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Protection Warrior Caps

Wednesday, 24 June 2009 20:26

Warrior Tanking Caps -These are not ceilings but, the desired goal. Going above a cap will still benefit you but, not very much. You are better off focusing on something else.

Defense Cap (535 Heroics, 540 Raid Bosses) - this makes you uncrittable. You don't want to see a boss drop you with a critical strike, its a sure wipe for your group.
535 for Heroics
540 for Raid Bosses

Expertise Cap (26 Dodge, 54 Parry) - Expertise affects your ability to hit mobs and their ability to hit you. You only need 26 here, 54 is unreasonable.

Hit Cap (263 Hit) - This allows you to miss with your attacks less. Once you reach 263 your chance to miss has been reduced as much as possible.

(A big part of getting your Expertise and Hit up is getting better gear from Heroics and Raids. The better tank gear has less Defense and more Expertise and Hit. Don't stress too much about not reaching the Expertise or Hit Caps, it will come in time.)

Protection Warrior Talents

Wednesday, 24 June 2009 20:23

Here is a link to my talents, this is a balanced tanking build capable of great threat generation and great damage mitigation.

http://www.wowarmory.com/talent-calc.xml?cid=1&tal=3502000023000000000000000000000302000000000000000000000000023351225000012521330113321

Warrior Macros

Wednesday, 24 June 2009 20:14

Announce, Charge, Heroic Throw and Shield Block

/rw Charging %t !
/cast Charge
/cast Heroic Throw
/cast Shield Block

Revenge + Heroic Strike

#showtooltip Revenge
/cast Revenge
/cast Heroic Strike

Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 June 2009 20:16

Alt Weekend

Friday, 05 June 2009 16:27
I think I will play my alts this weekend. I would like to get my pally to 50, my death knight to 75, and my druid and mage to 15.

Top 20 Ulduar DPS Averages

Wednesday, 03 June 2009 20:32

Compiled below is the rankings of the top 20 dps averages for each spec collected from wowmeteronline.

DISCLAIMERS

The following rankings do not include hard modes or Algalon.

Frost Mages, Subtlety Rogues, and Beastmastery Hunters all have incomplete top 20's lists for Yogg Saron (and Yogg Saron only). Balance Druids are missing data for Razorscale, and also have an incomplete top 20's list for XT-002 Deconstructor. Barring these exceptions, the data is complete.

These averages include hybrid specs, so deep demonology specs are not accurately shown here.

Rankings of Top 20 Ulduar DPS Averages by Spec

1) COMBAT ROGUE - 7323.966805

2) FIRE MAGE - 7322.7375

3) UNHOLY DEATH KNIGHT - 6902.3983

4) ASSASSINATION ROGUE - 6804.340249

5) DEMONOLOGY WARLOCK - 6721.01667

6) AFFLICTION WARLOCK - 6702.275

7) DESTRUCTION WARLOCK - 6667.395833

8) SHADOW PRIEST - 6629.933

9) FERAL DRUID - 6579.19917

10) SURVIVAL HUNTER - 6528.2542

11) BLOOD DEATH KNIGHT - 6492.962656

12) FROST DEATH KNIGHT - 6482.3071

13) RETRIBUTION PALADIN - 6410.291667

14) ELEMENTAL SHAMAN - 6384.5436

15) ENHANCEMENT SHAMAN - 6308.6224

16) BALANCE DRUID - 6260.82075

17) FURY WARRIOR - 6074.04564

18) ARCANE MAGE - 6027.9625

19) ARMS WARRIOR - 5992.84232

20) MARKSMANSHIP HUNTER - 5983.1125

21) BEASTMASTER HUNTER - 4496.941176

22) SUBTLETY ROGUE - 4417.349345

23) FROST MAGE - 4019.62832

Observations

Combat Rogues and Fire Mages are at the top of the barrel by a good margin. I suspect Fire Mage dps is greatly skewed. The top fire mage dps on Hodir is 3k dps ahead of the next contender. Hodir and Vezax gimmicks are pushing Fire Mages ahead. They're still pretty strong dps-wise though.

For a spec that was only recently quite strong, arcane has fallen behind rather quickly. It is below every hybrid spec except for Arms Warriors.

Fury and Arms Warriors are definitively the weakest hybrid specs.

Unholy Death Knights are way and ahead the strongest hybrid, likely as a result of inflated aoe damage. Shadow Priests and Feral Druids are also pretty strong hybrid classes but not by much.

Conclusion

While not to downplay hybrid issues and concerns, I feel like they have been treated overall pretty well. With the exception of warriors and some other minor tweaks hybrids generally have pretty strong dps. And that's alongside their very capable healing and tanking specs.

Meanwhile there are numerous pure specs that are behind to the point of non-viability. When are we going to address this? Why is it every time we talk about these specs we are just told to "respec"? Can we please inject some flavor and fun into this game again with these specs?

I understand that it takes a lot to gear for an entirely separate role and it is easier to switch for a pure--but this is kind of ridiculous. We still talk about nothing but hybrid dps when really they're quite viable. The same thing can't be said of many pure specs.

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