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Post by
the1comes
Ok i have tanked for years on the other tank classes. and i want to get some info on druid tanking. do you need to max out the weapon skill or is this just a joke that goes around the coffee pot, and i don't need to max out my weapon skill. to do more threat from just auto attack.
Post by
hashmel
I tanked from 10-80 and by the time Ulduar came out my highest weapon skill was 30/400 staves (It's "staffs" Blizz) with everything else at 1/400 if that's any indication.
Weapon skill doesn't matter in Feral forms, our Feral "weapons" (claws) are based off our level.
Post by
the1comes
well thank for that insight. i well keep that in mind.
Post by
Avallen
(It's "staffs" Blizz)
The plural form of staff was originally staves (compare wolf, wolves and knife, knives), and in British and International English this is still preferred. In American English the usual plural form has become staffs, except in fantasy literature.
;)
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hashmel
That's the point, languages evolve and to an extent should be embraced so long as it's taken seriously, though I still find "aint" to be just ignorant.
However, I concede to the fantasy genre.
Post by
pelf
Ain't just ain't right? /grin
Staves sounds more *right* to me, so it's what I use.
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hashmel
Sorry but that entire wiki page, in regards to weapon skill, is irrelevant to Feral Druids who don't attack with their equipped weapon but rather with their claws which scale with the player's level.
If a Druid decided to conk someone on the head in Moonkin, Tree, Aquatic, Travel, or caster forms then they would rely on their weapon skill but that's not the question at hand nor is anyone here terribly interested in those scenarios.
0/400 in every single weapon skill will serve Ferals perfectly fine.
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Post by
Heckler
i have tested this in bear and cat forms, though it seems useless(to stand and auto swing at something while not in a form) the crit rating can go up almost 5% just rom leveling that weapon skill if not more. just try it for maybe 10 minutes and you will see what i am trying to explain.
So you're just saying that weapon skill increases crit chance with that weapon? I don't think anyone is arguing that, but the whole part about 'to include while in a form' sounds confusing...
It sounds like your saying weapon skill affects something/anything in-form... it doesn't. If I have 50% crit chance in cat form, then I shift out and spend 10 minutes leveling my polearm skill, and then go back into cat form... I'l still have 50% crit chance.
It would be pretty ridiculous if we were expected to run around auto-attacking for 20 minutes every time we leveled.
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