The tank in me....and the DPS monger in me

I love being a meatshield....I really really do, but there are times when I just want to kill things....and kill them quickly! I have been doing some reading and research on what I need to go Fury spec and kick ass with it. I learned one universal mistake that most warriors make- Lack of hit rating. Seems like a bit of common sense, but think about it. You can have all the attack power in the world and still be useless cause you can't hit a damned thing.

Anyways I figured since I did some research I should share the information. To become RELATIVELY unhittable you will want to get around +150 to hit rating. You are still likely to miss sometimes, but its a fine start. To hit a 72 elite mob every time (well, 97.2%, I think) you will need a total of +192 to hit rating. Note: This is only for the main hand. To get the off-hand to hit this often you need +412 to hit rating. Personally, my offhand isn't THAT important. Here is the breakdown of how you are going to get to this wonderful +192 to hit rating.

There are a couple of easy things. The easiest is to put 3 points into precision.
3 points into precision = +48 to hit rating
Nice start wouldn't you say? You have already hit 1/4 of your desired hit rating!
Steelhawk Crossbow from Attumen- This one is a bit tricky because hunters SHOULD get priority. If they do not have the bow you shouldn't be grabbing it. Still, that's some nice hit rating
Poison vial from Romulo and Juliet = +35 to hit rating
Ragesteel shoulders = +9 to hit rating or +25 to hit rating depending on what you use the sockets for
Ragesteel Gloves = +20 hit rating as a set bonus

This covers 128/150 required to go fury spec and truly be effective. The remaining +22 to hit rating should be easy to acquire through gems and enchants. I am not sure how other guilds run Kara, but mine has found a very nice place for a solid Fury or Arms OT with tanking gear as well.

Another thing to consider when going Fury is your crit rating. This is especially important if you are relying on Rampage....which you should be if your Fury. +250 attack is so very very nice. My goal is to get my hit rating high enough to be effective without losing the crit strike rating. This is not to be confused with throwing points into agility!
Agility is bad for a warrior! Don't avoid it like the plague, but I wouldn't go to an instance for plate with +agi on it. I would go specifically for +crit whenever possible. This leaves a much greater chance that other, more important, stats are left intact. Stam or strength > Agility

As a Fury warrior you are concerned with attack power, crit strike, and hit rating. I am not sure, but I don't believe hit rating is dependant on any stat. However, attack power and crit strike are.
1 strength = 2 attack power
1 agility= .17% to crit

There are a few good items out there that can help out quite a bit for crit. IE: I have the Stellaris from Mechanar (its not heroic so you should go get it) which has agility on it. Well, considering the DPS it does it makes a nice little fit. I get the DPS I want and gives me a bit of a boost in my crit rating. Thus more options for other slots and gems.

One last note: This does require a bit of raiding and some items have a lower drop rate. In particular, the Poison Vile from Romeo and Juliet.

Steelhawk Crossbow
Binds when picked up
RangeCrossbow
155 - 288 DamageSpeed 2.80
(79.1 damage per second)
Requires Level 70
Equip: Increases attack power by 30.
Equip: Improves hit rating by 16.

Item display is courtesy wow.allakhazam.com.

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Back to Kara

I know I know....I haven't been updating this thing worth a damn...its cause I'm lazy....and the wife wants more while in school. It will get better....I hope....anyways....

We hit Kara on Tuesday and hate the most wonderful time. Personally, I kinda snapped about a few things when I went in there. I got tired of taking so freaking long to do the basic things we have done a thousand times before. Fortunately, Dezzi was the raid leader and thus I got raid assist. It tooks us 3o minutes to down Attumen and ready to kill Moroes. Mark em up and put em out. Our priests were on the ball with shackles and the communication was awesome. The only reason it took us so damn long on Moroes is because we had a DC and had to fill the spot. I think I am going to ask to be raid assist on raid assist. Lite (our GM) even said I kicked butt on the pulls and the speed. I am working on memorizing the boss fights so I can lead the raid entirely. I don't want any of the admin responsibilities, but I want to be consistantly downing beyond Moroes. If I could get to Prince every Tuesday it would be time well spent. Heck, once everyone knows the fights we can do some options bosses while we are at it! It may seem far fetched, but it seems our guild has become seasoned enough to get to Prince and beyond.

We took down everyone until Prince.....I freaking hate Prince. Our OT disconnected and I suddenly became the new OT while our GM came in with his warrior and thus he was the new MT. As a result you had a prot warrior trying to do DPS. It did not end well. We got Prince down to 1%! One freaking percent!!! Grr! After four wipes we called it. Nonetheless, we got to Prince in one night and almost downed em. Not bad considering.

Attumen dropped a nice little bow for our OT Lozt since he is Arms right now.
Moroes was kind enough to drop our belt...Thank you Moroes.
Romeo and Juliet dropped the Poison Vial and pally book.
Aran dropped some clothy gear.
Chess dropped more crappy gear not including my King's Defender! I wantz it!
and that was it.

I only need about 8 more honor badges until I can get my shield. I have a nice one now, but an upgrade is definitely in order. Once that nice little piece is ascertained I reckon the Mask of Determination will be next....we shall see though