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#27 Aug 27 2007 at 11:55 PM Rating: Decent
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I can say with a fairly high degree of certainty that my guild is considerably more progressed than yours, and I _do_ know what I'm talking about.


Wow, way to go, pretentious git.

Don't assume the toon in my sig is my only high level Shaman (or my most progressed toon), he's not, he's just my current main. You choose to maximise DPS, I choose versatility, that's fine I guess.

The thing is, even with my current gear and spec (which is enhance, and I don't look for healing stats etc, I am geared for melee) the only limit on my damage is the threat holding capability of the tank, leather gear that gives me higher DPS is just gonna mean I have to hold back more. It's not actually going to increase my overall damage at all, just decrease my survivability.

The fact remains if you pull aggro in leather you are dead, no ifs, buts or maybes. In mail that is not necessarily the case.
#28 Aug 28 2007 at 5:12 AM Rating: Good
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Wow, way to go, pretentious git.

Don't assume the toon in my sig is my only high level Shaman (or my most progressed toon), he's not, he's just my current main. You choose to maximise DPS, I choose versatility, that's fine I guess.


I didn't even look, that was purely based off the way you talk about encounters. If you pull aggro on pretty much _anything_ in a 25-man and you're not in at least plate, you're going to be pasted on the floor. I get curbstomped a fair amount of the time on my Warrior when I pull aggro in 25-mans, even when I can get into Defensive Stance (-10% Damage) and put a Shield on, and I'm in full Plate - no mail or leather. I also have quite a bit of a stamina boost over the other melee DPS classes, save a Feral Druid (~11.5k unbuffed in DPS gear). A Rogue or a Shaman, even a Shaman in full Mail, is going to die. The secret is not pulling aggro in the first place through good use of Omen/KTM and a working knowledge or your tank's threat limits.

Now that you've mentioned it, though, just who _is_ your most progressed Shaman (or, for that matter, character)? Because WoWReader should record pretty much every character you play, and you updated it just a few weeks ago... and he's your only 70 listed. *shrug*

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The thing is, even with my current gear and spec (which is enhance, and I don't look for healing stats etc, I am geared for melee) the only limit on my damage is the threat holding capability of the tank, leather gear that gives me higher DPS is just gonna mean I have to hold back more. It's not actually going to increase my overall damage at all, just decrease my survivability.


Don't suppose you get Salvation much? Because if you pull aggro consistently in 25-mans even with Salvation, your tank(s) suck. Gruul is kind of iffy but if the OT is competent (and your hunters are on the ball) he should be well ahead of the other melee DPS in threat, and there should be _no_ way to pull aggro on Maulgar or Magtheridon past the first mob since the other tanks will have a huge threat lead.

Hydross can be iffy depending upon your strategy (but Totem Twisting in a Tranquil Air works wonders!), Lurker is cake, Leotheras is cake, Karathress is like Maulgar, and Morogrim should be fine unless you don't get Waterfall'd once the entire fight. Similarly, Void Reaver is probably going to kill you but it's not that big of a deal (Shaman Vanish = Ankh), Al'ar is cake, Solarian doesn't have an aggro structure.

So where exactly are the aggro problems? Oh, right... in Karazhan, probably sans-Salvation.

EDIT: Hey, I never said I wasn't a pretentious git. That doesn't stop me from being right.
#29 Aug 28 2007 at 8:11 AM Rating: Default
you realize that by your logic, Sunsoarer, that all warlocks and mages shouldn't gear for spell damage, and that DPS warriors should wear tanking gear so that they "don't pull aggro and cost the raid".

get real you stupid ******.

#30 Aug 28 2007 at 8:13 AM Rating: Default
wow haha, default already.
#31 Aug 28 2007 at 5:30 PM Rating: Decent
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you realize that by your logic, Sunsoarer, that all warlocks and mages shouldn't gear for spell damage, and that DPS warriors should wear tanking gear so that they "don't pull aggro and cost the raid".


What a ridiculous comment, and one that shows a total misunderstanding of my comments. Warlocks and mages are at range so they generate less threat/dmg, and locks are doing their damage through dots too which further changes their threat calculations. DPS Warriors are in plate so they can handle the occasional aggro spike with few problems.

What I said was that we shouldn't downgrade to weaker armor so that we do more dps when we already have issues with hate. Especially since that weaker armor means that if we pull (which we are more likely to do) we have even lower chances of survival. It's fairly simple logic, I'm sorry you can't grasp it.

As to the rest of your post, I think the quote in my sig covers it nicely.
#32 Aug 28 2007 at 7:21 PM Rating: Decent
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SunRoarer wrote:
What a ridiculous comment, and one that shows a total misunderstanding of my comments. Warlocks and mages are at range so they generate less threat/dmg, and locks are doing their damage through dots too which further changes their threat calculations. DPS Warriors are in plate so they can handle the occasional aggro spike with few problems.


Oh My God.
Suddenly all your posts seem absoultely pointless, as it has become very clear that you have never set foot in a raid.
1. Warlocks generate more TPS than any class in the game, flat out fact.
2. The fact that they are at range has absolutely nothing to do with how their threat is calculated.
3. I believe what you are trying to say is that ranged dps pulls aggro at 130% instead of 110% like melee. Unfortunately, you dont realize how much worse it is for a range to pull aggro than a melee.
4. What purpose does versatility serve in a raid? None. There are classes that can OT better than you in a tight spot. There are classes that can heal better than you in a tight spot. And from the way your describing your playstyle, there are classes that can out dps you while sleeping. Your "versatile" style is the reason you feel the need to even be versatile, you are gimping whatever group you are with by not doing the best you can, hence, there is a need for a 11th player that you are trying to fill.
Now I'm not saying to get leather gear and raw dps it, but stop thinking you can dps and heal and tank all in the same fight. If you would max your dps, your group wouldnt need that extra 2k heal from an enh shammy, the mob would be dead.
#33 Aug 28 2007 at 8:51 PM Rating: Decent
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Oh My God.
Suddenly all your posts seem absoultely pointless, as it has become very clear that you have never set foot in a raid.


Ok then...

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1. Warlocks generate more TPS than any class in the game, flat out fact.


I didn't say otherwise, but they also have a great threat dump.

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2. The fact that they are at range has absolutely nothing to do with how their threat is calculated.
3. I believe what you are trying to say is that ranged dps pulls aggro at 130% instead of 110% like melee. Unfortunately, you dont realize how much worse it is for a range to pull aggro than a melee.


That's what I was trying to get at, I will agree I had misunderstood the way that worked. But I do know how much worse it is when ranged pull and how many issues it can cause, thanks.

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4. What purpose does versatility serve in a raid? None. There are classes that can OT better than you in a tight spot. There are classes that can heal better than you in a tight spot. And from the way your describing your playstyle, there are classes that can out dps you while sleeping. Your "versatile" style is the reason you feel the need to even be versatile, you are gimping whatever group you are with by not doing the best you can, hence, there is a need for a 11th player that you are trying to fill.
Now I'm not saying to get leather gear and raw dps it, but stop thinking you can dps and heal and tank all in the same fight. If you would max your dps, your group wouldnt need that extra 2k heal from an enh shammy, the mob would be dead.


That's great, but if I'm the one in a position to fix a problem that arises then I need to fix it instead of waiting for someone else to do it. No-one in any raid I have been in has outdps'd me regularly except a rogue who vastly outgears me. I am always in the top 3.
The only reason my DPS isn't higher is the need to stop DPS'ing so I won't pull aggro. Until Blizz give us an aggro dump there is no point me trying to squeeze out more dps at the expense of survivability, it just doesn't make sense.
#34 Aug 29 2007 at 6:11 AM Rating: Good
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What a ridiculous comment, and one that shows a total misunderstanding of my comments.


Responding exclusively to trolls is something of an extension of the strawman fallacy.

To reiterate: Things are different outside of Karazhan. Your advice is valid for 5-mans and even (to some degree) inside Karazhan, but has no relevance to 25-mans. You claimed that your Shaman was not your most progressed character, or even your most progressed Shaman; so who are these other characters? Because given the way you talk about raids it seems pretty damn obvious you haven't seen the inside of Gruul's lair, or not much past the inside.
#35 Aug 29 2007 at 5:48 PM Rating: Decent
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Things are different outside of Karazhan. Your advice is valid for 5-mans and even (to some degree) inside Karazhan, but has no relevance to 25-mans.


I disagree, I wouldn't play the way you suggest just as you wouldn't play the way I suggest, that's fine but what I do works just fine for me and others. Just because I disagree with you or do things differently doesn't mean I am wrong (just as it doesn't mean you are wrong). There are whole factions on both sides of the "leather armor debate". They all play the way that works for them. Personally I cannot imagine myself ever advising an enhancement Shaman to wear leather (though it's fine for elementals and resto's).

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Now that you've mentioned it, though, just who _is_ your most progressed Shaman (or, for that matter, character)? Because WoWReader should record pretty much every character you play, and you updated it just a few weeks ago... and he's your only 70 listed. *shrug*


I see you haven't found the delete button yet, I only use wowreader to track my active toons, not my retired ones. :-)
#36 Aug 29 2007 at 7:34 PM Rating: Decent
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SunSoarer wrote:
I see you haven't found the delete button yet, I only use wowreader to track my active toons, not my retired ones. :-)


Hey man, I think your /dodge button is stuck...
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