Originally Posted by bland
Some mobs cast while attacking, though few. One in particular is Gaithos for the Illidari Council. If a boss can parry while casting, unless that boss is attacking while casting, then a parry is meaningless, it does not add haste to the next swing because the next swing is going to be the first, nothing to haste it towards. Can't make a first attack faster if it cannot attack while casting.
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This is simple rewording to what I said, albeit probably better worded as well. Also, since last post, I can claim that parries can indeed occur during casts. Balinda in AV parried an attack twice in a row this past weekend for me.
Originally Posted by Zindel
Expertise as a mitigation stat is probably overrated. It is, however, a very good threat stat.
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While the threat gain is undeniable, let's not be so quick to write it off as having valid mitigation value as well. Of all roles in a raid, tanking is arguably the most min/max oriented. What sort of difference would it make to have 0 parries during a lengthly encounter? Keep in mind reducing the parry chance to 0 also means there can be no 'unlucky parry streaks' taking place either.
If I'm a tank looking to improve mitigation or avoidance, of course I'll look for dodge and armor count. But knowing there's a stat that will increase both my threat generation as well as help out on mitigation/avoidance is refreshing.