Panzer, what numbers should I be shooting for with those stats. I know INT = as much as possible and I am at 17 on hit, so as for as
- Haste
- Mastery
- Crit

What kind of #'s should I be aiming for?

Thanks

Many of the best itemized pieces are ilvl 397 and are bought from valor point vendor.
If we want the heroic version of Bracers, Belt, Boots we will have to get those poorly itemized ones that drop from DS

Glyph of UA is used because there are no other real options. You could use the Glyph of BoA if you'd like, but then again as you said, it's not used over BoD so therefor = 0 increase in dps. However for multi-dotting encounters it's a very viable alternative.

As for BoA ticks: the way the glyph works is that it extends the duration of the bane with 4 seconds effectively giving 2 extra stronger ticks at the end (i.e. stronger than the last ticks on an un-glyphed BoA). However because of how BoA works, you cannot clip it (if you didn't happen to know this).

Don't forget to check the Affliction thread for additional information if you haven't: http://elitistjerks.com/f80/t112939-...m_4_2_release/

MWC is BiS currently for Demonology because of it's synergized use with Meta, therefor you should use them in conjunction every time possible (remember though to activate the trinket before Meta, otherwise it won't work, and a simple macro won't cut it).

H:NF is surprisingly bad after the nerf. DMC:V still remains as one of the best trinkets currently and I would recommend it together with MWC if you're playing Demonology. However to be absolutely sure, and based on the short kill times you mention, check out the Simcraft thread and the bars for the trinket procs and use your own stat values to get an overall DPS total. Or just sim it.

SimulationCraft for Warlocks (Cataclysm Edition)

trying to make a macro that casts arcane blast 4 times and then casts arcane missles or even arcane barrage. Is there a way to have that macro or am i just being very lazy?

this once helpful and informative thread has become a jumble of undetermined and unresolved theory crafting. what used to be a fundamental 'how to' is nothing more than a hands in the air attempt to explain what the author can't seem to explain. even more drastically so for the layman.

look to some of the other class posts and evaluate/compare how much more streamline in design their go to approach is drawn up.
this is becoming more and more a wash of confusing and uninformative philosophies than a real push toward bettering in game play style and strategy.

Look at /castsequence macros. As mentioned earlier this is almost certainly a bad idea but hey, I don't mind giving a man some rope.

I have a confession- I'm awful as combat. I'd say I can't stand the spec, but that's probably because I'm not too used to it. The constant energy capping (especially with Matrix and Hungerer up in AR) is crap coming from Assassination, the Bandit's Guile is more annoying than steadily flowing, and Killing Spree is the worst (this, I will not contest).

I'm looking for any suggestions to improve my play. Here are some logs as me as Assassination:

World of Logs - Real Time Raid Analysis 02-11, 09-11, 10-11

and as Combat:

World of Logs - Real Time Raid Analysis

And an armoury link:

Quotey @ Aggramar - Game - World of Warcraft

I played as Assassination on Heroic Rag because I'm more comfortable with it- I had a couple tries as combat and felt it wasn't worth wasting the raid's time on figuring it out. I went from awful on it as Assassination to I assume halfway decent (feedback on my Assa play is appreciated too). I played as combat this week and put out poor showings on Shannox and Staghelm. Staghelm is annoying, as I generally find the cats are dead by the time I can activate Blade Flurry, and I don't want to lose Bandit's Guile stacks so a lot of the time I'm just autoattacking them.

Baleroc was better than Shannox, but I didn't get Countdown once so 30k in my gear probably isn't good enough.

I try to follow the pirority list from the combat thread: SS, RvS on 4 only, Evisc, refresh SnD with any spare CP.

World of Logs - Real Time Raid Analysis is the Baleroc log from tonight.

97% SnD uptime, which while not perfect, is I'd say respectable. The biggest error you'll immediatly notice is the lack of Killing Spree. I've always been wary of using it on the fight, but I'm going to work it in next week.

I assume Deep Insight being up 7 times to Shallow/Moderate's 28 is because SS/RvS refresh the first 2. That was a bit confusing at first.

If there's anything you want me to say, please ask. I want to be good at combat!

So item list has been released and i must say that this tier finally we see a good itemization for ret....MASTERY!

Anyone care to help me compile some bis list for HC and non HC?

You should compare your results with Anaxie's BiS list: Anaxie's Totally Kickass Retribution 4.3 BIS list

For patch 4.2 his list was pretty solid.

'' 35% or less target HP
Once your target reaches 35% HP, you will stop using Mutilate and instead use Backstab to generate combo points. You will want to do 1+ Rupture and 5 Envenom instead ''

Why should I do that ? same energy with Mutilate for just 1 point ? I'm lvl 81 and I'm trying the rotation in a dummy.It seems very nice but I use the same rotation as in the start..why below 35% shall I use back stab?

This is the link to my rogue

Level 85 Human Rogue | WoW World of Warcraft Armory Profiles | Masked Armory

it is fully gemmed and enchanted but my DPS is really poor indeed anyone any ideas please ?

thanks in advance