Comments on: Lots of 5-mans to tank

By: Gravity

Gravity — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:06:10 +0000

Yeah I did check, and it is working. Like you can LFM for ‘individuals’ or ‘groups’ and both show results.

By: Brtt

Brtt — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:27:21 +0000

Gravity, did you manage to check how the LFM tool works on PTR ?

It’s really annoying not to be able to see groups… can’t even remember which patch “brought” (or broke) that :/

By: Gravity

Gravity — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:18:05 +0000

Actually Aleo, it’s only block tanks that can get to 102.4%. DKs can’t.

So DKs just need the 540 def and then loads of stamina. I have about 55% avoidance or thereabouts. So all the normal ‘hits’ we take just get reduced by DK armour, blade barrier (5% reduction) and frost presence (5%), plus any tree-specific talents you might have.

By the way, this thread is interesting on the increasing value of avoidance.

Does make it hard to give healers a benchmark for a DK, they can’t ask us for 102.4% but maybe should look for 30K HP and 50% avoidance. That’s a well-geared tank and easy to remember.

By: Aleona

Aleona — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:42:35 +0000

Only having 31.5k health is still way above the 23-24k most of us started with when we stepped into our first heroics pre-Naxx.

But agreed, most people, especially healers should show as much, if not more so, interest in whether you’ve hit the 102.4% avoidance soft target. Yes, crushing blows are no longer a concern, but it’s still a very good thing to achieve complete avoidance+mitigation.

By: Digg

Digg — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:01:20 +0000

When ive been PUG tanking I have to say that groups judging me (especially healers) on my HP is very annoying. In heroics it shouldnt matter IMO. A healer who refuses to be in a group with a tank they consider to have low HP is basically admitting their own inability to perform.

By: Gravity

Gravity — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:00:15 +0000

I love unholy tanking, but its lack of snap agro combined with the loss Unholy Blight AOE, makes me think Frost will simply be easier for Heroics. I don’t like using DnD as my main AOE because of the complicated rune-cooldown management it requires after the first rotation.

I even tested with a spec of Unholy (for bone shield) with Frigid Dreadplate, but it’s threat is too weak.

I’m fairly sure LFM has both ‘look for individuals’ and ‘look for groups’. Will double-check and edit this comment if I’m wrong.

Update: just respec’d Frost on Live to see how I feel about it.

By: Brtt

Brtt — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:33:38 +0000

Any reason you’re not considering UH ?

On a sidenote, has they reverted the LFG tool back to its former glory (AKA, seeing groups already being made rather than only people looking for a group) ?

If not, I guess it would be nice to remind them.