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• Cutsme · 12/27/10, 6:54 PM

Post: Warlock Simple Questions Thread: Cataclysm Edition
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Originally Posted by lefritz

Assuming this is true Im wondering what kind of testing there has been on continually extending the duration of a very buffed unstable affliction (e.g. heroism+eradication+pot+demon soul, ect.) I realize that fel flames dpct is very low, but it almost seems worth using it to continually refresh an unstable affliction that has been buffed. Has anyone done any extensive testing on this? Or am I just misunderstanding how extending the duration works?

Not directly replying to you, but there seems to be some fallacy rolling around this thread and your's was the last to mention it.

12/25 11:55:56.647  SPELL_AURA_APPLIED,0x0500000003607021,"Xelo",0x511,0x0500000003607021,"Xelo",0x511,74221,"Hurricane",0x20,BUFF
12/25 11:55:58.694  SPELL_PERIODIC_DAMAGE,0x0500000003607021,"Xelo",0x511,0xF13079AA000059B2,"Raider's Training Dummy",0x10a28,348,"Immolate",0x4,2872,-1,4,0,0,0,nil,nil,nil
12/25 11:56:01.113  SPELL_PERIODIC_DAMAGE,0x0500000003607021,"Xelo",0x511,0xF13079AA000059B2,"Raider's Training Dummy",0x10a28,348,"Immolate",0x4,2872,-1,4,0,0,0,nil,nil,nil

This was the immolate ticking before hurricane proc'd it's not important to the result but it is important to the backround.
I then refreshed immolate via the Immolate spell.

12/25 11:56:01.468  SPELL_DAMAGE,0x0500000003607021,"Xelo",0x511,0xF13079AA000059B2,"Raider's Training Dummy",0x10a28,348,"Immolate",0x4,7819,-1,4,0,0,0,1,nil,nil
12/25 11:56:01.468  SPELL_AURA_REFRESH,0x0500000003607021,"Xelo",0x511,0xF13079AA000059B2,"Raider's Training Dummy",0x10a28,348,"Immolate",0x4,DEBUFF
12/25 11:56:03.582  SPELL_PERIODIC_DAMAGE,0x0500000003607021,"Xelo",0x511,0xF13079AA000059B2,"Raider's Training Dummy",0x10a28,348,"Immolate",0x4,3092,-1,4,0,0,0,nil,nil,nil

Then I removed hurricane and the 2 dark intent buffs (I roped another warlock into helping.)

12/25 11:56:05.617  SPELL_AURA_REMOVED,0x0500000003607021,"Xelo",0x511,0x0500000003607021,"Xelo",0x511,85768,"Dark Intent",0x20,BUFF
12/25 11:56:05.883 SPELL_AURA_REMOVED,0x0500000003607021,"Xelo",0x511,0x0500000002A4B26A,"Prric",0x512,85767,"Dark Intent",0x20,BUFF
12/25 11:56:05.950  SPELL_PERIODIC_DAMAGE,0x0500000003607021,"Xelo",0x511,0xF13079AA000059B2,"Raider's Training Dummy",0x10a28,348,"Immolate",0x4,3091,-1,4,0,0,0,nil,nil,nil
12/25 11:56:06.486  SPELL_AURA_REMOVED,0x0500000003607021,"Xelo",0x511,0x0500000003607021,"Xelo",0x511,74221,"Hurricane",0x20,BUFF
12/25 11:56:08.287  SPELL_PERIODIC_DAMAGE,0x0500000003607021,"Xelo",0x511,0xF13079AA000059B2,"Raider's Training Dummy",0x10a28,348,"Immolate",0x4,3091,-1,4,0,0,0,nil,nil,nil
12/25 11:56:10.620  SPELL_PERIODIC_DAMAGE,0x0500000003607021,"Xelo",0x511,0xF13079AA000059B2,"Raider's Training Dummy",0x10a28,348,"Immolate",0x4,3091,-1,4,0,0,0,nil,nil,nil
12/25 11:56:11.621  SPELL_DAMAGE,0x0500000003607021,"Xelo",0x511,0xF13079AA000059B2,"Raider's Training Dummy",0x10a28,77799,"Fel Flame",0x24,3405,-1,36,0,0,0,nil,nil,nil
12/25 11:56:11.621  SPELL_AURA_REFRESH,0x0500000003607021,"Xelo",0x511,0xF13079AA000059B2,"Raider's Training Dummy",0x10a28,348,"Immolate",0x4,DEBUFF

The immolate debuff is refreshed by felflame without the 2 DI's or hurricane.

12/25 11:56:13.003  SPELL_PERIODIC_DAMAGE,0x0500000003607021,"Xelo",0x511,0xF13079AA000059B2,"Raider's Training Dummy",0x10a28,348,"Immolate",0x4,3120,-1,4,0,0,0,nil,nil,nil
12/25 11:56:15.590  SPELL_PERIODIC_DAMAGE,0x0500000003607021,"Xelo",0x511,0xF13079AA000059B2,"Raider's Training Dummy",0x10a28,348,"Immolate",0x4,6421,-1,4,0,0,0,1,nil,nil
12/25 11:56:18.193  SPELL_PERIODIC_DAMAGE,0x0500000003607021,"Xelo",0x511,0xF13079AA000059B2,"Raider's Training Dummy",0x10a28,348,"Immolate",0x4,3498,-1,4,0,0,0,nil,nil,nil
12/25 11:56:20.796  SPELL_PERIODIC_DAMAGE,0x0500000003607021,"Xelo",0x511,0xF13079AA000059B2,"Raider's Training Dummy",0x10a28,348,"Immolate",0x4,3504,-1,4,0,0,0,nil,nil,nil

For those that just want a conclusion, with the buffs up and a Immolate casted with the buff up the interval between ticks was somewhere in the region of 2.337 to 2.333.
The buffs were then removed and this number dropped after immolate ticked once after refreshing via felflame to 2.603sec.

Test it yourself but atleast for my own purposes felflame is useless beyond the situations discuss. IE movement when immolate is about the fall off.

Hope I helped,