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inner arch
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Besides vdh kinda feels like tanks are pretty balanced dmg wise

lusty grotto
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def won't happen during the race

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vdh is dead last in ST

inner arch
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Yea

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Pretty weak

lusty grotto
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but otherwise you would be right

inner arch
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That’s what I meant

lusty grotto
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thats fine though, they are the key tank

inner arch
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Outlier the negative side lol

lusty grotto
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so fuck their ST dmg

inner arch
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Yea

rough nest
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Just missing on some hero helm or shoulders 🫡

lusty grotto
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run lfr

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🙂

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o

vocal flame
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Wow! Grats!

lusty grotto
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you dont need to lmao

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yeah gz

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i wonder how many pieces ill get on today's split

plush tendon
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going 4pc to 4pc for Prot War is huge

lusty grotto
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probably none since im still a recruit

rough nest
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got lucky with LFR gloves

lusty grotto
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trial, or w/e

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nice

rough nest
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champion chest, hero legs

fluid widget
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What’s tier

plush tendon
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champ tier is just as good as hero tier imo

fluid widget
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How do I get it 😭

lusty grotto
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some people have all the luck mandragoran

plush tendon
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not like you upgrade past hero crests for hero tier

plush tendon
lusty grotto
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or are fed gear

plush tendon
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Moles like myself eating well

lusty grotto
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i would know

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i got all the luck

sharp gale
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Yeah I was really amazed on the ulria spreadsheet how absurd strong our set is with others

lusty grotto
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the bad luck

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🙂

past torrent
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How fast we breaking set pieces?

lusty grotto
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we're not

vital vale
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how do you leap out of the void pull on last boss ara kara? either its not possible anymore or im doing it wrong

lusty grotto
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its possible

sharp gale
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You still can do it

vital vale
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when should i leap?

rough nest
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I leap into a puddle

sharp gale
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I did in mines

lusty grotto
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yeah its not nerfed at all

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immediately after the suck or as it happens

trim delta
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Clarifying question: During execute phase, execute functions as a rage dump, rather than a priority right? Like we priority TB and SS + Shield block/ignore pain, and just dump whatever is left over on Execute?

frozen berry
solid sun
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Small jerk into big leap

lusty grotto
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execute is never a rage dump

vital vale
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which is right before the cast finishes?

lusty grotto
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ever

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its a button you want to press for big damage

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rage dump seems reductive

sharp gale
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Like Nim says it’s when she grabbed all of you, your char does a lil jump if you stay in melee, it means you got grabbed, you can leap

trim delta
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Reductive, but as long as we aren't overcapping rage, we want to use TB/SS first and have rage for mitigation, right?

lusty grotto
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no

sharp gale
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It’s around 1.5 sec remaining on the cast

lusty grotto
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i mean SB sure

vital vale
lusty grotto
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but IP not so much

inner arch
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Yee would not prio IP over execute

lusty grotto
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you play execute phases like you do colossus

sharp gale
lusty grotto
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wait didnt i say this this morning

vital vale
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ill be on the look out for it

lusty grotto
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am i repeating myself

trim delta
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I guess the difference is, when I play colossus, I have time to press execute lol

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I have so much rage with MT that it feels hard to fit in other than the afterthought

lusty grotto
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so consider not pressing an SS

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but def dont prio it over TB

trim delta
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Got it

sharp gale
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In my runs I had a hard time to keep pressing shield slam bc rage

lusty grotto
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if whirling procs

sharp gale
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It is beyond mousewheel IP at times

lusty grotto
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you can be on a weird situation where you will have huge cap outs

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yeah

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it is what it is

solid sun
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Even as col this week I’ve noticed moments where I had more rage than I was expecting

sharp gale
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I think it is the double rage talent instigate + bloodsurge

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That creates the too much

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And whirling that comes out of nowhere every 5 sec yeah

lusty grotto
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thats just back to back procs of free revenges probably rhino

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bigger pulls tend to have more parries

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so you basically proc it repeatedly

solid sun
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That plus whirling blade procs

lusty grotto
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of course

solid sun
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Still getting used to those just zooming out

sharp gale
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I only tanked maybe 4-5 dungeons, at one point I was pressing revenge way more than I was gonna expect from thane

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Pretty sure I’m doing something wrong, will wait set to figure out

solid sun
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With all that rage how low is your shield wall cd getting to

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Maybe we can engineer 100% uptime on shield wall

lusty grotto
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you guys are also playing thane with s2 4pc

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meaning youre having SC as a global more often

sharp gale
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I didn’t log this day bc I was really going improv on the routes and clueless about dungeons, and, I only did 9s as highest, I never felt I was at threat so didn’t pay attention to wall charge

lusty grotto
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you want to SS to proc TBs

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just imagine if we had s1 rage

lime urchin
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frens, what combat and utility curios you play?

lusty grotto
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hat and aegis or w/e

vocal flame
trim delta
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If execute does less than a TB, then wouldn't we want to prio SS to get more TBs?

sharp gale
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Yes it’s true shield charge is more present for now

lusty grotto
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these 2

lusty grotto
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youre still hitting it

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it just depends on rage

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watch your rage bar

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and play IP like colossus does

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meaning less focus on using it as Thane to dump off-gcd

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and if youre really worried about defensiveness simply just extend it

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but thats only in execute phases, which are not long at this point in the season unless youre doing a boss fight

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play your rage bar, is the tl;dr

sharp gale
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4min+ first boss ara smh

trim delta
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I understand the rage bar. I think I may have not stated my question clearly

neat wharf
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best rule of thumb for us a 4pc - 4pc swap or is 2pc - 2pc good?

solid sun
lusty grotto
neat wharf
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tyty

trim delta
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If I'm not going to overcap rage, still prio is TB > Execute> SS?

lusty grotto
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no

trim delta
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Then the prio is TB > SS > Execute?

sharp gale
lusty grotto
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yes in that situation

trim delta
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BRO THA

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That's what I typed 10 mins ago lol

lusty grotto
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what

trim delta
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I said, if I'm not overcapping then prio TB and SS + SB etc, and dump whatever is left on execute. You said no

lusty grotto
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i said rage dump is reductive

trim delta
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BRO

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That is semantics lolol

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What

lusty grotto
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yes

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it is

trim delta
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Jesus christ man

lusty grotto
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i thought that was obvious

trim delta
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Homie, I had the right idea and we went back and forth for like 10 mins, when you could have just said yes lol

lusty grotto
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can you calm down

trim delta
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Bro whattttt''

lusty grotto
lusty grotto
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i meant no to rage for mitigation

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is this whats confusing you?

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meaning this

lusty grotto
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is that more clear now?

sharp gale
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are we allowed to say IP is a rage dump ?

lusty grotto
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sure

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just to piss off reddit

trim delta
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Yes I got the ignore pain part. But do you not see how your response could have been misleading at all?

lusty grotto
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yeah i can see it

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the fact that i had to clear it up is proof enough

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but hopefully thats clearer now

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no need to flip out though

solid sun
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It does feel different, calling IP a rage dump and calling execute a rage dump

lusty grotto
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im trying my best here sadge

tight maple
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Do we play colo in keys with old tier still?

solid sun
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Yup

lusty grotto
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correct

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rat tired

sharp gale
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how many % i need before entering first boss gambit corridor ?

tight maple
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Is the bleed amp in hero talent worth it in keys?

lusty grotto
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for colossus, yes always

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and especially with s3 4pc, but you shouldnt play colossus with that one anyway

solid sun
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Idk what the percentage was but it worked

tight maple
lament zealot
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How far is Colossus behind Thane with new tier?

lusty grotto
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far

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colossus needs buffs

tight maple
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Alot afaik

lusty grotto
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and also it doesnt help that its bleed focused

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which means if shit dies fast, youre not even getting the full round of bleed damage

warm plinth
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Since you can't skip the first 2 starcallers anymore

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Have to kill one

solid sun
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I might shoot for KSM this evening

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I’m like 500 and something off

warm plinth
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I literally just need any Ara key and I'll have it

solid sun
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lol nice

lusty grotto
solid sun
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Yeah should be. I think I’ll actually end up getting 10s done this week

lusty grotto
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likely

solid sun
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Everything but Streets and AK felt mostly free so far

warm plinth
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Yeah streets is rough

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Not hard, just shit timer

solid sun
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Mhm

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And AK isn’t hard either. The bosses just live forever

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The freaking scarab lord idiot

warm plinth
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Is that the one with like the eye of the storm type mechanic

solid sun
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I legit thought we were just stuck there in time forever. Never getting out

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Yeah he does spikes in a cone in front of him, summons bug swirlies to dodge, charges

warm plinth
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Yeah thats an interesting fight lol

solid sun
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And also makes the whole arena a storm except right in front of him

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I swear we fought him with no deaths for what felt like a legit 5 full minutes

warm plinth
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I have only done that dungeon once on m0 so far

solid sun
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lol

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It’s the only time so far I’ve legit been tempted to mock my dps players

warm plinth
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👀

solid sun
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Captain hook tail still sucks

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I forgot how much I hated tanking that boss

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I might not ever do the hard mode taz because I just never want to fight that boss ever

warm plinth
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People not stacking is brutal on that boss

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Inevitably in pugs you have the two ranged chilling in Narnia

solid sun
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Yeah dude we had fire everywhere

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I’m just like idk what y’all want me to do here

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Why is the entire fucking arena made out of lava

fluid widget
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How’s big momma feel without spell block?

solid sun
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Easy

mighty valley
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they drastically nerfed electrocrush, right

torn gulch
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it is just me or streets is actually insane

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as a dungeon

west turtle
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are you guys crafting shield w1 or going for belt + bracers?

solid sun
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She has been a huge nothingburger so far for us

torn gulch
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timer got cut too much and some of the bosses hurt bad

fluid widget
solid sun
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Streets is def going to be the hardest to consistently time

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IMO

warm plinth
pastel sleet
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are we still stacking haste to infinity? every sim i run it waay lower prios the haste items in droptimizer

fluid widget
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Most forgiving timers? didn’t get to do any m+ yesterday 🙁

warm plinth
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New dungeon is HELLA lenient

torn gulch
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dawnbreaker

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eco dome

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looks lenient

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gambit

mighty valley
warm plinth
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Gambit was pretty free but 2nd boss will age you

mighty valley
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then you can just follow sims tbh, other stats will add more if they're real low

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bear in mind that your sb uptime will drop when you switch to s3 tier

warm plinth
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Streets and HoA have been worst timers for me so far

fluid widget
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I’m trying to be a good warrior again and manually doing shield block, hard to relearn muscle memory

pastel sleet
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ive got s3 4p and 720 shield... currently at 27000 haste

mighty valley
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well damn

warm plinth
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He's yuge

solid sun
warm plinth
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I have a 12 rn so probably gonna try 10 with the route the guy gave me last night

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See how it goes

solid sun
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I incorporated a few more of the gargoyles in my last attempt than I anticipated

warm plinth
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Yeah the route i was given kills a few of them

mighty valley
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the gargoyles used to be our friends...

warm plinth
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🙁

lusty grotto
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and SB uptime

warm plinth
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it's pretty normal for crit/vers to outsim for damage after a while. We push haste because it's necessary for survival to a point and still a good dps stat

lusty grotto
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yeah

restive oak
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are you sure shield is first craft? theres a very nice shield on second boss

warm plinth
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Shield is first priority. If you wait to craft and get shield then you skip it

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A lot of mythic raiders do that because there's often a shield at the start of the raid

sharp gale
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i'm really unsure about the murlok area with the new fish sticks

warm plinth
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Honestly they're a complete joke

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They die fast, and you have to not have eyes to miss them. They're gigantic and glowy

lusty grotto
restive oak
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i don't think we can kill it yet,k but like next week probably

warm plinth
restive oak
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and not overly contested

warm plinth
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And when you list yours, put the name in the title

solid sun
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I feel like it kinda depends too. Like if you craft the shield now and get three weeks of use out of it before looting the mythic shield is that a waste?

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Maybe not

warm plinth
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Depends on your mentality I suppose.

restive oak
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yeah, am kinda torn

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theres a decent sword on first boss too

warm plinth
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I have a friend who is like forever afraid he's replacing something two seconds from now haha

solid sun
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lol

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At the end of the day it’s just pixels

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We aren’t spending our nest eggs

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Ain’t gotta stress about it

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If you want a shield right now send it. You’ll get good use out of it

mighty valley
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yeah, it's silly to craft if there's a chance of replacing same week, but like

vocal flame
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You will always get crests too

mighty valley
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early season power matters more than being bis at the end tbh

restive oak
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but if i buy a weapon now my parses will look better :p

lusty grotto
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week 1 parses lol

warm plinth
vocal flame
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What ilevel do you think is ok for +2s this season? 685? I am 675 now and M0s seem pretty easy

solid sun
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Send it

lament osprey
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I’m 676 doing 10s your fine

restive oak
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675 is more than fine

vocal flame
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10s??? holy crap

warm plinth
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I was 682? when I did my first 10

restive oak
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but there will be alot of competition with higher ilvl

vocal flame
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damn you guys are kings lol

warm plinth
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Which is where I was at end of last season

vocal flame
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Ok cool, Imma try it today

undone beacon
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Ulduar hero box gave me another fucking shield ughhh

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third hero shield this week

solid sun
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No, they’re prot wars

warm plinth
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There haven't been a lot of places I was even worried so far

vocal flame
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Thank You!

mighty valley
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playing the class well and the team knowing the dungeon is worth a billion ilvl

warm plinth
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I think priory miniboss kinda sucked

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Magic sword bitch before last boss

solid sun
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Which one

lament osprey
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Knowledge is power, friend

solid sun
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Oh lol

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The undead paladin

mighty valley
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oh, bronjames or whatever

solid sun
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Yeah he cranks

warm plinth
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Yeah he was spicy

mighty valley
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he's always fucked

vocal flame
solid sun
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Harder to live than the boss

mighty valley
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in a kind of invisible way

mighty valley
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if the dps kicks ever, that's just gravy in a 2

vocal flame
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Awesome

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Physical damage is just so easy, I love prot so much

warm plinth
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Ngl first boss scared me a couple times too but mostly because the healer was taking seventeen years to dispel me

mighty valley
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did you go left or right

warm plinth
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Left

solid sun
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I went right

warm plinth
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Right is a lot of space denial on boss and people can't seem to even manage the built in denial

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Without adding tanner into it

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I'll adjust if peolle really wanna do that this season but for now I'm sticking left

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People*

solid sun
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Suleyman is so much better

warm plinth
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Yeah he's wonderful

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What shield slam amirite

solid sun
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What a giant baby now

spark river
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Do shields just break faster than everything else because of block?

lusty grotto
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yes

distant fractal
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I kinda wish instead of a 35% chance for 5 ionizing strikes, it was like a 60% chance to happen, and theres 5 chances.

So you get a few, or get all 5 if your lucky. Same amount of damage but I just like the effect of thunderstrikes rippling through the targets.

spark river
warm plinth
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Well, if it helps, at least you already had tyrannical at +9 this week haha

spark river
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Lmao not really

delicate flame
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Do we drop s2 tier set for s3 hero track armor pieces?

vocal flame
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4pc for 4pc or sim but probably not

delicate flame
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ait

frosty mango
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I’ve gotten 4 sets of heroic shoulders from m+

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Guess what tier piece I got in my vault

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Oh and also got a cloak from Timewalk heroic weekly

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The loot gods laugh at me

azure crag
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When fighting inquisitor Sigar in HoA, do you just drag him on top of the lost souls, or take him into the back room?

warm plinth
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So far I think people have been fighting him up top and just letting the adds come in

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Unless you have like insane spread aoe to kill the adds in the pews fast

dim token
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sorry i dont get the rotation priority, under what circumstances we use execute?
by following the logic of the priortity list, you can never execute because you would have used revenge

lusty grotto
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execute overtakes revenge

dim token
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basically if u have slam, u slam, and if u dont u revenge for slam.
with tihis logic u can never execute?

lusty grotto
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on that target count

dim token
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oh

lusty grotto
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its all target count based

dim token
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so execute shoudl actually be 11 and revenge is 12

mighty valley
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does it move up if you take Heavy Handed?

lusty grotto
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oh you dont have heavy handed

mighty valley
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yeah check that box

lusty grotto
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without heavy handed, that prio is 100% correct

swift hare
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hey ijust got my 704 shield from m+, should i craft 720 weap or embelish?( 691 weapon champion,665 bracers)

lusty grotto
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shield

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gilded crafted > hero track

dim token
warm plinth
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Generally you SS, try to fish an SS with revenge for a couple globals if you can, then sigh in disappointment and send it on TC

late hawk
lusty grotto
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right

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SS or TB

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TB as a prio

dim token
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got itt

lusty grotto
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since it looks like hes doing thane

dim token
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thane

late hawk
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is mastery weighted more in aoe? sim is favoring my mastery rings over haste rings for dungeon cleave, or is that not reliable atm

lusty grotto
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not really

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it depends on your stat distribution

warm plinth
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Oh, gotcha, yeah didn't realize

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Dungeon cleave? wdym by that

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We don't use dungeon slice sim

lusty grotto
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and yes you shouldnt do dungeon cleave

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5 target 1.5 min / 1 min ideally

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its likely it'll give you the same results but still

jagged pier
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i dont get pugs in week 1 honestly, in a 10 a dps dies on first boss, other dps call gg and leave

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brah

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its week one

lusty grotto
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that shit

jagged pier
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fill out the vault

lusty grotto
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happens

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to me

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all the fucking time

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i dont get it either

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hasnt happened yet, but im just farming gilded on dh

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like the whole point is to get gear and crests, not to boost your io

jagged pier
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I just dont understand the mentality we probably could have still timed as well

lusty grotto
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so idk why they just leave

jade tartan
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when are we switching to

lusty grotto
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or do the vote thing i guess, i havent seen it

jade tartan
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mountain thane

lusty grotto
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when you get 4pc

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s3 4pc

jade tartan
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with 2p its still colossus?

jagged pier
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i did not see the vote thing

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ppl just left

lusty grotto
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you can 2pc as thane in raid/st if you want, but for keys you want the fulll 4pc

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otherwise you colossus

jade tartan
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got you

lusty grotto
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do they not get the thing?

jade tartan
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tyty

warm plinth
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I don't think the first leave gets you the mark or w/e

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It builds up or something

lusty grotto
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i thought they got leaver status or something

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oh

jagged pier
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same

lusty grotto
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people like that got into my banlist instantly

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on previous seasons

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for some fucking reason its mostly warlocks

warm plinth
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Brief search but I don't see any specific information on the deserter system

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Just the vague shit they gave us when it was announced in the one interview

lusty grotto
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i mean naguura said it was on

warm plinth
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It's on, but I mean we don't have like

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information on it

lusty grotto
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i have no reason to not believe naguura

warm plinth
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Like the specifics

lusty grotto
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🙂

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yea

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uhh

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there should be a blue post explaining it, or maybe im misremembering

azure crag
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Oh snap, execute takes priority over shield slam and thunderclap/blast on CD?

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Well damn, I'll keep that in mind

glossy wind
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How do i craft a pve wep?

late hawk
delicate prairie
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we are prot colo til 4p for thane, correct?

azure crag
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Is there a minimum number of targets where execute is more important than shield slam/thunderclap?
I assume its the full three

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or is two enough?

sharp gale
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On ptr if you left without ff 20 : you have sacrifice mark

warm plinth
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Used your route; timed the key!

valid shuttle
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are we saving sparks still or do i send one on shield?

frosty mango
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Ran this on a 12 today, double ankle biter pull went badly lol

frosty mango
valid shuttle
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also, if i'm playing fresh char with no s2 gear and 2p s3 set, do i go thane or colossus

frosty mango
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I would prob play thane at that point

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If you have no s2 tier you might? get some value out of colossus with only 2pc but imo you’d be better off getting the muscle memory and just playing thane

valid shuttle
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yeah i decided last week i'm gonna play pwarr, thank god for weathered crafts

undone beacon
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So far modern halls, are people doing that thing where you take the mini before last boss into a corner and zerg it down?

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Or are we killing the room?

warm plinth
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So I just took it to the back but it's not so much a zerg as you just resign yourself to her healing lol

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She spawns like a billion adds at once so it's just cleaner that way imo

lusty grotto
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nice to see streets pugging hasnt changed

warm plinth
lusty grotto
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surprisingly

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only wiped on zagron and soazmi

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no mail room wipes

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but oof

solid sun
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So many unsoaked puddles

lusty grotto
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nah

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at least not this group

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also i got 1 shot on zagron for some fucking reaosn

frail pewter
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Hey friends is prot war apl bugged for anyone else?

lusty grotto
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its not

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clear cache is the common solution if youre getting errors

jagged pier
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delete the tome string

round pendant
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I hate eco-dome

lusty grotto
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nah

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pugging streets is the real hell

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eco dome is super chill

round pendant
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the routing is just so scuffed

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everything patrols

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I'm just yoloing it and it felt scuffed as hell

warm plinth
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I went in completely blind and just pulled random shit keks

round pendant
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same

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but just a +2 since I gotta level my key up

warm plinth
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Could not tell you what my route was

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Though I think I have it on vod

round pendant
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feel like that won't work later

warm plinth
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If you wanna check it out

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Well I did it on +10 so

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It works at least that far

round pendant
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lmao

mellow bridge
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i hate how so many mobs in eco-dome jump immediately on pull/jump all the time during the pull

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it's so annoying

warm plinth
#

Yeah the phasing/warping shit is super annoying to be sure

round pendant
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bruh

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day 1 and no one is applying to my +4 key

warm plinth
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Yeah I didn't start seeing many applicants til 6 or 7

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People trying to skip ahead

mellow bridge
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i especially like those that jump immediately on pull

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so i tag one of them with heroic throw

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and the other one instantly jumps to my healer and slaps him because of some random hot still ticking

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:D

warm plinth
#

~19k I believe is the number, but realistically it's whatever feels comfortable for you.

scenic forge
#

Okay just for my own peace of mind: I can't actually reflect the Loomithar frontals right

jagged gust
#

try it

warm plinth
scenic forge
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I did on lfr

warm plinth
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Let us know 😏

scenic forge
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And I still got the debuff buuuuuut

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That's why I came here to ask

jagged gust
#

not as far as im aware, but good on you for testing

torn gulch
#

and boy a lot of peeps are failing it

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still I think they cut too much of streets timer

jagged gust
#

Judging by last nights raid, a good 19/20 people won't read up on a fight before doing it

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Week one not enough people have failed enough times to pass the check

torn gulch
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I had a healer into a 9 streets earlier just went in with no knowledge at all

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took ky instrument away

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my*

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died in mail room 3 times from avoidable stuff
and he was running around with the bomb on and forgot to throw it into the sorter

lusty grotto
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its not because i dont want to

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its just reading up on 8 fucking new fights is overwhelming

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so i generally just read the first 4 and then whatever summary there is for the rest

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and just before you know it youre doing those last 4

solid sun
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I took the ready check pull recap snapshots and pinned them in my discord

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And offered no expectations of watching videos but let everyone know the recaps were available

lusty grotto
#

i mean

solid sun
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Couldn’t even get them to read those

lusty grotto
#

to be honest they werent overly complex

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soak this, hit that with beam, etc

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pretty straightforward mechanics

solid sun
#

Not saying they were. Just felt like it was the easiest and fastest way I’ve ever given people to “prep” and still no dice

lusty grotto
#

lmao

warm plinth
#

Turbo Boost confirmed shortly after 11.2.5 pog

jagged pier
#

save the delve crest

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for free 15 crests

jagged gust
#

"Wow your opening was fantastic, if you actually knew how to do the mechanics I bet you'd be parsing incredibly well"

fluid widget
jagged pier
#

goes to your cap now

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no cap later

fluid widget
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No cap is in months isn’t it?

jagged pier
#

right and u can farm crests now

fluid widget
#

Like at that point where there is no cap you can just spam farm

jagged pier
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like i ahvent even tried and im already max crests

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yer but needing to get like 400 crests vs 90

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takes a lot longer

frosty mango
#

@potent anvil I think you dropped your ring

potent anvil
granite pond
#

So I don't mythic raid anymore, just do m+ - is the play to craft a shield with gilded/spark this week?

lusty grotto
#

yup

granite pond
#

alrighty then, ty

sharp berry
#

holy the set is kinda nuts

stable elk
#

so should i craft something this week?

maiden grove
#

You know, I am doing my best to follow the rotation from wowhead damage wise but these parses from the top 10 warrior tanks and their dps is crazy to me

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Clearly I’m doing something wrong

blazing ridge
#

did they change something about Weakauras in Dungeons? I dont get any bars anymore..

idle copper
toxic pewter
#

just ripped aggro off a dk doing 400k dps i did 2 mill dps LOL

warm plinth
#

Just don't turn in the cracked keystone quest is what he's saying

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Because it does not bypass cap like a lot of quests do

toxic pewter
#

JUST WIPED A RAID INTO A DISBAND CUZ A BDK COULDNT HOLD AGGRO LOL

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plexus heroic

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LOL

rigid pilot
#

When do you guys break tier? Swap 4p for 4p?

prime sphinx
#

is fractillus the worst boss ever made what the helli

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almost fell asleep

lusty grotto
#

just had the worst dawnbreaker group ever

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healer couldn't keep up on a 7

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ranged baiting adds in africa

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you know the usual +5 in s1

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i guess

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had my first leaver

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rogue that was doing less than my alt DH

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still cant find the vote to abandon shit

tulip pumice
#

I'm pretty sure i already know the answer but i should be saving my catalyst charges even if i can complete 4pc? hold until at least reset?

lusty grotto
#

i would blow it if it meant you can complete 4pc

solid sun
#

Agreed. 4pc is big

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Will always get more charges later

jagged pier
#

hoarding valorstones

elfin elk
#

thoughts on sending two catalyst charges on champ track gear?

jagged pier
lusty grotto
#

are you

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completing 4pc?

vivid orchid
#

do you have 4pc rigth then and there?

elfin elk
#

yep

lusty grotto
#

if not the thoughts are no

elfin elk
#

no I would get four piece immediately

lusty grotto
#

yeah id say its a good use

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if it results in 4pc

elfin elk
#

cheers ty

timber nest
#

at what point do we drop 4P S2?

#

is 2P2P better than 4PS2?

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if i have 2P2P do i run MT?

warm plinth
#

We drop 4p for 4p

heavy sparrow
#

Ara kara routes this season looking different

steady mason
frank bobcat
#

I blindly followed the new taktiks arakara pug friendly ™ guide and ended up summoning three extra giant beetle adds 😭 😭 😭

sharp berry
#

2.27b

lusty grotto
#

thats s1 dps

jagged gust
#

to be blunt, that looks like S1 damage

jagged pier
#

depends on ilvl

lusty grotto
#

but jakey is right, its hard to say relative to gear

sharp berry
#

691

lusty grotto
#

oh yeah its bad

jagged pier
#

are u pulling 1 mob at a time?

sharp berry
#

nope doing around 4-5 packs

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using this three

lusty grotto
#

logs?

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none of what youre gonna say will help us

#

logs will

jagged gust
#

got the right build, seems like your rotation might need addressing

lusty grotto
#

help us help you

sharp berry
#

👍 ill try and get it

frosty mango
#

1.39m at 691 even with no tier isnt pretty low

sharp berry
#

i have tier keks

frosty mango
#

New tier or old tier

sharp berry
#

new

lusty grotto
#

hoooly

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then its

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afk dps

sharp berry
lusty grotto
#

that aint it

frosty mango
#

Oh then yes something is very wrong in your rotation

hardy snow
#

damn, this raid is cool, dimensius pog fight

lusty grotto
#

why did you swap to 2pc

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no s2 tier?

sharp berry
#

nope

heavy sparrow
lusty grotto
#

ok thats fine then

sharp berry
#

first time playing tank

frosty mango
#

Like Nim said if you link a log we can probably help you make some big strides quickly

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The only thing I can think of as thane with your dps that low is you’re just not pressing thunder blast

sharp berry
#

ill try and get it kinda newish to this

vocal flame
#

yeah!! next one will be the gilded one

sharp berry
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i have the damage chart

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idk if i can get a log that way

heavy sparrow
jagged gust
heavy sparrow
#

My shield up time needs some serious work just learning from their feedback

sharp berry
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sadly no logs sadgers

hardy snow
lusty grotto
#

jawor can you give me some of that good vibe rng

hardy snow
#

i can share only after I get this on mythic along with shield from the moth

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sadly no trinket from hunters on normal :v

lusty grotto
#

man @warm plinth

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i still dont know how to initiate a vote leave

steady mason
prisma dust
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yo do we value ilvl over s2 tier bonus?

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starting to get more hero track items than tier pieces and im torn

undone beacon
#

No

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Break s2 4pc for s3 4pc

jagged gust
#

Man the fractillus fight being so difficult to callout makes sense now that I found out the fight was changed from the PTR

grizzled badge
#

Swapped to prot warrior from guardian druid for this tier. Can't seem to wrap my head around which build to use.

Some I've asked said go tanky with MT (no execute) others say with execute. Any suggestions ? Got to 2.1k today with the tanky version but don't know if going dps mode is better.

lusty grotto
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do you have s3 4pc?

grizzled badge
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Only 2p atm.

lusty grotto
#

do you have s2 4pc?

warm plinth
restive oak
#

i honestly prefer colossus , but i just love reduced shockwave

grizzled badge
restive oak
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and im waiting for heroic helm/shoulders to craft my 4 piece

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690? or you really 590

grizzled badge
#

690 yeah 😅

restive oak
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690 is pretty decent

hearty cipher
#

shield for first craft? I got my gilded crests 🤔

restive oak
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probably?

hearty cipher
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I take any power I can get, fresh character, I have no set bonus at all

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👨‍🔧

lusty grotto
#

in wowhead

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pick according to what youre gonna do

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youre obviously going MT, though its only better in ST with 2pc

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slightly

grizzled badge
lusty grotto
#

Highly depends on the damage you're taking and your gear level

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12s this week, while easy, you're still at a disadvantage due to gear

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So take that into consideration

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Easy as in comparatively with other seasons

hearty cipher
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ask my last pug group that didn't even kick drones on big momma in a +8

restive oak
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the 11 kinda hurt a lil at 689

lusty grotto
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Trust I've seen some shit today

hearty cipher
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I've been playing since 7am, its now 11pm

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im done with pugs for this season

lusty grotto
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But it's nothing out of the ordinary from a week 1

hearty cipher
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streets seemed impossible to time for pugs

lusty grotto
#

You can tell who played it in SL and who didn't lol

hearty cipher
#

the timer still seems awfully tight with the amount of mechanics you need to play

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and the stupid RP

mighty valley
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yeah, general dungeon difficulty has gone down since then, AND people don't know it

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i'm sure it'll catch nerfs

restive oak
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i tried to pull trash into room before council boss, but they removed the pack that was in the lil corridor

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whoops

hearty cipher
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I'm curious to see how they balance that dungeon

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I'm not pugging it anymore at least

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after today haha

mighty valley
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it's funny to imagine how it'd be if they hadn't already removed some trash abilities

lusty grotto
#

the one thing i dont understand is they got rid of the tank mech in HoA but...

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streets didnt catch a single stray

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or notable stray rather

hearty cipher
#

I think I died like 4 times? On that stupid instrument boss because DPS would blow all of their CDs asap

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and not play the instrument

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shield would just wipe group

lusty grotto
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yup

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sounds about right

hearty cipher
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and that last boss, truly an intelligence test for even the most stupid people

lusty grotto
#

if i had to guess all they really have to do is increase the timer

hearty cipher
#

yeah the mechanics will probably solve itself in a week or two

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but that timer seems impossible

lusty grotto
#

its a 5 boss dungeon

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5 boss dungeons always have the same fucking issues

warm plinth
#

Yeah they need to move the timer back where it was because they reduced the number of trades but added mandatory trash there

hearty cipher
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did they change something about the commander before last boss? I tried max range clicking the console with my premade group

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but it seemed impossible to get

lusty grotto
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i dont think it works

hearty cipher
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we got it once

lusty grotto
#

i dont think the box shit works on the first mini boss either

hearty cipher
#

it does work but it's like pixel perfect

warm plinth
#

We had some people manage to go up but it's not consistent at all

hearty cipher
#

yeah

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we tried with the new meld potions and that seemed to work decently well

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I'd just drag it to the stairs, leap, use potion and click

warm plinth
#

I feel like they changed that guy though; were the bombs always covering the platform? I thought I remembered just standing there as tank before

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But now I feel like I have nowhere to stand

white umbra
#

Are we going 2pc 2pc or waiting for a full s3 set. Not sure if I wanna catalyse yet

warm plinth
#

Full s3 set

hearty cipher
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I got 0 right now, I'm slamming the charge asap once I get a hero item

frosty mango
#

were gaming boys lets go

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25% block increase is nasty

hearty cipher
#

just crafted mine as well

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char was level 1 a week ago, i played too much

solid sun
#

Verse eh

#

Do you still have a boat load of crit?

frosty mango
#

is 23000 a boatload?

jagged gust
#

It's more than my... 7k

weak tulip
#

is it worth to craft the shield ?

jagged gust
#

yes

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idk what happened but everything I rolled the past two weeks has been mastery/verse

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damn ilvl upgrades

wide charm
#

What is your uptime for sitting over 80% as a tank in m+?
I kinda feel like Elemental Focusing Lens is worth it on the shield craft instead.
Not sure though

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Feels like thread would be better in raid, idk

jagged gust
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generally 80-95%

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depending on key level

wide charm
#

Ya, I'd think somewhere in the 80s if I had to guess, I'm doing 10-11s atm

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Lens is doing like ~1% of my dps

jagged gust
#

All embellishes are worth about the same, quite negligible

frigid valley
#

just did gambit where 3/5 didnt know what was going on.. that sure was stressful

jagged gust
#

oh my, you do not have even half the haste needed to be able to run ITF

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34% shield block uptime

sharp berry
#

:/

#

yea gear is a bit iffy atm

lusty grotto
#

next time btw

sharp berry
#

hoh sure 👍

jagged gust
#

At a glance, your CPM is low, lots of wasted rage and your ability priority usage is kinda whack

real fossil
jagged gust
#

revenge is equal to both SS and TB/TC combined

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I don't know any easy guides for reference currently on APL, but generally SS > TB > TC > Revenge, and press all your CDs on CD. Work on the basics before getting into the nitty gritty

lusty grotto
#

ill take a look in a bit, gotta run keys

sharp berry
#

hoh sure thank you

keen anvil
#

So.. we breaking old 4pc for 2pc 2pc?

sharp berry
#

i did run a +7 with the pits yall gave me

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i will post it on help later ones they are availaber

jagged gust
lusty grotto
#

4pc for 4pc

#

@pallid quiver summoning you

#

except not a cat, im a mouse

west turtle
#

what stats are you going for crafted shield?

lusty grotto
#

haste crit

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like always

warm plinth
#

crit/haste, just to be contrary to Nim

#

Totally 100% not the same thing /s

lusty grotto
west turtle
#

gotcha, ty

warm plinth
#

It makes sense but only if you don't think about it

pearl halo
#

Guys, is 2p 2p tier worth it or i keep 4p from the other season till 4p?

lusty grotto
#

4pc for 4pc

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2pc not worth

pearl halo
#

Ty!

warm plinth
#

This calls for a new name!

heavy sparrow
west turtle
#

what stats are we supposed to stack for thane? Haste > Crit > whatever?

warm plinth
#

Same as colossus

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ilevel>haste>crit=vers>mast

round pendant
#

I love not getting a single drop

#

I love ending day 1 with the same ilvl as I started

jagged gust
#

Imagine not bribing your loot Council smh

round pendant
#

you guys have guilds?

jagged gust
#

I'm actually the loot Council, people need to start bribing me

round pendant
#

but yeah raid isn't really a week 1 activity for me

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other than maybe some normal to hopefully get some tier at the very least

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then I just farm m+ and do pug heroic for aotc once I get some decent gear

toxic pewter
#

got the wrong priory trinket of course never fails

frank bobcat
#

Randomly threw a hail mary app to a +11 floodgate late last night having only done a single +6 Streets this season, by some miracle they invited me and the run was very smooth until the big shocky goblin adds!

Not having spell block anymore is soooo brutal against those guys, ended up dying and losing the timer by 40 seconds!

#

My max is 3k but all these guys in the group were literally so insane, like 3800 each

neon elk
#

Best thing do to on those adds ( last 2 as thats only pull where u are forced to have 2) is mark one and pray they burst it .

Or skip it

harsh musk
#

So I managed to get maw of the void on an off spec roll

Is there any way to get the aoe loot effect without equipping it?

lusty grotto
#

unlikely

warm plinth
austere marsh
#

without s3 set and on low keys would you rather play thane or col?

jagged gust
#

Ive always preferred thane

#

play what you like

spare pawn
jagged gust
#

sc doesnt log properly

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only counts casts from range

spare pawn
#

k

split jasper
#

Hey, for raid and mm+, can i play new 2P and other 2part (season 2) ?

warm plinth
#

Not if you can help it. Keep old 4pc til you get new one

wide charm
#

For Streets, is there a way to skip the trash in the post room?

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Someone in my last key made it sound like you don't have to pull it at all

warm plinth
#

I mean...theoretically, but it would be sketchy. In Shadowlands, there was more trash back to the left that was easy to leave

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But that trash is gone now and only the closer stuff is there

wide charm
#

From my experience, only an 8 and a 10 in that key, the likelihood of no one pulling any of those 3 groups while delivering mail

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is 0%

warm plinth
#

Yep, exactly

wide charm
#

but like, any route seems to always be like 3-8% over%

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and the timer is disgusting

warm plinth
#

Eh? Something isn't right there. I can get to 101.11% without even selecting the entire plaza

vocal flame
#

I know its not for us but I love this trinket lol

compact rune
#

Can someone explain to me how or where execute fits into a mountain thane rotation when shield slam and or thunderclap are basically constantly available. Thanks

jagged gust
#

when they arent

trim citrus
#

Is haste>vers so much worse then haste>crit on prot warri? Personally i didnt play warrior tank in a long time....is haste vers better for beginners?

fluid beacon
#

can we not recraft weapons from the previous tier to the new 720 ilvl?

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when I try it says im missing mats. i think its the augmentation matrix from last tier thats messing with it?

tacit smelt
#

Checking the wowhead article and i probably glossed over it but can i break my 4p for 2 p?

haughty atlas
tidal scarab
#

Man the player base is too dumb for m+ to be enjoyable anymore

bleak breach
#

did authority of the depths get nerfed?

lusty grotto
#

kind of

warm plinth
#

Nope

lusty grotto
#

stats just go brrr now

#

we're at that point in the expansion

warm plinth
#

Flat damage gets outscaled, it do be like that

lusty grotto
#

yup

bleak breach
#

thanks homies

frosty mango
#

Did bloodmallet ever update prot trinket sims?

lusty grotto
#

good question

#

seems updated

solar forum
frosty mango
#

chaotic nethergate coming in strong like ya boy predicted

lusty grotto
#

im using that on my dh

#

its pretty solid in aoe

frosty mango
#

I wonder if we can block/parry during the cursed stone channel

#

if we cant thats a hard no for me lol

haughty atlas
narrow jay
#

Oh so we should be using radiant power for all content now?

lusty grotto
#

not really

#

whatever sims best

vocal flame
#

its not on noms list as good but its all i got lol

#

anyone know why whenever i uplaod alog it never seprates the dungs just combines everything? i dont remember it doing that last season

#

ah ok nvm seems fine for m+

lusty grotto
#

depends on what addon youre using

#

sometimes the split is automatic

narrow jay
#

So my Sims say the weapon enchant that gives versatility is +35 (lol) better In single target than depths and + 40,000 better In 5 target AoE. So I should replace my authority of depths for oathsworns tenacity.

lusty grotto
#

sure

north hawk
#

is it worth going MT with 2 set or do i stay demolisher until 4 set?

naive panther
#

I have 1 hero tier 1 vet, and 2 champ pieces i could convert, should I do it or wait for heroic pieces?

frosty mango
#

That really depends on your avenue of getting heroic pieces and if you need that bonus now

naive panther
#

i mean 10s seam easy

#

as collossus

#

and jsut doing m+

frosty mango
#

If you can reliably farm 6+ keys then the better play is prob wait for your hero pieces to drop and catalyze those

mighty valley
#

but like

#

play what you wanna play

north hawk
#

ty

agile elbow
#

For the Spell Reflect WA is there a way to just set a default sound instead of needing to download the reflect audio that was listed on the WA?

lusty grotto
#

likely

wide charm
#

Sry, asked this in here earlier but got pulled away ---
For Streets, anyone have a good route? It seems like no matter what variation you do you end up 3-8% over.

warm plinth
#

This is what I've been doing

#

Obviously not doing 5 altogether, but couldn't be bothered to make separate pulls for each one lol

#

oh I forgot to click miniboss at the start

#

I'm dumb, sec

hollow patio
#

Do you know if they changed the miniboss? We tried to skip but it seems to get pulled more easily than what I have seen from PTR

#

The one to the last boss

warm plinth
#

Idk, it's not consistent at all anymore so I haven't been skipping it, as much as I'd like to

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I watched a friend showing how to do it like an hour ago and he was standing there for a good 10 seconds with no issue, then it just aggroed him without him even so much as changing the direction he was looking

hollow patio
#

We still managed to skip sometimes but it was really inconsistent. Basically jump up, press w and spam console was working sometimes

frosty mango
hollow patio
#

But slowly creeping forward until you reach the console never worked for us

warm plinth
#

Yeah I have yet to have the entire group succeed

neon elk
# warm plinth fixed

Do u play that last minibos where he is or u drag him somewhere ? I felt like it get crowded by mines quite fast

warm plinth
#

I just pull him and pray

#

Because idk what the fuck they did to him

hardy python
#

What do you guys think, mainly do +14s or higher

mighty valley
hardy python
#

kk

narrow prawn
#

what are yall crafting

pallid dove
#

Hey guys random q...i am starting to push 10s on my first time tanking properly for a season and wondering if i should spend my gilded crests on making shield max rank...or upgrading my 2set hero pieces. Maybe even mud trinket upgrade?

warm plinth
#

I would not upgrade anything with gilded unless it's myth track

mighty valley
#

well that's a crafted shield so it'd be a recraft

warm plinth
#

Oh, so it is

#

I would upgrade the shield then

mighty valley
#

not too big of a waste, recrafting costs aren't that bad

pallid dove
#

Thanks for your replies folks, i will get shield crafted up. GL with your pushes too

wide charm
# warm plinth

You can pull the miniboss down just fine around the pats ya?

#

Cus that looks almost exactly like the route I was going to try next

#

Except I pulled one of the pats in that area instead of going up for the 3 pull

#

But I am wondering if it's just not needed

warm plinth
#

If I was gonna move it down then I'd probably clear the side of the plaza (like the guards coming down from its platform) because there's 2 patrols that come pretty close to center. It'd be easier to pull it e.g. gradually toward oasis area or something than try to do it in the middle of the plaza.

wide charm
#

Ah yes your second pic doesn't have the 3 pull or the pat

#

You keep the miniboss where he is??

#

Zo'far? I mean I've only done it once on a 10 but it seemed like there was no shot you'd have space

warm plinth
#

I've only done it twice and neither was high enough that we couldn't bullshit our way through leaving him there

#

My first run I hadn't even planned on killing him since we always skipped him in SL so we just kinda memed it

#

Second run was like a 4 or something so we just zerged it

wide charm
#

I tried skipping him but it seems either extremely touchy or we just were straight up doing it wrong

warm plinth
#

Yeah it's really touchy

wide charm
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like one guy got it but pulled as he activated the console

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soooo

warm plinth
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Highest streets I've done was a 9 and honestly don't even remember how we managed to do it but it wasn't pretty keks

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I didn't pull him off the platform though.

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We didn't time the key though and he was a contributing factor

rugged plinth
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prot swaps to 2p/2p asap right

frosty mango
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You can pull trash into the menagerie boss in streets to help a lot

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And you can pull trash into the first miniboss too

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Also you can drag the trash on the password rp to keep going while you kill to save a lot of time

fluid widget
dark fog
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How are you supposed to play this spec without having your eyes glued to the hotbar to watch for procs?

rugged plinth
fluid widget
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you can make a keybind for Ignore pain that also casts shield slam as well (separate from shield slam)

naive panther
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I may make my 4pc now, champion caps at 704, while heroic only 610?

heavy sparrow
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anyone else's sims not working?

lyric cedar
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is it worth conv champ for 4 p

fluid widget
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for 4p id say so

solid sun
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Hey @undone beacon now i can be big even after i stop being col

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i just need something to disarm me 🤔

regal epoch
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but it was a 2 so we just yolo'd the console

dusky canopy
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@lusty grotto

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😄

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all heroic

undone beacon
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I got normal legs from raid tonight so I just need two hero pieces to drop in dungeons and bam

mighty valley
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Nah, changes nothing

lusty grotto
ebon scaffold
lofty glen
# ebon scaffold HOW

Easy. Get 1 in vault. Get 1 in raid. 2000k rio or endboss hc + 1st cata = 4p

You only need luck for 1 shitty item in raid

cursive needle
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Those of you running 10s this week, are you hanging out in D stance at all?

lofty glen
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Catalyst

neon elk
lusty grotto
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And in this exp you only really do it for raid parsing if at all

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The damage penalty from DF is gone

sharp merlin
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10 priory, can it be done with Mud and around 685 gear?

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And should I be taking the magic dmg talent?

neon elk
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I suppose its doable if your healer is awake

sharp merlin
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Hahaha fair enough

midnight burrow
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when do we break 4p?

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2p 2p?

neon elk
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4p4p

mint shadow
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Did dawn breaker orb always target tanks on mini and spider boss? I feel like I never had to do it before

cursive needle
lofty glen
rigid hull
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STREEts of wonder timer is waaaaaaay too tight?

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i had a decent damaeg group

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no deaths

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on last boss we had 2 minutes

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on a 7

torpid dome
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not a bad first day of raiding last night

lofty turret
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God even after the nerfs 4pc Thane fuckign decimating dmg in keys

rough egret
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arent the delve portals in Taza supposed to be bountiful?

bleak breach
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Just play m+ push build and rotate your cds

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Was chill when I did

bleak breach
bleak breach
quiet pagoda
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Why catalyst this week, when there is a large chance you’ll find mythic pieces in your vault next week.
I’m not betting on it to be a weapon/shield or bis jewelry at least

bleak breach
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Depends how quick you want your 4pc really

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Ideally you probably hold 1 cat charge, but for people trying to prog fast the benefit of getting 4pc faster outweighs the chance of a decent week 2 vault which could be a flop anyway.

lofty glen
trail forge
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10 Priory was free to survive at 687 without even really doing anything

lofty glen
trail forge
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Just same pulls as last season

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Went right instead of left and just invented those, but it was easy.
Bleed on first boss does way less.

lofty turret
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St and Aoe both crank like hogs its disgusting

dusty wedge
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and what keys are people doing around 770ish ?

lofty glen
sharp merlin
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Sick

lofty glen
sharp merlin
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Also, keep going left?

dusty wedge
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670*

sharp merlin
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the Vods I've seen people go right, it looks super scuffed

lofty glen
lofty turret
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I just ran right, its great if people that the know the new* combo on boss requires kicking both now instead of 1

lofty glen
lofty turret
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the tank busting combo going left absolutely cracks tanks, going right requires a little more foot work, and kicking 2 targets, i think itll be just fine when ppl adjust to it, and i dont have to sweat bullets hoping heals can keep up

lofty turret
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when its targeting me

lofty glen