11-02-2005, 12:51 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-02-2005, 12:53 AM by Concillian.)
Conc has had Thrash for quite some time. I got it when I could on the rogue and it was good to me, but it had an unexpected positive side effect on the Warrior that it didn't have on the rogue... the proc adds significantly more to my damage due not only to the proc, but to the extra rage it generates.
Last night I was killing a bunch of Firegut Ogres in Blasted lands and it seems like Thrash blade is just tailor made for a 1H warrior because of the rage generation.
I'm beginning to think that unless Ironfoe or felstriker drop there isn't going to be much upgrading for a LONG time.
Thrash seems to feed itself, it procs for extra damage and rage, which allows more instant attacks that have a chance to proc and give even more rage. Also, a proc can crit, meaning that 1 swing does triple instead of double damage, which gives almost enough rage for shield slam in one swing. I think I'm going to have a difficult time replacing this sword.
Most warrior instant attacks seem to be able to proc it, including Sheild Slam and Sheild Bash :wacko:
Unfortunately, sunder doesn't seem to be able to proc it (even though sunder definitely uses the weapon skill as a basis of determining hit/miss chances, as do shield slam and shield bash)
I tried using a hammer of expertise from the blacksmithing quests, which has slightly more DPS, but no proc, and it's quite a large difference for a warrior. Fights only take slightly longer, but you take that much more damage. Since time between fights is roughly the same when soloing, regen is fixed. So I found with thrash I would have to break for a bandage or food about every 5-10 minutes (fights were more spotty, so there was more variation), but with expertise I'd have to break almost every 2-3 minutes. It was really night and day.
So I'd like to do some calcs to try and figure what it will take to replace thrash. I don't know the proc rate, has anyone done any figuring of this? I can do some testing, but thought maybe someone else might have done some already.
Last night I was killing a bunch of Firegut Ogres in Blasted lands and it seems like Thrash blade is just tailor made for a 1H warrior because of the rage generation.
I'm beginning to think that unless Ironfoe or felstriker drop there isn't going to be much upgrading for a LONG time.
Thrash seems to feed itself, it procs for extra damage and rage, which allows more instant attacks that have a chance to proc and give even more rage. Also, a proc can crit, meaning that 1 swing does triple instead of double damage, which gives almost enough rage for shield slam in one swing. I think I'm going to have a difficult time replacing this sword.
Most warrior instant attacks seem to be able to proc it, including Sheild Slam and Sheild Bash :wacko:
Unfortunately, sunder doesn't seem to be able to proc it (even though sunder definitely uses the weapon skill as a basis of determining hit/miss chances, as do shield slam and shield bash)
I tried using a hammer of expertise from the blacksmithing quests, which has slightly more DPS, but no proc, and it's quite a large difference for a warrior. Fights only take slightly longer, but you take that much more damage. Since time between fights is roughly the same when soloing, regen is fixed. So I found with thrash I would have to break for a bandage or food about every 5-10 minutes (fights were more spotty, so there was more variation), but with expertise I'd have to break almost every 2-3 minutes. It was really night and day.
So I'd like to do some calcs to try and figure what it will take to replace thrash. I don't know the proc rate, has anyone done any figuring of this? I can do some testing, but thought maybe someone else might have done some already.
Conc / Concillian -- Vintage player of many games. Deadly leader of the All Pally Team (or was it Death leader?)
Terenas WoW player... while we waited for Diablo III.
And it came... and it went... and I played Hearthstone longer than Diablo III.
Terenas WoW player... while we waited for Diablo III.
And it came... and it went... and I played Hearthstone longer than Diablo III.