Joel’s Scattered Thoughts

Shifting Perspectives: Leveling and Talent specs - WOW Insider gives a nice progression of talents for my baby druid.

Levels 10 - 49

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5/5 Furor
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5/5 Ferocity
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5/5 Naturalist
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1/1 Omen of Clarity
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3/3 Feral Instinct
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2/2 Brutal Impact
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3/3 Sharpened Claws
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2/2 Feral Swiftness
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2/2 Primal Fury
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3/3 Predatory Strikes
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1/1 Feral Faerie Fire
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2/2 Savage Fury
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Either 1/1 Feral Charge / 1/5 Feral Aggression, OR
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2/5 Feral Aggression
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4/5 Heart of the Wild

MoarHPThanJesus.com » Blog Archive » Powerlevelling Leatherworking 1-375 for when my druid gets up there. He’s only level 11 so I have a ways to go.

The Escapist : A Day in the Life of a WoW Addict sounds like Jaimie’s day. (grin)

Zen Tanking: Tankadin Gear Evolution - 5-Mans to Illidan looks like a good guide to gear for my paladin. I don’t know if I’m even on the bottom rung of the ladder.

Felsteel Helm –> Justicar Faceguard –> Crystalforge Faceguard –> Tankatronic Goggles –> Lightbringer Faceguard –> Faceplate of the Impenetrable

Strength of the Untamed –> Barbed Choker of Discipline –> Frayed Tether of the Drowned = The Darkener’s Grasp = Pendant of Titans = Brooch of Deftness

Righteous Spaulders –> Mantle of Abrahmis –> Justicar Shoulderguards = Crystalforge Shoulderguards –> Pauldrons of Abyssal Fury –> Lightbringer Shoulderguards

Devilshark Cape –> Pepe’s Shroud of Pacification –> Phoenix-Wing Cloak = Slikk’s Cloak of Placation

Jade-Skull Breastplate = Vindicator’s Hauberk –> Panzar’Thar Breastplate = Justicar Chestguard –> Crystalforge Chestguard –> Chestguard of the Stoic Guardian –> Lightbringer Chestguard

Bracers of the Green Fortress –> Vambraces of Courage –> Bracers of the Ancient Phalanx –> Wristguards of Determination –> The Seeker’s Wristguards

Felsteel Gloves –> Iron Gauntlets of the Maiden = Crystalforge Handguards –> Gauntlets of Enforcement –> Lightbringer Handguards

Sha’tari Vindicator’s Waistguard –> Crimson Girdle of the Indomitable –> Girdle of the Protector –> Belt of the Guardian –> Girdle of Mighty Resolve

Timewarden’s Leggings –> Wrynn Dynasty Greaves = Crystalforge Legguards –> Praetorian’s Legguards = Unwavering Legguards

Flesh Beast’s Metal Greaves –> Boots of Elusion = Battlescar Boots –> Red Havoc Boots = Boots of the Protector –> Sabatons of the Righteous Defender –> Boots of the Resilient –> Tide-Stomper’s Greaves

Delicate Eternium Ring –> Andormu’s Tear –> Elementium Band of the Sentry –> Violet Signet = Shermanar Great Ring –> Seventh Ring of the Tirisfalen –> Signet of the Last Defender –> Band of Eternity = Ring of Sundered Souls = Band of the Abyssal Lord

Continuum Blade –> Gavel of Unearthed Secrets –> Fang of the Leviathan = Merciless Gladiator’s Gavel = Amani Punisher –> Hammer of Judgement –> Tempest of Chaos

Platinum Shield of the Valorous –> Crest of the Sha’tar = Shield of Impenetrable Darkness –> Merciless Gladiator’s Shield Wall –> Aldori Legacy Defender –> Kazrogal’s Hardened Heart –> Bulwark of Azzinoth

Libram of Repentance –> Libram of Divine Purpose –> Tome of the Lightbringer

Figurine of the Colossus = Dabiri’s Enigma –> Figurine - Dawnstone Crab = Adamantite Figurine = Brooch of the Immortal King –> Styleen’s Impeding Scarab –> Moroes’ Lucky Pocket Watch = Ancient Aqir Artifact –> Scarab of Displacement –> Shadowmoon Insignia

Figurine - Living Ruby Serpent = Violet Badge –> Gnomish Poultryizer = Goblin Rocket Launcher –> Argussian Compass –> Spyglass of the Hidden Fleet = Commander’s Badge –> Darkmoon Card: Madness –> Darkmoon Card: Vengeance

Out of Mana: Accountability in BG

“I thought Alliance was good at AV, been losing every one today.”

Me: “Do you have at least 9K HP and 200 Resilience?”
No.
Me: “Well then, you are a very small part of a much larger problem.”

Yet another goal for my toons. I have a bunch of people I know getting close to 70 so maybe I can form up an arena team or two and we can get some resilience gear.

The MMOGology: Keep it simple, stupid review of Dungeon Runners makes it sound like a game that my kids might like. I might even give it a try some time.

Full time WoW addict: Maximize your character links to the theorycrafting posts on Elitist Jerks for most classes/specs. The theorycrafting can be quite complex but it can at least provide you with some good pointers even if you don’t calculate everything to the last decimal point.

WoW Forums -> Paladins

This is the best breakdown I’ve seen of what my tanking paladin is aiming for. Now to get those stats up… I still can’t figure out the avoidance thing. I’m going to have to study that some more.

490 Defense - Crit immunity, you must have this or more, or else you might as well go home.

102.4% Avoidance - Essential for the second half of Karazhan, nice for the first half. Calculated as Dodge Parry Block Miss (Miss is the amount granted by mousing over your defense skill 5 for the mob’s base 5% miss rate). Include Holy Shield (30% base, 35.33% with the Heroic Badge Libram) in your calculation, barring latency issues, no boss can chew through 8 charges of Holy Shield in 10 Seconds in Karazhan. This will effectively negate Crushing Blows (150% damage) from bosses. That being said, Moroes crushes for about the same as Nightbane hits, so it’s not really that critical until youg et to the second half of Karazhan.

10k unbuffed health - Good enough for the first half, get to about 11k-12k unbuffed if you have any intentions of tanking Prince/Nightbane. It’s pretty hairy to tank Prince without 15k buffed, and even then, you’re throwing a lot of luck to your avoidance. Though it’s nice that Pally tanks shouldn’t get crushed ever on Prince, something that can often spike warrior tanks.

121 Spell damage sword - Minimum is 121, more is better, but don’t gimp your tanking stats, in Karazhan, you can ride Exorcism’s threat generation from the main tank position, toss a 42 oil on it, and use something like Adept’s elixir for trash/aoe pulls. Continuum Blade is optimal, Crystalforged Sword if you need the 1.5% block rating to reach 102.4%.

See also Zoe’s guide to building your tankadin and the outdated gear thread.

Yet Another Warlock Nerf: Increasing WoW Performance II: Latency might be worth trying.

My warrior, Tristam, is falling behind the group I play with. I missed an instance due to tanking it on my paladin instead, I had bad luck with a couple of drop quests and I’ve fallen behind by half a level or so. I figured I’d go do a couple of battlegrounds for the daily quests, maybe pick up a low end quest or two and catch up quickly. Boy was I ever wrong!

Quests that were trivial on my hunter and easy on my protection specced paladin at level or above are deadly to my warrior when they’re a level or three below him. Battlegrounds are an exercise in frustration - run in, try to hit someone, die, rinse lather repeat. I reached exalted with Stormpike on my holy priest so I thought maybe AV would be more fun than the other battlegrounds on a prot warrior. No such luck. I need to lrn2pvp on a prot warrior or I’m going to be very frustrated, especially as I want to get the Gladiator’s Shield.

My warrior is terrific in instances - I rarely lose a mob and when I do it’s usually the secondary or tertiary target that’s been dotted a little too hard by the warlock so that it dies while running to him. As I’ve mentioned before, my warrior is much more flexible than my paladin in dealing with single targets - i.e. bosses. It’s just that outside of an instance my warrior is even more useless than a holy priest pre 2.3, which is frustrating.

If you need to have a warrior tank for endgame, seriously consider leveling Arms or Arms/Protection spec then switching over at 70.