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05-21-2009, 12:20 PM
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One of the things that keeps messing with my head as we progress into Ulduar is, loot actually drops here. Gear that I want and, even better, that I actually get. I still look back with horror at our weekly Naxx clears and how, every single week, we could kill everything in sight only to have no weapons (http://www.wow.com/2009/05/08/the-care-and-feeding-of-warriors-weapons-from-ulduar/) drop at all. Now, the danger of talking about Ulduar gear is that it keeps changing (http://www.wow.com/2009/05/20/several-ulduar-weapons-buffed/). Older items get revamped and newer (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=45982) items (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=46067) get discovered. This is the nature of the beast, so to speak, all you can really do is keep going.
As an addendum to last week's post (http://www.wow.com/2009/05/14/the-care-and-feeding-of-warriors-warrior-dps-blues/) about DPS warriors, I've now switched to fury full time for DPS. My numbers are better now than they were as arms (most likely due to my greater sympathy for the spec and my upgraded dual wield set, 2 Rune Edges) and I'm happier. I do find it somewhat galling that I need two weapons better than a Betrayer of Humanity just to break even with an arms spec that used Sword Specialization (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=12815), possibly the worst choice for arms DPS in PvE right now. I'm still not quite where I should be in relation to other melee hybrids (after all, their gear is improving too) but once fury gets its incoming buffs (http://www.wow.com/2009/05/19/unspecified-warrior-damage-buffs-in-the-works/) I should be very competitive with DK's and Druids and Retribution Paladins. (Now all we need is for shamans to get a health buff.)
Rather than pile on more or changed weapons which we'll probably have to go back and update, this week I figured we'd talk about our Tier 8 sets from 10 and 25 man. We'll begin with the Valorous (10 man) Siegebreaker Battlegear and the Valorous (25 man) Dreadnaught Battlegear, then compare the Conqueror to the 25 Dreadnaught. I'm not going to compare the Heroes Dreadnaught because it's never even a question of an upgrade at that point.
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One of the things that keeps messing with my head as we progress into Ulduar is, loot actually drops here. Gear that I want and, even better, that I actually get. I still look back with horror at our weekly Naxx clears and how, every single week, we could kill everything in sight only to have no weapons (http://www.wow.com/2009/05/08/the-care-and-feeding-of-warriors-weapons-from-ulduar/) drop at all. Now, the danger of talking about Ulduar gear is that it keeps changing (http://www.wow.com/2009/05/20/several-ulduar-weapons-buffed/). Older items get revamped and newer (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=45982) items (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=46067) get discovered. This is the nature of the beast, so to speak, all you can really do is keep going.
As an addendum to last week's post (http://www.wow.com/2009/05/14/the-care-and-feeding-of-warriors-warrior-dps-blues/) about DPS warriors, I've now switched to fury full time for DPS. My numbers are better now than they were as arms (most likely due to my greater sympathy for the spec and my upgraded dual wield set, 2 Rune Edges) and I'm happier. I do find it somewhat galling that I need two weapons better than a Betrayer of Humanity just to break even with an arms spec that used Sword Specialization (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=12815), possibly the worst choice for arms DPS in PvE right now. I'm still not quite where I should be in relation to other melee hybrids (after all, their gear is improving too) but once fury gets its incoming buffs (http://www.wow.com/2009/05/19/unspecified-warrior-damage-buffs-in-the-works/) I should be very competitive with DK's and Druids and Retribution Paladins. (Now all we need is for shamans to get a health buff.)
Rather than pile on more or changed weapons which we'll probably have to go back and update, this week I figured we'd talk about our Tier 8 sets from 10 and 25 man. We'll begin with the Valorous (10 man) Siegebreaker Battlegear and the Valorous (25 man) Dreadnaught Battlegear, then compare the Conqueror to the 25 Dreadnaught. I'm not going to compare the Heroes Dreadnaught because it's never even a question of an upgrade at that point.
Continue reading The Care and Feeding of Warriors: More Ulduar Gear (http://www.wow.com/2009/05/21/the-care-and-feeding-of-warriors-more-ulduar-gear/)
Filed under: Warrior (http://www.wow.com/category/warrior/), Patches (http://www.wow.com/category/patches/), Items (http://www.wow.com/category/items/), Analysis / Opinion (http://www.wow.com/category/analysis-opinion/), Odds and ends (http://www.wow.com/category/odds-and-ends/), News items (http://www.wow.com/category/news-items/), Instances (http://www.wow.com/category/instances/), Raiding (http://www.wow.com/category/raiding/), (Warrior) The Care and Feeding of Warriors (http://www.wow.com/category/the-care-and-feeding-of-warriors/)
The Care and Feeding of Warriors: More Ulduar Gear (http://www.wow.com/2009/05/21/the-care-and-feeding-of-warriors-more-ulduar-gear/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Thu, 21 May 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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