What a BRD run!
Last night I ran BRD (Blackrock Depths) with 4 guildmates: Cinabunz, Malene, Nightbreeze, Syrana, and me (Adze). All from the Saga guild on Kalecgos, a PvP server. Our guild had been dominating the 40-49 BG's for a while before we decided to level out a few weeks ago.
This was my second BRD run ever, the first also being with people in the guild. My previous level-60 characters didn't group enough to run high-level instances. In this run, we made it through about 80% of the dungeon in the course of four hours -- it's supposedly one of the largest dungeons in WoW.
I learned a lot about tanking, which I'm writing in a separate post. I've decided to learn to tank more effectively, since our guild is short on warriors. So I'm going to respec to move some talents out of cat form into bear form. Specifically, I am switching Blood Frenzy (+1 combo point on crits) with Primal Fury (+5 rage per crit). Also, I am dropping Improved Shred and reducing Natural Weapons by 3 in order to get 5/5 Thick Hide. That will boost my armor gain factor from 460% to 506%.
I won 6 blue items! These are the items, and what they replaced for me, and the enchants I need for them:
1) Chest: Mixologist Tunic (50), 158 AC, +18 Str, +11 Agi, +18 Sta
replaces: Pratt's Handcrafted Tunic, 129 AC, +6 Str, +7 Agi, +15 Sta
need enchant: +100HP, = 6 Illusion Dust, Small Brilliant Shard, ench 275
2) Shoulders: Dark Warder's Pauldrons (52), 122 AC, +11 Str, +17 Agi, +7 Sta
replaces: Fleshhide Shoulders (37), 95 AC, +5 Str, +6 Agi, +15 Sta
no enchant possible
3) Idol of Ferocity (52): reduces energy cost of Claw and Rake by 3
replaces: none! But only useful for cat form, which I am gimping in favor of bear form.
no enchant possible
4) Ring: Magma Forged Band (52), +7 Str, +12 Agi, +7 Sta
replaces: Lorekeeper's Ring (48, caster), +6 Sta, +12 magic/heal, +4 mana/5s
Somehow, in my experimenting with the DruidFunc addon, I lost my 48 Protectors Band, and was wearing the 38 one! Need to go to Ashenvale to get it replaced (and sell the 38 one for good), (48: 10, 9, 6)
no enchant possible
5) Feet (fire resist): Coal Miner Boots (52), 112 AC, +9 Str, +17 Sta, +10 FR
replaces: Serpentskin Boots, 94 AC, +7 Str, +8 Sta, +10 Agi (enchant +7 Sta)
need enchant: +7 Sta = 10 Dream Dust, ench 260
6) Chest (caster, fire resist): Flamestrider Robes (48), 153 AC, +5 Sta, +6 Int, +16 Spi, +10 FR, +20 magic/heal
replaces: Forest's Embrace (caster, need to get in ST): 151 AC, +8 Int, +7 Spi, +55 heal
both need enchant if want to be usable: +100HP
This was my second BRD run ever, the first also being with people in the guild. My previous level-60 characters didn't group enough to run high-level instances. In this run, we made it through about 80% of the dungeon in the course of four hours -- it's supposedly one of the largest dungeons in WoW.
I learned a lot about tanking, which I'm writing in a separate post. I've decided to learn to tank more effectively, since our guild is short on warriors. So I'm going to respec to move some talents out of cat form into bear form. Specifically, I am switching Blood Frenzy (+1 combo point on crits) with Primal Fury (+5 rage per crit). Also, I am dropping Improved Shred and reducing Natural Weapons by 3 in order to get 5/5 Thick Hide. That will boost my armor gain factor from 460% to 506%.
I won 6 blue items! These are the items, and what they replaced for me, and the enchants I need for them:
1) Chest: Mixologist Tunic (50), 158 AC, +18 Str, +11 Agi, +18 Sta
replaces: Pratt's Handcrafted Tunic, 129 AC, +6 Str, +7 Agi, +15 Sta
need enchant: +100HP, = 6 Illusion Dust, Small Brilliant Shard, ench 275
2) Shoulders: Dark Warder's Pauldrons (52), 122 AC, +11 Str, +17 Agi, +7 Sta
replaces: Fleshhide Shoulders (37), 95 AC, +5 Str, +6 Agi, +15 Sta
no enchant possible
3) Idol of Ferocity (52): reduces energy cost of Claw and Rake by 3
replaces: none! But only useful for cat form, which I am gimping in favor of bear form.
no enchant possible
4) Ring: Magma Forged Band (52), +7 Str, +12 Agi, +7 Sta
replaces: Lorekeeper's Ring (48, caster), +6 Sta, +12 magic/heal, +4 mana/5s
Somehow, in my experimenting with the DruidFunc addon, I lost my 48 Protectors Band, and was wearing the 38 one! Need to go to Ashenvale to get it replaced (and sell the 38 one for good), (48: 10, 9, 6)
no enchant possible
5) Feet (fire resist): Coal Miner Boots (52), 112 AC, +9 Str, +17 Sta, +10 FR
replaces: Serpentskin Boots, 94 AC, +7 Str, +8 Sta, +10 Agi (enchant +7 Sta)
need enchant: +7 Sta = 10 Dream Dust, ench 260
6) Chest (caster, fire resist): Flamestrider Robes (48), 153 AC, +5 Sta, +6 Int, +16 Spi, +10 FR, +20 magic/heal
replaces: Forest's Embrace (caster, need to get in ST): 151 AC, +8 Int, +7 Spi, +55 heal
both need enchant if want to be usable: +100HP
posted by changed at 3:45 PM
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