tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104983185582412950.post9057371905833590786..comments2012-10-31T05:31:56.762-04:00Comments on I'm not feral, I'm a Bear: Community Spotlight: Tentative Feral Raiding Specs for 3.1Darksend Mercenarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04390112227038637450noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104983185582412950.post-61952717530719425432009-04-20T05:43:00.000-04:002009-04-20T05:43:00.000-04:00All your builds include OOC, may I ask why? While...All your builds include OOC, may I ask why? While for cat DPS it's a vital talent, I find it useless in tanking.<br /><br />Right now I'm testing a build which is basically your survivability with two points taken from OOC and Naturalist placed into Brutal Impact. I find I like to have an interrupt ability which is not constantly on CD when I need it....<br />(BTW in my build I also have +3 imp mangle and -3 Ferocity and will revert it, since it doesn't work well).<br /><br />Regarding Polar/Sta stuff, as a healer friend told me when I asked if he preferred higher avoidance or higher HP: "avoidance = random, higher HP = sure, go for sure". While I don't go full polar, using the vest+2 JC sta gems helps a lot without killing my TPS.Helistarhttp://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Dalaran&n=Helistarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104983185582412950.post-50315480715819016972009-04-17T14:02:00.000-04:002009-04-17T14:02:00.000-04:00On XT, you can't just ignore the adds; they heal h...On XT, you can't just ignore the adds; they heal him. You could choose not to tank the adds or kite-tank them, but it's a choice.<br /><br />What? There are 3 types of adds. The little scrab-bots heal him. They have no agro and just run to the boss. The bombs also run to the boss and blow up when they get to low HP. <br /><br />The big adds are tankable and most defiantly do not heal the boss. I had 6 of them on my on our kill the other day they do about 2-3K damage each. During tantrims you need to hit cooldowns but otherwise the damage is minimal.<br /><br />As for our DK, no. He offtanked iron council in DPS gear but that was on PTR. On live we use 2 tanks. I take steelbreaker and the warrior gets both the other 2.Darksend Mercenarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04390112227038637450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104983185582412950.post-48354421289516216262009-04-16T18:33:00.000-04:002009-04-16T18:33:00.000-04:00Also, our DK tanked it in DPS gear on 25 man in bl...<I>Also, our DK tanked it in DPS gear on 25 man in blood. You probably do not need tanking talents if you are killing the little guy first.</I>But he tanked it in tanking gear, no? I'd much rather have a druid who can tank and DPS in DPS gear than a DK who can do the same. That's the real benefit. Especially if you're killing the small one last (I assume that's what you meant).<br /><br />On XT, you can't just ignore the adds; they heal him. You could choose not to tank the adds or kite-tank them, but it's a choice.<br /><br />Razorscale (before the nerf) was another example, where you tank adds for a while and then can DPS the boss hard at 50%.Kalonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05193899462301079034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104983185582412950.post-16409503011654986212009-04-15T17:07:00.000-04:002009-04-15T17:07:00.000-04:00Thanks for the updates. Yes, I'm having fun pl...Thanks for the updates. Yes, I'm having fun playing with different specs last night, just found your article today. <br /><br />Was tempted to take 2 tank specs, but I think its too much of a luxury, and rather selfish too. I love MSS; first time I used it for tanking last night, and noticably more damage. I miss having a guaranteed 10 rage when shifting to bear, but I guess I just get used to it. Can you explain how IW stacks with other debuffs. You mentioned frost DKs - can you explain the details re DKs & thunderclap, so I know whether to take this or not? Also, how does Feral Aggression stack with other's debuffs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104983185582412950.post-84308416164457432412009-04-14T15:24:00.000-04:002009-04-14T15:24:00.000-04:00Unless they changed something, on XT you just tota...Unless they changed something, on XT you just totally ignore the adds and heal an offtank as it is more efficient to just put all DPS on the boss.<br /><br />Even with the change to swipe, druids are still the worst at picking up adds. Vigilance on the main tank and a warrior will have perma-taunt.<br /><br />Vezax was EU only so I know next to nothing about him.<br /><br />Cannot argue Iron Council. I did indeed overlook that because the is a fight I plan on respecing for anyway, and using neither of my dual specs. I will be using the survivability build for that fight. Also, our DK tanked it in DPS gear on 25 man in blood. You probably do not need tanking talents if you are killing the little guy first.Darksend Mercenarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04390112227038637450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104983185582412950.post-63028877224723403242009-04-14T14:55:00.000-04:002009-04-14T14:55:00.000-04:00The lone exception is when you have to offtank the...<I>The lone exception is when you have to offtank the first 10-25% then start dpsing, which does not happen in Ulduar that I have seen.</I>The best example of doing this where it could very well matter is on Iron Council (especially hard mode) where you don't need 3 tanks after the first councilor dies. XT-002 is another good example; there's no need to have two tanks on the fight all the time, just on the 75/50/25 breaks where you likely will need another tank on the random adds. Freya can also utilize this to some degree, similar to how it could be done on KT. Vezax on hard mode is another example; DPSing Vezax hard on the first phase, then picking up the elemental add on the second.Kalonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05193899462301079034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104983185582412950.post-45268358460917385312009-04-14T11:54:00.000-04:002009-04-14T11:54:00.000-04:00Thanks for this - I'm having a hard enough time tr...Thanks for this - I'm having a hard enough time trying to sort out a spec for my main char. It's nice to be able to quickly look and see a pile of well-thought-out specs with various pro's and cons for my druid :)<br /><br />/hugAurikhttp://www.slashhug.netnoreply@blogger.com