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signal plover
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Just turn on your own logs yeah

uneven mason
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or going off of what details tells them

lusty grotto
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lol i just auto turn on logs thanks toERT

modern brook
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super disagree w/ not calling specific ppl out

lusty grotto
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upload every single log of every run i do

modern brook
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I didnt show up to my 3 hour raid to wipe 40 fucking times to 3 people not playing the game

lusty grotto
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yeah

rapid tide
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I mean.

modern brook
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that said; huge difference between mage u incompetent fuck and hey can mage plz fucking purge the haste buff

rapid tide
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How about turning up to hc progress only to have 4 healers, 2 tanks and 4 dps show up?

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So you go 2-2-6 with 2 healers offspeccing to dps without any azerite

lusty grotto
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yiikes

rapid tide
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: - )

lusty grotto
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well you can pug spots

modern brook
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U either pug or dont run

rapid tide
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๐Ÿคท rl decided to go ahead.

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Turns out we did not get past grong

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:' )

sick sentinel
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Join a better guild

modern brook
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thats def the wrong call

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if RL doesnt want to pug he needs to be more active w/ recruitment

rapid tide
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I agree ๐Ÿ˜„

modern brook
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if he doesnt wanna do that; join a more commited guild

rapid tide
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Problem is finding one that can stick up with my weird schedule.

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Raiding 4-8 on a friday.

modern brook
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wtf is wrong with u ๐Ÿ˜ 

lusty grotto
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friday raids are a no for me dawg

modern brook
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thats not tuesday thursday

rapid tide
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๐Ÿ˜„

sick sentinel
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Super weird lol

rapid tide
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My life schedule is weird.

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Work is a bitch ๐Ÿ˜›

sick sentinel
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Thursday Sunday here

modern brook
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I'm actually T/W

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but dont tell anyone

lusty grotto
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i can raid any day except FRI, SAT or MON

modern brook
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๐Ÿค

wary gyro
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Yeah I have to be in a weekend raiding guild because I dont have time during the week

lusty grotto
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those are sacred days of getting my drink on

rapid tide
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I could make most raid schedules most of the time.

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I guess

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It's probably part me being a lazy fker.

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Last tier I actually progressed mythic actively was Tomb ๐Ÿคท

wary gyro
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I haven't done really serious prog since cata having to work sucks

lusty grotto
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do you work during most raid hours?

rapid tide
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I have super flexible work hours, work 6-14 on some days and 13-22 on others

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Straight up annoying.

lusty grotto
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oh

rapid tide
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And it's not on a plan basically.

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It's just the way meetings are.

lusty grotto
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yeah that sounds like my last job

wary gyro
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I have to leave for work at about 7 and usually dont get home till 630-7 just doesnt leave enough time for what I want to do

rapid tide
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I guess I could make a 2 day schedule that raids like 20-23 or sth

modern brook
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My guild puts me on life support

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they feed me mats and gold

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and in return i show up

lusty grotto
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my work day is around 8 to 7... i find plenty of time, so i'm curious

modern brook
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:goldengod:

rapid tide
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Might consider checking wowprogress again for a bit and see.

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But then again I don't know if I even want to do low mythic progress.

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And I have nothing to show to actually get a good spot anywhere so... :' )

lusty grotto
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i only cook once a week though, rest i just uber eats or whatever

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so i suppose that cuts into time

modern brook
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๐Ÿ˜ฎ

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i thought we were cooking bros nim

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wtf

lusty grotto
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yeah i'm just lazy

modern brook
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๐Ÿ˜ 

lusty grotto
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tofu is master chef though

wary gyro
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See I cook pretty much everything because I'm a cheapskate

lusty grotto
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goddamn it, there are 4 Tofus

modern brook
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cheepy the cheepskate

lusty grotto
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but

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i gotta ask

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how do you cook puppies

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well done? rare?

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๐Ÿ˜„

wary gyro
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Rare

lusty grotto
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honestly though, when job hunting i try to calculate commutes... a commute of more than 1 hour (or whatever benchmark you want to follow) is a no go for me. When you think about it, thats 2 hours per day you're losing to just traffic.

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plus the gas cost

rapid tide
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30 minutes is max for me tbh

wary gyro
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I live in NYC currently I dont get to not have an awful commute

lusty grotto
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ah!

rapid tide
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And I prefer being able to take the bike or sth.

wary gyro
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Planning to move in a few years but need to save up more for that

modern brook
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lol saving in nyc

rapid tide
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Saving up while living in nyc sounds awful.

modern brook
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just tax evade for a few months

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move

lusty grotto
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well hes working his ass off so i believe ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

modern brook
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then pay ur back taxes

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its the american way

rapid tide
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:' )

wary gyro
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Theres a reason I have a 1.5-2 hour commute

rapid tide
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uff ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

modern brook
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if ur really ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ u dont even pay the back taxes

daring marlin
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yuck

rapid tide
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Can't even imagine having to commute that long.

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I have 15 minutes atm or 30 with bike and it feels too long.

daring marlin
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3 min commute for me

wary gyro
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I make good enough money that saving is an actual option for me at least

slim pier
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anyone here play priest?

rapid tide
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I mean that's relatable.

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I have a priest ๐Ÿค”

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I think 2 even.

ebon hound
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Priests ๐Ÿ˜ก

rapid tide
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Okay. Raid in 15. Let's see when invites start.

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I am betting on... 5 past? ๐Ÿ˜›

slim pier
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I wanted to ask if Holy priests were okay in M+?

rapid tide
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I think that's kinda the worng place here for priest questions ๐Ÿ˜„

ebon hound
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As long as you unbind grip ๐Ÿ˜ก

rapid tide
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But Holy is historically not bad but Disc is generally just better.

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When played well.

slim pier
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cba getting into a priest discord and wait for 10 minutes to type something

modern brook
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Prolly a better q for th epirest discord

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I think our prefered healers are mist and Resto for M+

rapid tide
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As a prot war I prefer disco over holy all day everyday

daring marlin
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Only issue holy may have is their lack of defensives for themselves.

rapid tide
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๐Ÿ˜‚

daring marlin
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otherwise they're one of the strongest throughput healers in the game.

wary gyro
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If your talking m+ disc for sure in raids nowadays holy is a god

modern brook
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Disc is nearly unplayable during grevious though

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for the record

slim pier
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why?

sick sentinel
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you've all seen the simulations there tuff, but ain't invincible

wary gyro
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Yeah diluting grievous disc had a lot of issues

modern brook
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Hard for them to maintain the 90% since they use absorbs more than other healers

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a problem exasperated by our lack of self healing

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DK prefers priest more than warriors; imo

slim pier
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can't they use shadow mend?

modern brook
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yeah but thats like saying "resto can use regrowth"

daring marlin
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shadow mend is garbage

wary gyro
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They can but that brings it's own set of issues

modern brook
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shadow mend isnt a solution its a panic button

slim pier
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why is it garbage?

modern brook
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inefficient

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again

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all better q's for the priest discord; they can give u more info than us ๐Ÿ›ก toting ๐Ÿ’

slim pier
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oh okay

daring marlin
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pick your poison

slim pier
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Which one is the official one?

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and what's the difference between the two of them

lusty grotto
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hmmm

daring marlin
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I'm being jebaited here

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right?

wary gyro
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Are any of the class discord "official"?

lusty grotto
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there aren't any official discords

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but if i had to pick, i'd pick focused will

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i could be wrong though

wary gyro
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Afaik all of them are community run things

daring marlin
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focused will is the disc discord

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so

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obviously it's disc centric

vocal skiff
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So what do you folks use to track your rage, if anything

modern brook
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like uhh

slim pier
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oh okay thanks

modern brook
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the rage bar?

vocal skiff
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Yes

modern brook
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I use a rage bar

vocal skiff
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So no special weakauras

modern brook
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I'm not sure i get the question

vocal skiff
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Or a rage bar addon

slim pier
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you can use a weakauras if you want

vocal skiff
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There are rage bar addons, and other arrangements

modern brook
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I mean i use a bigger rage bar for wa's

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but its just the rage bar ๐Ÿคท doesnt track anyhing special

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just fatter and in a more convienient place near my CD trackers

vocal skiff
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Yeah that was my question

sand egret
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thereโ€™s a bunch of popular stuff in the weakauras channel and pins.

vocal flame
modern brook
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I mean it depends on your other trinkets

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but probably not ๐Ÿคท

vocal flame
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ugh thats what i thought, what a waste, thanks tho

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anyone else finish the weekly yet? 3 of my other friends all got trinkets maybe its bugged or something or just really bad luck lol

wary gyro
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I got a head

vocal flame
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ok so just bad luck lol

abstract geyser
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what weapon enchant we using now a days?

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quick?

wary gyro
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Yes

fierce grotto
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what stats do u want

sick sentinel
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ilvl beats everything

fierce grotto
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i see

sick sentinel
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Gem/enchant haste

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Read the guides

lusty grotto
thin ore
lusty grotto
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haha

daring marlin
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could always not be an ass and tell them the answer then remind them of the pins

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ยฏ_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏ

uneven mason
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Hay

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Guil

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๐Ÿ‘

astral crystal
lucid bough
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is in part right

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some people get super offended when someone asked a question

daring marlin
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Who said it was a new player discord?

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idk why the jdotb vid was posted either

ebon hound
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Answering the same question 12 times a day without getting paid ๐Ÿ‘Œ

daring marlin
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seems like half the time nim says something it's just pins

lucid bough
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its not like

daring marlin
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l u l

lucid bough
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you need to answer at all

astral crystal
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^

lusty grotto
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hey @astral crystal pins

astral crystal
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it's one thing to answer and be helpful, but another to answer with a catty attitude like it's expected of you

ebon hound
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I know, I don't, but some do. And I understand their tilt

astral crystal
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live your best lives, prot boys

lusty grotto
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people wrote those guides, they are there for a reason

thin ore
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on the paladin discord, they made two separate channels. one like this here and one for noob and intermediate questions. if you ask noob questions in the first one, you get hit as well as when you start trolling or being sarcastic in the noob channel, you get hit by mods too.

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quite a good solution imho, but requires more moderation and yet another channel.

astral crystal
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yeah i like that separation in the pally discord

lusty grotto
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telling people to check the pins is educational cause then people would hop on the next discord and check the pins without getting instant information without 0 effort

lucid bough
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mate I said this on legion

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1 for discussion, other for questions. Most discords have.

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But people just prefer pointing to pins every question

daring marlin
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When the same effort could be put into a very simple answer. LOL

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especially something as minor as hey what do I gem/enchant?

steel mauve
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As it says in the general channel pins, its informative concise information in the pins and guides, not 10 different people giving 10 different versions of their perception of what is right or factual

lucid bough
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oh man

ebon hound
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But now they know the guide exist, and they might find answers to all their other questions they will inevitably have

lucid bough
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factual 1 day its false another

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start of EN tier there was a big discussion about stats and mastery value to arms

steel mauve
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And really easy to answer questions should probably be checked in the pins or guides, because 100% of the type "what do i gem?" Or "what do i enchant?" Will be there

lucid bough
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1 of the stormforged got mad and threaten me about ban for questioning the stats

uneven mason
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@daring marlin You should've seen in beta/prepatch

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We had pins on fucking autofire

lucid bough
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2 weeks later big warriorsarri corrected the stats value and I was fucking right.

daring marlin
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@uneven mason I was here. Just ignored this channel because all it was

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was people crying

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24/7

slim pier
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Is Arms the only spec that has mastery like that?

daring marlin
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like most of 8.0

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muh utility

uneven mason
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It was mostly

lucid bough
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I dont remember was on legion. We got a discord meltdown after big arms nerfs lol

uneven mason
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"Why's prot bad" - "Prot isn't bad, U R!" x100

daring marlin
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The former drowned out the latter.

signal plover
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Idk bout that

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It's been kinda circle jerky in here lately

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Still overall very helpful channel tho

lusty grotto
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viable

uneven mason
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Folks get compliant when they don't have anything to complain about, back when prot was hurting was a bit more internal discussion on the class, now its only a few pointers on boss to boss tips people ask for

daring marlin
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Why waste the time of the people in discord?

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has tanknotes in there

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:^)

uneven mason
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Its more specific advice on a mechanic that they're struggling with

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like you can know the mechanics but "how do YA'LL PROFSHUNALS handle it"

daring marlin
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tanknotes should be more than sufficient for anything they may need

uneven mason
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Well then Guilford I guess you should be on your way then

daring marlin
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Surely you understand the point I'm making here.

signal plover
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Don't call him Shirley

uneven mason
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Right which is why we tell folks literally - read the guides, then ask questions

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pins then come back if you still don't know

daring marlin
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Got it. Went right over your head.

signal plover
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Spicy

daring marlin
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Not surprised I suppose. Quick, post some completely random, pointless screenshot!

astral crystal
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related

quartz pond
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go shitpost elsewhere

daring marlin
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muh ravager

signal plover
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Can we have one day without some bruised egos lads?

daring marlin
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mac seems upset

quartz pond
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thats the wrong sal

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dummy

daring marlin
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boomer mac

quartz pond
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u should read the guide in the pins

uneven mason
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rip

quartz pond
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on how to call the cops

astral crystal
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paw is spot on

signal plover
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It's like this isn't even a safe spot for bearmemes anymore :*(

quartz pond
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prot doesnt need a safe space anymore

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they are good now

lusty grotto
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BEARMEMES

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wait

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that reminds me

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it's friday

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what time is meme hour

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i keep forgetting

quartz pond
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it was a few hours ago

lusty grotto
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i dont even know if it was an hour

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neg

quartz pond
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now u need ot wait for the mods to be asleep again

slim pier
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are val'kyr mods?

quartz pond
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ys

lusty grotto
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silly goose, they are angels of death from odin

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of course they are mods

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i'm sorry ODYN

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yikes i mixed gods there for a moment

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nobody saw, i'm in the clear

quartz pond
lusty grotto
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so like back to the jtdobs thing

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i can never spell his name

quartz pond
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man's retard

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slash thread

daring marlin
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lol nim

lusty grotto
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after they read guides, answering questions regarding what's written there is โœ…

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me like

astral crystal
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sal is asleep = mods are asleep

lusty grotto
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JTDUBS

quartz pond
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if they can even point out what they are confused about yes

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if they cant

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go read guides again

lusty grotto
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and like we've said this but other discords are way way way way worse in terms of directing people to pins

quartz pond
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who cares about other discords

lusty grotto
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"read pins you retard"

quartz pond
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๐Ÿคท

lusty grotto
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jtdubs does

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also reddit LUL

astral crystal
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jdotb

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or jb

quartz pond
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we all know stuff works in skyhold

lusty grotto
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jtdewbs

quartz pond
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how other discords are handled is whatever

lusty grotto
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im sorry i cant

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ya i agree

quartz pond
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nobody wants to be AMR

lusty grotto
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oof

quartz pond
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let them handle themselves

lusty grotto
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you know

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i miss balsaq

quartz pond
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they are grownups

undone sun
quartz pond
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I remember when thyme wasnt SF

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and then becaome SF

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and then left

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and then came back

lusty grotto
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now that thyme and catfriend are back, let's press F for balsaq

quartz pond
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whole timeline bitch

lusty grotto
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F

quartz pond
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cant rmbr balsaq

undone sun
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It's been a wild ride @quartz pond

lusty grotto
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but do you remember

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alavisto

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๐Ÿ˜‰

quartz pond
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LOL

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yes

undone sun
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๐Ÿ˜‚

astral crystal
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i feel like there's a lot of outrage here because some people want to defend their coveted "check the pins" place in the chat, we need to relax bois

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also rip alavisto

lusty grotto
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jesus balsaq was an ok guy, but you remember the crazy russian

shut summit
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๐Ÿฅ‘

astral crystal
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and abrodus or whatever

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that guy was aids incarnate

quartz pond
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abortus

daring marlin
lusty grotto
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rofl

opal field
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thanks to you guys and that Icy Veins guide i'm enjoying Prot Warrior

wide girder
opal field
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2nd tank i've ever played, 1st was Guardian

slim pier
opal field
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but having no self-healing is scary

ebon hound
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Not when you have T O R D E N K N A L L

daring marlin
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not when you take the least amount of damage out of every tank

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๐Ÿ˜ƒ

opal field
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lv 85 so far i feel a bit healer reliant but oh god is it fun

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i can pull full rooms and go AOE crazy

uneven mason
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Yeah, self healing in many situations is misunderstood and only applies in trying to do some content without a healer, like stuff that is so out geared the mitigation advantage warriors have is negated

opal field
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just worried healer will get CC'd or die

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not an aggro thing i'm keeping aggro for the most part

uneven mason
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Like, BDK and warrior each get hit for 100k, BDK takes 60k (from 40% mitigation) heals 20k back, warrior just takes 40k in the first place

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loose example

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heh, aggro we'll never had problems with

opal field
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I'm also a Dark Iron Dwarf

uneven mason
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๐Ÿ‘

opal field
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very nice racials

uneven mason
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ME TOO LETS BE FRIENDS

opal field
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POGGERS

uneven mason
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Fireblood is very handy since it can remove some serious boss DoTs

slim pier
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Alliance ew

opal field
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actually i meant that physical damage reduction as well

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1% minor yes but still nice

uneven mason
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well the str gain

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leads to armor and bigger IPs

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so its better than you think

opal field
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i like to combo it with Avatar

uneven mason
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๐Ÿ˜„

opal field
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at least for now

uneven mason
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yeah thats a trap I fall into sometimes

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I gotta remember to save it defensively some fights

opal field
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depends

uneven mason
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for M+ totally stack it

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but like say, 3rd boss UR

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I'll hit shield wall, run through 10 mushrooms and then fireblood the debuff

lusty grotto
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Kr serkers

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Also for a good time, pog @daring marlin

opal field
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that racial is broken

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not even gonna deny it

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it's a way better Stoneform

daring marlin
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@lusty grotto wat

lusty grotto
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UR ticks wew

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Pog

daring marlin
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what are those?

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fireblood deletes those

lusty grotto
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Yes

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That's exactly what we're talking about

opal field
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Fireblood alone counters Affliction really hard

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they can't burst you

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if they do you ruin their CD's

daring marlin
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can't trinket for 30 seconds if you fireblood

opal field
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interesting

daring marlin
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feelsgoodman

opal field
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but your stopping alot of their damage so it evens out

primal crypt
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I want to be a DiD ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

opal field
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without CD's they are really weak

primal crypt
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I dont even have a damn alliance warrior available

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at least not a good server

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/wa

uneven mason
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I guess I should level my horde warrior

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to get that storyline stuff out of the way

primal crypt
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LMAO

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Story.

daring marlin
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@opal field I mean pvp trinket

opal field
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i know

echo epoch
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is the vers still better than mast ? with the change of IP formula ?

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now that IP scale better on ap and mast buff ap

uneven mason
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our stats are all real close

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they probably play leapfrog on who is better, its more like haste > vers >= mast > crit

wary gyro
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You really want to go for whatever gives the most total secondaries rather than focus any one stat

uneven mason
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^^

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more is better for prot

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after the SB change haste got a teeny bit weaker, vers and mast got a teeny bit stronger

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but they've never been much apart

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I should say the SB/IP changes

lusty grotto
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There hasn't been a change to IP formula since 8.0

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So what is he referring to?

uneven mason
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off the GCD

lusty grotto
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That's not a "change in the formula" though

uneven mason
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didn't say any change in the formula

lusty grotto
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@echo epoch please explain

uneven mason
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oh

sand egret
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"with the change of IP formula ?"

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you cray

uneven mason
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RIP

stark sage
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i think like in the beta they adjusted the IP formula

uneven mason
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twice

steel mauve
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Did say now that it scales better with ap

echo epoch
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was on 8.1

lusty grotto
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Eh?

uneven mason
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nah the only change in 8.1 was removing it from GCD

echo epoch
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with IP off gfc

lusty grotto
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It didn't change in 8.1

echo epoch
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mhh gonna check cause i read that

uneven mason
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I think its a ESL thing

lusty grotto
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The formula stayed the same though

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That's fine

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Just trying to understand

uneven mason
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Yup

steel mauve
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Ya it came off gcd but it doesnt scale better with ap after 8.1 than it did before 8.1 afaik

echo epoch
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cant even find the formula

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is it 7* Attack power ?

lusty grotto
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Right, well regardless of what you meant, Mac and ieatpuppies got you covered

uneven mason
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its more complex than that Tifrit

fierce juniper
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That might be what he's talking about.
That is, the formula you see for IP on Wowhead and such is the AP * 3.5 * Vers, but in actuality the real formula is the same formula that ability damage is determined by.

uneven mason
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yeah

uncut fractal
#

hey guys i havent played prot warr since uldir. Is it better now? Both for raiding & mythic + ?

echo epoch
uneven mason
#

because they convert weapon DPS Into its AP equivalent in there

echo epoch
#

maybe it was on ptr and didnt put live

fierce juniper
#

Yeah formula hasn't changed since 8.0. Just the GCD change

uneven mason
#

@uncut fractal Protwarriors are doing very well right now, the changes in 8.1 made us less punishing on mistakes

steel mauve
#

Pretty much our stats havent really changed since 8.0, just more stats are better than a specific stat

lusty grotto
#

@uncut fractal we were good back then, lots of small improvements made us slightly better

echo epoch
#

Ignore Pain Fight through the pain, ignoring 50% of damage taken, up to [ 700% of Attack Power ] total damage prevented. Warrior - Protection Spec. Warrior - Protection Spec. 40 Rage. Instant.0.5 sec cooldown.

lusty grotto
#

Yeah there was some weird ptr stuff going on like SB having 1 charge, I was thinking something like that was what you meant which is why I asked @echo epoch

echo epoch
#

on this build

#

so it didnt went live

#

too bad xD

sand egret
#

those notes look like a bunch of string changes

#

at least for that build.

lusty grotto
#

That change did go live

#

0.5 cd

sand egret
#

that was the one where people flipped out about IP being "back on the gcd"

lusty grotto
#

Due to being off gcd

sand egret
#

right?

lusty grotto
#

Yea

#

Actually naw

sand egret
#

then again when they put its ICD to 1 sec

modern brook
#

It was better then that blade

lusty grotto
#

They were flipping out about the 0.5 thing

modern brook
#

It was people complaining about it having a cooldown because its basically the samething as being on gcd

sand egret
#

yeah, since it looked like it was a GCD and not an ICD

modern brook
#

It was omega not understanding the class

lusty grotto
#

Yeah bull got it

#

There wasn't an actual change to the formula though

sand egret
#

yeah, then changed it to 1 later which caused the same shit, i membie now

lusty grotto
#

Yah

modern brook
#

the biggest prot change wasnt a prot change

#

it was shields blocking rocks

#

๐Ÿคท

#

suddenly we dont fear guns anymore

wary gyro
#

Yeah

modern brook
#

leaving us only scared of paper cuts

lusty grotto
#

Especially for jaina

echo epoch
#

-2sec on sb

modern brook
#

SB Uptime wasnt an issue in 8.0

echo epoch
#

still help :p

lusty grotto
#

Meh

echo epoch
#

little buff hp also

modern brook
#

You're missing the superlative word

#

BIGGEST

lusty grotto
#

Tiny changes that amounted to an improvement sure

uneven mason
#

effective SB uptime wasn't an issue, however, reducing the SB CD was a serious lowering of the skill floor

modern brook
#

SB cdr and IP off gcd made us less punishing

uneven mason
#

yup

modern brook
#

but it didnt make us better tanks

uneven mason
#

nope

modern brook
#

the vanguard change was nice

uneven mason
#

if you were good as prot in 8.0 nothing changed more or less

#

beyond feeling like you got 11% haste for free

modern brook
#

and in combination with the equivlent nerf to DK's and the lower default stagger on brew master

lusty grotto
#

Our dps wasn't even changed in 8.1... People were just dead set on warriors being bad

modern brook
#

brought us more in line w/ the "top performing tanks"

#

but it was like 5% ehp

uneven mason
#

well Nim

modern brook
#

blocking rocks is OP af

uneven mason
#

BoM was born

lusty grotto
#

Well true

modern brook
#

Also BoM

uneven mason
#

which was basically like pouring 15 gallons of nitro in a 20gallon tank

modern brook
#

Yeah forgot about BoM

lusty grotto
#

I was setting you up for your meter pic mac

uneven mason
#

"Yo dawg, we heard you like ๐Ÿ‘ข ๐Ÿต ๐Ÿ‘ so we gave you more"

#

OH I have a new one NIm

modern brook
#

I mean they're right Mac

uneven mason
#

but its on my home PC

lusty grotto
#

๐Ÿ˜‚

modern brook
#

I do like ๐Ÿ‘ข ๐Ÿต ๐ŸŽฌ s

uneven mason
#

CLAPPERS

modern brook
#

I'm a force of evolution / auto correct

uneven mason
#

@fierce juniper can we change the channel name to ๐Ÿ‘ข ๐Ÿต ๐ŸŽฌs

lusty grotto
#

Cmon now

modern brook
#

basically synonymous

lusty grotto
#

Typo name lol

modern brook
#

"boot soup movie?"

sand egret
#

ah, my legacy

modern brook
#

boot soup action?

sand egret
#

๐Ÿ‘ข ๐Ÿต ๐Ÿ‘ !

lusty grotto
#

Our*

#

You started it, I refined it

sand egret
#

ya'll were using โ›ˆ

#

like pssh

#

we aint got clouds

#

we about that ๐Ÿ‘ข

lusty grotto
#

Lol

modern brook
#

my ๐Ÿ‘ข ๐Ÿต is a cloud, according to my SO

#

๐Ÿคท

lusty grotto
#

All about thay boot soup clap

sand egret
#

and like...that emoji is thunder anyway

#

err lightning

#

not thunder

lusty grotto
#

i think yours still works bull

#

booty clapper

#

it works it works

ebon hound
#

Any Boot Soupers?

lusty grotto
#

T_T

mental scarab
#

Do you guys have any good big WA for the debuff on the jadefire boss?

vocal skiff
#

How bad is reaping on Waycrest this week

lusty grotto
#

reaping?

#

reaping isn't bad any week

vocal skiff
#

I mean tight hallways

lusty grotto
#

you mean for the floor stuff?

vocal skiff
#

Depending on where you have to fight the wave

#

yes

lusty grotto
#

because they are a godsend for the caster ghosts

#

you should have enough room to navigate from the floor aoes

modern brook
#

hey guys, i play paladin, here to learn how to ๐Ÿ‘Ÿ ๐Ÿœ ๐Ÿ™ as protection!

lusty grotto
#

get back to me next week though ๐Ÿ˜›

#

sanguine yikes

vocal skiff
#

isn't it bolstering and grievous

lusty grotto
#

oops, yeah

#

its the week after that

#

sanguine + necro

vocal skiff
#

Yeah, I tanked WM with sanguine on my pally on week 1 of M+

#

Or the week after idk

#

Not an experience I am looking to repeat

lusty grotto
#

well thankfully reaping mobs shouldn't pop sanguine

#

imagine if they did though

#

christ

#

i'd imagine every reap wave having your shield break because mobs keep getting healed

#

im not gonna lie, i think my #1 gold expense right now is repair bills thanks to reaping

#

your shield durability goes down so fast

sinful cairn
#

Hi, is Bonded Souls trait any good for prot ? Can't find info on it on wowhead/icy

uneven mason
#

They don't interact with affixes thankfully

lusty grotto
#

its decent, if you don't have class traits @sinful cairn

#

if it's listed, its better

uneven mason
#

๐Ÿค” not having class traits

lusty grotto
#

if its not then you could go Bonded

#

but yeah that'd be weird if that piece didn't have class traits

uneven mason
#

Yeah

#

it would be

#

But still, @sinful cairn basically all of prots spec traits are stronger than generics

#

We're lucky like that

sinful cairn
#

Okay thanks !

lusty grotto
#

mac dont tease, i was just providing an example ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

uneven mason
#

๐Ÿ˜„

lusty grotto
#

dont hide @oblique garnet

#

i seen you typing

oblique garnet
#

!

lusty grotto
#

have you tried treacherous late

#

covenant*

oblique garnet
#

As prot?

#

Its awful

lusty grotto
#

yeah

#

wondering if you or yamo had tried it

oblique garnet
#

Normally you can live a while when you drop below 20 with cds etc

#

But with it

#

Mobs hit too hard through sb

lusty grotto
#

plus it provides no benefit sub 50

uneven mason
#

Yeah BoD mobs are pretty meaty in their mele

oblique garnet
#

I was talking m+

uneven mason
#

TFW they like to put spell damage on top of melee hits

#

Oh

#

WHELP that is also true

oblique garnet
#

Bod mobs all have sort of mob that has a mechanic that needs to be interrupted or kited etc

uneven mason
#

fort weeks

#

Yeah, BOD Trash - I got a screenshot of being 1 shot by a melee hit on my BDK, same sort of shit I just take to the face on my warrior

#

apperntly I was supposed to kite during their enrage

oblique garnet
#

Teeming fucked up all my routes

uneven mason
#

didn't know untill I BDK'd

outer dew
#

Tbh

oblique garnet
#

I dont think ive gotten one clean reaping

outer dew
#

I was thinking of memeing as a bear

lusty grotto
#

woof

timber bough
#

Gotta love how teeming turns AD from one of the easiest dungeons to an absolute shit show without Shroud

outer dew
#

Just be NE

oblique garnet
#

Ad was easy

uneven mason
#

don't take zombie rout - profit

timber bough
#

Well I got fucked on several runs because of the middle pack towards Vol, the add it JUST close enough to get pulled, followed by pulling the pack next to it when you need to kill the totem

#

Eeeh, Priestess route on Fortified? End me

oblique garnet
#

Warlock gateway to skip that part

uneven mason
#

Much room kite hard

#

Also you death skip to priestess room rather than zombie rout or pulling that trash

timber bough
#

Mm, not a bad idea

#

Do the Golems have truesight? I can't remember, havent done that route in a good 6 weeks

oblique garnet
#

they do

uneven mason
#

yea

outer dew
#

You can also death skip it

timber bough
#

Damn

outer dew
#

Lol

timber bough
#

Yeah, was just thinking a possible Shroud or invis pots

uneven mason
#

narp

timber bough
#

But I guess you could also Shadowmeld skip

#

I could run in, pull them to the side and die. Saving 4 deaths and 20seconds on the timer

uneven mason
#

yeah if alliance you can SM skip

#

well

#

its risky

#

cause you're going to have AE spalshes flying off the trash like a dog who slipped in a shit puddle

timber bough
#

fair point

#

perhaps something worth testing in normal mythic just to see if it works in more than theory

uneven mason
#

well

#

no teeming in normal mythic

#

which is why you change that rout

#

because both ways in suck

#

but I think on Teeming/Fort Zombie side sucks more than just death skipping to priestess

#

cause while you need to interrupt on priestess side, its all CCable more or less, and no idiotic shield channels

#

and more room to kite if need be

lusty grotto
#

what route is this

uneven mason
#

AD

lusty grotto
#

yeah but

uneven mason
#

I suggested death skipping into Priestess room

lusty grotto
#

what do you mean death skip to priestest

uneven mason
#

rather than dealing with Teeming/fort zombo

lusty grotto
#

i mean

#

what are you skipping by doing that

#

OH

#

nvm

#

yeah i got it

uneven mason
#

๐Ÿ‘

lusty grotto
#

actually no i dont

#

so you clear to priestess, go through fire straight to totem boss?

#

i assume you skip that pack obviously before totem dude

outer dew
#

Priestess side is ass

#

Wtf

#

The golem ramps so it needs prio

#

And teeming feeds the golem more

uneven mason
#

going dead side is a squeeze on non teeming weeks

lusty grotto
#

i need a graph mac

outer dew
#

Dead side is fine this week

uneven mason
#

k

lusty grotto
#

yeah i mean

uneven mason
#

It was just a suggestion if they didn't like doing zombos :p

lusty grotto
#

totem boss pack is what you skip anyway

outer dew
#

Like, maybe only weird suggestion I'd do

#

Is go left, lust the two packs

#

And clear some trash for CD and rezan it is

uneven mason
#

Also didn't suggest clearing the trash TO priestess.

#

so never fighting golems

lusty grotto
#

no i think you meant skipping golems

#

i got that

uneven mason
#

right

#

I mean its half dozen one way 6 the other

lusty grotto
#

i just dont see it viable for %

#

or is it?

uneven mason
#

you'd need to pull all the birds off the pillars from the center and the pack in front of totem boss

lusty grotto
#

i usually clear 3 packs undead side

#

scratch that 4

uneven mason
#

I don't have my MDT in front ofm e

lusty grotto
#

first totem, 2nd totem, 2 shieldbearers, 2 rogues, then pack before bridge + rog

#

that's a lot of mobs

#

ill check on MDT after i get home

uneven mason
#

I'm sure its feasable

#

probably not optimal

lusty grotto
#

yeah it also depends on which pack has teeming this week

#

i havent actually run AD this week

daring marlin
#

can clear all of dead side bar volkaal pack and you can skip last reaping

lusty grotto
#

hmm

#

yeah that's true

#

what pack do you leave up to skip last reap

#

just seems like a bit of a detour that takes too much time

#

or nvm, it might actually be comparable

daring marlin
#

depends

neon tangle
#

On normal weeks I leave the middle pack w/ a few saurolids

#

and just nuke those after last boss

fluid parrot
#

hey is there a weakaura to show the amount of blocked damage during shield block?

modern brook
#

uhhh

short nest
#

how much % uptime on shieldblock is possible in a 7 min fight without Heavy Repercussions

modern brook
#

but why would you need that WA

#

@short nest what.

wary gyro
#

Those sure were some words

modern brook
#

I mean the answer depends on your haste value either way

#

Oh thats ez

#

0

#

because ur not using HR

#

ur using AM

#

and if u are using HR stop

#

and start using AM

#

Dammit dude

#

Ur killin me with these edits

short nest
#

lel im a copy paste king sorry xD

modern brook
#

๐Ÿ˜ 

#

THe question is kind of misleading

#

THere are not a lot of (read any) situtations where you need 7 minutes straight of shield block

short nest
#

should i add a "just in theroy"?

modern brook
#

But the % ur looking for depends on a lot of different factors anyways

#

namely haste values and rage generation - ss procs etc

#

suffice to say

#

You should be able to have a sb or Bolster LS up for any situation where you'd be taking relevent blockable damage

uneven mason
#

WHAT BULLFANGO SAID

modern brook
#

@uneven mason dont read my responses

uneven mason
#

I don't

modern brook
#

they were to like 8 edits prior

#

๐Ÿ˜ 

uneven mason
#

๐Ÿ˜„

modern brook
#

:ignorepain:

uneven mason
#

fix'd

modern brook
#

โค

candid ledge
#

Between a monk and war, what's the best tank to MT and OT Grong mythic?

uneven mason
#

Pick your poison

#

What one are you better at?

#

also, MT/OT?

#

EQUal share time on Grong

#

we're not greedy

#

Warrior is probably better at eating smashes

candid ledge
#

I've joined a guild alt run and havent done grong so far

uneven mason
#

and we can SR the DoT after throw

candid ledge
#

so not sure how it goes

#

Who is better at throws?

#

Also BoP is nerfed right?

uneven mason
#

yeah

#

can't BoP it no more

last mason
#

What kind of trade off is it to exchange one bom (our of 3x) for a 2nd dc

#

Out of*

uneven mason
#

you lose defensive value, minor damage gain

#

I'd hold onto the BoM

last mason
#

Itโ€™s on the engi head tho

uneven mason
#

k

last mason
#

So itโ€™s also 15 ilvl higher

#

Does that balance it, or still keep the bom

candid ledge
#

So let's say I am better as a MT and monk gets the throws?

uneven mason
#

take the ilvl increase

#

always ilvl

#

Prot is all about ilvl

last mason
#

Cool ty, also which of the defensive engi traits is the best

#

The 3rd ring

uneven mason
#

dunno not an enc ๐Ÿ˜„

#

oh center ring

#

its a tossu

broken roost
#

SSC and RNG - both are dece

uneven mason
#

depending on content

#

^^

broken roost
#

Oh oops center ring yeah

last mason
#

Yea like the shield tron, etc

broken roost
#

If there are bleeds, cauterizer - if not, absorb, I believe

last mason
#

Gotcha, there arenโ€™t really any bleeds in m+ outside of like rezan right

broken roost
#

I'll probably leave it in absorb

last mason
#

Or am I forgetting stuff

broken roost
#

KR berserkers too

#

But I dunno others tbh

ebon hound
#

AD zombies

#

Underrot ticks

uneven mason
#

The heal is actually pretty substantial

#

I'd say its close to the same procrate as IV

#

so, its up in the air

neon tangle
#

@candid ledge Warrior maybe better at the throw, IIRC the damage afterwords is magic

#

and you'll have SR up for every one

uneven mason
#

its nature

#

and you can SR it

neon tangle
#

there you go

uneven mason
#

sorry yeah,

#

Also

daring marlin
#

60 yesterday

uneven mason
#

warriors can intercept to someone and change where the damage happens

daring marlin
#

Near 0 today

#

ohio weather my dudes

uneven mason
#

Midwest++

daring marlin
#

yup

uneven mason
#

Chicago here

outer dew
#

disgusting

neon tangle
#

But really it's 50/50, I would just go with whoever randomly gets it

uneven mason
#

@candid ledge if you have a monk drop their serpent healing thingy out in the middle of nowhere and no one stands near it

#

you can intercept it

#

and no one has to move for the throw

neon tangle
#

Feels like you're more likely to fuck up with smashes or w/e than make a huge difference btween monk and warrior getting thrown

uneven mason
#

^^

candid ledge
#

When exactly I should SR after throw?

uneven mason
#

Also you ahve to use your defensives BEFORE he grabs you

candid ledge
#

yeah

uneven mason
#

spam SR

candid ledge
#

kk

uneven mason
#

it has to be up before you land

candid ledge
#

or Demo

uneven mason
#

you can't cast while being thrown

candid ledge
#

I know

uneven mason
#

and demo before he picks you up

#

but you have like 0.5s wndow to get SR up

modern brook
#

RE: Grong warrior takes throws like a champion

candid ledge
#

RIP

uneven mason
#

so mash that button

candid ledge
#

And how does that intercept work?

neon tangle
#

I think the only class where throw kinda sucks is DK since they gotta jog back to DS

#

pally can use their heal afterwords, bear can do their heal

modern brook
#

U dont sr the impact damage u spell reflect the dot before u get grabbed

#

Unless that's been patched

#

but as of this tuesday it wasnt

candid ledge
#

Alright

#

will do my best

outer dew
#

tbh

#

i've had moments of madness

#

where i low-key want to bear

wary gyro
#

I feel bad for bear tanks right now

modern brook
#

bear has some cool buttons

#

just not good ones

neon tangle
#

@candid ledge also generally speaking I just told my healers to watch out for me and keep me topped up before the throw

#

I died a couple times because I'd get low-ish then take the big nature hit

sick sentinel
#

Same

#

If u can, u have to be careful to not be grabbed with double bite

#

Causes that's fucked

candid ledge
#

yeah

#

Bleed Bleed Throw is MT takes 2 bleed OT throw?

sick sentinel
#

If u have 2 bleeds the other NEEDS to taunt off

uneven mason
#

mhmm

sick sentinel
#

I do NOT recommend using intercept on your co-tank

uneven mason
#

yeah lol

sick sentinel
#

at least the first throw

uneven mason
#

you take the melee hit

#

in the back

sick sentinel
#

melee + throw + fear dmg

#

rip

uneven mason
#

fear?

#

watsfear

#

preciouswatsfear

sick sentinel
#

the fear damage

uneven mason
#

the roar damage

sick sentinel
#

w/e

uneven mason
#

gotya ๐Ÿ˜„

sick sentinel
#

it fears lesser classes

strong hill
#

Well played sir

uneven mason
#

yes, yes it does

wary gyro
#

My guild usually saves a pally's bop for situations where someone has to take double dots that

sick sentinel
#

Berserk rage doesn't break fear on mythic

neon tangle
#

yikes

sick sentinel
#

Tried several times last night

#

I have intercept bitch holy pally hugging co-tank so I can safely intercept :>

uneven mason
#

Ohyikes

#

^^

#

yeah

#

or monk statue

sick sentinel
#

wut ?

modern brook
sick sentinel
#

it does break fear

neon tangle
#

I'm going to have to get someone to stand next to me, I normally just eat fears when the dude gets tossed

uneven mason
#

Yeah have a MW monk or HPAl

#

or a surv hunter

#

cause they might as well be useful

sick sentinel
#

@sick sentinel it doesn't

#

On heroic it does

#

Not mythic

wary gyro
#

Yeah we have our hpal sit on tanks for the fear

sick sentinel
#

I broke fear yesterday on mythic

#

And u weren't next to someone?

#

nope

dusk locust
#

i thought i read on mythic it was a horrify not a fear

sick sentinel
#

Then somethings wrong

analog creek
#

Fear on mythic is a horrify, can not be broken by fear breaking abilities.

sick sentinel
#

I got feared because I spooped on intercepting and the target person went back to group

#

poped zerg rage and broke it somehow

analog creek
#

I think tremor totem can still get it though

sick sentinel
#

might have been that

steel mauve
#

Mythic grong the fear is a horrify from what ive been told so beserk rage doesnt break ir

#

It*

uneven mason
#

Sounds like a job for a Human

#

EMFH!

sick sentinel
#

breaks only stuns

#

too many horde tears watered that racial down

modern brook
#

lets be real

#

Rep gain is op

#

humans best race still

sick sentinel
#

It ain't that op

modern brook
#

:comedy:

sick sentinel
#

2% secondaries is good

#

It'll be op when we get rep locked raids/dungeon

#

and good looking transmogs

stark sage
#

2% secondaries is okay

#

dps racials are so inconsequential anyway

sick sentinel
#

I would take beefy human racials over normal one

stark sage
#

yeah KT humans racial is not bad

signal plover
#

I just need KT Hooman to fill the tauren shaped hole in my heart

uneven mason
#

@signal plover their shields are tiny

daring marlin
#

Might make my DiD a KT

uneven mason
#

Not Tauren sized at all

daring marlin
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Weโ€™ll see

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but muh fireblood cheese

uneven mason
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Knockback

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if it was AE

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single target on a long CD

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dunno

wary gyro
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If it's not tauren what's even the point

sick sentinel
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^my guy

uneven mason
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well, I dunno, noe one on horde plays anything but Buttelves

daring marlin
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blood elves are the only race horde side

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so yeah, makes sense

sick sentinel
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No one plays wow for anything but humans and elves*

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Ftfy

strong hill
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Tauren superior race

wary gyro
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I think the only class I have that can be a tauren that isn't is my priest

sick sentinel
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They can be

uneven mason
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hence why he said that can but isn't

wary gyro
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Yeah that's what I said

sick sentinel
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Then they should be

uneven mason
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fixit

sick sentinel
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I'm not, they need to

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Now

uneven mason
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Imeanthem

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I didn't have a mage until orcs could be mages

wary gyro
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I would but I dont play them and dont feel like paying for a class I haven't touched in over a year

uneven mason
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no priest until tauren could be priests

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played just orcs and tauren

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with 1 BE

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(Paladin, cause I played all tanks)

neon tangle
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I don't like how tauren run

uneven mason
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because they don't run

sand egret
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had to quit my DH cuz i couldn't stand being a BE

uneven mason
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they Truck

wary gyro
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I remember the day tauren could be pallies the first thing I did was race change my pally to tauren

sand egret
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if only they had Dorf DHs

neon tangle
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They feel slow to me, just cause longer stride but same speed

sand egret
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yeah, it's a more exaggerated animation on the bigger models

neon tangle
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Even worse was trying to play a pally tauren

sand egret
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(a huge reason why I don't like playing larger races)

neon tangle
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slow class, slow walk

wary gyro
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Whenever I play another race I always feel like everything is huge because I'm used to tauren size

sand egret
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with the exception being my bear. Cuz swagbear loves to swagwalk

signal plover
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@uneven mason y u tell me dis

strong hill
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@neon tangle Iโ€™m not a fan of how taurens run now.

neon tangle
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When did they change the animation?

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I feel like it was different in BC/Wrath

strong hill
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Ummmmmm. God 2 xpacks ago? So the end of wod I think

neon tangle
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so right before I quit playing I guess lol

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At this point I mainly do smaller characters, orc, undead, etc

strong hill
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Back in wrath and cata we looked like we were football players. Now we have a bit of a skip in our steps

uneven mason
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cata is when druids got their first revamped models

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and they added the bear leg twist

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which looked dumb as hell until they "fixed" it in WoD

strong hill
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Ya wod seems to be jumping out to me as when they did an over haul of the animations

uneven mason
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Tauren animation was about the same time

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which was good

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because they really

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walked like sticks

strong hill
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Lumbering. We were lumbering

uneven mason
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lumbering sticks

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best charge animation though

strong hill
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Trees. Big ass redwoods

strong forum
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you get 350 TR from 415 azerite right

strong hill
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I do like the charge animation. You see a big Tauren rushing you , you know you are about to get crunched

wary gyro
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I miss taurens old overpower animation

daring marlin
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365 TR from 415

modern pulsar
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What kind of mouse are ya'll using? My naga hex isnt that old and two buttons are out. Looking to replace.

wary gyro
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I'm using a razor naga that I've had for almost a decade now

wicked ginkgo
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is stacking 3x BoM and 3x DC optimal for maximum damage?

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im using corsair scimitar and i like it