I would like to see the HS/BT epic gems and the new PTR spellhaste gear added.
Does 2.7.2.1 include the changed (PTR) mage talents?

There's going to be a big update for 2.3, however I don't currently have time to add in all the ZA loot. If someone wants to do that and send it my way (matt.siege@gmail.com) that'd be great. I wrote the rest of the spreadsheet specifically for easy, quick updates, and I just don't have time anymore to input a huge list of gear.

Edit: currently available version is for live realms.

Would anyone be intrested in a full DPS simulator as opposed to a spreadsheet?

I believe there are full simulators around, but they require some extra knowledge to use over simple excel. I believe there is a demand for a dumbed down version.

I would also like to know, how long are most of the fights in BT/Hyjal? Meaning, how sustainable should I attempt to make my character?

This is intended to be a program that anyone could use. Just enter some stats and tell it to simulate a certain amount of damage. Simulator then casts spells until that total damage is reached. Each time a spell is cast, the simulator checks for procs, rolls damage, etc. In the end you get a DPS report that currently looks something like this:

Inputs
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Spell Damage: 1000
Crit Rate: 35%
Hit Rate: 16%

DPS Report
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Damage: 50001924 Time: 37284s
Ideal DPS: 1341.11
Fireball - 12680 casts

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Hits: 8170 64.4% Max: 3292
Crits: 4392 34.6% Max: 6914
Resists: 118 0.9%

I'm sorry, did I miss a link somewhere? I would like to see this script. Is it anything like Lhivera's Theorycraft-o-matic?

Wait, are you talking about distributing a full C program? Or a web utility? I don't think the former would be advisable, no offense but we don't know you and that could very easily be a keylogger.

You need to be less eager here. Of course people are interested in a simulator, but you haven't shown us anything yet. Do you have a beta ready to distribute, or source code you'd like reviewed? Go ahead and post that in one of the mage threads when you're ready.

See my pervious post for a link to the thread. The source code is included.


AFAIK, it is not like Lhivera's Theorycraft-o-matic.

What makes my simulator different is that it runs through a spell casting loop, making crit/hit checks, rolling damage, and triggering procs for each spell cast. It keeps a running total of the time needed, damage done, and number of spells cast (among other things) to produce some valuable DPS statistics.

I have searched this thread but have been unable to find an answer to my question.

The spreadsheet is quite detailed, including things as detailed as the gnome racial and whether you've got malediction. I am surprised, therefore, that there is no check-box asking whether you have a draenei in your group. So that brings up two questions.

First, is my understanding correct that having a draenei caster in your group (I've always got a draenei shadow priest in mine) is like adding ~12 spell hit rating, thereby making the hit cap ~152 for firespec, rather than 164?

Second, assuming my understanding in the first question is correct, is there an easy workaround to account for this? I simply added +12 hit to my wand on the itemdb sheet, since I am not likely to be switching it out any time soon. But if there is a simpler/better/more accurate way to do it, I'd love to hear it.

This would be correct. I can add a box for it, just hadn't occured to me.

Vontre,

In "Vontre's Mage DPS v2.7.3", when I toggle "Improved Scorch on Target," the Build Comparison Fire DPS doesn't change, but the Arcane DPS goes up/down 125 DPS. Is there something I'm missing?