New glancing blow mechanics

Ichichop · 04/13/07, 5:46 PM

I haven't seen a thread on this, does anyone have a character on the PTR that can generate some stats for the new glancing blow mechanics?

Thanks

Sapp · 04/13/07, 6:26 PM

Perhaps you should arrange some Anachronos testing on the PvE server?

I copied myself there since it will be less crowded, and more useful for testing.

Ichichop · 04/13/07, 6:40 PM

I will add my character to the queue as soon as it is not full, but according to the estimates it will not get copied for at least 4 days.

Twid · 04/13/07, 7:12 PM

I'm not 100% convinced that Anachronos functions as an actual level+3 ?? boss. We were bored waiting for our 5th for a Black Morass run, so those of us that were rerolls/alts started attacking Anachronos. I made a point of never hitting shield block, and we got him to despawn and he never once hit me with a crushing blow.

Sapp · 04/13/07, 7:21 PM

Ah... so what else is convienient?

Onyxia, I guess?

I suppose your only options are Magmadar, Onyxia, or Attumen, I guess.

Abaxial · 04/13/07, 7:25 PM

my rogue is in queue to be copied to the test server. It said the wait was 2 days when i did it earlier today. It will be alliance and was copied to both PvE and PvP. I'll help test if needed when I can get on.

Anias · 04/13/07, 7:29 PM

Originally Posted by Sapp

Ah... so what else is convienient?

Onyxia, I guess?

I suppose your only options are Magmadar, Onyxia, or Attumen, I guess.

Attumen is by far the fastest clear and most useful - particularly since it's a semi-long fight vs a braindead horse to even get good parsing from.

Xoya · 04/13/07, 7:35 PM

If healers are needed and you decide on Attumen, I can help out with that (resto shaman). I doubt we'll be raiding tonight anyway.

Sapp · 04/13/07, 7:36 PM

I always thought attumen had high armor or something, though.

Maybe it's just such a boring fight that he "feels" like he takes longer to die.

alienangel · 04/13/07, 7:40 PM

Kazzak's replacement in the Blasted Lands should also work shouldn't it?

Sapp · 04/13/07, 7:42 PM

Doom Lord Kazzak is a little rough to PuG on.

And I've honestly never seen a new kazzak in Blasted Lands since the gate opening event. Admittedly, I've not been checking.

♦ Praetorian · 04/13/07, 7:43 PM

They may be gone in 2.1 with changes to the area, but as of 2.0, there are level 73 nonelite scorpids in NW Blade's Edge on the northern plateau.

alienangel · 04/13/07, 7:44 PM

I said his replacement in BL, not Doomlord Kazzak :P. It's my understanding that he's as easy at 70 as the old Kazzak was at 60.

Tyrana · 04/14/07, 12:33 PM

I've uploaded a /combatlog file from Onyxia Phase 1, but all the CombatLog parser I've found don't support glancing blows. I try to write a script myself to get the data but if anyone already has a parser he can download the file here: http://rapidshare.com/files/25986524/glance.txt.html and post the results.

edit:

So I found a parser, which supports glancing blows, namely http://www.lossendil.fr/serendipity/. According to this parser 30,25% of my white hits were glancing blow and they did 75,83% of my normal damage.
A second rogue had 24,11% glancings and they did 73,22% of his normal damage.

The difference is quite big, so we need more data input but it is obvious to see that the change isn't that good.

edit2:

The calculation of Wodahs is correct, the parser I used didn't factor in misses.

daia · 04/14/07, 12:59 PM

Edit: beaten by a minute!