It's apparently something to do with Wintergrasp, though I don't know if that was just a rumour. Fixed in the next patch, whenever the hell that will be.
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Yep, season 5 started Dec 16th or there abouts.
Trying to reconcile this and my usual theorycraft geek friend isn't online.
Why can't we enchant off hands and wands, when melee off hands and guns/bows can be enchanted? I've tried adding up figures in my head, and the only conclusion I can come up with that somewhere down the line of numbers, enabling casters to enchant these would give them too much of an advantage over melee.
However, given just how high melee dps is currently, that really can't be the case.
Why can't we enchant off hands and wands, when melee off hands and guns/bows can be enchanted? I've tried adding up figures in my head, and the only conclusion I can come up with that somewhere down the line of numbers, enabling casters to enchant these would give them too much of an advantage over melee.
However, given just how high melee dps is currently, that really can't be the case.
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Anyone on Aerie Peak alliance? Just got back into wow after a loooooong break (i swore it would be for good!) and my old guid is no more and everyone has vanished from my friends list..... Just about to ding 80
Yer I am, although I don't play very often. What class are you?
At a guess, Blizz balance the game around those items not being enchanted and if they were enchantable you would just have lower stats on other items.
It's like Priest healers using wands with stats on and druid healers using an idol with no stats on but spell modifier on.
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I wouldnt say they do THAT much damage. Our fury warrior is just a bit behind my hunter mate. The hunter is usually on about 3500 dps.
On thaddius the fury warrior managed 6300dps which is pretty mad!
On thaddius the fury warrior managed 6300dps which is pretty mad!
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Now that depends if the hunter is BM spec? They do far too much damage officially from Blizzard and are due to be nerfed in the coming patch
Whoop
He can't have been a BM Hunter then, unless he was slacking off.
We have rogues regularly doing 9-10k dps on the highest dps fights, casters can't get anywhere near this. Melee dps is way higher then caster dps in the majority of cases, especially with the rogue bug and stacking groups to take advantage of it. Is it any wonder bosses are so easy to kill given the dps.
The game may have been balanced around not enchanting wands/idols/caster off hands, maybe its time to give the end game drops sockets.
Soldato
tbh thats the one thing i felt has been really missing.
The pure lack of items with gem sockets. Espec between 70-78
Theres hardly any at all. It makes the green quality gems kinda usless in my eyes.
Blacksmithing seems to way to go though with regards to gem sockets one in the wrists gloves and the boe one for waist too... amazing.
But still just a minor thing. Maybe they need to give the bosses more hits ?
The pure lack of items with gem sockets. Espec between 70-78
Theres hardly any at all. It makes the green quality gems kinda usless in my eyes. Blacksmithing seems to way to go though with regards to gem sockets one in the wrists gloves and the boe one for waist too... amazing.
But still just a minor thing. Maybe they need to give the bosses more hits ?
I just can't wait for the 3.0.8 patch to bring Elemental Shaman dps up. I hate sitting so low atm even though I'm as geared as the rest.
We did a Naxx 10 for all the achievements last night but with 8/10 of us already having The Undying left 1 who really wanted it and one that tagged along for gear.
We smoothly cleared spiderwing with the 2 achieves from there for the missing people, finished Patchwerk off in 2mins 35 seconds with 2 healers. someone failed on thaddius and linked the tank once
so lost "Shocking". everything else went good and got that "All goes down together" on 4 Horsemen then came saphiron and the person that wanted The Undying died on the last air phase was so hilarious.
We did a Naxx 10 for all the achievements last night but with 8/10 of us already having The Undying left 1 who really wanted it and one that tagged along for gear.
We smoothly cleared spiderwing with the 2 achieves from there for the missing people, finished Patchwerk off in 2mins 35 seconds with 2 healers. someone failed on thaddius and linked the tank once
so lost "Shocking". everything else went good and got that "All goes down together" on 4 Horsemen then came saphiron and the person that wanted The Undying died on the last air phase was so hilarious.
Soldato
meh... they could have at least put in some blues from dungeons with sockets in thou imo.
Its not like green gems are pricy. Then again dumbing down for the millions
Its not like green gems are pricy. Then again dumbing down for the millions
Soldato
Just set up a Unholy Spammable Macro for my DK.
He immediately kills level 60's and 61's and im only 61!
Its amazing.... just keep spamming it!
He immediately kills level 60's and 61's and im only 61!
Its amazing.... just keep spamming it!
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Now that depends if the hunter is BM spec? They do far too much damage officially from Blizzard and are due to be nerfed in the coming patch
Whoop
And everyone I know wonders why I no longer play my Warrior
They truly are the redheaded stepchildren of WoW.
Oh well, more Dk fun for me.
That's a terrible hunter! In my guild (Which just so happens to be OcUK Horde) the 15 DPS all do from 4k to 6.5k. Any hunters doing 3500dps and under in a 25 man is unacceptable. I know that currently our top DPS is a BM hunter who sometimes even break 6.7k DPS. More often than not, the second and third placed DPS would be hunters too, with shadow priest (good old me) and fury warriors not far behind.
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So they went and redesigned all the gear instead of pointing out putting gems in slots is optional?
Horde Fury Warrior on Balnazzar talking here
(anyone one else on that server?)The damage, although high, is not OP. As a fury warrior I can only beat a hunter/shadowpriest if they are slacking. Thaddius? (the charges one i forgot his name) seems to boost warrior DPS HUGELY because it seems to affect Deep Wounds for the better and because the increased damaged gives us almost an infinite ragepool.
We suck bawlz in PvP though. I'd happily have a reduced PvE damaged output for +40% survivability -.-'
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Whats the best DPS build for a Hunter?
Just started one.
Just started one.