The probability of this happening is roughly 1 in 93,100,000,000. That was kneeing statistics in the balls and running away, seeing as that particular shield has a drop rate of 8%. Without fail, every week, the shield would drop. Maybe not.Īllow me to take you back to ToC25 joint runs, and the Faction Champions encounter. Because of how obscure Sindragosa is, and there’s still Riccah and I after it in ICC 10 (or there was, the 25 man shield is obviously better, and now she has the 10 man one) it makes the relative worth of that shield higher than any ilevel 251 upgrade in the place. I would have certainly gotten it long ago. If they had put a shield on Marrowgar that drops 100% of the time, and everyone wanted it, we’d still have enough for 2 each by now. I’ve been on every single guild run of ICC10. Example: I’ve killed Marrowgar 20 times now. I would happily increase the amount of competition for these shields if it would mean they dropped more. They all have a drop-rate of around 20% or lower. I’ve been looking at all the Lich King shields. I have no clue how long Riccah was struggling with exactly the same shield that I replaced, but my guilt was mollified slightly by her winning the Sindragosa 10 shield when we got our first kill of her the same week. One item that ties in closely with my talents, gives a significant boost to stats, and is iconic of how a Paladin healer looks and feels. In short, it had taken me from the 16th of September 2009 till the 28th of April 2010 to replace one lousy item. I lost 4 of the 25 man Marrowgar shields before finally winning it (slightly guiltily) over Riccah. However, for that spellpower shield, at least in the early days, I had three healer shamans and two elemental shamans to compete against. The tank shield on 25 man drops off Lana’thel, and if you’re doing some form of Mainspec only rolls/bids then you should only have at maximum 2 other people interested. The Healer shield is off the first boss (guaranteed kill), with a 21% drop rate. When we started joint 25 man raiding, we had access to Marrowgar. Comparatively, the tank shield drops off Gunship battle, a guaranteed kill every week, and a 16% drop rate. Except me, and my healing Shammy buddy Riccah. Because of how often we were clearing up to (but not including) Sindragosa, who came as the first real wall of difficulty for us, nearly everyone in our 15 strong rotation had every mainspec and offspec drop they could want off the first few bosses. My Shield was my only slot that was still low, the 232 shield from ToC 10 Normal. This went on for a long time, and a lot of epics dropped. We progressed through the quarters in turn, finding the easier bosses that went on to farm quickly, and some of the tougher bosses that might take a couple of attempts each week. But even with its 19% drop rate, it’s so unobtainable it makes it practically pointless. However the only shield in ICC 10 that works for a healer is a drop off Sindragosa (the penultimate boss of the place.) The looks nice and shiny. That’s the kind of difficulty bar I like. It’s taken us this long, and the 15% buff, to get this far. We’re at the Lich King in progression, with Sindragosa not being a guaranteed down each week. Our healing team is very tight knit and efficient. I play with people I think are reasonably coordinated, excellent DPS, and organised tanks. People argue over how difficult the place is. Say you’re a 10 man focused guild doing ICC. In Naxxramas, they even went as far as doing two of each (that place was big though.) Oh sure, they make sure there’s one of each of the two types of shield per raid. This wouldn’t seem like much competition, and indeed, given that in total the shield using specs add up to 5 out of all 30 specs, you’d see them on at least every 6th boss. The Spell-power and Intellect Shields are used by three specs, Holy Paladins, and Restoration and Elemental Shamans. The high Stamina and Strength shields are used by two specs, Protection for Warriors and Paladins. I am of course referring to the Offhand-worn friends to tanks and healers, the Shield.
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