Druid Fire Cat Form, Avengers of Hyjal / Valor Points Rewards, Setup of the Month

[ultimar235]

Such a shame that it will only be used for trash and silly stuff. Trash polearm is better for a kitty druid.

Nah if you look cool then your DPS increases, it's a well known fact.

[Eatme]

The problem is with that staff, Its also amazing for hunters. And as there are almost no kitties left, and millions of hunters, I doubt anyone will see this. If they wanted it to be a kitty staff, surely they would have given it expertise. Waste of time IMO.

You must be trolling ;P Expertise? That's like the worst stat for a cat druid that you can get ;P

[shenlong]

So, err.

The melee relic (ret paladins, dps dks) has 128 str, 83 crit, 86 haste and a prismatic socket.

The str ranged (dps warriors) has 128 str, 81 expertise and 88 hit. No socket. I wonder where we get that 40 str that ret paladins and dps dks have to get from their relic.

(And yes, I play a warrior. If that wasn't somehow completely obvious.)

But you didn't complain for all the years when it was the other way around, right?

Back before relics had slots, or further back, where relics didn't even have stats but only a buff to a single spell. Or back before there even were relics.

[Deleted]

SSDs certainly offer a performance boost for your OS and some games (including WoW) but they're still in their "infancy" in terms of where the tech is at and the early adoption stage. I was heavily considering ordering one for the computer I built last month but I decided to hold off until the price vs GB vs performance ratios are a bit better, along with reliability.

Unless you're looking at OCZ drives (or Sandforce 2 drives), SSDs in general are more reliable than HDDs. Intels SSDs are leagues ahead of everything in terms of reliability and 'safety'.

[moocowfrakmilk]

<--- Bitter Boomkin is Bitter.

[Deleted]

Hunters get priority on that staff, proc from Raptor Strike. Blantant hunter lootz.

[Azgraal]

I don't play a druid but im very happy to see that blizzard has been paying attention to "some" feedback and is bringing (?) back these awesome not-so-plain items.

[Valacia]

You must be trolling ;P Expertise? That's like the worst stat for a cat druid that you can get ;P

Obviously trolling since they said the staff would be amazing for hunters... It would be acceptable for hunters, at best, since the BOE polearm is Crit/Haste and the staff is Crit/Mastery... it's pretty obvious who will like which more, at least if you're any good.

[Holywraths]

Brb getting my druid to 85 Naow KK thx bay!

[ro9ue]

Holy shit.... fire cat??? This might very well be the coolest Equip effect in the entire game.

[Dazu]

Not even really sure if you know what you're arguing here. People who went into a raid not wanting gear, wouldn't give away items because the want another item later on. What you were originally trying to say was that people should "RAID FOR THE FUN OF IT" and the example you've just given shows no evidence to support your theory. I've passed many items on first and second bosses to go for items on later bosses that I would want but I'm still going to the raid to upgrade my gear and chat with the guildies.

You argument lacks sense.

What im saying is, and you have proven the point. You care more about purples and the items, then actually earning/getting them. If everyone did as you did and passed on early boss loot in the hope of getting loot from Cho'gall, how likely would you have killed him as early as you did? Likely you either would not have, or been weeks behind due to average raid gear level being so much lower. Everyone always looks at it as its only 1 item, but 10 people doing it is 10 items, if its 500dps per dps'er then your down 2500 dps in a 10man. Maybe you lose a tank and wipe because the tank is hit harder and the healers did not get as strong a heal of, or OOM'd.Why would you pass on a guaranteed upgrade which will benefit your raid immediately and help you kill more bosses/faster in the hope of an item later on. Im not meaning slight upgrades or sidegrades but pure and simple upgrades. Im not saying your not having fun raiding, merely noting that a certain item (in every case ive seen its usually a highly visible item such as weapon, helm or shoulders) regardless of its equipment value to your class is more important than actually putting in 100% to kill bosses. If your not putting in 100% (which is the case when you pass on upgrades for no reason except wanting possible chance later on at another loot), your not there to progress, only there for your own epics. My reasoning, and you may dissagree, is you are not taking all steps to improve your raids outcomes simply in the interest of your own loot. Maybe your take on raiding is vastly different. But I have fun killing more bosses/harder challenges than farming the same stuff or sitting in SW on my main with epics on.

I mostly raid on alts, so any loot I get is passed on by mains first. My main, if anything drops I can use as an upgrade in either 3 specs I will take it (offspecs after someone elses mainspec obviously). If that means im waiting months for a drop from Cho or Nef so be it. But falling to 250k wipes etc when you know 2-3 dps have passed upgrades for tier tokens that they then havent gotten is really sad.

I dont go into raids not wanting loot. I go into raids to raid and simply that. If an item drops I can use to improve my character, I take it and use it (unless its a bigger upgrade to another person). I dont care what my ilvl is, I dont care that I might still have a blue left etc. I care that we kill bosses faster, easier than last week and have fun doing so.

[Gallahadd]

I don't care that the rest of the gear for tanks is a bit myeh from Rep, that Trinket is INSANE, ~400 dodge, which can be reforged to mastery, so you'll get about 220 dodge and 180 Mastery, both very nice amounts and then a rediculous proc. It absorbs a 50k damage spike, and turns it into a 25k Dot, I don't know about you, but as a Tank AND healer, I know which one I'd rather have to live/heal though.

as for Fire Kittie..... damnit looks like I'll be needing to gear up my feralol again :P

how long do you think it'll be before Bear/Boomkin's start crying for a weapon form

[Exeris]

Nah if you look cool then your DPS increases, it's a well known fact.

Just like a red car goes faster.

[Lansow]

Just one minor issue with the computer builds : Dell UltraSharp U2410 24-inch has been receiving horrible reviews since day one. The green and pink tinting issue has been reported by a very large number of users. STAY AWAY FROM THIS MONITOR. There are other IPS monitors on the market that allow for more precise calibration. Don't be suckered in by the hype. This monitor is garbage, and Dell's support is horrible.

[Deleted]

aww cant wait to face druids with this in the arena :< will poop ma panties

[Phovos]

Hey non-Druids.


You jelly?


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[Deleted]

bouby you wrote "Valor Points rewarded were updated in the latest" instead of "Valor Points rewarS were updated in the latest"

[LeVvE]

Obviously trolling since they said the staff would be amazing for hunters... It would be acceptable for hunters, at best, since the BOE polearm is Crit/Haste and the staff is Crit/Mastery... it's pretty obvious who will like which more, at least if you're any good.

That polearm looks like shit, we need more Vezax polearms. Either way I'm going for the staff, with reforging it's not such a big deal.

[Deleted]

Think they could better make a rare glyph drop for the fire cat combat form.

Like the turtle polymorph in ZG.
Now this proc is linked to a staff that will be replaced at the next content bit of a waist if you ask me.

[Lukos]

nice effect on the feral druid, amazing way of making the game more cool.

main question is why do they buff pve so much, give pvp or social some love.

it's same stuff with mounts alott of mounts added all are either pve raid ones or you can buy em for money, ooh wait.. 150 rated bgs.. socials? nop you got screwed or pay 20 dollars right...

gg on driving away alott of people again imo.

hope to see some more spread love.

(first whine post for me w00t!) ><