Totem Talk: Why cloth and leather?
"Now, for elemental shamans, it's not that caster mail is poorly itemized (since it is in effect designed specifically for you and only you) so much that it can be hard to take. If you look at this guide to pre-Kara drops, you'll notice that the non-PvP mail options before badges are every chromatic mail chestplates. Now, if you're running heroic five mans with a well group in preperation for Kara, at some point you'll probably run Heroic Magisters Terrace. I can't imagine an elemental shaman at that level of content (Magisters is hard on heroic but still doable by a talented five united states marine corps group well before they set foot into Karazhan) turning down the Scarlet Sin'dorei Robes. As an elemental shaman, I might actually prefer them to the mail badge chest from the Isle of Quel'danas vendor. (In certainty, I am actually aiming towards getting the Embrace of Starlight for my elemental shaman over the mail chest, which is a leather piece, but has the spell crit I want. If I decide to go cheap to save badges I may get the Blessed Elunite Coverings, which are still leather.) Less int and spell damage, but a ton of spell crit and three sockets vs. spell haste (confessedly a well stat for elemental if you're trying to get your spell rotation to include more LB's before a chain lightning) - the cloth might not be quite as well, but if you're running heroics to join the 100 badges anyway and it drops, why wouldn't you equip it. The fit value isn't really that important at that point, except possibly for soloing/questing where you might want to hold on to a weaker mail piece just for survivability. But in a PuG, much less a 10 or 25 united states marine corps raid, you're not supposed to be getting hit anyway.
So the fit value, which a nice perk for melee DPS, means not very much at every for an elemental shaman. Now, I say this as personally still a convert to mail: I prefer mail to leather and/or cloth and will put on it whenever I feel I can get absent with it, unless it's going to seriously impact my performance. I can't debate that mail is ever superior for some given role, though. There's a reason that your fit proficiencies don't backwards limit you: the reason a shaman at max level can put on leather and cloth in constituent to mail is because, sometimes, he or she is going to want to do so: a piece of gear will drop that is a clear and present upgrade despite existence cloth or mail, and either due to loot rules existence open or there existence no one else who needs or wants that piece, the shaman will end up with it. I used to ignore these pieces, and as a result I've directly hurt my enhancement shaman's DPS for five mans and raids by passing on gear like the Sunrage Treads and the Shoulderpads of the Silvermoon Retainer. (On the same run! I passed to a boomkin for his offset without even thinking! He didn't even want them! If it were possible to go backwards in time and kick myself in the groin I would do so, especially since they refuse to drop again now.) The point here is not to be a loot greedy jerk constantly fighting with classes who are limited to cloth or leather for their needs. The point is to be flexible and consider exactly what you do and don't need from a piece of gear: is fit value every important for the slot or are you going to see a performance upgrade for your role if you equip this item.
If you respond yes, my DPS/healing viability will increase with this piece of gear, then you should never close your eyes to it simply because it's not mail. Don't let mail partisanship unsighted you. Next week, I'll be listing specific leather for enhancement and cloth for elemental before Kara, and hopefully getting to restoration cloth and leather as well. I'm also hoping to do a bounteous badge loot post for every three shaman specs. " "Wait, what's this. wow gold A mainstream media tale that actually -- gasp -- shows the world that playing Massively Multiplayer Online games together can actually be fun and healthy for relationships. Thrall be praised, ostensibly someone at the LA Times gets it. Yup, Brad and Cynthia Murdock, like millions of other players of this game, play the game together and have a great time doing it. wow gold Of course, near the end of the article, they get backwards to Mike Akers, a ""self-described recluse"" who plays against his wife's wishes and once made her wait for 10 minutes while in labor so he could defeat an ""end boss,"" but we guess we can look past that -- the headline is most people playing the game in a healthy way, and we need more stories like that. since there are a lot more players like that. Blizzard's Frank Pearce also shows up in the tale, and admits that Mages could use a higher damage output at endgame. wow gold No, we're just kidding, this is a tale meant for non-players, so he just says that the game has a ""huge social element,"" and a giant community that supports everyone who logs in. wow power leveling That's you guys! Take a bow! And not even the LA Times can get Blizzard to give us a Wrath release date -- they try, but Pearce waves them off with an understatement: ""We typically try to refrain launch windows."" Blizzard. Avoiding release dates. Sounds most right. ""the headline is most people playing the game in a healthy way, and we need more stories like that. mp3 players since there are a lot more players like that."" sure, WoW community is mainly populated with handsom, rich, beautifull and successful people spending their time in front of a video game or writting comments like this... Alexstrasza currently takes on the form of a High Elf, the mortal race that revered her the most throughout history. Her new top beau is Krasus, and she ostensibly has connections. We will leave Alexstrasza's bio here for now, because there's a whole new chapter waiting for us in Northrend, I'm sure. If you want more information on Alexstrasza, there are a number of places you can look. wow gold For the raw facts, you can check out Wowwiki, as usual. To watch the stories unfold, I recommend reading the War of the Ancients trilogy and Day of the Dragon, despite my issues with the communicator. " .
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