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SoulDrinker tank item or not
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Souldrinker is a tanking item helping to heal the tanks and to help healers keep the rest of the party up with the mana they save from its heals on the tank.
So why is ret pallys able to roll on this item? Thats easy its listed as a DPS item but yet they can use it for dps. So how do we fix it? That is also a easy fix buy making it a tanking item for the best reason of all if heals dont have to heal the tank as much then they have the mana to keep up the rest of the raid/and or party. This item is not only Best in Slot for tanks but healers love there tanks for having them and also the 2nd best reason is that Ret pallys CANT use it for the dps set. |
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You see..the LFR Souldrinker is almost the worst weapon you can get for tanking. 403/416 Souldrinkers are amazing, but LFR Souldrinker is awful beyond belief. By the way, it doesn't save healer mana as much as you think. Healers would have to change the way they heal tanks in order to see a mana difference, and sporadic 6k heals aren't a big enough reason. |
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it is BiS for frost DKs and SMF warriors which is why its also a DPS item.
the only reason ret paladins can roll on it is because the system only considers 3 things. the armor type(plate, mail, ect), your class and what role box you checked(dps/heal/tank). those are the 3 ways that can be used to determine who can roll on an item. Ret paladins are DPS and paladin. you cannot restrict paladins from rolling because its also a tank weapon and you can restrict DPS from rolling because its a DPS weapon, thus ret paladins being able to role on it is an unfortunate side effect from this current limitation of the system. |
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Souldrinkers "healing return" isn't enough to make or break any encounter to be honest it's not as if my healer can fall asleep because i'm using one...
arguablely there are many many weapons that are better then LFR Souldrinker for tanking. |
Souldrinkers "healing return" isn't enough to make or break any encounter to be honest it's not as if my healer can fall asleep because i'm using one... ... Such as? |
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Edited by Robokapp on 2/22/12 2:03 PM (PST)
I tried last night to use souldrinker while tanking Baleroc.
nothing impressive happens. it doesnt seem to care about the fact that I have over 1 million hp. bug or intended? it says "maximum health" on it. @Nicephorus: hand of morchok (check my armory). |
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I believe people are either dense or they truly don't know about the current loot rules in LFR. It's based on ROLE - DPS, Healer, or Tank. It doesn't matter if it's a Boomkin rolling on Wrath of Unchaining, they get the roll bonus if they're a DPS role.
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Edited by Superbleeder on 2/22/12 2:10 PM (PST)
thats because they think its "roll bonus" instead of what it is which is "ROLE bonus"
not really an option for LFR goers. the option would be w/e the 378 tank weapon from HoT heroics. |
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Edited by Shõgun on 2/22/12 2:20 PM (PST)
Souldrinkers "healing return" isn't enough to make or break any encounter to be honest it's not as if my healer can fall asleep because i'm using one... Soul drinker can indeed break a fight. Alysrazor for example can be broken. The damage part is modified by the hatchling debuff and it heals 3 times that. I was able to get 70k crit heals from my soul drinker. 1000% damage buff to that sword is 3000% healing buff. My healers could indeed fall asleep till burn phase. Now Firelands might be old content but nothing was this broken AND working as intended with weapons from the same expansion. Lastly(@op), I'd like to say LFR soul drinker is a wasted slot on the loot table. It isn't a tank or dps weapon. It is simply a weapon! |
thats because they think its "roll bonus" instead of what it is which is "ROLE bonus"@Nicephorus: hand of morchok (check my armory). Pretty sure any 10 awake people can go kill Machamp, so it is an option for anyone. |
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there is no LFR hand of morchoc.
there are people that have no interest in progressing past LFR. i mean you could go do heroic madness and get heroic souldrinkers, why havnt you? |
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This explains why I kept getting "heals" even though the healers weren't casting whenever I got the bleed last week. Interesting factoid. |
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378 weapons from HoT heroics are easily better than LFR Souldrinker for tanking. Just like any 2 hander from this expansion is better than Gurthulak for DK tanking. |
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Edited by Superbleeder on 2/22/12 2:38 PM (PST)
not really an option for LFR goers. the option would be w/e the 378 tank weapon from HoT heroics. im talking about dps not tanking. either way, hand of morchoc is not an option for either tanking or DPS, and the fact that its not the best you can have really doesn't exclude someone from wanting it or needing it. |
Souldrinkers "healing return" isn't enough to make or break any encounter to be honest it's not as if my healer can fall asleep because i'm using one... Any 378 tanking weapon from FL or the new 5-mans. |
Souldrinkers "healing return" isn't enough to make or break any encounter to be honest it's not as if my healer can fall asleep because i'm using one... Beths sword outta FL, mace off first boss in WoE, Umm Morchocks Mace lets see... a stick? |
Souldrinkers "healing return" isn't enough to make or break any encounter to be honest it's not as if my healer can fall asleep because i'm using one... In my defense i haven't gone anywhere near Firelands since DS came out |
