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slender bison
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Yea, was targeting players Group, joining and begging for loot spec change

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At least I get insta joins

lusty grotto
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meh

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it'll drop eventually

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im not in any hurry, even though i complain about not having it

slender bison
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Unless you get it from weekly chest

lusty grotto
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would rather do other things like keep playing monster hunter lmao

sharp gale
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Im checking Tome is 10% of my dps in raid, almost 100k dps just the damage proc wtf

lusty grotto
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i got a belt on the dungeon chest

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LOL

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i have crafted

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guid boned

round cliff
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wait u just kill both peacekeepers?

lusty grotto
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depends

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on a perfect scenario i kill just 1 there and 1 near 1st boss

round cliff
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they feel soooo inefficient

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hp sponges

lusty grotto
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on a body pull mongo land run i get all 3

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you can reflect

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does 1 tick of damage

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๐Ÿ™‚

slender bison
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That shield reflect on their charged shield feels good ngl

lusty grotto
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really bad reflect damage tbh but

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just showing it out

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getting into the echo blade frontal is aids cause i must be blind, i never see whos getting it

sharp gale
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It is not shadowflame slash kind of reflects

lusty grotto
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yeah

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but a reflect that does damage always feels good

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even if its a baby hit

icy flax
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How is reflecting last boss autos damage wise

sharp gale
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Tbh just the sound feels good

icy flax
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Is that the 26m

lusty grotto
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yeye

icy flax
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Decent

lusty grotto
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yeah just spam reflect on it

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except of course when gattling gun is going off

round cliff
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i wish ppl were brave enough for the double mastermind pull right after 2nd boss

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thats real efficient count

slender bison
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You need druid silence, no?

round cliff
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no u need to be a gamer and dodge swirlies

slender bison
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Damn, need to rework ML route if I'm gonna attempt a 12

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Today is Rookery/Priory 11 day

round cliff
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im abt to just give up being smart and follow the weekly route

slender bison
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Any advice for 2nd rookery boss? PUGs keep dying with the curse

round cliff
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curse is literally braindead mechanic idk how to help them

slender bison
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(advice i.e. cheese)

round cliff
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cheese is play dk

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delete the curse

lusty grotto
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masterminds are so easy this time around

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you used to avoid them like the plague in BFA

slender bison
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Can you BL in Rookery boss platform 2 packs of lightning dudes or will everyone just die?

lusty grotto
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just take note of who gets what, its 4 jumps

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you can totally drive the curse around

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and hand hold them

round cliff
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so what let it naturally spread to 2 people, take the 3rd, taxi it to a 4th?

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idiot proof

slender bison
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Yea, usually I tell'em to come to me and run away, I'll try to be more active

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Lots of boss fights this season require the tank to be afk for some reason

jagged gust
round cliff
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healer problem

jagged gust
slender bison
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Guys remember to go on the forum and vote for your S3 dungeon (Cinderbrew)

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City of Threads voters should go to jail of course

lusty grotto
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gonna vote for priory for another tome season, don't @ me c:

slender bison
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Don't worry you'll get a better trinket from Seat of Triumvirate clueless

lusty grotto
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fucking ara-kara, i hate it

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so overplayed

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but at least it also has a decent trinket

slender bison
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Took a while to get rid of the "Void take you all" line after farming it

mortal cypress
jagged gust
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Bring back SV imo

slender bison
slender bison
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SV is kinda L comparing to Uldaman:Tyr

round cliff
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:3

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i like flying

mortal cypress
jagged gust
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Ulda is a fine dungeon, excluding every single boss and most pulls

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holy hell I hated every inch of that place

lusty grotto
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feels way too long

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too many bosses

slender bison
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Uldaman crocolisks bleed hit different

lusty grotto
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that pull is comfy

mortal cypress
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on eu, ara-kara was the most popular....i picked rookery as I mostly play fury and the mechanics are clear (2nd boss is a bit ass for melee)

lusty grotto
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if you pull all of them in the lust window ๐Ÿ˜‰

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also with treemouth

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this is NA

slender bison
lusty grotto
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i wasnt joking btw

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i voted for priory ๐Ÿ™‚

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also to spite ADK

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๐Ÿ˜Ž

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ill probably regret that decision as i get bored of it though

slender bison
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Dawnbreaker was basically fast quick vault last season

restive oak
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is it more which you dislike least question?

lusty grotto
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i dont particularly hate any of them

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there are things in them that i dont like

restive oak
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dont particarly like them either

slender bison
lusty grotto
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dawnbreaker boat bugs, lagging on arakara last boss making you miss leap tech

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etc

restive oak
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throne of tides was better than it couldve been :x

lusty grotto
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oof

slender bison
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Hello, Human resources?

lusty grotto
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thats a take

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fuck that dungeon

slender bison
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The corridor ink trash pull was a horror show

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They rushed it for DF S3

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Reworking what they could

errant spire
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felt very similar to grim batol

lusty grotto
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grim batol was well done tbh

slender bison
errant spire
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it was also like, 2 key levels harder than mists/ak/db

lusty grotto
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but by far

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the worst remake

errant spire
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tott? I feel like vp mightve been worse

lusty grotto
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was fucking Vortex Pinnacle

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holy christ that dungeon was so bad

errant spire
lusty grotto
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good lord i hope they never put it in again

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also grimrail was kinda dogshit too

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but it wasnt vortex bad

slender bison
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VP was probably the dungeon that triggered DPS to learn to interrupt else you couldn't physically finish it.

lusty grotto
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its not that

slender bison
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DF S1/S2 is a learning curve for zug-zuggers to learn to kick

lusty grotto
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the pacing was just fucking terrible on it

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press W, pulls didnt align with anything

errant spire
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the dungeon where I learned to interrupt as a dps was NW in SL S1

rancid tiger
slender bison
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Yea, the initial vortex/storm mobs pulls were terrible, then you had the guys with the lightning zones. It felt sluggish, too technical

lusty grotto
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yeah i dont disagree

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it felt off

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clunky even

warm plinth
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Somehow VP still isn't the worst key though

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Because Seat was just that baf

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Bad

lusty grotto
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lmao yea

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but speaking specifically about remakes

warm plinth
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Oh yeah it's easily the worst remake

slender bison
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Yeah, but Seat is 10 years ago. It's out of date to compare it. BFA had the best dungeons when they started to understand how M+ should work

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They'll re-tune it for S3

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Of course, they need to add Freehold again to make tanks happy

warm plinth
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Idk legion still has some of the best M+ dungeons imo. If I can say that then I can say it has the worst too. Cathedral is my favorite M+ dungeon of all time. Neltharion's Lair is in my top 5.

lusty grotto
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bfa freehold not the new version please

errant spire
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is nelths lair biased by prot warr spell reflect?

lusty grotto
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every single bfa dungeon theyve touched they've made worse

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not by a huge amount but just unnecessary changes

slender bison
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Underrot was solid. No bugs, no bullshit RPs, no giga respawn paths. Just careful pulls & interrupts and fairly challenging bosses.

lusty grotto
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i miss AD snaps

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yeah underrot was the exception

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so maybe not all of them lol

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idk how i feel about AD tbh

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i just miss the snaps

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it wasnt that bad, just no snaps

slender bison
lusty grotto
slender bison
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Of course they'll nerf it, it's a trap

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Enjoy another 5 months of spiders and violins

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This is EU

south zealot
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why would u ever vote ara kara

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lmao

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meadery and stonevault are the 2 best and its not very close

prisma echo
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What about old good ataldazar

south zealot
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if i had to guess people are voting ara kara bc it sjust hella short

lusty grotto
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tww dungeons

south zealot
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atal dazar is mid

lusty grotto
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not BFA dungeons

south zealot
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turbo overhyped

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like its a good dungeon but people act like its the best keystone ever by far

prisma echo
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Last boss atal is not
Fun

warm plinth
lusty grotto
warm plinth
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When do we get Zul'Aman as a key is my question

jagged pier
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True

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And zul grub with original mounts back in table too

lusty grotto
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i have the raptor at least

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but i want tiger

jagged pier
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I have tiger on classic

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Wish the just merge collections

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Thats my copium for mop classic they gunna merge the collections

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So i can get cm gear on warrior finally

lusty grotto
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thatd be nice, my rogue would get free t3

jagged pier
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Its not going to hapoen but its my copium at least

lusty grotto
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tbh they should do it

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would incentivize people to join classic for w/e

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unless they just want classic andies to move up to retail

jagged pier
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It should, and then ppl cant complain that 'i did it when the content was relavent' because it is relevant on classic

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But then ppl will say they did it when ir was hard even tho it was never hard

lusty grotto
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lmao

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ill never understand that take, and i played vanilla

jagged pier
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Yer nither

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Jist pll that find the game too hard nowadays trying to cope i guess

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Look at kungen

lusty grotto
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true

jagged pier
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Saying retail is easy yet didnt clear cn heroic

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When he had his mega guild that was going for top 100 without prep

lusty grotto
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lmao yea

warm plinth
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Even I cleared CN on heroic

jagged pier
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Dont forget he then did m+ when everyone else was proging raid week 1, didnt even time a 15 took a screenshot of his number 1 rank on io

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Then claimed he was rank 1 for the rest of the expansion

warm plinth
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but idk, the whole "I did this at this time" is just...idk. You can still say that even if other people can get it, first of all. Like to me, it's an accomplishment if you were a prot pally and you got mage tower when it was still fucking roided out for them

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But you can still say that even if everyone could do mage tower now for original appearances

jagged pier
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Yer it doesnt matter

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The armour sets where garbage when it came back

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And ppl still cant do them ever tho u crush them

warm plinth
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Yeah, I didn't even bother doing it except on druid lol

round cliff
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whats the fastest way to get reservoir anima in the yr of our lord 2025

warm plinth
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Are the "new" ones still in the game?

lusty grotto
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they are yes

jagged pier
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U can still do the mage tower for the sets yer

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And achievements

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Nees to get on that really but cba

lusty grotto
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and fel bear

warm plinth
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I already did fel bear; it was the only one I bothered doing because the armor sets are all poopy

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Realistically, a lot of the original mage towers I did, I only did because they weren't going to be available afterward. Like I've never played ret paladin in my life and probably never will, but I did the ret mage tower just in case because the weapon is cool lol

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well, I played it for the mage tower, but that's it

jagged pier
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I did ever single one because i want too

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And they were gunna be available again

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But bliz wants to make evergreen content now

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So stuff like that shouldnt haooen again

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Should always be available, they should go back and turn stuff one imo

warm plinth
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Can you still do the chromie time thing? I only ever got one of the sets from that (which also sucks)

jagged pier
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Take wod and mop cms, they can make those dungeons m+ like the systems for cms and locking gear at a certain ilvl is there

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They can do it

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Just resources really

warm plinth
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The thing in wyrmrest temple where you were like 1k ilevel

warm plinth
jagged pier
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Yer it might be easier than it was or harder than it was but at least it give ppl a way to do it

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And get the reward

warm plinth
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Yeah, it's just everyone seeing things as an us vs them type thing. The logic of "well I did this then in this way, so it somehow reduces my accomplishment if you let them get it"

lusty grotto
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its gatekeeping

warm plinth
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If you got something when it was harder, then take pride in that. But why you gotta gatekeep others from getting it

jagged pier
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I used to think that way, but honestly all the exculisve stuff i use now, i barely even use because ive used it so much and i use newer stuff

warm plinth
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I just unlocked a flight path while leveling and I honestly forgot those were a thing keks

jagged pier
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So why do i care if timmy goes gets it from doing rhe thing tune for now

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And based on what i see a majority of the player base wouldnt be able to get the stuff anyways cause you know they not the best

lusty grotto
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i feel the same way

jagged pier
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So let ppl try bring back the content for our lvl they have the systems

slender bison
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Was wod Iron Docks ever in M+ rotation?

jagged pier
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Yes

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And a few others

lusty grotto
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SL s4

jagged pier
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Some mop dungeons too

warm plinth
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Yeah one of the things I'm proudest of in my wow life is that I got the red proto-drake back in TBC from the heroic dungeon meta. It's more of a trigger for that memory than like oh look at this thing I have that you don't have. If other people have it and they did it today instead of back then, who cares ๐Ÿคท

lusty grotto
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iron docks and grimrail depot

slender bison
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I skipped SL, ok

warm plinth
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Iron Docks and Grimrail were the first two old dungeons brought back I think

jagged pier
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Shkip

warm plinth
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That weren't M+ previously anyway

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I might be misremembering though

jagged pier
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Well they were

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Cause they had cms

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Which was basiclaly the same system

warm plinth
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well, yeah I suppose

jagged pier
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Timed but ilvl locked

slender bison
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Is farming BlackRock Bulwark for xmog insanity?

jagged pier
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I dont know what that is

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So only i can answer that question

slender bison
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The HD version of Ilidan tbc one

warm plinth
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I assume you mean Blackrock Foundry?

slender bison
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Shield

warm plinth
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Oh idk what that is lol

jagged pier
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Oh from garrision

warm plinth
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There's a new one?

jagged pier
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There was a hd rez from garrisons

warm plinth
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Oh

slender bison
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Yeah, it's 400k on EU ah

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Kinda pricy

warm plinth
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I mean, if you want it, then you should go for it

jagged pier
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Lul used to be so cheap in wod

slender bison
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Look it up, best shield xmog for tanks

jagged pier
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No

warm plinth
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If you're talking about bulwark of azzinoth, I will strongly disagree

jagged pier
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Best shield tmog is the one that goes with your mog

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Dont even use bulwark ither version anymore, over used it

warm plinth
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Bulwark of Azzinoth is the pumpkin spice latte of shield transmogs

jagged pier
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Boring to look at

slender bison
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I mean ... There are like 4 tower shields in the whole game

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The ML one included

warm plinth
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If you love it, I love that for you and you should go for it. I just don't agree that it's the best mog

slender bison
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Sorry, I meant "sought after"

jagged pier
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Is it?

slender bison
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Xmogs subjective ofc

jagged pier
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I get far more questions about if u can get the mage tower shield than the bullwark

warm plinth
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You can farm mogs now without being able to use the mog right

slender bison
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Don't know that one

jagged pier
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Ye

warm plinth
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I almost said so you can just make a DH and go do black temple but I think there's no advanced starting levels now huh

jagged pier
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Well u used to be able to skip right to illy with a dh

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Dont think u can anymore

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U could wall jump and stuff

warm plinth
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As far as I know, the chain skip still works that gets you to the concubine boss

jagged pier
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Oh fair

warm plinth
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I used it as recently as last expansion but I guess it could've changed since then

jagged pier
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Can i complain that i got the glaives on my warrior and can equip them

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But i cant tmog them

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I like complaining about that

warm plinth
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Why not?

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Oh it's dh only right

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the timewaqlking thing

jagged pier
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Its a dh only tmog

slender bison
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I mean ... look at this beauty in HD. Onlt 2 drops at AH for like 3 expansions

warm plinth
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Yeah that is pretty lame

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I will say that looks way better than the OG one keks

jagged pier
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Bare in mind

warm plinth
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Has a few more pixels

jagged pier
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I also had the glaives before dh was even a class in the game

warm plinth
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Yeah I don't think I agree with the decision to make the mog dh only when dhs weren't even in the game when those were added

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For literally multiple expansions

lusty grotto
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yeah its weird

jagged pier
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Im 100% sure if they let u tmog those there would be about 1000% more SMF warriors around and bliz would finally fix it to be equal with TG or just behind

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So it needs to be done

slender bison
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SMF?

warm plinth
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single-minded fury

jagged pier
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Cause SMF being behind 1 1hander and 1 2hander is a joke

haughty scroll
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molten knucks any good on prot? or nah

warm plinth
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The one-hander thing for fury warriors

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That has basically never been worth using

jagged pier
haughty scroll
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figured as much

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ty tho

warm plinth
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what's the deal with this stuff? keep seeing it around while leveling, "disturbed earth"

slender bison
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Has some goodies and pots for early 80s. And wax for xmogs

jagged pier
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Its just like chest got valorstones and stuff in

ionic fern
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It was something people went degenerate about farming early on.

warm plinth
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Ahhh, is it like the expedition scout packs or w/e from df?

slender bison
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Ye

jagged pier
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There is a a quest to pick up 10 which gives u a delve key

warm plinth
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@ionic fern hi ily

slender bison
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Honestly, Undermine is kinda deserted comparing to DF cave area

warm plinth
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You're up quite early huh

jagged pier
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Also far less effcient for bots to farm that zone

slender bison
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Yeah, the race thing didn't get traction

jagged pier
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No its fun

warm plinth
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I am kinda sad that I missed the murloc woolies from the trading post

jagged pier
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Just kinda shit in 1 zone

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Wont keep ppl there

slender bison
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It would be nice to be able to drive the car from Durotar lvl 1 area to Ogrimmar though clueless

jagged pier
warm plinth
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that's what the heirloom mount is for XD

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Oh the monthly rewards come back too?

jagged pier
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maybe shruge

warm plinth
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er, the thing for completing the "Journey" or whatever

jagged pier
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i think they have havent really paid attention

slender bison
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I just want the Bloodseeker Vestment again at Trade Post to make a night elf thirst trap

warm plinth
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Oh shit, giga upgrade let's go

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Oh nvm 4-set isn't deactivated yet. rip

jagged pier
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cloth not plate Susge

warm plinth
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don't worry my warrior is already level 80

jagged pier
warm plinth
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just vibing leveling my mage atm nodders

warm plinth
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Exactly

round pendant
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I keep wanting to level a mage

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but it's so fucking boring at low levels

mortal cypress
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mage is super fun to me as fire, but outside of combustion windows its like im tickling the boss with a feather

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but im not very geared

warm plinth
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I haven't leveled low levels in like 3 expansion. I have a character for every spec at 70 or higher, including a specless toon keks

round pendant
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yeah I have a few classes left

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Mage being one of them cause the last leveled mage I had was in wotlk on lost account

mortal cypress
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yeah my mage was the first class I ever made....its older than some people in this server I think

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made in 2004

warm plinth
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this is the last screenshot I have of my spreadsheet before someone asked to use it for their own tracking and ruined my copy keks

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This was from the end of DF though

mortal cypress
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oooof you literally do have one of every spec....i just switch specs

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I only have 2 warriors cos one is just a bank

warm plinth
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I saw an article back in SL of a guy who did it and I was like I could do that

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so I did it, and also did a toon without a spec

mortal cypress
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hey if you find that fun, go for it

warm plinth
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I did it without dungeon leveling outside of the few I did for quest chain endings though

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all questing

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Except the specless toon, which leveled from dungeons and some freehold leveling, because holy fuck would that have been miserable to do questing the whole way and I'm not THAT much of a glutton for punishment

warm plinth
# mortal cypress hey if you find that fun, go for it

Fun is not the word I'd use keks was more out of boredom than anything else tbh. The end of SL XP bonus helped; when I learned that was coming, I started leaving them at 50 and then once the boost hit, I just marathon quested all of them from 50 to 60

mortal cypress
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IDK why you would do it if its not fun.....but its your sub keks

warm plinth
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It was kind of cathartic at times. Just kinda vibing, watching youtube and chatting with friends in voice

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But 0 out of 10, would not recommend

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I probably won't keep it up for TWW; I don't really enjoy the leveling experience in this expansion

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I'm at 2 1/2 80s and I already wanna cry

mortal cypress
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ive found it super alt friendly in TWW

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the 25% boost when you have 4 is crazy

warm plinth
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Oh it is, I just mean like, enjoying the quests and such

mortal cypress
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or 5....i forget

warm plinth
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It's not as bad as horde-side BfA leveling though, and thank fuck for that

mortal cypress
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ive played horde for 20 years, ironically only my warr is alliance

warm plinth
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I'm historically horde as well, and my toons are a mix of both

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I'd like to take a moment to talk about the greatest betrayal in WoW history

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Here it is

round thicket
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What is your plan for mythic + big pull especially at begining without rage and IP ? When I tried to pull 3-4 packs I take a lot of DMG during the setup... Once I'm in place it's ok but before it's a nightmare.

valid spade
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Well you charge in, shield wall, TC maybe to gather jump to next group demo maybe by which point you should have enough to SB and IP etc.

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Just make sure you go in with wall etc don't wait on them

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And let your healer know so they can set up

ionic fern
warm plinth
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Yeah I'm doing alright. I have just been catching up on some TV and sleep, recharging a bit lol

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How are things for you

valid spade
warm plinth
frank bough
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How much haste should i have bevore using Into the Fray instead of Heavy Repercussions?

unborn island
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17-18k with no 4p, 14-15 with 4p

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Has anyone had the 2nd boss in priory just...not cast the castigators shield at all?

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Or can you maybe cancel it?

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Because I killed the boss last night in a 13 and as far as I can tell he just...didn't use it at all

rocky crest
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I'm envious. I seem never get to that point in priory

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party just goes ape on paladin packs and die

unborn island
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So I saw a nice suggestion for those

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Which is basically to hard cc all but 1 caster

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Focus them down and then take the nect

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The tolls aren't problematic if no other group damage is going out apparently

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Obviously impossible to get pugs to do that, but I think it's a good suggestion ๐Ÿ™‚

fickle dawn
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so Chromobustible bomb suit (last boss tank trinket) always proc'ing cheat death when i use it and get hit

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thats a bug right

dusky sentinel
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Is there anything wierd about simming the circlet? Do I need to click anything to make it count with different gems?

floral bronze
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do i use my 678 shield of 665 gallywix shield

marble crown
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Does Shield block stop all physical hits or just auto attacks? sry noob warrior

round pendant
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Anything that's blockable (which includes melees)

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there's a spreadsheet in the pins that shows what abilities in the current season are blockable

marble crown
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ty Yam

floral bronze
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hmm gallywix shield 665 sims -0.5% worse than my 678 shield

round pendant
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ilvl is king

floral bronze
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yeah will just get it as myth with the currency in 11.1.5

marble crown
#

is it ok to take Champions spear and supporting talents instead of Thunderous roar and its supporting talents with colossus dungeon build? Just like the ability more

remote anchor
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yea

marble crown
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ty Ark

past cobalt
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does into the fray only work with tier set to have shield charge to cover the gap of when shield block falls off?

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for M+

pallid quiver
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If you have enough haste, SB's CD is low enough for you to maintain SB uptime as long as you properly manage it

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So you can't just blind send it like you can with HR

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that being said, it's not that hard

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don't press SB if pack's about to die and you gotta head to the next one, don't press SB if you're at cap duration

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that's about it

past cobalt
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I have about 18k haste right now that's 33%

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I'm also using mostly last season's gear, I'm in that annoying place where I only have hero pieces from last patch

cerulean tusk
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Play HR, have constant 20+ sec duration, be safe, be happy

shy python
#

Is Cyrce's Circlet still BIS?

rocky crest
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Ya peeps got pointers in priory for paladin packs, those slay my party every single time. I cant do shit about it. Is 3 paladins too rough ? 2 has the same outcome.

cerulean tusk
floral bronze
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shield charge CD is so low with 4set

dusky sentinel
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@rocky crest Also ask ur healer. I personally play a shaman and I can do 3 with cds. Its risky if people dont use defensives but it works. But just play it safe like Funky said. Chain and whatever u do. Dont sync the tolls

past cobalt
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I have 0 set at the moment just started playing this rat alt today but I might try for 2k and hero gear this weekend after I'm done with chores on my raiding main

vivid spade
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is it worth using third spark for neck considering the lack of options this season?

balmy oasis
#

Hi

I am curious as to how you guys use "Intervene" the best.

I dont think that physical damage directly on allies happens that often?

Do you guys swap if for something else, or when do you use it :D?

gentle ore
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Use the talent pt for something else is the best use of intervene in its current state imho

shy python
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I don't have it talented.
Used this as arms at last raids endboss to escape webs

marble crown
#

is there a full damage build someone can link for baby keys like +6 where survivability is a non issue

slender bison
round pendant
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there's no real good uses for it this season afaik

slender bison
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When you tank mobs/bosses and they do the aoe and you wanna escape, intervene a ranged. It's like a reverse chagre

slender bison
#

But what to use the Intervene point for?

round pendant
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thunderclap radius ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

slender bison
balmy oasis
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storm bolt ?

slender bison
#

Another intervene is to fix fuckups at ML rock boss in case adds reach someone

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You get the stacks instead of them

slender bison
round pendant
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Honed Reflexes maybe

slender bison
#

Oh, and maybe use it in general during Priory on the healer in case he gets tagged by multiple snipers

round pendant
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5% more shield walls HUGE

slender bison
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On high keys I see the healer bodied if it gets tagged by 2 shooters. Same in ToP captain pack arbelests

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So not so useless

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But use it preventevly

sand condor
#

okay, so i need some help on trinket selecton cus

slender bison
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3rd easy 50 gold

sand condor
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oh and this

slender bison
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Kezan is the new sacc this season

sand condor
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for raid i should run Eye + stock n lock right

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is kezan the go to for m+ too?

slender bison
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Sure, until you get Tome

sand condor
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Tome is the priory trinket yeah

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what do i run besides kezan then

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stock n lock feels pretty good (probably cope)

slender bison
#

Dunno ask the SIM sweatlords here, but Floodgate + Priory Tome are kinda bis for M+

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Kezan is strong to, but has rampup

sand condor
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okay so then i should swap out the missle trinkete for flood, ill run a few to test

slender bison
thin marten
#

is there any rhyme or reason to where the 2nd boss in priory places his soak

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it feels like if you leap away from it he ALWAYS places it in the middle of his hammers

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if you slowly walk away he sometimes places it in the hammers but sometimes on the other side of the room

slender bison
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It's random, but generally you want everyone to stack for hammers, then you Leap diagonally on the room. The boss will likely make the Pyre somewhere far from hammers

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Coin toss really

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We wiped because he placed the big pyre (5 stars) inside the swirly hammers

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Empyrically, the closer/stacked the hammers are the less chance of pyre being between them is

#

Is anyone using Battle Stance since Dragonflight?

thin marten
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I thought it was random but when I was farming priory 7's for trinket I tried doing it a bunch of different ways and from my sample size it doesn't seem truly random

slender bison
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None of the streamer neckbeards found a direct relation between party - hammers - pyre positon. So probably really random

thin marten
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maybe just got owned by samplesize then

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can't test it in adventure mode or whatever it's called because the npcs do whatever they feel like

slender bison
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Seems the best outcome is: aggro boss -> stack for hammers -> leap far from hammers -> boss summons pyre in clear zone

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But your grup must follow you

thin marten
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the soak has never once spawned on the same side that everyone is on from my experience

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I used the circle on the floor for guidance

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it's also divided into 4 quadrants

slender bison
#

Low key /r/conspiracy right there next with Ancient aliens & pyramids ngl sadge

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Wow mechanics are usually deterministic, and if not - they're not

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See Neltharion's Lair

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Tons of random stuff there too, same code/mechanics

thin marten
#

designing a mechanic like this with just true random is high key regarded though

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maybe I'm giving blizzard too much credit

slender bison
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Yea, but thei have a raid based on randomness

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So who cares

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This dungeon will be dead in 3-4 months

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Maybe they'll patch it for MDI

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Or explain "Pyre will no longer be spawned closers to 4 yards from Hammers"

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Ez fix

nova stratus
#

whats the best way to run the underpin (tier ??) this time around? for zek i only managed to do it as dps, is it the same this time around?

north dagger
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I did it as prot

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went full ST talents and kited the boss around the edge of the arena

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~10 Minuten fight

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with bran as a healer

pallid quiver
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Kick bombs into the adds to control them, don't get shot otherwise

north dagger
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hold demolish for every shield, kick bombs into bots and then you're totally fine

pallid quiver
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He'll die eventually if you do that. You can even hold every DPS CD if you want for shield

nova stratus
#

i get so overwhelmed with the cronies rofl, will keep practising

jagged pier
#

how did it take u 10 mins

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it took me like 6-7 in 640 gear

north dagger
#

I figured being patient would kill it eventually

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So I played defensive

strong forum
#

Boss is literally just "throw bombs and have demolish for the shield"

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And then boss just dies

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Such a letdown

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0 dps check

jagged pier
#

story of this patch really

strong forum
#

Real

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If you get the bioprint perk you don't even have to do dps yourself

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You'll proc a bioprint of the adds you destroy with bombs and it'll just kill the boss for you

north dagger
#

I watched a BDK do it without kicking bombs critcake just going at it natty and dodging beams

rocky crest
#

one against many or arterial bleed ? what's your opinions ?

strong forum
#

Seems pretty annoying

rocky crest
#

+m scenarios

strong forum
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Arterial bleed for ST

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One against many always in m+

solid sun
#

Do I have to grind out delves to unlock ??

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Or can I just do the ? version and then the ??

strong forum
#

You need to complete t11

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To unlock underpin

solid sun
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:/

toxic pewter
#

Underpin was definitely easier than zekvir in my opinion

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Zekvir actually took me longer

solid sun
#

Can I just go to waterworks or a fast delve and go 3-11

toxic pewter
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Yes you can run same delve over and over

#

But you donโ€™t get any rewards like you would from bountiful delve

solid sun
#

I'm not sure I even need delves anymore for gear

#

Just wanna kill the boss real quick

toxic pewter
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Yah fair enough

solid sun
#

Is it pretty noticeable that 12's don't have the affix that give you a buff when you resolve it?

unborn island
#

I think so, the haste from some of them is super nice

frozen berry
#

Dps drops significantly from not having the affixes, but it lets you focus on mechanics more not having to deal with it

young gyro
dusk sphinx
#

how should we handle the tome trinket? just use it on CD or?

vital vale
#

which 2 of these 3 should i use in m+ and whats the benefits for each pick?

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house of cards for more burst i assume

strong forum
#

house+pacemaker for m+

vital vale
#

ait

strong forum
#

if you want bigger prio dam/magic absorb you play house+tome

vital vale
#

i barely use the magic absorb on tome but it adds a lot of damage

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tho i guess it loses main stat

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thanks

#

oh wait the tome always gives a magic absorb im dumb

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on both sides of it

strong forum
#

not always

neon elk
#

did they change % in priory or something? i just did the route i always do and finished last boss with like 1.5% missing

toxic pewter
#

dont think so you may of missed a pull or a mob or something

sharp gale
#

Or miss 1-2 dudes (sharpshooters if you take them) when you go around the pit for priest mini boss

shy python
#

Is Cyrce's Circlet still BIS?

jagged pier
#

that is a question for sims

shy python
#

hmm

#

hard to say before upgrading other rings I guess

jagged pier
#

u can upgrade rings in sims so u know

shy python
#

oh?

jagged pier
#

max these out

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press the + button

shy python
#

ohh nice. can I add gems?

jagged pier
#

yes

shy python
#

ahh there

round pendant
#

Hate circlet

sharp gale
#

Why

cerulean burrow
#

off the top of their heads does anyone know when it becomes better %haste wise to take into the fray over heavy repercussions

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like what that threshold might be

sharp gale
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On top of my head, 18 k without tier set, 14-15 with tier

cerulean burrow
#

oh shit dead ass appreciate it

round pendant
sharp gale
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Thatโ€™s what I was gonna say

#

I would still wait 18k with tier

round pendant
#

That's why I hate circlet

#

I'm struggling to get haste atm

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Ring slot would solve that shit

sharp gale
#

Idk cyrce give me almost 3 k haste

cerulean burrow
#

yeah my haste is low as fuck then if i put on scapfield and get the proc im at 15k haste lmao

round pendant
#

Is haste your highest secondary?

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Mine isn't so I just get 3k crit lmao

sharp gale
#

Yes

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And I use the every stats last gem

jagged pier
#

just hav ehigh haste its so easy

round pendant
#

Yeah simply get the drops

#

I'll try that next time

worldly parrot
#

if im just doing delves on my warrior, and not really any other content like dungeons or raids, is it still worth siming pieces of gear to see if they are better?

sharp gale
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Idk I didnโ€™t focus particular items for haste on my war except a ring or neck, I got the haste-vers ring and I crafted my neck

worldly parrot
sharp gale
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My weapon is vers mast one, my crafted shield has haste, the rest is side drop because of floodgate having haste on every plate piece

jagged pier
#

i had ver mastery shield at max ilvl

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then we got shield twice from rik

#

so crit haste now

sharp gale
#

Yeah my wep is vault one I donโ€™t remember which dungeon

#

I hope I can bring my war in reclears or gquit is in my mind

cerulean burrow
#

yeah i got the vers mas myth trrack i think week one from vault and the rest of my gear the stat allocation is justy garbage

#

45% mastery

#

BIG

sharp gale
#

I gem into lower mastery

cerulean burrow
#

yeah i dont want it

mighty valley
sharp gale
#

Robot says to me for my current gear

worldly parrot
#

ok

#

maybe ill just do like trinkets, jewelery, and weapons. thanks!

mighty valley
#

You could just stockpile everything you get and then sim your top gear once a week when you open your vault

lucid pecan
#

Does the earthquaker talent on colossus still knock people into the air if they are fully DR'd?

next pasture
#

canโ€™t DR knock ups

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some casts donโ€™t stop though

sharp gale
#

Like harrow says, what you usually do is keep everything like a rat to do top gears (as example on my war and dk I have every hero items i dropped, minus double items or slots already 675-678)

small steeple
#

So, Fury or Arms right now in m+ when you wanna dps offspec?

small steeple
#

Was just wondering because I ran a 6 as both arms then fury last night, enjoyed both, and did basically the same damage

pallid quiver
#

Fury is target capped harder than Arms, so Arms will do more damage if your tank isn't a bitch

#

unfortunately, you're more likely to run into a tank who refuses to pull unless you poly half a pack than a tank willing to pull two packs

mighty valley
#

arms likes the same stats as us

#

however, I like fury and I donโ€™t like arms

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so scientifically speaking, fury is better

cerulean tusk
small steeple
#

Well, I do play frost on my dk when I'm not maining blood that season sooo

tribal wharf
#

yes im aware that outplayed isnt that great and i do have obs but its for console on the tv recording

#

whats the difference with the full match and scissors one, it keeps missing many of the games i play

#

full session and match seems like same thing to me, weird, wish it recorded proper

small steeple
#

I mean, no clue about any of this, but thats the settings for D2:R?

tribal wharf
#

it used to be good for set it and forget it recording

#

but its not perfect

#

steam has a great system, it saves the recording as i guess its binary files and then later you just compile them

small steeple
#

For wow, I use warcraftrecorder if I ever want to just record something

strong forum
#

damn

#

nerfs hit hard

#

not even 3mil in floodgate

cerulean tusk
#

Nome under 3 mill?

#

Spec is dead

strong forum
#

unironically

jagged pier
#

U mean big nomeblastoise

strong forum
#

demolish almost top dmg

#

๐Ÿ’€

cerulean tusk
#

All fun and games til they nerf it

strong forum
#

well technically demolish still has its "unintended" 30% buff

slow forge
#

Feels like theyโ€™re gonna eventually nerf it.

jagged pier
#

Imagine if they reverted that now

cerulean tusk
#

They prob should remove that

#

I am still having fun on prot after all

toxic pewter
#

leave demolish alone!!!!!

strong forum
#

i was having fun until i saw overall

toxic pewter
slow forge
cerulean tusk
#

Blizz can smell fun

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then they bring out the bat

toxic pewter
#

spec is dead it is confirmed

#

pack it up

slow forge
#

It is known

cerulean tusk
#

Nome, just go BDK, my 645 does 3m in floodgate

toxic pewter
#

freakin bdks

#

community is in love with them so they can get away with murder

jagged pier
#

In having a very unfun time tbh, the tabk mechanics make me sad, the tier set makes me giga sad and not even want to try

#

Like i can play the best i can and still not do very well because no procs

#

I had 2 fights on normal yestersay with under 10% uptime on the tier set

cerulean tusk
#

Skill issue

#

wouldnt happen if you used Death Strike

slender bison
#

Where can you see 4p set proc on Details?

toxic pewter
#

called luck of the draw under auras

slender bison
#

Auras & Voidzones? empty

toxic pewter
#

on details click ur name in the damage window then click auras toward the top right then scroll the list and find the buff

slender bison
#

Not under Buffs either

#

30% during a random fight

#

Weird. Thanks

prisma echo
strong forum
#

not from floodgate

prisma echo
#

can you share some others? ๐Ÿ™‚ for sure i can learn from them

strong forum
#

on dem youtubez

#

got 3 keys on there

prisma echo
#

thanks

orchid mural
#

i don't fully understand the first boss of floodgate. the electrocrush damage seems to change sometimes.

toxic pewter
#

ngl I literally just got 1 shot by electrocrush lmao I was too slow to defensive like a noob

#

you NEED to defensive that lmao

#

it will crush you

winged pawn
#

so I have a 675 shield with dusk thread lining. I am planning to craft a 675 sword. what emblishment should i put on it?

strong forum
#

665 ilvl not enough

#

anlaki

mighty valley
winged pawn
#

so nothing on my weapon? then when i craft another piece, put thread on it?

strong forum
#

can also put ascendance on weapon

#

doesnt matter much

winged pawn
#

oh okok cool this crafting stuff is like rocket science to me

neon elk
#

I would rather do that vovacity or whatever if u dont raid than ascendance

cerulean tusk
#

Nome doesnt even do 3m overall anymore

#

washed up

strong forum
#

legit doesnt matter

#

embellishs are whack

warm plinth
#

shouldn't listen to him for anything tbh

cerulean tusk
#

If nome says something = 0 credit, 0 dps

#

I take my advice soley from YodaTV

warm plinth
#

Solely? What about Petko articles?

toxic pewter
#

they really need to allow us to spell block while channeling demolish

cerulean tusk
#

Maybe some IcyVeins tierlists

#

Never thought about it, we cant?

#

If not, ye we should be able to

toxic pewter
#

Nope and it kinda sucks sometimes

#

like its rare i suppose

#

but sometimes I need it

cerulean tusk
#

I only do 13s, so I dont notice much of anything

toxic pewter
#

lol

warm plinth
#

Like you can't cast spell block during the channel or you can't block spells during the channel?

toxic pewter
#

cant cast it

warm plinth
#

Gotcha

toxic pewter
#

but I suppose we can still spell block during it?

warm plinth
#

That seems just...unnecessary then

toxic pewter
#

its not really a huge deal yea

warm plinth
#

Just let us press it x_x

toxic pewter
#

but sometimes im in bad spot and its my last defensive and i apparently choose to press demolish lol

#

instead of it

warm plinth
#

Well, damage is the most important thing right

toxic pewter
#

it prob doesnt matter actually

small steeple
#

So big influx of healing from leech, and th dr it applies

toxic pewter
#

lol

sharp gale
toxic pewter
mighty valley
slender bison
#

You hear the giga lightning sound when you press UF Avatar in Thane, but in Colossus you don't so ...yeah

#

Anyway just bagged first Priory 11

#

Feeling kinda arrogant

winged pawn
#

aw yeah, broke 650 with my new weapon erga

fiery wren
#

ok just specced prot for the first time holy shit this has way more abilities than fury lol

vocal cave
#

I swear blizzard forums are relicts of the past

toxic pewter
#

anyone tell me how the soak mechanic works on 2nd boss priory

#

like my team just blew up were people going into it too fast

#

can I as tank do all the soaks or how does it wok

agile elbow
#

You just have to have the amount of people that the circle show as orbs run into it.

#

You want to stagger people running in.

toxic pewter
#

yeah I think people just all ran into it at the same time

#

and it blew up my group

#

in a +12

#

oof

sharp gale
toxic pewter
#

hmmm

#

I think they went in the soaks too fast?

sharp gale
#

dont soak before castigator shield imo

toxic pewter
#

cuz we werre def dead quicker than 30 sec

#

is that the large circles

sharp gale
#

yes

#

he always cast it after the soak spawn now

toxic pewter
#

yeah so youre saying no one soak until after large circles

#

damn no wonder group blew up

sharp gale
#

if you soak -> big dot on dps -> castigator shield -> heal can't heal while moving and -80% hp

toxic pewter
#

yeah thats a wild combo

sharp gale
toxic pewter
#

yes

#

the entire group just rushed it

#

thank you for this information

idle copper
#

How many tier piece tokens should we have had so far (not including feats of strength)?

solid sun
#

Yes, this information is useful

#

I will tell my group to wait and watch them ignore me

#

But at least Iโ€™ll know what happened

lusty grotto
#

you have to wait to trigger it

remote anchor
lusty grotto
#

you want to bait the shields out

remote anchor
#

and another if you reach 2k score or kill galliwix hc

idle copper
#

ty

winged pawn
#

does every healer have a dispel for the kujo chomp mechanic?

lusty grotto
#

yes

#

its magic

#

all healers have magic dispels

winged pawn
#

i see, is there anyway to reduce the dot if they dont dispell?

lusty grotto
#

check the sheet

winged pawn
#

says follow up dot is not blockable

lusty grotto
#

dot isnt spell blockable

#

so just walling/demo/punish/sr

winged pawn
#

kk thanks

toxic pewter
#

How many dogs do you guys pull at once

#

Pulling them all at same time is bad idea right

lusty grotto
#

depends on the healer

#

dogs put dispelable dots on people

toxic pewter
#

In pug I do dogs in two pulls sort of chain

lusty grotto
#

so disc can usually breeze through it with mass dispel

toxic pewter
#

True

lusty grotto
#

so long as they die fast i mean

strong forum
#

You only need to pull 5 dogs total

#

So if you have moderate cds ready you can pull em all

cerulean tusk
#

Pull all the dogs, under the boss... no CDs

lusty grotto
#

lmao

#

watch the healer have a massive stroke

#

"wat do"

sharp gale
#

You can pull 4 if you trust no body pull on the two on the left

#

But healer should not panick dispell 1 stack

jagged girder
lusty grotto
#

it makes sense for higher keys for sure

sharp gale
#

No sense in pug imo

#

Unless pug in voice

still flame
#

how do i use Sim as Prot ?

lusty grotto
#

ST: 1 patchwerk, 3 mins (5 mins is fine for wow audit)
M+/AOE: 5 patchwerk, 1 min or 1.5 mins (no lust prob preferred)

still flame
#

okok ty

sharp gale
#

I imagine darkness from dh is also strong for the dogs, Druid vortex too

slender bison
#

Any ML+12 route or advice on major skips?

sharp gale
#

I think the best skip in ML is the shark skip after first boss

#

But itโ€™s been so long I donโ€™t remember a lot on what is actually the skip

slender bison
#

This implies skipping extractors? Until the orc miniboss?

sharp gale
#

Yes basically, and you can skip the orc if you have a warlock

slender bison
#

Ty

#

Ill try on a 7

sharp gale
# slender bison This implies skipping extractors? Until the orc miniboss?

This is the first video in a series where I will show some of the gateways that could be useful in each dungeon for this season's mythic plus rotation.

These skips in THE MOTHERLODE!!! can potentially be used as a means to skip certain dangerous or inefficient mobs in your keys!

โ–ถ Play video
#

Itโ€™s the third one in the video, you canโ€™t gate the orc if you do shark skip

#

Itโ€™s been 8 years idk if it was really that sorry

round cliff
#

only 5

#

why do so many routes pull all of em then

strong forum
#

oky 4

round cliff
#

HUH

#

that would save so much time on my keys

#

where do u make up % tho

#

also isn't there patting dogs

strong forum
#

this is my workshop route

lusty grotto
#

theres 2 pathing dogs yes

strong forum
#

(not like you can invent much)

#

is just dis dog

#

the others are sleeping

#

so you cant ninja them unless you dmg them

round cliff
#

oic

#

so where do u fight boss

#

near entrance?

#

or near bridge

strong forum
#

well

#

all the open space

#

xd

rocky crest
#

btw how do you cheese the dog box dps ?

#

just tried and I got shitrolled

strong forum
#

you need to place the dog infront of the box's corner

#

lemme paint

#

if you place the dog there

#

not exactly on the corner but infront of it

#

at this angle

#

you can just hug the box and still fully attack boss

round cliff
#

real shit?

strong forum
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yes

rocky crest
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oh I placed the dog in the middle of short side

pallid quiver
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Oh, I forgot Nome, thanks for that advice when you told me before

lusty grotto
round cliff
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how do u do this reliably tho

pallid quiver
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Worked perfectly

rocky crest
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so if I place him pararell towards to long side like you painted

strong forum
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you back up into it?

lusty grotto
rocky crest
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party shouldn't get hit ?

lusty grotto
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they need the LoS WA

rocky crest
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aye npnp need to try in low keys before I embaress myself in a 14

lusty grotto
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it helps

strong forum
lusty grotto
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or just watch the buff

strong forum
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you back backpedal like this

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when the dog is applying debuff to you

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after each time he jumps

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you back into it like this

rocky crest
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does the boss face need to face short side or cant it face long side ?

strong forum
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doesnt matter where the boss looks

lusty grotto
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you just move slightly watching your buff, youre "LoS" when you have the buff

strong forum
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matters where the boss STANDS

lusty grotto
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there's a WA to keep track of it

rocky crest
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Gotcha

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tyty masters n senseis

round cliff
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ic

lusty grotto
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old BFA and SL S4 tech

rocky crest
round cliff
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not just anywhere on the side

lusty grotto
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it takes some practice

strong forum
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its a buff you get

lusty grotto
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the safespot will be wherever you have the buff

strong forum
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not actual LoS

round cliff
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ic

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ive got the WA and so should anyone i run with so

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ill fucks w/ it

lusty grotto
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theres a lot of them in wago

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and plater mods for it too

round cliff
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it comes in the causese dungeon pack

lusty grotto
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yeah

charred lodge
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am I insane or is threat on brew drops in cinderbrew just completely jacked up? like I can not get them with thunderclap

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*the things that spawn from chargers hitting the wall and dieing

steep bear
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what's the apm for prot?

lusty grotto
charred lodge
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It has felt absolutely horrible to get them off of people yesterday and today

toxic pewter
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How to skip 2nd to last pack in Workshop. Can we heroic leap it

charred lodge
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like if I revent and thunderclap it and dont get threat idk what to do

lusty grotto
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invis pot in

toxic pewter
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Soothe gives enough clearance to walk by?

lusty grotto
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soothe takes care of the guy that sees invis

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no

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you need invis

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you need both

toxic pewter
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Ohโ€ฆโ€ฆ I see

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Interesting

lusty grotto
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either that or lock portal

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can also soothe + RoP

toxic pewter
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Will leaping to final pack pull the skip pack

lusty grotto
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no, but your group will have a hard time

toxic pewter
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Ya

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Just need warlock lol

lusty grotto
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priests can just pass and grip

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also

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their soothing works better for them

toxic pewter
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Interesting

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Do they need to invis also or wat

lusty grotto
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no

toxic pewter
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Interesting

lusty grotto
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just the soothing talent iirc

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the one they used for cages in brackenhide

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etc

toxic pewter
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I see

lusty grotto
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prot apm has always been high, but what specifically are you asking

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averages? comparisons?

lunar bobcat
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Is there a haste cap for prot warriors?

steep bear
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compared to prot pally

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or arms war

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i heard blizz tried to tone down prot war APM in january. how did that impact the speed of the spec?

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i'm basically trying to avoid a fury situation where i get carpal tunnel or discomfort from pressing so many buttons so quickly

toxic pewter
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I feel like we just as fast as we have been

warm plinth
lusty grotto
lusty grotto
warm plinth
steep bear
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oof

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good to know ty

lusty grotto
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it can go higher into 85 for sure

steep bear
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tho i find arms isn't too bad

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so if it can be similar to arms, then that's tolerable

lusty grotto
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im comparing my keys to my sprocketmonger arms kills

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we are probably higher than arms

steep bear
lusty grotto
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yeah we're def higher

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arms hovers around 60

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we can shoot up

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sense had 85 on his sprocket myth kill

steep bear
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jfc

steep bear
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ah tyvm

lusty grotto
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oh right, ty happy

steep bear
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yeah that's pretty up there

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i understand why my guild's prot pally always complains about his spec's apm tho

small steeple
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Authoridty of the Depths or Radiant Power?

lusty grotto
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depths sims higher in st

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radiant in aoe

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or at least it used to be

small steeple
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ok

analog sparrow
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Isn't crit like #2 on st and aoe?

lusty grotto
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#2 for what

analog sparrow
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Second best enchant