01-31-2007, 03:31 PM
Quote:The fun thing is that you don't really need a whole lot of rage to tank one mob, so it usually roughly balances out, in my experience.
As for other positive anecdotal evidence, I recently did some testing with my warrior between a 0/31/20 and a 5/5/41 spec to check out the damage difference. Overall, I ended up with a very, very similar DPS output while grinding mobs with the 5/5/41 spec (300-305 DPS with the fury/prot build and 290-295 with the full prot build). I was a bit surprised by that, but given all of the great bonuses of the full prot build (Focused Rage, Vitality, Devestate versus Flurry, Death Wish and Bloodthirst), I think that's the direction I am leaning toward, with my warrior. I was a bit sad to do it because I was one of the first crazy fury warriors in our group and it is somewhat sad to give it up. :(
That's what I discovered in beta, is for questing/grinding prot was the way to go, with sword/board + dmg plate I could grind longer and harder with less breaks and the damage wasn't that far behind as to feel boring.
Cheers,
~Frag B)
P.S. On-topic - Lifebloom is nuts! On Torenia it costs 178 mana, heals 704+900 selfbuffed. 9:1 mana efficiency? Woooohoooo! :w00t:
Hardcore Diablo 1/2/3/4 & Retail/Classic WoW adventurer.