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[Tharp Daddy]

ElvUI question, is there any way to up the scale some? My screen is 1680x1050 but it seems like the bars are just a TAD too small, not enough to be unseeable, but enough that reading the tooltips can be annoying sometimes.

[gigapixels Veteran]

ElvUI question, is there any way to up the scale some? My screen is 1680x1050 but it seems like the bars are just a TAD too small, not enough to be unseeable, but enough that reading the tooltips can be annoying sometimes.

Use the slash command /tc to bring up the config. From there you can either change the scale completely (it does auto 1:1 for you) or you can up the font sizes on just about anything. I would recommend the font size route as changing the UI scale would blur up the clean lines of the UI.

[0trunk]

It's under the friends list, when you click "add friend" i think it lets you choose which type to add, either way add "kodak1330@gmail.com" as a friend. Yup, i'm horde.

Ah, well then, must wait until my games arrive to play :(

[Slane]

Hunters need some spec/glyph advice.

BM Spec - What I'm currently using. Purchased Dual-spec and not sure which tree to go down in the other two. Haven't kept up with hunter changes and last time I played one was back in BC. (2.0.3 to be exact).

So any advice on current BM set-up and a dual spec one and anything in general would be helpful. :)

[Elliott]

ElvUI question, is there any way to up the scale some? My screen is 1680x1050 but it seems like the bars are just a TAD too small, not enough to be unseeable, but enough that reading the tooltips can be annoying sometimes.

You think you're having a problem with it? Try it on a 2560x1440 screen. :laugh:

[Tharp Daddy]

Hunters need some spec/glyph advice.

BM Spec - What I'm currently using. Purchased Dual-spec and not sure which tree to go down in the other two. Haven't kept up with hunter changes and last time I played one was back in BC. (2.0.3 to be exact).

So any advice on current BM set-up and a dual spec one and anything in general would be helpful. :)

I suggest going survival as the secondary spec, i actually use survival as my primary (i find it kills much faster than BM), and i use BM for the pathfinding on long rides. I would say get glyph of Mending (heals your pet for 60% of health or so per mend pet), and glyph of Mend Pet which returns happiness each time you use mend pet (which cuts out the need for feed pet). If you go survival then explosive shot, serpent sting (which does damage before the dot if you have the talents), and then autoshoot or steady shot will kill anything. Check out my hunter's armory for an idea of what i did

Donova - Bloodhoof

For some reason it's showing half my gear missing, but my talents should be intact.

[Ambroos]

Donova - Bloodhoof

For some reason it's showing half my gear missing, but my talents should be intact.

Old Armory, it's getting phased out, I doubt they'll ever update it with the new items from the Shattering.

Try this one instead: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/bloodhoof/donova/

[Rudnartim]

ElvUI question, is there any way to up the scale some? My screen is 1680x1050 but it seems like the bars are just a TAD too small, not enough to be unseeable, but enough that reading the tooltips can be annoying sometimes.

Use /tc to get to the config and one of the options there does the scaling, uncheck auto scale and then adjust the scale from there I tried a scale of 1 and it was too big so i just let it auto scale for now.

[kazuyette]

here's my pally template : http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Mar%C3%A9cage+de+Zangar&cn=Kiah . Discuss and tips plz.

Note : This is very first toon on WoW and I love to do PvE and I love to do it solo and I'm not into PvP at all. If this can help.

Edit : http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/marecage-de-zangar/kiah/ new armory link, just in case.

[Tharp Daddy]

Old Armory, it's getting phased out, I doubt they'll ever update it with the new items from the Shattering.

Try this one instead: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/bloodhoof/donova/

Thanks very much, it's too late to update my old post, but this link works better.

[the evn show]

here's my pally template : http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Mar%C3%A9cage+de+Zangar&cn=Kiah . Discuss and tips plz.

Note : This is very first toon on WoW and I love to do PvE and I love to do it solo and I'm not into PvP at all. If this can help.

Go to The Blood Furnace in Hellfire Citadel and clear it (by yourself) - the second boss drops a libram which is better than having nothing in that slot.

Should take more than a few minutes to clear because you can walk by most of the trash.

If you like to play solo you should pick up dual spec and make your offspec protection. A prot. paladin even in horrible gear can solo damn near anything that requires a 5-man group.

It's easier if you have an appropriate set of tank gear but any sword & board will work. Pick up the talents that buff word of glory (and the glyph) and you're pretty much a one-man raid. Your single-target damage will probably be 25% lower, but you can kill 10 things at once.

Picking up repentance and rebuke will vastly improve your ability to to solo content - your protection talents aren't doing a whole lot for you so that's where I'd get the points.

[treemonster]

hit ~4.7k dps on a couple bosses today. starting to not come in last place which is nice. only have one green and one tbc trinket to replace. up to almost 1k gold as well. started spending my justice points for some more epics from dalaran, not sure which tier they fall into though.

i've noticed alot of these tanks seem to have problems holding aggro on trash pulls in heroics. i mentioned it to my bro and he said something about since the changes tanks complaining they have been having problems with aggro but feel stronger in pvp or something. it seems like they are losing aggro right at the start of fights and even later even if we're just AOEing or healing slowly or w/e, maybe just one mob though.

[Slane]

i've noticed alot of these tanks seem to have problems holding aggro on trash pulls in heroics. i mentioned it to my bro and he said something about since the changes tanks complaining they have been having problems with aggro but feel stronger in pvp or something. it seems like they are losing aggro right at the start of fights and even later even if we're just AOEing or healing slowly or w/e, maybe just one mob though.

Garbage tanks. Even with all those changes and what not. It's still stupid easy to tank anything. Only reason why tanks would loose aggro is overgeared DPS with undergeard tank. Going all out before tank even has a second or two to gain aggro.

Of course in the heroics I do (with friends and what not), tank's just there to take the initial beating of a 6-10 mob group. After that it's massive AoE and everyone gets hit. But before any real damage is done, all the mobs are dead and were moving onwards.

[treemonster]

well i'm pulling aggro off a single mob from a group with flame strike and blizzard after giving the tank a few seconds to get his hate on with an avg item level of 200. my bro doesn't seem to even get a chance to start healing or anything he's pulling aggro quite often, again with a single mob.

[Slane]

@Ruran thanks for the info. I'll look more into Surv and see if I'll like it.

Anyone use Maxfrag for vent hosting?

[the evn show]

well i'm pulling aggro off a single mob from a group with flame strike and blizzard after giving the tank a few seconds to get his hate on with an avg item level of 200. my bro doesn't seem to even get a chance to start healing or anything he's pulling aggro quite often, again with a single mob.

There's alwyas the chance that this is their first week tanking. Most people don't tank as a main, and those that try are probably confronted with jerks that aren't prepared to give them a chance to learn how to do the job. If a DPS slacks off nobody notices. If healer slacks off a tank can sometimes cover for them (and if DPS is dying its' their own damn fault anyway) -- struggle through a few randoms or some battlegrounds and they'll be able to get by well enough to do RDF pugs. Tanking doesn't have a way where you can learn to do it on your own and if someone has an average item level of 200 then they haven't been 80 very long on that character.

I'd bet like most players they solo'd their way to level cap, maybe did a handful of dungeons on their way (as DPS) and now they're just trying to work out how to play.

Of course their's also the possibility that they're just a DPS queuing as a tank to by pass the very long queues: in which case the jerks can rot in hell. Typically I like to give them the benefit of the doubt. It's not that far back in our history that we were all learning how to play.

[enigma-penguin Veteran]

There's alwyas the chance that this is their first week tanking. Most people don't tank as a main, and those that try are probably confronted with jerks that aren't prepared to give them a chance to learn how to do the job. If a DPS slacks off nobody notices. If healer slacks off a tank can sometimes cover for them (and if DPS is dying its' their own damn fault anyway) -- struggle through a few randoms or some battlegrounds and they'll be able to get by well enough to do RDF pugs. Tanking doesn't have a way where you can learn to do it on your own and if someone has an average item level of 200 then they haven't been 80 very long on that character.

I'd bet like most players they solo'd their way to level cap, maybe did a handful of dungeons on their way (as DPS) and now they're just trying to work out how to play.

Of course their's also the possibility that they're just a DPS queuing as a tank to by pass the very long queues: in which case the jerks can rot in hell. Typically I like to give them the benefit of the doubt. It's not that far back in our history that we were all learning how to play.

I fully agree, I still rage when someone like this:

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/uldum/yoshimoro/

Expects me to heal them through H Pit of Saron.

Gems

2x DEPRECATED Test Glyph 3 [PH]

1x Inscribed Flame Spessarite

Enchant/Gem Bonuses

+15 Strength

+3 Crit Rating

Character Audit

9 empty glyph slots

10 unenchanted items

4 empty sockets

Missing Ebonsteel Belt Buckle

31,911 health

He's a DPS queuing as a tank and his tank gear isn't gemmed or chanted, then they wonder why the tank is dying...

[Slane]

Thankfully I'm a tank. So either i'm tanking or my buddy is. If I was a healer/dps and go paired up with a dps q'ing as a tank, they get insta vote to kick from me. I wouldn't put up with that.

As to what Evn was saying about people trying to learn how to tank. I agree they do need to learn and they need some slack. But when I first learned how to tank, I only ran with friends. People who understood what I was trying to do. I didn't join UBRS/Strat/Scholo (back at 60) runs until I felt comfortable. Otherwise I tanked with friends and friends only until I was good/decent enough to go on my own. So I guess I expect people to do the same.

And if you can't find 4 friends or have "friends" who wouldn't run with you to learn, thats pretty ****ty since we are all playing a MMO.

Maybe with Cata making things more difficult people will more inclined to run do things that don't directly benefit them to help someone get X, if that person helped/will help them get Y.

[Noveed]

I fully agree, I still rage when someone like this:

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/uldum/yoshimoro/

Expects me to heal them through H Pit of Saron.

Gems

2x DEPRECATED Test Glyph 3 [PH]

1x Inscribed Flame Spessarite

Enchant/Gem Bonuses

+15 Strength

+3 Crit Rating

Character Audit

9 empty glyph slots

10 unenchanted items

4 empty sockets

Missing Ebonsteel Belt Buckle

31,911 health

He's a DPS queuing as a tank and his tank gear isn't gemmed or chanted, then they wonder why the tank is dying...

Because wow is very hard now.

Majority of instances infact almost all of the dungeons can be carried either By a tank, dps or a healer.

1. Tank sucks ... Decent healers and DPS compensate his/her suckyness

2. Healer Sucks ... Tank and DPS carry the group

3. DPS Sucks ... Tank does more dps than the DPS, healer that is not braindead also does a bit whilst not healing.

I have tanked all dungeons on my DK in DPS gear/specs. I have run with groups where sometimes there is not tank and sometimes no healer too.

The guy you show has got a protection spec from what his armory is saying. Might be an ebayed character but yeah he does have a prot spec...

[enigma-penguin Veteran]

Oh I've done the same too, I always heal my mate in dps spec/gear in heroics.. the whole point with this fellas was that he didn't care to gem/chant, he couldn't hold aggro and he had no idea what he was doing. There is only so much you can cover for in the end.

[Noveed]

Oh I've done the same too, I always heal my mate in dps spec/gear in heroics.. the whole point with this fellas was that he didn't care to gem/chant, he couldn't hold aggro and he had no idea what he was doing. There is only so much you can cover for in the end.

Quite true, threat has changed as far as I recall, it now scales with dps does it not? hence why some tanks can keep up with dps classes now. If I had a tank that just started gearing up now I would not bother with gems or enchants either with cata around the corner.

[mikebiacsi]

I received an e-mail from Blizzard saying I can upgrade my account to WOTLK for ?8, i'm seriously tempted. Have they made any changes to leveling? I'd like to see a bit of end game content but I got bored of the grind at lvl 40 last time.

[treemonster]

There's alwyas the chance that this is their first week tanking. Most people don't tank as a main, and those that try are probably confronted with jerks that aren't prepared to give them a chance to learn how to do the job. If a DPS slacks off nobody notices. If healer slacks off a tank can sometimes cover for them (and if DPS is dying its' their own damn fault anyway) -- struggle through a few randoms or some battlegrounds and they'll be able to get by well enough to do RDF pugs. Tanking doesn't have a way where you can learn to do it on your own and if someone has an average item level of 200 then they haven't been 80 very long on that character.

I'd bet like most players they solo'd their way to level cap, maybe did a handful of dungeons on their way (as DPS) and now they're just trying to work out how to play.

Of course their's also the possibility that they're just a DPS queuing as a tank to by pass the very long queues: in which case the jerks can rot in hell. Typically I like to give them the benefit of the doubt. It's not that far back in our history that we were all learning how to play.

yeah makes sense. i figured most people i'm running with just got enough gear to run heroics and are getting ready for cata. as it is i'm already no longer coming in last place for dps in general and coming in like 2nd for boss fights with no interruptions where i can just spam AB.

I received an e-mail from Blizzard saying I can upgrade my account to WOTLK for ?8, i'm seriously tempted. Have they made any changes to leveling? I'd like to see a bit of end game content but I got bored of the grind at lvl 40 last time.

71-80 is now 25% faster with a 20% reduction in exp needed. 1-60 has been quite fast for quite some dunno if it has been made faster since wotlk or not, if you get a RAF and reroll you can level to 60 in like 2days /played time. i always found 60-70 to be fun after you get out of hellfire in tbc land, especially if there's a fair number of people of the opposite faction leveling up around you to pvp with while questing. i personally found wotlk leveling to be slow and boring even with the occasional world pvp, but now you got the random dungeon finder to grind dungeons between quests at any level which should get you fast exp and gold.

you can also level through BGs, but i don't know how fast it is. with BGs you can now queue from anywhere instead of finding the battlemasters in a city like org.

it also helps getting a leveling guild to play with a decent one will help you with quests and dungeon runs, and at the very least provide company in vent while you play and give you tips on how to spec out your toon and where to go next.

[Bryan R.]

11,000th post

Sorry I don't have anything to contribute.

Edit: Actually, I will contribute to the topic by saying I am switching my mains in Cata from my Death Knight (DPS/Tank) to my Paladin (Heal/DPS). Unfortunately, the graphics for my Paladin haven't updated.

[LittleNeutrino Veteran]

I will continue with my main being Destruction Warlock (for Raids and Dungeons) and Demonology for Leveling. However my Main Alt is switching from my DK to my Druid (just power leveled over the weekend to level 60 (that was my goal) Started the Character on Wed. Last week and its Level 60 on Saturday :D