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[Tomino]

When gearing/gemming toward unhittable status (Prot Paladin) I should I consider triggered buffs like the one from Libram of Defiance?

Asking so because without said buff (but Holy Shield up) I sit at 102.5% total block, while when under the libram evasion effect I reach 105%, which feels quite wasted.
So I was wondering if it's time I replace Ick's Thumb (dodge trinket) with a stamina/armor one.

[Siniroth]

I haven't tanked in a while, and never on a prot Paladin, if the libram effect is not 100%, I'd say don't worry about it, besides, dodging > blocking so it's not totally wasted

[Meph]

1) Any of these plugin allow you to order buff the way you want? For example, I always want my aura/seal/blessing to be on top of the list (to keep track of them easily).

2) I just downloaded buffalo..where are the options? I have bright red and green place holder for my buffs., and thats it.

1) I dont know if blizz has actually implemented sorting-ability for buffs yet. They added that "box" previous patch that lets you store the long buffs in a single container since you dont need to see them all the time, thus only showing the proc-buffs etc.

2) lol, thats about all there is. I just wanted to be able to move everything, change size of everything and seperate buffs from debuffs from weapon-enchants.

[Meph]

So I was wondering if it's time I replace Ick's Thumb (dodge trinket) with a stamina/armor one.

with the gear thats out there nowadays, I really dont see a point in using anything but stamina-trinkets

[Tomino]

Gear nowadays is indeed good, but if I consider my unbuffed character the dodge trinket is required to reach the 102% cap.
Using a stamina trinket lowers me to about 100%, and that's why I'm wondering if I should go easy with the %cap (as raid buffs would probably boost that already, plus procs) and start loading stamina / armor.

[Correction]

What spawned last time was Putridus in icecrown. I targeted it around argent dawn camp near the citadel, but couldn't find it anywhere in 3 minutes (someone got it before i could find).

Putridus the Ancient is HUGE, bigger than the skeletal guards, I'm pretty shocked you couldn't find him. It was either a phasing bug (there are a lot by the argent camp in SE icecrown), extreme lag or a terrain geometry error (i.e. he popped underground for a moment in his pathing).

There's no tracking for Giantkin outside of hunters that I know of, so you're just going to have to get luckier next time spotting his gigantic ass.

Edit: I just noticed his size puts him in the 'colossal' range like Storm Giants in Howling Fjord and Thrym in Zul'Drak, meaning you can target him from miles away. If you've pinned his precise location down to the area by the argent camp and still can't see him it's definitely a phasing problem. Otherwise he's much farther away than you think.

[Eaglestrike]

Gear nowadays is indeed good, but if I consider my unbuffed character the dodge trinket is required to reach the 102% cap.
Using a stamina trinket lowers me to about 100%, and that's why I'm wondering if I should go easy with the %cap (as raid buffs would probably boost that already, plus procs) and start loading stamina / armor.

It's not BC, there are no crushing blows, 102.4% doesn't really mean a whole lot aside from something like heroic Anub adds. That 1%-2% leeway you might lose means that 1% of attacks will hit for full damage, instead of being reduced by 2k. Whereas you could have a stamina trinket on...and always have an extra 2k buffer...

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Edit: I just noticed his size puts him in the 'colossal' range like Storm Giants in Howling Fjord and Thrym in Zul'Drak, meaning you can target him from miles away. If you've pinned his precise location down to the area by the argent camp and still can't see him it's definitely a phasing problem. Otherwise he's much farther away than you think.

You can target him in Dalaran.

[Plow]

When gearing/gemming toward unhittable status (Prot Paladin) I should I consider triggered buffs like the one from Libram of Defiance?

Asking so because without said buff (but Holy Shield up) I sit at 102.5% total block, while when under the libram evasion effect I reach 105%, which feels quite wasted.
So I was wondering if it's time I replace Ick's Thumb (dodge trinket) with a stamina/armor one.

No, you can't count procs as unhittable.

Most people use bv libram for unhittable set. It's effectively about 100 stam on gormok/etc, and immeasurably powerful on light hitters.

[Tomino]

sorry but which libram are you referring to with "bv"?

[Correction]

block value I think.

[Kaylia]

Putridus the Ancient is HUGE, bigger than the skeletal guards, I'm pretty shocked you couldn't find him. It was either a phasing bug (there are a lot by the argent camp in SE icecrown), extreme lag or a terrain geometry error (i.e. he popped underground for a moment in his pathing).

There's no tracking for Giantkin outside of hunters that I know of, so you're just going to have to get luckier next time spotting his gigantic ass.

Edit: I just noticed his size puts him in the 'colossal' range like Storm Giants in Howling Fjord and Thrym in Zul'Drak, meaning you can target him from miles away. If you've pinned his precise location down to the area by the argent camp and still can't see him it's definitely a phasing problem. Otherwise he's much farther away than you think.

I know he is huge, and it pissed me off lol. HALP ME, I CANT SEE THE SUPER HUGE GIANT.

I guess phasing would explain why it was going off/on. I figured i was getting out of range when the target dissapeared, but it was probably just phasing.

Either way, fuck this game for not having an autolock on the mob like FFXI (one of the few nice things in FFXI).

[Falisa]

With the random dungeon system, has anyone been getting thrown into groups where everyone is speaking a different language? I'm guessing I'm getting put into groups with people from latin servers because almost every run I've had today, the whole group cannot understand what I am saying (or only one person) and they are all speaking Spanish to each other. Found it weird, this is the first day I've ever noticed this.

[Correction]

Some realms attract certain regions. I know at least two realms in my battlegroup have very large singaporean populations. They probably all hang out on the same internet forums or go to the same internet cafes.

[Jodwahh]

Every hungarian on the planet is on my server. True story.

[Plow]

Blackrock alliance's peak time is about 3am server, because it was the "official" oceanic server before there were official oceanic servers.

[Arcana]

Quick question to hunters, i've been looking around for you know basic 80 info (hit caps etc) and i cant find any, any help with this type of information, i just want to know what i should be hitting (at min) to be decent in raids.

[Tricen]

4k-4.5k

[Kaylia]

Quick question to hunters, i've been looking around for you know basic 80 info (hit caps etc) and i cant find any, any help with this type of information, i just want to know what i should be hitting (at min) to be decent in raids.

I don't know how good are the hunter guide/board, but I generally use elitistjerk for detailled guide/information
http://elitistjerks.com/f74/

[Arcana]

I don't know how good are the hunter guide/board, but I generally use elitistjerk for detailled guide/information
http://elitistjerks.com/f74/

Its good and all, ive been looking there, but theres very little information that i can find apart from theoretical dps & BIS, im trying to really find approx values such as hit cap, haste cap & for the life of me i cant find out if the bonus from quivers still works or not, i remember reading something about the 15% haste value being already tied in to the weapon.

edit: theres also two different listed specs for survival and im unsure which is best for 5/10 man content.