tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8619003894547504079.post5426281050297747640..comments2023-04-29T23:47:10.622-07:00Comments on Raiding After Dark: Threat Buffs Hot PatchSaifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04008976821824336102noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8619003894547504079.post-52556150882821963112011-08-18T10:27:48.791-07:002011-08-18T10:27:48.791-07:00Last night, on Baelroc, I was using HoS when, for ...Last night, on Baelroc, I was using HoS when, for example my co-tank taunted off for Decimation blade, while I had wings and a strength potion for extra damage up because I didn't want to rip off of her accidentally with my vengeance stacked like mad as well and my abilities doing the same amount of threat.<br /><br />I think HoS has its place a utility among tanks when you have to juggle adds or bosses around, and it's a general utility ability, not a buff. None of the hands are out-right buffs - HoF is a snare remover, HoSacrifice transfers damage, HoP takes you out of the fight for a few seconds unless you're a healer... none of it is an outright buff to a stat.<br /><br />But maybe it could provide some added utility instead - maybe a speed boost like Stampede?Saifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04008976821824336102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8619003894547504079.post-25904353142595243102011-08-18T09:24:06.951-07:002011-08-18T09:24:06.951-07:00What do you think is going to happen to hand of sa...What do you think is going to happen to hand of salvation?...a friend of mine suggested replacing it with hand is inspiration, giving a target a haste or flat % damage boost....seems a bit more fun now that reducing someones threat is rather pointlessMydin - Farstridersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8619003894547504079.post-68516675256098447132011-08-18T08:08:47.688-07:002011-08-18T08:08:47.688-07:00Mydin - there is nothing more annoying than a stri...Mydin - there is nothing more annoying than a string of miss/dodge/parry/miss against a boss. I wrote about it earlier, but the whole idea of "hitting doesn't matter" is just absolutely atrocious to me.<br /><br />Lachlan - It depends on the content you're running, but for me, the Prime Glyphs for trash/heroics/farm raids are WoG/SotR/HotR and for progression or raid bosses where tank damage helps (Baelroc, Alysrazor) I'll swap HotR back to Truth for more damage. (I was averaging about 1.5k more damage with the Glyph than without on Baelroc)<br /><br />Seal of Insight is decent for leveling, dailies and such where you don't even want to think about incoming damage, especially as Ret. But I wouldn't really use it for raids, based on some numbers Theck has put out, SoI is not ideal for tanking despite the good-on-paper-ness of it.<br /><br />I should probably write about all this!Saifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04008976821824336102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8619003894547504079.post-56893717336185654962011-08-17T19:13:00.389-07:002011-08-17T19:13:00.389-07:00I've almost never tanked, but after this chang...I've almost never tanked, but after this change I'm definitely going to start tanking PUG normals on my Pally. It seems to me, as a tanking noob, that this has impacts on not just gearing, but talents and glyphs, so many of which are for increasing damage so we can hold threat. But survivability is King now. Guarded by the Light is already standard, but we'll want to swap points to Eternal Glory as well now? You swapped out Glyph of Truth, which makes sense. I'd be considering Glyph of Word of Glory instead.<br /><br />And should we forget about Seal of Truth altogether, and run with Seal of Insight and its glyph?Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13336649267304857235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8619003894547504079.post-24701535352455524432011-08-17T15:10:48.273-07:002011-08-17T15:10:48.273-07:00Tonight I'll get my firelands tanking experien...Tonight I'll get my firelands tanking experience with the new threat. I have to be honest been reforging some of my gear for hit to make my overall tanking experience dungeon and raid trash more enjoyable. We'll see how that goes and if I can reforge that hit back off now....I hate having miss, dodge, miss, on my attacks in any regard, especially when iam trying to do a shield smack....I duno about you but missing attacks just annoys me...Mydin - Farstridersnoreply@blogger.com