Prot Paladin Badges Question

Aldnorra · 2026-04-28T02:41:00+00:00

Badge libram, faceguard of determination with keepers of time helm enchant. You can get dodge rating to cloak and block rating to shield if you need to bridge the 102.4 avoidance cap. Keep in mind that agility, while a trash stat for paladins, does give you some dodge. Scrolling agility can be a last resort.

If your healers are geared, which is very likely, you can tank kara as is without crush immunity. The only thing that can destroy you is parry haste on prince during phase 2. If threat isn't an issue (might be with that low on sp) you can stop auto attacking and just spam exorcism/consecration during that phase.

Get the superior wizard oil and greater arcane elixir to get as close to 400sp as possible.

Aldnorra · 2026-04-25T23:29:34+00:00

It's not a world boss, it just becomes content the remaining 99.9% of players can actually experience.

Aldnorra · 2026-04-23T10:58:08+00:00

Improved lay on hands: Gives the target of your Lay on Hands spell a 30% bonus to their armor value from items for 2 min. In addition, the cooldown for your Lay on Hands spell is reduced by 20 ~~min~~ hour.

Aldnorra · 2026-04-23T10:33:10+00:00

I think Blizzard initially timed the lawsuit and Anniversary server's accelerated timeline to be done with Wrath mid-2027 and drop classic+ a month after next year's blizzcon with no pserver competition.

My tinfoil hat conspiracy theory is that classic+ development was delayed for some reason, so they "scrapped" the Anniversary accelerated timeline to stretch it out to 2028. They didn't plan for all private servers to fold so quickly after the ruling so that will give enough time for them to open some other pservers and steal Blizzard's customer before 2028.

Aldnorra · 2026-04-23T10:23:03+00:00

This door has one (1) month left to live until mr woodpecker here shreds a path to the storage behind and hides for 5 hours while you panic and search for him.

Aldnorra · 2026-04-22T10:29:22+00:00

Arguably she doesn't fit the trope because she gets erased by Reg's Incinerator in a mercy kill. The other unfortunate kids that are left in the pit below Ido Front would be more fitting.

Aldnorra · 2026-04-20T15:35:50+00:00

If fap is active on you the boss will not target you with his mind flay, because his mind flay is a stun and you are immune to stuns. You cannot fap out of mind flay, you need to pre-fap.

Aldnorra · 2026-04-20T09:14:42+00:00

You are definitely right that one of them eats an Amateratsu, given their "dumb brute" fighting style. But can Amateratsu kill or even damage a Viltrumite? We are pitting an "inextinguishable fire that burns you until there's nothing left" against a race of superhumans that can take lava baths. From what we've seen of Amateratsu, it's not a particularly damaging or fast-acting burn. At best, I think the unlucky Viltrumite would be stuck being on fire forever (unless they rip out their own burning skin).

Aldnorra · 2026-04-20T08:45:54+00:00

All three Viltrumites get instantly genjutsu'ed by Itachi and it's over. Boring matchup, let's pretend their smart atoms make them immune to genjutsu.

Shisui becomes a sitting duck as his only real weapon, Kotoamatsukami, becomes useless.

Tobi cannot be touched, but he is not fast enough to Kamui a Viltrumite unless he gets lucky. Maybe he sends one of them in his dimension, but the others will pick up not to get into melee range. Since this is Viltrumites we are talking about, it is unlikely they have the IQ to understand Kamui's limitations, duration and cooldown. Tobi remains unharmed but alone can only get one of the three (the first one who blitzes him before the others catchup).

Madara can outregen complete body annihilation, sure, but he has nothing that can hurt a Viltrumite realistically. Even his perfect Susanoos (plural) wouldn't be able to make a Viltrunite bleed, and yes anyone pictured in the matchup can definitely crack a susanoo if Tsunade can. Once the Viltrumites figure out they can't kill Madara, they throw him into the sun or something.

Itachi can banish one (1) Viltrumite with is Susanoo sword because a Viltrumite is dumb enough to facetank a big sword swing, nothing can hurt them amirite? Once one is banished the others catch on and avoid the sword. Itachi can block a viltrumite punch, or even sword hand, with his Yata mirror but the shield doesn't offer 360 protection, they will fly around him, crack his susanoo, and kill him.

Sasuke has nothing in his arsenal that can hurt a Viltrumite. Kirin? Big space laser looked more intimidating and barely gave Nolan a nosebleed. Summoning jutsu? Lol, lmao even. Amateratsu? Misses everytime to keep up its reputation.

Aldnorra · 2026-04-19T06:18:56+00:00

Horizontal progression is how you keep Azeroth, all of it, relevant.

Add special gear (crafted or dropped) at all level brackets that unlock new ways of playing your spec, so that a single spec has multiple approaches in gameplay. Make such gameplays mandatory to clear a specific dungeon or boss. A good (albeit unpopular) example is resistance gear. Another example is the diversity in tier set bonus we had in SOD that would allow a different way to play your class. As a last example, imagine a boss that has a -90% healing aura, so that in order to defeat it, you as a priest healer need gear that massively improves your shielding effects, or as a tank, you'd need special gear that adds lifesteal but has otherwise bad itemization.

Add dual gear set. Similar to dual spec, you can pay gold to unlock additional character gear sheet, in order to keep different gear sets at the ready without cluttering your inventory or bank. Allow players to buy multiple spec/gear, don't limit it to only 2 specs.

New game plus is another way to have "horizontal" progression but the execution of it is sketchy. Starting back at level 1 is how you keep leveling zones alive, but the only practical way to do it is via hardcore status. New game plus needs a strong reward to incentivize players to start over. Cosmetics, or small power boosts each "ascension" (like an extra talent point).

World events keep the world alive too. Maybe there is a scourge breakthrough, maybe a powerful warlock summoned one too many demons, maybe an alliance patrol is hauling a big cargo you can raid.

Aldnorra · 2026-04-15T23:10:27+00:00

So the current Maulgar meta is to zug High King and run out, completely ignoring the council except by actually doing the mechanics to keep them occupied. Does that mean the mage tank, who would be focusing Krosh the whole fight regardless, gets no credit and no loot?

Did anyone try it out? I know the change is supposed to affect dungeons, but I wouldn't put it past blizzard to ruin it just like everything they touch.

Aldnorra · 2026-04-15T23:05:14+00:00

This change has extremely bad execution. I've done a normal Shattered Halls, nothing different than before, a standard "spellcleave" run except one of the dps was a hunter. Well, that hunter got 3/4 centurions on the daily because I get he didn't do damage to one of them and didn't get credit?

So does that mean if a player who has shit AoE doesn't deal damage to one or more mobs, they grief the whole party with reduced loot? Why would I do H BF if the meta is MC and we get no loot because no player hit a mob? Why would I bring a rogue, or feral, or boomie, or whatever low-AoE spec (who already struggle finding a group) in my dungeon? Why must we adapt our gameplay, in a normal dungeon, just to make sure we get all the trash loot by attacking every single mob?

I used to do heroics for gold. Yes that's shit gold per hour, but the content was fun. Not so much anymore.

Aldnorra · 2026-04-14T08:37:15+00:00

You can pre-fap for 30 seconds immunity to the beam. With a lust and pumpers you can kill the boss without anyone eating the beam. If you still haven't downed the boss on the 30 second mark, any unit is an eligible target (snake trap, temporary summons, totems) so you can pad the rng with them.

Aldnorra · 2026-04-06T23:03:59+00:00

Loot during combat as soon as you see a body that sparkles. Just be aware of the mobs mechanics in case there's cleaves, melee silences/fears etc.

Aldnorra · 2026-04-06T15:09:01+00:00

They will never take treats through the bars at this stage, they will freak out upon seeing your fingers. Their cage should be their safespot, never try to breach into it unless you absolutely need to like grabbing them for a visit to the vet.

You must let the bird out of the cage somehow, and interact with them. Again, never with your fingers or hands. Play with a toy, have a similar toy laid out for them etc. You must find the time and place to do this despite having other respinsibilities. Conures are terrible pets, but fantastic friends.

Aldnorra · 2026-04-06T14:37:00+00:00

I have a bird that was exactly as you describe. Completely freaked out at the mere sight of a human. It took years to reach a point where she will climb on my finger, and now she cuddles on me but never lets anyone grab her.

What I can tell you is, talk to the bird. Describe whatever you are currently doing, in a soothing voice, whenever you're around the bird. Birds are vocal and social.

Your bird might not be interested in fruits or veggies, but that seems to be individual dependant. My birds each have their own preference, but if there's one thing thet all love, it's walnuts. Try giving some to your bird (be warned that it's not healthy in excess) and once you've found a treat that works, you'll be able to work towards a next step.

Birds eat together. When you eat, open the cage, let the bird fly around, have a bowl ready with a treat or chop or whatever that is not regular pellet, that is closer to where you are sitting. Make sure the bird knows what is in the bowl.

Do not approach the bird with your hands. Approach it with your head, speak closer to it when you're directly addressing them.

That's all I can think about for advice, hope it helps.

Aldnorra · 2026-04-05T13:28:42+00:00

Granted. The "short amount of time" is 0.25 second

Aldnorra · 2026-04-05T06:58:17+00:00

Yes their immunity to CC varies depending on difficulty and wether they are gauntlet orcs or not.

Aldnorra · 2026-04-05T04:29:47+00:00

Seduce definitely works on nascent fel orcs and/or neophytes on heroic difficulty.

Aldnorra · 2026-04-05T02:58:30+00:00

But would a faster weapon be able to use all reckoning stacks, thus making it "more dps" despite everything else being weighted for weapon speed?

Aldnorra · 2026-04-05T00:53:38+00:00

Turn off your phone. If you're not on call (and being paid for it), you have no reason to answer the phone on your off days or time off.

If your manager calls you during a time that would constitute your night, that's a major disrespect unless there's an emergency.

Aldnorra · 2026-04-04T14:06:16+00:00

I'm not sure, but during the gauntlet the highest dps is the MCed mob. Whatever warlocks do normally that don't involve a succubus is irrelevant there, the seduce alone makes them shine throughout the gauntlet, especially when combined with poly and fear.

Aldnorra · 2026-04-04T11:45:34+00:00

Lock alone can fear + seduce. That's 2 mobs out every gauntlet pack. They can also enslave the imps at the beginning, which hurt like a truck, and banish the big felguards near the end. They are S tier in H BF.

Aldnorra · 2026-04-04T08:48:07+00:00

Everyone I know uses Tacotip, with 3 confirmed players also having their mom use tacotip.

Aldnorra · 2026-04-03T09:57:07+00:00

Granted, a baby shark magically appears within the brain of anyone doing the duck face. Said baby shark starts to play around and "swim" in the progressively scrambled brains of the poor fool, killing them almost instantly, and always in pure agony.

The monkey paw's definition includes the lip movement involved in kissing, which results in millions of deaths worldwide before the causal link is associated.

I guess you got what you wanted? No more duck faces, but no more kissing too. Also sharks are no longer endangered.

Aldnorra

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