Comments on: How Our Guild is Handling Primordial Saronite http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/12/08/how-our-guild-is-handling-primordial-saronite/ Practical advice for World of Warcraft healers and leaders Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:13:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: OMG.. Priest! » Blog Archive » Gearing My DK Alt To Help Out http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/12/08/how-our-guild-is-handling-primordial-saronite/comment-page-1/#comment-25026 OMG.. Priest! » Blog Archive » Gearing My DK Alt To Help Out Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:41:09 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/?p=6767#comment-25026 [...] a cue from theWorld of Matticus article about Primordial Saronite, I have decided it’s time for my Death Knight, DanityKane, to bring more to the table.  Sure [...] [...] a cue from theWorld of Matticus article about Primordial Saronite, I have decided it’s time for my Death Knight, DanityKane, to bring more to the table.  Sure [...]

]]> By: Uskan http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/12/08/how-our-guild-is-handling-primordial-saronite/comment-page-1/#comment-24976 Uskan Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:54:17 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/?p=6767#comment-24976 We had the Tank > healer > dps prio once too but have found in the expansions that having the gear more evenly spread over the raid is more beneficial we droped that prio, making alot of non tanks happy in the process :) But to be honest I had a hard time letting go of that way of thinking, (still have I think) .-= Uskan´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.thehealo.isgreat.org/2009/12/10/a-story-of-death-and-deceit/" rel="nofollow">A story of death and deceit</a> =-. We had the Tank > healer > dps prio once too but have found in the expansions that having the gear more evenly spread over the raid is more beneficial we droped that prio, making alot of non tanks happy in the process :) But to be honest I had a hard time letting go of that way of thinking, (still have I think)
.-= Uskan´s last blog ..A story of death and deceit =-.

]]> By: Graylo http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/12/08/how-our-guild-is-handling-primordial-saronite/comment-page-1/#comment-24972 Graylo Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:04:35 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/?p=6767#comment-24972 "I found out over the weekend that Blizzard devs do read this blog. Wyn and Lodur kept bugging me and insisting that they did, but I remained a disbeliever until one of their guys pinged me on Twitter about it. That was too cool!" I think blizzard reads a lot of blogs. Probably more then we do. In my mind it is impossible that they have read mine but don't read other excellent blogs like yours. However, I know how awesome it feels to get that confirmation. Grats, next thing you know they will be naming an item after you. .-= Graylo´s last blog ..<a href="http://graymatterwow.blogspot.com/2009/12/facepalm-patch-issues-day-early.html" rel="nofollow">/facepalm: Patch Issues a Day Early</a> =-. “I found out over the weekend that Blizzard devs do read this blog. Wyn and Lodur kept bugging me and insisting that they did, but I remained a disbeliever until one of their guys pinged me on Twitter about it. That was too cool!”

I think blizzard reads a lot of blogs. Probably more then we do. In my mind it is impossible that they have read mine but don’t read other excellent blogs like yours. However, I know how awesome it feels to get that confirmation. Grats, next thing you know they will be naming an item after you.
.-= Graylo´s last blog ../facepalm: Patch Issues a Day Early =-.

]]> By: Matticus http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/12/08/how-our-guild-is-handling-primordial-saronite/comment-page-1/#comment-24966 Matticus Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:28:04 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/?p=6767#comment-24966 @Orcstar: Our tanks have their head on pretty straight. I don't have loot issues like that with them. We try to equalize the tank loot as well and spread them around. @Orcstar: Our tanks have their head on pretty straight. I don’t have loot issues like that with them. We try to equalize the tank loot as well and spread them around.

]]> By: Orcstar http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/12/08/how-our-guild-is-handling-primordial-saronite/comment-page-1/#comment-24965 Orcstar Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:55:26 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/?p=6767#comment-24965 The biggest problem I have with MT gearing is that it often is used to rationalise the greed some people have. (btw I play a tank myself). We had a tank applying to our guild with full t 9.5 from a less progressed guild. Turned out he had first pick on everything in his old guild an when geared to the teeth decided it was time to move on. The biggest problem I have with MT gearing is that it often is used to rationalise the greed some people have. (btw I play a tank myself).

We had a tank applying to our guild with full t 9.5 from a less progressed guild.
Turned out he had first pick on everything in his old guild an when geared to the teeth decided it was time to move on.

]]> By: Matticus http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/12/08/how-our-guild-is-handling-primordial-saronite/comment-page-1/#comment-24961 Matticus Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:17:55 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/?p=6767#comment-24961 @Orcstar: Absolutely, and there's nothing wrong with your approach at all ^^! While it's not super important similar to Vanilla where tanks had to be geared out the ying yang, it certainly doesn't hurt. Anyway, I've always been more conservative than anything else and my time in the PTR with the assorted tanks I had showed them taking a bit of a beating. But that's always the case with new content. @Orcstar: Absolutely, and there’s nothing wrong with your approach at all ^^! While it’s not super important similar to Vanilla where tanks had to be geared out the ying yang, it certainly doesn’t hurt. Anyway, I’ve always been more conservative than anything else and my time in the PTR with the assorted tanks I had showed them taking a bit of a beating. But that’s always the case with new content.

]]> By: Ngita http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/12/08/how-our-guild-is-handling-primordial-saronite/comment-page-1/#comment-24960 Ngita Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:38:27 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/?p=6767#comment-24960 I would have to go with orcstar, I dont think their was a single stumbling block duinrg heroic totgc where our tanks where the issue. It has allways been about having sufficient DPS. Shadowmourne the quest lines may be the stumbling block. I know one of our ret pallies has decided he has no chance of getting the Primordial Saronite through the guild and is planning to devote his stable of alts to farming emblems. WIth the healing legendary the stess of trying to complete the questline(3 weeks of attempts) led to her decideing to go Casual and eventually gquitting afer 3 years of close to 100% atttendance. I would have to go with orcstar, I dont think their was a single stumbling block duinrg heroic totgc where our tanks where the issue. It has allways been about having sufficient DPS.

Shadowmourne the quest lines may be the stumbling block. I know one of our ret pallies has decided he has no chance of getting the Primordial Saronite through the guild and is planning to devote his stable of alts to farming emblems. WIth the healing legendary the stess of trying to complete the questline(3 weeks of attempts) led to her decideing to go Casual and eventually gquitting afer 3 years of close to 100% atttendance.

]]> By: Orcstar http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/12/08/how-our-guild-is-handling-primordial-saronite/comment-page-1/#comment-24959 Orcstar Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:52:38 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/?p=6767#comment-24959 I respectfully disagree with you Matticus but Maintank gearing is something from vanilla WoW where you could essentially heal most bosses to death. What I've seen over and over in WotLK is that tanking hasn't really been a real roadblock anywhere along the line. Healing hasn't been also. DPS on the other hand.......whether you have strong dps matters a lot. There have been many many roadblocks where the issue was dps. So.....in my opinion dps priority would be logical. I respectfully disagree with you Matticus but Maintank gearing is something from vanilla WoW where you could essentially heal most bosses to death.

What I’ve seen over and over in WotLK is that tanking hasn’t really been a real roadblock anywhere along the line.
Healing hasn’t been also.

DPS on the other hand…….whether you have strong dps matters a lot. There have been many many roadblocks where the issue was dps.
So…..in my opinion dps priority would be logical.

]]> By: Canedom http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/12/08/how-our-guild-is-handling-primordial-saronite/comment-page-1/#comment-24957 Canedom Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:48:36 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/?p=6767#comment-24957 The boots, tank-wise at least, are fairly under-par. A much better item are the Avoidance boots from ToGC25 LJ or 10man ToGC Twins. The boots, tank-wise at least, are fairly under-par. A much better item are the Avoidance boots from ToGC25 LJ or 10man ToGC Twins.

]]> By: Matticus http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/12/08/how-our-guild-is-handling-primordial-saronite/comment-page-1/#comment-24956 Matticus Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:43:38 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/?p=6767#comment-24956 @Morynne: Again, that's what the queue list is for. Once the tanks have all the stuff they need, the list opens up to the rest of the guild who needs it. It's up to them to get the other mats required for it but if we have the Saronite, we'll release it accordingly. @Morynne: Again, that’s what the queue list is for. Once the tanks have all the stuff they need, the list opens up to the rest of the guild who needs it. It’s up to them to get the other mats required for it but if we have the Saronite, we’ll release it accordingly.

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