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Titansteel Destroyer, or wait?
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Post by
Kurtosis
About time to upgrade my trusty old De-Raged War Axe, and closing in on the ~3000g needed for a
Titansteel Destroyer
.
The appeal of the TSD is it is a good all-around weapon, and I don't have the gold for separate epic tanking, dps, and pvp weapons, all of which I want to do (once I finish all the quests and gear up).
Is there any reason to wait and go with one of the upcoming epic 2H tanking weapons instead, and adjust and re-itemize the rest of my gear when I want to dps or pvp?
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Post by
Whoami4
In 3.0.8 there will some tankng 2-handers introduced. I'm personally holding off until those come out, I don't see the point in dropping 2k+ gold on a weapon that will be gone rather soon. I'd just grab one out of a heroic until then.
However, I'm not 100% if the new weapons will be BoE or BoP... As far as I've seen they are BoP on the test realms but I have heard many rumors of that changing.
Post by
Ghoso
I waited and kept running H HoL, while also saving my gold in case it never dropped/had a string of bad groups. The axe dropped before I even saved a quarter of the cost. Which means if your starting from 0 on both ends, the Axe might be a faster way to an epic 2h. took 5 runs, dropped twice but first time a warrior jacked it. granted the stats on the Mace might side a little better for DPS, it will at least tide you over till you get whatever your next upgrade will be.
Personally I'm waiting for some naxx drops before I go spending 3k gold on a mace that barely boosts my damage.
Post by
pmpage
There's plenty of viable 2H weapons available for less than the Titansteel Destroyer. I've put the various weapons I've used recently against the Titansteel Destroyer and there isn't a massive amount in it
http://www.wowhead.com/?compare=44249;37653;39245;38618;41257;37852;41816
Ideally, if you can get Demise from the Plague Quarter of Naxx, it provides the most similar statistics, failing that there's some fairly good alternatives available from Heroics.
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Post by
Kurtosis
Thanks all. Is
De-Raged War Axe
is enough to run (either tank or dps) heroics with? I doubt it, and
TSD
is a significant dmg/dps (hence threat gen)
upgrade
, which is the main reason I'm considering it.
For those who got the TSD, how hard was hitting 540 defense cap without defense stats on your weapon? That's the reason I'm considering waiting for the 3.0.8 crafted epic tanking weapons, assuming they get changed to BoE. Or is this a non-issue?
Post by
pmpage
Thanks all. Is
De-Raged War Axe
is enough to run (either tank or dps) heroics with? I doubt it, and
TSD
is a significant dmg/dps (hence threat gen)
upgrade
, which is the main reason I'm considering it.
The De-Raged Waraxe is far from the *best* weapon available, but whether or not it'll be effective really comes down to whether the rest of your gear is to the same standard (then it won't be enough), or whether the rest of your gear is better (then it should be ok)
For those who got the TSD, how hard was hitting 540 defense cap without defense stats on your weapon? That's the reason I'm considering waiting for the 3.0.8 crafted epic tanking weapons, assuming they get changed to BoE. Or is this a non-issue?
As for reaching the Def cap, I *still* haven't gotten there yet, despite now having virtually all items at item level 200. It is noticeable at times, for example on Patchwerk, but it's not the end of the world if you're not quite there because you've stacked other statistics in preference (a lot of my gear has large +Sta, +Str and +Avoidance (Dodge and Parry)
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81685
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Post by
pmpage
hitting the 540 def cap, for me, largely depended on the
trinket
drop for normal HoL.
It's annoying that one trinket, more or less makes you Def capped or not! There should be at least a couple of possibilities (including drops from heroic or purchasable with Emblems), so tanks don't spend weeks running the same instance time and time again.
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Post by
Leoin
there is an alternative ... just it's from naxx ... check the repelling charge... also look at the jewel crafters trinkets and logistically speaking you could stack them with def rating gems... so technically you have options but the pantheon is the easiest route... so i agree on some levels that it would be nice to ahve badge trinkets w/ def rating especially post-patch 3.0.8 when IBF will scale with Def rating.
Post by
daboss40
Don't wait. Get TSD now.
The mats will run you about 2000-2200g at the most. Find a BS willing to pay you for a skill up, and get your TSD. You'll even make a lil gold while ur at it.
It's one of the better 2-handers you can get. Considering the relatively low cost of this WRT it's power, this should be a no-brainer.
Besides. Then, you can spend your DKP on things that can't actually be made :D
*cough* T7 *cough*
Post by
Kurtosis
Don't wait. Get TSD now.
The mats will run you about 2000-2200g at the most. Find a BS willing to pay you for a skill up, and get your TSD. You'll even make a lil gold while ur at it.
Good idea, thx. I have some of the mats from mining, will probably just farm most of the rest (except the fire eternals, got better things to do than grind elementals all day).
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