Originally Posted by Sydboz
Hello All, I've just joined the site and also am new to the DW Fury realm. I was Prot spec for the last year since TBC, but recently decided it was time for a change. Anyway, to get to the point.... I am 17/44 DW spec with 5/5 UW and 3/3 Precision. I do not have WM at the moment. I've entered all my dps gear into the spreadsheet for 2.4 from that thread. I must say that despite all the claims of crit and str being > hit, my experience has really shown me different so far. Even with precision and about 110 +hit I was experiencing HUGE strings of misses and being crushed on the dps meters. I use the BT/WW always on CD, and HS with > 50 rage attack rotation. Our guild does not use enhance shaman, so WF is not a possibility for me right now. With the above +hit, 3/3 Precision, 2.1k AP (raid buffed with no BS), and 30.7% crit, I was getting destroyed by the other dps in Karazhan. I do not have hard numbers, but I swapped out some of my items dropping me to around 1.9k AP (raid buffed with no BS) and 29.7% crit, but increased my +hit to 169 and noticed I began to keep up with the other dps from this point. I believe there is a happy medium somewhere that is not accounted for in the equations of the spreadsheet. Has anyone else experienced this? If so, can you give me any tips at what point +hit, you decided to begin re-stacking for crit/str?
I am the first to admit that I am a total NOOB dpser as I've basically always been prot spec. I come here because I believe you guys are mostly knowledgeable and can provide expert advice that I cannot get anywhere else. Thank you in advance for any advice you can provide.
Anyway, I cannot link my armory here as I'm at work. O.o But you can look me up and give me recommendations.
Thx again. <Sydboz - Gorefiend (US)>
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First, don't sign your posts (you might get reported and suspended for doing so, read the posting rules before posting).
Some advice
- If you run with sub-150 hit rating in kara/pre-kara gear, use a fast OH, miss streaks will really kill your dps otherwise. You'll see that if you use a fast OH you'll be able to manage your rage better. Or if you want to keep the slow OH, as you already did, get more hit.
- It's hard to keep up with other dps in Kara, we are quite dependent on getting good buffs. WF makes a huge difference, try to get it. You don't need an enhance shaman to get WF, totems from a resto shaman will work very good as well. The few times that I've topped the meters in Kara have been with a feral tank (+5 crit) and WF.
- Get Weapon mastery, it's way better than Imp. Execute.
- The differences you experienced might be due to the miss streaks, but it's quite hard to compare two different raids since a lot of other things can change (group composition, buffs and pure luck)