New Rules – 11/17/09
I dedicate the references to nudity and all euphemisms both real and imagined to Jamie.
New Rule – More fast one-handed maces!
My rogue was Shadowstep maces in BC and it was super fun. I did this because I was only going to be pvp’ing with the rogue and wanted a unique look. Seeing as how everyone and their dog had gladiator swords I chose maces.
Lo and behold, maces and armor pen get boosts in WotLK. Huzzah! There are lots of awesome dps maces. Huzzah!
EVERY ONE OF THEM IS FOR YOUR MAIN HAND. FFS! There are two offhand maces I can potentially get for my rogue. One is from Maexxna in Naxx10 and is not only completely outdated by weapons standards today but also clocks in at 1.6 speed. The other mace is pretty good, clocking in at 1.5, but its a trash drop from Ulduar 10. Yeah, my rogue ain’t gettin’ that any time soon. Come on Blizz, this one is an easy one to fix!
New Rule – The Deathchill cloak has to be upgraded to be the best cloak ever
If I have to sit here questing through every frickin’ zone just to get Loremaster of Northrend to learn one stinkin’ cloak pattern then it had damn well better be the best cloak in the game forever! >=(
At least my warlock has dual-spec now.
New Rule – More cooldowns!
I’ve been moonlighting as a droodle bear tank recently and its scary stuff. So there was this big black dragon breathing fire all over me (which is hell on the fur) so I popped barkskin. Then that dragon did it again like thirty seconds later! Uh… frenzied regeneration! 3minute cooldown! O_X
It feels a lot like tanking as a paladin in BC. Specifically fights like Prince and Curator where you just prayed Holy Shield stayed up, gritted your teeth and let some giant fist beat on you for 10 minutes while your healers drank themselves into a stupor to cope with the trauma.
Therefore a Death Knight I remain. Class of the thousand cooldowns. Hell, I don’t even care if they’re all that useful. Just give me something to push when bad things happen to give me an illusion of control and I’ll be happy after dealing with the nakedness that is bear tanking.
I still don’t understand why everyone has been saying that bears are OP recently and make the best tanks. I am not saying we are BAD, but we are definitely not the best. I’ve looked at stat lists and we take more incoming damage then all the other classes, we have less CDs then the other classes, and less mitigation. Sure, we do high dps, and can threat like mad, but if I want high dps, I’m going to look to a dps class.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying druid tanks are bad, I’m just not saying they are the God tanks a lot of people seem to think they are.
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Aurorai
17 Nov 09 at 12:35 pm
Well now you’re doing it on purpose.
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Jamie
18 Nov 09 at 7:54 am
As someone with an enhancement shaman alt, I would ask you not to encourage the proliferation of inferior, fast maces. They make me sadface every time I see them and realize I don’t want it.
/fake British accent
“Such nasty, indecent things they are!”
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Shayzani Reply:
November 18th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
You are why my rogue can’t have nice things!
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Veren
18 Nov 09 at 8:25 pm