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chilly brook
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cough cough codex

waxen frigate
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I’m not even going to entertain codex discussion again lmao pls dont bring that evil upon this place

cinder storm
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We musn't forget history lest we repeat it again

waxen frigate
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It doesn’t make them right but more likely than not there is at least a perceived reason and it’s interesting to think about why something may be used

untold adder
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wtf is codex?

chilly brook
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well of course there's a perceived reason

fringe gust
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I have no idea who it is really, just trying to figure something out.

chilly brook
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that reason being "it's giga survival"

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and it also being "I know better than the discord"

chilly brook
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There's ego on both sides

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I've seen plenty of streamers with high performance in terms of io shit on class discords

ruby musk
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I like seeing people deviate on talents but they need to make sense in the numbers IMHO

waxen frigate
lusty grotto
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usually the explanation is, "well the rank 1 goes for those"

waxen frigate
lusty grotto
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but they always miss the context

chilly brook
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I just put it this way, they're way better than I am at running the dungeons. But that doesn't mean their opinions are right on everything, just like I'm not right on everything.

ruby musk
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I agree. The SIMs can miss too.

waxen frigate
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I see it so much as someone who is active in both peak and equinox’s discord for brew stuff

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People just are so tribal

lusty grotto
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like for example

chilly brook
lusty grotto
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naowh has a hot take about disrupting shout

ruby musk
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But I like seeing people deep dive on it. Like the dude in the Arms channel that found running bastion spear v roar talents was only a 1% dps loss.

lusty grotto
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thats a great recent example

lusty grotto
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disrupting was great in a dungeon like AV for example

waxen frigate
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Codex in particular was a weird one

lusty grotto
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so context was important there

chilly brook
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there is a world where codex works

cinder storm
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Many high io tanks do get carried by their team, but they also have time to play, commitment, a good network, a good understanding of the dungeons, they don't really need to understand the ins and outs

chilly brook
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it's just not until giga high keys on specific specs

ruby musk
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I'm just saying if someone has a novel build, I'll at least take a peak and try to make sense of why and see what evidence there is for it. Sometimes it might be good, most times it's suboptimal or the reasoning is stupid.

lusty grotto
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another example, ye olde versa vs crit debate. There IS a point in key levels that you absolutely need to start swapping, its just not anywhere near low 20s

chilly brook
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If we're being honest, being a tank in M+ in a coordinated group you have so much more on your mind besides playing your class well

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you're usually the shot caller

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it's like raid leading

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you're taking a personal hit

waxen frigate
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Yep

median tulip
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Good DPS do make tanking significantly easier, but I question the definition of that as "carrying"; we're just all way too used to bad DPS

cinder storm
# waxen frigate Define carried

They just do the most efficient pulls and do their rotations as needed, their team will do the shot calling and the rest, the tank just exists there

ruby musk
lusty grotto
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to versa

ruby musk
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Yeah

waxen frigate
lusty grotto
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so when people see a streamer load up on versa, they just assume versa is king

chilly brook
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And if we're also being honest, tanks are the role that can take the personal hit to performance

waxen frigate
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Most of them call the shots and lead the group

lusty grotto
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but they dont understand the key levels these guys are running demand the versa pump

proper roost
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good dps/healers are very noticeable, just have to be watching others' performance; esp as pwar you can't get every kick, you can't get offensive dispels, you have no power over your party's hp (other than rally lul)

chilly brook
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I'm trying to git gud

waxen frigate
lusty grotto
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yup

ruby musk
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Lol

chilly brook
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the M+ situation this season is literally making me learn Prevoker

lusty grotto
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outright

chilly brook
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Healers just don't exist

lusty grotto
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i dont agree with that statement at all

cinder storm
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you wont notice a good healer, ever

chilly brook
proper roost
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i mean ig it'd be stupid to say like "you notice good dps because they don't die" but that is a pretty good factor

waxen frigate
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I just hate when people act like they’re so good at the game that they could easily be in the shoes of a top io player and do fine

lusty grotto
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first week VPs weed out the good from the bad really quickly

median tulip
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You sure as hell notice a bad healer

lusty grotto
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same with RLPs

waxen frigate
cinder storm
chilly brook
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I notice when I don't need to call for personals and when a healer is also pumping damage

untold adder
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for sure you notice a good healer what

chilly brook
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I've always noticed good healers

waxen frigate
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You definitely notice a good healer

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That’s a cooked take

sick sentinel
uneven mason
proper roost
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Would be kind of wild to say a good healer wouldn't be noticed, since rsham/prevoker/rdruid all offer a lot of universally applicable CC as well

ruby musk
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I've seen healers vary from 30k to 80k. I can absolutely tell you which run were getting clapped on lol

cinder storm
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its a dps take

chilly brook
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I actively ran with a resto shaman in the first two seasons of BFA because he was good as fuck

sick sentinel
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healer is moot point if they are just healing forever and the monster never dies lol

chilly brook
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a RESTO SHAMAN

cinder storm
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when a healer does good they dont say anything, when something goes bad they blame the healer

chilly brook
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A cooked class

lusty grotto
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i ran with a resto shaman s1 this expac too

ruby musk
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I like finding the huge io ilvl off meta healers because, in my experience, they're going to pump hard

lusty grotto
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and hes a god healer

uneven mason
lusty grotto
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of course he ascended with the changes

waxen frigate
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Best healer I’ve ever played with was a resto sham in s4 sl

lusty grotto
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to meta level etc

waxen frigate
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Never felt safer and more enabled in keys than I did with her

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And we were both off meta

median tulip
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My main healer buddy is my guild's Resto shaman (& also my RL)

ruby musk
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A while back our guild ran into a monk healer that was pumping 150k heals on Raz. It was nuts.

waxen frigate
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Raid healing is completely different than key healing though

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Just like tanking is

ruby musk
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Obviously.

median tulip
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Raid is very scripted in all departments

waxen frigate
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I honestly don’t think you notice a good healer in raid very easily

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Maybe if they’re carrying a pug but if it’s a decently organized guild it’s hard to tell

proper roost
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healing in keys is much different in terms of agency

waxen frigate
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Yep. Raid healing is timings and consistency

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Key healing is triage and improvisation

proper roost
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can only speak for rsham, but the amount of agency you have over keys as a rsham is insane and outside of pull cadence (which is EXTREMELY major obviously) it's higher than a tank imo

ruby musk
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I feel like healing in m+ is like babysitting

untold adder
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what should i spend my 3. shard on? I want to replace Lariat as get something with patch. Also; is that fucking seal of diurna BIS with frostfire belt?

median tulip
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The ideal in mythic+ is for the healer not to have to heal at all

ruby musk
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Green "DPS"

proper roost
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i'd think it'd be less for a rdruid and about the same for prevoker, but can't say for sure

untold adder
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hc, mythic raid and m+ but not over +20 because cba

lusty grotto
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diurna is bis for raid and st

waxen frigate
lusty grotto
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but not for keys

waxen frigate
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Healer dmg vs tank dmg is not comparable for most specs

proper roost
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yeah it's not true at all in DF because there's way more unavoidable damage lol

chilly brook
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I mean ideally

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the less healing they have to do the better

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because more damage

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it's pretty universal

proper roost
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you aren't getting through a high HOI without your healer pumping an insane amount of hps the entire key

waxen frigate
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And I’d much rather have a healer be forced to heal more than a tank or the Dps have to spend globals or gear on defense

cinder storm
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thats a take

waxen frigate
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Because the net group Dps will not favor the healer in those cases currently

chilly brook
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That being said, you're for sure going to have to heal

lusty grotto
median tulip
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DPS have more in-rotation healing than they did in SL though

untold adder
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aight. Gear wise its mainly to progress mythic raid, so guess i stick with it. Ill try to farm a neck so i can replace lariat and craft boots with patch

uneven mason
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A tank being forced to use defense

proper roost
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i mean high keys DF seasons are just balanced around dps having to defensive/selfheal on top of the healer spamming them, it's not really one or the other tbh

median tulip
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But as I said, It's the ideal, not what anyone can attain easily and consistently

proper roost
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like you aren't killing first boss of bracken on high tyr at all if the dps don't use defensives

lusty grotto
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since you can just slap the shadowflame on the shield

chilly brook
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Hmmmm

uneven mason
chilly brook
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Idk what tank to start gearing

lusty grotto
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unless if you have the food embelish that never drops for my alts on your shield

proper roost
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the amt of unavoidable damage this season is very, very high

waxen frigate
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I should clarify that I didn’t mean Dps and tanks shouldn’t press defensives

uneven mason
waxen frigate
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They shouldn’t have to go out of their way to equip extra defense in order to let their healer do more dmg

chilly brook
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bear it is

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:kappa

proper roost
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just looking at my friend's 24 tyr hoi key, he did 178k hps on the ice boss
kinda hilarious

waxen frigate
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They should obviously use their full defensive kit

daring marlin
ocean yoke
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Now that's a name I haven't heard in a hot minute. I remember when he was playing in the lcs

chilly brook
proper roost
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just roll a bear, bear stonks

waxen frigate
uneven mason
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I'm having a blast with bear

chilly brook
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I did genuinely love playing Vengeance in S3 of BFA

proper roost
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although i noticed pwar enjoyers hate bear

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mutual dislike for some reason

uneven mason
waxen frigate
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Because once tier goes away veng could very easily be back to dumpster

lusty grotto
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we dont hate bear

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but bear has been a meme in the past

chilly brook
daring marlin
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I thought prot warrior enjoyers hated prot pally the most

lusty grotto
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its not hate, its just fun

proper roost
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idk man i feel like everyone who is a pwar enjoyer finds bear very boring

chilly brook
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Bear is like....warrior but with less buttons and less feedback loop

proper roost
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bear has traditionally, in the past, basically been boring version of pwar, so I kinda get it

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pretty different now though

untold adder
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i miss legion bear

cinder storm
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bear cured my carpal tunnel ratge

uneven mason
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There was a few sour grapes in the guardian discord early in the xpac who ranted about hating warriors

waxen frigate
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I think most non-bear players find bear weird and/or boring

untold adder
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trash trash trash trash trash

proper roost
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ya like I said I think that's like a misconception about bear from like legion

chilly brook
chilly brook
uneven mason
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They have, crap now I've gotta go count

proper roost
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it used to definitely be very similar to prot warrior in terms of what the buttons did because the designer of guardian had no idea what they were doing

chilly brook
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logged off in 15 minutes

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seemed the same as in bfa/SL in terms of buttons

uneven mason
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Probably not wrong in a general sense

proper roost
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i mean, the buttons just do pretty different things now

uneven mason
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And they suffer from a shittastic class tree

chilly brook
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I also was a lowkey bear enjoyer in BFA mind you

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I find it boring now but for some reason not then

waxen frigate
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I’m interested to see the bear rework

chilly brook
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probably because it was the peak of using stuff like resto affinity

waxen frigate
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Might give it a try

lusty grotto
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i havent tried bear this expansion, but i did find it boring before

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in all of the previous expansions

chilly brook
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resto affinity was lit in keys in BFA

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could do some sick things

lusty grotto
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prot pally also was boring to me, but i havent tried it after the changes

cinder storm
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ppal feels boring for me too, utility wise its nice to be able to help your team

lusty grotto
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i just ret or holy on my pally tbh

cinder storm
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Maybe....all tanks are boring? critcake

lusty grotto
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well... i ret now

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it was perma holy before

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ret is fun now for sure

proper roost
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i despise current prot pally; the rotation is just worse feeling in every way than mop ppal (which was basically the same rotation but grand crusader AS gave holy power)

lusty grotto
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and fucking braindead as well

daring marlin
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prot pally owns

chilly brook
proper roost
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AS, the iconic ppal spell, being a low prio filler is dumb imo

proper roost
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i mean, mop was a REALLY long time ago

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so i agree fully

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but also yeah lol that's my working basis

chilly brook
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removal of seraphim was goated

lusty grotto
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last time i did prot pally was for the mage tower artifact

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lmao

chilly brook
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also imho AS being more filler/used for utility is far better

proper roost
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actually i think i'm thinking of wod ppal, because that's when AS Grand crusader holy power was baseline - and then they removed hopo for ppal in legion

lusty grotto
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i was like ok i do this and never touch the fucking spec again fuck this shit

proper roost
proper roost
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i just don't like it subjectively because I like pressing the glowy captain america button that does big dam as my top prio (so gutting its dmg compared to judge and low prio is not my jam)

chilly brook
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it just feels way less worse now

proper roost
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(i have not played ppal since legion and this season of DF)

lusty grotto
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i bet it is griff, i just rather shut off my brain and dps (or heal)

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well not heal this expansion

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🙂

proper roost
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iirc i specifically quit before bfa because they wanted to put shield of the righteous on gcd then

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unless that never actually happened, idk

sick sentinel
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never really played paladin on bfa

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i do think ret paladin is pretty amazing right now though

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most of them seem to do pretty strong

lusty grotto
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hopefully mages and hpal get some decent love

proper roost
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honestly I think healing is extremely rewarding and fun this expansion, it's much better than in SL since you actually have to heal during keys

lusty grotto
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with the changes

cinder storm
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I leveled as hpal and that was fun, I might try switching to hpal on keys

chilly brook
proper roost
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and (weirdge take) it's kinda fun to have a couple affixes that you can solo as healer since it actually skill gaps you from the shit healers that exist

chilly brook
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like actually sick

lusty grotto
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yeah ive seen good stuff

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idk

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i feel like theyve doubled down too hard on healers this expansion tbh

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its resulting in less people playing them

proper roost
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uh yeah i mean i'd def agree but that just means if you play a healer, and you're good at it

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then people are all over your dick

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i think there is definitely too much healer responsibility in keys though

lusty grotto
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its not good for the game

proper roost
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it's very jarring when you go from key to raid and you're suddenly like

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10% of your brainpower

chilly brook
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I mean I'm prolly gonna try hpal

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and just do the avenging crusader healing thing

proper roost
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rsham just feels like ppal, has an insane amount of agency

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really absurdly strong

chilly brook
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Prevoker is really cool

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but I'm too stupid to grasp echo

lusty grotto
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avenging crusader with corruptions was so fucking fun

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hopefully its similar to that

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thats one of the high points in nimchipadin's wow journey

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haste corruption, glimmer, avenging crusader

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fucking amazing gameplay

daring marlin
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couple IT corruptions on pally was pretty good

lusty grotto
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so different to the old, stand there and fucking cast

daring marlin
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since CDs were so powerful

lusty grotto
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oh yea

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it was

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iirc it was ITx3? and haste

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its been a while

mighty valley
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i know so many people who cry and say wah wah why won't they let me be a holy paladin that stands around and casts holy light

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deranged people

lusty grotto
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its fine to make it optional though

daring marlin
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I liked holy radiance

lusty grotto
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i just cant go back

proper roost
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melee healer is just kind of annoying for comp reasons occasionally (me, stuck with my friend playing MW for the start of s2)

mighty valley
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can be like mistweavers where it's optional and bad

lusty grotto
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lol

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i have a bud that plays MW, he does well

proper roost
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in week 1 we semi-accidentally grabbed 2 more melee dps for NL and ended up doing a 4 melee comp which uh

lusty grotto
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its not like... bfa MW but it holds its own

proper roost
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as you can imagine, on tyr NL, did not go well.

chilly brook
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gimme fistweaving

proper roost
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and then we never did NL with more than 1 other melee again

lusty grotto
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yea

daring marlin
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best healer all expac I've pugged with was a MW

lusty grotto
chilly brook
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I played all 3 specs of monk back in WoD

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loved it so much

lusty grotto
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"oh"

chilly brook
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Legion ruined the class

lusty grotto
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SBG last boss lmao

chilly brook
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chi was so good man

proper roost
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MW actually has some interesting strengths that other healers struggle with a lot this season, they just have some really wacky weaknesses due to how faeline stomp and being balanced around raidhealing works

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like, MW is insane at healing Asaad while other healers can struggle a bit since they don't really care about player positioning

lusty grotto
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faeline stomp is dogshit, change my mind

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on any monk spec

chilly brook
proper roost
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in general any fight where the group is spread, MW has some really interesting strengths

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would be cooler if the designer didn't only care about raidhealing for them or whatever or if they had slightly more/better self defensives

chilly brook
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yoooo

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I'm best Devoker NA fr fr @lusty grotto

cinder storm
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Nice

chilly brook
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Honestly WW is doing way better than the impression I've been getting from people

craggy pilot
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if im getting an error like this in WA, is there any way to see which specific WA it is regarding?

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does anyone know?

chilly brook
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way over my head

lusty grotto
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scan events

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its a weak aura that tracks events

cinder storm
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the goblin wa?

lusty grotto
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not sure which but

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if thats a function in the WA, then its very likely that its something like Tama's or whatever

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i have no idea which WAs you have so you'd have to check

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more specifically what's erroring out is a region class

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or at least an icon of that specific region prototype

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but that you can discern by just reading

proper roost
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things like ToD having too much power budget and spec talents being bad and annoying

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bad scaling etc

chilly brook
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which even if we filter to just damage to bosses, they're lower middle of the pack

chilly brook
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but that's just me

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I certainly recognize not everyone likes it

sick sentinel
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genuinely don't know how anyone can enjoy these dungeons

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how is it possible that 5 out of 8 are stage 4 cancer

daring marlin
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lolwut

craggy pilot
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is there a play against the Jagged Disc in Nelt Lair?

jagged pier
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yes ppl need to stand correctly so they jump into a wall

lusty grotto
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yes, intervene

chilly brook
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they don't seem all that bad

lusty grotto
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and/or dont target the pelters so they dont jump

chilly brook
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VP is pretty free unless you're a healer

lusty grotto
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though thats impossible in a pug

sick sentinel
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Neltharions lair gave me more cancer than playing league of legends for more than 10 years

split pendant
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“I just think they’re neat”

sick sentinel
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Crazy how shit these dngs are

chilly brook
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Neltharus isn't terrible now, really like Uldaman, Freehold and UR are both free

lusty grotto
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NL is easy

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idk what youre on about

sick sentinel
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Worst shit dungeon to exist

lusty grotto
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3 bosses that can be reflected

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giga prot warrior dmg

chilly brook
jagged pier
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like all dungeons kinda free but uldr or VP with a bad healer imo

chilly brook
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remember spell reflect on dagrul in legion???

lusty grotto
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yes, and it still works here

sick sentinel
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It's not about the bosses

lusty grotto
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for molten crash

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sunder also

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for 2nd boss

sick sentinel
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The adds are cancer

lusty grotto
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bro

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just

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dont

sick sentinel
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Jumping away impossible to cleave shit

lusty grotto
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target

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the

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pelters

chilly brook
jagged pier
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i mean u can move out of avalanche

sick sentinel
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Tell that the pugs ?

lusty grotto
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they do not jump if nobody targets them

sick sentinel
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It's not avalanche

jagged pier
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if ppl postion correctly they dont leap away

sick sentinel
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It's the disc thrower

jagged pier
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t

proper roost
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you can personally control the pelter jumps slightly by choosing where to tank them also

jagged pier
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again

proper roost
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they move for the first 4 seconds ish

jagged pier
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if ppl stand correctly

proper roost
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and always jump backwards

jagged pier
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they dont jump far

sick sentinel
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If ppl position correctly, I don't play with a team

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I play with pugs

proper roost
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you can control this to make them jump into the wall

jagged pier
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nither do i

proper roost
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like personally as tank only

lusty grotto
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just tell them to not target or tab to them

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and if they do then well fuck it

lusty grotto
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father thyme

proper roost
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I think generally the really bad pelter jump people have issues with is the breaker + 2 pelters in the room; you want to ensure both of them would disengage into a close wall, and not be facing you in opposite directions

Actually maybe a diagram would help more

chilly brook
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I got yelled at when tanking last boss of UR for "not moving enough"

proper roost
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i should just send quazii a picture of how the pelters jump and he can just make a bideo about it

chilly brook
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and I'm sitting here like "bruh how you gonna do damage if I'm running all over the place, let him do his breath then move slightly and just cleave the orbs"

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why run from orbs when you can just put down an earthquake >.>

lusty grotto
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pelters jump depending on where the group is positioned at

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they go opposite the group

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always

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but thats a non factor JUST DONT TARGET THEM

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and they WILL NOT JUMP AT ALL

proper roost
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its semi random, theyll disengage based on their current target but it is often still the tank (because they retarget tank when they stop casting briefly)

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usually when people get opposite disengages its bcs the tank is facing the breaker into the wall but both pelters are on either side of the breaker

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so facing opposite directions

chilly brook
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just kill them before they jump 4head

craggy pilot
proper roost
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targeting pelters is pretty necessary in high fort imo

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though

craggy pilot
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like only do aoe dmg on them?

lusty grotto
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cleave em

proper roost
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Yes if you dont target them they dont jump

lusty grotto
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yes

proper roost
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its a weird interaction

lusty grotto
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but if one person on your group targets them

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they will jump

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so you gotta put it in caps in group chat

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if youre pugging i mean

chilly brook
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just bring a WW and have them ToD cleave keks

sick sentinel
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skill issue tbh

lusty grotto
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if you have a group just yell at discord

sick sentinel
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just gotta point him so he doesn't do that when you reflect it, reposition him

daring marlin
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yogi what the fuck are you talking about

lusty grotto
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lol

lusty grotto
#

i was gonna say that but then i realized its yogi

lusty grotto
sick sentinel
#

so, they've fixed that bug.... right?

lusty grotto
#

reflect doesnt knock him back, correct

#

but it still does giga damage

#

thats what thyme was showing there

sick sentinel
#

no, but what im saying

lusty grotto
#

you cant knock him back

proper roost
#

lol

lusty grotto
#

so you cant do it

sick sentinel
#

is if that was the rules in play, he gets KB if you reflect that

#

and you despwn him

lusty grotto
#

its not the kb

#

its molten crash

sick sentinel
#

thats an on you skill issue problem

lusty grotto
#

molten crash used to knock him back

proper roost
#

bless your heart yogi

sick sentinel
#

thats what im gettin at

lusty grotto
#

...

sick sentinel
#

i could see it happening once or twice as a mistake

lusty grotto
#

i dont think youre getting it at all

#

IT NO LONGER HAPPENS CAUSE CRASH DOES NOT KNOCK BACK

sick sentinel
#

no, im speaking in hypotheticals

proper roost
#

lol

sick sentinel
#

if the boss functioned the way it does in the video

#

i know now its legion

lusty grotto
#

the point is

#

it was a bug

#

at least by legion's standards

empty inlet
#

5 year video :pepeg:

sick sentinel
#

don't do the actions that cause the boss to do a softlock is my opinion

lusty grotto
#

thanks captain obvious?

sick sentinel
#

oh well, im not going to get mad and give you some kinda freak out reaction or whatever it is you are looking for lol

proper roost
sonic tangle
sick sentinel
#

i dunno, hes all at me and stuff lmao

sleek current
#

Does anyone know if subcreation publishes the parses it counts in it's tier lists?

#

So you can see what overalls they're finishing with?

jagged pier
#

its all

pulsar bear
#

Hey ya'll with 4pc is last stand used on cd?

jagged pier
#

thats how it works

#

subcreation is literally a popularity contest

#

not whats good

pulsar bear
#

For sure thanks

sleek current
#

Yeah, I'm aware of that. I'm just curious how we're so low for "DPS" when I'm regularly finishing keys with anywhere between 70k - 90k based on the key and in raid I'm 10k DPS higher than my co-tank. I suppose it's a non question really, when I feel I'm doing fine.

jagged pier
#

because we are a low dps tank

#

we are in fact the second lowest at 95 percentiles

#

just because you are beating your co tank literally unless hes a bdk

#

hes bad

#

he should be beating u

sleek current
#

Ah, I forgot Warcraftlogs existed. 😂

#

He's a Paladin

jagged pier
#

and 70-90k is low numbers in terms of tank damage

#

if your good

#

like high 80s pretty good for prot

#

but compared to other tanks its not high

chilly brook
sleek current
#

90k and above in BH, FH, Nelth for example, 60 - 70's in VP, around 70 - 80k for everything else.

jovial birch
#

@sleek current subcreation just takes % of players playing what class/spec in the keys it looks at and makes rankings. Doesn’t account for parses that’s why their ranking are bullshit and just a popularity contest. It’s assuming what is popular is what is best.

sleek current
sick sentinel
#

why even play prot warrior at this point.

chilly brook
#

Because you like it

#

And it’s not in the dumpster

sick sentinel
#

thats literally the only reason

jovial birch
#

I get a lot of messages when playing prot warrior along the lines of “how you do so much damage as tank” so I’m assuming I’m doing more then the tanks they run with normally but prot warrior D tier 🤦‍♂️

sleek current
#

I'll always play Prot Warrior regardless of where it is.

sick sentinel
#

cuz i think paladins are too much on the other side of the river.

chilly brook
sick sentinel
#

with all their holy power

chilly brook
#

What’s the point of playing even if you enjoy pushing if you hate the experience while doing it

sick sentinel
#

literally the only reason

jagged pier
#

i got my last dungeon portal today

#

im done

#

raid logging from now on

proper roost
#

insane how people succeed and are better than you even with offmeta classes because they're having fun with the game

jagged pier
proper roost
#

imagine having fun in the game u pay $15 monthly to play

sick sentinel
#

as I created my character and the paladin was wearing his zesty yellow armor and his cute little hammer

#

i knew warrior was the only way

chilly brook
#

Like I like paladin but not enough to play it seriously over warrior

jovial birch
#

I’m happy with this season I will definitely keep doing M+ beyond just getting portals because the dungeons have been enjoyable so far. Ask me again in 4 months but that’s what im saying now.

chilly brook
#

The only tank that dethroned warrior for me was DH in S3 of BFA

sleek current
#

I'll grab my portals and be on my way personally.

chilly brook
#

STILL WAITING FOR DOPE TRANSMOGS FOR PUSHING KEYS EVERY SEASON BLIZZARD

sleek current
#

Raid log until CE and maybe come to some alt raids for achievements.

jagged pier
#

not higher

#

2.7k is like top 10%

jovial birch
#

That would be cool imo.

chilly brook
#

I mean they should do it

jagged pier
#

they should

sleek current
#

Only 14% of players got KSH last season I was pretty shocked by that number. It didn't feel hard to get and by end of season it was probably a breeze.

jagged pier
#

but my point is its not really for pushing keys at that point tho

sleek current
#

For Europe anyway

jagged pier
#

ppl forget ppl are bad at this game

sick sentinel
#

DK is also rlly cool imo love lich king

jagged pier
#

and its less than 14% of players

#

its 14% of ppl that did a m+

sleek current
pallid quiver
#

On top of that, a lot of players just don't push all the way that they could

jagged pier
#

that also in cludes ppl alts as well

#

so its even less

jovial birch
#

Dang KSH did not seem that hard last season. Going from that to getting all portals pugging was a struggle for me but 2500 came easy.

jagged pier
#

both pretty easy this season tbh

#

easier than last season just because the gear diff isnt as big

chilly brook
#

I don’t really care what they put it at but they should put it in the game

jagged pier
#

and alot of the dungeons are giga free

chilly brook
#

There’s no reason to

sick sentinel
#

2k was legit tutorial

jovial birch
#

This season is way easier I was 2500 second week

jagged pier
#

i mean u do get mythic appreance on all tier set for hero

chilly brook
#

Like the only reason to push is to get a nice silly number

pallid quiver
#

meanwhile, i haven't even logged into wow since S2 started

proper roost
#

for this season

chilly brook
#

^

jagged pier
#

no like u get it on the lfr piece and stuff

pallid quiver
#

He means the effects on

jagged pier
#

like the effect

pallid quiver
#

yeah, the lower pieces

proper roost
#

oh ic

jagged pier
#

its not enough

#

but its something

chilly brook
#

Oh effects kekw

proper roost
#

yeah

pallid quiver
#

So like the lightning on the shoulders from last tier

sleek current
#

Yeah, the special effect is what I push for then it's just about staying motivated for portals.

jagged pier
#

but them doing a CM set every season

#

its kinda bad idea imo

chilly brook
#

Speaking of tbh normal set for warrior looks best from a color perspective change my mind

sleek current
#

I like Heroic

chilly brook
sleek current
#

I like red. 🤷

jagged pier
#

just for the last season is fine i guess

chilly brook
#

Or active since day 1 but hard to achieve early

#

Easier to achieve in last season

#

Idk

#

Something

waxen frigate
#

Maybe an expansion specific recolor if you get KSM/KSH every season on your account for an xpac

chilly brook
#

M+ NEEDS exclusive cosmetic rewards

uneven mason
#

4000iq idea, instead of a cm set, give us access to the mop and wod rewards, like legit just a token

waxen frigate
#

But add some way to catch up like guaranteed if you get title

chilly brook
#

Recolors are boring

jagged pier
waxen frigate
waxen frigate
#

Would be too late for DF but maybe for voidlands

chilly brook
#

At least as a start

#

But recolors are just lazy and boring

waxen frigate
#

I’d rather get a proper recolor than the dogshit “glowing” effects

gusty stratus
#

what talent is the one for spreading rend on TC

waxen frigate
#

That’s literally the worst reward for any content in the game

chilly brook
#

Why settle for either when you can ask for unique armor sets?

waxen frigate
#

Also bring back raid portals for CE pls

chilly brook
#

Like we got UNIQUE ARMOR SETS FOR WORLD CONTENT THIS PATCH

waxen frigate
jagged pier
chilly brook
waxen frigate
uneven mason
final mist
pallid quiver
chilly brook
#

You can’t tell me it’s not realistic to get a unique armor set for m+

waxen frigate
#

It’s not.

#

You don’t get a unique set for raid vs PvP

chilly brook
#

When we got black Dragonflight armor sets for world content

waxen frigate
#

Why would you for dungeons

uneven mason
#

I mean, it is?

pallid quiver
#

10/10 unrealistic because then they'd have to spend money on the art team

chilly brook
uneven mason
#

So Griff, bear with me

chilly brook
#

They literally did this for every expansion up until legion

waxen frigate
#

I’m a shadowlands baby so idk when that was a thing

#

Sounds nice tho

pallid quiver
#

A hot minute back, iirc

final mist
#

PvP sets have always been recolors

uneven mason
#

Dungeon Armor looks different than raid armor

chilly brook
waxen frigate
#

Maybe like

pallid quiver
#

But they were still recolors of sets existing somewhere iirc

chilly brook
#

Nor in WoD

torn gulch
waxen frigate
#

M+ enchants like PvP enchants?

chilly brook
#

Or mop

#

Or classic

#

Or WotLK

jagged pier
#

im of the belief things aquired on classic servers should be unlocked on main servers

#

dont at me

waxen frigate
#

Also speaking of mogs, my warrior drip 😤

waxen frigate
#

Scarab lord fuck no

chilly brook
#

Tldr it’s entirely possible for them to do unique armor sets for m+

#

It could literally just be by armor type

waxen frigate
chilly brook
#

So cloth/leather/mail/plate

chilly brook
#

We had it this patch

#

We randomly got black Dragonflight armor

#

For WORLD CONTENT

#

And they’re good asf

torn gulch
#

yea the world content armor is better than a lot of raid and pvp sets

waxen frigate
torn gulch
#

it's crazy this patch

jagged pier
#

thats subjective i dont like them personally

waxen frigate
#

Inspired by the original titles but different

waxen frigate
waxen frigate
#

:^)

jagged pier
#

as long as it looks the same

#

i dont care

sleek current
waxen frigate
#

Doesn’t detract from the original prestige but is different if you take a closer look

waxen frigate
waxen frigate
final mist
# chilly brook Not in cata

Cata PvP sets were all recolors of the same set, as was the case in MoP and WoD. Other expansions are just recolors of the tier sets.

sleek current
#

I'd be a Human but, then I have to go to Stormwind. It just doesn't have the same charm as Orgrimmar.

final mist
#

They weren't unique per season.

waxen frigate
chilly brook
hardy snow
chilly brook
#

Extra parts etc.

sleek current
#

Exactly. I can shit in the middle of Orgrimmar and no one bats an eye. I go to stormwind and all of a sudden it's a "problem" and I'm "disgusting"

chilly brook
#

I’m fine if most of it is recolors but it was UNIQUE

waxen frigate
chilly brook
#

You knew it was pvp armor

#

Not the same raid armor with a different color

final mist
#

Adding additional glow effects didn't make them super unique IMO

chilly brook
#

I’m not talking just glow effects

#

Warrior shoulders and helmet specifically got more spikes

#

Went from none

#

To having some

#

To having large ones

final mist
#

That's far less than even the worst heroic-to-mythic sets

waxen frigate
#

That’s a very slim difference imo but I get what you’re saying

chilly brook
#

That wasn’t what I was talking about specifically

final mist
#

That's an example of what I'm talking about

#

Essentially just a recolor

#

And the elite sets per season were just recolors of the second

chilly brook
#

Talking about this to this

lofty mica
#

Does the increase duration of well fed meals by 100% count as an embellishment? Or can I use that one + two other embellishments?

chilly brook
#

Regardless the point really is just that we had pvp specific armor sets

#

I don’t care if they recycle the same pvp set in an expansion

#

But it’s at least unique to pvp

chilly brook
#

M+ should have the same thing, not just recolors of a raid set

lofty mica
chilly brook
#

You can even just do one set of armor, no recolors and only available once throughout an expansion or something

#

Does that make sense? @final mist

#

WoD specifically had some of the coolest armor available in game for pvp the first season

#

I wish I was good enough at the time to have gotten this

#

Still some of the best animations I’ve ever seen on armor came from that season

#

Let the artists go wild

strong forum
#

Primal glad best set game

#

Can't change my mind

chilly brook
#

It is

#

For multiple classes

#

Like criminal that they produced those sets and haven’t done anything near them since

untold adder
#

how many of these do i need to turn them in to forgestorm?

chilly brook
#

Like lemme be Emperor Zurg on my DK

torn gulch
#

0

gloomy hazel
#

Anyone have any tips for surviving mythic experiments as prot warrior? I am getting absolutely blasted compared to my other tank.

jagged pier
#

AA slows and clear often

#

oh and stance dance

gloomy hazel
#

Should I prioritize shield block with rage over ignore pain after I take a big hit and both have ended/expired?

urban portal
#

yes

#

usually thats not a decision you have to make

gloomy hazel
#

It's not usually but it happened a few times when I would go out to grab 2nd boss.

lusty grotto
#

he means shield block is the one you need to keep up at all times

#

its not a decision

#

you have to

gloomy hazel
#

I thought he meant because generally you still have a few seconds of shield block when ignore pain is down.

lusty grotto
#

IP uptime does not matter

#

SB uptime does

#

if IP runs out, it doesnt have much of an impact

#

except on very niche pure magic damage scenarios and/or bleed scenarios

#

SB ups your damage and makes you the king of physical mititation

#

you want the rage for SB

#

you use IP when close to capping

#

as a rage dump

#

thats it

latent steppe
#

guys any suggestions for +21 uldaman tanking? them basilisks are tearing me apart...

gloomy hazel
#

So does SB help reduce damage via the dot from infused strikes, or only the cast it does?

#

Becasue the dot is magic but the hit is physical

latent steppe
#

they nonstop cast chomps jakey

#

so kite all the time?

daring marlin
#

yep

blazing condor
#

peeporun

latent steppe
#

aight

daring marlin
#

throw slows on them and run like a bitch

latent steppe
#

thanks brothers

#
  • is 421 diurna ring worth using over 441's? it has no socket tho so
jagged pier
#

on ST

proper roost
#

bleeds really do be fun for prot warrior

#

What a good mechanic!

edgy bone
#

What's the best spell reflect essentials weakaura/addon for this Season?

uncut thunder
#

Any tips on Zskarn? Getting absolutely trucked and running out of defensives quickly

astral crystal
#

Play a paldin or three tank

tropic gorge
#

It's Friday boys. Raise hell, praise Dale

tropic gorge
sleek current
#

+20 Neltharus timed. 1 down 7 to go.

lusty grotto
sick sentinel
#

main way i know of that paladins get rid of bleed is they use bubble, and you dont want to do that ase a tank

proper roost
#

Gz, fortified Neltharus is one of the hardest 20s I'd say for pwar

#

probably similar to fort HOI, kinda trucks tanks

sick sentinel
#

i dunno if any tank can innately remove bleed on itself

lusty grotto
#

yes we're called dwarves

sick sentinel
#

thats a race

proper roost
lusty grotto
#

paladins also go dwarves for that same reason

proper roost
#

i mean, most tanks that have scaling selfhealing just have better bleed protection than pwar

sick sentinel
proper roost
#

Like DK is pretty ok with it

proper roost
chilly brook
#

Yep

#

Pally really good rn

sick sentinel
#

why would i quit warrior though

chilly brook
#

Not necessarily trying to parrot the pally op thing but rather that they have a great tree

sick sentinel
#

i like paladin for keys partly because they can rez others if they survive combat and now a brez too

prisma crane
#

and off heal, and can interact w/ afflicted and incorp, and can machine gun interrupts

craggy pilot
#

Frost Blast of the Brinescales in Freehold is kickable right?

thin phoenix
#

is a 408 seal of diurna's chosen good? I haven't simmed in awhile but with frostfirebelt+shadowflame boots, it only did 1.72% dmg on a heroic echo

prisma crane
#

that's the aoe hit right?

#

if so, yes

prisma crane
craggy pilot
#

so i guess focus that kick rather than the water bolt 😄

prisma crane
#

yes

proper roost
#

Also yes, kinda

prisma crane
#

water bolts are good to stop too but not nearly as dangerous

craggy pilot
#

was on my healer in +17 Freehold

#

we got blasted by Frost Blast 😄

proper roost
#

On high fort keys u need to kick water bolts so they desync

craggy pilot
#

still timed it though haha

proper roost
#

cuz they will oneshot people

thin phoenix
prisma crane
#

yea, just sim it though, should be fairly accurate

#

it falls off quicker in aoe than ST

thin phoenix
#

yeah i mean but if it's doing less than 2% on a mostly ST fight that's probably not as good

prisma crane
#

that's 2% of free itemization

#

it still contributes w/ the crit and vers it has

#

which is why it punches above its weight

#

but eventually it'll fall behind, yes

uncut thunder
waxen frigate
astral crystal
#

lol

#

Big name

waxen frigate
#

Ty ty

uncut thunder
waxen frigate
#

My GM is playing his vdh for bombs

#

So it’s me (brew main on bdk), ppala, and a lock main on vdh

#

Worst boss in the raid

#

One of the worst I’ve ever progged

proper roost
#

raid tanking this tier seems like it would make you want to die

#

like the least inventive 2 tank mechanics in a raid

#

i guess in vault too

daring marlin
#

holy fucking shit

#

after 4 hours

#

killed sark in a heroic pug and an evoker traded me curio

#

only tuesday from now on

proper roost
#

Wtf based pug

#

The hell

daring marlin
#

He was 4pc and got boots so he was happy

#

and now I have 4pc

#

wew

thin phoenix
#

gz. after i got my 4 set, the dps players been put to shame

chilly brook
#

Zskarn doesn’t seem that bad

#

Imho

thin phoenix
#

3rd lowest dps always lower than me on trash

chilly brook
#

Like

#

Painsmith seems like it was way worse to prog

daring marlin
#

cuz it fuckin' was, especially before changes

#

F for raiders there lmao

ruby musk
#

Idk about SL raiding cause I dipped out after nathria, but Zskarn just feels miserable

chilly brook
#

I mean painsmith was sick

#

Loved the fight

#

But zskarn honestly doesn’t look that bad at all lol

ruby musk
#

Blizzard got bored with taunt swaps and decided to give tanks something to do in between which is mostly fine but if anything happens you get fd for timing

chilly brook
#

I mean in fairness you can just trivialize that and 3 tank strat

ruby musk
#

That's what we did

#

Had our ret go tank and just eat 3rd bomb with dps

chilly brook
#

Like you can still force things

#

It’s just not boss position based and instead is player based

#

Like all they’ve done is remove the ability for people to just ignore everything and severely nerfed boss hp

ruby musk
#

Yeah, it just sucks when you've got shitters who get confused when you ask them to hit a defensive and eat a bomb

#

I like the fight on paper

#

At least it's something newish

gusty stratus
#

Anyone recommend an addon that yells out mana low etc or any M+ must haves

icy oxide
#

can you put a shadowflame armor patch on shield as an embellishment?

#

or is that not recommended

fresh igloo
#

you can

#

it's fine

#

doesn't hurt anything

mighty valley
#

you can, only reason not to is if you offspec dps a lot and want to use the same embellishment setup on both specs

woven gust
#

some prot buffs. noice

fresh igloo
#

damage buffs woo

#

and 10 more seconds on spell block ? nice!

chilly brook
#

Daaaamn sheesh

fresh igloo
#

I'm guessing we still don't take thunderlord due to the de-synch of cooldowns

oblique owl
#

oh shit nice

chilly brook
#

Probably correct

proper roost
#

Yo wtf pwar buff pog

#

they actually compensated for the shield charge talent nerf thing

#

Didnt nome estimate it at a 7% ish nerf

noble lynx
#

30

proper roost
#

So its a small increase from that pog

daring marlin
#

bruh

#

the TL buff too

#

lmao

#

WATCH 'EM DUMP PALLY FOR WARRIOR

chrome falcon
#

poggies

sharp dew
#

pretty pog

strong forum
#

yep we eating good

#

real good

#

we doing VDH dmg now

#

or atleast close to

chrome falcon
#

i'm progging rashok and that spell block buff

#

is so so good

#

because it means you can spell block almost every single combo

fresh igloo
#

30 whole seconds

#

that's a long time

chilly brook
daring marlin
#

I'm just saying dude

strong forum
#

TL buff is irrelevant

chrome falcon
#

TL still probably dogshit

strong forum
#

talent is still dead

chilly brook
#

This is like back to shadowlands levels of TL

daring marlin
#

pallies prolly crying bigly in HoW

chilly brook
#

It’d need to be legion level

#

Aka no cap

daring marlin
#

and you know if the damage is THAT GOOD people are gonna swap to warrior again

#

utility shmutility

strong forum
#

no they wont

sharp dew
chilly brook
#

Warrior has to be head and shoulders above any other tank spec for people to swap

proper roost
#

i mean still useless for a bunch of affixes lol

prisma crane
#

i still stand by this, we have to be WAY better to be picked

#

we dont have the utility others have

chilly brook
#

Utility is a meme

astral crystal
#

Lol pally is beyond busted for reasons that are totally unrelated to the buffs warriors got

daring marlin
#

never did have the utility others had

prisma crane
#

all things equal AF and we wont get picked

daring marlin
#

never mattered

prisma crane
#

absolutely matters

chilly brook
#

People only care about utility when the tank is good

strong forum
#

^

proper roost
#

but yeah, as said before, ppal had the same utility in SL

earnest canyon
#

buffs xan

proper roost
#

and was not insane so

chilly brook
#

It’s a literal meme

daring marlin
prisma crane
#

obviously utility isnt better than raw viability

#

but like i said, we have to be outright better to be swapped to

#

on equal footing we're in last

proper roost
#

Is an 8% pwar damage buff actually VDH damage or is this hopium overdose

prisma crane
#

or close to it

proper roost
#

🤨

mighty valley
#

if they want us to take thunderlord they're gonna have to free up some points

proper roost
#

nome usually doesnt od on hopium

chilly brook
proper roost
#

i think

sleek current
#

Buffs incoming boys!

sharp dew
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itt's a lot of dmg but vdh is just in it's own league atm

sleek current
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Whhooooo

chrome falcon
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you could give us legion thunderlord rn

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and it wouldn't be half as good as it was in legion

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because demo shout is weaker

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and on the GCD

prisma crane
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to be clear, im happy with the changes, just not trying fall for the copium that this will make us sought after again

mighty valley
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it would have to be insanely strong for us to take it instead of other talents at that tier, there's just not much flexibility there

chilly brook
chrome falcon
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and demo shout lining up with our CDs is more important than it was in legion

sharp dew
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meanwhile blood gets 8% blanket, they need 20%+

mighty valley
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man, that middle section is so tight that it's painful to take spell block right now

chilly brook
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But like I said it’d need to be uncapped

proper roost
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make thunderlord put demo shout off gcd as a tertiary effect, obviously

prisma crane
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i feel like shorter Spell block CD would be better than longer duration, not even close

prisma crane
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unless somehow they allow SB to affect dots on us, which makes no sense anyways and would never happen

chilly brook
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Tbh

mighty valley
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spell block is strong as is, just want it to be easier to pick up

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was ok last season until they made bolster mandatory

prisma crane
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also feels bad to not get the UF easily either

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but w/e

chilly brook
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I’d be interested to see how a talent that reduces the effectiveness of IP but grants us like 30-40% reduced effects on dots would do

shut summit
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😎

chrome falcon
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😎

chilly brook
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Maybe I’m gigabraining this too much

chrome falcon
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no i think taking less damage from dots would be a very nice talent

slender terrace
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what are we dropping for TL?

chrome falcon
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nothing

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you're not taking TL

chilly brook
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But a talent branch that makes us better into dots would be very welcome

chrome falcon
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forgotten experiments feels horrific to tank even with good gear

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and i don't even want to think about tanking zskarn

chrome falcon
pallid quiver
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give us a talent that makes it so execute is off the GCD and free when we're under the effect of a dot

chrome falcon
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true

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real

prisma crane
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i feel like i'd consider TL if they fucking took DS off the goddamn GCD

chilly brook
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It should be

chrome falcon
chilly brook
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It’s like the only defensive button that doesn’t do damage that still is on it

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So weird

prisma crane
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defensives and CCs should NOT be in the GCD outside of pvp

pallid quiver
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it's all bfa's fault

chilly brook
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Yes it is

prisma crane
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i choose to focus my aim on devs that arent focused as sharply as they should be for how a class "feels"

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DS on the GCD almost feels bad to press

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even with all it gives

chilly brook
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It does I wish it wasn’t but I can’t change it so I don’t worry about it too much

prisma crane
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can keep asking for them to do it though

chilly brook
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Yeah I just prefer not to keep beating a dead horse in the discord

prisma crane
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bonkcat 🐎

chrome falcon
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at least our 2 biggest damage CDs are dots

prisma crane
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more shit off the GCD is a hill i will die on

chrome falcon
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so you can put them up then pop DS

prisma crane
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yea

chrome falcon
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that feels a little nicer

prisma crane
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while im at it

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put LS and DS on AM

sick sentinel
prisma crane
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add a min to LS CD and like 15 sec to DS and im good

chilly brook
oak ivy
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Is it a fair time to say

chilly brook
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Quite literally a channel for this

chilly brook
prisma crane
sick sentinel
prisma crane
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wrong way to help that ability

sick sentinel
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🙂

oak ivy
# chilly brook Never left

the one season i dont fotm swap and i stick with my pwar.. glad i stuck it out cuz it felt perfectly fine and now this?? oh fuck yeah

daring marlin
sick sentinel
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it still makes me very happy to have more spell block

marble cipher
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hahaha, that image

prisma crane
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i've never been in second 22 of Spell block wishing it was still up, i have wished i had it with less than 30 sec left on its CD

oak ivy
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more damage is yummy

chilly brook
oak ivy
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yea i dont think the spell block change is huge but it may come in handy

sick sentinel
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soooooo......... its probably too early to tell

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but does this change anything

chilly brook
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I would trade it down to 10 seconds or less for it to be on a 1m CD

oak ivy
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8% aura buff and demo shout CDR though.. catjamhypers

prisma crane
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or make it 3 min and put it on AM

sick sentinel
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i wonder if thunder lords become good again

prisma crane
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idc, more shit on AM kthxbye

chilly brook
prisma crane
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even better

chilly brook
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Any of these are better ways about making it a better pick

prisma crane
oak ivy
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i feel like if we got too much spell block uptime though we'd just be turbo OP and unbalanced

chilly brook
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Eh

oak ivy
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except when a dot comes along..

chilly brook
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I mean like 10 seconds every minute doesn’t seem OP

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

prisma crane
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all dots and bleeds still hate us

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but having a 2 min spell block w/ a mechanic every... 45 sec we want to block w/ it, feels bad

mighty valley
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in all honestly i'd be fine with spell block staying roughly as is and other tanks having similarly sized weaknesses