Stop being bad, easy things to make pugging raids easier for you.

[jimbobobb]

If you're on the bloodlust battlegroup:

Addons:
Gearscore (get it so you know what your score is)
ElitestGroup (tells you if people have shit gear / enchants / gems / pvp gear /etc)
Bimbo - Reminds you to gem / enchant your gear
Rankwatch - If you're using the wrong rank spell because you (or a bug) screwed up your bar? Prepare to get kicked from groups quickly if you have this happen to you.
DeadlyBossMods - you should have this installed, but if you don't, you're doomed.

TURN THIS OFF DURING ANUB-ARAK ALREADY ALL OF YOU. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW PISSED I GET DURING ANUB WHEN I GET 24 PEOPLE SENDING ME <YOU ARE USING THE WRONG RANK OF REJUVENATION!!!> EVERY 1.5 SECONDS WHEN I SPECIFICALLY TOLD YOU TO TURN OFF THAT BULLSHIT BEFORE THE FIGHT.


Ok sorry, I just needed to get that off my chest.

[Niley]

THIS THREAD DELIVERS....OR EM DELIVERED UNTIL IT WAS PURGED.
My caps got stuck

i dont know about you guys but, I can understand blue gems in gear, epic ones are expenisve, but one thing is bad enchants/spec.
Enchants are ok unless you do something retarded aka putting firey on your paladins weapon, or spell penetration(for pve) on your cloak.
Talent specs are a very different story, spending 20 minutes on research is not much, and there is usually only one cookie cuter spec fro each class..some have 2 or 3 talents taht can be flexible.
Also for my pve team, that doesn't raid i would pick stamina over 20 spirit, there were times when i killed bosses with 300-400 hp left, i didnt have to heal = also dps increase.

[Stealthy]

Be cool people, be cool...

Svper put quite a bit of time and effort into his post to try and help the community, aside from the COUNTLESS hours he has put into setting up and maintaining the site. Jumping down his throat for a perceived offense is not the way to go, and hate posts will just get you banned.

If you have a problem with something posted, please report it and let the mods deal with with it - even if it's something posted by a mod (hint: there are serveral mods, and reported posts involving a mod will usually be handled by someone other than the mod in question). You can always PM another mod directly if you want.

Cheers,
S.

PS - I have physically deleted all thread derailing and flame baiting posts. If you have an issue with that PM me...

In the mean time, lets keep it friendly.

[Khatovar]

Not going to re-derail, nvm

[Knytestorme]

THIS THREAD DELIVERS....OR EM DELIVERED UNTIL IT WAS PURGED.
My caps got stuck

i dont know about you guys but, I can understand blue gems in gear, epic ones are expenisve, but one think is bad enchants/spec.
Enchants are ok unless you do something retarded aka putting firey on your paladins weapon, or spell penetration(for pve) on your cloak.
Talent specs are a very different story, spending 20 minutes on research is not much, and there is usually only one cookie cuter spec fro each class..some have 2 or 3 talents taht can be flexible.
Also for my pve team, that doesnt raid i would pick stamina over 20 spirit, there were times when i killed bosses with 300-400 hp left, i didnt have to heal = also dps increase.

Hey cool, my posting responding to this got deleted too.

[Fursphere]

Svper put quite a bit of time and effort into his post to try and help the community, aside from the COUNTLESS hours he has put into setting up and maintaining the site.

QFT.

This is why I quit being a moderator btw. Everytime I posted MY PERSONAL OPINION it was taken as "MOD abusing powers" - because stupid individuals out there can't seem to get there pea sized brain around the fact that moderators are real people - not robots.

They get to have fun and kid around to, and are not beyond mistakes. But a lot of you idiots can't seem to understand that. Yes, I'm calling people idiots. I have an opinion.

Mods put hundreds of hours into getting a forum into shape - only to have the thankless bystanders pick apart your every mistake and cry foul. Then when a mod makes a decision, its put under a microscope like your on trial for murder or something.

EDIT: Wow, I couldn't even finish typing this post before someone proved my point for me:

Hey cool, my posting responding to this got deleted too.

[Mokoi]

Trade leather for fur? Where/how do you do that?

wait waitt..

Where can i trade my Fur(sphere) for any kind of leather? I'll take light leather!! anyone?

[thedreameater]

http://be.imba.hu

[shaeman]

Great advice. It may seem unfair to be judged on your gear rather than your abilities, but Pugs want success. They don't want to have to teach people the encounters.

They want a quick and easy way of picking a team, whilst it might seem unfair, giving them any reason to kick you is bad.

I also think it shows a certain amount of respect to others if you have your gear gemmed and enchanted. It doesn't scream, "I want to be carried for loot".

Oh - and I love rankwatch. Never seen it before until I got the whispers. One char I had forgot to buy the last ranks of spells (it was after a respec to a tree i'd never been before). On another it started complaining about my Fel armour and seed of corruption.

It was because I was dual spec - it only updates the spells automatically on your current bars not the saved one.

[genocyde]

Stam is not a DPS stat. Period.

http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=44396 Incanter's Absorption caps your spell power gained based on your health total. Due to this I don't feel terrible wearing my stam thread on my pants in PvE since I'm primarily a PvP'r. During PvE encounters I use wards, shields, and my disc priest spamming Power Word: Shield to keep my absorption pegged. Thanks to my high health in PvP gear I can get up to a total of 1250 spell power on this talent alone. I have seen over 4000 spellpower on my mages and on fights like Loken or Broham that do consistant AoE dmg I can break 10k DPS self buffed, no heroism, no sweat.

I'd like to add a disclaimer for all the people arguing for their characters that stam is better than spirit:
Even with the above information the following must be said. I would never wear that enchant on a raiding toon. I just wanted to show an example of stam used as a DPS stat... It still is NOT my best enchant in that slot for DPS and I doubt many other classes are getting that kind of bonus damage from their stamina. I would lawl at myself in a raid environment.

10/10 Svper, excellent guide for noob raiders.