I tend to draw aggro on whatever class I am playing , be it good tanks or not . Therefore it is nice to have a buuble and the dps output is still very high
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I tend to draw aggro on whatever class I am playing , be it good tanks or not . Therefore it is nice to have a buuble and the dps output is still very high
Starting out as a new Tos, its better to spec the bubble incase you get over zealous and pull too many. Obviously with the cooldown of the bubble its for an oh-crap moment. With 2 specs though, its easy to try different things based on your playstyle.
Some of the things I didn't see mentioned, are to make use of your Stun (Cobra Stare) and Root (Quicksand). These give you time to get your attacks and debuffs going. I always seem to be in the situation where I have several mobs and SF is on its last tick or green heal is magically expired.
The Tos is the best buff, debuff, heal and dps machine class in the game. Its very strong in aoe attack and versatile, but easily killed especially if you pull too many Khitai mobs.
I prefer Fangs build for most encounters, however you have to remember Fangs does nothing against caster mobs.
One major thing I notice in pug raids/groups... Toses that do not spec Coalesce Ether. This is a tremendous help for all Mana users including the Tos itself. I tend to ask them if they can change feats to get it and 99% of the time receive no answer. Do people not read tells or raid chat? I honestly can't believe what people spec other than this? General tree Lol. Its very sad that majority of pug Tos raiders do not spec this very important feat line.
Best thing to do as a new Tos, is to try different feat specs for awhile then either try another or adjust based on your playstyle or the encounter. This way the spec will fit the way you play.
I dont know if it has been mentioned already, but i cant stress the importance of feating and using your idol of set as much as possible for mana regen. As a undergeared tos you will have mana issues if you dont keep your idol on cd.
Good call here slackJ, I have to agree with you on this. Being a returning player myself, I am having to relearn all my toons. And a ton of stuff has changed in the last 4 years... I am personally going to try your rotation, I been playing my TOS, and things just have NOT felt"right" on my rotations. I'll let you know how it goes, got a 6 man party that wants to stick together so we will see...