Warning for Juised: General Idiocy

• Aldriana · 11/07/08, 3:15 PM

Post: [Warlock] WotLK Talent Preview / Discussion
User: Juised
Infraction: General Idiocy
Points: 0

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The actual content of your post is fine. We can do without the opening and closing remarks, though - we don't really care whether it's your first post or not. Please omit such embellishing fluff in the future. Thanks.

Original Post:

Hi, I'm a long time reader, but this is my first actual post.

Responding to the debate about the best time to cast Haunt, I believe that waiting till 12-1.5*haste() to cast nor immediatly after the CD is up is the best use of the spell. Rather one must estimate about 8 to 12-1.5*haste() seconds into the future to determine if you will be able to recast it then. Granted, this is difficult for a simulation, such as SimulationCraft to model. As a suggestion, when I created a quick simulation to try and get a feel for the flow of Affliction, (just a quick little thing that would evaluate spells in a DPCT order and display which to cast) I included 2 different conditions for casting Haunt. Highest priority was Duration-1.5*Haunt(), to recast if the buff was going to fall off. But then I included another condition that would cast Haunt any time the CD was up, and prioritized that just above Shadow Bolt at the bottom of the priority queue. While far from a perfect model (still might cause issues with Haunt expiring at the same time as other DoTs) I'm pretty sure that it is a better method of modeling when to cast Haunt rather than just when it comes off CD or when it is about to expire.

P.S. Hi Guys!