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[WoW]More dots, more dots.... okay stop dots (Warlock thread)
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Why? I'm assuming you're talking about the shoulders, which are better than Frozen Shadoweave (I haven't looked at the other pieces, but I'd assume they're the same). And the set bonus doesn't really seem that great. When do warlocks run out of mana anyway?
My server's down at the moment, so I can't get the exact numbers, but I'd loose something like 10 damage (I thought it was more than that, hmm). Then again, I would gain 14 hit (fuck, I need hit) and a little hp and mana (meh).
But don't underestimate the set bonus. Each shadow bolt heals me for 60 to 125.
*sigh* Now that I think of it though, I'm starting to regret passing on the T4 now, damnit. T5 I definitely don't want (the set bonus sucks), but those T4 are starting to look nicer and nicer. Plus the T4 (4) set isn't half bad...
Oh well, I can take solace in that I rolled for fun (to see what I woulda gotten) and I wouldn't have won anyway. heh
Next week perhaps...
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The eels NE of Shat are easy to kill and drop motes of water. I farmed TONS of the ones on Elemental Plat., but I think those eels might be easier.
Now to try and get the pattern for the battlecast hood etc.
The T5 four-piece is awesome though. And if you're low on hit, the shoulders are a huge upgrade in that sense. I think with proper socketing I lost like 5 shadow damage for more stam, more int, and a lot more hit. It's arguable about the set bonus but there's few fights where I even approach mana issues (Void Reaver, fucking robots; Tidewalker if I get tombed a lot), it's nice but just not necessary.
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I.. I need crit?
I'd rather the stam coming out the ass. I do plan on doing some PvP aswell..
Edit: Also, the set bonus!
Spellstriiiiiike. The Netherspite one is Spellstrike minus two gem sockets. Voidheart is decent but still less damage and no hit. Value of a meta socket is debatable I guess.
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Grind it, or use a leveling guide like Jame's.
Felwood should get you to 55, at which point you can go rock in Winterspring for awhile.
Felwood is good too cause you can farm demons which drop shit tailors want, so if you are a tailor good for you. If you are not, good for you gold count.
Then in winterspring you can get Firewater's from the furblogs. Which is nice because there is nothing scarier than a warlock, except a bigger warlock O_o
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Not quite sure if I shoud wear it.
I have Hydromancer's Headwrap with a swift starfire diamond, in it and the Sha'tar spell damage and spell hit enchant on it.
Is it worth putting them on the Crown as well and wearing that?
crit you shadowbolts do
6x0.17+3x0.83= 3.51K damage
= 1400 DPS
immolate =
1000 damage + 1200 over time
= 1466 DPS
so you gain a bit of damage, but lose 0.17 of a shadow vunerability proc, so it could go either way depending on how many shadow users and how many other warlocks there are.
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Does this all add up to doing LESS damage than the tanks. Sigh. Whenever I did DPS, I kept dots up, and shadowbolted, but, ugh. Just, ugh.
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I'm pretty well geared, but so is the rest of my raid; I don't see any reason you should wind up doing less damage than the tank, unless you've got an ubergeared bear tanking mags or something.
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cause I've found that when they don't see you frown, they never know that you're a threat
and they don't sweat you when you came around
Awesome, thanks.
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Go to Shadowmoon Valley and do the spectricles chain (not sure if you're horde or alliance or if it differs at all). That orc warlock next to the altar of shadows w/e his name is ends up having the last three parts of the chain. Just get a group for the Armor part of that chain and the rest of it is easily soloable. The riders should be cake for mages and priests but could be troublesome for Warlocks. I sac'd my Void and spammed Seed on them, though.
Also, don't bother with head enchants or meta gems unless it's an epic or you're filthy rich.
If you aren't assigned to a specific curse, you can take advantage of curse of doom. When he gets banished, instead of being immune, you deal 2x damage against him. Each time you -aren't- channeling, put CoD up when the other team is channels. Since there is about a minute between each blast wave, when it's your turn to channel, your CoD will go off and you'll get a little extra damage.
You still won't top the dps meter, but hey it helps.
Also: I put up shadow ward right before I start channeling. Hardly necessary, but it's nice to absorb a little damage on your own.
Really, warlock damage on the fight post-phase one is probably better than most classes, since your dots can be ticking while you're channeling or being bounced around. It's just that you won't catch the few people that have been DPSing since the first channeler went down.
You could reset your meter after the last channeler dies, if you wanted, which would give you a better idea of how you compared to other classes.
my unofficial autobio will be accompanied with tips on how to smile
cause I've found that when they don't see you frown, they never know that you're a threat
and they don't sweat you when you came around
also, wrecking peoples shit with math
Sounds like your guild is awesome. Sure wish I could roll against alts for loot.
Not a true alt. It's her main (and only real) alliance char. Her true main is a 70 Tauren druid.
And looking back on it, we all decided we probably shoulda made her pass as she's new to 70 and all, but with HK being on farm, we weren't too worried about it.
Well is she raiding with you or not? I would define an alt as a character that somebody plays less than their main. If she's rerolled and is playing in your guild now, it's not really an alt. If she hasn't rerolled, and just happened to hit 70 on her alt and was invited to a 25 man for some reason, and allowed to roll on loot, then my point stands.
So she's playing an alt enough to convince a guild that this is actually her main? I would argue that once somebody is playing a character to the point where they can regularly make raids, that character can't really be considered an alt. If she's not playing regularly, then the guild is stupid for giving some random person loot because they happen to be online at the time.
I never thought of that, good call.
We keep him banished the entire time if possible. There's always at least one, usually two healers assigned to spot healing the channelers. If someone breaks early they get bitched at unless they were about to die from channeling damage.
at the island marked eleven.
Im doing that quest where you summon that water elemental and dispatch him. Not too hard, especially at hes only lv 37 and the mobs around there are of similar level.
So this Drenei shaman comes wandering up, hes 2 levels higher than me and instantly opens with a shock and totally jumps right in (I was drinking and didnt even have demon summoned after the fight)
So I fear him and then throw down a swim speed potion and motor away like a fucking speedboat (first time I used swim speed potion really surprised me lol) and he gives chase. So I swim directly north west to the zul gurub hub island, jojamba or whatever, and it the water breathing and go deep to the ocean floor. He follows!
Im on about half hp at this point and nearly no mana and no pet so I just keep swimming. He keeps following. Eventually we are in the middle of fucking nowhere and both of us starting to take fatigue.
Eventually he swims to the surface and does whatever shaman skill lets you water walk (I think its water walking) and catches up. he dives down and shocks me and I die. Then he dies literally a second later from the damage of my dot.
then he uses self res, and does a /spit and a /lol and at this point we had circled round back into the shallower stuff not taking fatigue. I pop my soulstone and fear and mana drain him, then load up the dots (agony, corruption, siphon and then a drain life) and he dies. So then I swim back to shore and get back to grom gol and am waiting in there for a friend to whisk us off to SM for a quick cathedral run. And this fucking shaman comes running into grom gol and shocks me, then gets raped by the guards. And Im there, waiting for like 5 minutes and he rezzes, shocks and dies. Did he honestly think he could gank me quick enough to kill me before theguards got him? Does he not know affliction warlocks at my level have about a billion hp and are absolutely impossible to gank?
It was funny but also annoying cause the last time he put me out of the meeting stone summon thing cause i was in combat.
there are a few options
you can go to silverpine forest then to hillsbrad, or you can go finish up southern barrens and then hit up ashenvale/stonetalon
when in doubt, there is a handy map for you