Random Question Thread

[Boyiee]

Just dinged 78, 57/85 of GH achievement, and honestly sick with the zone and following guides and routes and shit.

I would say sure lets do the quest chains that unlock hodir etc, but in 3.3 they become BOA anyway...

Think we should just go head out to SB now, or even ebon blade/hodir now anyway?

[Plow]

Why do DKs still spec into desecration?

I'm genuinely curious. I know they removed the DK's damage increase. The movement speed reduction seems useless to me in PvE, unless it adds something I don't know about?

I choose you, Runemaster, obviously.

[Meph]

Think we should just go head out to SB now, or even ebon blade/hodir now anyway?

just blow through storm peaks since afaik theres no "collect X of these" just pure hack'n'slash (some running back and forth, but not too bad)

[Jodwahh]

Well I know what to do to gear myself out I do as much as I can from when I log in after work until I go to bed (managed to fit in 3 heroics and a 10 man onyxia and 10 man VoA last night lol)

Also about the hit rating comment, I am above the hit cap thanks to being a draenei. I could take out the hit rating gems I've got in my body piece but I don't feel like spending 150 gold on a blue body for new gems :<

I know what steps to take to gear myself out and I have been doing so (and I think I'm doing pretty well for myself since I only hit 80 6 days ago), I'm just not sure at what point I should actually try to start finding a guild to raid with.


edit: I feel a little bit proud of myself with the damage I do during heroics/raids that I have been on so far. I can be the only one in the group getting achievements and this is my first time playing WoW but I'm getting like 2nd place on the DPS in a majority of everything I do. XD I got pulled into a 25 man twins fight a few days ago and got commended by someone in my friend's guild about how well I did for my first time on that fight

Sorry for the delay in responding, hectic weekend :D To be honest your could probably start looking into getting a raid guild now but don't set your sights to high for your first raid guild. My guild will take an undergeared person who isn't a retard that stands in fire over someone who's a dumb fuck that just facerolls and lols through fuck ups. Try to find a guild that you'd think you would fit into and see about a trial. When I joined my guild I was vastly undergeared for them but they still gave me a shot. I had one of the shortest trials they have ever had just because I didn't fuck up once even though my dps was shitty. Then the first fight after I got accepted into the proper ranks I wiped them lol.

Also, fuck space goats and their OP racial. QQ

[Falisa]

Haha yeah I've made a few friends in the guild I'm in and they let me tag along with them in a 10 man ToC last night. Holy crap I sucked hard.. I never fucked up really on any of the bosses all that badly but man my DPS was like 2.5k :\ I guess I was just so nervous since it was my first time doing 99% of the bosses there and I didn't want to fuck up on the different aspects of the fight. Hopefully I can relax some the next time I try it out.

Also, I got like 5 new pieces of gear last night @_@ Just need new headpiece and a trinket and I'll have full epics within a week of hitting 80 lol

[[Cookies]]

When I joined my guild I was vastly undergeared for them but they still gave me a shot.

Hardly any guilds are like that, at least on EU servers.

[Jodwahh]

I am on EU servers Probably helped a bit that I knew a fair few people in the guild even though I didn't know that they where in the guild I was applying to.

[[Cookies]]

I am on EU servers Probably helped a bit that I knew a fair few people in the guild even though I didn't know that they where in the guild I was applying to.

Ah, well my server is all about gearscores unfortunately which makes it rather hard to find a guild.

[rithridan]

Any prot paladins out here can give me any pointers? I read the prot paladin manual on EJ forum and they mention a 6/9/6 rotation. Yesterday was the very first time I got to tank something (toc5 normal) and the first try with a PuG went horrible, when we got to the 2nd fight we had to fight the mage one (w/ the shadow thingy) I still went down pretty hard even with 30k hp and 537 defense. I have a lot of problems keeping my MP up even w/ having merits in the "divine plea refresh on hit" talent and 1 merit in the "get MP on being healed" talent.

Right after that PuG I went and put 2 merits in the "2% reduced cost on insta spells" from the retribution tree and I put another merit in the "get MP on being healed" talent, maxing that out aswell. Then a mate of mine who basicly geared me up over the weekend took his guildmates out and let me tank the same toc5 normal with them and it went so smooth I'm confused at what I did differently (with the talents) had such a huge impact or not.

Right now I just pull with the ranged shield attack move that hits up to 3 targets (I really need to remember the names, seriously). Then I "provoke" the target I have selected since it doesnt affect global cooldown and I start to rotate shield of righteousness (6s) > consecration (9s) > hammer of righteousness (6s) > judgement (9s) > SofR (6s) > sacred shield, i think its called (9s). Using the occasional "provoke" in between to provoke other mobs.

I also have that multi-target provoke that you have to cast on party members but I don't really know how i can use it effectively while tanking since it will screw up my rotation.

This is my armory now.

[Blarg]

Have cut epic gem prices gone downhill pretty hard in the past 1-3 weeks for anyone else's server? What used to be a 40-50g profit per cut by picking the right gems it's now like 5-20 at most and it hasn't rebounded at all for a week like I thought it would do.

[Plow]

Any prot paladins out here can give me any pointers? I read the prot paladin manual on EJ forum and they mention a 6/9/6 rotation. Yesterday was the very first time I got to tank something (toc5 normal) and the first try with a PuG went horrible, when we got to the 2nd fight we had to fight the mage one (w/ the shadow thingy) I still went down pretty hard even with 30k hp and 537 defense. I have a lot of problems keeping my MP up even w/ having merits in the "divine plea refresh on hit" talent and 1 merit in the "get MP on being healed" talent.

Right after that PuG I went and put 2 merits in the "2% reduced cost on insta spells" from the retribution tree and I put another merit in the "get MP on being healed" talent, maxing that out aswell. Then a mate of mine who basicly geared me up over the weekend took his guildmates out and let me tank the same toc5 normal with them and it went so smooth I'm confused at what I did differently (with the talents) had such a huge impact or not.

Right now I just pull with the ranged shield attack move that hits up to 3 targets (I really need to remember the names, seriously). Then I "provoke" the target I have selected since it doesnt affect global cooldown and I start to rotate shield of righteousness (6s) > consecration (9s) > hammer of righteousness (6s) > judgement (9s) > SofR (6s) > sacred shield, i think its called (9s). Using the occasional "provoke" in between to provoke other mobs.

I also have that multi-target provoke that you have to cast on party members but I don't really know how i can use it effectively while tanking since it will screw up my rotation.

This is my armory now.

Taunts are not provokes, and should not be treated as such, or used "regularly."

They force the mob to target you, they're for when something turns away. They don't just pile on threat like ffxi's provoke.

[Correction]

Have cut epic gem prices gone downhill pretty hard in the past 1-3 weeks for anyone else's server? What used to be a 40-50g profit per cut by picking the right gems it's now like 5-20 at most and it hasn't rebounded at all for a week like I thought it would do.

People are learning to cap their honor every week, dramatically increasingly the supply on my realm.

[Meph]

I have no clue on pvp-related shit anymore.
can you grab raw gems for honor now? instead of using heroism-badges?

[Tricen]

10k honor = 1 epic gem

[Falisa]

I don't know if I'm getting this confused with something else, but every epic gem I have looked at for hunter has been 150-200g on my server ._.

[Norellicus]

Uncut gems are about 150 on my server, with a markup to 200ish for cuts.

Not really complaining since a single transmute proc triples my profit margin even when I buy the mats to do it >.>

[Knyghtmayre]

My server has uncuts from 110-150, and most gems are 150-175, having Alch+Jewel is really nice tbh ;<

edit: especially when you proc master transmuter on majestic zircon for x4, fuck yea

[Boyiee]

Anyone know of the quickest way to gear out a fresh 80 warrior?

Looking for mostly dps gear, but am building a prot set too. So far running a few heroics, till I'm ready for Heroic TOC... think doing 10naxx is an option anymore considering how outdated some of the gear is now?

[Tricen]

toc farm. Look up heroics that drop decent plate gear. Let's see... Waist = H Nexus, tank wrists = HOK. Ring = H Gundrak. Trinkets that are good are like from HDtk, incisor fragment and HUK or pinnacle, the one with meteorite whetstone. HHoL drops an ok weapon I guess.

[Rama]

Fastest? Throw gold at it.

245 Crusader Orb crafted chest+bracers
226 Runed Orb crafted feet, possibly the belt although you can get conquest badge belt that's also 226
200 Frozen Orb crafted back, neck, ring, weapon

For DPS, a BOE 226 helmet is available, also a 245 neck but expect to pay out the ass for it.
for tanking there's a BOE cloak (219), rings (213, 219, 226, 245), shield (226)

Beyond that, heroics out the ass for badges and filler. TOC spam for some decent trinkets and well itemized 200's. H-TOC for the best epics out of 5-mans til 3.3. Get carried as a DPS, especially if you can enlist some friends, until you have a decent tank set.