tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3190673057769546823.post1649979723931851903..comments2023-10-05T12:43:59.413-04:00Comments on Honor's Code: Talent Specialization for 3.1Honors Codehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10603644804340531952noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3190673057769546823.post-52499142986949898552009-04-10T19:51:00.000-04:002009-04-10T19:51:00.000-04:00I've always viewed PoJ as a pvp talent myself. I ...I've always viewed PoJ as a pvp talent myself. I think I can count the number of times where running 15% faster would have made any serious difference on one hand, and the 50% disarm duration has no affect at all for Raiding. Plus, with the high number of DK's around, and the extreme continuing popularity of the Unholy Tree, I find it very rare to even be in a group (Guild or PuG) that I don't have their Unholy Aura while raiding. I'd rather have 2% increased Crit for threat then to run to a nearby location .8s sooner. on my Protection PVP offspec though, I see this talent as necesary!<BR/><BR/>http://ptr.wowhead.com/?talent=sZV0tAbuMusIufdxf0hbc is my planned build.<BR/><BR/>I know this is going "cookie cutter" on ya, but this is how I see at least the skeletal build going.<BR/> <BR/>Divine Strength 5/5 <BR/>Anticipation 5/5 <BR/>Toughness 5/5<BR/>Improved Rightous Fury 3/3<BR/>Improved Devotion Aura 3/3<BR/>Blessing of Sanctuary 1/1<BR/><BR/>with 3 other points that need to be spent to get to the second meaty part of the tree. I'm thinking most people will go Divine Sacrifice and Divine Gaurdian, though maybe some will go Improved HoJ or Divinity (both fairly wasteful imo for tanking but some people may still want a hybrid protection spec even after dual specs).<BR/><BR/>After this, Every point in the Tree is practically necesary, giving Protection 54 points. Ideally most players will probably wan't only 53 points and with the new changes to mana regen and the increased damage in Ulduar (while keeping the same size mana pools)probably means only 1/2 points in spiritual atunement is needed. If I had to take another point I'd probably drop one from Judgements of the Just, as all the others seem to provide superior Threat and/or Mitigation compared to faster HoJ and 10% reduced Melee speed (especially when melee damage is the very last of any protection paladin's worries).<BR/><BR/>On that same Note, I'm going deeper into Ret because while Improved LoH is nice, even with an 11 minute cooldown I'd still never (or maybe 1 out of 300 freak near-death pull accident) use it more than once a boss fight, and since Melee damage is the least likely to kill me in almost any situation, the increased armor just isn't appealing enough for me to bury myself down that deep when Retribution has such promising threat abilities.<BR/><BR/>That's my personal playstyle / needs though of course.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630887716107933372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3190673057769546823.post-35316918822187313832009-04-09T06:26:00.000-04:002009-04-09T06:26:00.000-04:00My dual spec was going to be holy / Ret but I’m fi...My dual spec was going to be holy / Ret but I’m finding holy boring right now. I did level 75 to 80 as prot and had an absolute blast with it. I'm a bit undergeared right now but hopefully that will change soon. I'll probably go with the crusade build as well. E4aE has a PVE build that looks good as well. <BR/>For some reason I’m nervous of Divine sacrifice, maybe someone can put my mind at ease and explain it a bit more clearly to me. If a boss enrages you could find yourself in trouble. Maybe it’s just me<BR/><BR/>As an aside, my wife and I loved the movie fireproof; we are going to look at introducing it as part of other material we teachAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06986782209547871393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3190673057769546823.post-10407185324277627402009-04-07T19:08:00.000-04:002009-04-07T19:08:00.000-04:00Personally, I'd probably drop the points from Touc...Personally, I'd probably drop the points from Touched By the Light before points from Redoubt... TbtL is a threat talent that's giving you maybe 200sp or so per talent point. Redoubt is giving you around 100-ish block value for each talent point.<BR/><BR/>TbtL will increase your SoV ticks, your JoV, and your consecrate. Redoubt will increase your ShoR hits and your damage blocked. There's a lot of multipliers to both, so it's a little hard to say which will be stronger.<BR/><BR/>The only possible changeup to this would be if you're putting Sacred Shield on yourself for mitigation... at that point, you're looking at adding 150 damage absorbtion to your sacred shield for each point... that will probably come out ahead on slow-hitting bosses/single targets, and behind on trash.Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908845315588176801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3190673057769546823.post-47437208943344860562009-04-07T18:45:00.000-04:002009-04-07T18:45:00.000-04:00Due to time being playing mostly catchup over on t...Due to time being playing mostly catchup over on the MT boards on most the various discussions on most all the coming changes. You got a nice review and some based on personal style as to why and what you may be looking at for 3.1 and it's changes.<BR/><BR/>My personal style as far as my Tankadin spec best i can see is Prot core with rest in Ret talents point going down into Ret enough to pick up Conviction and 3/3 Crusade. I'm have no immediate plans on picking up PJ.<BR/><BR/>I haven't given too much thought to Dual Spec overall especially since I'm barely over 1K gold balance. But Ret for me as a dual spec is the obvious choice. So I do have a few pieces of Ret gear from Heroics as well. I can see it all costing me a bit of money to fix up all that gear. Sure it will cost me money that I don't really have much of atm to fix up all the dual spec gear. But will see.Ardent Defenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13162904795741307697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3190673057769546823.post-16201478299484845502009-04-07T17:34:00.000-04:002009-04-07T17:34:00.000-04:00I prefer the ret build with pursuit of justice. M...I prefer the ret build with pursuit of justice. My belief is that the points in holy are wasted. I don't think the extra mana is worth the 5 points and the improved lay on hands is really not all that great when you consider magic damage.Galyanhttp://sacredduty.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3190673057769546823.post-9403772553481500252009-04-07T16:44:00.000-04:002009-04-07T16:44:00.000-04:00I'm probably going Crusade build myself, with 3/5 ...I'm probably going Crusade build myself, with 3/5 Conviction and 2/2 PoJ. From what I can gather SotP and Conviction are generally equivalent, but Crusade is a huge tps boost. And Imp LoH just doesn't appeal to me.Rhidachhttp://rhida.chnoreply@blogger.com