Thread of Ultimate Stupidity - Page 1874

Sherea · 10/28/11, 3:26 AM

Okay, thanks for clarifying that out

theclarkofben · 10/28/11, 5:20 AM

Thank you guys, I really appreciate your input.

Rynok · 10/28/11, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by Sherea

I don't think anything can, just use an outside tracking device like Tellmewhen of Powerauras if you need it

Testing on the PTR shows that the changes to lua in 4.3 will allow macros to shine when an ability they contain is procced (this is true for stance-change macros containing Overpower, Mortal Strike, Colossus Smash, and Execute- I haven't yet had a chance to test Heroic Strike procs from Incite). However, this is currently true. Another fix for this is to simply make use of a separate action bar directly above the macro'd abilities, and place the unmacro'd versions of those abilities on that bar.

Thefates · 10/28/11, 1:09 PM

Originally Posted by ieatpaperbag

I commented this on Aldriana’s cooldown blog but to restate some of it here, one thing I can certainly appreciate about the last tier of cooldowns is that all three require some attention rather than fire and forget (the way KS and Vendetta are currently). I am particularly interested in if Blizzard plans to apply this philosophy to other cooldowns such as AR and Cold Blood or at the very least “improve” them and maybe make them interactive as well. The removal of the DPS-aspect of Shadowstep is also a plus in my mind simply because the ability can be used for the sole purpose of utility.

Picking out abilities I think could afford a better design because I can not imagine very many people ever choosing them for PvE or PvP. First looking at Leeching Poison’s tier, Cheat Death does not sacrifice DPS to use and ideally happens when you need it. Improved Recuperate does sacrifice DPS (unless you have Energetic Recovery) but only when you need it. Dropping an entire poison for Leeching Poison to heal all the time regardless of need seems like a poor tradeoff for most of the current encounters (this of course could change). Paralytic Poison is in my mind “interesting”, at the moment it seems like once the 5th application has happened, the poison either continues to stun as the poison is refreshed or does the stack need to fall off? We already have to manage stun DR I am wary about another stun not to mention it sacrifices a poison as well; I think most will find a snare or a more durable gouge more useful (the other two talents of that tier).

If what they recently announced in the Mists of Pandaria Live Developer Q&A holds true, rogues in 5.0 will always have 1 damage poison and 1 utility poison. It doesn't address the DR issue with Paralytic Poison, but may make Leeching Poison an appealing alternative in certain fights.

Q: I see two new poisons given to rogues in the new talent system, does this indicate we'll be seeing poisons reworked for MoP? As it is the Assassination spec relies so heavily on the instant/deadly combo for damage it's not viable to use anything else.

A: We are reworking poisons. For starters, rogue damage is balanced around the expectation of two damage poisons, which makes it really brutal to use a utility poision instead. In MoP, you will have one damage poison and one utility poison so you can choose which utility poison to use (and not IF you want a utility poison). We also want to reduce the amount of ramping that rogue DPS requires, such as removing the need for Deadly Poison to stack. (And likewise we want to make Bandit's Guile less punitive when swapping targets.)

jchurch5566 · 10/28/11, 2:43 PM

Hi guys, I am looking for PAWN scales for ARCANE Mages. I am hoping someone will direct me.

jchurch5566 · 10/28/11, 2:48 PM

Hi guys, I am looking for pawn scales for Arcane Mage(s). I am hoping someone will direct me.

Damhooligan · 10/28/11, 7:13 PM

Has anyone seen Star Wars The Old Republic? I know I am quitting WoW and moving over there after having participated in 2 BETA weekends. Early access should be some time mid December. I will be a Sith Warrior.

I have enjoyed EJ's perspective for years hopefully there will be some interested in SWTOR since WoW is going all Kung Fu Panda. It would be nice to get some EJ over there as this is an intelligent although somewhat unforgiving forum.

See you on Korriban.

(hopefully none of this post will get me banned again from EJ :p)

Kuren · 10/29/11, 4:31 AM

Originally Posted by Otou

The moument I logged on for fear of the patch not forcing it to update. I honestly didn't even notice I was being crit, until I died to a melee with ibf up.

I should note that I did not reset talents / change spec after the patch, so there could be some funny buisness going on there. If you're tanking on ptr, just make sure you watch your logs for it.

Did you try changing out of Blood Presence and back to it? It wouldn't be the first time you had to do that on the PTR for things to update properly after a change.

pokobbaby1 · 10/29/11, 5:37 AM

Thank God your website consumers will soon be leaving .You moderators are horrible and not bright not even one of you have an I.Q> 10. Yes I am glad all the helpfull moderators left your azz. Every single one of all the threads in this website are horribly moderated and more then that they are not even valid to 4.2. Here you are on the eve of 4.3 and you have nothing to do but put people in the dung heap. You idiots ban people just for asking questions or even posting a helpfull comment.The former moderators have never treated people like you do! When Star Wars comes out your website and all the idiots working for you/in your guild can play kung foo panda,and continue to treat people as if they are s h i t compared to you. This community is 1 million times brighter then anybody in your group. Good riddance and know this you are all a bunch of idiots

P.S REMOVE ME FROM YOUR MEMBER LIST

pokobbaby1 · 10/29/11, 5:45 AM

Thank God your website consumers will soon be leaving .You moderators are horrible and not bright not even one of you have an I.Q> 10. Yes I am glad all the helpfull moderators left your azz. Every single one of all the threads in this website are horribly moderated and more then that they are not even valid to 4.2. Here you are on the eve of 4.3 and you have nothing to do but put people in the dung heap. You idiots ban people just for asking questions or even posting a helpfull comment.The former moderators have never treated people like you do! When Star Wars comes out your website and all the idiots working for you/in your guild can play kung foo panda,and continue to treat people as if they are s h i t compared to you. This community is 1 million times brighter then anybody in your group.
P.S remove me from your members list of which I have been for the last six years

neoreziel · 10/29/11, 10:30 AM

how much is the haste rating required (unbuffed) in order to switch my rotation from a MM (arcane shot) to a MM Hard Aimed ? Any suggestions?

Pociek · 10/30/11, 3:57 AM

Got few issues to be tested, i will be glad if u would answer me, some questions might not hit this topic, but i don't wanna create 5 diffrent threads and spam the forum : )

1. At what amount of spell power (lets assume we go raid buffed haste and crit, both at 25%) Goblin class does more dmg then Orc on single target Patchwerk type fight(5min and 6,5 min duration fight would be good examples, with and without DTR),
2. Since DTR proc is nerfed on ptr, at which point of spell power it will be worth to switch to regular spell power staff.
3. Does DTR proc stuff like Eradication, Impending Doom, Burning Embers(when copy SF), or copied spell does not trigger those abilities since the name of copied is Wrath of Terecgosa.
4. Could we get thresholds for glyphed BoA, and if there is a haste point, when glyphed CoA could beat CoD on single target.
5. As a Demonology is it a dps increase to refresh dots at end of meta form? (BoD after 30sec etc.) but ofc we don't have demon soul up anymore and procs like power torrent often + GCD we need spent for refreshing.

Thank You if u would have time to answer those and sorry for my bad english =)

Succies · 10/30/11, 3:28 PM

My Guild is having trouble dealing with the Molten Elementals on Rag 25 hc and i wonder if anyone has any tips on best way of doing them as an arcane mage. At the moment i go inv to avoid being targetted, keep 4 stacks up and spam Arcane explosion, which works ok ish but i feel im missing a trick somewhere. Any suggestions would be welcome.

Reznorr · 10/31/11, 3:28 AM

I've dug through the forums a bit and was unable to find a solid answer, so I was just wondering - Human or Draenei for Alliance ret? I'm currently human, and I've been wondering if the hit bonus is worth the race change. Thanks for your help.

saboya · 10/31/11, 7:31 AM

We usually swim in expertise because of SoT glyph, and you can't always get the bonus anyway since it depends on the weapon type. So the only benefit you'll get being a human is the pvp trinket, which is useful sometimes but it's very situational and not useful at all in Firelands for example. So I'd say Draenei, but it's not that much of a difference.