The Trials and Tribulations of a Warrior Tank
Posted 08-19-2009 at 08:43 AM by Necromaniacal
If theirs one thing i hate it's being indecisive, and woe unto me, I have choice I cant seem to make 
1) With regards to my tanking gear i have 37k hp unbuffed with 44.7% avidance. I keep being asked about my avoidance stats from other tanks, and it makes me think I should be gemming defences or something, but when i look at the switch over im looking at a 1 - 1.5% increase in avoidance, to me i'd rather have the health pool to take 2-3 unhealed boss melee swings and to deal with unmitigated and unavoidable damage mechanincs (such as magic attacks etc, which im not sure are subject to avoidance, ofc im probbably wrong)
2) With regards to my DPS spec, i have a couple of realy nice 2h axes, Edge of Ruin and Betrayer of Humanity, im currently arms spec pulling 3-4k on a dummt (comes out more like 3.5 in raids) Im wondering if fury is a big increase in DPS, but im not sure.
I hate having theese choices, and this is by no means a cry out for help from you guys, id post in the forums if i had a question, im well enough versed to know the pros and cons of each, just hate being indecisve lol.
Oh well praying for a trophy tonight, want my t9.5 shoulders cause mine suck atm.
Seezya'll
1) With regards to my tanking gear i have 37k hp unbuffed with 44.7% avidance. I keep being asked about my avoidance stats from other tanks, and it makes me think I should be gemming defences or something, but when i look at the switch over im looking at a 1 - 1.5% increase in avoidance, to me i'd rather have the health pool to take 2-3 unhealed boss melee swings and to deal with unmitigated and unavoidable damage mechanincs (such as magic attacks etc, which im not sure are subject to avoidance, ofc im probbably wrong)
2) With regards to my DPS spec, i have a couple of realy nice 2h axes, Edge of Ruin and Betrayer of Humanity, im currently arms spec pulling 3-4k on a dummt (comes out more like 3.5 in raids) Im wondering if fury is a big increase in DPS, but im not sure.
I hate having theese choices, and this is by no means a cry out for help from you guys, id post in the forums if i had a question, im well enough versed to know the pros and cons of each, just hate being indecisve lol.
Oh well praying for a trophy tonight, want my t9.5 shoulders cause mine suck atm.
Seezya'll
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Well I am, as arms dps, like 2.8k in dummies, and like 4.5k - 5.5k on raids. So something strange going on there.Posted 08-19-2009 at 09:05 AM by hola_adios 
- arms is extremely affected by buffs like kings and battleshout, as well as rampage/lotp. In addition, debuffs caused by others helps (sunders by warrior tanks..if you're doing the sunder maintenance your dps goes down.)
I went and stayed arms as my offspec (I'm a tank) because I developed an eye twitch waiting for the cooldowns of fury. (even though it seems to have the mathematical advantage)Posted 08-19-2009 at 10:17 AM by Conreeaght
Updated 08-19-2009 at 10:35 AM by Conreeaght -
45%'ish avoidance IS low for the gear level you're talking about.
Are you including miss in there? Or just Dodge/Parry.Posted 08-19-2009 at 09:37 PM by Klimpen 
- Purely dodge and parry as they appear in the defenses tab, unbuffed
Posted 08-20-2009 at 06:40 AM by Necromaniacal - So around 55% including miss, which is absolutely fine.
Posted 08-20-2009 at 07:06 AM by Khordam
