Legion timewalking had come to an end for now. So m+ was once again pure Shadowlands, with more dungeons in the lfg. The weekly event was battlegrounds, so no real appeal. Affixes this week were Tyrannical - Spiteful - Necrotic; time consuming and boring.
Ghoset did the following this week
Vault
The hat was a 19 iLevel upgrade, but with mastery. iLevel still iLevel however...
Five Keystones
Sanguine Depths +11 **
Spires of Ascension +10 **
Sanguine Depths +11 **
Mists of Tirna Scithe +11 *
Sanguine Depths +8 ***
Dungeons were a streamroll, except for the Mists key. Which was done with a keyholder that did +2 damage in an 11 and turbointing. That key gets 1 Kazzak-rating.
No loot from dungeon this week.
Open World Content
Replenishing the Reservoir
Return Lost Souls
3x Callings
Layer 9 Soulforges
Layer 8 Soulforges
Upgraded legendary from rank 4 to 6
Weekly thoughts
Farming for specific gear slots with limited time is horrible. Which is why arena was what I enjoyed so much in TBC, Wrath and Cataclysm - deterministic so you would get piece of choice on the regular instead of this malarky.
Playing tank and dps and compare the runs makes me appreciate how much tank affects the runs. I still think good dps can make up for a bad tank - while a healer can't really affect the key the same way. But pug tanks are all over the place, janky pacing, completly random pull sizes, does no cc, random kiting with no aggro and all these things that makes people annoyed. Bad dps that pull extra with no regard to kicks or people's cds or whatever are annoying, but a bad tank can be like that the entire dungeon and make the key impossible.
Plans for next reset
Do 4 Sanguine/DOS keys to fish for weapon/scale again
Do Korthia for research for more sockets to offset the plummeting versatility
Stats after week done
Covenant: Kyrian (Renown 80)
Main spec: Vengeance (233 iLevel [+4]) [1498.4 score (+94,7)]
Offpsec: Havoc (233 iLevel [+4]) [0.0 score]
Main Secondaries: Versatility (13%) & Haste (16%)
Legos: Scorched Soul Shackles (rank 6)
Raid Prog: -
Professions: Leatherworking (max) & Enchanting (101)
Navarim did the following this week:
Vault
Lucked out and got a 22 iLevel (I think) upgrade on boots. Decent stats (haste/crit) considering what m+ boots can be. Only slot I really wanted a vault item for the moment, so nice.
Four keystones
Necrotic Wake +11
Spires of Ascension +11
Halls of Atonement +9 **
Plaguefall 9 *
Keys not very successful this week... The Wake and Spires keys failed because of common mistakes. On last boss of Necrotic Wake the healer didn't do the dispels, and the tank tried to freedom people to make up for it but then rooted others so wiped for example. SOA was mostly fine until the skip on the third boss platform near the last tormented, monks still think paralysis works well enough instead of waiting 3 seconds for a gate. Felt so pointless.
Open world content
Replenishing the Reservoir
Shaping Fate (this has turned into what I always due out of sheer pug frustration every week)
3x Callings
Weekly thoughts
I was trying to get 1700 rating this week. Didn't work out. Depleted keys takes a lot of time. Waiting to get into higher keys takes a lot of time. Waiting for groups to fill and sometimes fail takes a lot of time. I've dodged all the failed runs so far, but that's where I would uninstall instead of being annoyed if a week ended up with just failed runs.
Raid is not really tempting either. To get the two pieces I need, I need to be in on Remnant and Guardian. With the current active roster, getting there with lock will not happen. First 3 on alt should work, could get Remnant if lucky perhaps. But then I've wasted the first 3 bosses that has stuff for other characters...
For a character that was meant to be a potential raid candidate next raid tier, this is not a good place to be in. The fact my dps in dungeons and raid is not that good either does not make me want to play it more. In fact, I will put Warlock in the Priest and Rogue bin after this challenge.
Plans for next reset
Get the 7 rating for 1700 character score.
Complete at least 4 keys for the dungeon weekly
Stats after week done
Covenant: Night Fae (Renown 80) & Kyrian (Renown 80)
Main spec: Demonology (239 iLevel [+1]) [1660.3 score (+81,4]]
Offpsec: Destruction (239 iLevel [+1]) [915.2 score] & Affliction (228 iLevel) [97.5 score]
Main Secondaries: Haste (23%) & Mastery (34%)
Legos: Wilfred's Wristwraps of Superior Summoning (rank 6), Cindercloak of the Azj'Aqir (rank 3), Relic of Demonic Synergy (rank 2).
Raid Prog: Heroic Sanctum 5/10 [+0], 10/10 LFR Sanctum
Professions: Tailoring (max) & Inscription (max)
Prediction development
Ghoset will be closer in iLevel, but still more than 5 iLevels behind.
Navarim gained 1 iLevel. Ghoset gained 4 iLevels. Lead down to 6 from 9 iLevels.
Navarim will have dipped into more content.
Neither have done new content this week. Still a tie.
Navarim will have more progress on alt specs.
Navarim did not play alt specs this week.
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