hazelnutter

are you telling me that according to your timeline, you can shift down before the 1.5 sec gcd from your first shred expires? Or is the gcd NOT 1.5sec? IMaybe 1sec in cat and that carries over when you shift out?

-0.5 sec You Shred
0.0 sec- You get 4 points up and you have 0/2/4 energy
0.0-.25 sec You shift up, you white hit
0.25-0.5 sec You shift down- you have 40 energy



you just put the reference point of the start time back to -1 sec "buying" 1 sec.
I just assume that as soon as you have energy you use it then shift up.
You waited 0.5 for first shred then a full 1-1.25sec to shift up. Why?
Give youself more time, esp if you want to pop pots.
My point is simple. Energy ticks every 2 sec regardless. Therfore, as long as your shift up shift down happens somewhere between the 2 ticks, who cares?

But in essence your message that powershifting is good is correct and i agree. I have learnt a lot from this and from other thread on druid theorycarft.
My point is that it does not add 40-50dps and that if you chugging mana pots to fuel your powershifting, you are being overly selfish and not helping your raid, esp given that if it was pure dps they were after they would have taken a rogue.

Your point about getting combo poitns faster is definitely valid.
so all in all, thanks.