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how much haste % are you guys running? how much haste% is to much etc?
so just keep stacking it?
Dont drop ilvl for it but yes more haste more better
thought i heard someone say something about 20% but I guess that's not true then?
Nah theres no caps. Some ppl will say theres a minimum to have 3 back to back shield blocks but that's not really true
Haste is just the best stat for prot war
And you want as much as possible
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what's dc sorry?
Deafening crash
how much versatility is good?
Anywhere from 200 to 1000
If you're over 1k versa you are focusing too much on it instead of haste
im using mastery enchants/gems rn. I guess I should change everything to haste then?
Yes
Yeah mastery is worst stat with 3 bom
sitting on just under 800 mastery rn
Mastery is the least desirable stat
Ditch those gems asap
I have like 400 mastery
i guess the mastery i get from the traits is enough?
Bom reduces the value of mastery on gear by a ton
okay. Haste it is. Haste and Crit yea?
mastery is like "suhhhhh dude"
Haste and crit for m+
and M+?
mastery kinda sucks but BOM gives you such a massive boost in mast so its your bis trait
okay, thanks guys
3 bastion is the dream scenario yes
What do you think about the Modular Platinum Plating (Mechagon Workshop Trinket) ?
Put it in the bank and hope for a huge buff or complete rework
That Sounds Sad but atleast its not "depends"
I can’t imagine a single use case right now
It's the worst trinket in the game
By miles
If they buff it by 1000% it's still trash
^
You lose all stacks instantly
my only 465 trinket atm 🙂
I mean i have Rezan 460 and 460 Dragonscale with socket there is miles to catch up on even if its a good trinket
I mean your shield is also kick in the balls
just wanted to ask for knowledge
2 dupe shields 🙂
Yup
also
i cleansed the mind flay one
8~ hours before they announced EV nerfs
i wonder if i can get the corruption restored
you never know, i dont see why i can't just make a ticket & hope
Uhm
People have done it
Tried it
Tried to restore, you absolutely can't get corruption back once cleansed
guys. need your help. I got this from weekly chest. Is this nice? as alternative I have gloves 455 haste+vers
5 ilvl and corruption, def an upgrade assuming you have room for the corruption
yeah. very nice corruption. but a lot of crit stat. Its abou 5 procs per minute
hm okay. I have 30 level of corruption. with BIS sword from wrathion. hate this eye
after nerf of OP, would you still take it instead of Unstable flames?
I have this
crit rly shines m+
weekly chest after they announced the nerf https://i.imgur.com/3fYELbu.png
feels bad
what nerf? dont know
btw if mastery is undervalued due to BoM, should i skip tradewinds/Blood siphon?
60 corruption omg
what nerf? dont know
@blazing current they will nerf EV hard as i heard
i mean i dont really have other Corruption so i dont really care but still :X
Its not very strong why blizz nerf smth like this
as far as i know EV was BiS for Prot
ok, thanks 😄
block is very nice fom M+
and would you say ele whirl or blood siphon?
dificuilt question
i have to choose between those 2 on helm and shoulders 😄
I'd say ele swirl
Since it gives you chance on actually useful stats
Tradewinds vs if depends on your shield
oh I missed life siphon with saving haste. whirl is better
i have only 455 shield so far
I'd say IF benefits you more given the slightly increased K value
swapped to tank today
It increases block chance or block value?
btw, can i run essences VoP -> CaS, Aegis, Warden?
or should i swap something for dynamo?
VoP major. lucid dreams and dynamo. warden if you have last socket. imo
Eh no
Vop major
Cns/aegis/lucid/sphere minors
Null is very situational depending on dungeon
what inner azerite traits is ideal for m+?
Okayish
Warden is not recommended
It averages out to be around 2k hps
At rank 3 it becomes better because of the extra 3% stam
and lucid?
Lucid is perfectly fine
i have it on r3 tho
It's still not great
😄
lucid heals you and restores rage often
If you need corruption resistance rank 3 formless void is the go to
The rage regen is why you take lucid
hm, kk, so just swap warden for lucid and should be good
Ye
As a general set up yes
I mean you're not wrong with warden, it's just not recommended
I’d work on sphere too 🙂
i dont have sphere, but can just buy it instantly on r3 i think
Situationally others are good. There are also very good other options as generalist essence slots
No essences are required to play your class, they just improve it in some aspects
aegis is nice in crowd of adds. like m+. situational
Sphere is typically a more consistent option than aegis. Aegis gets its power when you are fighting a lot of adds at once
For a majority of the dungeon
The standard go to is visions major, CnS, aegis, lucid, sphere (pick 3)
Honorable / situational mentions go to formless void / warden / CoF / null barrier / Worldvein - and using some of these / the ones above as majors
You want uptime
Aegis I only really like in WM FH and maybe ML, outside of that not really great in my eyes
Not enough big pulls
Big pulls are a state of mind Nome
Big pulls are a state of dps and healer 
Sounds like a healer problem
I'd like to call it a dps problem
😄
When I'm reaching 50k dps and my dps players are at 58k max overall... I cry
btw you always need null barier at wrathion cuz there is amazing magic dmg
minor?
kk, will farm it on rank 3 today
Nome, do you have god tier corruption?
you can try major if you cant face fire breath but there is 2.3 mins CD
You use rank 3 for the dps it brings
Major is big nono
Nah if you need a major you’d use undying
rank3 null barrier gives you dps only. no saves
40% every 45 seconds is solid
You shouldn’t need to use undying major tbh
I have EV t1 on 410 and EV t2 on 430.
You shouldn’t Hawgz - you’re right
Thanks dad
But if you do it’s better than null Major
what usually Major for raid? VoP? or something for dmg like crucible?
World vein for pumping
no one in my guild uses that
Pog
so thats no for me
It's 4k mainstat sure, but idk if it can beat CoF
No bully
World win more like it
On some fights it’s stupid good
^
so I dont need mega dmg cuz I have nice DD but sometimes I have lags)
Define nice DD
Hence why I listed CoF and Worldvein
need to work on my trinkets and weapon tho
We are prot warriors. The most chad class. We need mega damage ALWAYS
But 4K strength that lines up with avatar or close to it is very nice
1m cd is nice
You still use devastator if you’re going for mostly single target damage
yeah but I lose booming voice. there is always choice
And if you are trying for ST damage devastator is the choice
and devastator dont give rage like in legion
Devastator for raid?
It is a loss of survivability since you’re no longer incentivized / rewarded as much for hitting demo shout
But if you can afford that it’s a little more single target dps
devastator for dmg. voice for more survivability
Si
chose your destiny
Damage 👐
is a socket on a ring worth 15+ ilvls? 🤔
we only gently smash things in here
our other two specs are where the turbosmashing occurs
A socket I'd personally value 10-15ilvl yes
Yeah Json. It’s worth somewhere in that range. 10-15 ilvls depending on who you ask
Prot is higher apm than fury
but i have better keybinds on prot
Prot is highest apm in game I think
Wow
We legion now bois
Up to 700k unbuffed 🙂
😏
I'm pretty happy about my HP predictions from beta
Na, there's more to it dafty, traits, trinkets, talents, essences and buffs
You also don't get rage from being hit, thus generating less
And no lust/hero ofc
no prepot too
Yup
rank 2 normal wrathion po g
What % of your damage did your corruption do?
was wondering what would be the best thing to do here
Normal
jesus
Yeah ok. It’s getting nerfed too.
so i can only choose one besides the EV weapon
maybe crit is better for m+, and haste for raids? or should i not cleanse either and just wait for higher cape lvl?
anyone?
Let me have a look
Parses right now are so fucked anyway
yh?
what level of corruption is nice?
39
ty
Big pump
Hi Speg
Hi riki
Can you block the tank buster cast from awakened now? Feels like I take a lot more damage from it when shieldblock/last stand is not up
no
Not many people log M+.
That said logs are the best way to get answers
However block doesn’t work against it
Wait - when did they make that change? LOS doesn’t work any more?
LoS hasn't worked for a week now
from last reset
just like you can't snap the tentacles away from the slime
they snap back to place when out of combat
I was LoSing the tank buster on Monday
What
Range still worked yesterday - didn’t try LoS since I only did UR and there wasn’t a great spot for that
You can only outrange it
Just going behind a wall won't work
it'll smash you through it
Are there notes for that?
Nope, just like there wasn't notes for you not being able to bop it and now you can and the slime snapping thing
Slime snapping thing seemed like a bug. But LoS definitely didn’t since it was a cast
im so happy fort/tyr dont apply to awakened minibosses
i would kms if they wre
theyre already a pita
The same ones that didn’t work for void don’t work for this. ML was bad about that
Like I was LoSing them all last week
I tried in every key
it's not working at all
and other tank sare saying the same thing
¯_(ツ)_/¯
Haven’t tested this week since I’m back at work - but as of Monday I know you could LoS them.
This is the first I’m hearing that it’s not LoSable
Ye my other tank friends and healers said they weren't able to los it
and I experienced that multiple times in multiple keys
Damn you ion
its just ion and 3 dudes
HATE stealth changes
small indie company
if they really made it so it can't be LoSed
that's
actually so retarded
is vita titanshard any good?
comparable to rezan's / wrath trink?
What dungeons?
I understand but that is the opposite of what I experienced on Monday Nike
That’s why I’m questioning what dungeons Rosjen specifically tested it in
only done two freeholds so far
freehold?
I never did it on FH - just ranged it / circle kites
I know I had some good spots for siege / KR / WCM
thats big dumb
actually slowing down so much now, a lot of wasted damage
hey there, have a question... 8% leech worth? or just keep ring and clease it?
Unless you have nothing else and are using Lucid major which is unlikely
it's not worth at all
yea, because every other cast in dungeons ignores LoS as well 🙂
Los wasn’t. Guess we gotta kite now in higher keys when we don’t have CDs

can monks still stagger it btw?
yes 🙂
probably why lots of warrior tanks are using conflict and strife major
in turbo high keys
how's that help?
roots target for 1 sec when u thundaCLap them cheeks
immune 🙂
CnS is good for necro for kiting=less stacks i guess. and the fear guy adds maybe
ye
CnS is just solid all around imo
and fort/raging/bolster
fort alone isnt bad
bolster isnt an issue unless you are playing low keys or with dumdums
I mean - you can literally kite it for days just with leap
And face tank it for a bit
for necrotic yes
But LoSing it felt so good. Like a good way to out play the mechanic
high level tanks are using it this week too
ironfur feels good
World vein pumps and necrotic can be a non issue 🙂
which is weird because sanguine
Is there some featured racial for zandalari? Crit seems pretty nasty
yea, felt like there were some counterplay to the "tank buster"
also riki did you main rogue
Bluemajere- high level tanks do weird niche things that don’t apply to the vast majority of the player base
you dont have to thunderclap if mobs will be standing in sanguine
Never waat. Only this warrior since day one
i dont have to thunderclap?
lmao true
CLAP CLAP CLAP
CLAP them cheekz
gachiHYPER
i'm currently crafting/scrapping bracers for hours on my mage for expulsom
notice my warrior has 300+
maybe i need to pick up blacksmithing
Riki do you use worldvein
In some cases yes
For raid whatever sims highest on a boss fight
In m+ yeah sometimes
how do you decide to play it in m+? i kinda wanna try that
if you want to meme and do damage is how you decide to play it
neat rank 1 drest norm too
but it's kinda troll to use it on sanguine as you have to kite sometimes
yea i get that
city the pubmeister
We're talking worldvein major yeah?
i was thinking cns major
Our convo was about worldvein
Right but people are using the major as prot now?
I got the "if you heal a target below 50%" ring. Would that proc for me on IP? What other type things would it proc on?
IP doesn't heal
oh nvm then
Yeah tusks I use the Worldvein major in some cases. This week not so much in M+
I guess vision major proc would cause it to proc?
Worldvein minor is the one you can run as a team right, or only the major one stacks?
For raid.
that's what details says I have for "healing done"
But wasn't sure what the ring counts.
Absorbs count as healing but don’t restore health
They did that to capture shielding - which when meters originally came out in vanilla - shields didn’t track as heals in meters so priests looked bad on meters
its the only place I can get r1s (:

i want azerite
i need literally
50 residu
for a mythic piece
& i can't fucking get it
not like this 
item resto worse case
like a certain unlucky son of a bitch
every piece of azerite i've gotten this patch
except the heroic carapace shoulders
& I'm not scrapping those
Do it
why would I?
scrap em >:)
@analog zinc do M0’s?
m0s only give 1 chalk
chances are a random mythic piece would be worse
Ooooof
they give 20
You could have horned horrors
i've done a couple dungeons
what you could achieve!
i'm trying to find some people to sell me m0 plate stacks
Dude M0 should drop 445 azerite armor
Emissaries shouldn’t have better rewards than any group content lmao
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have you done islands
At least semi challenging group content
Yeah there was one in zandalar yesterday
Also if you did any before this week you may have a 445 in bags that’s worth 40
Warfronts can drop azerite
^^^^ that too
Islands?
didn't get residum
RIP
I feel like I'm struggling with trinkets atm. Just opened the weekly and pulled the 465 Jes Howler (😫 ). What would you recommend for Raid and M+ respectively?
Just loot the items you want
"Listen here boss, you're gonna drop THIS, and I'm taking it, k?"
I might just get "There's always next week" tattooed on my forehead at this point
i've gotten leach corruption and haste to avoidance
@errant widget I would do 2 patchwerk sims of all trinkets, 1 boss and 5 bosses. Use 1 boss for ST/raid use 5 bosses for keys
@sick sentinel Thanks! I'll run it now.
for m+, simming doesn't take into account survivability though
so like rezan + block vs vita + wrathion trinket
which combo would truly be best for high keys?
Well haste is prot’s best stat
how's Ra'den and Wrathion trinkets for raid?
For a mix of damage and defense. So I’d go with vita/rezan if all same Ilvl
mythic wrathion but rezan is 465 cap
Vita is better than wrathion unless you need that speed proc
Tbh I’d just sim for damage. Idk if any of the tank trinkets are good this tier for keys
im talking about raid
I’m using 445 edicts still since I have nothing better and the absorb is still pretty good.
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/kH8N3VbDxLXrAZCm#fight=4&type=healing&source=2
@twilit smelt sorry I was talking to bro. Uhh, idk man. What are your options?
i'm just deciding whether to bonus roll wrathion
I have both TEP trinkets
as well as dps ones
On mythic? I’d wait
The haste proc won’t increase your survivability in a meaningful way for mechanics that are actually dangerous in raid.
Extra self healing from urchin/edicts absorb may tho
Well the haste seems like it has good uptime. This is from mythic Skitra
It’s the closest thing to a ST encounter so far in early NYA
Maut doesn’t count since there’s cleave targets more often than Skitra imo
So I guess choose your buff. Healing/absorb or haste.
I thought the haste was pretty low for that trinket too, but could be wrong
no zap bot?
are you inting my friend
oh no you did
but very late
your dps meter is weird
DH has more 11k DPS more than Rogue, but did 200k less, 600k more than you but 19k more dps
that seems scuffed as shit
ye but that should still not affect dps meter
details is weird
unless you have the "stop dps decay if dps stops" thingy
^^
okay so you have the "objects seem closer than they appear" option on
but with dps 😄
😂
Fucking nome lmao
its set to activity time
smth like that ye
effective time
didnt know there was a diff
well if you stop dpsing after burst
guess where your overall DPS is gonna end up
on activity you seem like a god
but on actual overall youre just barely above the tank
man i wanna see the nerfs and buffs
i cba using my 410 piece man
i just got td t2 pants with socket and almost acceptable ilvl
EV and TD need a nerf. Honestly don’t understand how they didn’t see this coming
so maybe thats better than ev t1
As tanks approach 1M hp
disagree
4head
Dude wth
It’s over powered as fuck especially for tanks lol
Was that like 1 pack you killed immediately?
Echoing abusers btfo tomorrow
Oh dude I burst for like 200k on big packs lmfao
no its 4 target dummy
Bless
constant 80k dps
I agree it’s fun. But it isn’t balanced
TD and EV I mean
Now if the proc rate was balanced or consistent without the 0 procs in 2 mins or 5 procs in 30s but reduced or tuned to fit that then cool.
Over the course of a dungeon it’ll average out
👀
That’s tier 3
If I did bigger pulls I’d have more but first time doing a 15 of junk
It’s rewarding when you do bigger pulls but mediocre on small pulls/ST
I mean. That kinda illustrates the point of why it’s not balanced / healthy design for the game imo
And EV is a bigger issue than TD imo
the strength of EV is the consistency
how many stacks you gain
vs often you proc
and then dump said quickly obtained stacks
TD is only good in aoe cuz it just pops for full dmg
if it would split like EV, it would be balanced as shit
If it split like EV it would be garbage
Nobody would want it over EV even after nerfs
but it would be balanced
No it wouldn’t be
it would do like 200-300k per proc
i got rank 2 EV, should i go for stam flask? 😄
not at all
No
unless you literally stack like 3-4x EV
Untrue
its not worth going for extra stam
Oh wait you’re talking to him
yes
sure thx
But seriously look at logs. EV is absurdly OP compared to anything right now
Stars is only good ST but EV is good everywhere
Soon nuked
i said EV is broken
im not defending EV
im saying if TD split like EV it would be balanced
thats all im saying
I know i just don’t think TD needs nerfed unless they fix it’s unreliability.
They said they were looking at TD but hadn’t decided yet. EV nerf inc though makes me interested
It only does well in M+ if you get many packs together
Because honestly, how did they not see health based attacks being an issue
TD needs nerf lol
It’s ST is garbage
So?
^
So you’d be killing it for any ST
Its not a st corruption
its not an ST corruption
Then everyone would bitch and moan about not having stars again
Neither is EV but look where we are.
EV is amazing at both
U just dont want it nerfed cuz you have it :kekw:
Stars is so niche
EV is amazing at both
But TD is only amazing in aoe
yes but too amazing
TD isn’t bad single target. It’s just not optimal
It’s mediocre in ST
So mediocre in ST and god tier in aoe. Sounds like OP in m+
Stars is beyond shit in anything but PURE ST, thats why its not getting nerfed, EV is insane in both, TD is balanced in ST broken in aoe
Again so the way to balance it is to make it a reliable proc but nerf it a bit
Not just nerf the damage
Or reduce damage of targets hit just slightly
Not really lol
Corruption apologists smh
Thatd be a status quo
just make it split, like EV, and its perfectly balanced, not anymore LUL I JUST HIT FOR 4MIL
It averages out over the course of a dungeon. So if you lower damage but make it proc more it’s still OP
It would be worse than EV then
anything doing more than 5k dps in ANY SCENARIO is broken
Even after nerfs
how will you know cbegs
Both need nerfs
And? There will always be a “best” corruption
you dont know how EV will be nerfed
maybe itll be reduced to suck in aoe AND st
maybe itll be a number change
Because TD is unreliable
maybe itll be a proc change
Except it’s not over the course of a whole dungeon
So
EV is CONSTANT
Stop looking at the trees and look at the Forest
EV does the same
So if it split it’s just a Shittier EV
I dont understand why the reliability matters if overall its op over a dungeon
Because I’m not talking just dungeons
It doesn’t matter on a single pack. That’s irrelevant
You guys are looking at one specific instance
Take into consideration world, raid, pvp
yes we are
We’re looking at the instance it’s mostly likely to be used in. M+
World :omegalul:
because all else equal you'd rather something that does good dmg to every pack versus something that does insane dmg to one pack and nothing to others
Nerfing it because it’s good in M+ would kill it in raid/pvp
But it does damage to most pics waat 🙂
Unless it’s balanced
Why does it need to be good in raid
it needs to do a good bit more overall if it's going to whiff sometimes
It's an aoe corruption
Isn't TD and EV already nerfed heavily in PvP?
it is
^^
chat moving so fast
It’s 75 fucking corruption for rank 3
ye cuz he cant see that TD is stupid strong
The damn thing better be good
1 corruption being bis in all content is giga toxic and bad design
It SHOULD be bad in raid
It’s too good though
You guys are looking small picture
Why? Because you say so?
No
bro
What
What?! Lol
Look at your damage spread. TD / IS / EV are over powered.
Tanks shouldn’t be crushing it like that
EV is only good cuz it procs often, but for small numbers, TD is a big Proc that happens sometimes
different thing, same outcome
being split is better tbh
yes
As much as I hate that it's getting nerfed since I like it, I also think corruption would be better if the spread wasn't so huge.
it makes its output less dependent on big pulls
We’re not even geared yet. Wait til we get closer to 1M hp
when td procs on one mob you feel bad
This is as much of an adjustment now as it is planning for the future
What's making me the most upset is how long it took them to realize it was still busted XD
how good is infinite star compare to TD and EV?
It shouldn’t have hit retail in the state it did
IS is very niche
EV will likely be Better.
What’s wrong with that CBegs?
What they should’ve done is made corruption more plentiful if it’s this imbalanced
Why shouldn’t we have different corruption for different things?
Because some of us don’t have good corruption to fall back on
Why do you want 1 bis for all content
I don’t
the dmg corruptions should only be beasting for tanks/healers imo
Then what's wrong with TD being bad in raid
You change gear for different content. Essences. Talents. Traits. Why not corruption
???
real dps that are geared should perform better with good stat corruptions
I’d take stars/EV over my R3 TD right now
we all do
Because they’re consistent in raid
otherwise the stat ones are literally good for nobody
TD is not consistent
See ur just salty that the one you use might be up for nerfs
its not an ST corruption
Whats stronger overall, 1 piece of deafening crash + 2 heart of darkness or the other way around?
CBegs, I had shit luck until Tuesday. Now I have two pieces worth a damn. Speg still has garbage tier luck on his Druid.
This is another major issue with the corruption system I agree with you about it.
AND at the end of the day we change wayyyy too Fucking much for each piece of content
It’s kind of stupid how much we have to change to be optimal
Is it
but we dont
However, that is temporary and it will feel better as we get more options
It's a fucking rpg
@ruby fog , 1x DC is must have
Min maxing is part of the genre
i understand that 1dc is a must
but what is the value of dc vs heart after you have 1 dc
You don’t gain much from a second Dc
It is. Talents, essences, gear, azerite traits, talents, corruptions
heart will be better overall
How many secondaries is Heart?
If you have the corruption go HoD
Dude that’s just too much
81~
It’s not much lol
It's probably better than DC (obviously if you have over 25 corruption)
Like people wanna do more than 1 type of content without having to literally take 10 minutes to plan everything else out
Talents you dont really change, Gear, you dont really change, Azerite Traits, you dont really change, Corruptions you dont really change
???
You have what - 7 talents choice? You can set up gear sets to swap on the fly with a button click.
Imagine complaining that wow has too much customization
Bring back defense stat if it’s gonna be this complex damn
Dafuq
wow doesnt have enough customization
And legion
honestly
😬
i want more customization
Defense was stupid. “Get to 540 (or whatever)” and then worry about other things
BFA is just complex to be annoying
this is too plain
It’s not complex at all?
If it’s easy to change sure
it takes 3 seconds
It’s less complex than most other expansions
Having to fly to the pier to change azerite traits then pay for it
Gotta get them crushing blows off the table
Really
to swap talents, essences and gear
That can go fuck right off
3 seconds
Now we're going off on tangents lol
WHAT IF
?
then you didnt put enough thought into your character
if you dont know what youre doing
😂
you’re using wrong azerite traits because they buffed/nerfed something that was BIS last week
You’re coming up with very niche complaints and blowing them out of proportion
^
No
They barely touch azerite traits for the most part
yes
The more I think about it the more shit BFA seems to be
This has gotten really silly
Like just fucking terrible layered design
I’m done. Enjoy moving the goal posts.
you just cant handle simple tasks, thats about it
or rather
the illusion of choices
when in reality
theres NONE
BFA doesnt have a lot of choices, its very clear laid out
Do I want to? Fuck no
Say that to casual players
The ceiling-ground shouldn’t be so big because they added convoluted systems
😴
And just piled them all on each season
i dont disagree
I’m not saying everyone should be god tier
but its all still very simple
Casual players can pick whatever talents they want for their lfr
like really simple
Yeah but some casual players are good at the game
Det stacks will carry
They shouldn’t have to check notes every time they wanna play to see what changed in the BIS
Because tuning has swayed often in BFA
Has it
has it
Corruption has changed
Same azerite traits same talents same essences
Azerite was
wooo
Only corruption has changed
i finally got that 10 residu i needed
Because it's a mess
Untrue
I got that yesterday city
Same Azerite Traits since January 2019, Same Talents since Beta, Corruptions have so far always been EV
It’s not ideal but usable 🙂