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i have a question regarding the expertise rating for a dps warrior. what is it exactly? atm i have 23/16 and i dont know if i should get rid of it or keep add more to it?
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yes i am currently fury when i dps :D
well the reason that it hit 23 is because on my main hand im currently using deathsbite, but on my offhand im using titansteel destroyer.
i currently have 1 gem slot socketed for 16 expertise, but this was only because prior to deathsbite i was using 2 maces. is it okay for me to remove the 16 expertise and place a 16 str gem? or is the 23/16 expertise rating needed for my offhand to not be dodged?
oh and yes, i have weapon mastery in my build
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Pyro since some PVP gear now has hit, could you post the hit cap for PVP?
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There are two very important points I would like to make. The first is that 540 Defence is not a true "cap" as we generally understand the word. It is the bare
minimum
required to be
uncrittable
by bosses. There are benefits beyond 540, because of the added avoidance to be gained.
My second point is that many forum users read the first post in a topic and go away, thinking they have the magic number they need. It is essential to edit the Expertise rating required for a Protection Warrior to reach the cap, because of the danger posed by boss parries and the reality of removing them from the combat table.
164 is not
the
prot warrior cap. It is only the
dodge cap
, to remove boss dodges from the combat table (great... if you are melee dps behind the boss). Boss parries are
far
more dangerous to the tank at the front end. Parries not only fail to provide threat or rage to the tank, as a dodge does, but they also mean that the next retaliatory attack from the boss will be significantly faster. In a high damage situation where healers may be compromised, this can see a tank at 50% health suddenly finding himself dead, as it he had been critically hit. If the boss stacks several fast counter attacks, it's wipe time and repair bills for all.
Such tank gibs can largely be prevented, by attaining the true Expertise cap through careful gear selection.
http://www.tankspot.com/forums/f97/42653-gearing-threat-wotlk-guide-hit-expertise.html
Wowwiki states there's a dispute over boss parry rates and that parry varies from mob to mob.
If it's 32.79 * 14% parry, the cap is 459.06 or 56 Expertise.
If it's 32.79 * 15% parry, the cap is 491.85 or 60 Expertise.
That 32.79 figure is from the ElitistJerks methodology on threat mechanics.
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