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I still manage to play on my 2007 MacBook with a 2.22ghz processor, 1gb of ram, and a crappy integrated graphics card. It's not fun, but it works. By comparison, you should consider yourself in WoW...

Thanks for your help. I got to wondering where you got those numbers from, Googled it, and ended up at askmrrobot. After purchasing the 297 str neck, I reforged according to mrrobot's...

Hey all,

My pally's been prot ever since he first dinged 80 in late Wrath, so ret is a little new to me. I also just resubbed a little over a week ago, after having quit just after 4.2 dropped. ...

You could probably gain 20-25% block rating, which would make you take a crapton less dmg if you reforged all of your threat stats properly into mastery, and gemmed either all out for mastery, or a...

I suppose I'm mostly wondering if you're opposed to just leveling as fast as possible to 85. This is what I did, completely ignoring every profession along the way, and I netted somewhere in the...

I would have a word with your other tank, rather than worrying too much about what you're doing. You having to run around in circles chasing butterflies isn't doing anyone any good, when he ought to...

The problem is that you can't tell someone who's primarily running heroic 5-mans to gear similarly to someone who's primarily running raids, or someone who's primarily running raids, for that matter...

Three threads that I could point you towards that would be a quick read, and would be much more edifying than I could be if I attempted to sum up their content.

Normal raid stam vs. mastery...

The "point where sacrificing so much hp for avoidance comes to a disadvantage" is when, and imho only when, you are pushing progression on raid content that is at or near the upper limit of what your...

Good advice above. I just want to add that nothing will make up for DPS hauling off and nuking any random mob in the pull, which 75% of them still seem dead set on doing. If you don't feel like...

You would get a lot more avoidance + mitigation if you reforged the gobs of hit and expertise you have on your gear into mastery when possible, and into dodge/parry when mastery is already present. ...

1) Reforge the expertise on your helm to mastery, not the dodge, and replace the str gem with parry/stam or parry/mastery.

2) Reforge the expertise on your chest to mastery, not the parry, put a...

As of right now, our vengeance mechanic makes threat after the first 15 seconds of a pull or so a nonissue. As DPS gear up over the next couple of tiers, they will probably ride us a little closer...

Just out of curiosity, did you reforge those avoidance stats into hit as a response to the HoPow generation nerf? If so, it may or may not be a justified change. I tend to side on the "may not"...

I have read that it is actually the opposite, namely that you gain more dodge from raid buffs than you gain parry, just due to the respective conversion factors of agility and strength, which is why...

If you have a steady JP income, I wouldn't recommend the BS BoE Chest, as it is worse than the JP Chest, and even worse than the H BRC drop. It tends to run for around 4k on my server, which I can't...

@ Zelf - I kind of like having separate achievements. My Paladin may be a Champion of the Frozen Wastes, but my level 60 Druid alt is not, and so forth. I like to think of my toons as separate...

The socket bonus in your helm is worth getting. Throw a parry/stam or parry/mastery gem in there instead.

http://maintankadin.failsafedesign.com/forum/

Read and absorb as much as you can from the 4 forums under "Tankadin Training", although the Advanced Theorycraft and Calculations can be saved for...

I have to admit that I am following the advice of Digren's Item Enhancement Guide (http://maintankadin.failsafedesign.com/forum/index.php?f=3&t=29733&rb_v=viewtopic) somewhat blindly when it comes to...

I didn't have time to look at all your gear, as I am out the door on the way to work. However, I glanced over the reforging mostly, and you are going to want to not reforge any avoidance stats to...

I agree with this advice. Unless you know that there is going to big spike damage coming that you will need to save your GoAK for, keep those CDs on CD.

I would be a little more tentative,...

Looks like you're on the right track. Several things you might want to do:

1) Start doing the dailies, or champion w/ the tabard, to get your Earthen Ring rep up, so that you have access to the...

For better or for worse, I follow Digren's Gem & Enchant Guide over on the Maintankadin forums to a fault.

http://maintankadin.failsafedesign.com/forum/index.php?f=3&t=29733&rb_v=viewtopic
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The problem is that you're rocking >50% dps gear, which might have gotten you by in BC 5-mans, but will get you rofl stomped in the WoTLK ones. The simple solution, for a tank of any plate-wearing...