Warning for Korhaug: General Idiocy

Kaubel · 11/19/08, 7:44 AM

Post: Feral questions?
User: Korhaug
Infraction: General Idiocy
Points: 0

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

http://elitistjerks.com/f15/a34-forum_rules/, #2.

Do not split up quotes. You've been around since March so you should know better.

Original Post:

Originally Posted by Kioga

1)Before the Cat megathread was closed Rannasha mentioned STR had become our most powerful DPS attribute and RAWR seems to support this (at least in gemming) but i was curious how many others are adding strength gems vs +hit,+exp,+crit, or agility gems. I guess I'm mostly concerned with what crit level I should be aiming vs AP or is this an old school mentality and we are no longer caring as much about crit%?
Currently at level 76 I'm sitting at 4386ap but only 37.01 crit unbuffed. (Includes Master Shapshifter)

It's not that we don't care about crit, it's that we'll always be at the point where more crit is good, but more strength is better. So given the choice between comparable levels of crit and STR, go for STR. Now, hit and exp are a different matter. First off, their values change depending on how much of them you have (Rawr is your friend here). But the more difficult part is that missing blows can interrupt your damage cycle, which results in greater loss of dps then the missed strikes themselves. This part is very difficult to model, and different people respond differently to dynamic cycles. I don't believe a consensus on this has been reached yet, but I'm personally planning to prioritize hit and exp within reason.

Originally Posted by Kioga

2) This may seem simplistic but I'm assuming for most of us, our tier gear will be split between DPS and tanking so agility gems would be the superior choice?

Agility is the stat of choice for tanking assuming you have enough stamina, but as previously mentioned there are better choices for dps. If the enchant for that slot is also good for both bear and cat you can definitely use the same piece for both, but if you want to optimize you should get two pieces.

Originally Posted by Kioga

3)Is it still okay to RIP at 4cp or do i need to wait until 5cp in the new rotations? Also, I haven't seen it stated anywhere yet but I'm guessing that we want to do a 5cp Savage Roar first and then build up 5cp for a RIP or should it be reversed?

Exact cycles are strongly dependant on your crit (which affects cp generation), so there's no universal answer here. But becasue SR is so significant, it's usually best to get it up as soon as possible, even with 1-2 cp (and yes, before the Rip).