Hmmm, yeah, that would make a lot of sense. The lack of a Runestone in my gear at the moment might account for the reason the crit from Stormrune is better. Now if I can get a tiny bit of luck, maybe I can get my hands on the runestone after 20+ hard mode Thorim kills....

Thanks for helping clear this up for me.

In my own spreadsheet (not posted yet), I see Spirit bit less than half as strong as crit.

Thanks Mengus, it's sorely needed.

a question, ARPEN is still a good business? even after the nerf?

Hi EJ, I just came back to playing wow a couple of weeks ago and am seeing a problem in my dps, which is described below.

I am specced 15/56

I have been raging for the past couple of weeks trying to figure out why my dps is so low, compared to people in my guild with somewhat the similar gear.

My Gear/Talents and Glyphs

The World of Warcraft Armory

My priority is Rapid > Berserk > ES > BA > SpS > AS > SS

I am doing an average of 5500dps in 25 mans and I know for sure according to spreadsheets that i should be doing way more.

I am doing an average 4.3k dps on Test Dummies.

Let me know your input on what i can do to fix my dps.


Thanks

im a long time read first time poster this question may have been answered but I cant find it yet so if it has then please delete it asap

ive been looking over alot of sites where it shows that have 2 set bonus T9 is amazing but they are saying getting helm and gloves is the choice to go, which I disagrea becuase there are alot of better upgrades then the T9 245 in toGC.
Which 2 pieces of T9 245+ will be the best,
I asked alot of people in my guild and that head and gloves will be better but I'm still not sure it is.

I say the chest and pants are the best just becuase there are better loot out there to fill in the other spots like helm,gloves,shoulders.

remember just delete this post if it has been answered before

As the title stated, I was wondering is there some rule of thumb when to consider rupture free DPS Cycles? I know the Answer might be check the Spreadsheet but I'm at work so that is no option until tonight.

Thanks in advance

hi all,i have a question regarding anub 25 hm.
our guild is currently working on it and as far i can see,
its more or less all about aoe'ing the 4 adds as fast as possible.
so here comes the question.

shoud i take some other spec as a lets say standard spec suggested on the first page.
thought about something like this
and using the rotation suggested by Arawethion (Starfall, NG-Hurricane x2, Typhoon, NG Hurricane, Moonfire, Hurricane)?
as you can see i took the starfall glyph instead of IS.
i guess it would be very nice to have the unglyphed IS on all the 4 adds
plus the blockgear-tank to minimize the incomming dmg on the tank as well.

so what do you think?

p.s. i'm not a native english speaker,hope the wall of text was readable for you.

Well the reason I don't take 3/3 (I have 2/3 currently) in IA is because it is a pretty situational talent - it's awesome for some fights and near useless for others. To go to 3/3 I would have to pull points out of talents that are either a flat DPS increase, or ones which are useful in a wider range of fights (like range talents such as Magic Attunement). I'm not committed enough to respec before each fight!

Because of 5% total HP cap, which is about 1100 while raiding. And for those 1100 bonus, you will need to absorb:

3/3 IA => ~7300 dmg
2/3 IA => 11k dmg
1/3 IA => 22k IA

Then, if you choose to put 3/3 IA and, during the 10 sec buff, you absorb more than 7300 damage, the extra bonus will be lost.

For exemple, for Twins, you're always absorbing (lot more than 7300 in 10 sec). Thats why only 1/3 is useful.

Hi long time reader first time posting ( feared getting infraction points) but im at wits end and if i can an answer that helps me its worth the infraction points.

So here goes... assuming my armory updated im using the 4 pc t-9 Fist/dagger ruptureless combat spec. I was gemmed all ArP until the nerf and i switched back to agi which was costly i dont want to do it again but if i have to i will.

Now i know somebody is gonna say use the spreadsheet and believe me i wish i could i do not like asking questions that i can easily find the answers to.

Bascially if somebody could look at my gear and tell me if gemming ArP would still be good for me that'd be fantastic, I also have the 4 pc t-8 and thats another thing that has me stumped as to weather or not the 4 pc t-8 is better then t-9 considering the other gear i have.

I apologize in advance for asking these questions since i know they are easily answered using the spreasheet, but like i said i can't get it to work at all any insite is greatly appriciated.