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Need a bit of help with my gear.
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Post by
Dragalthor
As much as I am gnawing on my own liver with the fact that I having to ask this question but I would like your opinion on where I need to be looking to upgrade my gear.
Here's my armoury link -
=http://armory.wow-europe.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Aszune&n=Taurodeath]
As you can see I am well over the hit cap and know where near the strength cap, however I can find no way of reducing my hit without adversely affecting my Str. I am also well aware that I have
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=37257
which is a tanking ring and I am currently desperate to get a group for Gundrak (puging I'm afraid) in order to get
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=37642
.
However after that I am really at a loss. Would getting the tier 7 chest help to improve things a bit for me before I start regularly running Naxx and OS ect. My problem with running raids is the fact that my gaming hours are fairly awkward being mainly during thre day through the week with the odd Wednesday and Sunday night.
I would prefer to start gearing up from raids as at the moment I would like to spend my marks on tanking gear as my other spec.
Post by
Dragalthor
Oh btw using the standard Blood DPS rotation as really well explained in the brilliant thread on Blood DPS'ing and also so far have been using the equally impressive DPS item list written by Lynri and Magboar. Getting about 2.2k to 3k DPS depending on buffs and how well I actually manage to get in and hit the mob!
Post by
Eleazer
Your problem is easily solved, your strength is going to shoot up. How well for one, your gems are brutal mate. First off your Meta gem should change to the 21 crit strike and 3 percent critical strike.
24 stam gems why?
haste rating gems why?
Go 16 strength every gem spot except two blue spots where you go 8 strength 12 stam gems to activate your meta gem.
There are way better dps options for enchants the Stamina - Superior Stats to chest, AP to bracers, Crusher to Gloves, and Icewalker or AP to boots.
Post by
Dragalthor
Thanks Eleazer. Looks like it is back to AH for me and then I need to bug the enchanters in my guild.
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Post by
Dragalthor
OK then I may be missing something here but the only gem I can find with +16 strength is
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=39996
which matches a red socket and which I already have in the red socket. The other slots I need to fill are 4 x yellow and 1 x blue after I have filled two blues with the 8 strength 12 stam gems.
Any help on this is, as always, much appreciated.
Post by
Katsudon
You can put any gem color in any socket. The only downside to not socketing the correct colors is that you lose the socket bonus on the armor itself. Oftentimes these bonuses are ok to skip however, so unless the socket bonus is pretty good, your better off gemming strait +str.
Post by
Nystali
Ok, the problem is a lack of understanding on gemming.
Socket bonuses are nice but are not absolutely required. The only true requirement you have to watch out for is the meta gem requirement. If you don't have the required colors for the meta bonus, then you're not getting the bonus. The great thing is that hybrid gems (purple, green, orange) count as one of each color they're made of so the meta requirement are very easy to follow.
A socket bonus is strictly there to impose artificial limitations on how you gem that item. Some socket bonuses are worth it and easy to follow in order to get the bonus (Red sockets in order to get a +strength socket bonus would be ideal, wouldn't it?). But because the devs like to mess with us, they don't always make it easy for us and so there are other pieces of armor with questionable gain for what you'd have to use in order to achieve the bonus.
Say you have a piece of armor that has a blue socket on it and the socket bonus is +haste. Well, haste isn't the greatest stat for death knights and blue gems aren't the greatest for boosting dps. There are hybrid gems (+8str +12stam) which can fulfill the socket bonus, but because haste isn't ideal, its recommended to just forget the bonus and throw in a +16 strength red gem instead. That will give you a greater boost to your dps than following the socket.
The hard choices become when you have say a piece of armor with a blue socket that has a +6str socket bonus. Now, if you were to put in +16str red gem, you'd still have more strength than if you used a +8str +12 stam purple. But if you did use the purple, you'd only have 2 less strength and then have 12 extra stamina. That's where its more of a judgment call. Do you need that extra 2 strength? Maybe you need that extra stamina to hit the 18000 health pool minimum recommended for malygos. If that's the case, the purple gem going for the socket bonus would be useful.
So basically, follow the socket bonuses that are easy and worthwhile and use the hybrids to fulfill them, ignore the others and go for the gems that help you dps the best (+16str if you're at hit cap) . But overall, make sure you have enough of the right colored gems to trigger your meta gem.
Post by
Dragalthor
Aha now it all makes sense.
Thank you very much guys.
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