EU+US 70 stats

[davomate]

Hey all,

I have a 70 Fury Warrior. Have recently gotten Bottled Tornado, which gave an almost 30 avg ilvl boost when equipped, but have not noticed any difference in PVE dps output. I thought this was supposed to have more of an impact. Also I am not convinced the versatility enchants - 32 on rings, 48 on neck and 64 on cloak provide any noticeable benefit. I think when I went full crit, gems, enchants etc, and reached 50% crit I was doing better.

Any other Fury warriors have recommendations?

 

[Symandria]

Hey,

First, average item level equipped will directly act as a damage multiplier when facing Burning Crusade content. Most notably raids. It seems to have some effect out doors, but it's less, and I forget if it effects dungeons. It won't effect Wrath dungeons or content unless your average item level is over 200, since that's the base item level for Wrath stuff.

Versatility is only ideal for PVP or Tanking as it is just plain less extra damage in exchange for the extra survivability. Crit is recommended on a Fury Warrior.


Can I ask what you use the Fury Warrior for? Are you part of an active raiding guild by chance?

 

[davomate]

Thanks for your response, Symandria. I am not part of a raiding guild. This is just a new twink I made. I was testing in Wrath dungeons, so that makes sense. I will go back to Full crit build.

 

[Fx]

It doesn't work outdoors or in higher level dungeons. Only works in level-appropriate content.

 

[Symandria]

In my testing using hundreds of white basic attacks I was able to see a 10-30% effectiveness outdoors for the item level multiplier (Testing Performed in Outland). Of course it didn't take hundreds of attacks to see the simple fact that the white damage range had been bumped up a number of points, when I equipped the Bottled Tornado.

You should be able to duplicate the results Though it hardly matters as outdoor content isn't really a thing.

 

[Shinela]

These are the things once datamined a long time back. The reason it didn't work in Wrath dungeons explains this.
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if (PlayerLevel <= MaxPlayerLevel and
PlayerEquippedItemLevel > IntendedItemLevel) then
AlternateDamageTakenFactor = 1 - 0.01 * (PlayerEquippedItemLevel - IntendedItemLevel)
AlternateDamageDealtFactor = 1 + 5/3*0.01 * (PlayerEquippedItemLevel - IntendedItemLevel)
DamageTakenFactor = min(DamageTakenFactor, AlternateDamageTakenFactor)
DamageDealtFactor = max(DamageDealtFactor, AlternateDamageDealtFactor)
end
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Basically this looks to see if your player level is lower than or equal to the maxplayer level (80 for Wrath). If you aren't, no further actions are taken.
If so, it seeks if your equipped item level is above the intended item level (200 for Wrath). If so, the factors apply.
From there you can calculate your increased mitigation and damage done. (This also works in negatives if you are the max level for said dungeon's expansion.)

Nevertheless, I will now read through the rest. This is taken in the PvE perspective, ignore for PvP.

Your Crit chance should not be too high. 25% is enough, the rest can go in haste. This allows you to get 2-3 hits of Bloodthirst out with enough chance to get at least one of the to crit. (a 65% crit chance will be applied for Bloodthirst, the haste will determine how many hits you get out.)
65% is enough to Enrage every 2 hits, in bad luck streaks you always have Berserker Rage. Enrage is your factor for damage and needs to be up 100% as is increases your damage done by 15% total.

Versatility is indeed purely PvP. In PvE terms I would advice going haste or crit. I put mine on Haste so I can gather Crit using gems (The 2 +24 crit gems made me take it this way.)



Symandria,

Yes, Item level has a reduced effect in the outdoor world but I believe this is a minor bug. It only applies for characters of level 89 ad below and didn't have any effect during 6.0 live.
Nevertheless, I have tested said effects but I find they are not significant enough for me to prioritize Ilvl above stats. I admit I do have a confirmation bias towards prioritising stats simply because I despise the item level shenanigans.