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• giansm · 02/14/08, 6:26 PM

Like Noressa has been saying, and I said a couple pages ago, if you can get enough haste to achieve 5 casts per cycle then there is plenty you can do other than lifeblooming 5 targets. Consider a 3-tank scenario, which is part of the strategy on a pretty large number of encounters: right now the best we can do is lifebloom them all and rejuvenate two, and this saps all of our GCDs. If we want to battle res someone, innervate someone, etc, we have to let a rejuvenation drop for two cycles. With 5 GCDs per cycle, we get two benefits: we can do more healing by keeping up lifebloom and rejuvenation on all three, and we have one free GCD every two cycles to use on innervate or NS + Rebirth.

About the spirit changes on the PTR, I spent a little bit of time messing around with the formula people are shaking out in the Intellect -> Spirit Conversion on the PTR : Theorycrafting HQ thread (the one that looks like Regen_mp5 = 5*0.00932715221261 * sqrt(Int) * Spirit). I don't plan to update the first post until the changes go live but if that formula is accurate then there are a few implications that stand out:

Elixirs and Flasks: [Elixir of Draenic Wisdom] will almost always be better than [Elixir of Major Mageblood]. Not only that, but if you innervate yourself then Draenic Wisdom will usually be better in terms of pure mana regeneration than a flask, in addition to unlocking the ability to use a Healing Power elixir.
Food: [Golden Fish Sticks] will restore more mana than [Blackened Sporefish], in addition to providing the healing boost.
Enchants: Major Spirit becomes a better chest enchant than Restore Mana Prime.
Purple gems: An 11 healing + 5 spirit gem would be better than [Royal Shadowsong Amethyst] if it existed, but unfortunately it doesn't. At the blue gem level, the choice between [Royal Nightseye] and [Purified Shadow Pearl] will be very close and will depend on whether you innervate yourself or not. At the heroic level, the best purple gem is [Royal Tanzanite], mostly since [Imperial Tanzanite] has two less +healing.
Trinkets: the effectiveness of [Bangle of Endless Blessings] will be increased dramatically. If you innervate yourself and use the Bangle when you do so, it should be worth around 50-60 mp5. The [Darkmoon Card: Blue Dragon] would also increase in effectiveness, probably ending up around 50-70 mp5.

I haven't been keeping up very well with the new items in 2.4 (just the new mechanics) and so I'm not sure if there are any sweet new consumables or gems that invalidate some of this. As usual these calculations all assume Living Spirit and Blessing of Kings. Also, keep in mind that this is all based on a formula that was theorycrafted on a test realm that has been up for only a few days, so it is obviously subject to change!

02/14/08, 6:26 PM	#238 (permalink)
• giansm Let's Paint, Exercise, and Lifebloom Gianluca Night Elf Druid <Lunacy> Proudmoore	Like Noressa has been saying, and I said a couple pages ago, if you can get enough haste to achieve 5 casts per cycle then there is plenty you can do other than lifeblooming 5 targets. Consider a 3-tank scenario, which is part of the strategy on a pretty large number of encounters: right now the best we can do is lifebloom them all and rejuvenate two, and this saps all of our GCDs. If we want to battle res someone, innervate someone, etc, we have to let a rejuvenation drop for two cycles. With 5 GCDs per cycle, we get two benefits: we can do more healing by keeping up lifebloom and rejuvenation on all three, and we have one free GCD every two cycles to use on innervate or NS + Rebirth. About the spirit changes on the PTR, I spent a little bit of time messing around with the formula people are shaking out in the Intellect -> Spirit Conversion on the PTR : Theorycrafting HQ thread (the one that looks like Regen_mp5 = 50.00932715221261 * sqrt(Int) * Spirit). I don't plan to update the first post until the changes go live but if that formula is accurate then there are a few implications that stand out: Elixirs and Flasks:* [Elixir of Draenic Wisdom] will almost always be better than [Elixir of Major Mageblood]. Not only that, but if you innervate yourself then Draenic Wisdom will usually be better in terms of pure mana regeneration than a flask, in addition to unlocking the ability to use a Healing Power elixir. Food: [Golden Fish Sticks] will restore more mana than [Blackened Sporefish], in addition to providing the healing boost. Enchants: Major Spirit becomes a better chest enchant than Restore Mana Prime. Purple gems: An 11 healing + 5 spirit gem would be better than [Royal Shadowsong Amethyst] if it existed, but unfortunately it doesn't. At the blue gem level, the choice between [Royal Nightseye] and [Purified Shadow Pearl] will be very close and will depend on whether you innervate yourself or not. At the heroic level, the best purple gem is [Royal Tanzanite], mostly since [Imperial Tanzanite] has two less +healing. Trinkets: the effectiveness of [Bangle of Endless Blessings] will be increased dramatically. If you innervate yourself and use the Bangle when you do so, it should be worth around 50-60 mp5. The [Darkmoon Card: Blue Dragon] would also increase in effectiveness, probably ending up around 50-70 mp5. I haven't been keeping up very well with the new items in 2.4 (just the new mechanics) and so I'm not sure if there are any sweet new consumables or gems that invalidate some of this. As usual these calculations all assume Living Spirit and Blessing of Kings. Also, keep in mind that this is all based on a formula that was theorycrafted on a test realm that has been up for only a few days, so it is obviously subject to change!