Knowledge of the Loremaster, figuring out what the various levels really mean
We parse a mob, use a known debuff on it, then reparse. Yeah, you have to wait a minute for KotLm to come back, but over time we can figure out what the levels really mean. I'll start, using bits and pieces from a Knowledge of the Loremaster parse on the Lorebook.
{{KotLm
|Level=48
|MyLevel=51
|Name=Half-orc Skirmisher
|Genus=Orc-kind
|Species=Half-orc
|Morale=1,998
|Power=405
|Type=Normal
|Alignment=Evil
|MeleeDef=Average
|TacticalDef=Average
|RangeDef=Average
|ConjImmune=False
|StunMezImm=False
|RootImmune=False
|Cry=Fair
|Song=Fair
|Tactical=Fair
|Physical=Fair
|Common=Fair
|Fire=Average
|Light=Average
|Shadow=Fair
|Lightning=Fair
|AncientDwarf=Fair
|Beleriand=Average
|Westernesse=Fair
|Frost=Fair
}}
When I used Sticky Tar on it (which currently does a debuff of -842 fire defence, the Half-orc Skirmisher's Fire rating dropped from light blue Average to green Poor.
In case you forgot the order of defence colors, it is:
Feeble (gray)
Poor (green)
Average (light blue)
Fair (blue)
Good (white)
Superior (yellow)
Remarkable (orange)
Incredible (red)
Extraordinary (purple)
It's the same order as quest colors and mob colors.
I wonder if the colors are not related to our level but instead to our defences. I should get with a same level loremaster, get naked so that my defences are much lower, then we could both do a KotLm and see whether we get the same colors.
As a level 1 burglar, Bilbo got a pony when he joined the Smaug The Dragon raid. Then he asked for leadership, looted the chest, assigned himself the 1st age Arkenstone and mailed it to an alt (Bilbo's a VIP so can mail from anywhere). They did some PvMP and an Epic Battle, then he apologized and gave the Arkenstone back because it wasn't BoA. He kept the pony.