Originally Posted by Dakous
Three out of four ain't bad, right? I'm curious about the Abacus of Violent Odds.
My normal catform DPS, unbuffed completely, on the character sheet is 220. I'm deep feral (mangle, yay), although I have none of the cat-form specific talents. What do I need to know, calculate, or otherwise figure out to properly select between Abacus of Violent Odds (which I'm fairly sure is vastly superior for a rogue/dps warrior, what with the dual wield) and Core of Ar'kelos? The simple character sheet test of clicking on them and seeing the change to my character sheet shows the Abacus as being superior, but I'm curious if catform reliance on specials doesn't tip the balance (and the 10 second differential doesn't even them out, raw-wise).
The argument on prioritizing the drop is irrelevent, I've got it in the bank. I did a search, didn't see a post related to druids on the abacus (although it may have cunningly been hidden in a thread on a different topic).
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While this isn't exactly on-topic, I think I can tie it in quite nicely.
The Abacus, in my opinion, is subpar for a druid. It is a 15 second clickie, that provides us around 5ish extra white hits every 2min(that is the CD, right?). Alright, no sweat, it has a passive AP affect on it as well. Unfortunately, that (the trinket)does nothing for our primary damage, which is a Mangled Shred. With the right front-loading, Shred
should out damage your white hits in a stationary tank-n-spank fight, and it's silly not to cater to this.
But! Don't discount Haste rating because of this,
especially if you have 2pc Malorne bonus.
Shortly after my brief examples to hazelnutter earlier in this thread, I was fortunate enough to get ahold of the T4 shoulder, making my 2 piece bonus, and, well, wow. My original stance on powershifting remains, unless you have 2pc Malorne. It's simply not worth risking losing a potential proc for a bit of "extra" energy. It procs so often, it's staggering at times, often proccing 2-4 times in the same Rip-5cp-Rip cycle.
That being said, I strongly urge anyone with 2pc Malorne to add Dragonspine Trophy to their list. While yes, it does remove a bit of potential AP in a trinket slot, it allows us more white hits, potentially proccing the 2pc even more. While yes, the Abacus would probably provide a similar effect, it's impossible to coordinate the Use effect with 2pc proccing :P
Powershift unless you have 2pc Malorne!
AP unless you have 2pc Malorne, then go with passive haste trinkets! (Only one so far!)