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Old 08/12/08, 3:33 PM   #1251
 s4dfish
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Stormrage
Do ghouls inherit any stats from what they're created from or are they all vanilla?

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Old 08/12/08, 6:38 PM   #1252
Zaroua
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Sen'jin
Talents that directly "improve" or get stronger in any way, shape or form with extra haste:

-Bladed Armor
-Two-Handed Weapon Specialization
-Dark Conviction
-Bloody Vengeance
-Blood Rune Mastery
-Blood Aura
-Will of the Necropolis
-Blood Gorged

-Nerves of Cold Steel
-Black Ice (if it works with Necrosis properly)
-Killing Machine

-Necrosis
-Blood-Caked Blade
-Unholy Rune Mastery



So no, I wouldn't consider Haste a "terrible stat" just yet. Probably not the best stat for some DK specs, but not even remotely close to worthless.

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Old 08/12/08, 6:55 PM   #1253
nevinera
Grue
 
Tauren Druid
 
Dunemaul
Originally Posted by Zaroua View Post
Talents that directly "improve" or get stronger in any way, shape or form with extra haste:

-Bladed Armor
-Two-Handed Weapon Specialization
-Dark Conviction
-Bloody Vengeance
-Blood Rune Mastery
-Blood Aura
-Will of the Necropolis
-Blood Gorged

-Nerves of Cold Steel
-Black Ice (if it works with Necrosis properly)
-Killing Machine

-Necrosis
-Blood-Caked Blade
-Unholy Rune Mastery



So no, I wouldn't consider Haste a "terrible stat" just yet. Probably not the best stat for some DK specs, but not even remotely close to worthless.
Terrible means nothing like 'worthless'. The point is that it is significantly less useful per ilevel spent than are most other physical stats.
Thus an item with its budget spent on strength, crit, and hit will be much better than another item the same level with its budget spent on haste, agility, and ArPen, all of which are worth something.

But a list of what *talents* are affected by haste is basically useless.
The only thing worth knowing is what portion of your total dps haste has an impact on -
you made a list of talents that affect white damage, which is affected by haste.
2h white damage is around 25% of total at the moment.

(I don't have numbers yet, but haste may be worth stacking with DW -
I'm guessing white damage with serious gear is closer to have of a dual-wielder's damage.

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Old 08/12/08, 8:19 PM   #1254
Quasar
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Draenei Shaman
 
Dragonmaw
I'd like to see haste affect our rune cooldowns before I'd consider it a decent stat.

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Old 08/12/08, 10:18 PM   #1255
Rebellion
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Undead Warlock
 
Ysera (EU)
Originally Posted by Quasar View Post
I'd like to see haste affect our rune cooldowns before I'd consider it a decent stat.
If you want to utilize shorter rune cooldowns in any way haste would have to affect the gcd of our strike abilites as well. There is no point in a shorter rune cooldown if you can't fit them all into your 10-x cycle anyway. A 10 second cycle already means alot of stress, because you have like 1 second spare time at best if you want to fit in six abilities, which is obviously the goal at the moment. Yes there is unholy presence, but it looks like it will deal less dmg than blood presence in most situations.
 
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Old 08/12/08, 10:31 PM   #1256
nevinera
Grue
 
Tauren Druid
 
Dunemaul
Originally Posted by Rebellion View Post
If you want to utilize shorter rune cooldowns in any way haste would have to affect the gcd of our strike abilites as well. There is no point in a shorter rune cooldown if you can't fit them all into your 10-x cycle anyway. A 10 second cycle already means alot of stress, because you have like 1 second spare time at best if you want to fit in six abilities, which is obviously the goal at the moment. Yes there is unholy presence, but it looks like it will deal less dmg than blood presence in most situations.
Unholy prescence does significantly more damage than blood does in any situation where you can use all the extra gcds you get.
Yellow damage decreases by the 15%, but you get 50% more of them.
edit: this generally means you have a fast weapon, haste, and brm or urm.

If haste affected rune cooldowns, it would be our best stat. Probably by quite a bit.
But then ask a rogue how he'd like it to affect his energy regen..

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Old 08/12/08, 10:55 PM   #1257
Manbearpig
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Night Elf Warrior
 
Baelgun (EU)
I have one question regarding Blood Boil and Death Grip:
The tooltip wording points towards them both being real taunts i.e. giving you 100% threat in addition to giving you aggro for a few seconds.
Is that how it is currently implemented?
I did see a lot of people call Blood Boil an AoE Taunt, but thats exactly what people call Challenging Roar/Shout.
So I would appreciate a clear answer.
 
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Old 08/12/08, 10:59 PM   #1258
Rebellion
Glass Joe
 
Undead Warlock
 
Ysera (EU)
Originally Posted by nevinera View Post
Unholy prescence does significantly more damage than blood does in any situation where you can use all the extra gcds you get.
Yellow damage decreases by the 15%, but you get 50% more of them.
edit: this generally means you have a fast weapon, haste, and brm or urm.

If haste affected rune cooldowns, it would be our best stat. Probably by quite a bit.
But then ask a rogue how he'd like it to affect his energy regen..
It might be some major misunderstandig I have here, but how will make any of the rune masteries a rotation even possible ? I might be my mistaken here but I still think a relyable rotation is worth more than random spamming cooldowns. How can I build up and establish a rotation or something like that if some of my runes keep proccing random at any given time ?

But yes, you are right. If I had a rune mastery of any kind unholy presence might be more precious at a point where 15% additional dmg of the basic rotation (if you can call it "rotation" after all) is less than the dmg of everything you can do in the gained 4 gcds. Even hasted rune cooldowns seem usefull in this case.
 
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Old 08/12/08, 11:05 PM   #1259
Hearteater
Von Kaiser
 
Undead Warlock
 
Magtheridon
Has anyone in beta done much PVE with Blood? Are you finding it has RP issues? Looking at it, I'm feeling like it would have trouble generating as much RP as Unholy or Frost. Scent of Blood's 20 second CD seems a bit high. Cooldown aside, the "next melee hit" seems clunky. A simple, "5 RP when struck by ranged/melee" would fit right in with the concept of Blood. Actually, "5 RP whenever you are overhealed" might be even better.

On the PVP side of Blood, I realize DKs have issues holding people in melee, but does anyone find that overly extreme without Chilblains or Desecration? I was wonder if changing Heart Strike to: "Targets of this attack cannot benefit from haste or movement increases for 10 seconds." might help it some.
 
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Old 08/12/08, 11:20 PM   #1260
Prepared
Von Kaiser
 
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Human Paladin
 
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Originally Posted by Hearteater View Post
On the PVP side of Blood, I realize DKs have issues holding people in melee, but does anyone find that overly extreme without Chilblains or Desecration? I was wonder if changing Heart Strike to: "Targets of this attack cannot benefit from haste or movement increases for 10 seconds." might help it some.
Now there's an interesting addition. It wouldn't be slowing down anyone who doesn't already have a movement advantage over you. The only way to then outrange the DK would be to snare them, or use an instant getaway ability, like Blink, Shadowstep to another target, or some form of charge.
 
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Old 08/12/08, 11:25 PM   #1261
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Mal'Ganis
Originally Posted by Manbearpig View Post
I have one question regarding Blood Boil and Death Grip:
The tooltip wording points towards them both being real taunts i.e. giving you 100% threat in addition to giving you aggro for a few seconds.
Is that how it is currently implemented?
I did see a lot of people call Blood Boil an AoE Taunt, but thats exactly what people call Challenging Roar/Shout.
So I would appreciate a clear answer.
WoW Forums -> Tanking / Threat and Taunt Mechanics

They are both true taunts.
 
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Old 08/12/08, 11:39 PM   #1262
Disargeria
Piston Honda
 
Human Death Knight
 
Boulderfist
Originally Posted by Hearteater View Post
On the PVP side of Blood, I realize DKs have issues holding people in melee, but does anyone find that overly extreme without Chilblains or Desecration? I was wonder if changing Heart Strike to: "Targets of this attack cannot benefit from haste or movement increases for 10 seconds." might help it some.
I guess you haven't seen this:

WoW Forums -> > Full Death Knight Review <

As far as a PvP- snare ability goes, we are going to try something like removing the cooldown and root from Chains of Ice. It will drop the target's movement to zero, and the target will regain 5% movement speed per sec for 20 sec (10 in PvP). It's a physical debuff that cannot be dispelled and isn't subject to diminishing returns. Let us know how it goes. If it's too spammy now, we can put a cooldown back on it.
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Old 08/12/08, 11:48 PM   #1263
Septus
Piston Honda
 
Blood Elf Death Knight
 
Ravenholdt
Hmm, I like the design aspect of that, but I'd really hate to lose the freeze effect, from a flavor point of view.
 
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Old 08/13/08, 5:23 AM   #1264
Pyros
Always carry a white flag
 
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Undead Death Knight
 
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Originally Posted by Septus View Post
Hmm, I like the design aspect of that, but I'd really hate to lose the freeze effect, from a flavor point of view.
Well yes and no, while the freezing aspect has some interesting synergy with frost mages, it'd still make it into arguably the best snare in the game, since it starts at 100%snare anyway. At 1frost rune, with a 20(talentable to 25 or 30 I forgot)y range, non dispellable, sadly it'll see some nerfing since it's way beyond expectations imo. I'd give up the freeze shatter combos for that, even though I can see all the whinning already, between death grip and a snare that starts at 100%.
 
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Old 08/13/08, 5:35 AM   #1265
Lamaros
King Hippo
 
Orc Warlock
 
Dreadmaul
The level requirements for the DK runeforging is an interesting one. The DPS ones look to me to benifit Dual Wielding the most. Have I mised come comments anywhere about internal cooldowns that make this not the case?

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Old 08/13/08, 11:31 AM   #1266
Prepared
Von Kaiser
 
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Human Paladin
 
<FoE>
Runetotem
I have a question concerning the rotation theorycrafting for DPS... let's say one of the abilities is parried (zomg), or dodged. Would you pause and go back to that point in the rotation, or continue on as if that didn't happen? I'm used to my Retribution Paladin on live, where if something misses, it's not like I have any other options.

For example: if your Plague Strike missed, or Icy Touch resisted, do you still Obliterate, or replace that with some equivalent maneuver, since the damage increase will not be as high as expected for the rune cost?

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Old 08/13/08, 11:34 AM   #1267
nevinera
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Tauren Druid
 
Dunemaul
Originally Posted by Lamaros View Post
The level requirements for the DK runeforging is an interesting one. The DPS ones look to me to benifit Dual Wielding the most. Have I mised come comments anywhere about internal cooldowns that make this not the case?

Deathknight - WotlkWiki - Wrath of the Lich King Information
Razorice, cinderglacier, and FallCru all use the words 'has a chance to'.
'A chance to' almost always means it's on a ppm.

In the case of FallCru I believe it's at 1 ppm?
At any rate, DW won't cause it to proc extra. It does benefit DW more than 2h, but only barely, and only because DW gets more from AP.
 
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Old 08/13/08, 11:36 AM   #1268
Muarf
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Tauren Death Knight
 
Ner'zhul (EU)
Originally Posted by Prepared View Post
I have a question concerning the rotation theorycrafting for DPS... let's say one of the abilities is parried (zomg), or dodged. Would you pause and go back to that point in the rotation, or continue on as if that didn't happen? I'm used to my Retribution Paladin on live, where if something misses, it's not like I have any other options.
It depends on what attack missed. If your Icy Touch or Plague/Scourge Strike missed, you might have one less disease and then your Blood / Heart Strikes will do less damage, but on the other Hand diseases already affecting the target might fade before you can continue your rotation.

You have to balance what you missed and how much less damage you will make until next same attack in your rotation against what you will lose if you take one more GCD to reiterate the attack.
 
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Old 08/13/08, 11:40 AM   #1269
Quasar
Don Flamenco
 
Draenei Shaman
 
Dragonmaw
Originally Posted by Hearteater View Post
Has anyone in beta done much PVE with Blood? Are you finding it has RP issues? Looking at it, I'm feeling like it would have trouble generating as much RP as Unholy or Frost. Scent of Blood's 20 second CD seems a bit high. Cooldown aside, the "next melee hit" seems clunky. A simple, "5 RP when struck by ranged/melee" would fit right in with the concept of Blood. Actually, "5 RP whenever you are overhealed" might be even better.
You mean tanking as Blood? I was writing a thing about Blood instancing DPS until I realized you didn't mean PVE like I mean PVE. =P

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Old 08/13/08, 11:40 AM   #1270
nevinera
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Originally Posted by Prepared View Post
I have a question concerning the rotation theorycrafting for DPS... let's say one of the abilities is parried (zomg), or dodged. Would you pause and go back to that point in the rotation, or continue on as if that didn't happen? I'm used to my Retribution Paladin on live, where if something misses, it's not like I have any other options.

For example: if your Plague Strike missed, or Icy Touch resisted, do you still Obliterate, or replace that with some equivalent maneuver, since the damage increase will not be as high as expected for the rune cost?

Rotation theorycraft doesn't allow for parries.
Stand behind them, not in front of them, or you'll be hurting your tank as well as losing dps.
You'll also be hit-capped, if you're using a 2h at least. Certainly your yellow damage won't be missing.

IT uses spell resist, right? So we won't be capped on that one? (think it's a higher number)
In general, what to do depends on your spec. Anyone with icy talons will be recasting it, anyone without Anni won't be, etc.

I hadn't been considering IT's resist chance in my theory, thanks for the reminder.
 
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Old 08/13/08, 11:45 AM   #1271
Mithar
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Blood Elf Paladin
 
Undermine
Originally Posted by Rebellion View Post
It might be some major misunderstandig I have here, but how will make any of the rune masteries a rotation even possible ? I might be my mistaken here but I still think a relyable rotation is worth more than random spamming cooldowns. How can I build up and establish a rotation or something like that if some of my runes keep proccing random at any given time ?

But yes, you are right. If I had a rune mastery of any kind unholy presence might be more precious at a point where 15% additional dmg of the basic rotation (if you can call it "rotation" after all) is less than the dmg of everything you can do in the gained 4 gcds. Even hasted rune cooldowns seem usefull in this case.

There is a middle ground between a "steady rotation" (by which I am assuming you mean that you hit the same buttons int he same order every cycle) or "random spamming cooldowns." Look at it as a list of priorities. Rank the abilities you want to use. For the purposes of an example, let us assume you have 3 abilities you want to use. If the top priority is up, use it. If it isn't, go to the second. If, after using the second, you can use the first again due to one of the rune masteries then use the first again, if not go to the third.

Using the list of prorities does work. As a ret pally, I use that approach now and am holding my own against other dps rather well. Yes, you have to pay more attention than if you get to mash the same buttons in the same order every time. The advantage is it tends to be more interesting and, in my experience, more reactive to the situation--like when "runes keep proccing randomly."
 
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Old 08/13/08, 11:53 AM   #1272
nevinera
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Tauren Druid
 
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Originally Posted by Mithar View Post
There is a middle ground between a "steady rotation" (by which I am assuming you mean that you hit the same buttons int he same order every cycle) or "random spamming cooldowns." Look at it as a list of priorities. Rank the abilities you want to use. For the purposes of an example, let us assume you have 3 abilities you want to use. If the top priority is up, use it. If it isn't, go to the second. If, after using the second, you can use the first again due to one of the rune masteries then use the first again, if not go to the third.

Using the list of prorities does work. As a ret pally, I use that approach now and am holding my own against other dps rather well. Yes, you have to pay more attention than if you get to mash the same buttons in the same order every time. The advantage is it tends to be more interesting and, in my experience, more reactive to the situation--like when "runes keep proccing randomly."
This, if you have the skill.
Even doing max dps with a retadin isn't all that easy, and DKs have a lot of cooldowns and durations to pay attention to.
I expect it to be a very involved class to play properly :-D

If you don't, I suspect you'll be able to decently with a set rotation and a few rules for 'what to do if'..
Especially if you avoid the rune masteries and spec for annihilation.
 
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Old 08/13/08, 12:15 PM   #1273
Feorthas
King Hippo
 
Blood Elf Death Knight
 
Blackrock
So, i've been doing some tanking/threat theorycraft as of late and came up with the following rotation, ignoring miss/resist issues:

Open:
IT -> PS -> (Deathchill + Howling Blast) -> BS -> BS -> FS

Middle:
Obliterate -> Obliterate -> Obliterate -> FS

Infinite Cycle:
IT -> PS -> Obliterate / DS -> BS -> BS -> FS -> *wait* -> Obliterate / DS (2x) -> IT -> PS -> FS -> *cycle intelligently*

Plusses:
-open + middle sustains near 1800 TPS (by my math, tried to lowball everything) with 2100ap / 20% crit / 130 dps 2h @ 3.6 (if everything hits)
-plenty of time to burn extra runes from a mastery (3 free gcds during waiting periods)
-2 death runes rather often (deep frost + blood of the north(?))
-perma +10% parry

Minuses:
-middle let's the IT haste buff AND debuff drop for a little
-only 5 RP available after middle so your only oh shit button is lichbourne
-deep frost misses out on a number of unholy toys
-not many points where you'll ever have a free rune for an oh shit moment without intelligently modifying the cycle and sacrificing threat
-I can't post a talent build because iPhones can't copy/paste :-/. Just go 50-some points in frost to get the good stuff, 10-15 blood, and 8-10 unholy. A number of talents were in flux anyway *shrug*

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Old 08/13/08, 12:52 PM   #1274
Zurai
Bald Bull
 
Orc Death Knight
 
Whisperwind
Originally Posted by Prepared View Post
I have a question concerning the rotation theorycrafting for DPS... let's say one of the abilities is parried (zomg), or dodged. Would you pause and go back to that point in the rotation, or continue on as if that didn't happen? I'm used to my Retribution Paladin on live, where if something misses, it's not like I have any other options.

For example: if your Plague Strike missed, or Icy Touch resisted, do you still Obliterate, or replace that with some equivalent maneuver, since the damage increase will not be as high as expected for the rune cost?
Misses, dodges, and parries aren't too bad if you don't have a rune mastery up unless you get several in a row (from a tanking, Blade Barrier perspective). They refund the rune cost to you, so you can just try again, but the rune actually does get spent for a half second or so, so Blade Barrier refreshes. You might have to play catch-up for a round of rune cooldowns, but Blade Barrier shouldn't drop from a single dodge/parry. With a rune mastery, they're really dangerous.

In a DPS sense, you shouldn't ever miss, get dodged, or be parried. You shouldn't have much problem getting hit capped, and attacking from behind the boss means that you have a lower expertise cap (since bosses have much more parry than dodge but they can't parry attacks from behind).
 
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Old 08/13/08, 1:13 PM   #1275
Flopi
Von Kaiser
 
Human Death Knight
 
Outland (EU)
What would be the best race tanking wise for DK at alliance side. Human because of Sword expertise or is WotLK so full of expertise gear that I can play Draenei without a care in my mind? Not that Draenei +hit racial would be a bad thing.
 
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