Long Time...No Post

It has been along time since I posted anything here. But that is okay, because I don't have any readers anyway.

What has happened since my last post? Let's see.......

1. Cataclysm has been released. Just in case you guys weren't aware.

2. I have leveled Gathorc to 85 and have begun running heroics. I have also levelled the warrior and priest to level 81 each.

3. Have started a new guild with several of my closest friends. This was planned long before Wrath was over, but now it is done. What was not part of the plan was the fact that, somehow, I ended up being the Guild Master.

4. Have had to work much harder than I originally thought in order to get enough people ready to raid with this new guild. Had some folks who were part of the original plan drop out, which left us short on people, but we are getting there.

5. Have spent much money and time levelling up mining and blacksmithing to 525.

6. I got a sexy new 24" monitor for my birthday. My UI has been completely rebuilt, and I like it a lot. I may make a post on it later this week.

I am already sporting 160k health buffed in heroics, and only currently have one purp...the BS crafted shield. First guild raid is this week, and I am really looking forward to that. It is time to get back in the groove of progression again. I realize we are weeks behind, but that matters little. I am here to have fun with my friends, and that has already been accomplished.

I will be posting much more often now that raids will be starting up again (hopefully).

oh, and . . . . . Happy New Year!

Shield of the Righteous nerf

Remember a couple of posts back, I talked about the PVP cries resulting from me getting a 77K crit ShoR on Festergut? Just to show how "not leet" I am, there have been several reports of ShoRs hitting Festergut for over 100K by better players than I.

Well, a new Beta patch today fixed that issue:

Shield of the Righteous now deals 609/1828/3656 damage depending on Holy Power. (Old - Deals 20%/60%/120% of Attack Power as damage)

Source

Now, we don't know what the attack power scaling this new version will have, but regardless, I bet we can kiss the massive ShoR crits goodbye. We shouldn't be surprised, this same exact thing happened to warriors with Shield Slam during the WotLK beta.

This just in from Blizzcon!

We changed it so Divine Plea will generate 3 Holy Power when used so you can start with Holy Power on the pull.

Sexy.

No more nine second build up to our big threat move. We can roll in on a boss and smack him with a 3 HoPo Shield of the Righteous right off the bat.

I'm digging it.

Blizzcon is today...cont'd.

And the "Big" announcement is . . . Defense of the Ancients map for SCII and Demon Hunter class for Diablo III.

Seriously?  

Is that it?  

Color me disappointed.

 

Blizzcon is today

So, just in case none of you have heard . . .

Blizzcon starts today

Every Blizzcon has a "big" announcement, so what is going to be the "big" announcement this year?

Many people have speculated about what it will be, and I have my thories, but I'm keeping them to myself. Mainly, because I don't want to look like an asshat when I'm wrong (when have I ever cared about that before?).

Oh well, we'll find out soon enough.

I can hear the cries in PVP now

Don't mind the UI (it is still a work in progress after the patch). I had to just go with it, as it was raid time.

Anyone notice something a bit off here? How about that 77142 over the bosses head? Yep, my ShotR with 3 HoPo and a 7 stack of Gastric Bloat crit for over 77k.

Incoming nerf to ShotR due to PVP concerns.

sometimes, this game feels like a kick in the . . .

So, 

4.0.1 was released yesterday, and with it comes all of the systems and class mechanics changes for the upcoming expansion.  There are posts all over the place about which stats changed, were added, or were removed, but not many people have been talking about the changes to gear and how that effects their ability to tank.  Let's look at my unbuffed stats before and after the patch.

 

3.3.5

armor = 35778

health = 52849

dodge = 27.63%

parry = 21.69%

block = 14.88% (44.88% with Holy Shield up)

 

4.0.1

armor = 27365

health = 51706

dodge = 23.88%

parry = 19.71%

block = 21% (36% with Holy Shield up)

 

 

Effective Health

So, my armor went down by ~24% and my health went down by ~3% also.  

Avoidance

My dodge went down by 3.75%.  My parry went down by 1.98%.  

However, my block went up by 6.12% without Holy Shield, but went down by 8.88% when the Holy Shield buff is up. 

 

Sucks to be me.