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Old 10/12/07, 7:52 AM   #106
Vaccine
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Argent Dawn (EU)
Okay if you've seen it could I ask is there a seperate expertise for feral or is it all in one now? If its the latter [Belt of One-Hundred Deaths] just became the best Feral belt in game if you're hit capped, possibly tied with [Don Alejandro's Money Belt] but I think I'd much rather have another effective 1.25% to hit than 19 crit rating and 2 ap. Hell I'd be tempted to say its flat out the best option. Even below the hit crap compared with [Belt of Deep Shadow] its better dps stats and more effective hit (1.13% versus 1.25% less to dodge your attacks).

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Old 10/12/07, 8:05 AM   #107
hebius
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Malazaar is there anything in that PTR that You would put on Your top endgame dps gear list?

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Old 10/12/07, 8:53 AM   #108
Valerian
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The new Badge Idol is the closest thing to a tanking idol we've seen. At least its a bit of an upgrade over Idol of Brutality

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Old 10/12/07, 9:20 AM   #109
monstor
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Check out the new stuff in 2.3 from herioc badges, some new leather and sweet idols.

http://www.worldofraids.com/news/oct...ic-leather.jpg


World of Raids :: Index

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Old 10/12/07, 9:23 AM   #110
Larisroth
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I'm actually more curious about the new arena idol in a tanking sense. Theoretically if you had perfect timing and no latency you could use it as an anti-crit mechanism for tanking, a bit like (but less successful than) shield block. Certainly if they buffed the duration by a second or two.

Of course that's a really silly idea, because you're going to get stunned or whatever and bam you lose you anti-crit, but at least you have some control over that idol.

A proc based mangle idol (probably too low like all our other mangle based procs) isn't really the best fit for tanking. Ideally it should be more like either or both parts of the badge of tenacity, although an activatable effect doesn't make much sense.

While I'm not sure they've addressed the scaling issue completely, it does kind of seem like we should be able to find some useful dps gear now. Unfortunately the same can't be said for the tanking gear.

Last edited by Larisroth : 10/12/07 at 9:45 AM.

The feral druid is a different beast altogether.

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Old 10/12/07, 9:28 AM   #111
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Originally Posted by monstor View Post
Check out the new stuff in 2.3 from herioc badges, some new leather and sweet idols.

http://www.worldofraids.com/news/oct...ic-leather.jpg


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You might want to try reading the rest of the thread. I updated the news part of the main post (post 4) some time around 3-4 hours ago with those links. There's also quite a few posts previously that have both linked those and discussed them too.

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Old 10/12/07, 9:52 AM   #112
Valerian
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Originally Posted by Larisroth View Post
I'm actually more curious about the new arena idol in a tanking sense. Theoretically if you had perfect timing and no latency you could use it as an anti-crit mechanism for tanking, a bit like (but less successful than) shield block. Certainly if they buffed the duration by a second or two.
If the proc rate on the mangle idol is good enough (wowhead is showing 85% but that seems a tad high) thats an extra ~4.5% dodge which is pretty sweet.

Just some notes after running some numbers:

The BoJ rogue gloves seem to come out better than T6 gloves (minus the set bonus) using the numbers Malazaar posted and consequently quite a bit better than anything else Pre-T6. Similarly the rogue boots are only about 6 AP below Shadowmaster's boots making them very good as well. Also the BoJ rogue legs are better than T5 druid legs for dps.

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Old 10/12/07, 9:58 AM   #113
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It's a nice tanking idol, assuming the proc rate is high enough. Since bear mangle is on a 6 sec CD, it needs to be probably around 30% to make it worth using. I'd probably use it far more for bear form than for dps, I don't think it gets close to the shred idol in cat form.

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Old 10/12/07, 10:22 AM   #114
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Originally Posted by Farstrider View Post
It's a nice tanking idol, assuming the proc rate is high enough. Since bear mangle is on a 6 sec CD, it needs to be probably around 30% to make it worth using. I'd probably use it far more for bear form than for dps, I don't think it gets close to the shred idol in cat form.
65 agility for 10 seconds. Assuming a 50% proc rate, it would have an uptime of approximately 40% (assuming one mangle per 12.5 seconds). 65*0.4 = 26 agility, or ~30 AP + 1.1% crit raid buffed, as a 'virtual' static value. I'm pretty sure that blows all other idol's out of the water in DPS terms. If the proc rate is the 85% wowhead reckons, then it's much much better than that.

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Old 10/12/07, 10:34 AM   #115
Malazaar
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Originally Posted by hebius View Post
Malazaar is there anything in that PTR that You would put on Your top endgame dps gear list?
Probably not, but i'm waiting till some / all Zul'Aman drops are known.

Most Badge Rewards are nice but no match for BT counterparts.

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Old 10/12/07, 10:41 AM   #116
Valerian
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Originally Posted by dukes View Post
65 agility for 10 seconds. Assuming a 50% proc rate, it would have an uptime of approximately 40% (assuming one mangle per 12.5 seconds). 65*0.4 = 26 agility, or ~30 AP + 1.1% crit raid buffed, as a 'virtual' static value. I'm pretty sure that blows all other idol's out of the water in DPS terms. If the proc rate is the 85% wowhead reckons, then it's much much better than that.
It may blow most idols out of the water but the Everbloom idol is pretty insane.

Using Tossk's prototype calculator for 2.3 with a base of:

4500 AP
48% crit
9% hit
RED Metagem and 2T4
No idol

We get:
1316.85 DPS

Adding in Everbloom idol we get:
1341.82 DPS

Adding in 26 Agi gives:
1334.821 DPS (assuming Kings)

Doing some quick backwards math we need the Idol to give a static ~37 Agi for it to be on par with the Everbloom idol which would mean an ~57% uptime needed. I dont have the formula to determine uptime handy but Im sure someone can convert that to a proc % for us.

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Old 10/12/07, 11:05 AM   #117
Hobbes
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Has anyone looked at the new leather pants badge reward?

Shallow-grave Trousers
353 AC
45 Agility
46 Stamina
92 AP
30 Haste
Total AEP using Malazaar's AEP,
at Kara-level gear, non-raid-buffed: 45*2.8799 + 92 + 30*1.6129 = 270.0
at Kara-level gear, with-raid-buffs: 45*3.1679 + 92 + 30*1.7742 = 287.8

Compared to [Skulker's Greaves] socketed with 3x8 agility gems
319 AC
56 Agility
28 Stamina
64 AP
28 Hit
Total AEP using Malazaar's AEP,
at Kara-level gear, non-raid-buffed: 56*2.8799 + 64 + 28*1.9176 = 279.0
at Kara-level gear, with-raid-buffs: 56*3.1679 + 64 + 28*2.1093 = 300.5

So the Shallow-grave Trousers are 9-12 AEP lower than Skulker's Greaves, but better than anything else available at that level, or even T4 or T5 excluding set bonuses.

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Old 10/12/07, 11:14 AM   #118
Ice
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Drums of Battle are now usable while shapeshifted, and are instant cast. (probably other drums too)

edit: yep, checked Drums of War too

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Old 10/12/07, 11:20 AM   #119
Valerian
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Blackhand
Originally Posted by Hobbes View Post
Has anyone looked at the new leather pants badge reward?

Shallow-grave Trousers
353 AC
45 Agility
46 Stamina
92 AP
30 Haste
Total AEP using Malazaar's AEP,
at Kara-level gear, non-raid-buffed: 45*2.8799 + 92 + 30*1.6129 = 270.0
at Kara-level gear, with-raid-buffs: 45*3.1679 + 92 + 30*1.7742 = 287.8

Compared to [Skulker's Greaves] socketed with 3x8 agility gems
319 AC
56 Agility
28 Stamina
64 AP
28 Hit
Total AEP using Malazaar's AEP,
at Kara-level gear, non-raid-buffed: 56*2.8799 + 64 + 28*1.9176 = 279.0
at Kara-level gear, with-raid-buffs: 56*3.1679 + 64 + 28*2.1093 = 300.5

So the Shallow-grave Trousers are 9-12 AEP lower than Skulker's Greaves, but better than anything else available at that level, or even T4 or T5 excluding set bonuses.
Hmm I had posted that the BoJ pants were better than T5, but I didnt realize at all just how damn good Skulker's Greaves were after the HotW change. Pre 2.3 they were pretty much on par with T5. Now they blow everything out of the water practically.

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Old 10/12/07, 11:20 AM   #120
david0925
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Originally Posted by Ice View Post
Drums of Battle are now usable while shapeshifted, and are instant cast. (probably other drums too)

edit: yep, checked Drums of War too
That is quite good news for those of us that leveled Leatherworking to 375, and all we got to do is make a couple of resist pieces and maybe a couple of purple helms to make some cash =P

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