Elixir of Mastery adds 15 Stam, also adds just over 1% Dodge! I'm so very happy that they put in a potion that stacks with everything else, unlike their terrible Sages/Brute Force elixirs.

apparently priests were buffed back up. My priests tell me that discipline is borderline OP with the changes to PW:S.

Still not even a blue post in the druid forums.

For a bear MT, would 15 Agi or 2% threat be a more optimal enchant on gloves, post-2.0.10 changes?

I'd still go with the agility. It's 1% to dodge, and just over 0.5% crit, although it's probably worth reexamining once we see how bad the patch is or isn't.

While we're on the subject - did anyone analyse Feral Combat skill rating and how it relates to +hit itemization? Forum search is down....

Those are the formulas for you. The only modifier a Level 73 adds is +.6 to their amount of crit meaning you need 5.6 crit reduction instead of just 5.

Feral Combat Skill Rating works exactly like every other weapon skill.
Rating/3.9 * .04 increase to hit/crit/-parry/-dodge/-block and
Rating/3.9 * .1 increase to crit mobs of higher level

Anecdotal, I've never missed a boss with 8.2% Hit and 42 skill rating. I don't parse though, so I could be wrong, I also question us needing 8.6% anyway, I don't notice missing with under 8%, though it's rediculously easy to get that high with at least 10 rating on most items.

Put my spreadsheet up on google spreadsheets

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...xRfklIFgCsRmag

I would love a list of feral tanking potions. Ones with long durations as we cannot chug pots in our forms. I;d say 5+mins at least duration.

So what stacks with what? Order of cheapness would be nice as I wouldn't mind to constantly have some cheap buffs for trash and only really chug the big stuff for the tougher fights.


And cheers Boevis for the info above =) appreciate it.

I reached 415 defense last night, made me very happy. I still have a couple of quest rewards to get(Umberhowls collar and Verdant gloves) and with those I will (even post nerf) be sitting on some good armour/hp values with crit immunity.

There was a thread elsewhere, but probably buried.

Elixir of Major Agility (+35 Agi) is probably the easiest (1 Terrocone, 2 Felweed)
Elixir of Mastery (+15 All stats) is pretty easy (3 Terrocone, 1 Felweed)
Elixir of Major Defense (+550 Armor) is pretty difficult (3 Ancient Lichin, 1 Terrocone)
Then there's the flasks ...
+20 Sta food is easy to get, and you can even get +30 Sta food if you know a 375 Fisherman.
Rumsey Rum can give you another +15 Sta

That's really it for 'tanking' potions, Onslaught and Major Strength stack with all those listed above for more DPS.

Cheers!
I think after the consumeable change a lot of those will not stack anymore because that is a heck of a lot of pots!

*edit*
A lot of pots for a non herbalist. I guess I will be dusting off my rogue to go farm terrocone.

Everything is relative: there is no one be-and-end all set.

The idea is to mix and match gear for balance. Each encounter is slightly different and having a mixture of pieces to select from allows you to tune to it. Have a selection of gear that allows for threat generation (hit, crit, attack power), mitigation (armour, defence, resiliance), avoidance(dodge, miss) and survivability (stamina).

Some important factors about level 73 mobs you will be tanking:
- Their crits do 200% their normal damage to you. Its important to get 3/3 Survival of the Fittest + 415 Defence (or equivilent Resiliance as a placeholder) in order to have maximum chance to not be crit.
- Their crushing blows do 150% their normal damge and are not mitigated by defence or resiliance. Its important to have enough armour to mitigate the damage and stamina to be able to take multiple crushing blows in a row.