Why do we need raid food?Follow

Sorry I made a typing error. I realize it's 2% threat reduction. That was my mistake. However I did think that spell penetration was more important than you are saying it is. I will re-enchant my cloak asap.



Can't think of a specific example at the moment but I'll keep an eye on it and post back when I get one. It just seems like I can pull aggro on most bosses. However, I didnt realize the 130% rule and I wasn't using Soul Shatter at the appropriate time either.

My spell rotation is SL, CoA, UA, Corruption, Immolate and SB in between. I do this mainly because the DOT's wear off about the same time making it easier to get full use out of them and recasting them.

My character name is Airell on the Antonidas server. Sorry, I would of linked it but I can't figure out how to do it.

After all these posts were people are so astonished that I can pull aggro I'm starting to doubt that I can. I'm gonna have to play around a little more now and give examples. Oh, and for the record I usually wait for at least 2 sunders and sometimes 3.

Also, I would just like to add that I am in no way trying to say that I am leet or that I can hit harder than Jesus. I am also not opposed to +spell damage food in any way. I use it, and obviously from the replies I've received on this topic I'd be a fool not to. I appreciate the help!

constructive replies For The WinZ0r

On a side note, I just WoWjutsued your server and holy **** you guys are TINY!

I think I can relate to the Soulshatter issue in a slightly obtuse way. I'm a priest. In my first raiding experiences, I generally didn't need to use potions very much. I reserved them for panic moments and bad situations, as I had in typical five-mans.

However, there came a point when my mana pool was getting seriously stressed on a consistent basis. And it occurred to me that these fights didn't just require mana potions in case of emergency; they were balanced with the designers keeping in mind that people can pot every two minutes. They had balanced the fights to strain my mana pool even slurping a potion every two minutes; trying to get by with only limited potion usage was folly.

Soulshatter should be looked upon in the same way. Instead of being something to use in case of emergency, it should be used consistently and tactically. Why? Because raid designers have a good idea of what your DPS should be assuming liberal use of Soulshatter, and they balance fights accordingly. The urge to hit as hard as physically possible is reflected in how many fights work, with actual or practical enrage timers. (Curator is an example of a practical enrage timer. Usually your healers can only keep up for a certain number of Evocations, and if you can't smear him after that many Evocations you wipe. It's a DPS-limiting fight.)

All the assets are important.

This is very very hard to do once you get to 10+ people raiding. I can understand when he says he doesn't know what totems are down or w/e, there is usually wayyyy to much going on at fight time. That's one thing I noticed about WoW compared to say FFXI, the game runs much faster. At least for me it's one button press after the other for the entire boss fight, there is no time to look at what most others are doing. However knowing the other classes and the game mechanics definetely helps.

http://www.wowwiki.com/Working_with_a..._%28Warrior%29

Just some little tidbits about working with other classes and what they can/can't do. Most of it pretty basic and some is outdated but it's worth a look, you never know what you might stumble upon.

Sorry to derail,


I would call Sethy our Resident DM Lock, as that is his prefered spec and specialty.


I seriously LoL'd at this. /wink



True, but competing to see who can get the killing blow on your raid leader is so much more fun!

U C WUT I DID THER!?

well someone had to draw the short straw on this forum and specialise in felguard spec :P

p.s. once i get 2 pieces of T5 i'm gonna spec it for a bit to see how it fairs and also just for a bit of a change :)

same here, there is an amazing post on the german wow-forum about speccing felguard and they say it does loads of dmg. I thin ki even read somewhere on the 2.3 patchnotes that pets will try automagically to atack mobs from behind.

In my experience, it's best to wit about a minute before blowing SS or similar, and as long as 2 minutes if you can keep going full damage without pulling aggro. At that point, blow SS and give your tank a nice 30k or more threat lead. That's assuming there's no threat wipes.

Also, you can only got 100% on some bosses (Nightbane is weird like that), and 110% if you're going to be in melee range as some point. Gotta be careful about going above 110% of your tank's threat, that's gotten me killed on Prince moves/Gruul Slams/Bear boss charges in ZA >.>

Try and pay attention to what's going on around you, it can really help :D

that trinket is purely for pvp :P. oh. the way i deal with threat on most bosses is to wait till the tank gets to 15-20k threat on omen/ktm. then i full nuke. if i ever get to 120% threat i blow SS, otherwise i don't use it.

if you're not at the hit cap, scryer's bloodgem & mag's eye are better. icon of silver cresent is better. netharium's tear is better. the trinket from nax is better, darkmooncard:crusade is better. quagmiran's eye is better. yeah that trinket isn't worthwhile using in pve :P

Edited, Oct 23rd 2007 7:14pm by Jenovaomega