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10682

I’ll keep that in mind for future reference. Though I have found, historically, that I have a very hard time trying to hit a moving nameplate in a crowd of moving nameplates (I’m oooooold!) The mob itself is a much bigger target.

But I hope we can at least agree that the tank constantly jumping up and down for no apparent reason is distracting as hell (in addition to accomplishing nothing)?

This particular tank was one who would run straight up to the mobs and start whacking, rather than run through them and turn them around (either method is fine with me, as long as the tank is reasonably consistent so that I know what I need to do every time), so they were always pretty much in front of him. So my method with that kind of tank is to follow close behind him, give him a moment to gather a small crowd and establish threat, then run through the tank and the mobs, dropping a Judgement as I go, turn around and cast Consecrate, and start fighting myself (and I seem to be timing things properly - I very very rarely pull mobs off the tank). But the problem, as melee DPS, is simply that the tank is on the other side of the mobs where I can’t see him, and so all I see is that I drop my Consecrate and then all the mobs go running off of it, and the tank has apparently gone with them. Whether they ran off first and he’s chasing them, or vice versa, I can’t tell. If the former, the tank’s doing a piss-poor job of holding threat and he’s chasing mobs that are going after the healer or the ranged DPS; if the latter … what the hell is he doing?!

Anyway, I should have looked at this tank’s gear. His GearScore was something like 5500+, but for all I know it may have been PVP gear (I don’t recognize warrior PVP gear by sight). But some of the things he was doing made me wonder if he was a hardcore PVPer trying his hand at PVE tanking, and trying to do it with PVP techniques. Every now and then I run across somebody “out in the world” and I see them fighting some random mob in a really bizarre fashion than makes me wonder if they’re trying to PVE the same way they PVP. Like, a paladin I saw in Stranglethorn Vale a while back fighting a tiger by running in circles around it. (Admittedly, I’m guilty of doing the same thing in reverse; my PvP success rate improved once I got past the fact that the enemy wasn’t going to stand there in one spot and let me hit him :stuck_out_tongue: )

Arg … then my mage just wasted 145g on that +20SpPen gem :smack:

Please tell me Armor Penetration isn’t also a purely PVP stat?
And speaking of PVP … why do I see so much more complaining about pally bubbles than about priest bubbles? My pally bubble only reduces damage by 50%. Meanwhile, every bubbled priest I’ve attacked has been completely untouchable (that is, the words “Absorb” and/or “Immune” flash all over my screen when I hit them).

10683

Priest bubbles can be overwhelmed; they have a set amount of damage they absorb. A Paladin bubble (specifically, Divine Shield; you’re thinking of Divine Protection) is 12 seconds of utter immunity. That’s enough time to hit a hearthstone or otherwise flee a battle.

And no, Armor Penetration is not useless in PvE, but as far as I’m aware it’s not worth bothering with unless you intend to cap it all at once. A little bit here and there is not useful. It’s also only useful for the physical classes who rely primarily on white damage – Warriors and Hunters mainly.

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Or, as the joke goes (from the days when only Alliance could be paladins):

How many rogues does it take to kill a pally?

Two, one to take him down to 30% and one to hide stealthed at the inn in Ironforge.

10685

Just got back from Border’s bookstore.

I went looking for some WoW-oriented material, and found some, but it didn’t contain anything I didn’t already know, or that y’all could tell me, so I saved my money. Damned expensive, as well. The Lich King atlas was $25.00.

But boy, did they have WoW-oriented novels! I skipped those as well, since I enjoy Wolkie’s adventures pretty well on my own.

So what did I buy myself?

A Batman comic book and a copy of Bicycling magazine!

For my friend One and Only Wanderers: I just looked up some phrases just to honor you, I reckon, but I was jammy to meetcha! :wink:

Thanks

Q

10686

Most PvP gear has “<something> Gladiator” in its name: Relentless Gladiator, Vengeful Gladiator, Irritable Gladiator, Mildly Miffed Gladiator…you get the idea. :slight_smile:

10687

Yup. What I meant by “I don’t recognize warrior PVP gear by sight” was I don’t know what it looks like. If I’d done an “inspect” on him I would have recognized the Gladiator stuff (cuz I’ve got a few pieces of that myself).
On another topic … my mage is a tailor, and she just picked up most of the “Frostwoven” set patterns. I find myself puzzled over a set of caster gear that has only +STA and +SPI. Not a lick of +INT on any of the pieces. If my mage equipped the whole set it would give her +265 STA and +243 SPI, and +387 Spell Power to boot. Is that amount of Spirit going to regenerate my mana fast enough, and that much Spell Power going to help me kill mobs that much faster, that in combination they’ll offset the much smaller mana pool I’d have if I equipped this whole set? Regardless, it’s a pretty awesome-looking outfit.

10688

Erg, what’s this BS? -

Um, 10 hours from now I will be sound asleep. And they’re apparently only selling a limited number of these - there’s a little gauge showing how much “stock” is left.

10689

Nope, don’t believe it. A 10 hour queue will probably take you between 1 and 2 hours. And there is no “stock”–they’ll refresh it if it gets low.

I went through two queues–one at 64000 for myself and one at 127000 for my spouse later on, and finished both well before 2 hours were up.

10690

Hrm. I’ve been pondering what to get my friend and his new wife as wedding presents, as they’ve already got everything they could ever want or need. Being that they’re both WoW players, I think I’ve just found it!

10691

You were right - it took just over an hour.

And while I was in line, Blizzard made $3,837,200 off these things. I’ve gotta find a way to get in on this racket :stuck_out_tongue:

10692

Y’all, this is embarassing.

Just had a new person join the guild and I am trying to promote him from initiate to member, but it isn’t working.

Here’s what I’m doing:

  1. Open new chat window

  2. Type /g promotename, but it isn’t promoting him.

Then I also do this alternatively:

  1. Type lower case o

  2. Go to Guild Tab

  3. Click on player’s name

  4. Press up arrow to promote.

And one other thing:

  1. Highlight player’s name

  2. Go to Guild Control

  3. In the drop down, choose Initiate

  4. Then go back to drop down and choose member

jayjay and SFG: I know y’all told me how to do this and I’m sorry I forgot the steps, but could y’all tell me again, please?

Sorry!:frowning:

Thanks

Quasi

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Quasi, are you putting a space between “promote” and his name? There should be one there and I can’t tell if you just typoed here or if you’re doing the nonspace in the game, too.

10694

Not putting a space, jay. I was typing /g promotename. Just like that. Thanks and I’ll try again. Maybe the guy will have signed off.

I hate being a dweeb.:frowning:

Thanks

Q

10695

Actually, you have another problem that I just noticed…it should be /gpromote, WITHOUT a space between the g and the promote.

10696

Thank you, my friend.

Quasi

10697

Yeah, the frostwoven stuff is… Weird. It was decent for locks and holy priests, not so much for magi. The high bonus stam I’m pretty sure was there because of the jump of damage stuff did in Northrend as opposed to Outlands, but I think that, too, has sort-of been mitigated for now.

And while I don’t particularly want the new celestial horse (sure, it’s pretty, but everyone’s gonna have one), my gnome really -should- have the XT. Mechano-pets-R-us! :slight_smile:

10698

Wouldn’t Frostwoven just be Warlock gear?

10699

I’m such a Blizzwhore. I has a sparklepony.

10700

Just seems kind of weird that tailors can learn to make a full set of lvl 72 gear for warlocks, but not an equivalent set for mages. In any case, the full suit looks freakin’ awesome.

10701

Couldn’t be any worse than the way I dress da Wolk’.

Jesus, Boss! I’ve had other players laugh at us, we looked so pimpy!

Also have some other stuff to tell y’all:

  1. From Amber Ledge? If you take the dragon anywhere? You have to ride him/her straddle-legged.

  2. Me and Wolkie and Silka pulled up beside an unmounted horse in Northshire and I wanted to pet the horse, so I wrote /pet in the box?

What appeared was “You need petting”.

Well, I/we sure do!:slight_smile:

  1. Also, I had a long guild-channel chat with a couple of my guildies who just happen to live in Alabama, and I enjoyed the hell out of it. He was a level 80 playing an alt and she (his wife) was a Pally starting over.

I really would like some new players who want me to help them level, dammit, and who would use the vault and the money I put in there almost daily.

I know I can’t do a whole lot, but I could help 'em a little.:slight_smile:

Thanks

Q