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oak ivy
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i tried to be a pianist but my hands are too small sadgers

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physically incapable of doing octaves

fringe mural
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like i can dance out of ground effects while facing enemies np, even in very small areas, but while i do that it's hard to use certain other keybinds

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Because of my fingers

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they can't be everywhere

waxen cradle
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Sure they can be a pimp WoW player and play with your feet

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then your hands are free

fringe mural
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I will take your position

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Into consideration

oak ivy
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i used to know an hpal who played with a foot pedal and a dvorak keyboard

fluid widget
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What in the

fringe mural
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kill it with fire

oak ivy
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i also once knew an arcane mage who played strictly with mouse and numpad

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due to the unfortunate circumstance of having only one arm

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dude wasnt bad either

warm plinth
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Tbf, I don't think keyboard layout really mattwrs

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If you use a Dvorak all the time then you know the layout and would just have different muscle memory than someone who uses qwerty

sharp gale
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It will revolve around the same logic-> binds around your equivalent of WASD

undone beacon
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i have everything bound to my neurochip and i just think spell names

coarse bay
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I have everything bound to one button rotation and just mash it

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With an eye tracker for camera movement

undone beacon
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macro shield block and ignore pain into OBR

coarse bay
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And i say vroom to move forward

undone beacon
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and avatar

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i remember when they added OBR, someone in the bear discord was doing runs with their team where everyone only used 6 binds, 1 for OBR and 5 of their choosing to run keys. It was kinda neat ngl, fun ltitle challenge

coarse bay
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I feel like that isnt enough of a challenge tbh

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5 extra binds is too many

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Actually hmm

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Kick, 1-2 for cd macros, 1-2 for defensives

undone beacon
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See you'd think 5 is too many but when you factor in defensives and util

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It can be tight

sharp gale
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I still have it

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Blizz stole my idea

lofty warren
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What does that do

tribal wharf
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it moves the glow

ivory barn
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Considering I join a key as fury, and due to my IO be immediately asked to tank sadge

opal ledge
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hey guys, how would you feel if they replaced thunderclap with whirlwind?

undone beacon
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would be a very strange decision

opal ledge
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nothing would really change, would be more visual thing i think

lusty grotto
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everything would change

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because whirlwind does not have added range

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crackling would be dead

opal ledge
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they could add all this to whirlwind

lusty grotto
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if they ctrl+F tc amp talents, that'd be the biggest issue

undone beacon
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They also have a whole hero talent tree based around TC keks

lusty grotto
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and if they dont ctrl+f tc amp talents, then there's a bigger problem

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its pointless

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irrational even

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yeah no longer Mountain Thane, more like whirlwinder

opal ledge
lusty grotto
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i dont see the point

lofty warren
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Why would you want to replace aoe stomp thats like the best ability

toxic pewter
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Thunder Clap is an iconic warrior ability

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dates back to warcraft 3

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I guess whirlwind is too from blademaster but yeah people love thunder clap its a beloved ability would make no sense removing it

opal ledge
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other skill that could be replaced by whirlwind would be revenge i guess

undone beacon
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why do you want whirlwind so bad

sharp gale
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I hope they will do a hero talent which is revert thane, ww on prot

pastel summit
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prune from arms, tc for thane prot/fury, ww for colo prot and fury ratJAMMIN

opal ledge
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idk just thinking about it, what could make prot warrios "cool"
i'm thinking from a design perspective what could be done to help with tank shortage....
making some cool changes to tank specs would be a small thing, but would help

pastel summit
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does dps warr still have shield block and slam for some reas

pastel summit
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not even same plane of existence as why people dont tank

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its the leader/responsbility not spec flavor

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nor theme

lusty grotto
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if anything, they should delete WW from low lvl prots

toxic pewter
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prot warr already is cool

sharp gale
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^

peak iron
sharp gale
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That too

opal ledge
peak iron
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maybe we could call it spell block

pastel summit
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lame

sharp gale
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Tank shortage is due to tanking keys is ASS for the mental

pastel summit
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too much overlap with reflect

toxic pewter
lofty warren
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How does block/armor values interact with incoming spell damage for pwar if at all?

toxic pewter
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lmao

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bit slow on my end.... oof

peak iron
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im sorry nim its too soon for me too i just cant cope with the algethar axes

ivory barn
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Prot war is fine Rampage

tidal pelican
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Atleast playing prot warr is only chads. The true people plays prot warr.

sharp gale
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Huh

opal ledge
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one thing is... a good part of players play normal/heroic raids with guilds... and there is not much room for tanks there.
the current numbers i saw was 10% of players are tanks, that matches the raid scenario (not the m+ where we need 20% of tanks)

making it easier for people to swap from dps/tank specs would be also nice

but a lot of players play for fantasy/transmog, some visual updates to tanks would help

sharp gale
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True ppl plays the same classes as me

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Warrior all specs, ww monk and rdruid

lusty grotto
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slayer uses WW, thats it

peak iron
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speaking as someone that attempts to push in m+ as tank/prot but is forced to play fury for my very casual raid guild its pretty ass trying to gear for both at the same time and feels like shit

opal ledge
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just a tought.
people tend to like skills that spins, spin to win is real

lusty grotto
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warriors are used to what to use

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no warrior specifically uses WW

sharp gale
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Slayer prot monkahmm

peak iron
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bring back glad stance

opal ledge
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glad stance would be amazing

lusty grotto
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even slayer does not spam WW

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its just to get imp WW up for fury

sharp gale
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Yeah it’s just a fury spell

lofty warren
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If pwar has 100 armor and takes 10 pre-mitigation spell damage vs has 1000000 armor and takes 10 pre-mitigation spell damage, does the damage the pwar takes differ between these 2 cases?

peak iron
sharp gale
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Imp ww on prot, one day

kind urchin
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No, armor has no bearing on magic damage intake.

peak iron
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the character panel says physical damage reduction only for armor

lofty warren
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What stat makes pwar take less spell damage excluding spell reflect?

sharp gale
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Vers

peak iron
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vers

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other than that just rely on DR from spell reflect or shield wall

toxic pewter
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fight through the flames / spellbreaker

opal ledge
lusty grotto
peak iron
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and demo shout ig

opal ledge
# lofty warren What stat makes pwar take less spell damage excluding spell reflect?

haste mastery will help you with more ip for magic dmg.
haste mastery and crit will help you heal the magic dmg via leech, fueled by violence (haste will also work on indom)
haste will also give you more intmidating shout
versa will do more for magic damage than anything i guess

but it's not like you need, our defensives are usually enough

lofty warren
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Armor gives you strength? Pr youre saying that if you have that much armor you would need to have big ilvl gear which thus will give you more str

peak iron
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so the solution to the loss of spell block is to reach ilvl 900 got it

lofty warren
lusty grotto
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fortunately they balanced well after removing spell block, they just seem to have forgotten to tune in midnight for it but what can you expect from blizzard

opal ledge
peak iron
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true i didnt have an issue with it in TWW

lofty warren
opal ledge
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to be honest def stance already reduces magic dmg a lot compared to other tanks

sharp gale
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We are tuned around sitting in def stance

opal ledge
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i feel like magic dmg is not that big deal for prot... bleeds are the biggest weakness

lofty warren
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I was halfway through a + 15 seat and wondering why i was taking so much damage until I realized I was in dps stance. Unrelated

dusky canopy
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People that say magic damage is weakness just don’t know the spec very well lol

peak iron
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bleeds or magic dots that basically act like bleeds

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but just straight up incoming magic damage is not usually the end of the world

lofty warren
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When the guys in seat charge me I thought those gave a bleed but dwarf racial didnt remove

peak iron
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usually the solution is to just play better but i wont be doing that im just going to complain and blame blizzard

peak iron
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you shouldnt be getting charged by those guys outside of maybe at the very start of the pull

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can spell reflect the knockback

opal ledge
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that reflect is nice

lofty warren
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I've been working to not get charged in seat. I always want to pull move bc 1x pull with 4 mobs feel small

opal ledge
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also reflecting the 3rd coss is nice

lusty grotto
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dont forget 1st boss

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and last boss

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seat is SR heaven

lofty warren
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How many pulls is everything done before boss 1?

lusty grotto
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3

peak iron
fringe mural
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first pull is the three groups in the front with lust

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2nd left chains

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3rd right chains

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and transition into boss if you want

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without getting charged

lofty warren
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I've been doing everything before boss 1 in 3 pulls

lusty grotto
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yes, thats how most of us do it

peak iron
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has anyone been able to consistently do 3 chain packs with lust at the start of seat or is that impossible in real keys

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3 subjugators that is

lusty grotto
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its possible

lofty warren
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With the extra trash above the stairs on the left

lusty grotto
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but the team needs to know how to burn down the little void eles

fringe mural
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with shaman totem?

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the aoe is brutal

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spirit link i mean

lusty grotto
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and need to ultra coordinate movement slow removals

fringe mural
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Can you use bsv for that pull on purpose?

lusty grotto
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no reason to do such a pull anyway

fringe mural
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yeah that's maso

fringe mural
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lol

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You can't mitigate during jump right

peak iron
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on dh? i dont think so

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pre cast

fringe mural
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oh no on warrior too

peak iron
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you can on warrior i think

lusty grotto
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are we back to posting the good ole meme gifs

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hold on

sharp gale
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The same thing will happen if you leap in the middle of a pack

fringe mural
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yeah that's what i was saying

opal ledge
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3rd boss seat, reflect is so nice

sharp gale
fringe mural
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3rd boss seat my groups will always kick -.-

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i hate it

lusty grotto
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you forgot these 2 happy

opal ledge
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they kicked some, but i awlways ask for no kicks there

sharp gale
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I don’t’ send back to back to give more pleasure

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The rlp is my favorite

peak iron
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my dps are always blazed out their gourds so even when i tell them in vc right before the cast not to kick they do it anyways

fringe mural
lusty grotto
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ahaha

fringe mural
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Is that a bladestorm warrior?

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falling into the pit

peak iron
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no thats a beyblade dropping into the arena below the boss room

lusty grotto
fringe mural
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a named beyblade

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Interesting

lusty grotto
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ask stupid questions...

fringe mural
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it's a small screen

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and i didn't fight that boss ever so

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it looked like mimiron to me at first

peak iron
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well me personally i forgive you

lusty grotto
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dont forget this one happy

sharp gale
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I have that one of me but it’s not good cropped

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Among 10 clips of me pressing demolish on vanguards and eating a shield

lusty grotto
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fortunately it doesnt hurt

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or do anything to us

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silence lul

sharp gale
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Im dps in raid

lusty grotto
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oh

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true

dusky canopy
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Im dps in raid

lusty grotto
sharp gale
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The hammer don’t hurt but the shield is death/health pot

livid helm
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Hey what's the fastest way to file my vault?? I should still get 6 tokens right?

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Fill lol

lusty grotto
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hunts and delves probs

lusty grotto
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ritual sites even

undone beacon
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8 delves/preys/rituals is three world event slots, which can be a reroll

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if you dont care about whats in the vault itself, you can run like a random heroic, lfr 2 bosses, and run 2 delves/prey/etc

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thats three slots, so 6 tokens

charred ivy
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if i recraft stuff to Haste/mastery instead of haste/crit. is that very bad as defensive goes?

lusty grotto
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nah

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go for it

fringe mural
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It's better for fury too

charred ivy
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kk will remake some ty just wanted double check

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ye want for fury

fringe mural
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should be fine

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mastery and crit are both physical dmg reduction

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so they're close either way

undone beacon
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you're going to perish if you lose a single point of crit

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in a horrible manner

fringe mural
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Vs flame talons lol

lusty grotto
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character deleted, you say?

fringe mural
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no parry=instant death

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next week is no timewalk right?

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i think of levelling a shaman quickly

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before reset

toxic pewter
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pretty much yes no timewalking

fringe mural
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shit

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Man the day is too short

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i need to work tomorrow -.-

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but at least friday's a holiday

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german WÖRK day

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is a holiday

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When is labor day in the us?

undone beacon
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September 7, 2026

peak iron
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we get memorial day in about a month

cobalt cave
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Total random here but I played fury up to 2900 io and got totally tired of other tanks taking their sweet time and pulling horribly so I swapped to prot for the first time ever yesterday and two chested a couple 10s and I gotta say
Prot is so much fun

undone beacon
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Prot is a baller tank fo sho

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Hit people with your shield and yell at them

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whats not to love

opal ledge
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why is revenge a talent if it's impossible to drop it? x.x

frosty mango
undone beacon
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Some specs have their whole top gate locked, it is what it is

frosty mango
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If you really examine the talent trees you will realize that for all of the talents on three, you really have very little agency in them

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Blizz has a vision for how you play and the talent trees are built to funnel you into that

opal ledge
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i mean literaly impossible

pallid quiver
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The talent trees are designed in such a way to funnel you into grabbing specific talents in specific tiers. That's why the talent gates exist

frosty mango
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If you tell people “this is how you play” they will complain

pallid quiver
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Basically, you get choice in how you level up, and at max, you have a few "utility" points to spend, but you'll generally be literally required to grab the bare necessities

frosty mango
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If you design a talent tree that seems like you have agency but you don’t, no one will complain because most people won’t ever think at that level

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The illusion of choice

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Was basically the entire premise of the matrix

pallid quiver
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It's to ensure people can't literally brick a character by skipping things like Revenge/Demo Shout and other equivalents on other specs, but still have room for choice

charred ivy
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is the omission of light set worth it? i have Light one on mythic

frosty mango
pallid quiver
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That's why I say your talent choices, ultimately, won't make a super drastic difference because you're basically required to grab necessary spells and talents. There might be better, but

pallid quiver
opal ledge
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i just tried spaming whirlwind instead of revenge on dummies, and it's shit but looks so cool

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whirlwind animation and sounds is so much better

jagged pier
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just make a weakau... wait

pallid quiver
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just mod the game files and don't get caught to swap anims and sounds, it's so easy?

jagged pier
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i mean someone like 2 expansions ago made a weakaura that played the cleave sounds and played its animation when u pressed revenge

frosty mango
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I have a macro that shows the thunderclap icon for whirlwind when I play slayer fury because my brain is tiny and I can’t handle change

ivory barn
sick current
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hi sirs, any repository to tell us best m+ to use our rolls on?

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this is my alt and I am trying to gear it quick

undone beacon
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Whatever dungeon has the most upgrades mr bezos

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You can run a droptimizer sim on raidbots if you want a hard answer

sick current
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thank you ill do that now

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/simc

mighty valley
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you'd think jeff bezos could just buy a fully geared account

undone beacon
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mr bezos wants to enjoy the game dammit

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the joy of gearing

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Also they updated the text for the ritual site renown keks

mighty valley
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LMAO

undone beacon
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This is my favorite

mighty valley
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but now it's really not clear which of these is the first thing i should know

undone beacon
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i really want to know what the room looked like when they were writing the original descriptions

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Like how many approvals did those get

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I kinda get the whole "wanting it to sound like a scouting report/tounge-in-cheek" vibe but also yikes

mighty valley
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it smacks of "one overzealous designer wrote all these and never ran them past anyone" to me

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and yeah. they were trying to have fun, put a little bit of flavor in there. but tragically, cannot write

undone beacon
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"Did anyone write up the renown reward descriptions for the new ritual rep?" "Yeah steve got it I think" "alright cool send it"

mighty valley
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"steve just described the rewards at each tier in a normal way, right?"
"probably"

undone beacon
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"thats what we told him to do"

lofty warren
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What the heck is a void theme accessory

mighty valley
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decor

lofty warren
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Until the void gheme thing gives me 5% magic dr I not care

lusty grotto
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rings are just rings, and accessories do not have a massive stat pool

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so dont prio them over other stuff

dusky canopy
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I committed the free rolls to npx so I may as well fish for the other ring now that I have one of them

mighty valley
dusky canopy
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It won’t matter for atleast another week because my crests are going to better sources than ring with tomorrows reset

lusty grotto
lofty warren
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Why nim talks about getting the skyreach trinket if void stalkers is higher on the tier list?

torn gulch
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Are you talking about solarflare?

lusty grotto
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dont take the bait

lofty warren
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I checked and dont think the AA trinket gets dps only penalty for tanks either

lusty grotto
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no stat trinket gets dps penalties

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thats the only bait ill take

lofty warren
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How is it bait if what you say "solar prism is the m+ teinket to get" doesnt match what iv or the liquid thing shows. I changed liquid to Mt 5 targets and void stalkers shows up higher than solar prism.

Im just trying to figure out which dungeon has best trinket to use bonus roll on

lusty grotto
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youll figure it out

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i believe in you

lofty warren
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I read both and the only thing i can think of is "void stalkers has a weird on use effect that may not get full value" while solar prism is better when enemy is low hp so its good in execute and that itself gives it "hidden value" more than the raw dps of void stalkers. Is that right?

lusty grotto
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no

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but keep going

lofty warren
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2 weapons drop from skyreach so even though the trinket is not best should roll skyreach tp get myrh weapons for 298 upgrade. Now its right?

lusty grotto
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no

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because there's only one weapon in skyreach, not two

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unless you're adding shield

lofty warren
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Yes 1x weapon 1x shield

lusty grotto
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and then you'd be correct

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but also still incorrect about the trinket

lofty warren
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Ok the only other reason I can think of is that void stalkers or solar is bugged. Otherwise dont know why bonus roll for solar prism instead of void stalkers

lusty grotto
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all im gonna say is that it aint that deep

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and also that's incorrect

restive loom
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I like damage :)

lofty warren
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Bc solar is passive and doesnt require Brian power?

lusty grotto
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nope

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keep going

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just to be specific there's two trinkets that start with solar, so make sure you meant the right one

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solar core and solar flare

lofty warren
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Solarflare prism is the only one that shows up on liquid dps list

lusty grotto
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you said solar core

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oh bah

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im wrong

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disregard all of that

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its as simple as

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contract has tank penalty

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flare does not

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so sim and figure it out

lofty warren
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Ok i see this one. I dont see it on dps pwar list

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Like how much dps it do

lusty grotto
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that's not the purpose of that trinket

lofty warren
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If void stalkers has dps penalty then prism probably better. Plus skyreach drops weapon slots. Therefore should bonus roll in skyreach since im not myth raid

lusty grotto
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entirely up to you

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contract does sim high in aoe, despite the tank penalty

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but not as high as prism in ST

lofty warren
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What do i care about st if all im doing is m+

echo egret
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Are disc priests in a very very bad spot atm ? I ran a 15 with on,e and I've never felt so endangered in season 1.

lusty grotto
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bosses are a thing

lofty warren
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Well sure on some bosses but if you sim for m+ you do it on 5 targets?

lusty grotto
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disc was strong when played well last week, they got nerfed

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if they are playing like last week, they won't do well

echo egret
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health dropping and going back up so slowly

lusty grotto
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they need to play shielding

echo egret
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oh because they could play differently ?

lusty grotto
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atonement got nerfed

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so they cant rely on it fully

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they need to shield pre shield pre mit

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etc

lofty warren
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Nimchimp if you could have solarflare prism or void stalkers and you do m+ which would you pick

lusty grotto
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i wouldnt touch void stalkers with a 10 foot pole

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but thats just my opinion

torn gulch
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you re telling me to not take the bait

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and you swallowed the entire fishing rod

lusty grotto
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i did cause i misread

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i thought he was talking about core

lofty warren
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Whats wrong with void stalker

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1.5 min cd lines up nicely timing wise

lusty grotto
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i dont care for it

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thats it

delicate creek
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hey how come i cant add the spikes to my shield am i missing something?

solid sun
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They fixed it because it wasn’t intended to be a thing

delicate creek
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i know it says 80max, so it only works on crafted item?

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fuck

lusty grotto
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it used to work before the patch

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but it does jack shit for damage anyway

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so youre not missing anything

lofty warren
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Has it been confirmed crafted only go to 295?

lusty grotto
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confirmed no, but its our speculation

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since crafted is always 3 ilvl lower than max ilvl myth items

tribal wharf
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worked for me

undone beacon
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They updated it to not be applicable to new shields, and I think the effect doesn’t even work anymore on shields that had it

mighty valley
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god damn it. almost timed a +273 skyreach except i didn't do 18 damage sometimes when i blocked

undone beacon
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Okay but what if the boss was at 18 hp and that last block would’ve killed it and everyone else was dead and it was just you and you didn’t have a gcd

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Checkmate

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Liberal

solid sun
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So it had 99 problems and 18 were hos

undone beacon
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Shhhh

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Mobile moment

solid sun
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lol

mighty valley
toxic pewter
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where my 17dam shieldspike

lusty grotto
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yes 3 or 4

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it depends how its rounded in the season

fringe mural
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ah

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i thought it would change because right now it's 4

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but if it's a round thing

solid sun
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What is 4 if not 3 plus a little

fringe mural
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i don't need to care anymore

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i have myth shield and weapon now

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just need to git gud

tribal wharf
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seat loot is a psyop

undone beacon
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Just get the gloves from vault 4heat

fringe mural
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well i can use close to every item in seat

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so why bother with anything else

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when in tank spec the only thing unusable for me is the bad of the two rings

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and it's not even really bad

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still a myth ring

undone beacon
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Because then you have to do seat a bunch keks

fringe mural
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it grew on me

undone beacon
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It’s not my least fav by any margin but holy fuck pushing a seat is a nightmare

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Finally get into a group for an 18, tank eats shit because of the charges

fringe mural
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i just do 10

undone beacon
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Abandon gg nt

fringe mural
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the charges don't even hurt

undone beacon
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I don’t need a 10 seat I need an 18 keks

fringe mural
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but i only ate 1 in the entire run i think

undone beacon
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Warrior can literally avoid every charge if you play well

fringe mural
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i know

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i failed once

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so

undone beacon
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smh my damn head

pastel summit
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warr in my 18 seat didnt taunt reflect second last boss the coward

fringe mural
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i ddin't play well then

fringe mural
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taunt reflect?

pastel summit
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ya hits so hard

fringe mural
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oh the off warrior

pastel summit
#

ya wasn't tankin on warr

ivory barn
#

That last boss SLAPS tanks

undone beacon
#

You can spell reflect the lance

ivory barn
#

.... I need to look up my SR's

undone beacon
#

That would help lol

#

But yeah the boss stacks a buff and then after three stacks she sends the lance, can be reflected

pastel summit
#

last boss seat not the most intutiive

#

esp relative to prior boss

ivory barn
#

Last boss has been murdering my groups

undone beacon
#

Yeah all the other bosses are pretty clear and then Lura is a mess

pastel summit
#

luras room is a mess

ivory barn
#

People can't put beam on big boi

undone beacon
#

On higher keys if someone misses a beam it’s GG

#

Damage ramps too hard

pastel summit
#

ya that dmg looks insane actually

undone beacon
#

As a lil priest I’m hanging on for DEAR LIFE the whole fight

ivory barn
#

I started gearing my mut rogue LETSGOOO cloak that boss

fringe mural
#

lura is a resto druid fight isnt it?

#

just hot everything and gg

#

everyone takes damage all the time anyways

outer willow
#

Death bolt is a 10 second cast… is there a way to kick it solo as a tank so I can reflect it when I want?

#

Any ever try that?

lusty grotto
#

yes

#

you can solo kick it

outer willow
#

Brilliant.

#

I’ll tell DPS to get fucked and don’t kick

lusty grotto
#

just kick early the first one then on cd

#

and fall back to disrupting if kick wont be up during the cast

#

dont use javelineer it doesnt work

outer willow
#

On it. Trying to get that spike in DPS

cobalt cave
#

Good luck with DPS listening to you lmao

outer willow
#

Ugh you’re right. Who am I kidding lol

tribal wharf
#

still no glove lol

ivory barn
sleek wagon
#

starting to think its not worth pug pushing on warrior lol. no one invites you past +18s monkahmm

tribal wharf
#

i dunno how the hell, but i did the opening right other than send a TB

#

i got my avatar up, demo, and aoe taunt and then i hit shield charge and paladi n gets aggro and dies anyways lol

stiff inlet
#

Ret palis love pulling instantly

slender bison
# tribal wharf

It drives me insane that blizz default plates show red for mobs in tank threat

#

can't even use them to see off tank agro in raids

#

I swear they were made by the intern last summer and he left in fall

torn gulch
#

lol another minute added to AA

#

at this rate they will reach 32 min again like it was supposed to be

daring marlin
#

goes for most classes

stiff inlet
#

true story

lament zealot
# undone beacon You can spell reflect the lance

Do you have a precise way to reflect them all. I've been pressing reflect as soon as Lura gets 3 stacks and it seems to work for the most part so I can reflect every lance. Wondering if you have a better way

orchid mural
#

anyone notice that shockwave does not stun leech veil in NPX?

solid sun
#

There’s a “free tank coaching” thread up on Reddit lol as a result of toxicity towards tanks but Pwars and vdh aren’t allowed. Our jobs are safe for now don’t worry keks

lusty grotto
#

or maybe im confusing it

#

nope, its leech veil

solid sun
#

Which thread

orchid mural
#

storm bolt and shield charge interrupt it.

war stomp.

fear

but shockwave not so much. seems odd

burnt lake
#

r prot warriors pretty strong right now and do we think we will be stronger soon?

lusty grotto
burnt lake
#

anyone know a good dmg rotation for prot my dps is really low i feel

frosty mango
lusty grotto
lusty grotto
sharp rover
#

If you're doing anything below like +19 you will have no issues at all playing prot

solid sun
lusty grotto
#

good lord

#

im not even gonna bother lmao

frosty mango
#

I mean

#

He’s got credibility and if you read his thread he’s not being toxic

#

Dude is just offering to help lol

lusty grotto
#

thats fine

frosty mango
#

That help may be terrible

mighty valley
#

ah, warrior and vdh are just the specs he doesn't play

frosty mango
#

🤷

mighty valley
#

i thought he was like "specs i don't like NEED NOT APPLY"

sharp rover
#

My immediate assumption was those were the specs he didn't play

warm plinth
#

Off work finally deadge

sharp rover
#

Why assume toxicity instead of the much more reasonable explanation

lusty grotto
#

because its reddit

#

where they tell you to spam IP

warm plinth
#

Gym time LETSGOOO

mighty valley
#

why assume toxicity in my assumption

#

GOTTEM

sharp rover
#

You do spam IP though

solid sun
#

I just thought it was funny because we get to keep our jobs

lusty grotto
#

yeah idk about toxicity other than people mass downvoting good argumetns

frosty mango
sharp rover
#

The only correct news is news that supports my world view

frosty mango
sharp rover
lusty grotto
#

what the fuck

#

are you baiting

frosty mango
#

/u/ispamignorepain

lusty grotto
#

ive been baited

sharp rover
#

Yes, but sarcasm is hard to read on the internet

solid sun
#

They’re def baiting

lusty grotto
#

goddamn it

jagged gust
#

Did uh, anything actually change this season in terms of how we play? I still haven't touched the game since last October

sharp rover
#

IP is just an AM/Outburst button

frosty mango
#

/cast Shield Block
/cancelaura Shield Block
/say “Healers adjust”

pastel summit
lusty grotto
#

i mean the macro was pretty obvious, but the "we do spam IP thing" wasn't, because we've had that sort of people here (and in reddit)

sharp rover
#

I mean we sort of do spam it hey

#

Considering how high rage gen is atm

#

We press it like once every four seconds

lusty grotto
#

its actually slower than TWW

#

which was slower than DF

jagged gust
pastel summit
#

Ye, ip is spammed. ratJAMMIN

solid sun
#

I can’t wait for the pwar rework

mighty valley
sharp rover
#

I like how Colo plays

mighty valley
#

so we all twitch when someone says "spam IP" lol

sharp rover
#

Don't rework it

lusty grotto
#

yeah its always spam IP over "hey are you keeping SB up?"

mighty valley
#

i also like colossus

jagged gust
#

Wasn't our APM highest in TWW S1? At least since like, heroic strike

sharp rover
#

Are you keeping SB up
Better question is are you facing the mobs so you can actually block

solid sun
#

I don’t like any wow specs anymore

mighty valley
#

tww s3 probably brought us back above s1 levels of spam despite the s2 rework

sharp rover
#

I got XD LMAO'd in a 15 pit when I pressed demolish and rotated 180 degrees

mighty valley
#

just from max haste and the tier set

lusty grotto
sharp rover
#

And got axed in the back by 15 mobs

undone beacon
jagged gust
#

Ah word, I think this forum has proven that I have literally zero memories of DF gameplay anymore atp

undone beacon
#

Yo we got free coach tanking now I hear?

solid sun
#

Not for us

lusty grotto
#

like jordan said

#

this isnt a solvable issue

#

the whole tank thing

pallid quiver
#

the way to solve the issue is to spike blizz data centers and HQ with a meteor

#

if no content to tank, no tank problems

lusty grotto
#

the only way you can solve the whole tank "situation" is to... AHEM, get rid of roles and make everyone a tank and a healer

solid sun
#

Well it isn’t solvable by blizzard I don’t think

pastel summit
#

tanking for pugs is like something you'd be sentenced to as a punishment

lusty grotto
#

and that won't play well with people

solid sun
#

People just need to not suck

undone beacon
#

Better idea. They get rid of playable tanks and healers and have an npc tank/healer in every form of instances content you’re stuck with

pastel summit
#

issue with lfg is that it's people who dont have people to play with

#

usually because of their issues as a human

#

or player

undone beacon
#

Captain Garreth or whatever can tank every key

lusty grotto
#

i mean its not just that

undone beacon
#

Issue solved

pastel summit
lusty grotto
#

but sure it can be part of it

#

i pug a lot too, people we know arent on 24/7

pastel summit
#

ya its rly hard to get 5 people who work well together

#

similar skill level

#

workable comp

#

schedule

#

etc

lusty grotto
#

i wouldnt say its hard...

#

but

undone beacon
#

idk it’s an MMORPG and people don’t want to put any effort into the MMO part and then don’t get why they don’t get all the RPG rewards

solid sun
#

Nah that isn’t hard to do

#

People just want to play single player wow

pastel summit
#

it is very hard danderson

lusty grotto
#

its because coordination takes time

#

and most people do not have time

#

its not because they want to SP

pastel summit
#

"i dont have time" people say as they sit in lfg for 10 hours

lusty grotto
#

right

solid sun
#

No they really do want single player

lusty grotto
#

sure because in SP your time is your own

pastel summit
#

i remember some warr saying he didnt have the time to play 3s so he played 4500 rounds of shuffle instead which is the equiv of lfging like 1000 push keys

lusty grotto
#

you hop in, you get out when you say you do

#

you dont have to wait

pastel summit
#

instead of like the scheduled 8 pm raid

lusty grotto
#

its not that they want SP because of being SP

pastel summit
#

wish we had soloq keys just so each spec had its own ladder

lusty grotto
#

i mean, sure there are people like that but they do not do keys

#

that guy is getting dunked by the typical WoW idiot

#

r.io checking him and shit

#

i read his comments now, hes actually giving okay advice

sharp rover
#

As a dps player I say with zero hyperbole that if tank rotations were more interesting and they did damage on par with dps in group play, tanks would be the most popular role

#

Problem fixed instantly

pastel summit
lusty grotto
#

thats actually a good idea

pastel summit
#

then saw his exp cited is prepatch

lusty grotto
#

imagine our animations just dropped CoD nukes on screen

pastel summit
#

so ya I can see that feelycraft

lusty grotto
#

fucking RDM LB flashbanged the shit out of the group

#

ok that'd be bad

#

but make it the flashiest shit ever

#

japanese cartoon like or some shit

#

duel of the fates, arathor in that one cinematic, dbz speed slapping the shit out mobs

pastel summit
#

wow guides are weird more often than not i just see them nitpicked nonstop

#

seems tiresome to even bother

lusty grotto
#

if youre actually giving good advice, thats more than enough

pastel summit
#

ya why even cite it then

#

i open it going oh title tank neato

#

wait

lusty grotto
#

hes not trying to give advice to r1s

pastel summit
#

peepostudy who knows tho might b good info

lusty grotto
#

just like we're not trying to give advice to r1s in here

#

his point is to get people to tank

pastel summit
#

newbie primer doesnt have to go into depth

#

ye

lusty grotto
#

he could have put "hey im 3k every season" and he could have gotten even more shit by ego fueled redditors

#

and it would have been enough for what he wants to help with

pastel summit
#

most people ive known to be scared to get into tanking just didnt know what to do about routing

#

and go past that just having them w key between bosses then figure the exact count and which packs to avoid later

sharp rover
#

It's not just routing, there are also many mechanics that are tank heavy

#

E. G. Positioning the boss on fights like MT Arcanotron and NPX Kasreth

coarse bay
#

Hi, new here, what u guys talking about

#

Pugging?

sharp rover
#

Talking about the lack of tanks in pub groups, yeah

coarse bay
#

Maybe the tanks all made friends wicked

#

Like the goonies

#

Youre coming with me

#

I did some vaults and got told im awesome at what i do

#

And i didnt respond

#

Real talk though tanks have the privilege of choosing or hosting

#

And there are a whole lot of undesirable groups listed

#

People expecting carries in some way, bringing very under qualified friends etc

#

Tanks are getting into groups, just not the gross looking ones

lusty grotto
#

right

pastel summit
#

there's a similar thing in pvp with healers

coarse bay
#

And when its 3 dps sitting in a group, what happens if the tank has a friend

lusty grotto
#

i agree with all of you

pastel summit
#

really imbalanced ratio

#

and yeah people sittin there with a full group lf a tank

#

SKIP

solid sun
#

I only play with my friends

lusty grotto
#

its just not solvable

coarse bay
#

Yup no solution

lusty grotto
#

you can't change people's very varied resistance to going tank

coarse bay
#

It’s not a problem with the game tbh, theyd have to completely change how tanks were in a way that more people wanted to tank than dps

sharp rover
#

Give more classes tank specs, make tanks do more damage and have better rotations. Problem solved

lusty grotto
#

unless you just delete the tanking role and then the healer role will face the same problem

sharp rover
#

Give us shaman tank and evoker tank and rogue tank

solid sun
#

It isn’t the tank specs that are the issue

coarse bay
#

Tank rotation isnt the problem, people still struggle with it

#

Tanking isnt about the rotation

frozen berry
#

make tanks do same damage as dps and more sweats will go tank - just limit 1 tank per dungeon and 2 for raid

solid sun
#

The issue is people

coarse bay
#

I doubt it

solid sun
#

And you can’t fix people

sharp rover
#

Having a more interesting rotation will encourage people to play, the reason I resisted tanking was because I hated MT prot so much

solid sun
#

What spec has an interesting rotation rn

coarse bay
#

A lot of what drives dps players is competition and i dont personally think adding competition between tank and the dps is healthy

sharp rover
undone beacon
#

There’s literally 5 other tank specs though, adding more tanks won’t magically make people tank more, because the issue isnt rotation or flavor or anything, it’s the pressure of being the tank

pastel summit
#

Ye.

#

Especially when keys are, like, people want 1-2 tank specs.

lusty grotto
#

its not one thing

coarse bay
#

More coggy load onto the rotation isnt the solution i can assure you that. Itd be worse

sharp rover
#

I guarantee you that increasing the number of classes that can tank will increase the number of tanks

jagged gust
#

also the fact that you need to be an absolute chad with balls of steel and a jaw that can chisel ice to be a real tank

sharp rover
#

Literally MT vs Colo

undone beacon
#

I don’t think adding pres as a healing spec made more people want to heal. It just added another healer

lusty grotto
#

also tank scarcity is not a WoW specific problem

coarse bay
#

Colo isnt complex

tribal wharf
#

nearly capped out on myth crest

pastel summit
#

People don't not tank because they can't be a mage tank.

undone beacon
#

Colossus isn’t a hard rotation keks

sharp rover
#

Yeah yeah I know >implying the video game is hard

pastel summit
#

Pres feels like their idea for evoker as a class and dev was like a "we have to give it a dps spec".

sharp rover
#

But compare it to MT

pastel summit
#

Ye?

coarse bay
#

And an easy vs hard option just increases the divide between levels of player. Blizz already is trying to reduce the gap from skill floor to ceiling

pastel summit
#

Kind of a reach to say that colo is hard innit

kind urchin
#

People just don't want the responsibility of being a tank. No amount of classes or rotation or damage or tankyness will change that.

undone beacon
#

But Pres existing didn’t suddenly solve the issue of healer shortages. I’m sure a few people picked up healing because Pres appealed to them, but that’s not what solves a shortage

lusty grotto
#

GNB has a hugely more fun and complex rotation than the other tanks in FFXIV, guess which one the majority of people play when they tank? The simple one WAR - the game still has tank shortage

coarse bay
#

How is it a reach to say colo isnt hard

sharp rover
#

The complicated rotation doesn't need to be massively stronger

sharp rover
#

Just more interesting

pastel summit
#

It's like how most people don't wanna lead a raid instead of just joining one.

sharp rover
#

I was playing Colo even when it was weaker because I hated MT

lusty grotto
#

interesting is subjective

pastel summit
#

How you hating thane

lusty grotto
#

this is your personal take

undone beacon
#

You could give every class a tank spec, won’t make dps suddenly want to tank. If I try to make any of my raids dps mains swap to a tank spec they freak the fuck out

pastel summit
#

colo worst thing ever they should've just added slayer to prot

coarse bay
#

I like thane because i like the apm and thunder, everyone has preferences

sharp rover
#

If anything I feel like GNB is the most popular tank among tank mains

lusty grotto
#

no

#

it really isnt

#

and never has been

undone beacon
#

GNB - giga nerd buster

lusty grotto
#

im not saying WAR is bad, i like WAR in xiv

#

gunbreaker

coarse bay
#

Gunbreak dn

tribal wharf
#

classic doesnt count

sharp rover
kind urchin
#

I haven't played FFXIV since Stormblood so I haven't had the pleasure of playing a GNB.

lusty grotto
#

i mean people do like PLD

sharp rover
#

I was sure it'd be GNB>WAR>PLD>DRK

pastel summit
lusty grotto
#

plus PLD was broken for a bit on the start of 2nd tier (or was it 3rd?)

coarse bay
#

I also wonder how much the tank shortage has to do with how tanking is in raid on top of limited available slots

sharp rover
#

Seeing pld at double war numbers fucks with my head

jagged gust
pastel summit
#

raid tanking is funny every guild has their 2 tanks who've been there since the obama admin

#

and dungeon groups fightin for their life to find one

tribal wharf
#

its crazy the different between how 3k players and 1500 io players is

#

total shift

pastel summit
#

uh

sharp rover
#

1.5k players aren't human

lusty grotto
pastel summit
#

feels the same to me except 3k is like they have a few myth pieces

sharp rover
#

3k players are barely human

tribal wharf
#

well i mean like, doesnt kick the marbles, dances left right all over on pull 1 seat

pastel summit
#

30 min dungeon and my npc ret has kicked 1 unimportant cast

#

too much variety in the <vault range

sharp rover
#

Dps not kicking casters to help group triggers me so fucking badly

kind urchin
#

I haven't ever stayed in a guild that long. Couple years maybe but not a decade.

sharp rover
#

Especially dks not gripping

pastel summit
#

ya dks sittin there hitting a big target not grippin any adds in cos it means changing targets woo

sharp rover
#

Weave it during a GCD, it is not hard

#

And increases dps because it makes it easier to cleave

#

God it triggers me

pastel summit
#

gripped mob dps doesnt show on meters therefore dks dont think its real

#

we need a raid buff

#

despite grip doing more dmg than a raid buff

#

woot

undone beacon
#

give warriors grip and lust and brez

pastel summit
#

meter brainrot

coarse bay
#

I think it’s very easy to call everyone bad but do realize that even you started somewhere

sharp rover
#

Especially when I have ten things to juggle as a tank and yet it's still my job to charge the mob, kick it, and charge back

undone beacon
coarse bay
#

Picmixer’s excluded

sharp rover
#

I haven't been a truly shit player since wotlk

pastel summit
#

whats pash's char look like im curious

lofty warren
#

it is better to go for extra super BIS or for the thing that has the most upgrades? trying to figure out if I should bonus roll the skyreach for 2x weapons + solar prism or seat for the trinket

undone beacon
coarse bay
sharp rover
#

I'm not angry at people playing the game for the first time, I'm angry at 280ilvl 3k io players who don't use their buttons

pastel summit
#

just wow char

pastel summit
#

when it's usually stubborn bad veteran players who wouldn't listen to anything

undone beacon
sharp rover
#

I died because the healer didn't babysit me!!!
No dipshit you died because you didn't use defensives or health pots and ate shit to a dot that ticked you out over 5 seconds

pastel summit
#

huh interesting

#

i wouldn't have guessed maghar priest

coarse bay
tribal wharf
coarse bay
tribal wharf
#

look at the one dude here

#

never stops moving

pastel summit
undone beacon
pastel summit
#

way more than i should've tbh

tribal wharf
#

doesnt even know the charge mechanic exists i bet

pastel summit
#

ya those charges own

sharp rover
coarse bay
#

I think this outlook, which more than a couple of people have, is another reason why people are scared to try tanking or get turned off of it

undone beacon
#

I'm def considering race swapping though because normal orc is just better for spriest, and drac/goblin gives a nice mobility boost

plush tendon
#

can someone tell me why Prot Wars are playing hunker down on Myth Belo?

lusty grotto
#

no clue

#

maybe they want to hoard them balls up

#

gobble them

#

idk tbh

plush tendon
#

the talent choices are weird to me

#

id ping Sense, but that would be super rude

lusty grotto
#

no balls

plush tendon
lusty grotto
#

idk though sense doesnt play it

plush tendon
#

hes one of the 14% that doesnt

lusty grotto
#

classic case of copy paste talent building

#

i would say

#

maybe scott played it and people were like "ctrl+c"

burnt lake
#

wat stat prio is best for prot ive seen different ones

lusty grotto
#

it has answers to that question, and the one you made before

pastel summit
lofty warren
#

fck i didnt want it to go through

lusty grotto
#

you know mods can see deleted messages right?

lofty warren
#

whatever i didnt want to idc if they can see

#

its not like I posted anything naught or advertise

lusty grotto
#

and if you didn't, well you gon learn today

jagged gust
#

not having pepega ignored keks

coarse bay
#

Did i miss some tea

lofty warren
#

your just not a man of cutlure

#

nimchimp im bonus rolling skyreach just like you said

sharp rover
#

Are there any stand out races for prot warrior aside from dwarf? I love stoneform but I'm getting tired of all the transmogs looking stumpy and squished

lofty warren
#

dark iron dwarf

coarse bay
#

Dark iron dwarf is good too

lofty warren
severe star
#

gift of the naaru is nice

lofty warren
#

gift of the die to bleed

coarse bay
#

Id say tauren has decent value now too

plush tendon
#

I like human

coarse bay
#

But ya whatever u think is cool for sure

lofty warren
#

iron or you die to bleed or have aug best friestr

#

friend

severe star
#

draenei also give the very small strength buff

plush tendon
#

but im also a fan of dwarves

#

nelf is really good to

#

especially for DPS

#

and if you like PVP gnome and orc

sharp rover
#

I was thinking void elf

#

Or human

#

But perhaps stoneform is too powerful to leave

#

Dwarfn't

pastel summit
lusty grotto
#

my stance has always been run droptimizer

#

because it depends on your own actual gear

#

and what x or y player need

lofty warren
#

yea but running 8 sims too much of a pita

pastel summit
#

friend ran sims then coined the same bad piece twice

undone beacon
outer willow
#

I did it dad

lusty grotto
warm plinth
toxic pewter
opal ledge
#

can you get 3400 with just 16's?

heavy sparrow
#

Very helpful tool imo

lofty warren
loud rune
#

when and how do you use this in dungeons?

lusty grotto
#

you use it as a stop

#

just like any other stop

#

casts going off, uninterruptible casts going off? press fear

undone beacon
#

That is great for leech veils

lusty grotto
#

gives time for kicks cds to refresh and can be used in conjunction with your group's stops

lusty grotto
undone beacon
#

Cap

#

I will go into an NPX heroic right now and test it

lusty grotto
#

im tempted to go in and try

#

but that was his message

#

SC and stormbolt wouldn't make sense tbh

#

the others do make sense ig

orchid mural
#

i just did it again

#

and again

#

storm bolt works

#

on leech veil, 100%

loud rune
undone beacon
warm plinth
#

Like 99% of mobs in dungeons are elites...

lusty grotto
#

yeah

#

was about to say that

sharp rover
warm plinth
#

CC doesn't work on lieutenant-type mobs (generally) and bosses

#

Intimidating shout is technically ST with a "cleave" effect

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The main target gets a different effect put on it

sharp rover
undone beacon
sharp rover
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Big if true

undone beacon
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On priest

toxic pewter
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wtf is a leech veil

loud rune
sharp rover
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But it also means not running the slow cleanse on berserker rage for the Kasreth trash

undone beacon
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Can confirm confirm, Storm Bolt works on Leech Veil

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Intim Shout works

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Shockwave does not

warm plinth
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Makes sense

lusty grotto
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i wonder why

warm plinth
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Maybe all ST CC works on it?

undone beacon
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My initial theory about it being a damage rider has proven incorrect sadgers

lusty grotto
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if its not due to the immune / damage type ccs

undone beacon
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Maybe it has to be a targeted CC

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But psychic scream isnt targeted

lusty grotto
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seems like an oversight

undone beacon
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So idk

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Prob just an oversight

lusty grotto
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and not intentional

loud rune
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and i pay for 1/20th of that 55$

sharp rover
sharp rover
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Also I thought they were immune to fear

warm plinth
sharp rover
undone beacon
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Works targeting any mob in the pack

sharp rover
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Huge tech

warm plinth
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And that's in tests; I get like 80 ping in games

loud rune
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ouch

sharp rover
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Probably worth running instead of the slow immunity

loud rune
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my ping is really good and the connection stable, thats the only thing i can be grateful about

warm plinth
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Realistically ping is the only thing that matters after a point

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I'd gladly take 25% of my download if my ping was 5 instead of 40

loud rune
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indeed

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500k would be a dream for me atp

warm plinth
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If I moved like 6 miles south I could get google fiber

sharp rover
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Stable 40 ping is fine

warm plinth
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It's only 40 ping in tests though

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In games it's twice that number

sharp rover
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Back in Ye Olde Dayes I used to raid on 350ping

loud rune
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40 is fine for gaming, but thats like the max imo

sharp rover
warm plinth
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Eh, in WoW I don't even notice it until like 200

loud rune
warm plinth
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But in DbD or FPS games, yeah it's trash

loud rune
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yea in fps and in mobas you notice it hard

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in league i could feel 10ms difference

warm plinth
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It's great dying when you barely react to the person shooting you in the chest

sharp rover
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Death

loud rune
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really wondering how starlink is

sharp rover
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To all with good ping

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Suffer, as I do

sharp gale
warm plinth
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I'd be surprised if starlink actually had good ping

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Satellite generally blows ping-wise

loud rune
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yep, apparently some claimed they have sub 30 on good days

warm plinth
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Til them storm clouds roll in

loud rune
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but most tests i saw was in the 80-120s

warm plinth
loud rune
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absurd sometimes to think how the internet is connected

sharp gale
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I have 15 ping in wow, I do not understand how

warm plinth
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Depends on how close you live to the datacenter

loud rune
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this thing under the sea is what connects my europan yee with your yees in the states

warm plinth
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Yeah it's crazy

sharp gale
loud rune
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maybe in many many years

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there will be a better solution

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to connect the world

warm plinth
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Tbf you have less lag playing games cross-region than talking on the phone

sharp gale
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A big hug can connect the world

warm plinth
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I remember talking to my mom when she was in Korea and having a very noticeable absence of sound in between what I said and her responding lol

loud rune
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the last time earth got hugged, a lot of dinos died

sharp gale
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EU servers are in Paris and Frankfurt, I’m between both

warm plinth
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ok but you know what kinda fucked with me

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pterodactyls were not dinosaurs

lusty grotto
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geolocation is huge for latency