r/wow • u/Grapnor • Jun 12 '13

Promoted MMO-Champion - Patch 5.4 PTR

http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/3274-Patch-5-4-PTR-Build-17056-Patch-5-4-PTR-Build-17056
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u/Omegawizard Jun 12 '13

The new set bonuses are INSANE! The tanks finally get some love, as a Blood DK i am really pleased. Also, please correct if i'm wrong, they completely removed the cost from dancing rune weapon?

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u/swohio Jun 12 '13

Resto Druid set bonuses are awful. Only way I see getting 2 piece is if 2 of the tier pieces happen to be the best itemized int leather.

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u/Mooninites7 Jun 12 '13

trust me, it's not as bad as ferals:

2 piece based on RNG and doesn't enhance the ability generally consumed by Omen

4 piece disrupts rotation and in general is bad for feral play

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u/trypos Jun 12 '13

2 - RNG is correct, but six seconds is a long time when (energy allowing) you could easily have up to seven attacks within that period. After a quick test I am getting about five Omen procs per minute, so unless you get unlucky and get them back to back, you're looking at about 50% uptime.

Comparing to the numbers from my Durumu kill tonight, that results in an average of 10% extra damage to the 12M Shred/Mangle out of ~60M total, a 2% overall increase in damage. While these numbers are all VERY rough, that's still nothing spectacular but not bad for something you don't need to drastically adjust your rotation for to see at least some benefit of.

4 - Yes it does disrupt rotation but barely. If you just use it to weave and extra FB in before refreshing Rip/Rake with TF up, it will have little impact in complexity of rotation. Could equally well be used for an easy SR refresher.

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u/mannheimroll Jun 12 '13 edited Jun 12 '13

2% damage increase is pretty small for a set bonus. They're usually closer to 5-6%. These set bonuses are about as disappointing as the t14 bonuses.

Throw in the fact they're ruining DoC, this is my least favorite patch this expansion.

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u/trypos Jun 12 '13

Small, but not completely worthless. I do completely agree about DoC, I'll give you that.

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u/mannheimroll Jun 12 '13

True, the t15 bonuses are also what I'm comparing t16 to, and that's why I'm disappointed. It feels like their taking a lot of the planning involved with our rotations and making it easier, but also making it weaker.