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Shha · 05/18/08, 8:17 AM

Well since we discuss heroic strike - Id like to put some new topic under discussion. Basically would like to know people feelings/opinions.

When i started to get Sunwell upgrades, i noticed a lot of increased rage generation and haste. At some point i started to shift my "dps routine" because of that. I found that much more often Im getting past 100 rage then rage starved. As a result i lowered my "heroic strike treshold" to much lower value. Instead of getting like 50-60 rage before using HS, i started to do it as low as 20. Basically watching a gcd a bit, but if next instant wasnt "ready" or "almost ready" i would just play on the chance ill get enough rage. It surprisingly (because i wasnt too convinced beforehand) started to up my dps quiet a bit. I think the following are factors:

- Badge Claws + around 150 haste i have already, perma drums, Dst procs put my average haste at around 320, and haste at 20%. That means flurried weapon speed at 1.65 or below on average. Its close enough to GCD, that when i use heroic+instant a bit after, it has a good chance of getting another set of "non heroiced" MH/OH before GCD comes up.

- I noticed that while I lost some BT and WW this way, its a very small amount (Id say I BT around every 6.5 second not 6 and about same 0.5 delay on WW). Around 8% or so less number wise. However my DAMAGE from BT/WW remained well - not unchanged, but it changed a lot less. What happened, is that my damage on those skills went up substantially - especially on BT. Reason seems to be simple and confirmed by the logs (lots of close to 6k BT) - doing it this way increases drastically the chance of getting "Windfuried BT". Since I dont have rage for BT - it tends to go off instantly after MH attack when spammed - exactly when WF attacks proc. A WF attack gives you 446*1.3(imp totems)*1.1(unleashed rage)*1.1(imp zerker) = 700 extra ap. If you press BT right as they happen it does work with BT damage. Same for Whirlwind.

So the question is
- does anyone else tried it out?
- do other people experience "windfuried instants", or is it result of my lag (playing at 500ms from europe on US servers).

05/18/08, 8:17 AM	#496 (permalink)
Shha Don Flamenco Shha Night Elf Warrior <Oblivion> Gorgonnash	Well since we discuss heroic strike - Id like to put some new topic under discussion. Basically would like to know people feelings/opinions. When i started to get Sunwell upgrades, i noticed a lot of increased rage generation and haste. At some point i started to shift my "dps routine" because of that. I found that much more often Im getting past 100 rage then rage starved. As a result i lowered my "heroic strike treshold" to much lower value. Instead of getting like 50-60 rage before using HS, i started to do it as low as 20. Basically watching a gcd a bit, but if next instant wasnt "ready" or "almost ready" i would just play on the chance ill get enough rage. It surprisingly (because i wasnt too convinced beforehand) started to up my dps quiet a bit. I think the following are factors: - Badge Claws + around 150 haste i have already, perma drums, Dst procs put my average haste at around 320, and haste at 20%. That means flurried weapon speed at 1.65 or below on average. Its close enough to GCD, that when i use heroic+instant a bit after, it has a good chance of getting another set of "non heroiced" MH/OH before GCD comes up. - I noticed that while I lost some BT and WW this way, its a very small amount (Id say I BT around every 6.5 second not 6 and about same 0.5 delay on WW). Around 8% or so less number wise. However my DAMAGE from BT/WW remained well - not unchanged, but it changed a lot less. What happened, is that my damage on those skills went up substantially - especially on BT. Reason seems to be simple and confirmed by the logs (lots of close to 6k BT) - doing it this way increases drastically the chance of getting "Windfuried BT". Since I dont have rage for BT - it tends to go off instantly after MH attack when spammed - exactly when WF attacks proc. A WF attack gives you 4461.3(imp totems)1.1(unleashed rage)*1.1(imp zerker) = 700 extra ap. If you press BT right as they happen it does work with BT damage. Same for Whirlwind. So the question is - does anyone else tried it out? - do other people experience "windfuried instants", or is it result of my lag (playing at 500ms from europe on US servers).