tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post5835762600232057003..comments2024-01-04T02:49:23.470-08:00Comments on Blessing of Kings: Prince Dead, Loot, and a DilemmaRohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09090769681887119989noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-79570404936380737002007-06-13T20:38:00.000-07:002007-06-13T20:38:00.000-07:00Wow, that's pretty amazing because the same thing ...Wow, that's pretty amazing because the same thing happened to me. Well, the T4 was defaulted but I got gorehowl by default. I agree with you on the whole raid hopes to get lucky thing. It pisses me off and the raid leader refuses to change the strat.Zanniatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15845188821952572961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-61064316908859853562007-06-05T13:04:00.000-07:002007-06-05T13:04:00.000-07:00Weltall?...aah, Xenogears, what a game.Weltall?<BR/><BR/><BR/>...aah, Xenogears, what a game.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08012999510360430570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-15593585926492986782007-06-04T18:22:00.000-07:002007-06-04T18:22:00.000-07:00In a similar situation I just pass. I allready ha...In a similar situation I just pass. I allready have the heroic badge helm and attuman gloves so if my first peice is ret and everbody had passed then its nobodys business but my own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-84372307628078342352007-06-04T00:23:00.000-07:002007-06-04T00:23:00.000-07:00Get Ret and become a champion for our cause!Get Ret and become a champion for our cause!Weltallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192348781932451197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-14718583515495754232007-06-01T09:50:00.000-07:002007-06-01T09:50:00.000-07:00Personally, I think the entire Holy set for Justic...Personally, I think the entire Holy set for Justicar is horrible considering the Illumination change and the off-set items available. Gauntlets of Renewed Hope instead of Justicar Gloves. Pauldrons of the Justice-Seeker instead of the shoulders. Legplates of the Innocent instead of the leggings. 50 badge helm instead of the helmet. The chestguard is off Magtheridon, so hard to get at, but the Illhoof chest is comparable.<BR/><BR/>Don't get the holy set, in my opinion. Get the off-set items, even though they're ugly recolored Lawbringer. Whether you choose ret or prot gear is a different story. The tier 4 prot set is stamina-light, and the tier 4 ret set usually goes unused. A lot of paladin tanks say that warrior tank gear is better than spell damage pally tank gear for raid tanking, and I tend to agree. Use paladin tank gear sparingly, and only in select spots. The spell damage and intellect requirement for raid tanking is usually low and the "warrior" gear (Iron Gauntlets of the Maiden, Eternium Greathelm, 50 badge helm, etc) has more raw "tank" stats, making them favorable in some cases.<BR/><BR/>If you plan to ever use that Gorehowl, I'd get the ret helm. Retribution is the absolute hardest spec to gear for - you can find several different options for tanking through heroic turn-ins, craftables (Felsteel helm, anyone?) and other raid drops. Ret requires a very specific set of attributes to be effective - >5% +hit, ~25% crit, high AP, some intellect and mana/5 to keep the blue bar up, some spell damage to add to judgements/crusader strikes, and a slow, high top-end weapon. It's very, very hard to get those stats together, while a tank spec just needs to stack enough avoidance to be uncrushable and then has several options open to how they tank (armor/block value stacking, hp stacking, dodge stacking, etc) and therefore several options as to what gear to get.<BR/><BR/>Long story short, I took the ret helm. The prot helm is nice and a great option, but there are serviceable alternatives, and the holy helm is outshined by gear with mana/5 with the current functionality of Flash of Light spamming.<BR/><BR/>-Baelor, 70 paladin<BR/>Runetotem serverUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15370635242476917768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-2561011520494893172007-06-01T09:40:00.000-07:002007-06-01T09:40:00.000-07:00Gotta love the epic 2h BS weapons. Lots of warrio...Gotta love the epic 2h BS weapons. Lots of warriors are blacksmiths so they're working towards their deep thunders/lunar crescents/etc. As a result, stuff like Gorehowl is accessible to us shamans and paladins. (I'm a shaman; I got my Gorehowl a few weeks ago off our guild's second Prince kill.)Triffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836467876113156032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-69933800560036157252007-06-01T09:15:00.000-07:002007-06-01T09:15:00.000-07:00Keep this in mind: There are other tanking, healin...Keep this in mind: There are other tanking, healing, and dps helms available.<BR/><BR/>For tanking, your other choices are the Eternium greathelm that drops in opera. I don't really like this one, tho. There's the 50 heroic badge tanking helm, that's very nice, and I'd try for it if I didn't get my T4 tanking helm before the 2.1 patch. If you're an engineer, there are the goggles. At the very least, recognize that the T4 prot set bonuses are crap. Don't let that be a decision.<BR/><BR/>For healing, there is the Mask of Pennance, which is pretty nice. You probably have this. I believe there is another healing plate helm that drops in Kara, but can't recall off hand. I think there is also a 50 heroic badge healing plate helm, that you may look into.<BR/><BR/>For Ret, the T4 set bonuses are decent (not the best). Your only other choices, are the Ruby Helm that drops in a heroic instance (can't remember which; mana tombs? it's a blue hel, tho, not epic). Or go with a dps warrior-type helm. Can't recall any high level ones off hand, but then again I haven't researched ret gear much.<BR/><BR/>My advice is to be efficient with your gear. Go for the best piece for each role. Do research, find out what other pieces are out there, and whether they'd be better than the T4 for what you want to do with them. The 50 heroic badge helms are very nice, and easily obtainable, so it would seem to point to you getting the T4 ret helm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-57164615687404599462007-06-01T07:52:00.000-07:002007-06-01T07:52:00.000-07:00If your guild will let you DPS in the raid (Good l...If your guild will let you DPS in the raid (Good luck on that one... although you do have Gorehowl, so maybe?) spec for Ret and get the Ret Helm. If not, then take Holy, because that's your spec (unless you have better or slightly comparable gear like the banana helm).<BR/><BR/>In short, take the gear for your spec you plan on being for long term, and then take the extras down the road, that's what my plan is for tanking gear. <BR/><BR/>As for your prince strategy, sounds exactly like my group, but at the end we hit a bit of real bad luck and wiped with him at 1% (with no consumables 'cuz we were experimenting), QQ , we got boxed in (The key is to move the guy somewhere when you only have 1 escape route available). We'll be downing this punk later on in the week though for sure.Sylvina Solarishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13911368816967782354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-53015040017845135382007-06-01T06:09:00.000-07:002007-06-01T06:09:00.000-07:00I've always been a fan of "guild first, me second"...I've always been a fan of "guild first, me second" thinking. In other words, what is your role when you're raiding (10- and 25-man)? Healing? Get the holy helm. Tanking? Get the prot helm. I would be extremely pissed if the MT took his token and bought his dps piece first instead of his tanking piece just because he's on a 5v5 arena team where he dpses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-83756177208256344622007-06-01T05:55:00.000-07:002007-06-01T05:55:00.000-07:00NOTE: you suck! Sorry I'm just a little jealousy....NOTE: you suck! Sorry I'm just a little jealousy. My karazhan run just downed Curator for the first time this week. If you like tanking take the prot helm. You can always tank 5man's when your not running karazhan. Or take the holy helm if it's a big upgrade. If you got 2 gloves already you probably will get the 3rd before too long. <A HREF="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29061" REL="nofollow">Justicar Diadem</A> isn't an upgrade for me as I'm an engineer and have the <A HREF="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=32472" REL="nofollow">Justicebringer 2000 Specs</A> If it's not really an upgrade get the piece that is the biggest upgrade.<BR/><BR/>Drakesilver on perenoldeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com