I just looked at S4, I wasn't to excited I just knew S4 was "better" than S3. I wowheaded (the new "googled it"?) the Paladin ret set. And there seems to be a very convincing arguement against S4
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~BEFORE YOU CONSIDER GETTING THIS SET~
+640 Armor: 7415(s3)--8055(s4) +23 Strength: 215(s3)--238(s4)+33 Stamina: 253(s3)--286(s4)+25 Intellect: 119(s3)--144(s4)+23 Melee Crit Rating: 152(s3)--175(s4)+15 Melee Hit Rating: 36(s3)--51(s4)+0 Resilence: 160(s3)--160(s4)PLEASE NOTE: The Vengeful/Brutal Changes are MINOR If you really think about it, Brutal costs a decent amount more Arena Points than Vengeful, but at the cost of only losing about...
640 armor (ABOUT 1% Reduction)
-23 Strengh (Only 40 AP and 1 Block)
-33 Stamina (About 320 Or 330 Health, Pallies wearing Plate and Being Able To Heal Can EASILY Negate or recover from only losing 320-330 health, which can be made up with GEMS)
-25 Intelect (240-250 Mana Won't help that much, sure i know it is alot, but if you really think about it, its about one holy light, and fights normally dont last so long that your mana supply will run out, just my opinion)
-23 Melle Crit Rating (SEEMS LIKE ALOT, IT'S not! Between Vengeful and Brutal, you would only lose about, if not less than 1% Crit Chance)
-15 Melle Hit Rating (About 1.35% less chance, not that much considering it can be made up with Gems.)
NO RESILIENCE CHANGE
Vengeful will cost ALOT less Arena points added up
So, if you're the type of person who likes spending those extra few weeks doing Arenas, struggling to keep the arena team AND personal rating high enough to get yourself your precious Brutal set, it's NOT worth your time or points,
NOTE: Since All teams will have their rating sent back to 1500, you will automatically be able to buy most of the Vengeful gear instantly, if ratings dont change before the patch, so, save your time and get vengeful, In my opinion it looks cooler, and the stat changes are small and can easily be made up with trinkets, rings, and gems.
+640 Armor: 7415(s3)--8055(s4) +23 Strength: 215(s3)--238(s4)+33 Stamina: 253(s3)--286(s4)+25 Intellect: 119(s3)--144(s4)+23 Melee Crit Rating: 152(s3)--175(s4)+15 Melee Hit Rating: 36(s3)--51(s4)+0 Resilence: 160(s3)--160(s4)PLEASE NOTE: The Vengeful/Brutal Changes are MINOR If you really think about it, Brutal costs a decent amount more Arena Points than Vengeful, but at the cost of only losing about...
640 armor (ABOUT 1% Reduction)
-23 Strengh (Only 40 AP and 1 Block)
-33 Stamina (About 320 Or 330 Health, Pallies wearing Plate and Being Able To Heal Can EASILY Negate or recover from only losing 320-330 health, which can be made up with GEMS)
-25 Intelect (240-250 Mana Won't help that much, sure i know it is alot, but if you really think about it, its about one holy light, and fights normally dont last so long that your mana supply will run out, just my opinion)
-23 Melle Crit Rating (SEEMS LIKE ALOT, IT'S not! Between Vengeful and Brutal, you would only lose about, if not less than 1% Crit Chance)
-15 Melle Hit Rating (About 1.35% less chance, not that much considering it can be made up with Gems.)
NO RESILIENCE CHANGE
Vengeful will cost ALOT less Arena points added up
So, if you're the type of person who likes spending those extra few weeks doing Arenas, struggling to keep the arena team AND personal rating high enough to get yourself your precious Brutal set, it's NOT worth your time or points,
NOTE: Since All teams will have their rating sent back to 1500, you will automatically be able to buy most of the Vengeful gear instantly, if ratings dont change before the patch, so, save your time and get vengeful, In my opinion it looks cooler, and the stat changes are small and can easily be made up with trinkets, rings, and gems.
His obvious mistake that I notice is that gems would be used for both sets so, its a null arguement, and rings too. But otherwise it doesn't seems like a huge change, I assume this sticks to alot of other classes, obviously the most "elite" players are jumping on S4, but then again - they have full S3. Your opinions? Take the brutal path (lolpun) or go for Veng.
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