Originally Posted by mitsukurina
The thing is, though, that ferals are not the only ones to benefit from a mangle debuff. Assuming you have a few rogues stabbing away, would it not be better to keep mangle up 24/7 even if it didn't yield a maximum return for the druid alone?
We tend to run with two ferals, one almost exclusively DPS and one OT/DPS. We're fairly similarly-geared, so it would be interesting to see, assuming we're both DPSing, whether it would be better for us to share the burden of using mangle, or if it would be better to have one sacrifice some DPS in order to maximize the other (i.e. become the Mangle Bitch).
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I looked at the rogues in your guild, and I can't help but think half of them are using an arena/pvp spec right now (hemo? premed? ugh) However, when a rogue is using Sinister Strike/Hemo or Mutilate, their main finishing moves will be Rupture (the DoT) and Slice and Dice. Especially for the Rogues that use Serrated Blades talent keeping mangle up 100% is going to be well worth your OT druid's damage loss.
Please note, that this is very specific, I wouldn't suggest 100% Mangle uptime for any group that doesn't include another feral druid and at least 2 "rupturing" rogues. Combat Daggers doesn't care a lick about mangle (all CPs are needed for SnD uptime) and even taking mangled+serrated blades on rupture, Combat Daggers is going to be a better DPS spec than Mutilate or whatever that Premed/Seal Fate and Serrated Blades/Weapon Expertise rogues are doing. If you have 2 Combat Swords/Maces/Fists then it may be worth considering 100% Mangle, and it would require exactly detailed spreadsheeting of the fight to determine if it's worthwhile.
Bottom line, most rogues don't rupture as their primary finishing move, those that do are probably gimping their DPS because of not using SnD or using an Inferior Spec to begin with.
As for the 2nd Druid, it's pretty much always worth it for a Bear geared druid to keep up the Mangle 100%. Because of the multipliers, the difference between Mangle and a Buffed Shred for the Cat druid is greater than the difference between Mangle and a Buffed Shred for the Bear