Thesleepyrogue wrote:
I guess i just wanted to say to all thoes tanks that i have stood next to for over 2 years, now i understand and thanks!
http://www.jinx.com/world_of_warcraft/men/tanks_youre_welcome.html?catid=40#bigdesign
:D
Few points where I'll add my experience here:
1) Continuum or Crystalforged at 70, no substitute unless you farmed honor for the PvP mace. Just because you should use a weapon for the majority of your spell damage doesn't mean it is above the need for balance. There's a BoE epic sword with MUCH higher spell damage, but no stamina (I forget it's name). This is not optimal. The GoHD also I believe is less than optimal as it is losing you 15 stamina (plus any from talents) for only 9 more spell damage. Take the stam.
2) I haven't used JotC for threat for a long time. If I had the Improved talent I'd use it to help out my party's DPS, but as it stands if I'm needing a Judgement on the target, it's most often Wisdom. If you're needing more threat (Crusader) and running out of mana (need for Widsom) then you need to either reevaluate your tactics or make a compromise somewhere.
3) /sign what Pold said about weapons. Crystalforged Sword -> Fang of the Leviathan or Amani Punisher -> then to the Tier 6 Tempest of Chaos (unless you do Arenas then you can put those weapons in the mix ... blah, PvP ...).
4) Also /sign to Celcio. Every DPS player should roll/respec/find a friend who has a tank and a healer and get a feel for what it is like to do those 2 things as well. I get the feeling as I level yet another toon (44 Druid atm) that all the DPSers care about is, "lawl, I does gooder big numberz than u! I'm so uber!" They have no idea what a chore it is for the tank to keep things under control when they're out competing with each other running a muck, or what a chore it is for the healer to try and keep everyone alive when they go do their own thing.
Kudos to you sleepy!
EDIT: for number 3 the new Cudgel of Consecration from Magister's Terrace would be a pretty nice upgrade from Crystalforged Sword as well. You lose 3 stam (with a Solid Star of Elune) and 11 Block Rating, but you gain 12 intellect and 84 spell damage (with socket bonus). I'm going to be working toward that in between ZA and SSC attempts :)
Edited, Mar 27th 2008 9:03am by Maulgak