Thwackdaddy Posted November 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 what's up Matt, welcome to the boards. Have you played with/considered going with a bit of haste and dropping some other secondaries? I'm running Prot Pally as main and have been shifting some state around to see what works best for me. Curious to hear your take on it. Why hand of Purity? Have you considered other trinkets? Stam/dodge trinkets could be replaced with other secondary stat trinks allowing your gemming/reforging to open up a bit more. http://www.wowhead.com/item=81268 is a nice trink you can easily farm without needing a deep progression environment. What are your overall thoughts on Prot Pally in MoP, how do you like the play style? Where is it strong? Where is it weak? Have any logs? Thanks again and catch you later. <3 Hip I’ll take each of these in turn: On Haste: Haste vs mastery is essentially an equivalency. Mastery increases the amount of damage reduction I have, and from what I have seen, is awesome for tank swaps, while haste significantly increases my DPS. Currently, I am focusing on reducing my overall damage taken. For me this is my #1 job aside from holding threat. Admittedly, they do an equally good job of smoothing out the damage curve over time. However, with the focus on tank swaps I have seen in this expac (elegon, feng, shek’zeer.) Mastery wins out for me. Hand of Purity: I chose hand of purity to help reduce DoT damage on fights like Feng. I switch it around often for Unbreakable spirit to have CD’s ready more often. Trinkets: I have been running Scholo every day for the last 3 and a half weeks, and it has yet to drop. On Prot Pallies: I love the new Prot Pally play style. I’m really glad 96969 is gone in favor of a more prioritization based system. I personally think Prot Paladins are better than ever in this expac, and excel EXTREMELY well at smoothing damage curves, and choosing good times to take damage, and good times to take small amounts of damage (storing 5 holy power before a Titan Gas is a great example) and helping the raid overall with CD’s like Devotion Aura, and the hands (admittedly, those have always been good.) We also have a great ability to pick up adds and do AoE tanking like never before. For weaknesses, early threat can sometimes be an issue if I don’t pop wings and holy avenger at the start of a fight to build fast threat. Logs: I do not currently have any logs. I could obtain some during my LFR in HoF/Terrace this week, or in an MSV I am doing tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashin Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 This doesn't have a bearing on your application, but I'm curious why you say that prot paladin excels at AOE tanking like never before. We've found quite the opposite - the lowest aoe threat/damage out of the tanks. Did you figure something out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thwackdaddy Posted November 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 I have yet to raid at a high level in MoP, so my opinion is LIKELY incorrect. However that said, I consistently hold almost all the targets in AoE pulls in the raids I have been in. I do not think I do anything different than most prot pallies, at least no different from the theorycrafter over on Elitist Jerks. (Also, hurray for http://www.wowhead.com/item=81268 dropping finally) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hip Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 Pallies do have more AoE tools, Lights Hammer, shorter CD on Consecrate etc. but overall AoE threat is nothing like it was in Cata or WotLK in my experience. Also Grats And also Logs would be great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thwackdaddy Posted November 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 Here is a log from a HoF "Madness of Shek'zeer" I just ran. http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/rt-njnuoz8idvahidp4/ My Sacred shield uptime was a little low on the first boss I noticed. Also, I notice my rotation on the first boss was far from optimal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashin Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 Me again. I've set you up with Guest access, so you can cruise a bit more of the site. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thwackdaddy Posted November 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 Hurray! Thanks. Also, here is another log for you guys, from MSV 10m normal: http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/rt-7hyp11tuxiata6f7/. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thwackdaddy Posted November 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 Ashin, thanks for the guest access, I have spent some time today poking around the site, I REALLY like what I see, especially things like your "weekly outlook" reports that help set the pace, and goals for raiding on the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inedit Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 Brave guests take the Chat tab challenge, FYI! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thwackdaddy Posted November 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 Here is a log from an LFR ToES: http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/rt-6w6lncyf50i8t1hn/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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