Infraction for Malevolance: 7. Do not beg for hand-holding.

• bartolimu · 11/06/09, 12:40 PM

Post: The Mage Equivalent: The Destruction Warlock
User: Malevolance
Infraction: 7. Do not beg for hand-holding.
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Hi All,

Maybe some one can help me figure out what I'm doing wrong. Malevolance, Blackhand server, alliance.

I'm using a standard destro spec of 0/13/58. Currently I'm easily hit capped, 2968 spell power with just fel armor on, 26.27 crit and 581 haste rating. Rotation (if no boomkin or ele shamen) starts with LT, Elements (otherwise CoD), imm, conflag, CB, Incinerate. On a boss level test dummy I can hit 4600 - 4800 dps. But in a raid setting I can only muster 3700 in 10 man and 4k in 25 man where other classes like rogues, pallys and hunters are easily hitting 6k.

I understand movement and having to switch targets can lower dps, but being 4-6% behind the leading damage dealer in overall damage seems a little unacceptable.

With my spell rotation, once I hit immolate, conflag, CB, I'll throw 3 incinerates, refresh immolate before it's completed so that it hits just as my conflag cd is up so that i'm not using immolate while backdraft procs (since it's a 1.27 cast time anyway) but instead, using it that reduced cast time on CB and Incinerate. Is it better to just hit confag when it's up rather then refreshing immolate prior to the cd? Should I not worry about what spells i'm gonna cast while i have that 30% less cast time, wether it's gonna be a spell with a short cast time to begin with like imm or not?

As far as my gear, should I be gemming for socket bonuses where instead I have ignored most of them and just put in 39sp or 23sp gems?

If any one has some advice, I sure would be greatful. Of course, my dps goes up a bit with a boomkin and or ele shammen in the raid, but still conciderably lower then any melee class. I'm just not sure what I can be doing better or differently to at least be compative with the other classes in a raid.