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11-25-2008, 08:20 AM
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wowinsider.com/media/2008/11/ah112208ghostcrawler.jpgGhostcrawler (http://www.wowinsider.com/tag/Ghostcrawler/) weighted in on the intention and existence of the defense statistic yesterday. He makes two interesting criticisms (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html;jsessionid=55024B0985B87B7087BDE8B07ADFB402.app25_02?topicId=12891294897&pageNo=2&sid=1#21) of the philosophy behind defense:
It might eventually prove a problem that defense functions both as a tanking statistic and prevents you from fighting mobs that are a higher level than your character.
Balance might be easier to achieve if defense provided mitigation and not avoidance.
This is rather cryptic to someone who doesn't often deal with the integral nature of the statistic, so let's break it down a bit.Continue reading Ghostcrawler on long term defense changes (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/25/ghostcrawler-on-long-term-defense-changes/)
http://www.wowinsider.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.wowinsider.com)Ghostcrawler on long term defense changes (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/25/ghostcrawler-on-long-term-defense-changes/) originally appeared on WoW Insider (http://www.wowinsider.com) on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wowinsider.com/media/2008/11/ah112208ghostcrawler.jpgGhostcrawler (http://www.wowinsider.com/tag/Ghostcrawler/) weighted in on the intention and existence of the defense statistic yesterday. He makes two interesting criticisms (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html;jsessionid=55024B0985B87B7087BDE8B07ADFB402.app25_02?topicId=12891294897&pageNo=2&sid=1#21) of the philosophy behind defense:
It might eventually prove a problem that defense functions both as a tanking statistic and prevents you from fighting mobs that are a higher level than your character.
Balance might be easier to achieve if defense provided mitigation and not avoidance.
This is rather cryptic to someone who doesn't often deal with the integral nature of the statistic, so let's break it down a bit.Continue reading Ghostcrawler on long term defense changes (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/25/ghostcrawler-on-long-term-defense-changes/)
http://www.wowinsider.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.wowinsider.com)Ghostcrawler on long term defense changes (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/25/ghostcrawler-on-long-term-defense-changes/) originally appeared on WoW Insider (http://www.wowinsider.com) on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
Read (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html;jsessionid=55024B0985B87B7087BDE8B07ADFB402.app25_02?topicId=12891294897&pageNo=2&sid=1#21) | Permalink (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/25/ghostcrawler-on-long-term-defense-changes/) | Email this (http://www.wowinsider.com/forward/1382087/) | Comments (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/25/ghostcrawler-on-long-term-defense-changes/#comments)
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