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Old 07/27/07, 12:48 PM   #181
Efejel
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Tauren Druid
 
Dragonblight
Ok, seems like I've cleared up the major bugs. Anyone who was waiting to download until I was done with this flurry of revisions should now feel free to do so. :-p

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Old 07/27/07, 3:23 PM   #182
Luxsong
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Night Elf Druid
 
Mal'Ganis
Idol Swapping

Thanks for an awesome tool Efejel!

Does anyone else use a macro to swap the Starfire and Wrath idols after cast start?

/cast Wrath
/equip [noequipped:Idol of the Avenger] Idol of the Avenger;

and

/cast Starfire
/equip [noequipped:Ivory Idol of the Moongoddess] Ivory Idol of the Moongoddess;

I only run into problems with these when I cancel casts or press the button twice, takes a little getting used to.

Any chance you could add this to the spreadsheet for sequences that include both?

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Old 07/27/07, 7:09 PM   #183
Efejel
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Originally Posted by Luxsong View Post
Any chance you could add this to the spreadsheet for sequences that include both?
This is really pretty easy to do. I'll include it in 0.71, but if you'd like to see it on your current version, do the following:

First, add an option for "Both" to the Idols pull-down menu.
Start by unhiding the Pulldown sheet.



Insert a single cell somewhere between the first & the last existing pull-down options.


(Shift cells DOWN!)


Type in "Both" or whatever you want to call your option.



Now for the slightly trickier part: making sure the addt'l damage is calculated. We need to go to the "Damage Calcs" (clever name, I know) sheet for this.


This is one of the four cells we'll be changing.


Simply change "(Idol_Select="Starfire")" to "OR((Idol_Select="Starfire),(Idol_Select="Both"))"

Do the same thing in cell K4.



The changes for Wrath happen elsewhere. Since the tooltip/spell pane actually updates with the Wrath idol, I figure the addt'l Wrath damage in the spell pane columns.



And the change you make is fairly obvious. Make the same change in C5.





You may want to hide (Alt+O+H+H in Excel, Alt+O+S+H in OO.o scalc) those two sheets once you're done with the changes, so you don't accidentally muck them up later.

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Old 07/31/07, 1:15 PM   #184
Caliane
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I was trying to enter in my current gear via gear select.
And a few things I noticed.


Band of eternity stats are wrong. And there multiple versions of the ring like the violent signet. (though none are choices.)

Neltherions tear is not an option as well.
marshals silk bracers has 12 crit rating in the spreadsheet. its 11 in game.

And there should be a choice to enter -none- for each item, so entering in items manually via the "other" entry form can be done.



Additionally, is it easy to simple edit the stats on items oneself? I know very little about spreadsheets.



And, some more.

On the gear select page, Its showing the correct int, spirit, hit values.
Crit is shown as 17.88%, when I switch to the char sheet/buffs page. the unbuffed slot shows 18.29% crit.

my damage is showing as 1 higher on the spreadsheet, and mp/5 while casting is 1mp/5 lower on the spreadsheet. This could be a gear stat being incorrect as well, but havent found it yet.

Last edited by Caliane : 07/31/07 at 1:26 PM.

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Old 07/31/07, 5:25 PM   #185
Efejel
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Originally Posted by Caliane View Post
I was trying to enter in my current gear via gear select.
And a few things I noticed.


Band of eternity stats are wrong. And there multiple versions of the ring like the violent signet. (though none are choices.)

Neltherions tear is not an option as well.
marshals silk bracers has 12 crit rating in the spreadsheet. its 11 in game.

...

Additionally, is it easy to simple edit the stats on items oneself? I know very little about spreadsheets.
There's instructions on adding/changing items a few pages earlier in this thread. It's not particularly complex. I'll update these locally for future versions. Except for Nelth's tear. Pre-BC gear can suck it. The few Moonkin who actually have these items will have to continue to enter them manually because I'm spiteful.

And there should be a choice to enter -none- for each item, so entering in items manually via the "other" entry form can be done.
Indeed. I'll get on that.

On the gear select page, Its showing the correct int, spirit, hit values.
Crit is shown as 17.88%, when I switch to the char sheet/buffs page. the unbuffed slot shows 18.29% crit.
You probably have Idol set to "Raven", which doesn't update the gear select page. I'll make that change for 0.71 as well.

my damage is showing as 1 higher on the spreadsheet, and mp/5 while casting is 1mp/5 lower on the spreadsheet. This could be a gear stat being incorrect as well, but havent found it yet.
Most likely it's an in-game rounding error. The correct/exact formulas don't mimic the unpredictable results generated by Blizzard, so I've had to try and apply rounding and addition in manners that are correct as frequently as possible.

Remember that spell damage is determined by (dmg from gear + dmg from buffs + dmg from talents) and that (dmg from buffs = direct dmg + IF(impDS, (spirit * IF(BoK,1.1,1))*IF(impDS = 2/2,.1,.05))) and (dmg from talents = IF(BoK, ((int*1.1)/4),(int/4))). Thus the question becomes does (449 * 1.1) /4 + ((360 * 1.1) * .1) round to FLOOR(123.475) + FLOOR(39.6) or FLOOR(123.475 + 39.6)? What I found while testing was that the answer varied. *shrug*

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Old 07/31/07, 7:12 PM   #186
Efejel
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Originally Posted by Caliane View Post
marshals silk bracers has 12 crit rating in the spreadsheet. its 11 in game.
Wowhead is showing 12... can anyone confirm 11 in game? (Are you sure you're not looking at resilience?)
Marshal's Silk Cuffs - Items - World of Warcraft <--Alliance
General's Silk Cuffs - Items - World of Warcraft <--Horde

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Old 07/31/07, 10:09 PM   #187
Caliane
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Originally Posted by Efejel View Post
Wowhead is showing 12... can anyone confirm 11 in game? (Are you sure you're not looking at resilience?)
Marshal's Silk Cuffs - Items - World of Warcraft <--Alliance
General's Silk Cuffs - Items - World of Warcraft <--Horde
Positive. Thats odd.
They are 11 resil and 11 spell crit in game.

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Old 07/31/07, 10:11 PM   #188
Caliane
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Originally Posted by Efejel View Post
Most likely it's an in-game rounding error. The correct/exact formulas don't mimic the unpredictable results generated by Blizzard, so I've had to try and apply rounding and addition in manners that are correct as frequently as possible.

Remember that spell damage is determined by (dmg from gear + dmg from buffs + dmg from talents) and that (dmg from buffs = direct dmg + IF(impDS, (spirit * IF(BoK,1.1,1))*IF(impDS = 2/2,.1,.05))) and (dmg from talents = IF(BoK, ((int*1.1)/4),(int/4))). Thus the question becomes does (449 * 1.1) /4 + ((360 * 1.1) * .1) round to FLOOR(123.475) + FLOOR(39.6) or FLOOR(123.475 + 39.6)? What I found while testing was that the answer varied. *shrug*
Well I was refering to unbuffed spell damage and mp/5. That would have been just purely from gear, int, and spirit.
Possiblity of rounding error is there still though.


And yeah, the raven idol was likely the cuase for the shift in crit. I shifted that later.



T5 4pc doesnt seem to work with the custom cycle. Understandable though.


If you could add, mf, sfx4 to the cycles, it is the highest dps cycle late game. Might help people see that though, as many newer players might not.

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Old 07/31/07, 10:17 PM   #189
Efejel
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*shrug* More Blizz weirdness/laziness.

I was playing around comparing set bonuses, and the prediction that 4/4 T5 > 4/4 T6... turns out it's right*, assuming you don't have the T6 chest. The T6 chest + 3 other T6 > T5.

Also, it looks like* the T6 SHOULDERS give the same DPS upgrade as the T6 gloves for us, so you might be in better shape trying to get those, assuming you don't need that extra socket to activate your meta gem.

*- 6 minute fight, fully buffed, highest DPS rotation, semi-mana limited, hit-capped (Totem of Wrath) with pretty much any combination of T5/6, Relentless Earthstorm Diamond meta

Originally Posted by Caliane View Post
Well I was refering to unbuffed spell damage and mp/5. That would have been just purely from gear, int, and spirit.
Possiblity of rounding error is there still though.
Right. Rounding from the talents alone still doesn't follow any reasonable rules.

Originally Posted by Caliane View Post
Positive. Thats odd.
They are 11 resil and 11 spell crit in game.
If you don't want to edit your gear locally, just add a -1 crit custom item.

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Old 07/31/07, 10:33 PM   #190
Caliane
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Originally Posted by Efejel View Post
*shrug* More Blizz weirdness/laziness.

I was playing around comparing set bonuses, and the prediction that 4/4 T5 > 4/4 T6... turns out it's right*, assuming you don't have the T6 chest. The T6 chest + 3 other T6 > T5.

Also, it looks like* the T6 SHOULDERS give the same DPS upgrade as the T6 gloves for us, so you might be in better shape trying to get those, assuming you don't need that extra socket to activate your meta gem.

*- 6 minute fight, fully buffed, highest DPS rotation, semi-mana limited, hit-capped (Totem of Wrath) with pretty much any combination of T5/6, Relentless Earthstorm Diamond meta


Right. Rounding from the talents alone still doesn't follow any reasonable rules.


If you don't want to edit your gear locally, just add a -1 crit custom item.
Yeah, and heres a link back to the post for anyone else interested in adding/editing items.
http://elitistjerks.com/376790-post48.html


And, yes, I was reviewing t6 vs t5 today. t6 4pc with other bt/hyjal loot is in fact more dps then t5 with the mf,sfx4or5 rotation. chest, helm, shoulders, legs.

Given the nature of the 12 damage epic gems. Shoulders are the right choice still.
t6 gloves have 1 gem(vs nonset 2 such as souleaters still), helm has 1 gem/1meta(vs grand engineers 3), legs have 1(3 socket legs channeled elements)

Should really look into if, off set gear with more sockets is the highest dps option.

Last edited by Caliane : 07/31/07 at 11:13 PM.

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Old 08/01/07, 9:43 AM   #191
 frmorrison
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Originally Posted by Caliane View Post
Should really look into if, off set gear with more sockets is the highest dps option.
To be fair, that is the way for Warlocks as well compared to the Tier sets (mostly due to number of sockets and the Warlock item budget being used on stamina, while nice isn't doing dps).

The only exception are the Tier 6 Gloves/Chest.

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Old 08/01/07, 12:21 PM   #192
Benita
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Originally Posted by Efejel View Post
And, in case I do decide to implement spell haste: if you are hasted to 2.91 sec SF & proc NG, do you get a 2.41 sec SF, or a (2.91/3)*2.5 = 2.425 sec SF?
2.43 it said in the spellbook tooltip.

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Old 08/01/07, 12:25 PM   #193
Efejel
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Originally Posted by Benita View Post
2.43 it said in the spellbook tooltip.
So, in addition to causing you to OOM faster, spell haste reduces the value of NG... sweet!

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Old 08/01/07, 12:48 PM   #194
Caliane
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Originally Posted by frmorrison View Post
To be fair, that is the way for Warlocks as well compared to the Tier sets (mostly due to number of sockets and the Warlock item budget being used on stamina, while nice isn't doing dps).

The only exception are the Tier 6 Gloves/Chest.
Yeah, I was aware it was for locks and mages. For druids it may or may not be however.
As druids are heavily tied to mana, much cloth itemazation is better becuase leather is horrible, but not specifically designed right for druids either.
Almost asuredly is however. I doubt the 5% crit on starfire makes up for all those potential spinals.

They screwed up with sockets for sure. The gems skirt around dimishing returns on itemvalue. Allowing such things as 3 12damage spinals, which obliterates any stats that would be there if not in socket form.

Comparing cuffs of devestation to elunerite empowered bracers is a good example. Or blue seude boots to boots of the seacaller.

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Old 08/01/07, 12:53 PM   #195
Caliane
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A few things.

Whats easier for you efejel? Should I make a list of wowhead items that should be added.
Or should I enter them myself, then upload my .xls for you to just copy?
Theres quite a few bt/hyal items missing.


Secondly is another potential feature.
A spell average effects page.

List:
Starfire: unbuffed Buffed Buff/debuff
Crit %
Average hit
Average crit
Average damage
Average damage/mana.

Insect swarm: Unbuffed Buffed buff/debuff
Average damage
Average damage/mana

Wrath : Unbuffed Buffed Buff/debuff
Crit%
Average hit
Average crit
Average damage
Average damage/mana.

Unbuffed being unbuffed values
Buffed being buffed values but not misery/cos
Buff/debuff being full damage to debuffed target.

Last edited by Caliane : 08/01/07 at 2:12 PM.

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