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Forum: Warriors 06/30/09, 5:05 AM

Replies: 921 Finalizing the Prot Warrior design Views: 688,910 Posted By A Man In Black Considering it's almost identical to Glyph of... Considering it's almost identical to Glyph of Battle, which was also buffed to +2 minutes, I doubt Glyph of Command will be a major glyph.

Forum: Warriors 06/19/09, 8:27 AM

Replies: 921 Finalizing the Prot Warrior design Views: 688,910 Posted By A Man In Black And an AOE stun. And AOE versions of both... And an AOE stun. And AOE versions of both damage-decreasing debuffs. And two different threat-reducing tools. And Spell Reflect, after Blizz was polite enough to make Spell Reflect useful on two of...

Forum: Warriors 05/20/09, 3:52 AM

Replies: 3,232 In-Depth Fury DPS Discussion Views: 2,612,161 Posted By A Man In Black It depends on your gear and your buffs. I'm not... It depends on your gear and your buffs. I'm not getting better results from Relentless over Chaotic in Landsoul's spreadsheet at the moment.

Forum: Warriors 04/29/09, 4:42 AM

Replies: 921 Finalizing the Prot Warrior design Views: 688,910 Posted By A Man In Black Well, okay. It's not win freaking win, baby. The... Well, okay. It's not win freaking win, baby. The UA spec is interesting on a straight fight where the boss is pounding on you continuously, but it's not good with a significant period of time where...

Forum: Warriors 04/26/09, 6:30 AM

Replies: 921 Finalizing the Prot Warrior design Views: 688,910 Posted By A Man In Black Nothing has changed. Block value is still a... Nothing has changed. Block value is still a middling-low quality threat stat, block rating is still very low utility because it isn't useful a significant amount of the time.

Forum: Warriors 04/07/09, 5:12 AM

Replies: 2,213 In-Depth Arms DPS Discussion Views: 1,671,857 Posted By A Man In Black I like a Tellmewhen... I like a Tellmewhen (http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/tellmewhen.aspx) setup to show when OP is off cooldown and when the SD buff is up. (You could use it to show when Execute is up...

Forum: Warriors 03/23/09, 7:24 PM

Replies: 545 Official 3.1 changes and discussion Views: 281,700 Posted By A Man In Black Build 9722 just went up. From MMO-Champ: Arms •... Build 9722 just went up. From MMO-Champ: Arms • Rend (Rank 1) and Rend (Rank 2) had their damage slightly increased. • Juggernaut has been changed to: Your Charge ability is now usable while in...

Forum: Warriors 03/23/09, 3:16 AM

Replies: 921 Finalizing the Prot Warrior design Views: 688,910 Posted By A Man In Black You can't have one tanking class have the worst... You can't have one tanking class have the worst burst survivability, either (and burst survivability is the "only tanking task left that matters," as threat is a non-issue the vast majority of the...

Forum: Warriors 03/19/09, 3:40 PM

Replies: 921 Finalizing the Prot Warrior design Views: 688,910 Posted By A Man In Black -reading is hard, looking at the wrong rank- -reading is hard, looking at the wrong rank-

Forum: Warriors 03/13/09, 3:13 AM

Replies: 921 Finalizing the Prot Warrior design Views: 688,910 Posted By A Man In Black The two most important jobs of a tank are... The two most important jobs of a tank are generating enough aggro that the boss can be killed before enrage and not dying to burst. Why would you want to compromise warriors' ability on the only...

Forum: Rogues 02/17/09, 4:47 AM

Replies: 218 Art of Poisons : Combat Shiv Build & PvE Poison DPS - Discussion Views: 125,309 Posted By A Man In Black Inigo Montoya: I admit it, you are better than I... Inigo Montoya: I admit it, you are better than I am. Man in Black: Then why are you smiling? Inigo Montoya: Because I know something you don't know. Man in Black: And what is that? Inigo Montoya:...

Forum: Death Knights 12/25/08, 12:35 AM

Replies: 3,071 DK Tanking Discussion Views: 1,879,772 Posted By A Man In Black It's not even that much more stats. Try this... It's not even that much more stats. Try this Wowhead comparison (http://www.wowhead.com/?compare=40406;40345:40345) on for size. The only benefit anyone has much ever explained is "Well, it's more...

Forum: Warriors 12/19/08, 5:57 PM

Replies: 67 In-Depth Protection DPS Discussion Views: 62,222 Posted By A Man In Black As for dual-speccing, given tank spec A, tank... As for dual-speccing, given tank spec A, tank spec B, and DPS spec, I'd pay to switch between tank spec A and B and let dual-spec cover the DPS spec, since the first two are more likely to share...

Forum: Warriors 12/12/08, 8:16 PM

Replies: 67 In-Depth Protection DPS Discussion Views: 62,222 Posted By A Man In Black It strikes me that, less Revenge, that's exactly... It strikes me that, less Revenge, that's exactly the tanking rotation. As for Devastate ever outclassing CB/SW, it would require a great deal of block value without a great deal of AP. Considering...

Forum: Warriors 12/12/08, 5:13 AM

Replies: 67 In-Depth Protection DPS Discussion Views: 62,222 Posted By A Man In Black Your math has a lot of problems. All of them come... Your math has a lot of problems. All of them come from assuming that the only benefit you get from an offhand is poking someone with it. You're assuming (based on the block values) that you're...

Forum: Warriors 12/09/08, 2:44 AM

Replies: 67 In-Depth Protection DPS Discussion Views: 62,222 Posted By A Man In Black Just like S&B isn't a "free" Shield Slam when... Just like S&B isn't a "free" Shield Slam when you're tanking, it's not a free Shield Slam when you're DPSing, either. You're getting a Shield Slam an extra 4.5, 3, or 1.5 seconds early and saving its...

Forum: Warriors 12/07/08, 3:41 AM

Replies: 67 In-Depth Protection DPS Discussion Views: 62,222 Posted By A Man In Black Any such advice this thread might have will be... Any such advice this thread might have will be completely overwhelmed by "Hearth and respec." In the fury thread, you're talking about pushing a DPS ceiling just a little bit higher. Here, you've got...

Forum: Warriors 12/05/08, 4:44 AM

Replies: 67 In-Depth Protection DPS Discussion Views: 62,222 Posted By A Man In Black So, what are we trying to optimize and why,... So, what are we trying to optimize and why, again? We can trade anecdotes all day, but in the meantime, the in-depth prot DPS guide consists of: Put on DPS gear, str is good, and hit/expertise to...

Forum: Warriors 12/03/08, 5:38 AM

Replies: 67 In-Depth Protection DPS Discussion Views: 62,222 Posted By A Man In Black Some random thoughts: DW Dev has the advantage of... Some random thoughts: DW Dev has the advantage of both OH rage generation and OH damage generation. Are Shield Slams really hitting hard enough to offset the white damage you're losing? Block value...

Forum: Warriors 11/30/08, 8:19 AM

Replies: 181 Protection Gear Quick Reference Views: 399,397 Posted By A Man In Black Pauldrons of the Colossus drop off of the... Pauldrons of the Colossus drop off of the Drakkari Elemental in heroic Gun'dark. There's only the one; it's a boss. (It's the elemental that animates a statue.) There's also Crusader's Square...

Forum: Death Knights 11/29/08, 9:41 PM

Replies: 3,071 DK Tanking Discussion Views: 1,879,772 Posted By A Man In Black It's both easy and hard to hit uncrittable (it's... It's both easy and hard to hit uncrittable (it's not a def cap, for crying out loud) as a DK. It's easy in that all you need to do is get the high-def crafted items and heroic drops, and use them in...

Forum: Class Mechanics 11/27/08, 7:01 PM

Replies: 36 Parryhaste and raid bosses Views: 24,809 Posted By A Man In Black Looks like the perception that parryhasting was... Looks like the perception that parryhasting was gone, at least on my part, was because the easy-to-evaluate-in-a-WWS bosses (Maexxna, Patchwerk) simply have it turned off. Oh well.

Forum: Death Knights 11/25/08, 7:59 PM

Replies: 3,071 DK Tanking Discussion Views: 1,879,772 Posted By A Man In Black The only stats that are nice for both druids and... The only stats that are nice for both druids and DKs are stamina, dodge rating, and to a lesser extent armor. Everything else is either poor for a tanking druid or poor for a tanking DK. Unless and...

Forum: Class Mechanics 11/25/08, 7:29 PM

Replies: 36 Parryhaste and raid bosses Views: 24,809 Posted By A Man In Black Why don't we just say "Bosses parry-haste" or... Why don't we just say "Bosses parry-haste" or "Bosses do not parry-haste"? All this nonsense about flags just confuses things. If parry-haste is gone for PCs, the only benefit of parry is that it...

Forum: Class Mechanics 11/23/08, 5:28 PM

Replies: 36 Parryhaste and raid bosses Views: 24,809 Posted By A Man In Black Parryhaste and raid bosses Are we sure that bosses still parry haste? I've been seeing rumor-ish posts here and on Tankspot that it may be gone, on most or all bosses, and I'm having difficulty actually finding examples of...

Forum: Death Knights 11/21/08, 6:48 PM

Replies: 2,157 Unholy DPS Discussion Views: 1,502,572 Posted By A Man In Black How much harder? It may be that... How much harder? It may be that Reaping/SOAwareness is still not a better choice than the alternatives.

Forum: Death Knights 11/21/08, 5:29 PM

Replies: 3,071 DK Tanking Discussion Views: 1,879,772 Posted By A Man In Black The softest place in an unholy DK's spec seems to... The softest place in an unholy DK's spec seems to be in tier 3 and 4 and most of 5, where nothing but Shadow of Death and Dirge offer any mitigation or major utility. Every unholy DK spec will start...

Forum: Death Knights 11/21/08, 4:32 PM

Replies: 3,071 DK Tanking Discussion Views: 1,879,772 Posted By A Man In Black Assuming you have two shamans, at least one of... Assuming you have two shamans, at least one of which isn't dropping Wrath of Air (or some utility totem) and is in range of the melee more often than the tank is. The reason I like IIT so much, even...

Forum: Death Knights 11/21/08, 2:44 PM

Replies: 3,071 DK Tanking Discussion Views: 1,879,772 Posted By A Man In Black Well, isn't that assumption the core of this? If... Well, isn't that assumption the core of this? If you don't have a shaman, let along any enhancement shaman, you gain a large raid DPS boost if you have even a couple melee, at the cost of negligible...

Forum: Death Knights 11/21/08, 5:01 AM

Replies: 3,071 DK Tanking Discussion Views: 1,879,772 Posted By A Man In Black Feel free to disregard any item with block rating... Feel free to disregard any item with block rating or block value on it, of course. I've been editing the list for my own use for my DK; I'll post it somewhere here when/if I finish it.

Forum: Death Knights 11/20/08, 7:30 AM

Replies: 3,071 DK Tanking Discussion Views: 1,879,772 Posted By A Man In Black I've noticed that most specs, even when they go... I've noticed that most specs, even when they go down Blood far enough to get Vot3W, they skip Spell Deflection. In my experience, it just doesn't mitigate enough to justify three points. 30% damage...

Forum: Public Discussion 11/04/08, 4:15 AM

Replies: 174 The Burning Crusade: Scoreboard Views: 34,339 Posted By A Man In Black Daily dungeons seemed to help this somewhat, as... Daily dungeons seemed to help this somewhat, as long as you didn't much mind leaving your choice of instance for the night up to roulette. For me, though, it seemed to only reinforce what I was doing...

Forum: Public Discussion 10/23/08, 7:03 AM

Replies: 425 Graaaiiiinnnnssss...er, Scourge Invasion Thread Views: 94,843 Posted By A Man In Black If you can find numerous, fast-respawning... If you can find numerous, fast-respawning humanoids, it's possible to make self-sustaining zombie colonies. For example, the murlocs in the naga area of Quel'Danas spend about half their lives...

Forum: Warriors 06/22/08, 2:03 AM

Replies: 2,271 The Protection Guide Views: 1,861,650 Posted By A Man In Black Do we have a source on that? The thread over in... Do we have a source on that? The thread over in Public Discussion didn't come to any conclusion.

Forum: Public Discussion 06/14/08, 2:40 PM

Replies: 8,188 Wrath of Lich King Stuff (was 'Blizzcon' thread) Views: 1,904,220 Posted By A Man In Black It would mean that, in a roundabout way, hunters... It would mean that, in a roundabout way, hunters would be trading white DPS on their melee weapon for ranged DPS, which would cause all sorts of scaling issues. Perhaps an alternative might be a...

Forum: Public Discussion 06/14/08, 3:20 AM

Replies: 8,188 Wrath of Lich King Stuff (was 'Blizzcon' thread) Views: 1,904,220 Posted By A Man In Black Alternately, druid weapons could be adjusted to... Alternately, druid weapons could be adjusted to be shared with another class. Possibilities for this include kitty DPS staves that could also appeal to hunters (kind of a stretch but no worse than...

Forum: Public Discussion 06/12/08, 5:52 PM

Replies: 967 Consolidating Raid Utility (Raid-wide totems? Curse of Vulnerability?) Views: 155,433 Posted By A Man In Black This would completely scuttle any hope of ever... This would completely scuttle any hope of ever finding a tank for a PUG. If, as a new 70, you could do half the instances without respeccing to tank, and respeccing to tank meant you weren't wanted...

Forum: Public Discussion 06/08/08, 10:54 PM

Replies: 1,680 Stupid Things People Do Views: 522,634 Posted By A Man In Black I noticed that guy was on my server, so I asked... I noticed that guy was on my server, so I asked him if it was a joke or what. Long story short, I just spent a half hour helping a mage with 300 spell damage get a cloak from a Netherstorm quest.

Forum: Rogues 06/04/08, 6:51 PM

Replies: 4,255 PvE DPS / WotLK Discussion Views: 1,493,116 Posted By A Man In Black In the current WOTLK alpha, Rend is buffed and... In the current WOTLK alpha, Rend is buffed and scales with AP, warriors have an AOE bleed (which, if I recall corrently, current theorycrafting suggests will mostly be a tanking ability), and...

Forum: Rogues 06/04/08, 6:38 PM

Replies: 4,255 PvE DPS / WotLK Discussion Views: 1,493,116 Posted By A Man In Black If Expose Armor counted as five stacks of Sunder... If Expose Armor counted as five stacks of Sunder for the purpose of Devastate (or superceded Sunder Armor's armor reduction effect without overwriting the Sunder Armor debuff), that would go a long...

Forum: Warriors 05/22/08, 5:52 AM

Replies: 4,239 Future of a DPS Warrior Views: 1,105,786 Posted By A Man In Black Cloak of Darkness is also on par with Vengeance... Cloak of Darkness is also on par with Vengeance Wrap and Dory's, and is a wonderful place to stick a blue gem for your meta. You can basically skip all of the other cloaks between dinging 70 and...

Forum: Warriors 05/19/08, 6:59 PM

Replies: 2,271 The Protection Guide Views: 1,861,650 Posted By A Man In Black Satrina did some math on Tankspot that came to... Satrina did some math on Tankspot that came to similar conclusions, here (http://www.tankspot.com/forums/theory-articles/35644-expose-armour-vs-sunder-armour-revisited.html). It doesn't seem to take...

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