Undertanker

Come claim your weekend raid spot. Those not 60 yet are welcome for weekend raid group as well. Apply or whisper me in game for more information.

Bumparoo.

/salute

I am wondering if the server Log-in Queue is experiencing an issue. Realm Status says 10.,145 people online, and it kicks me to disconnect after logging in, instead of putting me into an expected queue with the population as high as it is.

Take your Account Username off the post. Disconnected from server seems to be happening to people atm

To all Alli in AV, assign a mage to rank 1 improved blizzard spam the back door jump point, and have a healer 30 yards back from him healing him if needed. Horde will be slowed and can't make the jump = Alli win. Counter the back door rush while not exploiting with only 2 out of 40 people.

Here is my logic: Non Impale 15% crit (5/5 Cruelty): Shield Slam - every 6 seconds Normal Hit: 375 Crit Hit: 750 Average Hit: 487.5 / 81.25 DPS Revenge - every 6 seconds Normal Hit: 63 Crit Hit: 126 Average Hit: 81.9 / 13.65 DPS Heroic Strike every ???? - Normal Hit: 350 Crit HIt: 700 Average Hit: 455 With Impale 13% crit (3/5 Cruelty): Shield Slam - every 6 seconds Normal Hit: 375 Crit Hit: 900 Average Hit: 492 / 82 DPS Revenge - every 6 seconds Normal Hit: 63 Crit Hit: 151.2 Average Hit: 82.65 / 13.77 DPS Heroic Strike every ???? - Normal Hit: 350 Crit HIt: 840 Average Hit: 459.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Non Impale 20% crit (5/5 Cruelty): Shield Slam - every 6 seconds Normal Hit: 375 Crit Hit: 750 Average Hit: 525 / 87.5 DPS Revenge - every 6 seconds Normal Hit: 63 Crit Hit: 126 Average Hit: 88.2 / 14.7 DPS Heroic Strike every ???? - Normal Hit: 350 Crit HIt: 700 Average Hit: 490 With Impale 18% crit (3/5 Cruelty): Shield Slam - every 6 seconds Normal Hit: 375 Crit Hit: 900 Average Hit: 555 / 92.5 DPS Revenge - every 6 seconds Normal Hit: 63 Crit Hit: 151.2 Average Hit: 93.24 / 15.54 DPS Heroic Strike every ???? - Normal Hit: 350 Crit HIt: 840 Average Hit: 501.2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Non Impale 25% crit (5/5 Cruelty): Shield Slam - every 6 seconds Normal Hit: 375 Crit Hit: 750 Average Hit: 562.5 / 93.75 DPS Revenge - every 6 seconds Normal Hit: 63 Crit Hit: 126 Average Hit: 94.5 / 15.75 DPS Heroic Strike every ???? - Normal Hit: 350 Crit HIt: 700 Average Hit: 525 With Impale 23% crit (3/5 Cruelty): Shield Slam - every 6 seconds Normal Hit: 375 Crit Hit: 900 Average Hit: 582 / 97 DPS Revenge - every 6 seconds Normal Hit: 63 Crit Hit: 151.2 Average Hit: 97.77 / 16.29 DPS Heroic Strike every ???? - Normal Hit: 350 Crit HIt: 840 Average Hit: 543.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The strength of Impale came from being about to SPAM heroic strike with a 1.3 Dagger which is impossible other than Val. While doing a comparison of threat of Impale vs 8/5/38, always have to remember you have 2% less crit using impale spec. It's such a small difference in raw DPS / TPS while sacrificing tankability. Sunder isn't about just getting 5 stacks early and stopping, it is your 3rd best threat per rage ability. Heroic strike is used at the cost forgoing shield block a lot of times, potentially being counter productive to your revenge on cooldown and leaving you open to crushings/crits.

Updated OP with new recruitment needs. Weekend raid group coming on strong!

I think the birds or Centuar in Aurburdine are yellow, just south of where you are now.

Can't help if you don't tell us your faction

At least 7.

A few funny things here. This is a copy and paste of his rant in the Market Place forum section. Already explained to him that Gromsblood and Sungrass are end game materials needed for raiding consumables. Apparently his mount is > other peoples raiding. He should get "his" gold before others. People now have dynamic respawns on mobs and resources alike and still not satisfied. Not to mention that due to inflation all the items they are getting from mobs level 60s buy for crafting, and the greens sell for 5x the amount they did during the first few months on the AH. I didn't get my mount until level 52 as a day 1 character. I put my nose down, played the game and did what I had to do. Did my best to limit quest that required a lot of footwork and was 300 herb at level 55. Tl:Dr; Dude misses his garrison farm.

@Haestingas You didn't put your points into fury.

Updated Recruitment needs.

If you go Feral, blacksmithing for tank trinket.

You mean alliance or horde?

Who said anything about Def cap? All I am saying is you have more options for itemization on a per boss instance with taking the 10 def in anticipation.

Imp taunt allows for taunt, mocking blow taunt combo with mob always on you when having to pick up a target asap. It's clutch.

Like stated above, 18+ unbuffed crit and planning on using world buffs each raid + mongoos and elemental stone is what will now justify impale spec. IMO the best overall MT spec is now: 8/5/38 Improved Sunder Armor is a must. Improved Taunt is also really nice since you don't have super threat, and is always helpful in 20 mans. With some of the AQ Mechanics, it makes a few bosses easier as well. Imp shield wall is just a bonus. Some may still go for an Impale spec that still includes Imp Sunder and taunt, however you will miss out on 10 DEF and imp shield wall. Meaning while I can be using Band of Accuria and Don Julio's for 3 hit on my ring slots with my preferred spec, you have to use 2x +def rings to accommodate for the def loss. I"d take +3 hit +1 crit and +16 agil over 5% average increased damage to my shield slam any day. 17/3/31

I will detail comment this when I get to work in an hour. Short answer for now, not until you are 18+ % crit unbuffed and world buffs, mongoos and elemental stone.

Updated raid needs for weekend raid group.

A BiS Skiiled Boomkin will pull around 400 DPS in Naxx on a tank and spank boss, vs a mage whom will do 1,100 and contribute to the rolling ignite process. Your 3% crit buff doesn't make up that difference. So you should also have an MP/5 set for any fight that requires a decurse. This freeze up a mage or restro druid to continue to do their main job with minimal dps loss. Having versatility in situations like these is what will carry your weight throughout a raid. A feral druid in BiS can pull around 560 DPS average dps on a tank and spank in naxx, and still be available for off tanking, freeing up an entire slot for an additional pure DPS instead of bringing another prot warrior, while still have the same extended utility to the raid of decurse bot with MP/5 set and so on. IMO there is room in a raid for 1 boomkin in a 4x mage group. And 1 ret pally whom does blessing of might to melee, swings nightfall. If you have these two in raid and you wiped on a boss, it isn't because these two were in your raid. You got other issues, and looking for an easy out of whom to blame.

Gromsblood is needed for multiple level 60 raiding consumables, as well as sungrass. All I can see here is your needs are more important than others.

Pally healer pumps the tank with fast small heals which fill the gaps of druids long big heals. Coupled with Priest / Druid HoTs. Priest do a bit of everything between fast heals or slow heals depending on the situation.

As a pally off-tank you don't need to reach def cap. Who cares if a weak mob crits you, especially in an AoE situation, you'll take less damage on your next 5 blocks by far. Hell even when single target tanking, if the mob hits for less than 1.2k auto you can eat a crit on purpose and take less damage overall. You need shield specialization as a pally-tank your strength should lie in your AoE tanking, which means you should also be striving to take less damage while AoE tanking. http://db.vanillagaming.org/?talent#sE0ubxsxVhtI0z Will allow you to be a great healer / dispeller / and AoE tank with more than enough tanking stats to tank any trash in raids and plenty of the bosses.