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raven kernel
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if i picked up bear i would fall asleep

static pilot
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Look at the leaderboards

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Look at progression comps

sick sentinel
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LOL

raven kernel
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kudaku

sick sentinel
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Want us to be meta?

static pilot
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Look at the list here

raven kernel
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leaderboards and prog comps

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only define the "TOP" / "BEST"

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are any of us saying that warr is the best?

sick sentinel
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Look at them. And then discard all the classes and specs that arent there

static pilot
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Do toy honestly think the main problem with Prot warrior is that people don't know how to play it?

sick sentinel
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gg, you get 10 specs total

sturdy inlet
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Hmm mayne i am aiming for the best?

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*maybe

sick sentinel
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If you are aiming for MDI, then discard Prot Warrior, yes

static pilot
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Half the mods in Skyhold don't main Prot atm

sick sentinel
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If not, who cares?

raven kernel
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so rogues useless for mythic ghuun

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class is broken right

sick sentinel
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yes

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Rei

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yes

icy trench
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how

sick sentinel
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Rogue needs buffs

sturdy inlet
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You are correct Rei ;p

static pilot
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Strawman again Rei

misty owl
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wich weapon enchant is best for prot atm?

raven kernel
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#1 and #2 prog in the world

sick sentinel
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Its the same argument, Kudaku

static pilot
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Quick nav

raven kernel
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didnt use rogues on ghuun kudaku

sturdy inlet
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Quick Navigation

raven kernel
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u like to see prog comps right/

misty owl
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ty

raven kernel
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im using your logic here

static pilot
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It's not - one argument looks at one fight in isolation

sick sentinel
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And the only viable tank atm is Brew, btw

sturdy inlet
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I am progging myself all the time]

raven kernel
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oh yeah

static pilot
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The other takes in the wider picture

sturdy inlet
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why use a disability called prot warrior

raven kernel
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dk dh bear protpal protwar are usleess for mythic too

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only double brew is viable

tribal valley
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XD

sick sentinel
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Here you go again saying prot warriors are useless. I don't feel useless in my guild's raids and we're not experiencing any issues running a warrior tank.

sturdy inlet
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atleast they are viable in M+

static pilot
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Not much point in continuing this conversation, enjoy the circle guys :)

sturdy inlet
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idd

sick sentinel
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I think 5 Brew team for MDI is the only viable comp

tribal valley
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protwar is not useless, far from it,ù its good but not enough compared to other classes i think

sick sentinel
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So back to my earlier statement that if your guild is feeling an issue with a warrior tank its either because you're in a top 20 guild, or you're using your warrior wrong, and you need to spend less time complaining and more time researching and learning. Thats not an insult just a fact.

raven kernel
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people like me defending protwar have never claimed it to be the best or without problems

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but it sureeeeee as hell isnt as bad as people make it out to be

sick sentinel
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We all would like to see prot warrior better, but its factually wrong and pointless to say that we're useless. that wont' get us more buffs or fix our issudes.

static pilot
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Tallstar, for what it's worth if you had phrased it like that the first time u wouldn't have an issue

tribal valley
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@sick sentinel you're probably right, where can one read about how to improve? is there an updated site that talks prot wars?

raven kernel
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sadly not really

static pilot
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But it bugs me how easily people gang up on newbies in this disc when they enter and are frustrated

tribal valley
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ç_ç

raven kernel
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there's too few good prot warriors

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that make content

static pilot
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That's true, most of them have rerolled

sturdy inlet
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you are like prot warrior are really difficult to play

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reminder they arent

static pilot
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Sense is still going strong you can check out his streams

sick sentinel
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@static pilot Allow me to copy paste what I initially said that you guys aparantly lost it over: 12:12 PM] Tallstar: If you think you have to reroll from warrior tank to another tank class for Mythic then you're either in a top 20 raiding guild or you're playing your warrior wrong :)
[12:13 PM] Tallstar: We don't have a Niche, and we're only 95% of what other tanks are, but we ain't that underpowered we can't tank in mythic

tribal valley
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they're not easy either tho

raven kernel
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@static pilot because those people usually come in here fully convinced prot is shit and they only want to be sympathized with

near shard
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I actually adore prot warrior, looking at other tanks it looks like garbadge but I just enjoy it too much to reroll, sure I get mad sometimes and say "screw this im rerolling" but i just cant

static pilot
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Tallstar, the comment that got my back up was this one:

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so you want to be able to tank anything at any skill level as any tank?

raven kernel
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i honestly enjoy the fact that i require far less healing than my brew

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

near shard
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I am however pretty new to tanking as warrior, and want to learn how to do reall well in +'s

static pilot
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It escalated quickly from there

sturdy inlet
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I prefer prot warrior gameplay wise yes (with devestator please ;p)

static pilot
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So I stepped in and asked people to relax a little bit and keep it friendly

tribal valley
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i came here because i dont feel very good at tanking atm and want to understand how to get better (if, im doing something wrong)

static pilot
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Which made everyone defensive

sick sentinel
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That was not my comment though Kudaku.

near shard
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Exactly the same @tribal valley

sturdy inlet
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Use your mobility 😃

raven kernel
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i've been civil but not polite

static pilot
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Then it's very possible that I misattributed a quite to you

sturdy inlet
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See when you need to kite

tribal valley
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@sturdy inlet u mean kiting stuff around?

raven kernel
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i haven't called anyone a fucking noob /retard but i sure as hell aint gonna care about their ego

sturdy inlet
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Yes if you defensives aren t up anymore

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*your

sick sentinel
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Big tip valorth. Go explore Unstopable force + Bolster + Booming Voice + Anger Manamgent. Even on single target. It gives you just adequate rage that you're never standing without any defensives.

tribal valley
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i dont have rage issues actually

static pilot
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What I saw was the usual negativity and poorly veiled insults aimed at a frustrated player, which typically leads to A arguments and/or B a player that much more comitted to not playing warrior

sick sentinel
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Which in my opinion makes you almost as smooth as the brewmaster, and the end result a tank with less overall healing needed.

tribal valley
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i feel good about the rage quantity

raven kernel
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@static pilot i didn't veil anything, when i said people weren't good enough i meant for them to know it

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😃

tribal valley
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its just that im tanking along a bdk and a protpala and im taking a shitload more dmg then them

static pilot
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Still not taking to you Rei

sturdy inlet
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They do take more damage Valoroth

raven kernel
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pretty sure i've been the most "aggressive" of anyone here today

sturdy inlet
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Thats why they can selfheal

raven kernel
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so if u arent talking to me idk who

sturdy inlet
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I am pushing over 40k+ hps in m10+

raven kernel
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tallstar has been far nicer than i have

static pilot
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For the record Tallstar, I didn't mean to put words in your mouth and I'm sorry if I misrepresented you

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This chat moves pretty fast and I'm participating by phone, which occasionally leads to some rather entertaining typos ^^

sick sentinel
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Thats some gentlemanship right there. @static pilot.

static pilot
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The way I see it politeness costs little but can earn you a great deal :)

sturdy inlet
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But everyone would like some prot love here i guess 😃 Have a nice day people!

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You are true in that @static pilot

static pilot
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The wow community can be toxic but each and every one of us chooses to engage in it or not

sick sentinel
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Valoroth, if you're taking more dmg than a BDK you need to work on reducing windows without mitigation. its those windows that make you skyrocket in dmg taken. Your shieldblock is stronger than any of their mitigation. Just ain't up as often.

static pilot
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Personally I find the game a lot more enjoyable if I do not ^^

tribal valley
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how do i understand how to use it more efficiently? should i pop it under boss' spells?

sturdy inlet
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@tribal valley And Haste helps a lot with it 😃

sick sentinel
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a good rule is: There has to be allways one of the following things up when you're not having SB active: Last stand, Shield Wall, or Demoshout with Avatar and TC spam into Ignore Pain.

sturdy inlet
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Dont overlap Last Stand with your shield blocks!

tribal valley
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Demoshout/Avatar is for dmg increase tho, right?

sick sentinel
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no Valo. its for rage generation.

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and the 20 % dmg reduction from demo shout.

static pilot
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With the right talent setup it does both mitigation (reducing damage taken), rage gen and damage increase

sick sentinel
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if you can't have shieldblock, up atleast have 20 % with demo shout.

tribal valley
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i see, well, i use it on CD tho, should i only use it under some particular circumstances?

sturdy inlet
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You should get one piece of azerite gear that extends demoshout

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on Thunderclaps it is

sick sentinel
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See thats the hard part about rot warrior Valoroth, we want Demo shout used as much as option, but we also don't want to stand without any mitigation active EVER. so if you see Demo shout about to be ready, and you have 5 seconds left on shield block, then dont pop Demoshout, wait till SB runs out, then que the Demo shout.

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and let SB charges regain for the 12-14 seconds you're keepign Demo shout up on the boss.

static pilot
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^ this is where a lot of Prot warriors fuck up

sick sentinel
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If you're reading this and asking, how does Demo shout last 12-14 seconds when it says 8 seconds, then its because you need to read up about Unstoppable force + Deafening Crash Azurite Trait.

static pilot
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They pop multiple CDs at the same time, feel great, then 15 sec down the line they have nothing available and get chunked

tribal valley
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i see

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@static pilot exactly me XD

static pilot
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Me too ^^

sturdy inlet
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It works that way for every tank btw 😃 Always chain defensives

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Dont pop them all at the same time

sick sentinel
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I pop them all at the same time, that way I never die

sturdy inlet
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if the fight takes 8 secs yes

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:p

sick sentinel
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I think Rai put earlier that a really good opener will always look like Avatar+Demoshout & SB->SB->SB-Last Stand (let SB recharge during last stand) when Last stand runs out. Que SB's again untill out of charges, then que Avatar with demoshout only (add in a healer external: IRON BARK is GREAT cause its a small cd) after that its SB time again and you'll either have last stand ready to start all over, or have to use Shieldwall. (depends abit on your rage management during the Avatar +demo shouts)

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go big or go home, with me... If in 8 seconds boss isnt dead, its on the DPSers

static pilot
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Your girlfriend must be thrilled Sagif ^^

sick sentinel
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And before you know it Valorth, you've sat there in your own little world and que'd mitigation for 4 minutes and never run out of something to press, and your healers will be asking "why is the warrior taking less dmg than the monk" :)

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👀

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You know what they say, better fast and furious, than slow and miserable

static pilot
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When it comes to sex I like to aim for something a bit higher than either of those

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But fair enough, you do you fam haft

sick sentinel
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Now what I just wrote is easy in text, but sure as hell harder on fights. :) cause there you don't get to just stand still and plan 15 seconds ahead. :)

tribal valley
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@sick sentinel i see i see, feels good to know that its possible to improve! i will probably forget half the things you said tho XD anywhere i can read about the stuff you said? website or something?

sick sentinel
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Wow crazy, use your mtigation abilities and you take less damage?

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Awesome im gonna try that instead of crying on the forums

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Thanks guys

static pilot
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Real warriors do both ;)

tribal valley
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i've been using them Kagan, in the wrong way but i'm using them

sick sentinel
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Well if you go to the "guides-ressources-f" here you'll see some links Valoroth. They atleast give you ideas of how to get started on considering these things. but else it just takes practice and practice :)

tribal valley
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right then 😃 ty alot

sick sentinel
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and Valorth this here is one of the reasons why protection warriors have a higher skillfloor than for instance monks or DKs. you simply can't make the same errors or wrong choices on a Monk as on a Warrior. But luckily, the class gets alot more competitive when you start using these tools correctly. its just sad it takes more to get to point where you can compete with a monk than creating the character.

near shard
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On "bigger" trash pulls, how often do you guys IP?

sick sentinel
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Monks don't need to think or plan as much, and this is why, if you're going top world, playing the monk is just better cause it leaves more room for other considerations and to adjust to mechanics pushing you out of this "hitting a dummy style"

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@near shard, on big trash pulls your rotations is TC, Revenge, TC, Shieldslam, TC, IP, TC, SS if it reset, else revenge if it procced so its a free revence, else Devastatior, TC, with this TC the combo starts over.

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When Demo shout runs out, LAst stand gets qued, or else you start running from the mobs.

static pilot
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@sick sentinel nice job, I learned a few things now too :)

near shard
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Hm I see, not a lot of IP in that rotation then

static pilot
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Feel free to replace revenge with IP if the pool gets stripped off too fast

sick sentinel
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a good wayn to check if you're doing your rotation on a trash pull correcttly is ask yourself these things: 1. Did i do more dmg than any of the dps'ers (except dks and DH's). 2. Did I have shieldblock or Laststand active at all times, 3. Did i hit 100 rage and do a shield/tc?

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the only Revent that is important is the first one after the first TC

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that is to put deepwounds on all targets so you don't lose aggro.

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after that, you only ever spend rage on a revenge to refresh Deepwounds but the packs shouldn't live this long.

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if you keep that rule in mind, then it sorta gives it self when you use IP, its basicaly whenever both TC and SS is on CD and you're not having a full IP up already.

static pilot
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Note that you'll likely want to cast avatar just before charging in - you don't want to delay your main rotation or else mobs will run off immediately

onyx vessel
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Yup or dps WILL rip

sick sentinel
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This is right. Avatar is cast before you charge, Demo shout is cast while you group the mobs up. and now your rotation starts.

static pilot
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Ie cast avatar outside of combat. It feels bad to waste uptime but it's better than the alternative

near shard
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I see, seems like I was putting to much effort in keeping IP up then..

onyx vessel
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Tclap 1st to get threat demo tclap ss tclap

sick sentinel
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if the pack is big, you can't keep IP up all the time.

onyx vessel
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Then ip

static pilot
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Won't that SS cap you? 20 rage from charge, 20 from avatar, 40 from DS, 10 from tclap

onyx vessel
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Sb is 30

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Not on gcd

sick sentinel
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na causse you're throwing 60 rage into SB while doing it.

static pilot
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Ah ofc

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That's my cue to call it a night

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I know I'm not thinking straight when I forget SB

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Good night guys, enjoy your weekend :)

onyx vessel
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Ip is rage dump

sick sentinel
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haha As long as you don't do it when you actualy pull :P

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then your healer gets sad.

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and will tell you that you're "harder to heal than a shadowriest" as I see someone writing on MMO-champion

static pilot
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No such problem with my bone shield ^^

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It pretty much takes care of itself and you wouldn't believe the uptime %

sick sentinel
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This is true,. This is one of the reasons why I think its fair to say that at this current moment, DK is easier to to a good standard than Warrior.

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to play to*

static pilot
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I think even if Prot and dk were equal, reactive tanking is easier to play than proactive tanking

sick sentinel
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which is why you'll see pug groups rather wanting a dk or a monk. (just less statistical chance they get a bad tank)

static pilot
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Idd

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The fact that I mostly don't care about what kind of damage I'm taking and that I can bounce back up from a misstep doesn't hurt either

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Granted you can't play dk that casually at a progression level but it works at easier content

open bluff
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On "bigger" trash pulls, how often do you guys IP?```

seriously? nobody's going to say they go before the dungeon starts so they don't have to worry about it on big trash pulls? ![wadner](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/364925017114411009.webp?size=128 "wadner")
static pilot
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Which is where most people hang out tbh

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Anyway, bed! Gn :)

sick sentinel
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@open bluff They go what before the dungeon starts?

near shard
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Yeah I'm not entirely sure what he means

sick sentinel
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Anyways Im off the discord to get something done on my mighty warrior. Hope you got your questions answered Kenneth

near shard
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I did tyvm have fun

open bluff
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sorry, not entirely awake yet; was going for a pee joke

undone sun
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🤦

sick sentinel
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haha aight. okay :P ye now it makes a bit more sense.

ember arrow
noble solar
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[Lingering Sporepods]

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how is that?

vocal nimbus
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Bad

noble solar
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realy?

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why?

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15k healing here and there

undone sun
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the effect is pretty low

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damage splits and healing proc is unreliable and doesn't actually heal that much

blissful imp
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so I slept on that and Wowhead still has 8.1 removing Crit Block. That's just a data mining error, right? riiiiight?

undone sun
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¯_(ツ)_/¯

raven kernel
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it probably caught prot changes mid-iteration

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mastery is "removed" on ptr as well with no repalcement

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so seems like the devs are thinking of changing our mastery

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which will remove crit blocks

blissful imp
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memba when they removed Ignore Pain and promised to replace it with something better?

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and then they just gave us ignore pain back but made it hella worse?

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I memba

raven kernel
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so IF they are removing crit blocks, thereby increasing our average dmg taken, they will theoratically have more leeway to balance us elsewhere and make us have more mitigation baseline

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bringing up the floor

undone sun
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Removed IP, Gave it back and then replaced it again with the current iteration

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👌

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which is worst than the first revision

raven kernel
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what if our new mastery scales IP

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🤔

open bluff
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to be fair, with block rating on shields increasing block strength, it's theoretically possible to eventually have ~100% mitigation from crit blocks if blizz fucks up K values as bad as they've fucked a lot of other things this expac

amber siren
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that sounds awful unless it's some obscene scaling amount

blissful imp
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The logical thing to assume, if the removal of crit block is true, is that they want to make our damage intake more consistent and could still make us take overall less damage

raven kernel
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eh that wont happen cos K value is easily hotfixable

blissful imp
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but since that is logical

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I'm fucking scared

raven kernel
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thats what i was getting at jim

open bluff
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true, but alter the K value because of one tank and you risk throwing others out of whack

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i doubt they planned ahead enough to have a separate K value for each type of mitigation

raven kernel
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numbers are always tweakable

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wouldnt worry about that too much

blissful imp
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Well I like Crit Blocking. I can see the argument for Devs not liking it, but I fucking like it

raven kernel
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we should be mainly concerned about the Design Intent

blissful imp
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imagine them removing Critical Strike from the game or a spec because they want to make their damage more consistent

open bluff
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all depends on how K values are implemented, if it's a per-tank basis that's nbd and easily fixed, if it's a per-boss/instance basis, that causes all sorts of potential nightmares

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well, the thing is we don't know what the design intent is yet

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and according to blizzard, they don't either

blissful imp
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Crits are satisfying

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its fun to see crits

open bluff
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they just know prot's getting some love

blissful imp
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Blizzard has had no idea what to do with Prot for well over a year

raven kernel
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yeah

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they're still figuring out what they wanna do with us

blissful imp
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and Lore's posts last night made it abundantly clear they still have no fucking clue what they want to do

raven kernel
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and all we can do is wait and pray tbh

open bluff
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pray?

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i'm a fucking warrior, not a paladin

raven kernel
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BY THE LIGHT

blissful imp
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lol

undone sun
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\o/

open bluff
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i don't pray, i charge in and shield slam

raven kernel
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i mean

open bluff
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...and then die because i forgot to ignore pain and used revenge instead

raven kernel
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kappa

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well u know what they say about vengeance

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its a downward spiral of destruction

open bluff
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that's more of a cliff than a spiral

raven kernel
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something something dh something warlock

open bluff
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i'm just hoping blizzard doesn't go and fuck prot up, because if my healers were any better i'd be maining my warrior right now instead of my dk

amber siren
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eh i mean, it's possible to make it worse but i don't think it's likely

open bluff
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shh, it's blizzard

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they'll take that as a challenge

broken kite
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yeah i wouldn't be surprised lol

ember arrow
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the general negativity and passive aggressiveness of this channel is entertaining

amber siren
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levko fight me you fucking nerd

undone sun
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1v1 me in irl

sudden tapir
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You gotta remember, we're just min maxing neckbeards

prisma night
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1 sec, gotta wait for cds

ember arrow
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no externalk emotes here

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thyme had gcd pepe

ember arrow
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i will borrow that tyvm

amber siren
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exploiting 👀

sudden tapir
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That's gold lol

blissful imp
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Yo, so they made it so that Alchemists have to drink their "own" flasks to get the 2 hour buff, right?

undone sun
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no

blissful imp
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what about couldrons? I haven't used a cauldron yet, will I get a 2 hour flask from another alchemists cauldron?

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no?

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you gotta be a certain skill level or something for 2 hour buff?

undone sun
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unless that's been changed within the past couple days, any flask you drink is 2 hours

blissful imp
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there been some confusion in my group

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some of my friends weren't getting the 2 hour flask until they made their own flask

undone sun
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yeah you need the alchemy perk

blissful imp
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well we all have alchemy

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lol

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but some were not getting 2 hours on their flask the first week of raiding

undone sun
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right, it's not just innate from alchemy

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you need to earn the perk called mixology or something

blissful imp
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hmm

amber siren
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i think it's 90? you get it

undone sun
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i know legion had a questline to get it easily

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sec i'll log on to see which perk exactly it is

blissful imp
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I'm not seeing that achieve

delicate breach
blissful imp
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I don't remember getting anything special for 2 hour flasks, I was just told that there was a qualifier for it and that making your own flasks was it (maybe its around that time)

delicate breach
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We agree Prot Warriors need love 😆

undone sun
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This was an old perk called "Mixology" that would double the duration on Elixirs/Flasks if you knew them. You simply have to have the pattern learned (in Legion's case, at least Rank 1 will do [PS: I just wasted a Flask I only have Rank 1 for just to confirm that!]) and you will receive the double duration.

blissful imp
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right on

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thanks for clearing that up

undone sun
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👍

candid cove
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Yeah, gotta have the recipe. Can't just pick up rank one alch and get extended timers.

fresh dragon
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OT question: do they have intention on fixing Anchor Weed?

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some1 read anything about it?

amber siren
fresh dragon
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oh! from 5 to 3

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but no more spawn

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ok

dull seal
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what is a good place to look for prot traits ?

fresh dragon
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icy veins guide

amber siren
fresh dragon
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done my MAROK

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is the best of the best

rich robin
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Pins my friend

fresh dragon
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guys just fantasizing about our "missing utility" which utility do u think we should have? i my opinion a mass stun of WHATEVER in combat attacking us for 6 secons (ye 6 seconds) and Speel reflection that is a REAL spell refletion and REFLECT ALL DIRECT ABILITIES used toward us... not a (Sometimes) Spell Reflection that reflect something yes and something no

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Even BOSS ability

prisma night
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that could be very easily broken

hot locust
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I'mma hit that with a 🤔

fresh dragon
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we are the ICONIC tank of this game

prisma night
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so we need to trivialize a key ability from a boss?

astral crystal
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almost like we're paladins 🤔

fresh dragon
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we should be like a IronTank that can take tons of damage

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its just a fantasizing

oak girder
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Intercept stun in legion was a really nice thing, especially since it wasn't suffering from diminishing returns, I'd personally love to see it make a comeback

fresh dragon
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of a "wanna have" ability that makes us different

hot locust
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makes us different and makes us totally imba are two very different things.

fresh dragon
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Massgrip is IMBA?

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yes

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it can half the combat time in M+ on trash

hot locust
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Not inherently, no.

fresh dragon
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sanguine afflix? 😄

amber siren
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i'd like shield slam to dispel again

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tbh

prisma night
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thatd be interesting

uneven mason
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Lets focus on stuff that increases our survivability rather than a gimmic off of our shield slam...

fresh dragon
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yes

vocal nimbus
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Tbf massgrip reduced range made it a very meh tool

fresh dragon
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thats what i was thinking about. a stun on ALL enemy attacking us (so we dont stun something that we dont have aggro) for 5-6 sec allow us to recharge for example a SB

amber siren
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I think as a species we can focus on more than one issue at once, survivability and utility being some of the more talked points

uneven mason
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Like, how about taunt forces the mob to come to us (not stopping to cast or anything) for the duration of the fixate

fresh dragon
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and some rage for IP

uneven mason
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Rybie - dispel on shield slalm would address a very very very small issue (there are many classes that can dispell)

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Being able to silence casters at range

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like, gag order

cold owl
#

Ikar, I had that thought a few days ago. Would fit imo.

uneven mason
#

would be a much bigger issue

prisma night
#

fair

uneven mason
#

But after doing a +10 Motherlode lastnight, I'm pretty convinced that our only issue is literally non armormitigateable damage when we're not able to roll IP like its made of candy

fresh dragon
#

silence range caster can be done by quite all ranged and healers

uneven mason
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Physical damage packs

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tickled me

amber siren
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Wait so saying I would like x doesn't meant I'm not concerned about y? like boyyyy

uneven mason
#

throw one DOT Into the mmix

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and I was getting chunked

amber siren
#

like I'm not an influence I can wish for things lmfao

uneven mason
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I'm saying noise matters

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creating a lot of white noise that the developers would have to sort through about what issues we face is what we faced in beta

fresh dragon
#

@hot locust so.. which could be ur "wanna have" warrior ability?

amber siren
#

I'm sure Ion is reading the prot discord and taking my one off suggestion very seriously

uneven mason
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Lala wanna have armor work vs magic

hot locust
#

I dont think prot needs anything "new"

cold owl
#

Ion is everywhere, bro

uneven mason
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Rybie you'd be shocked

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Fury got a lot of changes I saw proposed in the fury discord

hot locust
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Just a cd change on block and some rage tuning.

uneven mason
#

like word for fucking word

fresh dragon
#

Lala im speaking about UTILITY

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we dont have any raid utility

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except Battle Shout

hot locust
#

CS?

astral crystal
#

did i just read

hot locust
#

????

astral crystal
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that mass grip reduced range made it mediocre?

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l m a o

uneven mason
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Commanding is a raid server bro

tranquil jetty
#

make dragon roar pull trash together like dh does

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boom fixed

uneven mason
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You'd have to give up UF

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meaning thats not going to happen

fresh dragon
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ye... a MASS TAUNT could be usefull

hot locust
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We have one of the best with CS

uneven mason
#

unless thye massivly nerf DC

fresh dragon
#

we had that

amber siren
#

ion if you're spying on my messages, give me blizzcon mount plz

fresh dragon
#

CS?

astral crystal
#

lala, just take a dps warrior

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same shit

fresh dragon
#

CS : Counter Strike? 😄

uneven mason
#

Commanding Shout

hot locust
#

More never hurts

fresh dragon
#

WELLL...

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CS is a WELL...15%

uneven mason
#

@astral crystal having more than 1 CS is a big boon to healers

fresh dragon
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its just "ill try to make u survive"

uneven mason
#

you can give people a ton of padding before a damage wave

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esp if you have the tertiary trait stacked up

astral crystal
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take two dps warriors :^)

fresh dragon
#

if CS could be 100% more healt

uneven mason
#

that is a HUGE Amount of health

hot locust
#

If you think CS isnt a big benefit youre delusional.

uneven mason
#

We take 2 DPS warriors and I tank as prot

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we have a rotation

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that we use for damage spikes

fresh dragon
#

mmmmm

uneven mason
#

it makes a difference

fresh dragon
#

Spirit Link is way better than CS

astral crystal
#

im more concerned with positioning demanding fights

uneven mason
#

Takkero - use CS with Spirit Link

silk mortar
#

You want a dps to have a better healing cd than a healer ;P?

uneven mason
#

since SL is mutliplicative in effect with health pool and DR effects

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My only issue thus far with tanking Uldir as prot

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is adds on Zul

fresh dragon
#

Ikarikaze i know but thats not a "i wanna a prot tank in M+/raid" thing

uneven mason
#

Right, but to have a "I wanna prot tank in my raid" kinda thing

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we'd need something so OP

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to really stand out

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like, Gorefiends

fresh dragon
#

thats is why i was FANTAZISING

astral crystal
#

or the d3 barb knockdown added to tclap

fresh dragon
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about something we dont have

astral crystal
#

we can now successfully control adds

uneven mason
#

I Mean, they could give us a grip to fit our fantasy

astral crystal
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profit

uneven mason
#

remove malice

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give us that leap shit that sucks enemies to you

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from D3

astral crystal
#

also that

fresh dragon
#

mmmmmmmm what about

astral crystal
#

game already became d3 lite, might as well

fresh dragon
#

self healing for example while SB or LS is up?

uneven mason
#

Its D3 with smaller integers

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I think they're REALLY not wanting to give us a self heal

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because that would come at the cost of mitigation

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self healing IS NOT one of our problems

fresh dragon
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mmmm dunno

uneven mason
#

the extremely punishing focus level needed to optimize our mitigation is a big issue

fresh dragon
#

in this exp we have much HOT and less direct heal

uneven mason
#

the fact that our offensives are not defensive etc as well

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Like, I get that we're ona cycle

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gain resoruces spend them in mitigaiton or damage

fresh dragon
#

like monk?

uneven mason
#

kinda

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Monks have a lot of padding though

fresh dragon
#

but that would be a copy

uneven mason
#

make a mistake as a monk and you purify it off and require a bit extra healing for like 4 seconds

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make the same mistake as a warrior and you're tomato sauce

fresh dragon
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heheeheh

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tomato juice example suit good .D

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😄

neat harbor
#

Ive sort of given up pushing M+ as prot

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not all the way but mostly

fresh dragon
#

this week i've done AD+10 in 60 min 😄

neat harbor
#

ppl just wont invite you to groups

fresh dragon
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last week a 12 in 29.58

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😄

neat harbor
#

this week is pure aids.

fresh dragon
#

noooooo

neat harbor
#

teeming+fort needs some serious tweaking

fresh dragon
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first week was PURE AIDS

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sanguine + necrotic

neat harbor
#

Id say they are both hard

prisma night
#

Fort weeks are always gonna be harder since trash is alot stronger this expac

fresh dragon
#

btw in my guild discord they said Teeming was bugged

neat harbor
#

howso?

fresh dragon
#

and seems that even boss get the fortified buff

neat harbor
#

oh

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lmfao

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was it fixed tho?

agile tiger
#

Prot paladin ts active M is off cost and 3 charges. We only got 2 and with a cost

fresh dragon
#

it was strange coz they take a M+0 and read the Boss HP

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than SUM the % difficult of M+

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and the result was not right

agile tiger
#

If our sb would be of cost 3 charges and when using sl we shorten the cd

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Would be the fix i think

uneven mason
#

New Mastery will probably scale the % reduction and value of IP

prisma night
#

Thatd be cool

uneven mason
#

make critical blocking based on crit

fresh dragon
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well.. actually IP last 1 hit for a Mythic Raid Boss (maybe even no entirely)

uneven mason
#

lololol

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it doesn't

steel mauve
#

But pallies only last 1.5 seconds longer than ours since theirs is a shorter buff time

uneven mason
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come close to capping its values

#

but really what irking

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SO like our main issue is IP is our only defense against stuff that gets past our block/Armor

fresh dragon
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if i remember correctly my MAX IP is 35,3k

uneven mason
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if its mitigatable by block, we can basically laugh at it

steel mauve
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I can get over 40k ip

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Most of the time

uneven mason
#

IP scales in a snapshot form with your AP

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so if you have a on use str trinket (like this flask I'm still stuck using) you can dramatically increase your IP cap for that window

steel mauve
#

My ip almost always caps at 40.5k or jusg shy of it

uneven mason
#

and IP scales rather well

steel mauve
#

Just*

uneven mason
#

but its base is weak

fresh dragon
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40k

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1 melee hit 😄

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40 rage 😄

steel mauve
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And you cant just compare another tanks AM and try to copy it, like theres a reason why we have 2 stacks of SB and pallies have 3 of SOTR

uneven mason
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and why we have no self healing

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but BDK and VDH do

neat harbor
#

guys Im curious, my r.io score is not updating, its the same as it was since tuesday

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wonder if theres any way to force it to uptdate

uneven mason
#

that means you didn't make it onto the leaderboards?

neat harbor
#

no in the addon I mean

uneven mason
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update your addon

fresh dragon
#

@neat harbor i m in the raider.io discord. problem is that BLizzard API last 500 daily fight

neat harbor
#

my weekly highest/score are not updating

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updated it 10 min ago

fresh dragon
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500 best fight daily

uneven mason
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I dunno

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weekly Takkero

neat harbor
#

rip

fresh dragon
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so if u are not in the 500 best daily M+

uneven mason
#

its weekly

fresh dragon
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ur score wont be

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condidered

neat harbor
#

well that sounds rather shitty

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and seems to defeat the purpose of the addon?

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other than showing who made the top 500

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:?

fresh dragon
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its not their problem

steel mauve
#

Ya its best 500 weekly

fresh dragon
#

but blizzard API

neat harbor
#

it effectively breaks the addon though.

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cause I couldnt farm M+ last week

fresh dragon
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im looking for their explanation on r.io discord

steel mauve
#

Which is probably arguably worse than 500 daily

neat harbor
#

so now I can do them to my heart's content and my score is wrong.

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😑

fresh dragon
#

@Froststick its not the addon's fault that blizzard isnt recording your runs. In the end this is a grind like anything else. You have to keep running. Since your server is a pretty full server, i suggest making friends with people off your server with less busy boards. That way you can rank on thier top 500 when you run with them, increasing the chances your run gets recorded. Also join these discords and try forming groups there for runs.

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i copy/paste

neat harbor
#

thats AIDS man

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cause nobody probably is even aware of this

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so some guy with 800 io thinks hes the shit, meanwhile youve done like 4 +9 in a single day and your score is still at 300

#

oof.

fresh dragon
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and ofc thye dont know this 500 things

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plus u are a war prot

neat harbor
#

arms atm

fresh dragon
#

TOTAL: YOU ARE FUCKED

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hahaah

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ah ok 😄

neat harbor
#

yeah.

vocal nimbus
#

@neat harbor in game addon is not working currently

neat harbor
#

feelsbad.

fresh dragon
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@vocal nimbus it works. its blizzard problem

neat harbor
#

blizzard M+ API sounds almost as fucked as the auction house API

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gg

fresh dragon
#

ok found it.. this is the r.io developer speaking:

Jah (Aspyr)la scorsa Domenica alle 23:10
This is an unfortunate limitation of the current API. Basically Blizzard provides 500 slots for showing runs for each realm / dungeon. As the week goes on, the minimum level needed to make it into that Top 500 for the realm will increase.

The ways to get around this limitation are to either: 1) Run earlier in the week when the leaderboards aren't as full (not always feasible), and 2) Run with people from other realms. As long as the run makes it into the Top 500 for any member's realm then it'll be possible for us to track (assuming it doesn't run into one of the other API problems right now, like the "Unknown" bug).

dapper sky
#

It used to be 100. If you didn't do your run on Tuesday it didn't show.

sick sentinel
#

errr

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not the buff I was looking forward too 🤔

woven dome
#

@regal dome

steel mauve
#

pins ?

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Can read the first highlighted part of the pin and read after the comma

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And also actually read the disclaimer on the ptr notes...

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You know, this one

next ermine
#

Pfft. Who needs Disclaimers...

neon tangle
#

How do the leaderboards work for connected realms?

steel mauve
#

Any realm you scored in the top 500 counts

#

Which means if you have some one in a low pop realm and your group scored in the top 500 for that realm the score counts for you as well, if you are asking about the api for the raider.io addon

uncut fractal
#

any tips for +8 sethraliss as prot tank

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any way I can mess up?

dull pilot
#

pull smart

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gage on how much u can take at a time

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gage your interupts how many do u have

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as a group

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and pull depending on what your group can handle

urban mason
#

in m7+, m8+, is it that much of a hindrance having your tank be a prot war? seems i get denied often, futhermore it also seems like i get hit like a bus and every pull I have to use last stand to let my block recharge or i just get whooped. we all can agree ignore pain is just awful..

steel mauve
#

done messed up already, you chose temple 😛

urban mason
#

denied for the reason of being a prot war *

sick sentinel
#

using LS to let your block recharge is part of your active mitigation "rotation"

steel mauve
#

ya last stand isnt a big cd, it can be used as one sure, but it should be used as a rotational ability

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SB 3 times last stand, SB 3 times for pure AM rotation

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also its not a hindrance having a prot war as a tank, its just the community perception

sick sentinel
crisp hearth
#

blcokad and rezan for tanking

#

fury rezan for dps as prot

vagrant cape
#

I'd honestly use doom and rezan all the time

#

the extra strength and crit (as unreliable as it is) is what I'd use over stam and a miniscule heal

earnest zinc
#

It's a miracle

#

For once we got a blue post

vagrant cape
#

I know, right?

#

it's almost like having 36 specs is a BAD idea

#

I still don't get why some classes have only dps specs

#

I don't understand

earnest zinc
#

You can probably just only care about one dps spec of each class being balanced

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Though tell people which one ahead of time

vagrant cape
#

people just play whichever dps spec is doing the best and ignore the othesr

#

it creates a balance nightmare

earnest zinc
#

That would mean only 12 dps specs to balance and not 30

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24*

vagrant cape
#

exactly

#

well, 12 actually

#

classes don't need more than 1 dps spec

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imo

earnest zinc
#

That's still only half the dps specs needed

#

Or maybe allow pure dps to have 2, but that would still be 16

#

We need a pruning of specs or them to just not care about more than 1 for each class

tight tree
#

Over Rezan 340? 😉

woeful reef
#

First glance I thought that was a 395 shield and was mega /drool

steel mauve
#

same

tight tree
#

imagine my dissapointment

woeful reef
#

ha! no doubt

tight tree
#

but at least it is decent dps trinket

royal pilot
#

quick question on azerite traits

#

is it ok to skill two times azertie veins or should i skill it only one time

sick sentinel
#

it's S tier and the healing stacks

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So why wouldn't it be ok?

royal pilot
#

didnt know that the healing stacks

final mist
#

Which trait is it?

steel mauve
#

all traits pretty much stack in one way or another

royal pilot
#

i thought one time azerite veins and one time lifespeed

sick sentinel
#

🤔

#

That's pretty good tbh

jovial forge
#

Laser matrix or Bloodsport for azerite trait ?

sharp dew
#

What kind of haste%'s are people hitting in bfa?

ember arrow
#

as high as possible withotu sacrificing ilvl

solid mist
#

is the uldir azerite trait backward looking? I've downed a bunch of bosses but still no azerite pieces. so when one drops will it be powered up already? or no?

sharp dew
#

@ember arrow Actually number please lol

#

I haven't played any bfa

#

Wondering what the secondaries are up to roughly

ember arrow
#

theyre roughly equal in value

#

much closer than in legion

#

losing BC means crit is valuable for dps, also for parry, sicne parry has smaller diminishing returns than in legion

copper radish
#

The meme is real. Overall dmg for a normal dungeon 😛

ember arrow
#

lekker bezig

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i hope thats not max level

kind urchin
#

I'm at 21% haste currently before itf.

ember arrow
#

@sharp dew you cant sim prot warriors, so stat weighs dont exist

sharp dew
#

Ok so no more 40%+ pre itf lmao

kind urchin
#

Is that even possible?

formal surge
#

You know, when the beastmaster does 4,7dps you know someone has down syndrom while having a stroke

ember arrow
#

i mean

#

depends

#

we dont know anything

#

what level/ilvl/what difficulty

copper radish
#

its a normal dungeon scaled down to 118

formal surge
#

I think a 110 BM still does more

ember arrow
#

110 bm has leggos

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and setpieces potentially

copper radish
#

47.3% was thunderclap 😄

ember arrow
#

my main dmg source is autoattack

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90% of the time

formal surge
#

Thats when Blizzard failed when actually most meele classes AA dmg is in the top 3 and not a way to play like old furry

ember arrow
#

@copper radish still impressive though

copper radish
#

You should try Unholy DK. Some fights you have: 1) auto attack, 2) auto atack pet, 3) auto attack army of the dead

hushed cobalt
#

How much haste do you need for 100% SB?

floral rock
#

a lot

ember arrow
#

@hushed cobalt 160ish %

#

good luck

edgy solstice
#

More than is attainable currently

hushed cobalt
#

I have 66% in my mind but that seems

ember arrow
#

youre 100 off

hushed cobalt
#

Give or take my ability to round

formal surge
#

@copper radish sounds like a fun class :v

ember arrow
#

thats kinda its point though

#

unholy have 2h melee

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so big autos

#

and their pets they empower, so its also alot of the dmg

formal surge
#

Still feels wrong

ember arrow
#

¯_(ツ)_/¯

#

at least your main dmg isnt a dot

#

liek arms has lmao

#

affliction warrior

solid mist
#

assassination rogue

#

but I like that b/c you are actively managing those dots

ember arrow
#

if i think warrior

#

i dont expect a dot

#

to be his #1 dmg

#

by a mile

solid mist
#

arms is like "I'm crushing the enemy! Rawr big hits" lemme check meters... wtf?

merry cave
#

Anyone know f barnacle is good? I got a 380 version lol

cursive minnow
#

So, brewfest trinket gives 75 armor for 20 sec on a 2 min cd

#

is that intended?

silk mortar
#

Well all the trinkets are scaled up ilvl and stat wise

#

But not the effects

turbid onyx
#

Is there an azerite priority list?

#

azerite trait?

elder isle
#

REMOVED Mastery: Critical Block Increases your chance to block by 4.0% and your chance to critically block (blocking twice the amount) by 12.0%.

#

wat ? ptr ? wat ?

vocal nimbus
#

Placeholder

#

And work in progress

#

Thats datamined info and nothing official

#

@turbid onyx check the pinned guide

#

@merry cave its fairly strong in aoe

merry cave
#

Yeah but i have a 380 button and 365 rezans lol, i dont think itd beat either

turbid onyx
#

how good is archive of the titans for azerite

#

cant find it in guide

still nacelle
#

is it good idea to have 2 items with archive of the titans or nah?

proven pilot
#

@urban mason prot is in a really bad place atm

merry cave
#

sigh

steel mauve
#

no we're not

proven pilot
#

I don't even look at higher keys than +6 on mine, I go arms for those

merry cave
#

So you cant tank over a +6, but you tell others its a bad spec

steel mauve
#

we're capable of 10's in time

merry cave
#

makes sense

proven pilot
#

Prot has like 2% representation at 14+ on time

steel mauve
#

just because you cant handle it doesnt mean its the specs fault, we're actually really strong atm, just a lack of utility, but that doesnt mean we cant do some thing

#

who gives a shit about representation, thats not always indicative of how good a class is, theres about a million factors that go into those numbers

proven pilot
#

Including being a viable class9

steel mauve
#

we are 100% viable in high level keys lol

#

stop giving out false info

proven pilot
#

Not sure 15s

#

We're not viable, simply because we're far worse than other classes, and there are next to no one who has even done a high key in time with a prot warrior

#

Sure, we can do 10s in time, but it requires so much more from both us and group, while other tanks can do it on their own

steel mauve
#

that literally doesnt mean we arent viable though, to not be viable would mean we cant stand hits and just constantly die, which literally would mean we cant do it

proven pilot
#

Which is sad because prot is a really fun class

shut summit
#

We're more than capable of 15s, just because you aren't doesn't mean the class isnt

#

Capable / viable doesn't mean the best

daring marlin
#

rekt

static pilot
#

Oh God this argument again

proven pilot
#

You're not viable is you can't do it, and if 99.99% of warriors can't do it, that means you're not viable

merry cave
#

at this point of time 99% of all tanks cannot doa 15 in time

#

whats your big point

proven pilot
#

Less than 2% of all 15s in time was with a prot warrior

shut summit
#

Is that 0%

proven pilot
#

Within statistical error yes

daring marlin
#

Sounds like there’s just more people playing the “better” tanks. Rather than us being unable to do it.

merry cave
#

lol what

shut summit
#

Obviously prot is getting buffed defensively but to say it isn't possible when it been done is stupid

proven pilot
#

Only atal was done tho

static pilot
#

The way I see it Prot warriors are clunky, frustrating, counterintuitive, half-baked and all-round not in a good place. Some exceptional players manage to rise above that and still perform with it, most people do not.

That does not mean we are not viable, but I personally certainly wouldn't describe Prot as 'really strong' atm

steel mauve
#

to be fair atal is also our best loot dungeon

merry cave
#

I dont get what your point is? You think prot is not viable, go play a dk or monk. If you think its fine stop whinging and go practice

ionic fern
sick sentinel
#

Just because you're not viable, doesn't mean the class isn't.

#

If you want easier, play a different class.

steel mauve
#

^ literally all it boils down to

sick sentinel
#

If you don't like the class or how it plays, play a different class.

#

Thats why we have FOTM mouth breathers.

proven pilot
#

So you think warriors are fine?

sick sentinel
#

If you can't adapt and play the warrior class better, when it clearly has the tools to get the job done, play a different class.

scenic seal
#

ok i have a question since were on topic

sick sentinel
#

Warriors are fine.

scenic seal
#

i play arms but i really vibe with tauren warrior in full tank armor/mog

ionic fern
#

To avoid all drama regarding prot,don't use the word "viable" . Just say "not prefered".thyme

sick sentinel
#

Exceedingly so with higher haste and shield ilvl. Their scaling is rather retarded.

steel mauve
#

we are fine, doesnt mewan we are great and could use some love, but we arent any near as bad as others, including you, make us out to be

proven pilot
#

How many have tanked any of the mythic bosses after mother?

sick sentinel
#

Arms excels in mythic+ and raids also.

scenic seal
#

everyone says prot is trash but im assuming clearing mythic +5 is still ez af and realistic?

final mist
#

There are several people here who have tanked mythic bosses after MOTHER as Protection.

static pilot
#

Sure absolutely

shut summit
#

About 50 pulls on fetid and haven't died single time, how about you @proven pilot

static pilot
#

Prot can clear all current content, they just need to work harder at it than other tanks

proven pilot
#

Yeah, prot is fine until you hit later mythic bosses or really high keys

sick sentinel
#

Sense, are you capable of taking the trash?

#

And he's not reading anything except what he writes. Go figure.

#

Seen Sol take it

final mist
#

Again, there are several people here who have done the later mythic bosses as Protection.

merry cave
#

@shut summit Are you streaming any of your progress? Cant play atm due to being away

sick sentinel
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So, another troll.

slim sparrow
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Since**

steel mauve
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i mean he has players here who HAS done later bosses in mythic and higher keys, and ignoring them while spouting the same repeating phrases

shut summit
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Internet been dropping frames past week, seems to be fine for now @merry cave

sick sentinel
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He was streaming last night. Learned things of Underrot I didn't know could be skipped. ♥

merry cave
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Sucess will watch some then 😃 thanks

sick sentinel
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lfr is a shitshow. 2nd round and yet again another tank randomly taunting off me while eating sanitizing strikes

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Still need an azerite slot from uldir as prot t_T

proven pilot
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Last boss underrot is fun as prot

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Infinite victory rush

daring marlin
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@proven pilot Would you say prot paladins are tankier than Prot Warriors?

sick sentinel
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An easy boss that doesn't hurt, even at higher keys. Long as you don't stand in pools.

proven pilot
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They are?

sick sentinel
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They are tbh

proven pilot
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On anything but pure melee attacks

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Pure melee attacks, warriors shine

sick sentinel
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zzz

daring marlin
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This is too funny

proven pilot
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Any caster in the equation and you melt as warrior

past ledge
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Hey guys, anyone had this bug in mythic taloc where it teleports you all to the front of the instance as soon as you jump to p3?

proven pilot
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Had taloc punt me to mother twice on elevator

past ledge
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alone or with entire raid?

proven pilot
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Also had zul port me to ghuun room

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Alone

past ledge
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this happened to our raid last night

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lol

elder isle
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@past ledge xDDDD

quartz moon
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So patch for prot arrived ...

uneven mason
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wat?

daring marlin
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What does Paladin have to deal with magic that’s better than Warrior? @proven pilot

final mist
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Holy Shield. Consecration.

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Bunch of other shit.

daring marlin
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I’d rather consistency of IP than RNG

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of holy shield

static pilot
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Cleanse(?) isn't bad for m+

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The more ways to clear shit off me the better

daring marlin
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Cleanse is amazing, but I’m talking just pure casters

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Like he said lol

tiny sphinx
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avenger shield interrupts are nice, gotta say

digital arrow
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What about it @quartz moon

static pilot
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He said anything but physical attacks, I'd argue diseases and poisons would qualify for that

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Unless you mean a different quote. I've given up on following the constant arguments here

molten rivet
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Can anyone post me the link to that Discord Addon where "not viable" is replaced with "not the meta", please?

daring marlin
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add one caster to the mix and you melt as warrior is what I was referring to.

uneven mason
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I mean, there was a time when we were not viable (see early) beta

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I mean, it really depends what you're talking about caster wise?

static pilot
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Obvious hyperbole used to make a point is what I see shrug

uneven mason
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warriors do have a problem with magic damage for sure

static pilot
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^

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And bleeds, oh God the bleeds

uneven mason
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But its situational, a tank buster that does magic damage (single burst, long CD) like, Void Lash

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we have some of the best tools for

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but constant magic damage

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or DoTs

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we're just SOL

static pilot
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At the risk of repeating myself, fucking ^

uneven mason
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hope you can pump rage into IP

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Like, Fort/teeming physical packs, I can bulldoze

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on +10

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add some stacking poison and we fallover

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3 casters with no good LOS breaks nearby - croak

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totally reliant on how powerful the healers throughput is at that pont

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Paladin on the other hand, silence, self healing, better shielding, overall mitigation is higher vs magic than warriors, but they can't mitigate tankbusters like we do (unless they're specced for warding)

daring marlin
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Mmmhm. I was more referring to unavoidable/uninterruptible magic shit. We can do pretty well against it. Most tanks are pretty shit against magic in general.

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I’m actually curious if bubble clears shatter/void lash debuffs on Zek.

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Any speculation on what these defensive buffs we’ll get will be? :D?

open bluff
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  • All Protection abilities now do 5 damage.

Developer's note: We'd rather people not play Protection right now as we look to completely redesign the spec in 9.0

static pilot
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Revenge now heals a baseline of 7% of our health +20% of damage taken in the last 5 seconds

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^^

daring marlin
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lol

static pilot
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Honestly I have no clue and they seem pretty unsure what to do

mellow bridge
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I'd take it Kappa

uneven mason
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They don't want to copy other tanks, but don't want us to be super OP

static pilot
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Personally I just don't like the actual gameplay so I hope for a rework, others think it can be salvaged with number tweaks

uneven mason
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like, giving us a stronger IP

past ledge
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can someone link the prot notes please?

uneven mason
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being able to spam absorbs for a lot > self healing.

static pilot
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There arent any yet

grim prism
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rework aint happening, we literally just got a major rework

uneven mason
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did a patch come through?

finite cairn
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“Spell reflect removed, you must now time shield slam right to reflect spells”

mellow bridge
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@static pilot Won't happen until a big patch and pretty sure this small adjustment is supposed to be happen before that

uneven mason
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but we didn't Balsaq?

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I mean, prot is mostly just like prot?

static pilot
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We got an unfinished rework

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They got about halfway and ran out of time

cinder nova
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@finite cairn gimmie

mellow bridge
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They tried to rework us, failed in beta and gave us IP back without adjusting anything towards having it

cinder nova
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Dude I did spell parries in DS PVP

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I'd fucking kek all over mages if we could

mellow bridge
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like the plan was to not have IP at all and instead replace it with smth new

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but they didnt find anything that worked well

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so they gave us IP back but didnt adjust any balcing or talents afaik

static pilot
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I wouldn't be surprised if they do both tbh

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Push a hot fix with some quick and dirty Prot buffs to help stem the stampede

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And keep working on the redesign on the PTR long term

open bluff
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At this point both prot warr and brm are going to be reworked/redesigned in the next expac or two

mellow bridge
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yeah

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that'd be possible Kudaku

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Just saying dont expect any spell reworks with the incoming buff

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@open bluff Why brm? I dont play monk at all

open bluff
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BrM is gamebreaking, and they clearly need time to figure out wtf is going to happen with prot

static pilot
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Oh sure, I didn't mean to imply the new Prot was right around the corner

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If they do a redesign it won't be out for a while

open bluff
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Besides Stagger constraining boss design and the spec being as exciting to play as watching paint dry

daring marlin
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Could be worse.

open bluff
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Or having zero decisions to make ever

daring marlin
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BrM could be like Druid.

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........lol

static pilot
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Theres another class that could do with some attention

open bluff
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BrM is basically tanking on autopilot

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The rotation never changes and can more or less fit in a castsequence macro

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You have one viable CD in most cases (you only talent into a second for specific cases where you know it's needed)

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The only decision making is trial and error with brews when learning the spec, but after that even brew usage is more or less automatic

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Stagger is just boring to have the entire spec based around and it prevents boss design from having tankbusters eventually be survivable if they're meant to one shot you on progression

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Because brm will probably survive it if it's flagged as anything other than instant death, at which point you can never outgear the mechanic and eventually survive it without externals etc

uneven mason
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So was there actual notes about prot or they talking about that goofy stuff thats in the ptr?

static pilot
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Nothing solid yet apart from the blue post Lore did yesterday

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'Prot is due some buffs but we don't know how to go about it yet' etc etc

uneven mason
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Oh, ok yeah I saw that, and yeah, we knew that

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Like

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Thanks for telling us you didn't know what you're doing with prot, we've been saying that since alpha

static pilot
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'Regarding this upcoming tuning pass, I wouldn't expect it to be something that solves every Prot Warrior grievance, but it should hopefully help while we look into potential further adjustments.'

I read this to mean that they'll throw us a bone or two in the next couple of weeks but they're working on something more comprehensive in the background

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Maybe a baseline HP buff, better IP pool cap and/or a tweak to SB uptime in the short term, with talent & mastery design down the line

ionic obsidian
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I'd just like it if some of our awful talents get changed.

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Ravager either needs to just go or take Best Served Cold's place.

cinder nova
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Ravager needs to go

uneven mason
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yeah we're going to get a revamp in 8.1, we'll have some "Boosts" in thecoming weeks

cinder nova
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And I definitely agree that having talents that aren't absolute irredemable shit

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would be preferable

ionic obsidian
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I would love to use ravager in 5 mans, as a ranged AoE threat tool. Something that we lack. But it's not a level 100 talent.

static pilot
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You'd have to remove the parry from it then

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Which tbf is fine

ionic obsidian
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The fact thunderclap does more damage than a 1 minute cooldown is insane to me.

uneven mason
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Devastate does more damage

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than Ravager

static pilot
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I think the draw of ravager is meant to be the parry its just wildly unsexy compared to the alternatives

uneven mason
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it has a -89% damage mod on it

static pilot
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It's like how you didn't use neltharions fury for aoe dps

uneven mason
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except parry isn't a reliable survivability boost in any situation

vivid sage
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what if it was 100% parry

ionic obsidian
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Ehh.

vivid sage
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that would be a reliable survivability boost

merry cave
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It is if you truly believe🙏 🙏

static pilot
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Partially agree with that - I love DRW when running into a m+ pack

open bluff
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depends, parry isn't going to stop spells or boss specials

static pilot
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80% parry doesn't stop 100% of strikes but neither does Bolster

open bluff
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which are the main things you would need a cooldown for in the first place

daring marlin
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AM baseline and put something else there.

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bam

static pilot
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Then I'd run HR

ionic obsidian
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It would be better on trash, yes. But I think AM would still pull ahead because as mentioned it wouldn't do much for bosses.

vivid sage
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it could on ghuun

static pilot
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Oh, absolutely and unequivocally

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I'm not for a second arguing that ravager is a viable alternative to AM atm

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Just saying that if you move it to a dps talent branch you'd need to change the parry bonus :)

ionic obsidian
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I'm not so sure.

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Because Dragon Roar and Unstoppable Force both do damage, lead to rage gains, and have utility. Having the defensive portion on it would fit with the tree.

daring marlin
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inb4 UF nerf coupled with defensive buffs.

static pilot
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DS has a tiny rage gain and UF is wildly overperforming because of an azerite trait that's gonna go at some point

open bluff
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more like dragon whisper

ionic obsidian
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Best Served Cold's potential best damage in the row- you're not going to consistently fight 5+ enemies and have the damage be worth the defensive and utility loss.

static pilot
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Would you rather have 10 rage or +35% parry for 10 sec?

daring marlin
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💔

open bluff
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but yeah, UF is probably going to see a nerf in the future because of how high our AoE is during avatar (granted that's our main niche as far as the general wow public is concerned)

grim prism
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I'd rather have ravager on a different row. Lol

open bluff
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i'm guessing around 25-50%

static pilot
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Oops, 12 sec

grim prism
daring marlin
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We do have the lowest ST damage too.

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qq

static pilot
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Me too Avalith. I just hope they time that nerf well

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If the next piece of news that comes out for Prot warriors is that DC is dead Skyhold should go on suicide watch

ionic obsidian
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I feel like UF was put in to kind of make up for the tier 21 loss while having that AoE benefit. Doesn't feel great though.

static pilot
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Maybe... I kind of thought the opposite

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If you didn't know about UF DC is a balanced trait

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It gives you 4-6 extra sec of DS if you maximize the clap time

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That's basically an artifact trait in legion

daring marlin
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Good chance DC is gone next tier.

static pilot
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It's the synergy between DC, BV, UF and AM that makes it go nuts

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Wow that was a lot of acronyms

grim prism
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They'll probably just reduce it to 1 sec if they do anything to it imo

merry cave
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For ravager to be moved to a dps row it'd have to do dps 🤷

grim prism
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Or something along those lines

static pilot
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$50 says Griff will frame that screenshot of his DS uptime and hangs it on his wall if that happens

daring marlin
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Are azerite traits not the replacement for tier sets?

grim prism
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$50 says he already has

static pilot
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LOL

daring marlin
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That shit is going byebye, my dudes.

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It’ll be on old gear and nerfed into the dirt ALA Arms T20 and T19.

ionic obsidian
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I'm glad honestly. I like the idea of the trait and it is fun but yeah just feels so substantial.

daring marlin
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New azerite won’t have it.

static pilot
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It depends, with m+ gear you can keep a dungeon piece relevant for the entire expansion

grim prism
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"Tier bonus" is built into uldir az

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They arent redoing their 200something traits

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Or whatever they quoted

static pilot
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Just good fucking luck winning the lottery and getting a weekly chest with a DC trait every new patch

ionic obsidian
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Speaking of which I came to ask. With the buff to Reinforcing Plate, I'm curious how much closer it is to the other traits. Obviously +block is just going to always be good.

daring marlin
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Just the outer ring they’ll change. lol

grim prism
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It always was one of the good ones @ionic obsidian

ionic obsidian
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I just wonder if I can start picking it over generics if it drops.

grim prism
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Wait no

static pilot
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I think it went from average to average+ but I'm really not an expert

grim prism
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I was thinking of iron fortress sorry

ionic obsidian
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Yeah I was about to say.

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"Are you thinking about iron fortress?"

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😉

grim prism
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"That one that isnt DC or BFI"

sick sentinel
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anyone know how they are changing the mastery

static pilot
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The new mastery will reduce our repair costs

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And increase our run speed while dead

daring marlin
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New Master: Anger Management

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:^)

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shit I fucked it

static pilot
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No, that's not constructive. Atm we have no idea what they're planning

daring marlin
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rekt

static pilot
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AFAIK everything about the mastery is datamined, may be a whole lot of smoke with no fire

daring marlin
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2lazy2edit

sick sentinel
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No. Lol

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Wait and see. PTR JUST started. And that's data mined.

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Only indicating change is coming.

static pilot
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Holy shit, for once I didn't regret clicking :)

quartz moon
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Prey for PRot !

ornate peak
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should i use my emblem of zandalar ilvl 340 with socket or go with syringe of bloodborne infirmity ilvl 355

daring marlin
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no

ornate peak
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?

hallow sun
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retiring my warrior today. good luck out there. RIP warrior

true hazel
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What are you going to go?

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Panda monk.... lol

hallow sun
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idk. im not investing my time anymore into a dead end class (IMO)