Post by Aadramelekh
do you guys think I should make 1 for my cat?I wouldn't bother buying the mace.
The
Staff of Trickery will provide you with 295 AP besides the 1834 FAP from its DPS. Also it provides a little more than 1% crit as well. The
Titansteel Destroyer provides 267 AP besides the 1834 FAP from its DPS. Also the 54 hit rating can be easily found elsewhere. ~30 more AP and 1% crit turn the tables in favor of the staff the way I see it.
If you want some sort of upgrade, then you may try and obtain the
Staff of Feral Furies (or the other faction equivalent, depending on your case). It will provide a hefty pile of crit. Remember one thing: as a pussy cat player,
you can never have enough crit! The more, the better.
Post by Kero066
but the
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=41257 has more base damage and thats what I am looking for.
Post by Aadramelekh
but the
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=41257 has more base damage and thats what I am looking for.
I am surprised you got to level 80 thinking that
weapon damage has anything to do with the damage druids deal in Bear / Cat form...
The only things that matter from a weapon are
the stats (hit, expertise, AP, crit, haste, ArP)
and attributes (strength, agility, stamina) on it, plus the Feral Attack Power
PROVIDED BY THE WEAPON'S DPS VALUE. Keep this in mind. Both the Staff of Trickery and the Titansteel Destroyer
have the same DPS in case you didn't notice, thus they both provide the same Feral Attack Power. Other than that,
WEAPON DAMAGE RANGE HAS NO INFLUENCE ON THE DAMAGE DRUIDS DEAL IN FORMS.
The base 'weapon damage' druids have in forms is a
constant value (currently believed to be 55) to which we add the bonus damage from Attack Power (7.14% from AP) and eventually multiply by any talent modifiers we may have - that gives the final 'weapon damage' we see on the character sheet in Cat Form. For instance, take
THIS Screenshot. The 'Damage' we see there is 638-663. I'm going to work with the average value of 650. Let's see where does this come from.
Base Paw Damage = 55
Attack Power = 7512
Damage = (BPD + 0.0714*AP)*1.1 (the 10% multiplier comes from the Naturalist Talent)
Damage = (55 + 536.35)*1.1 = 650.49 ~ 650 (because the game engine always rounds down decimals).
I hope I made it clear enough.
Weapon Damage does not influence the damage that druids deal in forms.Once again, I consider the Staff of Trickery or the one obtainable through daily Argent Champion quests to be superior to the Titansteel Destroyer.