[WoW] Battle for Azeroth - Page 472

On October 06 2018 03:43 NonY wrote:
Hopefully they at least get the 370 azerite gear from emissaries in very soon.

Although it kind of already doesn't matter for top tier players who likely already have 385 in 2-3 slots. Or at least it's just annoying to them that they have to do WQ's again and possibly use a 370 with better traits that they got from saving baby turtles over the 385 they got from mythic g'huun.

If your ilvl is 380+ I don't see why you wouldn't get 385 gear from the emissaries. If you've already earned enough gear from other areas of the game to be 380 then it's not like that gear isn't earned just because it's from a WQ. I wonder why they cap it like that. I think if you're clearing mythic uldir enough to be 380 or you are grinding so much mythic+ that you are 380 then you've earned competitive azerite gear handouts from WQ's just like players who have achieved less than you.

On October 06 2018 03:43 NonY wrote:
Hopefully they at least get the 370 azerite gear from emissaries in very soon.

Although it kind of already doesn't matter for top tier players who likely already have 385 in 2-3 slots. Or at least it's just annoying to them that they have to do WQ's again and possibly use a 370 with better traits that they got from saving baby turtles over the 385 they got from mythic g'huun.

If your ilvl is 380+ I don't see why you wouldn't get 385 gear from the emissaries. If you've already earned enough gear from other areas of the game to be 380 then it's not like that gear isn't earned just because it's from a WQ. I wonder why they cap it like that. I think if you're clearing mythic uldir enough to be 380 or you are grinding so much mythic+ that you are 380 then you've earned competitive azerite gear handouts from WQ's just like players who have achieved less than you.

On October 06 2018 10:53 Stancel wrote:
qq warning

fuck it must feel good to be a noskill rogue that sits in stealth all day

On October 06 2018 05:09 Tappo wrote:

What 370 traits are better than 385 mythic raid traits+ more stats?

On October 06 2018 07:24 Atreides wrote:
i actually detest raiding so much. Im suffering through mythich mother pug just cuz im that desperate for azerite gear cuz no m+ chest luck. heh

its not even hard, i dont have to play good or do shit, the only people earning it are the leaders who are trying to herd 20 baboons. I just have to suffer for 1.5 hrs for chance at good loot...

edit: for clarity its the stupid stack 8 dh +other defensives run through wall all at same time cheese strat which is extraordinarily easy if people just do it. Most of the time is spent waiting for perfect group composition and kicking total idiots who just die instantly on first wall transition. Mad props to the people willing to put these pugs together I guess. It really seems terrible. w/e I kill it but i have still not seen the shoulders off mother on any difficulty yet. heh

On October 07 2018 01:27 Tictock wrote:
Raiding becomes quite fun when you have a guild or some other group that you run with regularly. Progression can be painful but once your group has the basics down things suddenly feel smooth as butter. Even new content feels ok because you have a group that has played together and can adapt more easily to new mechanics.

On October 07 2018 02:14 Redox wrote:
This week's first raid we tried to rekill Zekvoz but wiped over and over all evening because our main tank was gone and my guild leader (the guy who is already a questionable healer and keeps me on the bench if he heals) tried to tank. So we wiped all evening mainly because of 1 guy trying to figure out tanking, but I still didnt mind. I just focus on my play and improve it, it is not like I ever played perfectly.

On October 06 2018 21:45 NonY wrote:

I'm not 100% sure but for me personally, I can't use Laser Matrix because I primarily play mythic+ and it pulls far away mobs that you're not in combat with. So for the Laser Matrix Uldir pieces that leaves only one other choice for the outer ring. And for Monks, the 2nd ring is always 1 dps trait, 1 healing trait and 1 tanking trait. So if the one healing trait isn't very helpful then there's no other option. The dps and tank traits aren't always totally useless for healers but they're not great.

I don't have enough 370/385 pieces that I've had to figure it out yet but I definitely see it as a possibility. Some outer ring traits do 2.5% of my healing in a useful way and some 2nd ring traits do 1.5% in a useful way while some other traits aren't quite so helpful or managing so much HPS.

Even the 3rd ring can come into play because some of them are completely useless while resounding barrier is actually quite helpful. As a healer, that absorb should just be considered a boost to my HPS and it helps with survivability as well.

I'd also note that for some dungeons and affixes I need to set up more for tank healing and for others I need to set up more for group healing so that might make me equip 370 with the right traits over 385 with the wrong ones. I assume DPS have some analogous choices with ST vs AOE.

Anyway with 36 specs in the game I'm just assuming someone has it worse than me.

For my alt, you can see sims for the traits here: https://lockonestopshop.com/#!/Affliction/Sims/Azerite

If you get Overwhelming Power in 2nd ring and one of the best outer ring traits, then I'm pretty sure the Intellect on a 385 is not making up for bad traits. Archive of the Titans is fairly low and Laser Matrix can't be used like I said, so I could see it happening.

On October 07 2018 05:16 Cyro wrote:
I've found tanking and healing properly in a raid environment to be extremely difficult in general because theres a lot of stuff that they seem to do which you would never be aware of unless you were watching their screen and because communication between people of the same role and across roles almost universally seems to be poor. People don't call out when they use tank or healer CD's for example; mitigation, externals etc - it just happens, and you're expected to deal with it without prior warning or plan.

Jumping into the role and trying to fit in with other people performing the same role without having a clue who's doing what and when is far harder IMO than either playing DPS or tanking/healing a 5-man where it's your sole job to take care of your role. You can always get an okay job done by YOLOing it, but i've never felt in a position to play very well because of this communication issue