crimsonraid Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 (edited) Greetings. I am in the middle of levelling a marauder. I'm curious if any BM-geared marauders can give me some info about how Carnage performs in the 50 bracket. Glancing over the talents, the 100% armor pen. looks like enough reason to roll the spec. I certainly don't have access to the full skillset (still lvl30) to playtest myself. Should I stick with annihilation (predation/camo talents are ridiculous) when I hit 50 or switch to carnage? tl;dr Is carnage effective at 50 with bm/champ lvl gear? I have no interest in rage... at all. Please don't bring it up Edited February 10, 2012 by crimsonraid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcaciaDragon Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Greetings. I am in the middle of levelling a marauder. I'm curious if any BM-geared marauders can give me some info about how Carnage performs in the 50 bracket. Glancing over the talents, the 100% armor pen. looks like enough reason to roll the spec. I certainly don't have access to the full skillset (still lvl30) to playtest myself. Should I stick with annihilation (predation/camo talents are ridiculous) when I hit 50 or switch to carnage? tl;dr Is carnage effective at 50 with bm/champ lvl gear? I have no interest in rage... at all. Please don't bring it up Carnage is effective, just not as effective as it can be. Stay annhilation till you at least hit 40-41. Carnage is challenging until you get Massacre. Gore is great...but its only 6 seconds long. 1 stun, 1 knockback, and that 3 rage damage increase is wasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kricys Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 (edited) Carnage is the gorgeous chick you meet at the bar that looks like a bag of **** the next morning. Least effective spec we have. Curious why they touched annihilation first and left carnage dragging behind. Edited February 10, 2012 by Kricys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasymodeX Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Because they have a priority for changes, and "buffing trees to be up to par" is down on their list atm. Higher BW priorities: 1. Nerfed **** people really really couldn't handle (Op/Scoundrel lulz). 2. Nerfed hybrid builds because they go against a fundamental design goal. 3. Fix explicit bugs (Annihilation / Watchman). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kibaken Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Because they have a priority for changes, and "buffing trees to be up to par" is down on their list atm. Higher BW priorities: 1. Nerfed **** people really really couldn't handle (Op/Scoundrel lulz). 2. Nerfed hybrid builds because they go against a fundamental design goal. 3. Fix explicit bugs (Annihilation / Watchman). But they don't fix the Ataru proc range bug D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xDreegan Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 But they don't fix the Ataru proc range bug D: I got time. I don't want them to rush that fix on the off chance they completely destroy the tree I like playing the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xDreegan Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 But they don't fix the Ataru proc range bug D: I got time. I don't want them to rush that fix on the off chance they completely destroy the tree I like playing the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kibaken Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 I got time. I don't want them to rush that fix on the off chance they completely destroy the tree I like playing the most. The problem is that the bug affects so many bosses - specifically those in KP - that it's nearly unplayable in end-game. Max-melee range is your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaearth Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 The problem is that the bug affects so many bosses - specifically those in KP - that it's nearly unplayable in end-game. Max-melee range is your friend. Maybe they'll give us a chubby Jawa pet with a megaphone to yell "Row" in sync with our GCD... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liegence Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 I love the way Carnage plays, but the dps is sub-optimal. The snares are nice in PvP, but Gore is mostly useless against opponents that know what they're doing. In PvE, the Atura proc bug is a big hit, so hopefully they will fix that soon. Even then, however, I think this set will continue to pale in comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibmachine Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Carnage is the gorgeous chick you meet at the bar that looks like a bag of **** the next morning. Gonna put it in my sig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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