Random Question Thread

[Meph]

alright, thats what I was afraid of. had tons of marks on my alt and grinded up enough to get the axe for ANOTHER alt, only to realize I couldnt buy it lol. oh well, I got the sword from wg so its not like I dont wreck havoc as it is (trading some crit for 3 expertise)

[Plow]

What's the best opening against Elite? Cheap Shot or Garrote?

It's been forever since I played my rogue, but on any elite that didn't require full stunlock I generally went:

Garrotte
Rupture with those CP
build back to 5 cp
kidney shot
this is where I'd pop AR/bf as combat
then pop evas when ks wears


If you need full stunlock, then open with CS, and that's where expose comes into play soloing (between KS), as you don't want dots if you're going to be gouge/blinding obviously.

[Tomino]

from what I understand, isnt SnD fundamental?
I usually spend CPs from Garrote or CheapShot into SnD because of that.

[Norellicus]

I usually spend CPs from Garrote or CheapShot into SnD because of that.

This is the correct answer, your white damage is a good 60% of your output so getting that haste effect up makes a huge difference in your killing speed.

Generally speaking, I've never seen Garrote do enough damage to be terribly impressive as an opener and would rather get the extra CP off a Cheap Shot for an opening SnD.

[Meph]

btw, anyone here using MSBT?

[Day]

I am whats up

[Lexa]

Does anyone have suggestions for shaman builds? Elemental and restoration, respectively?

I'm clueless since I leveled as enhancement, and EJ's shaman section is confusing and annoying. I wish every EJ section was as neatly set up as their blood DK threads.

[Plow]

What meta are melee (particularly ret) pvping with these days? I'm almost considering the mana one cuz that's more of a problem for me than anything it seems heh.

[Meph]

lol forgot to ask the followup-question.

I cant get Replenishment to procc on it. I know Ive spelled it right...is there something special with solo+pt/raid-buffs?

[Acturus]

Is there a "Welcome to Addons" resource I can use, or do I need to follow word of mouth and trial and error?

I'm a couple bars from 70 on a priest that will eventually spec to heal, and I want to get used to any UI changes before 80.

[Day]

I'd just read through the WOW UI thread here personally. Although I'm sure everyone will call this a stupid idea and tell you to level a druid.

[Norellicus]

You really hate being disagreed with don't you.


Acturus- You'll learn more by trial and error I think. Like I suggested to someone else, try browsing around some UI sites and seeing what functions jump out at you. You've already been playing a while so I'm sure you've already got some ideas in your head about things that can improve your functionality and flexibility, start with those.

[Day]

It was a joke man, get a sense of humor.

[Norellicus]

My bad, just after some of your responses in that particular thread it made this sound like you were still sore

[Day]

I got a little worked up but I wasn't taking all that too seriously. I just get frustrated when I feel like people aren't seeing my point of view, or are singling me out for no reason.

Tis all good

[Falaras]

How the hell do feral druids work? I started leveling one yesterday and got a Lava Dredger with +25 AGI on it which to my dismay did not give me any extra attack power. When I finally hit 10 I got bear form just to realize I hit much harder in caster form meleeing then as a big mean bear with claws.

[Correction]

Is there a "Welcome to Addons" resource I can use, or do I need to follow word of mouth and trial and error?

I'm a couple bars from 70 on a priest that will eventually spec to heal, and I want to get used to any UI changes before 80.

Get Grid
Get Clique
Queue a ton of BGs and get used to that style of healing.

Then you'll be ready to heal most things at 80.

Everything else is pretty much boss mods and eye candy. Browse the UI thread for things that please you asthetically.

How the hell do feral druids work? I started leveling one yesterday and got a Lava Dredger with +25 AGI on it which to my dismay did not give me any extra attack power. When I finally hit 10 I got bear form just to realize I hit much harder in caster form meleeing then as a big mean bear with claws.

Pretty sure the AP bonus from AGI only works in Cat Form, which if you're just starting Druid you will not have.

[Norellicus]

How the hell do feral druids work? I started leveling one yesterday and got a Lava Dredger with +25 AGI on it which to my dismay did not give me any extra attack power. When I finally hit 10 I got bear form just to realize I hit much harder in caster form meleeing then as a big mean bear with claws.

Agi/ap conversion is in Cat form only. Druids take 1 str = 2 ap in all forms, and then Bear form gives you a slight increase in ap natively, plus a stamina boost and armor multiplier; then cat form is ap+x+agility.

[Falaras]

Why do I hit harder in Caster then in Bear though...

[Dezzimal]

Maul hits harder than caster swings I hope, also your weapon skill is a non-issue while in feral forms. Feral gets exponentially better as you level it. Stuff to look forward to -

20 - Cat form
24 - Rake (ticks for as much as claw)
42 - 2/2 Imp Leader of the pack
50 - Mangle!
51-53 - King of the Jungle (20-60 energy back when you use tiger's fury)
60 - Flight form!
mid-60s - 3/5 Furor, grats on not starting off with 0 energy when you hit cat form.

Druid leveling just gets better and better as you go up, 70-80 will be the most enjoyable 70-80 of any class you've done if you've got a tome of cold weather flying + 5k gold for epic flight. I like my druid enough that I almost want to level a second one as a gatherer so that the one I already have at 80 can have real professions.