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

• Aldriana · 11/11/09, 6:11 PM

Post: Rogue: Simple Questions/Simple Answers
User: NvidiaN
Infraction: 7. Do not beg for hand-holding.
Points: 1

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

Actually, the spreadsheet is all lies designed to mislead you into making poor gear decisions. It's a cunning plan that cannot fail... until someone specifically asks us to confirm it in a forum post, at which point we're obligated to confess the conspiracy.

Original Post:

Hello, I have a question regarding my switch from 8.5 to 9.5.

Following the spreadsheet/rogue threads on this forum, I waited to switch to 9.5 until I had 4 pieces of it (triumph). I gemmed appropriately (mostly), switching from +20 agi to +20 ArPen, and switched to a ruptureless spec.

However, I noticed in my character screen that my:

weapon damage
crit rating
and expertise rating (no longer capped)

...all dropped. Am I to assume that the hit rating gain I got, in conjunction with the massive amount of ArPen I added, will make up for this? The spreadsheet says it will, but it just seems odd.

Also, this variant of the 18/52/2 spec (Talent Calculator - World of Warcraft), appears to be ~4 DPS higher than my current ruptureless 15/52/5 spec...with maces instead of daggers. Is this true?