06-20-2007, 02:21 AM
Quote:Thanks for a number, Skan. As far as I can tell, according to (people like) Kungen's gearing he did hit a "safe spot" as he switched from Stam sockets/gearing to dodge (and is up around 6% dodge from the last time I armoried him). I'd love to know why and specifically when. As the guild leader and MT for the #1 progressing guild in WoW, I'm going to give him a little bit of credit for being "on the up and up" in regards to tanking know-how. Now he could have had that gear on for a specific fight, but I'm not remotely rich enough to consider swapping gems in tier pieces on a fight by fight basis.:lol:
I suspect he's doing it because he's close to the tanking Holy Grail; uncrushability. In high-end raid tank epics, it's very possible to come close to 100% or more dodge + miss + parry + block. Once you pass that barrier, not even raid bosses can crush or crit, which has obvious implications for spike damage. Dodge is the cheapest gemmable way to add to that number (shield block rating is the best, but there is no gem for it).