Feral questions? - Page 58

Inaiwae · 01/11/10, 6:35 AM

Not sure i understand it correctly. He wants you to take imp. mangle so there's lower chance that mangle drops?

If that's the case i'd drop master shapeshifter, not infected wounds. There are cases where you wont have the option of someone else doing the debuff.

I guess typical bear is hit capped (at least with current gear) and has around 30-40 expertise. So the chance you miss a mangle is 5-7%, and you have to miss two times for mangle to drop. I dont think the chance is big enough to warrant spec with improved mangle.

Daboran · 01/11/10, 8:30 AM

There's no need to take Imp Mangle.

As long as you have the correct skill rotation and have a reasonable level of +hit and +exp Mangle is extremely unlikely to fall off with a Bear tanking. I think I've noticed it happen less than 6-7 times and I've been Feral tanking since SSC. On top of this, I think 4 of these were on Brutallus due to the gearing requirement forcing me to drop +hit items.

Tell your CL:
(1) Get an addon that watches debuffs. If by some extreme remote chance it falls off he can hit Mangle on his Cat which is likely hit-capped and wont wipe the raid rather than compromise his tank's abilities which "may" wipe the raid.

(2) Take his 3 points out of FI or Imp. Mangle himself if he wants to use them to move from 2/5 to 5/5 Feral Aggression. But seriously is he bitching about the negligible increase from 3 points in FA?

♦ Carebare · 01/12/10, 12:31 PM

I'm going to lock this thread. I'm working on cleaning up our forums to cut down on repetitive threads. This really does fall into that category. If you have a simple question, put it in the SQA thread. If your question is more in-depth post it in the cat or tank threads depending where it fits best. Thanks.