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moowalk · 04/04/08, 5:50 AM

I'm looking for some theory-crafting behind inner fire upkeep.

I run warrior/resto/dpriest and I tank 95% of the time. Tbh I think teams do better when they focus the druid, but we're fluctating around 2k in BG9, so we're not fighting total scrubs.

Since it seems like more than 50% of fights are won by outlasting, does casting IF actually help with mana conservation? Sure it reduces burst, and I keep it up if that's a concern, but when IF costs 337 mana, and it expires in as little as 10 seconds, I have to wonder.

Melee damage reduction with IF = 30.67%
Damage reduction without = 22.64%

Say a rogue is averaging 450 per hit/crit/special (everything) before armour reduction, that's 311 with IF up, vs 348 without. So it's 37*20 hits which is only 740 healing for 337 mana. Seems like a bad tradeoff.

04/04/08, 5:50 AM	#555 (permalink)
moowalk Piston Honda Moonwalk Undead Priest <Conviction> Khaz'goroth	I'm looking for some theory-crafting behind inner fire upkeep. I run warrior/resto/dpriest and I tank 95% of the time. Tbh I think teams do better when they focus the druid, but we're fluctating around 2k in BG9, so we're not fighting total scrubs. Since it seems like more than 50% of fights are won by outlasting, does casting IF actually help with mana conservation? Sure it reduces burst, and I keep it up if that's a concern, but when IF costs 337 mana, and it expires in as little as 10 seconds, I have to wonder. Melee damage reduction with IF = 30.67% Damage reduction without = 22.64% Say a rogue is averaging 450 per hit/crit/special (everything) before armour reduction, that's 311 with IF up, vs 348 without. So it's 37*20 hits which is only 740 healing for 337 mana. Seems like a bad tradeoff.