1- As mentioned by others, I like being able to rely on opening procs. I get this constantly right now with the dodge proc, and it is a boon on bosses like gorefiend (I use my pocket watch in this circumstance to open the fight stacked with rage potion) and a hassle on other fights that do not hurt as much.

2- I want to be able to use the proc when it is up to safely build threat with lower risk of parry damage. My tanking style is to build as much threat as possible while I’m safe and then have the option of stopping attacks in moments of danger to avoid gibbing myself like an idiot to parry. The scryer proc will be one additional line of defense for me and will really help my threat.

Two other benefits: using the proc along with my style I will be able to mix up my gear combinations to build in some more of the avoidance I normally sacrifice for threat stats, and this will compensate for the loss of the dodge from aldor proc. In addition there is no way to know at this time how useful this may become in as yet unseen content.

The Scryer SSO neck gives 100 expertise for 10 seconds. Which for a bear is 4 attacks. About 6 general CDs. So at the most 10 attacks are being buffed. That’s not a whole lot. Has anyone taken that into consideration when doing the math?

Brooch of Deftness, to my mathematically impaired eyes, looks better all the time.

and WEWT! Our badge vendor finally opened yesterday on Drak’thul! It was utter mayhem trying to look for the vendor in the crowd of maybe 100 at a time. Shift+V helped a lot.

Although, I’m still getting my Aldor SSO neck and give it a shot for prot AoE/old content farming, I have a feeling it’ll have a positive result, if at least on my repair bills.

For an Aldor Exalted Tank, for melee encounters, is Maiden’s neck or the SSO neck better?

Or in other words, would you rather have a high burst of dodge from time to time, -or- prefer a steady dodge % all throughout a fight?

Thanks in advance

I swear to god if they nerf/buff this item and I have to update this sucker again, I’ll scream!!!

I think it’s 10.6% minimum parry, not 11.2%. The 0.2% level change is only applied once. Base 5% dodge, base 10% parry. Add 0.2% per level (assuming your weapon skill is capped, of course), and you get 5.6% and 10.6%.”

Actually:

Dodge % for a level 73 is 6.5%. There have been tests showing people with 6% dodge reducuction still getting dodges, and people with 6.75% not getting dodges, so the value is either 6.5% or very close (but 6.5% makes sense). Its +.5% per level not +.2%.

For parry the exact value is unknown, but it seems to be at least in the 12% range. Its possible its just 2xDodge, or 13%.

For Aldor: Dodge is random anyway, and we’re talking about relatively small %ages. I’m going to treat the proc as being basically equivalent to 16-17 dodge rating.

So its:

9 hit + 3 expertise vs 16-17 dodge rating.

Imo its worth having both, for if I want a little more threat or a little more expertise. (But if I didnt already have the Badge neck, I’d wait to get it as a last priority).