WOTLK Phase 4 Prot Warrior BIS includes DPS Tier Pieces

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I’m experiencing an issue vaguely similar to one which I experienced in 2022. AMR’s Best In Slot tool is telling me to use a couple DPS Tier pieces instead of Tanking pieces. My gearing strategy slider is set to “All Defense”, so I am expecting it to maximize survival stats and write off threat stats.

Presently in the Best in Bags, it has me wearing ToC-era Tanking Tier mixed with ICC tanking tier. That at least could make sense. There’s a bunch of +block value on those, so I can understand them being better than going for ICC 4-piece for the absorb with bloodrage. However, the BIS tool suggesting 2-piece Tank and 2-piece Dps raises a flag that maybe something isn’t quite right.

Last time I had a similar issue, you asked for the string I use to tell AMR what I have available. It shouldn’t be related to the BIS list, but just in case I will provide it:

$16;US;Mankrik;Tonoose;Nerds O War;8;2;80;-1124:42999,-1067:42999,-922:42999,-87:-8600,-68:42999,-809:0,-933:19365,-349:610,-942:42999,-947:42999,-989:42999,12:4,-21:9062,-1105:10101,-59:1750,-76:42999,-1091:42999,-909:0,-369:8557,-1052:42999,-1119:42999,-1073:42440,-81:42999,-510:0,-270:0,-1098:42999,-932:-24508,-1156:42999,-470:11927,-1104:-42000,-941:24212,13:450,-1038:2125,-1031:1380,-1011:42999,-1090:42999,-749:70,-577:9515,-609:2160,-576:1570,-529:14040,-1077:28060,-935:38550,-1106:42999,1:450,-70:-13050,-530:42196,-934:22280,-1085:42999,-990:0,-1064:42999,-970:6125,-911:42447,-967:42999,6:450;1;.s1;WARRIOR;0502030022000000000000000000000300000000000000000000000000053351225000012521330113321;.q1;47991s9x40119e3850;20s2x0;16s11x47;436s1x1230y-1255e-32;1s7x0y-22e4;1877s13;15s14;48s12x47;62s15x-41e-217;525s6x16y-22z0;224s3x22e247;4s5x0y-22e-555;342s18;226s8x0y0e309;48s10x22y-22e254;74s17x0e-11;28s16x0e20;.inv;2459;1925;1988;576;1879;203;143;9849;2078;113;2;662;0;1118;4;769;13;0;0;1;1;0;3;459;176;1012;106;347;156;1752;1942;3711;2;21;1127;125;28;344e3849;7;87;434;2;3;1233;52;4;0;3;267;79;398;38;1;3;158;29;1097;430;51;211;1;0;1;7;403;0;102;330;3x41398y-1402e-32;1e-487;1x41e478;6;53e14;180;3;347;0;47;232;186;2;963x1359y102e-823;92;0;0;358;0;8;8;53;1;1;1;18;125;368x-1357;4x0y26z-48e-1046;2x0y0e1653;640;0;272;0;239;212;0;159e263;2;27x47;19;67x-153e-617;3e608;5;18;13;19e-10;16;4;10;5;1e-2450;1x2689e2408;2e-203;3x-2689e-1;1;8x128y26e-307;94x-159e514;1x6y24e-559;1x-24e352;1;0;27e185;0;43e-183;59x75y-1e0;137;11;4;113x-80;49;18;81e-1;24;17e-375;2;6;48;92x0y6e-1277;2x-6e1907;2x1372y-1372e-42;3x81y-81e4;170;4;34;0;2;1356;141;1x80e30;5;17;89x-75;5x-17y0;15x41e-2252;1x82y0;12;1x-106;2x153y0e2006;17x-47y0e-309;6x-106y24e526;342x-23y24e0;73x81e37;3x0e-8;234x6e17;341;34;42;2;8;194x1255y-1217e-56;1x1122y-1248e4;166;586;125;28;9;526;15;22;5x-24;5;39;2;161e52;2;2x0y0e-61;9x24y0e-202;188;331;20x-3y-21e183;0x9097y-9097e0;2x106y0z0;222;93x-82y-24z0;26;8;1;1;2886;157050;.gly;58364;58097;58098;58353;68164;58375$

Let me know what you think, and thank you!

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Yeah it seems to be leaning towards DPS a bit too heavily. Getting that balance between toughness and damage can be as much art as science since there’s no real objective way to determine it – it comes down to player preference.

As gear levels increase it can shift the tipping point, so we’ll adjust it a bit such that the slider more heavily favors defensive options until you start moving that slider a bit further towards the DPS side.

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What’s your (very) rough timeline for such a change to go through?

That is, how long should I wait before raising the issue again if it persists?

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We have a site update that should be going out sometime this weekend or monday.