrete :"X give me Bark".
I said "Sac me" on Diurna and got Sacs from 2 different healers and a ret pally.
xD
I need to sit down one day and get my MRT to track externals, and then find a place on my screen to put it 
Standard words ”Will probl die in 5 sec help me pleas” 
Then you get all the help you need
I tried saying that once and I just got sacked to the ground
Would you open a file if i linked it?

It would end in .exe
And would add a startup script to your PC which would automatically display "ily Ghash" everytime you open your PC.
While also sending a copy of it to soda's email.
LMAO
Real question.
When typing someones name..do you add 's to the end?
Or should it be Sodas?
Soda's?
🤔
Soda's would be possessive, so soda's email is correct
ya, if it its city or person, you add 's
The real question is who's love is greater, Mwahi's love for Ghash or Ghash's love for Mwahi?
I'd go with Mwahi, he's bald he knows what it's truly like to lose things in life.
everything is a cliche until its happening to you
you laugh at him being bald, probably you guys too some day too
I don't laugh at Mwahi being bald at all
It doesn't matter whether it's a city or person
Bald is sexy.
Any noun that possesses something, you would put 's after
If my cat is playing with it's toy, I still say Coco's toy.
its 6 20 and my brain doesnt fully work anyway
Its is actually the possessive. It's is 'it is'
Goddamnit you're on to me.
English is fucking stupid
My joke didn't work.
better than french tbh
On the question of whose love is greater, I believe I've said ily to Mwahi more than he's said ily to me so...
You've lost










