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Tanking stats patch 3.0+?
2010-03-29 00:00:00
I'm still trying to get a clear grasp of what the new changes in 3.0 mean for druid tanking. I'm hoping I can sort of think out loud here and make sure I'm correct.
Pre-patch, we needed our Defense to be at least 415, or have a combination of Defense and Resilience to get us to 5.6 to avoid crits. It was easy enough to just run:
/script
and see if you were over the thresh-hold or not.
Now with 3.0, I think my understanding is that 415 no longer means anything since with talents, we can get 6 crit reduction eliminating our need to get the extra 2.6 crit reduction (or 65 additional Defense). Now, we just need to be at 350 Defense and any Defense over that inc...

TBC pets
2010-03-20 00:00:00
I鈥檓 still leveling my way up to a warp stalker. Cashara is 64, but I want a green stalker. So I have three more levels to go.
I like the looks of several of the pets. The dragonhawks are the most beautiful pets in game, at least in my opinion. Warp stalker are the closest we鈥檒l get to taming a dragon. And even the sporebat are cool looking. I鈥檝e tried to warm up to the ravagers, but I still see them as bulldogs of the insect kingdom.
So my plans for BC pets are thus:
Cashara - Green Warpstalker.
Calibos - Dragonhawk.
Farli - ???
I had considered a white warp stalker for Farli since he also has an albino crocalisk. But I don鈥檛 know that I want two hunters with the same pet, not with so few stable slots ...

The Beast Within
2010-03-11 00:00:00
WarcraftHunter wrote:ok thnx guess it isnt a waste for a talent point It is quite a bit more than merely not a waste of a Talent point. If you've invested up through Bestial Wrath, taking your BM build to TBW is a no brainer.
18 seconds each 2 minutes of:
20 Reduced mana cost for all of your abilities
10 additional damage
Immunity to all CC effects
Does the mob cast an AOE fear? You'll stand and shoot while the rest of the group is running around. Does the mob randomly sheep members of the group? You're immune to that effect.
I'm not sure where people get the impression that TBW causes the player to lose control of the Hunter. I've seen more than one poster with this impression, but a read of the Talent description does not even hint at suc...

Ranged Weapon Upgrade (lvl 50-60)
2010-03-06 00:00:00
since you're at 57 working toward the 59 PVP bow isn't a bad option. Or, you could jump to Outland once you hit 58 and there is a nice crossbow Quest reward in Thrall that is obtainable at 58, Everyone! This is my first posting, so here goes...
First of all, I've been a spectator on these forums for several months now and I just want to say that the quality of the information here is MUCH better than many other forums I've visited, even with the umm... entertaining of...