Been using MAX-Dps abit. (aint know if thats accepted here but i'll go for it).. I first followed the int>>hit(capped)>haste>crit>mastery.. And inputed my stats..
Max dps gave me the answer that mastery gives me more than haste. (MaxDPS.com - Destruction Warlock DPS Gear Rankings)
Reforged my haste till mastery.. havent really tried it out but is it wrong to do like me?

Is it better to reforge my mastery to haste?
Why do i want more haste?

armory link: Noogie @ Twilight's Hammer - Game - World of Warcraft
Max-dps link: MaxDPS.com - Destruction Warlock DPS Gear Rankings

I've read through alot of this thread and some of the SimC and Rawr data confuses me slightly (or im too lazy to look further in to it with my char). I use Combustion helper and have been waiting for the optimal time to pop combustion based on LB,Ignite and Pyroblast ticking on my target, but based on 'RNG' factor and blaming my sub par DPS on some fights on this, what is considered an 'acceptable' ignite value to pop combustion without waiting for what seems like an eternity at times for hot streak and rng FB crits?

thanks for thread however, learnt alot

Wizzadora

Patch 4.1 information is coming in. While I won't snub an increase to Enhance AoE, I still think this was a bad way to go about it. In before Searing Winds is useless.

Hey guys,
To begin with, I'm not that good in theorycrafting, so my basic decision-making depends on you! or Rawr.
I know the basics of itimisation, but if theres a item with slightly better stats (e.g. 10Agi to i don't know 10 mastery) i rely on Rawr....so my question is: Can I rely 90-100% to Rawr or should i back up my decisions by some ultra-pwnage master kitten?^^ Or else should I compare Mew and Rawr?

This questions bothered me since i got the newest Rawr, it states that Unheaded Warning (probably misspelled, but too lazy to look it up ) is the BiS trinket...

Thanks in advance

Leokan

PS.: Another question which came into my mind:
I'm using Unsolved Riddle now.
Is it better to pop it with Berserker or should I use it on cooldown?

spell hit cap is 17%. Dual wield hit cap I believe is 27% to not miss on white hits. You didnt clarify in your post if you were missing spells or just white hits so Im not sure if thats what you were refering too.

Thank you all so much!

New notes up on mmo for the upcoming patch. Interesting to see what this will do with our rotation and I think it will be an insane boost for our aoe dps on encounters like maloriak

Fire Nova now has a 40 yards range, up from 30 yards. Cooldown reduced from 10 sec to 4 sec. Now Ignites your Flame Shock spell on any nearby enemies, causing each of them to emit a wave of flames that deals 647 to 724 Fire damage to every other enemy within 10 yards.
Improved Fire Nova has been replaced with Seasoned Winds - When you successfully prevent an enemy spellcast with Wind Shear or Grounding Totem, you gain [if (PL<=70) then PL else if (PL<=80) then PL+(PL-70)*5 else PL+(PL-70)*5+(PL-80)*7] resistance to that spell's magical school for 10 sec. (PL = Player Level, and if you're wondering, that's basically the same resist aura as any other spell)

i got a big question for you Smcraft gurus, if i have all my extra int and spell power trinkets up, meta, Blood fury and i refresh an immolate hard casting it and keep it renewed with Hand of guldan the all fight... Will this extra int and spell bonus on the immolate remain until the end of the fight if i keep it refreshing it with HoG or fel flame ?

Everything i have read says that pre-heroic raids, Unheeded Warning and Fluid Death are #1 and #2 respectively which corresponds to what you are seeing in rawr.

Agi will always be better than mastery. But since one is a 2ndary stat and the other is a primary stat, you shouldnt see that tradeoff too often if at all.

I generally just run a mew simulation and see how it wieghts stats with my current gear and pick the one with the better stats. Tradeoffs of like 10 mastery to 10 crit arent going to provide really any major dps loss or increase, so i wouldnt fret too much over those. Just pick them up if you ahve the opportunity but otherwise not that big of a deal in my opinion.

Much like you, i never trust mew or rawr solely, however if both of them agree i generally accept it as correct. For what its worth, i have yet to have the newest version of mew or rawr tell me something i hadn't already read (such as what is BIS) so both seem to be accurate.

Hope that helps.

Does, anyone have any good threat dump techniques? I always find myself fighting with the tanks on aggro. I don't want to waste 10 sec at the beginning to give them a head start and i don't wont to waste time during the fight on white damage to let them rebuild aggro after i pop cd's. Any suggestions?

Main Tank - Sttomp
Off Tank - Carmmen, Panchov

*In case you think they need to make adjustments

Begging a Hand of Salvation off a nice paladin is about your only option. Sttomp, at least, has very low hit and expertise, which will tend toward irregular initial threat. I've basically come to consider dealing with threat my 2nd "resource" to manage.