r3055 Mage_*.simcraft
'actions+=/mana_gem,trigger=1000'
As I understand 'trigger' this means use mana gem when you have lost a minimum of 1000 mana. My mana gems give me 3500 mana. We haven't had a spell damage proc on use since T7, why does this keep getting put back in?
Change to 'actions+=/mana_gem,trigger=3500'.
This at least temporarily solves the the strangeness of the simulator claiming spirit is our best stat, you can see it in the link further down.
'actions+=/fire_blast,moving=1'
Will it only cast moving=1 events when moving or will it use other instant casts if it can? If I know I have a move coming up I'll try and do it when my instant pyro's proc so I don't lose DPS.
Evocation
There is something wrong here, evocation restores 60% of your total mana, if you look at your mana pie chart for the mages evocation is much less than 60%. It could be just that sometimes it is used and sometimes not, I have another theory that some times the mage is running out of mana just before the end of the fight and the boss dies during the evocation cutting it off. I think what's needed is for the mage to estimate if she is going to run out before the end and if so evocate as early as possible.
A nice mage trick that would be good to model is evocation on your last tick of a haste proc. In my case that would be at the end of a Scale of Fates or Hyperspeed Gloves.
19_52_00 should be 20_51_00
I've yet to find an encounter in Wrath where 33 yard scorch and 38 yard everything else is a problem.
Take one point of flame throwing and put it in Student of the Mind or Arcane Meditation. I'd recommend arcane meditation because the numbers simcraft is giving screams I need mana (Evocation should really be saved for a rainy day as it is not very reliable).
I've done a 10k iteration scale factors here:
Simulationcraft Results
- You can see how much better it is not to waste your first mana gem charge and the scale factors look more sensible.
- If their are two points in Arcane meditation she does not need to evocate at all and the difference in damage is almost none existent.
- 3/3 Student of the mind is better than your current spec from damage and mana point of view.
Ok it's not going to make us beat warlocks but it's still an improvement. I will be sticking with 2/3 arcane meditation until I can take more Student of the Mind without the need to evocate in a normal fight, I prefer to have it as a backup. I know I've said in the past we have enough spirit to drop AM but I think mana regen got nerfed. Might be a good idea to keep both in and see what happens with the new gear.
SIMCRAFT.BAT
A minor annoyance but if your going to have things like threads and iterations in globals don't then overwrite them in the .bat! Plus calling it raidsimcraft.bat means it sits next to the file I want to drop onto it!
Thanks
Fizz.