07-17-2005, 10:39 PM
Four more points -- the agony!
Fafner went Protection in hope of being invited to a few more parties. (This a week and a half after she finally fleshed out her previous build of Furry/Arms.) After the patch removed all her talents she did a Scarlet run and had some difficulty. We wiped on the second pull. Eventually we finished.
Last night she was invited to UBRS. I am a firm believer that one should never assign all one's talent points while in an instance, so she has four left. Here is her current build so far:
Arms:
Deflection 5
Tactical Mastery 5
Anger Management 1
Protection:
Anticipation 5
Shield Specialization 5
Toughness 5
Iron Will 5
Defiance 2
Improved Shield Bash 2
Concussion Blow 1 (She always wanted to be a paladin.)
One-Handed Weapon Specialization 5
Shield Slam 1
Fury:
Cruelty 5
The choices for the last four points include:
Improved Demoralizing Shout
Improved Shield Wall
Improved Sunder Armor
more Defiance
Improved Charge (yes, really)
What should she do? Keep in mind that she spends most of her time solo and that she still needs a mount. Rage usage reduction skills like Improved Sunder Armor might be OK solo, but do not seem important in instance groups. When she dies solo it is usually with zero rage. When she dies in instances it is typically with full rage. On the other hand Sunder Armor is her staple skill.
More Defiance could be useful in instances for all the reasons noted, particularly when the paladin keeps Blessing of Salvation on you like last night in UBRS. (Maybe it's a gnome thing?)
Soloing, Defiance is less useful.
She misses Improved Charge from her former build. She may not want to give it up.
Improved Demoralizing Shout would be nice too. Gnollguy said "Dem Shout breaks sleep..." I'm not sure if what was meant was "sleep" or "sheep" but last night Fafner walked up to a sheep and demoralized it without problem. That or there was a lot of lag. And no, the sheep was not in Elwynn Forest. I don't know of any player spell that sleeps anymore, at least that people use in instance groups. I need to test this a bit further, but it would be terrible if Demoralizing Shout could not be spammed in instances.
Thoughts or ideas welcome. I would love to read what other folks have done.
Fafner went Protection in hope of being invited to a few more parties. (This a week and a half after she finally fleshed out her previous build of Furry/Arms.) After the patch removed all her talents she did a Scarlet run and had some difficulty. We wiped on the second pull. Eventually we finished.
Last night she was invited to UBRS. I am a firm believer that one should never assign all one's talent points while in an instance, so she has four left. Here is her current build so far:
Arms:
Deflection 5
Tactical Mastery 5
Anger Management 1
Protection:
Anticipation 5
Shield Specialization 5
Toughness 5
Iron Will 5
Defiance 2
Improved Shield Bash 2
Concussion Blow 1 (She always wanted to be a paladin.)
One-Handed Weapon Specialization 5
Shield Slam 1
Fury:
Cruelty 5
The choices for the last four points include:
Improved Demoralizing Shout
Improved Shield Wall
Improved Sunder Armor
more Defiance
Improved Charge (yes, really)
What should she do? Keep in mind that she spends most of her time solo and that she still needs a mount. Rage usage reduction skills like Improved Sunder Armor might be OK solo, but do not seem important in instance groups. When she dies solo it is usually with zero rage. When she dies in instances it is typically with full rage. On the other hand Sunder Armor is her staple skill.
More Defiance could be useful in instances for all the reasons noted, particularly when the paladin keeps Blessing of Salvation on you like last night in UBRS. (Maybe it's a gnome thing?)
Soloing, Defiance is less useful.
She misses Improved Charge from her former build. She may not want to give it up.
Improved Demoralizing Shout would be nice too. Gnollguy said "Dem Shout breaks sleep..." I'm not sure if what was meant was "sleep" or "sheep" but last night Fafner walked up to a sheep and demoralized it without problem. That or there was a lot of lag. And no, the sheep was not in Elwynn Forest. I don't know of any player spell that sleeps anymore, at least that people use in instance groups. I need to test this a bit further, but it would be terrible if Demoralizing Shout could not be spammed in instances.
Thoughts or ideas welcome. I would love to read what other folks have done.
"I may be old, but I'm not dead."