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yea i am trending towards that as well so i can play with heart/mark
and using talisman in particularly hard keys
what the fuck lmao
imagine the wq not giving rep
i just did it on alt and didnt give shit
garbage
i was like HUH
talisman seems really solid, only had like 1-3 keys with it at most
it's decent but again it's a defensive trinket
its a defensive trinket
if you want to blast you play double offensive
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there you go
double defensive trinkets is pepega
If you want trinkets to contribute towards your defensiveness you should just opt for stat sticks
It will have a larger impact than poorly planned on use shields or rng healing procs
nothing wrong with having 1 tank trinket, 2 is often questionable
There's a lot wrong with having a tank trinket just for the sake of it
i tend to only do 2 tank trinkets if they are automatic, or at least 1 is automatic
It's a huge opportunity loss for basically no gain
i never played with more than 1 tank trinket depending on scenario
Tfw glasses
how good is the back piece from last boss?
Mid
It's as good as any cloak of It's ilvl and then a little better than that
i mean, its less cursed now, but still
In m+ the uptime is ass
only good for raids
seems the trinket is wrong on sims
shows on sims that is doing 61k damage on proc but the 447 version in game shows me 69k
interesting
it procs like twice on a boss during raid
if youre lucky
im not planning on using it for keys
what would be a good aoe sim to see the number for this trinket?
this is concerning the sark cloak btw
if the numbers arent fitting the description, you might need to talk to simc guys
heart
Against what?
versa affecting it perhaps?
in sims the 447 version of the trinket shows that is doing 61k per proc in game it shows 69k
OK no I get that
it should not be affected by vers according to wowhead
ah
What is the proc hitting in game and what is it hitting in the sim
Aight well a) tool tip b) kvalues
Mmm maybe not kvalues persay but raid bosses take less dam from things than say random mobs in the open world
Like hell if you have warmode on the numbers probably change
thats actually true
Trust your sim then your details before you worry about a tooltip
i ended up going with the 447 heart
a belt can be crafted at 447 after all
and socketed from vault
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNVZzXgMdXs thunder bros
This song featured in the the movie R.A.D. in 1986. Not much is known about the song itself.
Are you serious bro you got both the items Iโm after in the same killโฆ.
based
digibyte
can you block zskarn bombs, I have been chosen as torture victim for our progress
big sad
if only they would read, maybe they will
Are not be spell block
thanks, corrected it
it do be like that sometimes
whos the actual raid designer at blizzard
i cant keep track, does anyone know?
errr lead designer i mean
man, I'm jealous. I have 137 kills and still no mount ๐ฆ
There isn't one - they quit
found him
Or was that a different lead designer?
well, 441 ring in the vault with another 441 ring in the bag, gain 8k dps in aoe, think it's fine ๐
Do we know when the nerfs to Annulet are coming?
10.1.5???
when the patch hits
lmaooo
Well certainly not -1 week from that date.
Oh right
Revised my date
Could even be surprise late June like 2 weeks from nowโฆ that would own but prob not right
Got both in my first kill i didnt realiE it was rare
annulet and 441+ rings were already pretty close for us at least
its literally just free DEEPS
Bit surprised they touched the amulet but left eranog ring as is
who knows
where*
dont think anyones looked into the numbers
may have to run halls for the haste versa ring for haste versa set
haste vers gross
Thanks for looking into it. Are you sure on those occasions where i didn't it wasn't up from shield charge? Not saying it's not likely I'm sure i have gaps
I always use the talent that makes charge give block
And if I'm doing that is def because I'm a noob bit I'm also pretty freaked out to get aggro at the start of some pulls often
So i just feel compelled to use big dam
Aoe abilities
Its def more complicated getting aggro as a warr than pally
So that's kind of new
It's the same buff if it drops its cause you dropped it
Usually i spam the button for shield block
While doing other stuff randomly
It seems like there's no reason to hold charges?
It just increases the duration anyway right not refresh
There is a cap, hitting it is unrealistic
You don't spam it cause it's rage thay could gone towards resetting shield slam
Also cause dumping both charges and then shield blocking while walking to the next pull makes you miss blocking, for example, 28% of the hits you tank
To be fair, that's not the only issue here.
It's more just the fact that you're dropping charges of shield block when you just don't need to. I bet you had a lot of uptime in between packs that was just unnecessary because you're doing shit like this:
Like you just got 15 seconds of shield block; why would you press it again 2 seconds later
like i said before, hes panic reacting
thats why he sends 4 different defensive cds at once
yeah, and he's just not pressing buttons correctly, or enough
51cpm, revenge is his top cast
Anyone got a WA for tracking shield block?
Just make one. New WA, from template, pick either bar or icon whatever you prefer, choose shield block under buffs, boom, you got a WA
I am not sure, just had a quick look on my phone, looks like you pressed shield block twice a minute so I assume it's not got 100% uptime, some people pulled some data out and saw you took melee hits which weren't blocked which means shield block not up or mobs behind you
Yeah I get aggro issues just have faith that thunderclap/shield charge is gonna grab all the aggro, you would do well to start pulls with last stand to have shield block up, then few revenges would be more acceptable
if i pre-ravager and everyone knows the prio target, i don't really get aggro issues, even if i don't shield charge til after demo and TR
you can shield block off've the charge + avatar rage, or make sure you're not totally drained from the previous pull
Hey guys, for my first try on experiment hm, these debuff hit me so hard, how much stacks I'm suppose to take ? Both tank with 10 stacks ?
is "hm" heroic?
5 stacks on other tank? taunt
then hug
blow up
take 5 stacks
have tank taunt
blow up
rinse and repeat
just dont blow up too early to stack the aoe
i keep it under 2 aoe stacks if possible, very doable with just having 1
and in case you dont know, every time you hug the other tank and you both have stacks <--- that's what i mean by blowing up
it clears both of your stacks
but it adds an aoe dot
that stacks
its a fun fight
At 5 stacks ? Ok, will try that next time. Ty
then blow up with your tank remember
buddy system
blow my tank, got it

this week is def rougher than last week tanking lol
bursting hurts
timed my first +15 this week though on BH with a healer who had only done +13's
can get away with a lot of bursting with dps timing and mass dispel
but yeah fort generally requires more tank knowledge than tyran
but brickwalls keys less
do you guys swap routes on fort keys?
no not really
you still want most percent for least dps generally
but if you don't trust the squad you should probably pull smaller for bursting
I change one pack in Nelth for Fortified because those bonecleavers or whatever they're called are nasty.
So, I'd rather skip 'em.
but bonecleavers get yeeted by chains
The ones upstairs?
wait, this is the good trinket right? when people were talking about it I thought they meant the grapnel lmao
hmm i dont remember them upstairs
I'm talking about the ones that charge and throw an axe at people
I can't remember what they're called.
i had been using quazii routes but dont love some of his, is there a place you guys get your routes or do you just make them?
its funny when they jump on the same person
Yeah, I just skip 'em on Fort because if the two pack hits the same person. Boom, they're gone. ๐
yeeted and deleted
i adjust as i do more and people show diff things but if there is a good place to get routes that would be great
quazii is as good as it gets as a starting point
Aye, Quazii is my go to and then I kind of just play around and experiement or... Fail a key hard and figure out what went wrong. ๐
I mean if everyone watched Quazii videos, dps included, the entire playerbase would be like twice as good
i binged all of his vids before i started tanking lmao
the 1min tricks are the best
Yes but, they often get patched within a day of him releasing the video. Haha
bugs yeah but a lot are just mechanics
like moving neltharion lair boss to place both totems, or insta stunning mob etc
saves a lot of damage/time
Aye, his tip for last boss of Ruby Life Pools last season was a saver for me. I would've never put two and two together. ๐
i also use his WA and adjusted it with my own ui, but i like his buff and SB placement
I'm curious how other tanks deal with Forgemaster because I just stack the fire circles all on top of each other and charge out.
thats what i do
first place then walk out, second leap or charge out, 3rd leap or charge out
I use Luxthos for my WeakAuras. I'm not keen on Quazii's just a style thing though.
The one that has the anvil and bangs it three times then immediately throws his shield.
I use a modified quazii WA for prot warrior with Nome's SR tracker
pretty good tbh, I don't like the other ones, they all feel awkward to modify
I like Luxthos custom options.
the dude that pushes you away and jumps on you?
Is that boss even remotely challenging ever? it seems really simple
That's the one, aye
It can be pretty harsh for the healer because there is a lot of damage going out in a short period of time and if for example, I couldn't just charge on a longer fight (which is often the case in 20's) you can really restrict the space for the players
it's the biggest healing check in that dungeon on tyr, and there are major los issues
so highly dependent on tank positioning the slams in the correct areas imo
the anvil LoSes which is really cool ๐
Infurating init. ๐
I never thought to stack the fire though tbh, I usually just went around in a circle
but I haven't done any high keys yet so maybe that runs out of room if you have poopoo dps
Aye, just stack it right on top of each other. Get knocked back, wait for the circle to appear and charge before he jumps.
it's not really about running out of room, bad slams are just if you go opposite the anvil
and then as he runs back, everyone los healer because they just went from opposite sides on the anvil
it's really weird if the bosses own anvil can los its own mechanics lmao
no just the healer
oh right
Aye, just the healer and us. ๐
I wish we could LOS him. The hammering to shield throw is pretty brutal. I clench my arsecheeks every time.
The puddles disappear every like 2 heating strikes anyway
as long as you use either side (where the blacksmith trash was), you're fine
it's even very safe to just do 1 side trash
the only danger is that you can very easily pull the patting trash up top
if you skipped that but get slammed into that direction
so
don't do that
luxthos known weakaura terrorist

I don't really care for his WAs. He uses way too many glows and outlines
5 million unnecessary trackers, a bunch of custom code for very basic functions so editing it is a nightmare, every single thing glows

If everything glows then it defeats the purpose of the glow
Someone actually asked about changing something and he basically told them if you don't like it, don't use it
So, kind of a dick too ๐
idk why there can't be a popular class package wa maker that doesn't overbloat their shit by a ton
Meanwhile Afenar's is SUPER customizable
Everything is nice and separated and you can delete what you don't need
will have to try that out for alts 
I don't mind it. Pretty sure I'm the reason the demo shout glows.
So, I remember it exists.
I remember it exists because it feels bad if you don't demo shout before shield charge
Revenge glows in base UI, I'm pretty sure that's why that's glowing and the SS is probably just a reset.
this
Revenge glows when it procs, yes
When you have Revenge!
I don't like Revenge as a skill
i mean honestly biggest issue i have with luxthos packs is they HAVE no cd rage dumps like that displayed on screen
It's not just the glows though; why the fuck is everything outlined
knowing that revenge is free is good, but there is literally no reason to have the revenge button up there ALL the time
like why. you can just press it lol
Whirlwind is the superior spell obviously
Pretty sure they're outlined because I'm using them. ๐
Where's that guy who said he used whirlwind just cause he liked the sound it makes
Stylistic choice init.
If I see a duration on it and it's saturated, that tells me it's active
Why do I need an outline
That works for you. Personally saturated buttons for me tell my brain I don't have enough rage. Which for example if I didn't have rage for IP it would grey out.
Glowing borders when it's active is just dumb
Things should glow when they need your attention
i think you mean desaturated?
Of course
I'm aware, I just wrote the wrong thing in response to someone.
well yeah, I will never argue that personal customization isn't important!
If you like how it looks then you'll be more apt to look at it
I'd rather a lot of people in here use hekili than what the fuck they're currently doing 
If it works... I mean who really cares.
It's just elitism for the sake of elitism.
Well, tbf I don't know a lot about hekili. Like does it actually use defensives properly, does it actually follow the correct up-to-date APL, etc.
i used to roll my own WA for everything but it turned in to a lot of work. not a fan of how hekili presents data though.
do you really think criticizing overbuilt weakauras and screen alerts that turn into visual noise that you start disregarding, is elitism
oh you meant hekili
whoa did they fix crusading strikes?
Fix it how?
it's generally following current APL for rotations but it can't tell you anything about proper defensive use
thats why i was using Templar for ST on Ret
yeah i use spell reflect essentials to let me know when something is reflectable
hmmm... this guy just beat me using crusading strikes
@lusty grotto https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/monitors/gaming/49-odyssey-oled-g95sc-dqhd-neo-quantum-processor-pro-0-03ms-240hz-curved-smart-gaming-monitor-ls49cg954snxza/ do I buy?
Maybe he's just better than you
sure
oh
i figured it out
crusading strikes + ST ring
i dont have ST ring on my pally cause i didnt really give a shit
absolutely not
ultrawide is cringe
i dont feel like quazii ui is bloated, this is what mine looks like without being in party
FRESH MEAT
with party it goes on the bottom left below my health and i just have everyones interrupts attached to their names, with boss/ability bars on the right next to quests
You've seemingly modified that a lot?
the WA I mean
Newer OLEDs have technology that reduces the luminosity of shit that it detects has been on the screen for a while to avoid burn-in
i just use his for the buffs and bar and stuff i removed his WA for abilities cause i like having my keybinds show, so i placed my action bars there
I mean it has burnin but if you're using it properly (not leaving static shit on the screen for ages) it won't affect you til you're happy buying a new one anyway lmao
oh right, I stopped using action bars cause I felt they distracted me from the game
I thought they fixed that garbage a month ago
I haven't been playing much tho
This is literally all my WAs show
arent they teh same as WA except it shows keybind?
As you can see, there's a lot of things not on WAs that I still press
i like having my keybinds and with that setup i just couldnt track everything i wanted without making it look bad
I mean that's basically everything, what else you pressing? Haha
I know all of my keybinds but for some reason I can't give up my action bars. Idk what it is
interrupt, stun, trinkets, intimidating shout
oh yeah
Oooh yeah. ๐
and the way i organize my stuff is diff, i dont like how he has them, so i tried to move them around but i ended up with too many on bar 1 and not enough on bar 2 to make it look nice
That's definitely not everything, pots, trinkets, fear shout, taunt shout, battle shout, some other stuff
Tho I do have my trinkets showing actually
My WA in m+ spec
It can be super irritating to move shit in some of those WA suites too because they have everything dynamically positioned
Yeah, dawn said. I've been raiding some of that stuff has been out of mind.
his isnt BAD, but its still more annoying than just putting my action bars there which serve sthe same purpose takes up barely any extra space and still lets me see my keybinds
Yeah but seeing your keybinds is bad
Why
I only use action bars for my resto druid so I have buttons left for my damage abilities.
Why is seeing your keybinds bad
For things you use often, it's fine, like your rotational or regular CD buttons
but what if it's something you don't use often? you have to literally look at your bar and read what button it's on
Why do you have to do that ๐ค
no i dont lol i know all my buttons i just LIKE seeing the keybinds
And if you don't need to do that, you don't need to show the keybinds
I know all of my buttons
It fucks with me if they're not there.
Even my mouse buttons which are not even like...useful
Because they're shit like [ and ;
i press every button with my mouse and an augment
I guess everyone's brain works differently
I personally feel like I get to enjoy the game more when I hide my bars
0-9 are on my mouse, then i use alt/ctrl/shift to augment buttons
I think if we've learnt anything here... It's definitely that everyone's brains work differently. ๐
i never tak emy hands off wasd except for Q E F and R
I cannot use a mouse for rotation. It's super fucking awful
Puts so much strain on your hand too
yeah that sounds like a recipe for RSI to me
I use my mouse for defensives and utility
G502 feels amazing to me for pressing all buttons on mouse
I don't use my mouse at all
My main rotation is all on keyboard
That's even worse; you don't even have that many buttons on a 502
mouse4 is autorun, that's it for me
I've used my mouse for rotation since I started back at the end of TBC. I don't have RSI. Haha
3 thumb buttons (with gshift thats 6) and then i use middle mouse to the sides and down for an additional 3 buttons
god that sounds so awful
I use a 12 button mouse
but if it works it works
Same Naidak
how is that horrible?
I use the G600
People say my keybinds are bad
Naga Trinity here
i press shift with my pinky and then press thumb button on mouse for example
it take sthe same time as pressing any other key without having to take fingers off movement
I use 1-6, ctrl1-6, shift1-6, alt1-6, qerf, shift-qerf, ctrl-qerf
That's all my keybinds
yes
Yeah man! Could never go back. Haha
actually I don't use alt-6, I switched it to alt-e
my alt buttons are all things I press less than once per minute though
how do you click enough buttons if you dont use augments even
or at most once per minute
i have like 18 buttons, how the hell are you using 18 keybinds
well first of all
I have big ass hands and pressing alt 6 sounds terrible
unless you literally have no left hand (possible)
you have the entire left half of your keyboard available
you press alt and 6 is on your mouse
so you press alt with thumb and press 6 on mouse
That just doesn't make sense. What if you accidentally press the mouse button before the modifier
or you could press X and have the same left hand movement and not have to press mouse button
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Yeah it was the worst part, like I said I switched it to alt-e
just dont?
see i dont like these cause i misclick too often
That's my mouse! ๐
That sounds terrible. I mean good on you if it works for you but god damn
and like I said, the alt buttons are all things I don't press often
this is all i need
Idk my mouse has two concave sides and has raised ridges for the middle 2 buttons
Very very easy to identify the buttons
i can bind 12+ keys comfortably on my g502
The alt keys ARE definitely the worst part of my setup, everything else is pretty good tho imo
i tried once at a store and it hurt my thumbto use
I actually use uh, 14 buttons on my mouse
really? control is harder for me than alt
alt you just click with thumb
My mount opie wheel is on the right mouse wheel and my set focus is on the button below the wheel
I can reach control with my pinky, I can't comfortably press alt with my pinky.
Bro I was about to be like what the actual fuck
Read the entire message dawn lol
^
oh, ctrl is hard cause i have long fingers so i gotta like bend it in a little
shift and alt are easier cause pinky sits on shift and thumb is near alt/space
I wonder if I should switch my alt binds to capslock
I just hate using capslock as a bind in games
Capslock! Blooming heck, the light coming on and off would drive me bonkers
cause it toggles capslock on lmao
The only time I used modifiers as a normal part of my rotation is when I had the normal mouse with just the forward/back buttons on the side, and I bound forward to alt and back to ctrl
this is why i dont use it
i only use it as map in fps
fwiw you can actually disable caps lock in the registry
but my keyboard lets me just rebind capslock as a completely different button, like rn it's FN for me
And use it as a normal button
well, it's FN when I hold it down for more than 150ms
Tilde, which isn't a tilde for me is my heroic throw
Wait your caps lock is your function key?
Ohhh
Z Last Stand, X Avatar, C Ravager
Yeah I used to use tenkeyless, 60% is nice because I have so much more desk space now
I do miss my F keys sometimes, and arrow keys
arrow keys for me is hold caps and use WASD now lmao
This is my tilde button. No idea what it is.
I use this keyboard https://www.razer.com/gaming-keyboards/razer-huntsman-v2-analog
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for the longest time i wanted 60% or 10 keyless, but then i found out that numpad is amazing
i use it WAY more often than i used to
Yeah I love that shit
Blackwidow Chroma V3. I like the numpad existing despite literally never using it.
useless for wow but the low actuation I can set + instant depress makes my shmovement feel snappy on games
The customizable actuation point is awesome
Razer make some ok stuff nowadays
any other brand ๐ but razer just breaks
I'm sorry you've had a bad experience with them. ๐
I don't like their GAMER aesthetic tho
I've had it for like a year and a half. I had my black widow ultimate v2 for like 6 years and it wasn't even broken when I stopped using it.
i use hyper x keyboard now but will never swap off logitech mouse
I only replaced my V2 because I spilt water on it. Haha
rip lol
mainly like my hyperx cause my last keyboard design was not anti spill proof and this one is lol
I have HyperX when it comes to headsets. Never let me down
I spilled a glass of tea on mine and just removed all the keys and wiped everything down and let it sit out to dry and it still worked after that 
My copper on the mouse wheel wore down once but, they sent a replacement part for free.
WHY ARE EGGS SO GOOD ON ENGLISH MUFFINS
easy to clean quiet keys area must for me
This shit should be illegal
I do miss the side keys from the black widow ultimate though
I could never find a use for the macro keys on my V2 to be honest. They felt awkward to press as well.
Might just be that I wasn't used to them though
I just used the top one and the middle one because they were easy to identify by touch
oh god yeah the headset was nice for a year then went kaboom. Keyboard Ive been using for like 6 years without an issue
I would have liked if they had some distinction to them
Also can't recommend this headset enough if you don't mind it being wired (I don't): https://www.astrogaming.com/en-us/products/headsets/pc-mac/a40-tr-mixamp-pro-bundle-gen-4.html?irclickid=xx330D0IWxyPWyCVAnRwNQcwUkFxxEwWryj5w40&utm_source=radius&utm_medium=affiliate&irgwc=1
I have an older version but it's lasted me for like 8 years. Worth every penny
Very very comfortable too
astos are overpriced as fuck
Yeah, I'm using the trinity now and it's been a banger for sure but, I am prone to not using the mouse wheel if I can avoid it now because I just don't want it to die. ๐
i really want a good headset with an external mic but i hate having a mic in front of me
ayyy fellow sennheiser enjoyer
I've considered getting a standalone microphone but, I can't justify the price for the sake of two raid nights a week and occassionally chatting with mates while playign Civ6. Haha
Over-ear right?
On-ear people worry me
I have a blue yeti but honestly iv'e never even used it. I just don't know how people have their mic not in the way
Your earmuffs have to be square and fit over your entire ear or you shouldn't get it. ๐
Yeah exactly
Nothing worse than walking away with absolute pain in the tops of your ears because they were folded.
On-ear hurts so fucking much
here I was, about to log on and do a key
until I realized helltide was about to start again
I mean you get what you pay for

I can wear my senns a day straight and the only thing that would bug me is the fact that I just stayed up 24 hours playing wow
Very true. ๐
My only complaint is that I'm balding so periodically I have to go through with a lint roller
Except... It's the guilt my wife will be staring into the back of my head.
how the hell do people use on ear???
like bro that shit hurts
Dude idk
And they're almost all shit quality too
Like please spend more than $15 on your headset
Wireless is the shit as well.
I'd rather use earbuds but those hurt my ears after a while too
I can't go back now.
God i forget the names of products like 2 days after buying them lol
I only like wired stuff.
At first... Yeah but, I got used to it.
I use wired for everything. I cba worrying about something dying
I built my computer from scratch and couldn't even remember what brand of motherboard i had lol
Same here. Despite that I bought a pair of IEMs for the gym because my headset I had died.
obvs ๐
I've had loads of ear problems, especially in childhood. I gotta not be lazy and clean my ears regularly so earbuds are super bad when I'm being lazy!
How do you clean your ears?
bro same, i had my eardrum burst 5 times when i was a kid
I bought one of those pumps online and flush 'em.
I had 5 sets of tubes in my ears as a kid. It was fantastic.
I replaced my kraken with an arctic cooler recently, best choice ever.
drainage problems, yada yada.
I had gromits as a kid because I had too much wax but, hasn't been an issue as an adult.
That's good was worried you were sticking cotton buds in there. Haha
Same lmao. AND COTTON SWABS ARE THE DEVIL!
oh nice, I went with the 360 and then had to buy a new case to fit it lmao
Indeed they are and Doctor Mike on YouTube has plenty to say about it. ๐
I kept going, oh I should get this, oh but this cooler i have isnt compatible with this motherboard, guess I gotta upgraaade... Then 1500 bucks later I had a second computer๐
well like 3000 if you count the GPU
fucking hell did i ever buy at the wrong time
is it worth me slamming a bunch of halls keys for the ring?
we dont discuss that stuff here
we protect our bodies
Thunderclapping is an OSHA violation
i have my sound at 20%
heroic leap is still loud af
well, versa makes me live longer
kappa
Is Rend used in the prot ratation? I don't see it listed in the rotation on any guides.
You know when Zaqali lands down... I don't know if it's me or him but, there is like 3 - 5 rapid thunderclap noises in a row. Those are too loud.
nah bro TC applies it for you
thunderclap with blood and thunder talent does it
remove that and slam from your ability bar
Makes sense, thank you
and whirlsind
cuz, what im thinking, is its a thing that can and will drop for ANY class
I love the sound but, it's a lot of noise. ๐
SS spam is lush though. When you get like 3 resets in a row.
Mmm, love that sound.
speaking of sound, whats up with big wigs having moan as an option for a sound...
Gamers are weird mate. ๐คท Haha
It's a real struggle finding a descript sound for something in WA's. I basically always just end up back with Sonar.
i had to go back to dbm i hate ALL of the sounds in big wigs
so trash
and voice is shit announcing EVERY ability
I thought you had to have a specific voice pack for that
Is 6% enough to make up for annulet?
Yeah, but will we be net weaker +(6% and ring stats) - anulet
Cool
Ty
Im just honestly glad I dont have to see some ugly 420 sticking out like a sore thumb
I reckon i could sim it and math it out myself. You right
suffer is what all tanks do well
What's this? We're getting another 6% to replace the annulet?
im worried about skull dents
I'm just lost
its a good place to store nacho dip
well not that worried about skull dents, more about headphones causing loss
of hair
i dont wanna turn into mwahi
im jk Mwahi ilu
trust me, it was gonna fall out one way or another
Ah, cool. 6% ability damage.
the lies we tell ourselves
I guess now the question is... What classes as ability damage for us. Any button that we press?
if you press it and it do damage
Would that include rend despite "not" technically pressing it?
ooh got me with the technical, but yes
Primordial stones counts for like... a lot of my damage. ๐
12.9%. I guess we'll see.
Am I crazy or did the latest update say 14% aura buff?
We lost 5% on defensive stance though. Sad we never got it back
I use it more like a CD these days.
The datamined for 10.1.5 shows 14
Like somewhere in the range of 35% of our damage is from non-abilities, so it's like a 4% overall damage boost? That just means our new rings need to make up for the other 9% damage loss 
Cheers, that's helpful. ๐
Does this or does this not say 14%
At least for the listed abilities, which I think is all of them
well 8+6=14
Ohhhhh thatโs how thatโs written. The more you know ๐
Started a little grapnel collection
Wonder how many I can get before the season ends. ๐
I switched from expensive over-ears to expensive in-ears and I don't regret it one bit
on-ears are psycho shit
in ears just sorta fall out on me
use bigger tips I guess
Yeah idk, in-ear just hurt me after a while; not sure. I've tried various tips and stuff and they all seem to cause discomfort after a while.
nah, ive tried everything, my ears are built diff'rent
But I usually game in like 4-6 hours stretches so could just be overuse 
I wear my earbuds for hours and hours, they were uncomfortable for like the first week I had them
but I guess my ears got used to them and now I never have any issues
Maybe a bad question but while scrolling through server history people said the talent "battle-scarred veteran" is bad. Why is that?
It's not necessarily bad it's just not as good as other options and unless you're doing gigakeys I don't think there is much use case for it.
buggy and bad is all i was told xD
doesnt work like people want it to
Oh that sounds like information I should save in my brain as well.
Guys, one question. In order to know if an item is an upgrade do you sim it with raidbots?
It's likely not bugged at this point, but the problem is how it works. The 30% threshold is met by pre-mitigation damage. Which means if I take a 500k hit that's mitigated down to 80k by shield block/IP/whatever, if that 500k would have brought me to sub-30%, the talent procs.
Yes.
Defensively we just care about item level over everything. So we generally just sim for damage. Survival for this spec is 99% gameplay anyway.
This results in the talent proccing even though your health barely moved.
welp, im done with farming halls, already got the haste versa ring
last place i need to go is brackenhide, for bracers
I got that ring in my vault today at 447.
yuge
Gotcha
I was comparing it to GOAK cheat death in pallys and for the life of me couldnt understand why it could be bad lol
Yeah if it procced like theirs then it could theoretically be useful in super high keys. But as it stands, it's completely useless because it never procs when you want it to and procs when you don't need it to
I would say it is bugged. Tooltip says it activates when your health drops below 30%. And its not working as per tooltip. So its a bug in my opinion.
It was already "fixed" and still works like that. At this point we're pretty sure it's working how they want it to.
It's just working in a stupid way.
then they should correct tooltip accordingly
if skill does something different than tooltip says, its a bug imo, either in skill working or tooltip
They explicitly stated that the reason they added it was to make it a comfortable pick for new players who are learning. Which to me seems like they intend it that way because they're planning on it proccing for newbies that aren't using Shield Block properly.
Not that that makes it an acceptable talent because obviously it's still going to proc when they ARE using SB properly.
good thing this shit is at the end of the tree so we can just not take it 

Whoever designed the pathing in Aberrus is an absolute turd
What do you mean "No Pathing" when I get knocked past the platform on Magmoraxx.
Also... I can't heroic leap over the water in Halls of Infusion? Absolutely sacraligious.
I hate how we canโt jump over the lava to get down to echo
It's insane how bad leap feels lately
Yeah man! Just jump to the bottom!
Oh now Iโm swimming at the bottom of lava
For real
meanwhile i found out htat on the final boss in freehold you can jump from the left side wooden platform all the way back to the bridge, it will bug the boss for 5s or so and tp you back
so clearly they arent consistent with "no path"
Pathing was the absolute shit in BFA, I could Heroic Leap all the way up a mountain mate.
just another thing i miss about bfa
never thought id say that
leap pathing and dragonflight have the wonkiest pathing mechanics
Honestly mate. ๐ Now if I can heroic leap up something I'm flabbergasted.
7000 raw haste with a phail buff and weapon consumable
Why are you still getting more haste dude lol
Mix it up with some crit!
dont stop the haste, I wanna see you schmoove
You hit the 20% DR going above 39%. You're just wasting secondaries at this point.
normal equipped set i have 6556
No idea where you're getting it all from. ๐
I'm at 35% without Into the Fray and I have Haste on every piece.
I think he has engi bracers
food buff haste, weapon buff haste, RNG 1 of 4 for 1 minute of X haste (550 at rank 1) chaos phials
which is the main stat food again
deviled eggs
isnt it expensive compared to the others
No idea, if I have main stat food it's the feast. ๐
i go for main stat or 105 stat buff food if its provided
Yusa's Hearty Stew? Maybe
but i dn't go out of my way to get beyond basic food buff
Feasts are still more expensive than deviled eggs
dude timewalking dungeons are nuts wtf
boosting my friend up through them right now and i can clear a dungeon in like 5min just pulling everything
whats the deal then? are the deviled eggs less stat? i know its singular buff
costs more?
I just said it doesn't ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
700 gold for 100, so i'll use them 100 times and if i like them, keep using them
RIP
pretty sure kalu'ak feasts rn are like 200g
Honestly, I'm hoping for some more physical bosses in the next raid. Experiements has me crying inside and out.
Yeah, we're on wipe 28, I think.
well you guys know me, im more about the dungeon and world aspect
raid is big and scary to me
pvp is dumb
Yusa's is terrible. It gives you 70 to your lowest secondary.
The room is absolute chaos, I can barely see my cotank and sometimes we get unlucky and accidentally double stack because we get hit as we're crossing each other.
I think I'm going to turn on that raid outline but, I'm not sure if it works for my raid mates
I've got the cross mark on him because it's the highest contrast for the room and I'm still struggling. ๐ I'll see if I can agree something with the RL for owning a space.
Yeah, I quickly banged out a WA for the stack count next to the co-tank WA
He was a Paladin but, I think he's full committed to DH now.
Yeah, he takes the lions share of the stacks if we can dance it that way
That's about how it's fallen, aye.
Make sure to have numbing poison/curse of weakness or w/e it's called, etc
We're very close to a kill, so looking forward to just moving on either way. Haha
Helps reduce stacks
Think DK has something that does it too, but I can't remember the name of it
I haven't been running spell block, when I checked the spreadsheet it was basically two abilities I can just avoid in the first place
Thanks for the tips
Big for the Curse of Weakness, completely forgot about that
Sorry was doing a quick dungeon on my Paladin.
Only a little prayer, you say? ๐
I suppose I'll see. It's been a real struggle keeping IP up with experiements and Kazzarra was a little shitty initially while I was getting used to the fight.
can some1 please help me understand how getting out of sheep works in bracken 1st boss? do i need a dispell? do they need to kill totem? both?
So...
Gash saps you, trick does something to healer, big dude charges
Destroy totem to free healer, healer dispells you, you stand infront of charge
got it. thank you!
No worries. ๐
I believe you can also spell reflect the blind
Damn boys did the goblin event end?
Hey so when i have avatar popped and haste buffs make it so I can thunder clap on GCD, should I be doing so?
You can't cast thunder clap on GCD
It will always be every other GCD because the GCD decreases at the same rate the cooldown does.
Is every source of damage reduction multiplicative?
Like Block + Ignore Pain + Shield Wall
yeah, no 100% DR sadly
- Armor as well I suppose
so an attack doing 100,000 base damage, -50% armor
now 50,000, then shield wall -50%
25,000, then 50% block
12,500, then Ignore Pain 50%
6,000 damage?
Did I math that correctly or does it not work like that?
It does not work like that. And Ignore Pain is not calculated in that because it's not a DR; it's an absorb.
Ignore Pain will always reduce the remaining damage by 50% up to its current shield amount.
so if it were 20,000 damage after all other DRs, would ignore pain make it 10,000 effective hit point damage taken?
Yes, as long as you had 10k absorb available from IP
Ok, so the absorb also is counting post DR damage?
Yes absorbs always happen last in the calculation
Awesome, thanks
So my ignore pain shouldnt instantly get its absorb stripped if DRs are active
unless the hit is just that big
Well, depends on what you're taking damage-wise.
Like you're not gonna reduce a non-blockable 500k hit to 20k
with tier set you should be using last stand on CD
With tier, you should be using LS on CD
or are there scenarios were you just need that HP buffer
rally is usually for big full group damage events
Once the effect ends, you lose the HP it gave you.
Ah well I havent actually seen what tier even is yet
You don't lose the HP it gave you
I always understood it as raising your max HP and then healing you for the HP gained afterwards
So only LS works that way?
It's worded that way in the tooltip but it's not actually how it works.
Yes, LS works that way
rally gives your healer breathing room to prevent the squad from dying, then they top everyone off when things after the big damage is over
Whatโs the best way to not get absolutely clapped by Rashok? I feel like the tank combo hits me like a truck and if I donโt have a full ignore pain and shield block up in d stance I die
it can be an absolute "i will die if i don't press anything" last resort though
Yeah might buy you a little time for the healer to wake up at least 
just read tier bonus, wow thats nuts
Does that 5% reduced damage they deal stack with multiple slams within 5 sec?
I actually don't know, but I doubt it. More likely just refreshes it.
Usually things that stack say they stack.
Now does the 15-30% increased slam damage also affect the "wave of force" from the 4 set?
No, the wave and SS are not in any way related other than that SS triggers the wave.
Gotcha
They're completely separate sources of damage
In logs I believe it's called like earthen smash
With the buff it gives called Earthen Tenacity
It is grouped with SS in logs though (click the little down arrow next to SS to see the breakdown). Not sure why.
we're big fans here
Shocker
Super eager to get that 2 set rolling soon, new revival catalyst should let me have it by next week
Another big damage CD to work in the rotation
Do people just macro LS with Avatar since its not on GCD?
Nah
nah I don't macro anything
The cooldown could and will likely be at wildly varying times
Don't Macro them together.
Maybe I just macro it to thunderclap
Can't find sith Kermit "do it" meme
macro whirlwind to slam
I've macro'd ignore pain and shield block into a couple buttons that give me a big surge of rage ๐ค
/cast [stance:2]!Defensive Stance;!Battle Stance
/cast [mod] Ravager
/cast [nomod, @player]Ravager
These are the only macro's I use, you can macro IP to SS as well to grab SS Proc snipes.
I think you have to put SS second
Ignore pain to shield slam you say? Is it just instant reset sometimes?
since it can reset off devastator auto attacks, it can randomly happen immediately after cast sometimes
It's just so you can snipe some SS procs instead of having to press another button, sometimes they come up at the same time saves you a small amount of time. ๐
Ignore pain I feel I'm pressing so often just to rage dump as fast as possible lol, I shouldve bound it to a more convenient button
Yeah, that'd be a good idea.
I have a weak aura I made that screams at me when I'm rage capped
been very good at teaching me
Oh, that'll flip. You'll want a weakaura that screams at you for wasting rage on a shit cast of IP when you wanted Shield Block. ๐
I've got 2 bars I made that constantly show my IP and SB uptime, that helps me a lot too
Never let the bars fall and I never die ez
a weakaura that thinks several GCDs ahead for you to figure out how long you have to burn you rage down to to avoid overcapping in the first place
All in all prot warrior I think has surpassed my former evoker main. This is the first time I've played WoW seriously since MoP
Chicken with dragon wings that mate
Hahaha
I've only had a level 70 warrior for about 12 hours, but I knew it was destiny when my first pieces of 400+ ilvl gear were a weapon and a shield
On that note... Just full send a 447 shield.
The moment I unlocked ravager I put it on a primarily self cast macro lol
Honestly, I can't be arsed with all that placing it down nonsense, mouseover or not. ๐
I'm already in the middle of all of them
Yeah, exactly. There are a few good use cases but... Zug Zug
I use a weakaura that puts a circle on my mouse so I don't lose it because I camera strafe.
I forgot you could attach things to your mouse with WA... maybe I should put my taunt and interrupt CDs on there...
I got this sweet crosshair wa for my mouse from a guildie.
Just stuck all these to my mouse 
why not ravager at cursor
/cast ravager [@cursor]
because aiming
be nice
yeah but sometimes you want to put it further away
No I dont think I do want to put it farther away
but you can throw it down before charging into a pack
No
warriors who want to save a gcd on the pull
given that we have a billion buttons to press in sequence
Zug Zug
Are you supposed to alternate thunder claps between the big opener buttons after popping avatar/demo shout?
also it helps when you have hunting havoc children to get threat since the first thing you do is actual damage
Or just press all the big damage CDs and then do thudner claps
CDs first then normal prio
Gothca, I've been making it harder/worse for myself for no reason
otherwise you can not get full value from the press/miss casts through fight/instance
FUCK THAT ENTIRE ENCOUNTER
Congrats mate
Currently progging that myself and I don't enjoy it. We're only 28 wipes in though. Apparently it's a 40 pull boss. We're pretty close as well, so expect to have it down on Monday
I'd honestly rather eat my shoes than deal with that shit. Actually terrible boss design to just leave warrior out in the cold with 3 heavy magic DOT fights
grats, rashok is easy to tank
At least M Kazz you can block
We might have a BDK just tank with the pal so I can roll my face in the bombs
3? Where's the third?
"easy"
M Kazz is a fuckload of magic damage, but of the total 3 (zskarn, exp, kazz) it's blockable.
Exp has blockable stuff, but not being able to block the dot is miserable
I'm so proud of myself for putting spell-reflect right beside my kicks on my mouse-attached WA
cause like, I'm already looking at the cast bars, so its good to see if I could just reflect it too
its like a little swiss army knife right on the mouse cursor ready for whatever
I dont think i can go back to evoker. That class just feels so... simple in comparison
4 buttons
6 if youre sweaty
hey yall, do yall got any sugestions for twitch streamers or even youtubers that i should look at for prot warr mythic plus guides?
i think sense streams occasionally
is " sense " the twitch streamer?
Hey all,
Having a debate among guildies and friends, so asking for the discord opinion.
- i have 5 piece with hands as nonheroic
- im mostly an m+ player, and i pug heroic aberus
- sims have pointed to gloves.
- current trinks are normal anchor and hero dargrul
votes have been going to anvil so far due to difficulty in getting them in pugs, and scoring high in prot and will probably never unequip.
444 gloves will get me better "endgame" due to 10.1.5's upgradeability and good on fury, but not the highest allocation of stats in terms of gearslot, and higher chance of getting more 444-447 items along the way for catalyzing given i comfortably do 18s and eventually 20s.
thoughts?
thanks in advance ๐
I would probably stick with the trinkets you have. Anvil needs ramp up time and if you leave combat for more than a few seconds, you lose your stacks. Makes it annoying to use in M+ unless you're chain pulling like mad
what do you guys do when you feel burnt out
try out another class
yeah hmm
db4 si out
yeah i think its time for that for me
i took like a two week break from keys and it's been pretty fine. still in my break period i think
my guild has ceased mythic because of attendance and people leaving
alting was really fun for me, tbh
a guild needs alot of communication and dedication to work out
most guilds dont make it
im a gm and building a mythic plus team
yah guilds are tough
and i got to heal seriously for the first time since cata, was very enjoyable to finally heal keys
yah maybe i will play my r sham a bit
later this tier i think i'm gonna alt a non pwar tank
ive always enjoyed it


