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undone sun
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Things that can be negated with AMS =/= things that can be SR'd

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Unfortunate they don't always align

warm plinth
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They can also cheese environmental shit that we can't

distant crystal
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yeah there's not a lot of overlap really

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mainly just castable debuffs

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that you can reflect or ams off

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also gorefiend

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and grip

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are very frequently amazing

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now that we can't 1shot raden with SR

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we're less desirable

undone sun
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You're less desirable

distant crystal
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not possible

undone sun
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😉

distant crystal
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i was already at the floor of desirability

undone sun
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Welcome to the underground

distant crystal
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but at least i got leech memes

undone sun
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😡

analog zinc
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aight I dont care about DK vs War
If either of us are going DK its gonna be my cotank & we're not going double dk

distant crystal
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well BM is still prob better

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but less so than currently

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for prog tanking

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i got less info on that tho

analog zinc
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i was planning on running dh or pally but with the potential of my cotank going DK I dont wanna be double heal tank

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& I don't wanna go monk

distant crystal
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i'm quite sure prot will be very viable

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just a little less forgiving to misplays

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mbn to be able to afk a tank killer mechanic and live

analog zinc
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i'd like to play prot, since I plan on maining one in m+ & honestly I'd rather not main 2 chars tbh

distant crystal
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yeah prot should be king in m+

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w/ the trub bugfix

analog zinc
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assuming dk isn't broken

distant crystal
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i think physical mit will still make prot better idk tho

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and ofc dmg

analog zinc
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that depends on how much dmg dks are doing

distant crystal
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and busted SR

analog zinc
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if dks are doing double dmg it doesn't matter how tanky they are

distant crystal
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well we both get pretty sick corrupted weapons

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for M+

analog zinc
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really? 1h doesn't seem that good

distant crystal
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assuming we'll be around 8-900K HP

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what's that 45K dmg to all targets in front of us

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every 30 gcds or so?

analog zinc
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how would we have 900k hp o.o

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that's double what i got as my mediocre geared war

distant crystal
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475 ilvl gear

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and stam scales harder than other stats doesn't it

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as ilvl goes up

analog zinc
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i still can't see wars being anywhere near 900k

distant crystal
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i'm 550 unbuffed rn

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6xx with fort

warm plinth
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Yeah I think it's pretty reasonable for us to be at least close to that

analog zinc
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yeah thats about where my palas at

warm plinth
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Once you're 470+ ilevel

distant crystal
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kinda bummed that the proc on that weap doesn't scale with ilvl

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485 8% of health plz plz

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but i guess the corruption doesn't change so makes sense

warm plinth
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It has natural scaling though

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More ilevel = more damage

distant crystal
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ye

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all of your dmg abilities scaling from mh dmg

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  • your higher HP scaling the proc
warm plinth
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Yeah

distant crystal
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loving the bis stats on it too

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i'm just greedy

spice ferry
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it would be pretty nutty if it also scaled on ilvl

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double dip on the scaling

strong forum
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@analog zinc on warri is 650k hp in raid

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with new azerite and new gear vdhs will have 1mil+ hp, warri around 850-900k if not more

analog zinc
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dh already has over a mill in meta

strong forum
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yes in meta

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im talking without meta

distant crystal
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rallying cry + last stand will be a dps cd

analog zinc
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meanwhile DKs will be trying to get as low hp as possible

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removing rings & not taking those 3% stam HoA traits

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just so they can proc 2h more

strong forum
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and die to everything

analog zinc
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you're already a dk

distant crystal
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is any of their selfheals HP based?

strong forum
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na only dmg taken based

warm plinth
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Well, technically if you take less than 7% of your HP in damage, your Death Strike would do 7% of your max health in healing.

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That's the minimum for it

distant crystal
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yeah i guess fort is just a straight dps loss then

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and those +hp azerites

warm plinth
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Why is it a DPS loss?

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Oh, with the new weapon

distant crystal
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bdk's gonna be standing in everything

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getting healer and dps parses on same pull lol

warm plinth
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lol

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Yeah I think once they get that weapon, guilds are gonna be raging on progression at their DKs for eating mechanics on purpose XD

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BUT MUH PARSE

neon tangle
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Implying I would have moved out of stuff anyways

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"Oh, yes, that was for a parse"

warm plinth
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What are you playing these days sadbox

near ivy
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@hallow phoenix @daring marlin @distant crystal

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415 Taloc Wrists

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@distant crystal you still owe 100k btw, pay up

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and we dont have >395 syringes

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we have the wrists and sil had an example of a mythrax ring

neon tangle
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@warm plinth Nothing

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I was playing rogue/hunter, but I haven't logged on in a few months

warm plinth
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Oh, I thought you came back

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RIP

neon tangle
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I will prolly soonish

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dunno what I'll play

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maybe hunter

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So I can be lazy

warm plinth
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BM is always a comfortable choice

exotic spoke
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Some things never change

warm plinth
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Good utility and they do pretty well in M+

exotic spoke
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Like... leech

warm plinth
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shh

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But did you know I'm 2k now Riki?! Feels fucking good

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alksdfj;asldfja

exotic spoke
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I saw! Congrats!

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I wish my group could do more keys each week

warm plinth
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Well it's gonna be a fuckin dry few weeks anyway so

exotic spoke
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Coordinating 3 different raid schedules now :(

Though mostly similar it’s hard

warm plinth
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Why 3 different schedules?

exotic spoke
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We’re basically done as a mythic causal progression guild. And so two people left - one on good and one on and terms (with the guild) and soooo yeah

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Now... now I don’t know if mythic is happening next tier. So I wait and see

warm plinth
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😢

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RIP Bloodhoof

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Why don't you guys just transfer the guild? Isn't that a thing now?

exotic spoke
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Zero mythic guilds now. All we do is reclear through ashvane. And if we have enough orgozoa.

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Too much history on the server

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Too many alts for people to bring over.

warm plinth
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Fair

exotic spoke
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So yeah. The last three members of our push group (who haven’t left) are all officers. We made our opinion known - were fine staying with heroic only because of the people here as long as it doesn’t effect us pushing m+

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Not many mythic guilds want a tank who only plays 1 spec

distant crystal
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oh hi @near ivy

warm plinth
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Wow Waat

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Nice ping

distant crystal
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my ping was perfect

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read the transcript

exotic spoke
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Why? I’m confused

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What did I miss

warm plinth
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Everything

exotic spoke
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¯_(ツ)_/¯

distant crystal
fringe marten
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Does anyone know the EXACT value of breaking down the 450 azerite pieces (that you buy from the vendor)

exotic spoke
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10k?

fringe marten
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I kinda' wanna reroll my helm but if it's exactly 10k then I'm 2k short if I break it down.

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If you're desperate for titan residuum you can buy the Benthic pieces and break them down right?

distant crystal
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it's exactly 10K

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and yeah

exotic spoke
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It’s not much per. Try a random heroic EP

distant crystal
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best pearl->resid ratio is to upgrade them once

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to 400

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and then scrap/de

fringe marten
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you get what..300?

distant crystal
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i think 400

fringe marten
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k..think I might do that; because I got one of the worst possible helms I believe for prot.

distant crystal
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o wait

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no it's less

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it's 400 for a 415

fringe marten
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I've been using it a week or so.. The overseer's Riot Helm.

exotic spoke
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What does it have?

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I can’t remember

fringe marten
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So I'm weighing the odds of getting the identical, or worse helm...I don't think there's a worse helm?

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It's got Iron fort..callous reprisal or tradewinds..then garbage inner rings.

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I've been toying with tradewinds looking at it's uptime..it's not so great.

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I think the only helm that's as bad/worse is the Soulspun casque.

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Helm of the raptor king is pretty bad too..

distant crystal
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radiance has a pretty good helm

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and fairly easy to get into a pug that kills her

near ivy
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best pearl - resi ratio is base 385

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its also fucking stupid to do unless you need like 100 TR

fringe marten
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well how little do the 385's give?

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I'll need about 2k resid

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I may have some stuff in bank I can do..plus a world quest one I can dump right now.

near ivy
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35

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its 7 TR per pearl

fringe marten
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Then the other issue is, the likelyhood of actually getting a superior helm. There seems to be 6? total helms, in that table. 1 of course would be the same helm, 2 of them being ? slightly better/side grades..then 3 helms with Bastion.

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so I have a 50/50 shot of getting something I really want...and basically 100% chance I don't get anything worse.

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(let's be real..it's 100% chance I literally get the same helm I already have..lol)

distant crystal
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is it not 8 TR per pearl

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if you scrap 400s

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i was lied to

fringe marten
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I had some banked 435's

distant crystal
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there ya go

fringe marten
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I'm such a hoarder for gear because I've been trying to sim tons of stuff for fury lately

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ah the 435's are straight 2k..what I needed.

distant crystal
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but yeah, it is 8 per for 400s

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@near ivy 's wrong as usual

near ivy
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any hypocrites in the chat

distant crystal
hallow phoenix
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Thanks Star

exotic spoke
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I love it

distant crystal
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deepfakes

exotic spoke
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Almost time to be disappointed once and possibly a second time

fringe marten
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Yeah, 35 TR for base benthic helm, 200 for 1 upgrade worth..so 1 upgrade worth is the best yield.

near ivy
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@hallow phoenix thanks for actually using brain and searching messages in this disc 😂

exotic spoke
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Shots fired

near ivy
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thats not shots

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he dmed me earlier saying thats how he found me

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and thats why i sent the SS from earlier

exotic spoke
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I’m just instigating sorry

near ivy
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he unironically used brain

fringe marten
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I can dump my pearls and hold on to my current helm; won't even have to scrap it.

hallow phoenix
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❤️

distant crystal
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what are you all on about now

hallow phoenix
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We're still on titanforged uldir pieces from this morning

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though its pretty much settled

distant crystal
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yeah that was asked and answered at the time

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big ups to @near ivy for the research ❤️

hallow phoenix
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someone asked for proof

near ivy
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@distant crystal you know how you could thank me for that research right?

distant crystal
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a big wet kiss?

fringe marten
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He want dem monies~

near ivy
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if you want a kiss off this guy you gotta pay at least (purely for example purposes) 100k gold

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@fringe marten i cant even get the monies, the monies are on NA and im EU

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i just want to see him pay up

hallow phoenix
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He can pay to me

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I'm NA

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Pick me

distant crystal
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non-transferable

fringe marten
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So it's like...You're pilav..and he's asmongold?

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pay the 500 bruh

near ivy
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you said the gold was on sargeras

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im also psure your ally

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derpingtoast can make an ally char on sarg and take the gold

distant crystal
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offer was rescinded prior to any successful takers

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soz 👋

near ivy
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No it wasnt and you are a clown 🙃

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hypocrite, backpedaller, clown

distant crystal
near ivy
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your gold is safe because you never intended on paying 4head

distant crystal
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🎻

exotic spoke
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Welp

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440 socketed ring with avoidance... Into the scrapper

grim nymph
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Is haste drastically more important than crit, to the point where I'd start dropping significant ilevel for haste?

exotic spoke
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Don’t drop Ilvl. That’s more important

limpid pawn
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haste is good for survivability

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crit is better for dps

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yeah ilevel > everything basically

exotic spoke
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Take whatever is highest Ilvl and if it’s equal Ilvl take what gives more haste

limpid pawn
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except maybe if you have a socket and comparing to something 5 ilevels higher

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this is for mythic + aoe tanking

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for single target raid dps, you want full benthic gear

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and versatility

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or whatever sims highest - but highly likely it's versa

grim nymph
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Yeah, my tank alt is for M+

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I guess I keep forgetting that crit does give parry, which is a nice stat too

exotic spoke
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Haste is still usually better overall

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when you balance the defensive aspects and offensive

terse dragon
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is there much difference between a 445 shield vs a 440 socket?

undone sun
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block value

exotic spoke
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take teh 445 msv. You know this

terse dragon
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Ya is that 300 block negligible?

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I dont have a 445 😦

exotic spoke
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I meant you should know about the ilvl > * for shields

terse dragon
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Im just asking how big the difference is

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idk how to calculate like how much more a meele hit would be reduced by with 300 more block

exotic spoke
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I'd have to math it out but I'm going to bet its pretty nice.

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BV / (BV+K) where K is defined by the content. Thats the % of damage you block

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If you look up k values you should find a list

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And if you have anything that adds to your BV you need to include it to both the numerator and denominator

terse dragon
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Yah i just did a 3/8 pug and i didnt get shield 😦

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I noticed if i drop my 440 to a 430, its roughly 550 less block rating, but the block % goes from 27.05 to 26.58

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is that 0.5% block that significant?

undone sun
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it'd also change based on target because of K value

exotic spoke
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Yeah, its going to be like 5% increase in content

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for a 430- 445 if I remember off the top of my head

fringe marten
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as far as shield goes definitely go with ilevel

terse dragon
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Yah i pretty much only care about m+, im sure the 440-->445 is still solid upgrade

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yah I'll have to roll for a 445 next week

fringe marten
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MSV that 27.05 is the block chance, not the block value.

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the block value is how much damage a block filters, the half a % you cited is block 'chance' which is barely relevant.

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But the block value is very relevant.

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Because every time we hit 'shield block' or 'last stand' (with proper talent) the block chance is set to 100%.

terse dragon
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omg im retarded

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it goes down because the other shield has mastery

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but yah the 300 block difference I think would give me 1-2% extra block value

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and armor which is good too

shadow wind
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Is null dynamo worth in waycrest this week?

terse dragon
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Yah its worth

fringe marten
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I think people don't realize how much damage null dynamo does; take a look at how much damage it does in any zone that tosses even occassional magic damage. (yeah it's not optimal for a lot of zones but in places where you face frequent magic damage it's hoss)

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..oh yeah it also saves you a lot of damage too...but we're tanks so we don't care about surviving~ that's for like..healers to think about.

crude glen
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Brace for Impact vs Bastion of Might on Azshara (going for defense)?

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If it matters I have two ranks of bastion already on my other pieces

sick sentinel
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435 crit haste bracers with siocket trump 440 vers crit bracers?

warm plinth
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Yes @sick sentinel

warped olive
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Hello. This might be a stupid question and all that, but are there any ineractions on spellreflect and bursting? Sometimes I feel like it completely negates the damage and sometimes I feel like it has no effect? I'm not very good but it would be good to know when the next bursting week rolls out.

warm plinth
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It mitigates the damage like any other magic effect.

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Reduces it by 20% or 25%; whatever the tooltip of SR says. I can't remember off the top of my head.

warped olive
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Would it be possible to 'reflect' a stack of bursting just as it pops? Or just as the flat damage reduction?

warm plinth
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Nope, not possible to reflect bursting

warped olive
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Okey thanks for answering my question

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Also I got another stupid question regardinf bursting. Dors IP have any effect of it, or is the percentage it does on u based on ur 'pure' health and ignores IP

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Sorry for my poor grammer

warm plinth
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It does not ignore IP. IP would reduce it by 50% like anything else until IP is consumed.

warped olive
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Okok ty

sullen valve
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Daily reminder wowA is valid for prot warrior

void hill
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Callous Reprisal or 2x def crash

oblique garnet
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More damage or more damage reduction which are you looking for @void hill

shadow tapir
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tanking zaq with a brm, still best move for warrior to MT?

oblique garnet
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what no

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If you have brm available make brm mt

warm plinth
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Alright, did my one key for the week with @oblique garnet's support. Fuck this week now 😄

oblique garnet
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rofl

kindred plume
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is there a trick to tanking mythic radiance as prot warror? my tanks are getting clapped in the add phase

inland mesa
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You can't block it's all magic spam that IP and cds

warm plinth
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Tell your group to CC and interrupt more 👌

distant crystal
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also blast the adds harder

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also shockwave and intim shout when they're casting

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spell reflect on cd

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and use shieldwall there

potent anvil
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I tanked it on my prot pala, seems easy to me deswind

distant crystal
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dirty fury warr

warm plinth
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Quick someone change his name to Pallywind

undone sun
warm plinth
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Now I really want that Marok emoji, because it'd be big

undone sun
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😉

exotic spoke
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Rofl

chilly brook
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@kindred plume either your prot warriors aren't using IP or your healers are just bad

undone sun
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or both

vital plover
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How good is the raidbot sims for essences?

white valley
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What's the likelyhood we will use the same essence build in 8.3? (M+)

ionic fern
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@vital plover what do you mean more exactly?
Most essences are implemented -there are some things that are not implemented fully like CnS major etcs.

vital plover
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What I meant was if I sim for pure DPS essences, is IT accurate enough that I should follow them?

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The reson I ask is because I get different results than the guides. I guess the guides go for a middle ground between surviveability/DPS?

oblique garnet
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Is the content youre doing trivial? If yes no harm in going for damage

ionic fern
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Guides are more focused on the "middle ground" indeed.
If you sim for ST dps then you should have CoF/Null r3/ CnS pulling ahead for example.

vital plover
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I mostly sim for AoE since I primarily run M+

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So I get VoP, SoS and WR

oblique garnet
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WR ?

vital plover
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Worldvein ressonance

oblique garnet
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Dont

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Literally better off running anima minor than WR

vital plover
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I run lucid and aegis as minors atm

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and vision major

oblique garnet
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VoP major + sphere and aegis/CnS/lucid is a solid combo for m+

vital plover
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Yeah, thats what I run now

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Might use sphere if I need to kite trash a lot

oblique garnet
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Sims dont work that well for m+ since majority of how you do damage in m+ is based around in what kind of pulls you do

vital plover
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Yeah true

south osprey
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hi guys - i am new to tanking. I am starting to push highish keys but keep loosing aggro to high dps players

mental scarab
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Clap more

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👍🏻

south osprey
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I need a neat nameplate and aggro addon if we have any?

mental scarab
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Plater

strong forum
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Plater

mental scarab
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And take sens string from sago

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Wago

south osprey
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ok - new to WA as well

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ill see how i get on

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ty

undone sun
south osprey
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Thanks and what does that do? - just tried to import and it come up with error

white valley
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Never run WR in keys. Because you're constantly moving, you're never getting any decent duration out of your shards.

undone sun
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imported to plater?

south osprey
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no to WA - the string

undone sun
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there wasn't one posted

south osprey
undone sun
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read it

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plater

south osprey
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im confused - i am literally a complete novice

undone sun
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it's for the addon plater

strong forum
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It's a string for plater, not for weakaura

blazing condor
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whats the determining factor for not getting the debuff from aka'ali's debilitating backhand?

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block/dodge/absorb ?

odd ledge
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dodge/parry roll

sweet summit
blazing condor
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so shield block or IP wont really higher my chances of not getting it then right?

gaunt dawn
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Nope

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They work on the basis that you are hit

south osprey
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thanks guys for the string

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Do any of you have any decent tank UI's?

strong forum
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UI is subjective

blazing condor
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p much

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but there are good addons like tellmewhen or threatplates that always helps

gaunt dawn
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Xd

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Both of those are redundant

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Nice concepts of examples though

south osprey
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i think my UI is okayish

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what would you say are the mandatory weak aura's for a prot war?

white valley
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The spell reflect one

south osprey
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just that one?

white valley
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Even then, it's not really mandatory. There's no such thing as mandatory WA's.

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You can do completely fine just off base ui with not a single addon. It's hard, but you can do it. People get to CE with base ui.

sweet summit
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UI and weak auras are pretty much personal prefrence. If you can get all information you feel like you need through your current UI, then its good.

white valley
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You will also never be completely happy / efficient with someone elses UI/WA set. You've got to make your own for it to be perfect.

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It's good to trial a bunch of different UI and WA builds to get an idea of what you want and what you can do, then make your own.

strong forum
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I have the SR WA but never pay attention to it, its by no means necessary if you already know what you can and can't reflect

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Ye I have fragnances UI then edited it a bunch, made the entire WA pack I use myself and only took inspiration from others

mental scarab
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@south osprey get the BFA dungeon pack to WA and move the buffs/debuffs so you can se them easy then bigwigs or dbm for timers

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Also you can search for prot WA for your cds so you know when they are rdy

torn orchid
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Hello, which Azerite armor slot is most likely to roll a DC trait?

ionic fern
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Chest or shoulders.

gaunt dawn
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It's all predetermined

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So..

ionic fern
torn orchid
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Thanks!

junior ivy
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thyme do you playwow yet

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@undone sun

wooden radish
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@ionic fern 🐀

junior ivy
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mwahi does thyme play wow yet?

ionic fern
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@wooden radish plz...one time.:(

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Also..i don't think so Cat.

junior ivy
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😦

ionic fern
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Do you?

junior ivy
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no

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but i finally brought my PC to my bfs house (where ive been living)

ionic fern
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Come back and get Thyme back also..

junior ivy
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so i COULD...

ionic fern
junior ivy
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its tempting..

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been playing rocket league and a few other games

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but i miss wow

ionic fern
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Time to come and play again..catchup is decent but new grinds in 8.3

junior ivy
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i also wanna play 2 other games

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that outer worlds one

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and rdr2

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but my video card isnt good enough :/

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what video card would i need to play those games on medium?

ionic fern
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I honestly have no idea since i haven't touched them so not sure about the requierments.

exotic spoke
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Hi catfriend

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And I don’t know sorry

junior ivy
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hi riki!

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aw

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im thinkin i might try an get a 1070

ionic fern
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Well,google says 770 for rdr2

signal plover
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If u can afford a 1070 get that

junior ivy
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shit i didnt know 1070 was $900

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lmao

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neverminddd

strong forum
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I got my 1080 for 550€ last year, how tf is 1070 900 now

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For 900 I can almost get a 2080ti

distant crystal
strong forum
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Rip USA

distant crystal
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i mean that was 3.5 years ago

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i'm getting my money's worth :p

strong forum
signal plover
#

A 1070 is def not $900

#

2070 isnt even that much

#

Unless u live in Alaska or something

exotic spoke
#

Are you really living if you’re in Alaska though?

junior ivy
#

it is 900 in canada

signal plover
#

RIP

hasty nova
#

got zaqul to 257k health

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last night

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fuuuuuu

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0% wipe lol

#

f

#

f

tame garden
#

F

warm plinth
#

That's horrible

#

That's like wiping after the last boss of Motherlode jumps out of his machine

hasty nova
#

lmao

#

yeah i know

warm plinth
#

Worse actually. It's like wiping when he's at 70% health after he jumps out of his machine

hasty nova
#

so frustrating

tame garden
#

That would crush me

#

Were already so many pulls into him if we wipe that low I will kms

hasty nova
#

yeah it crushed the raids spirits too i think, we didn't get to 10% again that night

warm plinth
#

What was your lowest pull before that?

hasty nova
#

before that?

#

4%

tame garden
#

Omg

warm plinth
#

Damn man

hasty nova
#

yeah but 4% wipe is like, okay we need a few more ppl to do better

#

a 0.2% wipe

#

is like...

#

we need one person to cast 4 more spells

strong forum
#

L

hasty nova
#

but whatever, hopefully we will get it tomorrow

tame garden
#

Same here hopefully

#

I'm scared my guild will collapse if we dont

warm plinth
#

New raid strat; when boss gets that low, all the classes with immunities use them and get that fucker down

hasty nova
#

how many pulls yall got on him?

tame garden
#

177 🙂

hasty nova
#

yeah we are like 240

#

😦

tame garden
hasty nova
#

haha

warm plinth
#

Hey 177 isn't that far past Method, tbf

tame garden
#

Fair but we have so much more gear lol

warm plinth
#

They had 169 wipes on him

#

Don't think about that

#

For future reference, when you're progging Azshara, they had 356 on her

#

Be a glass half full guy

tame garden
#

Yeah the wipe count isnt too bad yet just feels like we haven't made any progress last couple nights

hasty nova
#

we had that much dps at the highest peak lol

#

insane

tame garden
#

Raid lead keeps changing the strat which is the problem imo

warm plinth
#

What's your best pull Speg?

tame garden
#

24% we keep wiping to 2nd manic dread

warm plinth
#

Well if it makes you guys feel any better, my best pull is not even pulling the boss in LFR. So you're lightyears ahead of me

hasty nova
#

Speg, the crazy thing about zaqul is that his health on the pulls go 90 50 50 40 90 30 40 50 9040 50 4 50 30 40 30 0.2

#

like a tneticle early wipe

#

then a somewhat good pull

#

then an early wipe

#

then an early wipe

#

then BAM OMG WE ALMSOT GOT HIM

tame garden
#

Yeah fun boss to prog lmao

hasty nova
#

then an early wipe

tame garden
#

Just a rollercoaster

hasty nova
#

tbh it's demoralizing me for Queen ashara lol

tame garden
#

Agreed

hasty nova
#

if it took mehtod 4 times the amount of pulls

tame garden
#

Im losing faith in my guildies

hasty nova
#

to get her down

#

that means i'm looking at like 800 pulls

#

to kill her

chilly brook
#

We on court rn so I haven’t had the opportunity to slam my head against zaqul

hasty nova
#

LOL

#

fuck

hard sky
#

didnt azshara get a lot more nerfs than zaqul tho?

tame garden
#

Idk if theres time for 800 pulls before patch hehe

hasty nova
#

oh thats a really good point brayn

#

and she will hopefully get another nerf before it's over

chilly brook
#

@tame garden get used to it lmao as a tank 99% of the time you’re waiting for everyone else to get the fight down

#

And I mean they said worst case 8.3 would be March

#

So I think there’s plenty of time lmao

tame garden
#

Sure if it's that late then no worries

hasty nova
#

nah its gonna be mid january i'm convinced

chilly brook
#

Doubtful

tame garden
#

But January patch is also possible so gotta plan for that

chilly brook
#

I think they’re gonna take as long as they possibly can to dial on corrupted gear properly

strong forum
#

Azshara is supposedly easier than zaq now

hasty nova
#

Griff, just remind ur guild that court is the SAME stuff every time. That fight felt more like syncronized swiming than a video game.

#

we had trouble with court for a while, maybe like 80 pulls?

chilly brook
#

Well tbf

#

We just got to court last week

strong forum
#

Wiping to court is the most tilting thing ever

chilly brook
#

Well that’s a lie

strong forum
#

Cuz it's sooo easy

hasty nova
#

yeah i felt the same way nomeraur lol

chilly brook
#

The week before but this last week we didn’t have enough people to actually down it so we just got familiar with mechanics

hasty nova
#

like, why are we fucking this up?

strong forum
#

Na not we

#

They

hasty nova
#

zaqul on the other hand has a lot of RNG with the tenticles and ME zones. when they overlap it's just super frustrating

chilly brook
#

Anyways, my reasoning as to why they’re probably going to take as long as possible to put out the patch is because it seems they really want to make corrupted gear the next system for gearing and they want us to like it, because they mentioned at blizzcon that gearing in the next expansion is going to depend on how corrupted is received

strong forum
#

Its spell queueing that makes zaq wannabe rng

tame garden
#

Yeah court was ez pz imo

chilly brook
#

And they probably also want to make sure Nyalotha is dialed in properly as well because we’re potentially looking at another SoO 12+ month raid tier

hasty nova
#

Blizzard had better perfect the corruption shit, becuase I "want" to like it. But as it sits now, it seems like a lot of ppl could be in RNG hell waiting for drops.

chilly brook
#

Probably not actually that long but I’m fairly certain after 8.3 drops that’s gonna be it and all hands on pumping out Shadowlands and since it seems so early in development there’s a lot of work to do

distant crystal
#

was real fun watching spirit link get dropped

#

and then expire

#

and then dread goes out

tame garden
#

Lmao

hasty nova
#

Speg yeah the 2nd manic is super difficult to handle

#

thats the one where we go up to normal realm to dorp our stacks, so like the transition is just always nuts

tame garden
#

Yeah it's definitely the hard part so I dont mind wiping there

#

Just wish we reached it more often to healers can practice

hasty nova
#

THAT

#

is so fucking true. it's like shit team, we need to be more consistant. i know there are hard tenticles to deal with sometimes but my god

tame garden
#

Last 2 weeks we've started charging gold for each tentacle hit

#

🙂

#

10k to gbank each time

hasty nova
#

lmao

#

shit fucccck that lol!

#

even i get hit sometimes.

#

like uh, the 2nd ME for our group, which is 3rd dread i think

#

always lines up with tenticles

#

so SOMETIMES, the dps zone is RIGHT on top of the tenticles

#

and it's super difficult to get the three delirium realm stuff in a safe area, while keeping boss in ME, while dodgeing that tenticle

#

i can do it almsot every time now

#

but maybe 1 in 22 pulls

#

i'll get hit

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XD

#

aka last night

tame garden
#

Yeah that's an excusable circumstance to get hit

distant crystal
#

last night was our first zaq prog night

#

i got hit 8 times xD

#

but our warlock got hit 16 times and usually survived it, fucker

real badge
#

Swapping from DK to Warrior for M+, hovering around 19-20's currently, looking to go further. I see several Prot warriors run C&S major, yet the Icy Veins guide says its "simply not worth using", am i missing anything here

distant crystal
#

c&s major is good for necro week

tame garden
#

Getting hit early prog is fine

distant crystal
#

if there's no common 30% slows in your group

#

otherwise naw

tame garden
#

180 pulls in is not fine 🙂

distant crystal
#

yeah there's a couple recruits that already killed it

#

i can feel their frustration

#

lol

tame garden
#

Oof reprog zaq that would be a sad time

real badge
#

Reprogging Zaq third time atm, its very enjoyable

hasty nova
#

reprogging?

tame garden
#

Sending thoughts and prayers

real badge
#

Yeah reprogressing

tame garden
#

Like killed with 1 guild then swap to new guild that didnt kill yet

hasty nova
#

oh

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lmao fucccccc

real badge
#

More like finished the tier with 2 different guilds raiding in a third

distant crystal
#

or killed with 1 guild then lost a grip of players and new recruits love hentai

real badge
#

Rather do Zaq than Azshara lmao

distant crystal
#

that'll do it too

hasty nova
#

yeah i'm really not looking forward to the azshara fight

real badge
#

Bug ridden shit fight

hasty nova
#

i think jania was much more fun that QA

distant crystal
#

i'm playing spriest for last 3

#

so tempting to stand in the middle and dot everything

#

but dodging is hard there lol

hasty nova
#

unpopular opinion, but i also thought ghuun was fun

real badge
#

Theoretically, yes

distant crystal
#

never killed g'huun 😦

real badge
#

As an actual boss with all the RNG and inconsistent push timers making the fight unreliable

distant crystal
#

we killed mythrax once and never went back into uldir

real badge
#

It was bottom 3 fights ever designed

distant crystal
#

but that was scuffed old guild

real badge
#

You pushed 2 seconds later than usual? Enjoy the boss casting all his spells in a completely different order making the fight significantly harder

#

No thanks

#

Its like Za'qul but worse

strong forum
#

Ghuun was chill if anything

#

Just chill until p3

hasty nova
#

kinety you talking about AQ or ghuun

real badge
#

6½ minutes of afk with sub 2 minutes of fight yeah

#

Both

#

Both Za'qul and g'huun suffer from "Push 2 seconds early/late, timers COMPLETELY change"

hasty nova
#

ahh

real badge
#

makes encounters very unfun and creates stuff like the stop dps for 40 seconds on Za'qul

hasty nova
#

yeah

strong forum
#

I don't remember pushing ghuun at a specific time

real badge
#

Or sit with the orb for 5s before dunking on G'huun

#

Pushing at wrong times would give you wave of corruption during blood feast

strong forum
#

:thonk:

real badge
#

Or other very horrible overlaps

strong forum
#

I dont recall anything about overlaps on that snooze fest

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We never paid attention

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Cuz it was never the reason for a wipe

#

Only MC or shit orbs were

restive tinsel
#

Hi. Just started to play war tank a few week ago. I have one shoulder 435 with Deafening Crash, and i don't have this trait on any other pieces of gear, and one new shoulder 450 without it. Is it worth to still take the 450 piece? (i only do mm+)

distant crystal
#

nope

#

DC is always worth dropping a difficulty

#

prob 2 difficulties tbh

restive tinsel
#

Thx

distant crystal
#

np

fading musk
#

Hi guys, I was looking through the bis trinkets on icy veins and was missing the offensive options especially for m+. is the sporepod thingy from underrot any good? i got in 440 from the chest

lusty grotto
#

does this answer your question?

fading musk
#

😦

#

thanks

warm plinth
#

Hang on to it if you PvP @fading musk it’s really good

fading musk
#

yeah i saw it in some videos

junior ivy
#

whats the big boss right now

warm plinth
#

Queen Azshara

junior ivy
#

whats the raid called

slim pier
#

Onyxia's Lair

junior ivy
#

what

#

really?

#

i love onyxia raid

slim pier
#

No, it's called the eternal palace

junior ivy
#

oh ok

#

whats lvl cap

#

110 or 120?

#

i forget

slim pier
#

120

junior ivy
#

ty

#

is it fun

slim pier
#

Depends

junior ivy
#

areprot warriors good?

slim pier
#

Yeah they're one of the best

#

atm

junior ivy
#

arefury warriorsgood

slim pier
#

Yes

junior ivy
#

is classic still a thing

slim pier
#

Yes

junior ivy
#

ty

strong forum
#

No

junior ivy
#

no what

strong forum
#

No to classic

junior ivy
#

are resto druidsgood

warm plinth
#

They suck

junior ivy
#

what aboutboomkins

tame garden
#

Kings of m+ but disc and hpally rule the raid scene

warm plinth
#

All specs suck

#

Just horrible

lusty grotto
#

catfriend attacks again

junior ivy
#

can i please see a new gnome thingy

#

im gathering info

#

lol

warm plinth
#

I think there's this website

#

called wowhead

junior ivy
#

no

lusty grotto
#

wadner sure you are

warm plinth
#

It has a lot of information about WoW

junior ivy
#

no wowhead

#

just prot discord

#

can i see new gnome things?

warm plinth
#

They even have an entire article on Mechagnomes

tame garden
junior ivy
#

ty

lusty grotto
#

gets his laser pointers, points at wowhead

junior ivy
#

waot

#

wait

#

its that 😡

warm plinth
#

ROFLROFLROFLROFL

tame garden
#

🙂

lusty grotto
#

its a diaper baby

warm plinth
#

Well fucking played Speg

#

😂

junior ivy
#

show me nicer one

lusty grotto
#

no

tame garden
#

The race is ugly

#

There are no nice ones

junior ivy
#

let me decide that for myself

warm plinth
#

That's literally what they look like without armor

lusty grotto
#

gets his laser pointer, points at wowhead

#

red dot!

junior ivy
#

nono

lusty grotto
#

yes

junior ivy
#

im just bored af in class 😦

lusty grotto
#

perfect time to read up on robognomes

#

on wowhead

warm plinth
junior ivy
#

not wowhead

#

hm not enoughpics

lusty grotto
#

cat you can't fight us

#

we have the laser pointer

junior ivy
#

i prefer normalgnomes

lusty grotto
#

how dare you disrespect diaper baby

lusty grotto
#

im trying to remember a cartoon

#

that had a guy without limbs

junior ivy
#

vulpera arent as good as normalgnomes

#

iswow still BFA?

#

or is there new expac

lusty grotto
#

trying to figure out if that was aqua teen hunger force or something like that

junior ivy
#

im excited to get back into gaming

#

havent played a video game since august

lusty grotto
junior ivy
#

imgonna buy outer worlds

#

and mass effect andromeda

lusty grotto
#

goddamn it the preview ruined it

#

hello

#

pokemon comes out on friday

junior ivy
#

i play pokemon go but idont own a switch

lusty grotto
#

tf you buying those old ass games for

junior ivy
#

only a phone

lusty grotto
#

have you heard

junior ivy
#

unless pokemon game comes out for pc i cant get it

lusty grotto
#

theres a new switch

#

that is cheap

junior ivy
#

yeh but i gotta buy video card

lusty grotto
#

why

junior ivy
#

igot shitty on

#

e

warm plinth
#

Imagine not knowing how to hide previews

lusty grotto
#

ghash

#

father thyme also taught me

#

what are you playing that you need a new vid card for cat

warm plinth
#

@undone sun We need to beat Nimchip; he's not learning our lessons

lusty grotto
#

cause im gonna bet, nothing

junior ivy
#

i want outer worlds and rdr2

lusty grotto
#

hoho good luck with rdr2 with ANY hardware

junior ivy
#

lol true tbh im tempted to buy a ps4 instead

lusty grotto
#

i got friends with sick builds, that just absolutely cannot get into online

#

smh a ps4

junior ivy
#

whats wrong with ps4

lusty grotto
#

for rdr2

#

a 1 year old game on ps4

junior ivy
#

and tlou2

lusty grotto
#

ok

#

fair enough

#

ill allow it

#

but pokemon

#

👍

#

why not both

warm plinth
#

Exclusives make me sad

junior ivy
#

my bfs daughter has been begging for a switch for xmas

#

i hope he gets her one

#

lolol

tame garden
#

Boycott pokemon Pepexecute

lusty grotto
#

im buying both pokemon (a gift for my brother) on friday... and of course Fallen Order

junior ivy
#

whata fallen order

#

whats

lusty grotto
#

the star wars game

junior ivy
#

o

lusty grotto
#

gonna be an interesting weekend

junior ivy
#

is there multiple versions of ps4

#

or just one ps4

#

isps5 coming out soon?

lusty grotto
#

idk i have gen 1

#

they will formally announce it soon yes

junior ivy
#

ugh so i should wait?

lusty grotto
#

idk maybe it wont run old games

#

uhh

junior ivy
#

xbone never hs exclusives right?

lusty grotto
#

yeha there's a ps4 pro for "4k"

#

and a ps4 slim

junior ivy
#

ty

lusty grotto
#

xbone also has multiple versions

warm plinth
#

Xbox has exclusives

junior ivy
#

but no good ones?

#

i never hear of anyone owning an xbone

warm plinth
#

Well,

lusty grotto
#

scorpio and regular

junior ivy
#

or any games for it

lusty grotto
#

gears of war maybe

warm plinth
#

I don't like the controller

#

It breaks too easily

lusty grotto
#

though... i think GoW is on pc too

warm plinth
#

I mean, Xbox is made by Microsoft, so

#

Isn't it?

lusty grotto
#

yes

warm plinth
#

So would make sense to also put it on PC

#

I guess that makes it not an exclusive technically though

lusty grotto
#

but yeah Xbone hasn't had any good exclusives

junior ivy
#

seems lke everyone owns ps4 not xbone

lusty grotto
#

everything in there you can get with the windows store

#

if you have windows 10

junior ivy
#

whodoesnt have windows10?

#

lol

lusty grotto
#

hipsters exist

#

everyone i know owns: PC, switch and a barely used ps4

warm plinth
#

Most of the people in my company don't have Windows 10 yet

lusty grotto
#

for rare as fuck exclusives like God of War

#

and TLoU2, that was delayed

warm plinth
#

Delayed is better than a shit release

lusty grotto
#

yes i agree

warm plinth
#

Same reason I'm being very patient for Dying Light 2

#

I want it to be amazing

lusty grotto
#

anyway company OS don't matter, you don't game in those anyway

#

i have 3 OSes

#

mac, windows 10, ubuntu

#

the big 3

warm plinth
#

Idk, why Linux though

lusty grotto
#

cause i love linux for dev

warm plinth
#

Oh yeah you're one of those nerds

lusty grotto
#

and i like trying out different distros

#

my home/gaming pc obviously has windows 10

warm plinth
#

I have like 15 discs of different distributions in my car that someone gave me

#

Literally have never even looked at Linux

lusty grotto
#

uhhh

#

just trash em

warm plinth
#

Wow

#

Toxic as usual

lusty grotto
#

ok, go to your local recycler

#

i mean, you can just download a live cd and put it on a usb... or just virtualize it

junior ivy
#

o im excited for dying light 2 too

lusty grotto
#

i have a back catalog

#

thinking about picking up fedex stranding too

strong forum
tame garden
#

peepostudy this font

strong forum
#

everytime :pepega:

tame garden
sand egret
#

that font is actually an attack on my eyes

strong forum
#

cuz youre weak

#

this font is only for strong people

#

its not without reason called "big noodle titling"

sand egret
#

why would I want my font to be like reading a barcode

wild sandal
#

would losing bastion of might for brace for impact be better for ST damage?

lusty grotto
#

Speg trust me we've talked to him about the font

analog zinc
#

are there any fights next tier you'd take a war over a dh?

hallow phoenix
#

Cow just sim yourself

#

But probably

shy rapids
#

what essence set up are people using for mythic + ?

exotic spoke
#

Vision, lucid, Anima (cause I don’t have CNS

#

But sometimes I use undying as a major - mainly high tyrannical keys

tame garden
#

Anima minor? I've been using flame minor as my "I'm a lazy fuck with nothing better" 2nd minor

lusty grotto
#

vision lucid cof

#

smh

exotic spoke
#

No Speg the undying gift that’s a 40% mitigation for a few seconds on a 45 second CD

#

Oh sorry you were responding my bad

tame garden
lusty grotto
#

riki smh

#

are you out of jameson

exotic spoke
#

I haven’t had Jameson in like 2 weeks 😦

#

I’m a sad Riki

tame garden
#

I've been spamming motherlode and atal keys and no forged shield

#

I'm a sad speg

lusty grotto
#

😢

proven vault
#

is sporepods any good in m+?

lusty grotto
#

hover your mouse over it 😉

#

you're welcome

tame garden
#

I just want a 435 and I'll be happy. Tired of running the same dungeons but I feel like stopping the spam would be admitting defeat

lusty grotto
#

yeah i feel you

#

i got a 440 TD shield on chest last week

#

after how many weeks? :\

#

i did run 10 AD/ML quite a bit at the start of the season

tame garden
#

Yeah I'm new to prot so cant complain too much yet

#

14 atals 15 motherlodes in the last 2 weeks, not as bad as I thought actually

lusty grotto
#

i had to delete that because i remembered lurkers can be uninformed and not know that ilvl > all on shields

#

hold on

#

ok im trying my best not to be naeno chip

tame garden
#

🙂

proven vault
#

So is shield block useless against archers and magic attacks?

#

tooltip sais melee attcks so

sand egret
#

archers yes, magic attacks no (with some specific exceptions)

#

err it works against archers

#

shit like "Shoot" and "Throw Rock"

proven vault
#

like zul you would nevr shield block and just spam IP?

tame garden
#

Defensively yes

#

Shield block is still a dps gain on shield slam

sand egret
#

in KR? yes, SBlock is effectively not useful against his attacks. Good for making your SS hit harder

proven vault
#

Pretty sure 1 tick of the dot will get rid of your ip instantly

sand egret
#

if you were purely concerned on surviving, then IP spam is the move (same with the last two bosses in ML)

tame garden
#

Yep he shreds your ip

#

Zul is just super scary

sand egret
#

he in general just shreds

tame garden
#

Bring a good healer or dh to skip him

sand egret
#

just your typical boss-before-the-boss

tame garden
#

I lust him on fort weeks

#

The real boss

exotic spoke
#

He’s a bitch and I hate him

#

I’m happy we can skip him until 8.3 since I run with a dh

sand egret
#

so, how does this skip work?

#

the dh pulls it and dies?

#

going over whatever invisible wall they can? They pull it into the boss room then?

strong forum
#

dh goes around zul, doesnt pull it, then does jump puzzle abuse cuz of double jump, gets into boss area that should be locked off, dies to boss, gate is open group walks around zul then into boss room and resses

gray wave
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Lately I've been using a macro to have a button cast shout and then thunder clap if shout's on cooldown. Lately I've been wondering if this is a stupid idea, but I dont know if there are times where its beneficial to hold off on casting shout when it's off cooldown

analog zinc
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demo shout?

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yeah there's definitely times lool

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besides T-clap is higher prio than shout during avatar

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you wanna go
Avatar Clap Demo Clap Revenge Clap

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also you'd want to hold off a few seconds to get it sync'd up with avatar

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if it comes off cd just before

gray wave
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Right, I should have thought of avatar...

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Still learning why parts of my rotation are important

outer oriole
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Hey guys , just got a 450 back, have one 440 with socket equiped, wich one to choose ?

exotic spoke
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Sorry to correct something

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You don’t want to hold off on demo shout for avatar. That’s a Loss or rage and therefor a loss of CD reduction

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Use it almost always on cooldown or shortly after (ie right after a clap

proven vault
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probaly the 450

soft prairie
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would you use Urchin (445) or Edict (430) on magic for za'qul mythic? I could use both, but trying 1 offensive trinket atm (rezan 445)

analog zinc
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interesting thank you riki

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urchin

gray wave
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So do you think I should cast clap or demo first once I've casted avatar? Before being told otherwise I thought I should be casting demo first to get the full 6 second duration from thundering blows

analog zinc
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as long as you're getting the full benefit of urchin it'll always be better than an equal ilvl edicts

warm plinth
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@gray wave You should do Avatar>Clap>Demo>Clap, etc. You could cast Demo halfway through Ava and still extend it the full 6 seconds; you only need 5 globals to extend it the maximum amount (TC>something>TC>something>TC)

gray wave
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Got it, thanks a bunch for the help

warm plinth
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Also @proven vault Zul does melee so Shield Block isn't entirely useless defensively against him.

soft prairie
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oki, thanks

warm plinth
sand egret
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oooo saving this one

analog zinc
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made a spreadsheet for tank loot next tier
(note loot tables are unfinished)

prisma crane
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you have blood weapon under warrior

warm plinth
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Krotos shows up to call someone out

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And then vanishes into the night

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prisma crane
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poof

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but na, dont wanna call them out, i love those lists, just wanted to make sure the sections are paired correct, since i'll make that mistake myself when i don't visually format an excel doc

warm plinth
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Where are you seeing blood weapon in the war section? I must be blind

prisma crane
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war, maul

warm plinth
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Yikes, vision problems much

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Looked right past that like 5 times

prisma crane
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i've been out of the loop for a while now, but i miss you guys so sometimes i just open this channel and catch up here and there lol

warm plinth
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Imagine you come in here to catch up and I'm the only one here 🤢

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Must feel bad

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Oh but wait, Krotos, I did a thing

distant crystal
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no corrupted agi 1hers wtfux

warm plinth
prisma crane
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lol, it's not bad, we've gone our separate ways lol, but we have our history together ❤️

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nice!

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what's that average key to get a 2k?

distant crystal
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17ish

prisma crane
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nice

warm plinth
prisma crane
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oh no

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i don't see a shield

warm plinth
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I'm sorry boo. I'm not prot maining right now 😢

distant crystal
prisma crane
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its ok, prob a lot less stressful

sand egret
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he's a dirty DH!

warm plinth
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I'm maining havoc atm. We already had a tank in my group so

distant crystal
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i'm a dirty outlaw rogue

prisma crane
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lol

distant crystal
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it feels good to be wanted

warm plinth
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Blade talking shit when he's maining feral/guardian atm

signal plover
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I took a break for a tier and now it looks like im maining ele sham for 8.3

sand egret
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my keys are on bear, at least 🙂

distant crystal
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while also not having the responsibility of tanking everything and being group-dad shotcaller

prisma crane
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as you can see here

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i dont try very hard anymore

warm plinth
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Are you still playing?

prisma crane
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i'm certain that 95% of my keys are sales runs anyways

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just started again here and there

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did about 30-40 10 sales towards the beginning of the patch

distant crystal
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well postpone M+ for another week

warm plinth
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Do you mean the use effect weapons when you say corrupted 1hers @distant crystal ?

sand egret
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I scuffed a key run last night to get my friend his timed +15 wcm and I feel bad

distant crystal
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cause this one is dead

warm plinth
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Yeah actually fuck this week

distant crystal
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@warm plinth ye

warm plinth
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Worst week on record

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They do have one. It doesn't seem great.

prisma crane
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this week?

warm plinth
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Yeah

distant crystal
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sanguine quaking void

warm plinth
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Sang/quake/void. 3 positioning affixes simultaneously

distant crystal
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fort

sand egret
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i got too zealous and tried to overpull the courtyard