Infraction for Mumbles: Grammar

• LodeRunner · 07/22/08, 11:28 PM

Post: The Protection Warrior Guide
User: Mumbles
Infraction: Grammar
Points: 1

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Sometimes your shift key works. That's good. Sometimes it doesn't work; that's bad. Also, the letter "u" is not an acceptable substitute for the word "you".

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Originally Posted by Penguin

Granted the sample size was smaller on Test #2, but the overwhelming amount of hit that I had on my gear at the time would have shown as a significant change in the numbers. The fact that there was no change at all means we can put this to bed and say that melee hit does not affect Thunderclap or Demo Shout in any way, shape or form.

Hmmm, interesting, idd.

Originally Posted by ricked

Sorry for another threat discussion but I really have to figure this out.

We just got out of a BT raid tonite where I was only pushin about 900 - 1300 TPS on Naj before downing him. Normally I can throw down about 1100 - 1400 but for whatever reason I could not get over 1000 most of the time on Naj. My rotation is the usualy SS, dev x3, SS, dev x2, then SS, rev, dev x2.

Our GM just recently put his MT to rest and went to his pally for healing. So I'm up for an MT spot and I need to really push my threat for this to work. I've read the posts on progression tanking and have stacked most of the stam I could (plz armory me

). With full stam gear threat isn't so good, but with threat gear stam isn't nearly as good. I would really like some feedback on my gear and what I can do to improve TPS. I'm going to start using heroic potions and flame caps for more threat as well as sharpenin stones. I have an "aggresive build," but it isn't working.

I would greatly appreciate any knowledge on whether I should get more +exp/hit, SBV, crit, agi, etc. I.e. is SBV more valuable than some expertise/stam? I realize its not much TPS so I don't think its worth it.

Finally I would like to know if I should really push for the 4 piece set on the t5 set or stay with the 2 when I get the helm, and just how much threat that 2-set really pushes. Thanks a ton. I hope this isn't too dumb/confusing.

Well, for starters, in my experience 900~1300 tps in naj'entus is more than enough, my last naj'entus tanking, my average TPS as calculated from our WWS and coolyo was 811 TPS, obviously, there are peaks, the added MD's around in the middle (which i don't think coolyo is taking into account) and the fact that i'm usually without WF/Feral druid/BM Hunter in the grp, so, if i were you, i wouldn't bother getting more TPS that what u're doing.

Personally i don't like 'rotations' i'm a priority skill chooser, meaning, i'll choose whatever cd is available to use depending on it's threat generation provided i have enough rage and depending on fight i spam HS with devs when everything is in CD, in naj with the gear i have, i actually can afford to wait a few times on the SB spam, so i usually end up doing revs,SS,devs+hs untill i get rev and SS cd rdy while keeping SB up (when it is justified), and as long as u have rage keep white hits off the combat, HS spam and Devs everytime the rest is in CD. I also like all the rage decrease talents like Imp HS, Imp. Sunder and focused rage, when u reach fights, specially in SWP where you won't be rage starved practically anywhere then u can drop them out. 5/5 Cruelty is a big TPS bonus, coupled with 4 T6 bonus, which i advise to get, but, don't give it more importance than expertise/hit tbh, the TPS increase is not _THAT_ much noticeable.

About gear, try to get expertise and hit for TPS in T6 content, there's some nice pieces of gear with hit and exp already in BT (hands) and brooch of deftness (badges) is good also and cheap, or even SSO neck, exp/hit > than SBV for TPS imho.

p.s.
Looking at your armory, ditch 240 armor in hands, i have 2 pair of gloves, 1 with 2% threat and 1 with agility which i changed now to 10 stam patch.
Although there's alot of controversy about gemming, i'm a +12 stam gem on all sockets, mainly because it scales with BoK, while parry rating/dodge rating/defense rating do not, i know it's a matter of taste, but i kinda dislike tank with so much carefull in following socket colors, but if you do want to follow them, at least stick those combined gems with something and +stam.
I would also ditch Anger management and put 2/2 imp SW for MT'ing.

Best regards,