Infraction for Ralnar: General Idiocy

• Aldriana · 11/10/08, 2:56 PM

Post: Optimal rotation; theory vs reality
User: Ralnar
Infraction: General Idiocy
Points: 1

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

http://elitistjerks.com/f15/a34-forum_rules/, #5 (quote splitting).

Original Post:

So, my question to the EJ community. How consistently do you maintain your class/spec's "perfect" rotation?

Rotation is an over simplified way of saying it, I'd lean more towards a "priority" always use what has the most priority when it's available. Marks at 80, my priorities are going to be:

Serpent Sting (if not up)
Chimera Shot
Aimed Shot
Steady Shot

Do you feel it's too dependent on not being interrupted during certain times to be reliable on anything other than tank and spanks?

Not really, if I lose my serpent sting it's generally because I was doing something more important such as staying alive.

If so, do you think that there are any changes that could be made to the "cookie cutter" build and gearing choices to deal with the reality of boss fights instead of the theoretically perfect but rarely attainable rotation?

Not really, it depends a lot on your class and your job on the fight. If you're job is to DPS adds and only DPS adds, you're rotation is going to be wacky since you may not get your full rupture or second chimera shot. If your job is to stand and DPS the boss you'll have full use of your "rotation".

Knowing that, and knowing that each fight has different requirements, you could make super optimal gear sets for each and every encounter and swap between the exact right hit for each target. However, the effort to reward would be quite minimal.