Thread of Ultimate Stupidity - Page 713

Zelyon · 12/15/09, 11:00 PM

Hey guys, quick question.

As you can see, I'm using 4-piece t8, one of which is t8 shoulders, the rest t8.5.

Is the 4-piece bonus a better DPS increase than 2-piece t9? If I were to replace my shoulders with t9.5 to get two piece, would I be losing or gaining DPS?

Thanks in advance.

Danen3 · 12/16/09, 12:27 AM

Is Deathrbinger's Will not in the combat sheet because its mechanics are unknown or simply because DV+Herk are the obvious choice?

I know those are the two reasons something may not be in there, I just need to know which is the case.

Oplix · 12/16/09, 12:28 AM

So I have been following this sense I picked up the dagger last week. With this new math is the dagger an upgrade over the Ilvl245 ToC [Twin Spike]

Seditions · 12/16/09, 12:49 AM

Originally Posted by Oplix

So I have been following this sense I picked up the dagger last week. With this new math is the dagger an upgrade over the Ilvl245 ToC [Twin Spike]

I would speculate it is indeed better than the 245 twin spike, but I think the better question is if it's better than the 258.

dislock · 12/16/09, 2:06 AM

What is the best spec for what fights?
I don't see anything about this if someone has a link let me know.
There is all this sim craft stuff bla bla bla. But it dose not rly help when ever fight is defrent.
Would be rly nice if 1 person could come out this some Topic about Spec's and fights and witch has the better DPS for that fight.

Am i wrong? If i am say so.

Charak · 12/16/09, 3:02 AM

Icefall Blade (Heroic 10m) or Heartpierce for mutilate mainhand?

ec83835 · 12/16/09, 3:16 AM

Originally Posted by Midnight

I have resumed work on FaceShooter and am trying to get it to automatically compare calculated damage and actual damage done in order to a) find bugs in its current calculations and b) to adjust for unexpected, stable, long term deviations.
By doing so I realized that the Sniper Training bug is still present (check my older post at FD bug and other issues). Aimed Shot, Steady Shot and presumable Explosive Shot (which needs more testing because of its damage range) are sometimes dealing exactly 6% more damage than expected. I don´t know exactly how to trigger it but it seems to be somehow related with the reapplication of Sniper Training. It´s like sometimes the Server "forgets" to turn it off when the buff fades but adds it again when it´s reapplied.
Multi-Shot and Arcane Shot are unaffected by this which only supports the idea that it´s somehow Sniper Training related though Black Arrow doesn´t seem to be affected either even though it´s damage should be modified by Sniper Training too.

On another note, has anyone done some armor testing for non-raid bosses in WotLK? I checked the Wrath boss armor testing thread but couldn´t find any information concerning targets lower than lvl 83.

Dear Middi,

While I managed to improve my dps output significantly thanks to FaceShooter, I have recently been trying FaceRoller which allows you to modify both shot priority and wait delay. Can you let me know if you think that FaceShooter is better than FaceRoller and why?

Thanks in advance,

Actarus

PS I have been following few of your posts with great interest and i find your answers very useful in general

deathsmagnet · 12/16/09, 4:20 AM

I just turned 77, and im trying to figure out all i can and suggestions on my warrior prot, i dont understand all the % i thought def cap was 540, then somewhere else i see 690,, this is my toon as of now i just hit 77 Profiler - Wowhead the talent tree will that be good for tanking at 80, or will i need to respec, and i choose professions jc and bs, heard they would be good for tank, i havent really invested much into armor do to the fact gearing at 80 is so fast, i have a 80 dk tank, but ive been told the dodge , parry, and def scales are all different i dont want to be a fail tank, i see so many dk tanks, id like to throw in different buffs, and aspects into raids,

Geniusa100 · 12/16/09, 4:31 AM

Black Magic v. 63sp. At what point is one better- or is there a clear winner?

Vlyxnol · 12/16/09, 5:34 AM

Originally Posted by Rouncer

I use macros a lot and if they would work just as well then I would advocate them. I castsequence macro SS and LL together (used to use a castrandom macro for them with an override for SS) since limiting LL to an 8 second cooldown was worth not having to think about it. Does it cost me dps? Probably but when I run the sim it shows a PPM for LL in an "ideal" rotation of 6.49 or once every 9.24 seconds. Maybe once per raid I find myself wanting to hit LL but my macro is on Stormstrike but that seems a small price to pay for convenience. However there is a big difference between that and sticking shocks into a macro with SS and LL and Fire Nova and spinning a mousewheel.

rofl this has definitely made it into my signature, and yes... I seriously do.

organicbeatzz · 12/16/09, 6:15 AM

So I'm relatively new to ele shamans as I've only been 80 since the day 3.3 came out most of my gear is t9 badge equivalent with various pieces from the new heroics give or take a 1 or 2 blues and some other ilvl 200 heroic gear. On an average raid boss fight I'm about 4k dps sometimes 4.5k depending on the amount of moving I have to do my haste is a little over 400 and self buffed my sp is close to 2500 with 23% crit. I have a good understanding of my rotation as in keeping FS dot up and only reapplying when about to come off LvB priority when off CD and spam LB. Now is it me not getting the rotation right or the fact that I need more haste,sp, crit, ect. to increase my dps to be ready for ICC and be at the dps I feel i should be getting with this toon 6 or 7k? Either way could you please give me some suggestions as to where to acquire the necessary items without raids because khaz modan is the fail when it comes to execution of strategies or learning fights.

diratheman · 12/16/09, 6:25 AM

ok Aeiedil i understand i stop been noob thx man for setting me right

Rev2k9 · 12/16/09, 6:36 AM

Okay i have a few questions about my warlock i just hit 80 about a week ago. First off i average around 4.7k dps to 5kish on Single Target DPS with rotation of COE immolate then conflag then cb then incinerate filler. Normally my dps is 3.7kish i don't thinks that good should i be averaging higher with my gear. So i was wondering if i was going for too much haste in raid id have 2.7kish with Life tap and with flask near 2.9k. So i was wondering how much haste is too much and what spell power i should be at. Oh and i didn't like my wow armory because its down currently and ill link it when its up but if don't get to it fast enough my lock name shadowfyr on burning blade.

druzen · 12/16/09, 6:38 AM

Originally Posted by Allev

So that would make sense if there was something wrong with the proc otherwise in SC... And there was.

So what happened was, there was a bug fixed yesterday in SC's parsing of the NES. Change "needleencrusted_scorpion" to "needle_encrusted_scorpion" on the Simulate tab, and SC will recognize the trinket and generate its proc.

You were getting essentially 0 value from the NES proc. This will change all your testing with this trinket equipped.

Tested again and now I'm getting some more logic results:
1) current gear, DMC:G+BoV = 8071dps
2) current gear, DMC:G+NES = 8196dps
3) current gear, DMC:G+NES, swapped 6 ( (850 - 722) / 6 ) arp gems for agi gems = 8183dps

Seems like I'm just at the edge: overcapping the arp with the trinket proc is giving better results than staying next to the softcap limit (simulated with 730 arp).

Valindil · 12/16/09, 8:30 AM

Originally Posted by Geniusa100

Black Magic v. 63sp. At what point is one better- or is there a clear winner?

If you're good at managing your haste Black Magic is better on a single handed weapon. The staff enchant is still superior tho.