Thread of Ultimate Stupidity - Page 1174

Doven · 06/23/10, 12:47 PM

Hey everyone. I may be off topic for whatever the current discussion is, but I have a bit of a problem.

I am an arcane mage, and I have been pulling really crappy dps in ICC 10 for some reason. Last week I was almost consistently 5th dps except on Sindragosa. I was pulling about 6.5k. This is terrible, especially with the 20% damage buff.

I don't know what's wrong. I have all my gems and correct enchants, I go by the standard rotation (ABx4 -> MB), and I'm not bad. For some reason I just can't pull good DPS, even though I see many other mages pulling insane 10k steady dps. I can pull 12k at the beginning of the fight but it usually goes down. If there's something I'm doing wrong, please let me know because I really need to fix this.

Doroteasenjk · 06/23/10, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by Doven

I have been pulling really crappy dps in ICC 10 for some reason.

The reason is likely that you are NOT spamming your spell cast keys. I strongly recommend an add-on called DPStime that will show you the gap between successive casts; this will convince you that you spend a LOT of time between spell casts, and it makes a world of difference if you can minimize the down time.

Doven · 06/23/10, 1:02 PM

Originally Posted by Doroteasenjk

The reason is likely that you are NOT spamming your spell cast keys. I strongly recommend an add-on called DPStime that will show you the gap between successive casts; this will convince you that you spend a LOT of time between spell casts, and it makes a world of difference if you can minimize the down time.

As in, pressing them over and over again? Don't worry, I'm doing that.

But I'll look into that addon because I do notice a downtime between AM and arcane blast because I want to finish the AM cast.

Synthesia · 06/23/10, 1:10 PM

H Death's Choice VS H Whispering Fanged Skull
Discuss
and please, no lame "go check spreadsheet"
i'm not searching for "in theory", more to "in battle" infos

Doroteasenjk · 06/23/10, 1:24 PM

/cast [nochanneling] Arcane Blast

I switched over to that (^) macro as I was tuning things last time so that I don't clip the AM. Spamming it works after Evocation as well.

essex1028 · 06/23/10, 1:25 PM

Has anyone had a chance to test some of the new heroic loots from Ruby Sanctum...looks like the heroic items will be ilvl 284, so even with the subpar itemization (no haste that i can see), wonder if any of it will change the list. Haven't had a chance to test myself, just seeing if anyone else had tried it out yet.

Kochese · 06/23/10, 1:37 PM

Doven, just glancing at your armory profile I can see several areas you can improve upon.

You're using an inferior metagem. Use a Chaotic Skyflare Diamond instead.

Skill-up your Jewelcrafting so you can use Runed Dragon's Eyes and skill-up a second profession such as Engineering, Tailoring or Enchanting to take advantage of their bonuses.

Two talent points in Magic Attunement are probably better than what you've got in Arcane Stability/Student of the Mind so you won't have to move as much to maintain distance.

Obtain a second piece of tier 10 to get the 2 piece set bonus and eventually get 4 pieces. Switch out the Nevermelting Ice Crystal (bad trinket for arcane mages) with an Abyssal Rune from normal ToC 5-man. You're well over the hit cap, so you can swap out your current weapon with the Frostscythe of Lord Ahune you just got.

Doven · 06/23/10, 2:02 PM

Originally Posted by Kochese

You're using an inferior metagem. Use a Chaotic Skyflare Diamond instead.

Alright, switched em out.

Skill-up your Jewelcrafting so you can use Runed Dragon's Eyes and skill-up a second profession such as Engineering, Tailoring or Enchanting to take advantage of their bonuses.

I was actually planning on doing my JC today.

Two talent points in Magic Attunement are probably better than what you've got in Arcane Stability/Student of the Mind so you won't have to move as much to maintain distance.

That makes sense, arcane stability was just a filler for me, student of the mind I'll probably be keeping though as the spirit increase is good for my crit.

Obtain a second piece of tier 10 to get the 2 piece set bonus and eventually get 4 pieces. Switch out the Nevermelting Ice Crystal (bad trinket for arcane mages) with an Abyssal Rune from normal ToC 5-man. You're well over the hit cap, so you can swap out your current weapon with the Frostscythe of Lord Ahune you just got.

Yeah, I am probably going to get a new t10 this week, or at least try for one. I have been buying other non-set pieces with my frosties, because to be honest they DESPERATELY needed upgrading. I know, i know, the crystal is a piece of crap, I haven't been able to find an upgrade, I will go with the abyssal rune though, if it's better.

I'm going to have to disagree with you on the Frostscythe though. I may be over the hit cap but I just don't see how it's an upgrade for the Femur. The only thing I would gain is crit (which in itself is very important) but I lose 6 haste, 29 SP, and 18 stamina. Tell me what you think, though.

Oh, one more thing: Black magic or +81 SP?

Allen_Walker · 06/23/10, 3:30 PM

hi there ,
my WL just hit 80 2 days ago and i started farming heroics for emblems of triumph .
i thought i just get t9 from emblems and all would be fine . but after i tool a closer look i noticed that t9 has mass crit and hardly any haste . and because haste > crit i am not sure if i should get t9 or just buy non set items with spellpower and haste .

frasseolle · 06/23/10, 6:40 PM

Hey there!

I have a question about slam. Should I be using an expiring slam procc if it means that it will put the next bloodthirst on an extra second of global cooldown? I'm really torn here. I can't tell if it would increase or decrease my DPS.

advocate70 · 06/23/10, 8:23 PM

How do I get the uptime for the [Sharpened Twilight Scale]?

BudMango · 06/23/10, 8:47 PM

What Blue Gem should be use?

DamagePlan · 06/23/10, 9:00 PM

Thanks, I just wanted to be clear.

Hammerhex · 06/23/10, 9:42 PM

I have a few questions to ask about talents in a boss oriented protection spec. The first is about a talent in specific and the others are about my build in general.

Background: I'm currently set up with two seperate protection specs with my warrior, because I'm not very interested in warrior DPS. I'm currently trying to have one spec set up for trash tanking and another spec set for boss tanking. unless anyone would recommend another way to take advantage of bringing two protection specs into a raid.

My goal for this spec was to remove any talents that seemed geared towards tanking multiple mobs. Keep in mind that I still have my regular protection spec if the situation calls for it. I'm just trying to be as flexible as possible.

I have chosen the Glyphs of Blocking, Heroic Strike and Revenge. I find the synergy between the Heroic Strike Glyph, Revenge Glyph, Cruelty Talent and Incite Talent were great for HS spamming for additional threat.

Improved Thunderclap was kept because of the damage mitigation of the slowing effect.

Improved Disciplines was ignored because I found the difference between a 4 minute cooldown and a 5 minute cooldown on Shield Wall didn't matter for what I was doing. A boss like Festergut has an enrage timer of 5 minutes which makes the talent useless unless I use Shield Wall in the first minute of the fight and just happen to need it in the last minute. (I personally only use this talent in conjuction with the Shield Wall glyph)... This leads me to my first question: Should I change this to include this talent or is it unnecessary?

Damage Shield was ignored because it only contributed to a small amount of threat from what I noticed. Correct me if I'm wrong, please.

Shockwave was ignored because it's an AoE attack with a stunning component, both of those qualities are useless on most bosses. The others I will switch back to my normal spec.

With the free talent points I made sure to hit Focused Rage, Improved Bloodrage and Improved Heroic Strike.

Here is a link to my spec as it is right now: Talent Calculator - World of Warcraft

My main question is, am I overdoing it? Is this too work for nothing?

My final question is, should there be any change in talents or glyphs that I should be aware of to achieve my goal?

Nomato · 06/24/10, 12:52 AM

I think the title says it all really, cant find any for resto, its driving me crazy..