Noobish Questions (updated frequently)

[Legedi]

I look at blocking differently now that we are in BWL than when we just did MC. In MC most mobs hit between 500-700 normal hits. Even Golemagg only hits in the 700-900 range. There blocking 100 damage often is nice damage migration. I would spam shield block all the time. It helped the healers not have to heal as much.

But now in MC our healers are decked out much more. I don't need to worry about making them more effiencient. Our raid structer is much different now. I worry more about holding aggro since our DPS is much higher. So I use all my rage on aggro moves now.

And in BWL stuff hits for 800-1100 normal hits, crits up to 1600, and 2200 crushing hits. Plus special attacks that hit between 4000-6000 damage. Here having the chance to blocking a few hundered damage is not going to save you. But having a few hundred extra HP can.

For anything less than a 40 man raid having a high block value, with a high chance to block is still really good (execpt for than dang bloodlord. Took me from 8000 hp to 60 hp in less than 3 seconds while enraged :wacko: ). In 5 man instances blocking 100 damage can easly be a quarter to half the damage a mob does.