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Forum: Druids 03/01/11, 11:00 PM
Replies: 1,312
Views: 23,742
Posted By swills
Both fairly positive paragraphs there for us. The...

Both fairly positive paragraphs there for us. The LB Bloom nerf is unlikely to affecting raiding too much while helping balance PvP slightly. Am happy they aren't bumping the mana cost now.

It will...
Forum: Druids 01/24/11, 6:10 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 383,105
Posted By swills
Threat is mostly a non-issue for me simply due to...

Threat is mostly a non-issue for me simply due to Berserk. To Natasmai, you talk of tabbing, stacking Lacerate, Pulverising - why is Berserk + Mangle spam (even of you tab between your two targets to...
Forum: Druids 07/31/10, 8:51 AM
Replies: 477
Views: 428,584
Posted By swills
I would ignore Tier 1 of the resto tree for now...

I would ignore Tier 1 of the resto tree for now anwyay, it simply has to change. Resto Druids have to chose between Furor which does absolutely nothing, and Natural Shapeshifter which also does...
Forum: Druids 07/28/10, 1:33 PM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,557
Posted By swills
In my mind, they are approaching the 'Fury of...

In my mind, they are approaching the 'Fury of Stormrage' type talents from the wrong direction. Rather than have your healing grant occasional DPS spells, making casting DPS spells provide healing...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/13/10, 7:18 AM
Replies: 2,072
Views: 1,158,745
Posted By swills
Remember also that most likely guilds will be...

Remember also that most likely guilds will be able to buy whatever-this-is with their 'guild currency' so the demand may not be as high. We also don't know how many will be needed. It's a totally...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/26/10, 5:36 PM
Replies: 374
Views: 75,341
Posted By swills
This. I think it's clear that Blizzard is...

This.

I think it's clear that Blizzard is leaning towards positioning WoW as a game that doesn't require you to login every day in order to get the most out of it. We've heard other speculated...
Forum: Druids 03/06/10, 6:49 PM
Replies: 420
Views: 680,886
Posted By swills
I haven't yet been teleported in to the...

I haven't yet been teleported in to the Frostmourne room but presumably War Stomp would work for us Horde Druids?
Forum: Druids 02/25/10, 8:47 AM
Replies: 1,417
Views: 563,411
Posted By swills
I personally would base your decision on whether...

I personally would base your decision on whether or not your guild will be clearing 10-man heroic. I worked out that if you can get BiS from 10-man heroic only then you would end up with around 980...
Forum: Druids 02/24/10, 8:30 AM
Replies: 420
Views: 680,886
Posted By swills
Can you show some logs of a raid or two where...

Can you show some logs of a raid or two where your WGs are routinely hitting 6 people in a 10 man raid? Something covering 8-10 different bosses would be good because I have never had a raid where WG...
Forum: Druids 02/21/10, 8:41 PM
Replies: 420
Views: 680,886
Posted By swills
I have to agree with cloudscraper, WG Glyph is...

I have to agree with cloudscraper, WG Glyph is next to useless for me in 10-mans. I raid 10-mans primarily as well and WG rarely hits more than four people, nevermind six. You gave a very specific...
Forum: Druids 02/17/10, 7:24 PM
Replies: 778
Views: 515,753
Posted By swills
I swapped to Vuh'Do a month or so back and in...

I swapped to Vuh'Do a month or so back and in general I prefer it to Grid. I find it's HoT timers to be better placed for me personally, and it was just easier to configure things exactly as I want...
Forum: Druids 02/16/10, 7:33 PM
Replies: 379
Views: 384,996
Posted By swills
That isn't an accurate representation of what...

That isn't an accurate representation of what happens though. It's much more likely to be:

RR: Half the raid each, no overlap, everyone in the raid is receiving 1500hps in HoT ticks.

Without RR:...
Forum: Druids 02/15/10, 12:52 AM
Replies: 379
Views: 384,996
Posted By swills
Neither of this statements can be made as blanket...

Neither of this statements can be made as blanket statements. The "free GCD's" you get are only free if the RJ you get from the set bonus is a RJ you would have needed to cast. In many 10 man...
Forum: Druids 02/11/10, 10:54 PM
Replies: 379
Views: 384,996
Posted By swills
Does anyone have any stats on the T10 4-PC bonus...

Does anyone have any stats on the T10 4-PC bonus with regard to 10-man raiding? I raid primarily 10-man and I'm thinking of giving up the 4-pc bonus so I can get the better itemised haste non-set...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/08/09, 7:14 PM
Replies: 2,072
Views: 1,158,745
Posted By swills
The demand for Rubies will increase because lots...

The demand for Rubies will increase because lots of people who have been socketing solely ArP will suddenly find it is no longer their best stat and have to re-gem everything. That's a lot of...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/28/09, 1:25 PM
Replies: 2,072
Views: 1,158,745
Posted By swills
I lead a 10-man guild so I'm not sure how much of...

I lead a 10-man guild so I'm not sure how much of this would scale to 25-man, but right now we're operating about break even. We supply all food & flasks, and sometimes repairs. Mostly this comes...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/18/09, 3:36 PM
Replies: 111
Views: 61,463
Posted By swills
The 30% reduction on Ardent Defender has no...

The 30% reduction on Ardent Defender has no cooldown at all. All damage below 35% of the Paladin's health is reduced by 30%. It's sort of the equivalent to an extra 11% health, except you don't have...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/18/09, 1:10 PM
Replies: 111
Views: 61,463
Posted By swills
You don't really have 6000 more health than him...

You don't really have 6000 more health than him though. With Ardent Defender now reducing all damage below 35% health by 30%, it takes a lot more damage than his health total to kill him. If you have...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/30/09, 7:54 AM
Replies: 2,072
Views: 1,158,745
Posted By swills
Of for sure, it totally is. I don't disagree with...

Of for sure, it totally is. I don't disagree with anything you've said at all. I did preface my argument with a "Maybe'. Maybe it's not worth getting a Luminous pattern, maybe it is. It totally...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/29/09, 8:28 PM
Replies: 2,072
Views: 1,158,745
Posted By swills
With regard to the first point, I agree that...

With regard to the first point, I agree that those people will exist. There may be quite a few of them. If there are, you could easily see dusts going for 40g each, which is 1600g per pattern.

On...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/29/09, 1:12 PM
Replies: 2,072
Views: 1,158,745
Posted By swills
I think selling Dust could easily be more...

I think selling Dust could easily be more profitable than buying a lot of patterns. It's 40 dust for one pattern. If Dust sells for 20g each (quite a cheap price I think, I can see a lot of JCers...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/28/09, 10:36 AM
Replies: 621
Views: 266,435
Posted By swills
I think the 'Heroic' tag is quite a good change...

I think the 'Heroic' tag is quite a good change for the future. Instead of just having the Heroic (i.e. hard mode) bosses drop their usual two normal items, with one additional higher ilvl Heroic...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/24/09, 4:01 PM
Replies: 2,072
Views: 1,158,745
Posted By swills
I posted what I got from prospecting 9 stacks of...

I posted what I got from prospecting 9 stacks of Titanium Ore over in the Professions thread. I'll leave it to everyone else to draw conclusions on the level at which Titanium Ore is profitable.
Forum: Public Discussion 06/24/09, 3:51 PM
Replies: 1,901
Views: 881,329
Posted By swills
3.2 JCing

Just got my character copied over with 9 stacks of Titanium Ore. Not a whole lot to go on, but some information is better than none. Prospecting yielded:

- 13 Epic gems (but felt a little lucky...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/18/09, 11:01 AM
Replies: 621
Views: 266,435
Posted By swills
I think the focus should be the word 'unlocked'....

I think the focus should be the word 'unlocked'. The way I read that is that in Week 1 you'll have one boss to face, in Week 2 the second will unlock and you'll have two bosses, all the way up to...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/19/09, 1:40 PM
Replies: 816
Views: 317,621
Posted By swills
Something from the upcoming patch notes caught my...

Something from the upcoming patch notes caught my eye:

As it's written, it sounds like the patterns are being added to existing 10-man bosses that drop orbs. Are there any such bosses? My guild has...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/13/09, 11:36 PM
Replies: 816
Views: 317,621
Posted By swills
Am not sure if this has been mentioned before,...

Am not sure if this has been mentioned before, but our guild had a reasonably annoying issue with Hodir tonight.

We defeated him at 2m56s, but unfortunately he had begun to cast Flash Freeze at...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/08/09, 6:40 PM
Replies: 634
Views: 225,773
Posted By swills
I think they could do this simply by having an...

I think they could do this simply by having an initial quest giver only give a quest to retrieve 40 shards on Normal *or* Heroic difficulty. Once you complete the quest for either difficulty, you can...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/07/09, 12:10 PM
Replies: 634
Views: 225,773
Posted By swills
I really don't want to get into a 10-man vs...

I really don't want to get into a 10-man vs 25-man debate, but I personally believe that if a guild can get 40 hard mode kills in Ulduar-10 then they are just as entitled to their Mace as a guild...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/07/09, 11:20 AM
Replies: 634
Views: 225,773
Posted By swills
I think there are quite a lot of guilds that...

I think there are quite a lot of guilds that match your description actually, but it's beside the point. Blizzard set-up 10-man raiding as an equally valid raid path progression. I think it is fairly...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/07/09, 10:43 AM
Replies: 634
Views: 225,773
Posted By swills
So I noticed from mmo-champion that the shards...

So I noticed from mmo-champion that the shards for the legendary mace dropped from Iron Council-25. They also have loot from an Iron Council-10 kill listed but no shard listed. Is there anyone who...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/06/09, 4:00 PM
Replies: 2,072
Views: 1,158,745
Posted By swills
Rather than Flasks, it would probably be best to...

Rather than Flasks, it would probably be best to go for Frost Lotuses. These sell for 25g right now on my server, and stack up to 20. With a new raid instance on the horizon you can practically...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/27/09, 5:01 PM
Replies: 183
Views: 84,875
Posted By swills
See the 'Ulduar Posting Guidelines'...

See the 'Ulduar Posting Guidelines' (http://elitistjerks.com/f15/t48475-ulduar_posting_guidelines/) sticky at the top of the forum page.

Edit: Included link.
Forum: Public Discussion 02/17/09, 10:03 PM
Replies: 685
Views: 194,882
Posted By swills
A quick Google and a search of a couple of...

A quick Google and a search of a couple of dual-boxing forums and I couldn't locate any such guides. Do you, or anyone else for that matter, happen to have link to one that focuses on levelling while...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/17/09, 1:22 PM
Replies: 2,072
Views: 1,158,745
Posted By swills
Not really, turning uncommon gems into...

Not really, turning uncommon gems into rings/necklaces & DEing is always profitable.

(Disclaimer: I've rounded off slightly in a few places below, and taken prices from my server. Yours may...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/15/09, 7:51 AM
Replies: 877
Views: 580,128
Posted By swills
I also had this exact same issue. My PC would...

I also had this exact same issue. My PC would just randomly hardlock, sometimes two or three times a day and only while playing WoW. In my system I have two SLI'd GeForce 9800s, with one of them...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/12/09, 7:08 PM
Replies: 685
Views: 194,882
Posted By swills
Quick question: Can you transfer Bind-To-Account...

Quick question: Can you transfer Bind-To-Account gear to a new account or does BoA mean they are in fact bound to one account?

Am going to start a second WoW account in order to do some RaF...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/12/09, 6:51 PM
Replies: 900
Views: 394,321
Posted By swills
This pack is definitely not skippable. Tried...

This pack is definitely not skippable. Tried tonight in Naxx10 and it made for a slightly more interesting first 30s.
Forum: Player vs. Player 12/22/08, 1:46 PM
Replies: 67
Views: 32,536
Posted By swills
I actually lost a game as Horde without losing...

I actually lost a game as Horde without losing either beach wall last night. Somehow an Alliance player got a tank through the beach wall and just rode it up and blew up the second and third gate...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/17/08, 2:04 PM
Replies: 2,072
Views: 1,158,745
Posted By swills
I didn't experience any increases in gem prices...

I didn't experience any increases in gem prices at all, but was certainly able to sell a greater quantity of gems than I would on an average day. Most of what I put up sold, although it never sold...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/08/08, 8:20 AM
Replies: 574
Views: 256,647
Posted By swills
Undermanning Sartharion-25

My guild of 12 raiders is looking for something else to do while we work on Sartharion-10 +3 drakes. Sartharion-25 came up as something that might be possible for us.

Has anyone had any experience...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/25/08, 2:50 PM
Replies: 259
Views: 62,823
Posted By swills
I don't think Blizzard are only facing two...

I don't think Blizzard are only facing two options here. I think they have a third option, which is in fact the one they have chosen which is to make instances in general be easier, but then provide...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/13/08, 9:41 AM
Replies: 107
Views: 37,107
Posted By swills
I see this as being more beneficial to 10-man...

I see this as being more beneficial to 10-man raids myself. There are already situations where a single tank is optimal in one fight, and where two tanks are optimal in the next (Malacras followed by...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/08/08, 12:04 PM
Replies: 1,901
Views: 881,329
Posted By swills
One question on JCing. The JCing only gems are...

One question on JCing. The JCing only gems are currently about a 35% upgrade over the regular Epic JCing gems. 41 Stamina from Solid Dragon's Eye vs the expected 30 Stamina from the Epic equivalent,...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/26/08, 1:15 PM
Replies: 1,901
Views: 881,329
Posted By swills
I believe you can just search for all the dailies...

I believe you can just search for all the dailies on Wowhead's WotLK site and you'll get the associated XP:

The Air Strikes Must Continue = 9500xp
Disrupt the Greengill Coast = 12500xp
etc

I've...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/24/08, 9:42 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 19,672
Posted By swills
I'd just like to echo the above comments. In...

I'd just like to echo the above comments. In installed this three days ago, am a fairly moderate WoW player and accumulated 850 BUX since then. There are no in game ads whatsoever - the only time you...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/29/08, 12:11 PM
Replies: 1,901
Views: 881,329
Posted By swills
I imagine the druid HT glyph will be useable at...

I imagine the druid HT glyph will be useable at much lower levels and give druids an alternative to Nourish while they level up. I don't expect all Glyphs to be useful at level 70 and this looks like...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/21/08, 4:43 PM
Replies: 362
Views: 82,499
Posted By swills
One easy way to solve this would just be to have...

One easy way to solve this would just be to have two separate tabs, one for "Personal Achievements" and one for "Guild Achievements".

The Guild achievements tab could have the 'Server First Kill of...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/28/08, 12:25 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,904,078
Posted By swills
Does anyone know the cast time of Nourish yet?...

Does anyone know the cast time of Nourish yet? I'm hoping/assuming/praying it's either instant or 1.5s.
Forum: Public Discussion 05/21/08, 11:43 AM
Replies: 2,980
Views: 1,218,257
Posted By swills
This is exactly what is happening in practice on...

This is exactly what is happening in practice on my server. I picked up a bunch of Vortexes at around the 190-210g before the Gem vendor hit. Have been selling them pretty consistently for 285g a...
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