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Originally Posted by Lamaros
Didn't view the xls yet, but a quick question:
Why are you using CoA in a Destruction build over CoE (With Incinerate)? Surely the 15% there would make a difference.
As you will often have to have CoE up, at the cost of CoA, it should be also be factored.
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I presumed same conditions for all builds, and I did not count raid buffs like CoS/CoE for 10% and mage/priest for 15%. But I included raid buffs in new XLS.
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What are the numbers like with no CoA and CoE. That's a big swing to Destruction.
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I will compare main builds in "no CoA" scenario, and will check if destro gets better ;p
But "no CoA' will reduce damage similary to all builds, just as considering CoS/CoE and other raid damage buffs will increase damage similary, so i expect difference between afflic/destro to remains
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Also, you are assuming a very low crit level, which affects Destruction the most. Probably not a substantial difference, but if you crit three times more often (My crit chance in crappy gear is currently 18% in destruction) it will be worth mentioning.
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Is that 18% with talent crit bonuses like Devastation and Backlash, or only from items? I assumed conservative 7% on items, so DS build would have 15%.
Pretty sure S&F applies to Damage %.
So SB becomes 103%ish
Incin becomes 91%ish.
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Is this based on some test in TBC beta, or it is you interpretation of talent description? ;p
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There are many more problems that could be raised too. I think you need to remodel from scratch. I get the impression you don't play a warlock? There are many considerations that you might miss because of this.Your spreadsheet is very hard to follow and seems to use hard numbers in places for no reason I can understand.
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well, ignoring other remarks, i'm curious what gave you impression I do not play warlock? ;p
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Did you factor less LT because of Incins better Mana efficiency compared to SB? Etc.
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yes, as you can see i calculate total mana used separatelly for Sb and Incin, and when I was comparing incin vs SB, I changed needed LT number to in both cases use just under 6k mana. Then I selected option with more damage ( in that case, SB)