Sig worthyOriginally Posted by Fursphere
My guild officers use most of those addons mentioned and we all use DBM plus the other most used raiding addons. I just wonder if blizzard made a mistake making the iLvl known, but I digress.
Sig worthy
My guild officers use most of those addons mentioned and we all use DBM plus the other most used raiding addons. I just wonder if blizzard made a mistake making the iLvl known, but I digress.
Last edited by Fat Tire : 01-18-2010 at 06:29 PM
Yeah I just love seeing ppl with the iLvl 245 triumph shoulders...with no enchant. Or an empty gem socket. No head enchant on an epic. Or green gems in epic gear. Sigh. The list goes on and on.
My favourite thing you didn't cover...
KILL SKULL FIRST DAMNIT!!!
A good tank can keep aggro off you even if you're attacking the wrong target, but still, the faster the Skull dies (there's this thing called "focus fire"), that's one less mob to worry about.
Asuming people are perfect spirit > stamina yes. Asuming people do make mistakes because we're not perfect, stamina can be usefull in cases.
The point of this post was to have a raid focus. Since a lot of us are pugging raids now that we're finishing off our T9 sets. 20 stamina, even with kings, is not going to let you survive that 40k hit you took from the raid boss.
or some people are still 'building' and ...
- don't have the tradeskills to craft their own stuff yet
- don't have enough connections in the game to get it cheap from a crafter when it's not available on the AH
- don't have the required rep with a faction
- decided to use a lower gem as they need the gold for other / better upgrades
- just don't have enough experience/knowledge to have a complete overview yet as they are new to the game to make the proper decisions
I love seeing seasoned people with badass gear and all the top enchants who...
- do lessor the same dps than myself
- gave me earlier on their 'expert' opinion about stuff that turns out to be not correct later on (unintended)
- make the same mistakes over and over again
I for one am playing wow for 3 months (my raf ended today). I refused offers to run me through instances to gear up, i did it myself the hard way. I don't have all the proper enchants. I see what i can do with the gold i have available. I've learned a lot from experimenting with lower enchants to see if they make a real difference. When i dinged 80 i've spent most of my gold on a few crafted major upgrades (and probably got ripped). But i improve my game every day. By keeping my eyes open.
Many people on my realm laughed at me when i spent time doing AV's to collect honor to get my shammies the gladiotor gear. But i kept doing it as i didn't feel comfortable running instances yet. It was the easiest way to increase my dps. The resilience might be worthless in pve, spell power & hit rating is the same + i became less killable in pvp. I didn't want to spend any money on gems / enchants for that gear, as it was just temp stuff. Started recently with clearing hc's in that gear and badges are coming in. When i acquire a piece that I consider part of my final build, i do spend the gold on enchants/gems provided they fit within my budget.
Several have asked me to join a raid because they see i make progress, i stick to a plan and i don't do really stupid stuff. They don't ask me because my gear score is imba or because i spend loads of gold to have a few improvements. They ask me because they know i inform myself as much as possible. (so far i have refused to take part in any raids as i want to complete my gear first boxing).
I do realize if i would join a raid some might have the same reaction like you. But my point is that judging someone's gear should be done within it's context, rather than hard numbers or the theory.
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I almost didn't post it - because of the obvious flame war it could have created. But you'd be amazed at how many times RankWatch goes crazy in PuGs at a healer using the wrong rank of spells - and then they thank me for point it out!
Then... some fucktard DPS starts bitching at ME (tank) for not pulling while the healer is fixing there spells. /sigh I even had a Warlock try to vote-kick me for helping the Resto Druid with healing "best practices". (the druid was super thankful)
Idiots. They're everywhere.
But on the subject of stupid - I *HATE* gearscore because of how people use it. My guild has proven time and time again that gear doesn't make the player, and we can do things with WAAAAAAAY less gear than we should have. (gogogo Priest healing Ony 10 in blues and greens! you know who you are you superstar!)
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