Infraction for Carnerro: 6. Do not post unless you have something new and worthwhile to say.

constantius · 02/04/09, 11:32 PM

Post: DK Tanking Discussion
User: Carnerro
Infraction: 6. Do not post unless you have something new and worthwhile to say.
Points: 1

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

You hinted and edged around a question ... but never really got there. These forums have a fairly strict policy against "Rate my Spec" posts. If you're going to discuss specs, dive right in and ask for +/- on specific talent comparisons, with clearly stated personal understanding of the issues. No-one's here to hold your hand.

Original Post:

I have a few questions regarding comparison in talents. Up until this point survivability was my main concern and though it still is, since my guild is somewhat slow on progression, I would like to understand how to improve my TPS/DPS generation.

I was reviewing the “Recount” from Thaddius attempts yesterday and it reported that 26%-30% of my damage came from melee attacks, 6% from PS, 6% from BS, 10% from SS. I was not tanking him so there was very little RS damage. The rest of the damage came from diseases and runic dump via DC.

When I tried to add up number of hits from PS, SS, BS, RS etc., it did not add up to the melee number which leads me to believe that those were auto attacks.

Is this a reasonable/correct assumption?

This is my armory;
The World of Warcraft Armory

This is the spec I am thinking about
WorldofWarcraft.com -> Info -> Classes -> Death Knight -> Talent Calculator

I have currently DnD, PS, and corps explosion glyphs which I will change to DnD PS and SS.

Survivability is still a prime concern for my guild progression. We go through 3-4 tanks on Patch, some get squashed, some healers are unable to keep up. I do not think that I am ready to drop VotTW for more DPS oriented talents in the tree, and I am unprepared to switch to frost yet since I don’t think that my gear supports it.