Looking for Achievement Respect Advice

[Zygwen]

I am currently Achievement speced as follows. Wis 4-4-8-8 Str 4-4-4-5-8 I recently got Shield of the White Dragon which provides more avoidance than my wis line spec at the expence of dps. This got me thinking about repecing. I am thinking of doing the following. Wis 4-4-5-8 Str 4-4-4-8-8 I'm wondering if sacrificing the extra 3% parry/riposte for the extra crit damage is worth it. One of my questions is, how much does avoidance help on raids. <div></div>

[the flu]

<div><blockquote><hr>Zygwen wrote:I am currently Achievement speced as follows. Wis 4-4-8-8 Str 4-4-4-5-8 I recently got Shield of the White Dragon which provides more avoidance than my wis line spec at the expence of dps. This got me thinking about repecing. I am thinking of doing the following. Wis 4-4-5-8 Str 4-4-4-8-8 I'm wondering if sacrificing the extra 3% parry/riposte for the extra crit damage is worth it. One of my questions is, how much does avoidance help on raids. <div></div><hr></blockquote>If you are planning on using the sheild all the time, then the points you have in wisdom are  wasted. It's unclear if that is your plan or not. </div>

[Zygwen]

<blockquote><hr>the fluke wrote:<div> If you are planning on using the sheild all the time, then the points you have in wisdom are  wasted. It's unclear if that is your plan or not. </div><hr></blockquote>I'm not sure what I'll do with the shield. It might just rot in my bag. I don't see myself repecing to Sta line, that doesn't make sence for raids. The only reason I took the shield was that it would have rotted otherwise. The shield might be usefull for resist but that is about it. For soloing I think I am still better off with the Wis Line then with Stamina. If I am tanking I might try using the shield but shields only block attacks in the frontal arc as far as I know. The shield was the catalyst that made me reconsider my options but I can't see myself using it as standard gear.<div></div>

[Rokjin]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Zygwen wrote:<BR><BR>I'm wondering if sacrificing the extra 3% parry/riposte for the extra crit damage is worth it. One of my questions is, how much does avoidance help on raids.<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>How much do you get hit on raids? If you can parse your auto-attack damage vs ca damage, you can use my post on crits to determine how much extra damage you'd get from the 3 points of Blackguard's Luck (~5.2% crit)</P> <P>If your ratio is ~33/66 auto-attack to CA damage, and assuming 1:3 ratio weapon, with pretty much all our CAs being 3:5 except like one or two, that works out to:</P> <P>33% * (5.2% crit rate * 57% bonus damage + 1) + 66% * (5.2% crit rate * 37% bonus damage + 1 ) = ~2.3% bonus damage.</P> <P>So, you have to ask yourself how many times you are getting hit, and if getting hit 3% less is worth more then doing ~2.3% more damage.. Of course if your ratio is different, or if you use a melee weapon with a ratio other then 1:3, then the result will be different.</P>

[Evouk88]

where abouts does the "shield of the white dragon" drop?<p>Message Edited by Evouk88 on <span class=date_text>06-03-2006</span> <span class=time_text>01:46 PM</span>

[Luk]

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