03-23-2006, 07:39 PM
I actually agree that blocking is better the weaker the mobs. My old prot build I could actually make myself essentially immune to mobs for awhile via shield block (I had the improved block and one point in shield block so it blocked 2 attacks). When you suck up 110 damage some of the mobs you gring against can't hurt you. You get 15 rage from charge, flop to def stance put up block, block 2 attacks (gaining 2 rage from the block talent and probably 8 more from the damage you did) hopefully get a parry/dodge/block/miss from base skill put up shield block again. Take pretty much no damage. And drillborer + 3 piece might is 110 damage blocked for me.
So yeah block has some fun uses and as mentioned in MC really can be a factor towards mitigation and is a bigger factor, as you said when the healers aren't geared as well and you aren't geared as well and DPS isn't geared as well and fights go on longer.
I'm to the point now, even being geared in a tier between you and Mav, that I've thought about just tanking with a 2 hander or dual wield on the MC trash. :) If it lets the DPS do that much more damage because I'm generating that much more aggro I don't think the slight healing increase will matter. :) I've been tanking 5 mans dual wield def stance for awhile (for the extra threat which far outpaces the lowered damage from the stance only put the shield on for a a bash or slam rage dump :) ).
The other thing I like about +7 stam is that against most non physical attacks block does no good (the exceptions I can think of off the top of my head are firelords and Baron geddon who do all fire damage but can still have the delivery mechanism for that damage blocked or parried).
I'm in the same boat as Keshi. I don't raid as much I gear up more slowly so the more stam I can stack from anywhere the happier I am. (GIB PURPLE BRACES PLEASE KTHX :) )
So yeah I still think for most cases stacking stamina helps more. Maybe if I had any gear besides drillborer that added block % and could get to some of the break points, but at this stage I'm still happier with 10 def for my 5 talent points (drilled down to defiance when I switched to the 31/5/15) than with 5% more block. I think def helps more with preventing bad luck than block will as well and when I have to give up more def in fire gear but the mobs still do physical damage I'd much rather have that extra def back via talents.
But that is just me.
So yeah block has some fun uses and as mentioned in MC really can be a factor towards mitigation and is a bigger factor, as you said when the healers aren't geared as well and you aren't geared as well and DPS isn't geared as well and fights go on longer.
I'm to the point now, even being geared in a tier between you and Mav, that I've thought about just tanking with a 2 hander or dual wield on the MC trash. :) If it lets the DPS do that much more damage because I'm generating that much more aggro I don't think the slight healing increase will matter. :) I've been tanking 5 mans dual wield def stance for awhile (for the extra threat which far outpaces the lowered damage from the stance only put the shield on for a a bash or slam rage dump :) ).
The other thing I like about +7 stam is that against most non physical attacks block does no good (the exceptions I can think of off the top of my head are firelords and Baron geddon who do all fire damage but can still have the delivery mechanism for that damage blocked or parried).
I'm in the same boat as Keshi. I don't raid as much I gear up more slowly so the more stam I can stack from anywhere the happier I am. (GIB PURPLE BRACES PLEASE KTHX :) )
So yeah I still think for most cases stacking stamina helps more. Maybe if I had any gear besides drillborer that added block % and could get to some of the break points, but at this stage I'm still happier with 10 def for my 5 talent points (drilled down to defiance when I switched to the 31/5/15) than with 5% more block. I think def helps more with preventing bad luck than block will as well and when I have to give up more def in fire gear but the mobs still do physical damage I'd much rather have that extra def back via talents.
But that is just me.
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It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.
It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.