@Rivkah
How big a sample does your test rely on, Rivkah? As the percentages are quite small, it might require a fairly big sample to derive reliable results regarding expertise.

I've been running about 3-4k pet attacks per test. For tests that have been giving me numbers that didn't follow a logical pattern I ran the tests a few times to see if the numbers were consistent. I'm currently working on running tests all the way to 0% so I can get a better picture of the situation.

Hi,

I've been playing around with the accuracy of the character's health.

During the test I found a possible bug related to health.

If you look at the calculations tab, the talent "hunter vs. wild" is supposed to increase attack power by a certain percentage based on the total stamina. But the spreadsheet only calculates the stamina accounted from gear.

Is this how it works in-game? Just something to look into.

I maybe a thiko here, but how do you enable dragons eyes in the settings tab.

Cheers in advance

none of the buttons are working when i click on them. and i already adjusted all the settings as it says. how can i fix this?

The Relentless Gladiator's Shotgun is incorrectly labeled as a Bow, throwing off the racial calculations for Trolls and Dwarves.

Would it be possible to add a check to the regemmer to check to see if the post-regemming DPS meets or exceeds the pre-regemming DPS, and if not it reverts to the previous gemming?

[e]: And the same with the gear planner, if possible.

Granted there isn't a lot on BM hunters these days. I am trying to figure out a new BM build for today's patch, but it seems that every time I spec into Catlike Reflexes that I lose DPS. From what I have read, CR was speculated to be a DPS increase. I cannot replicate any of these findings. Is there something I am missing with the spreadsheet?

Is it just me or if you have mostly BiS gear the only upgrades are from hard mode loot (ilv258). At least thats what the spread sheet is showing.

Try using the new t9 2 pc bonus with the t8.5 2 pc. It's about a 400dps increase. Seems that it will be worth keeping the t8.5 helm and chest for the set bonus.

Now I try using the optimizer and it throws in all 3.2 gear which boosts my dps from 7800 to 9800, but the gear planner shows all my current gear as better dps upgrades. I think my gear planner is messed up or something.

My guess is that since 3.2 causes pets to be expertise capped that the only DPS benefit of this talent is to provide a lower CD on Kill Command. It has previously been shown that in some cases where you go OOM and need to use Aspect of the Viper, the DPS lost from extra Viper time (from Kill Command) is actually greater than the DPS gain from Kill Command itself. Therefore, it is a net DPS increase to not use Kill Command if you have mana issues (in some cases).

Anyone have any idea why gear planner shows everything as a dps downgrade, but when I equip the dps downgrade item my dps calculation goes up.

I think you're misreading the talent - it increases the dodge for you and your pet, not reduces the target's chance to dodge. Using kill command with Bestial Wrath up is also the best way to go, which means either 1 minute (plus a bit of wait time to go with longevity and the glyph) or 30 seconds. I don't think there's any reason to do anything other than 0/3 or 3/3 with that talent.

So assuming mana is not an issue, then the 3/3 CR specced should be a dps increase in theory; cd on KC is lowered to 30 secs, meaning more pet crit damage over the 3 attacks..

Maybe a setting on the SS could show this; like hawk always up or something?

TY for replies..

Ginbar

Aspect of the Dragonhawk/Aspect of the Viper uptime can be found on the Rotation Test tab.

The most recent version of the spreadsheet does not appear to have Cuirass of Cruel Intent - Items - Sigrie (Horde) or Breastplate of Cruel Intent - Items - Sigrie (Alliance). Both drop from Northrend Beasts 25 (regular: iLevel 245).

[e]: Also, on the Custom Gear tab, there is nowhere to set iLevel, so the custom items don't get picked up by the gear planner unless you (1) set the iLevel threshold to 0; or (2) Go to that gear-type's sheet and manually enter the iLevel.

First off, I just wanted to say that I love what you have done with the Gear Planner. I thought it was useful before, but it is very useful now and saves me a lot of additional work. Thanks a ton.

Just wanted to make sure you are aware of a few items that are not appearing in the spreadsheet or which are mislabled from what MMO lists. Due to server problems, I have not had the chance to get on to verify some of these yet. These are from a horde perspective.

Mark of Supremacy: Emblem trinket is missing
Dexterous Brightstone Ring: Emblem ring is missing
Pauldrons of the Devourer: These are the horde version of the "Epaulets of Devourer (horde)"
Ancient Pendant of Arathor: Neck from H Trial of the Champion
Banner of Victory: Trinket from Trial of the Champion - has ArP as passive stat
Warsong Poacher's Greaves: Feet from 10-man Trial of the Crusader
Collar of Unending Torment: Spreadsheet has choker.
Blood Fury: 1H axe from 25-man
Stygian Bladebreaker: 1H dagger from 25-man
Cuirass of Cruel Intent: chest from 25-man
Leggings of the Lurking Threat: legs from 25-man
Cloak of the Untamed Predator: cloak from 25-man
Charge of the Eredar: neck from 25-man

I'm experiencing the same behavior with the latest version. The gear optimizer decides to use mostly 3.2 gear, but in the gear planner itself, those items are almost all listed as downgrades from my current 3.1 gear (which is obviously not correct).

Sheet 91a seems to think Naxx gear is better than Ulduar gear for me.

I didn't find any information about why this happens, but I'm facing the same problem. I've tried default values, I've gone to settings and changed priorities to Color, DPS, Agi (even tried reverse in case I was getting it wrong) and "Only show matching colors", pressed "Sort Gems" every now and then and still when I hit the re-gem button in Gear, it tells me to put Delicate Scarlet Rubies in yellow and blue slots. What am I missing?

[Edit] Reading through everything I could find about gems I finally discovered my problem, and then realized that Lilbitters (see next post) had kindly tried to steer me in the right direction. But, for those like the writer quoted above and myself before this realization, and for the help of those who will stumble upon this problem in the future, the amazingly simple truth is: You can put any color of gem in a slot. Apparently, "everyone" but "complete nubs" knows this, but here it is one more time. You can put any color of gem in a slot. If it's the "wrong" color, you won't get the gemmed bonus (possibly breaking your meta gem requirement too), but sometimes the trade-off is worth it. So my situation above is not so much spreadsheet being broken, but of the spreadsheet making the correct recommendation for gemming.

However, maybe there should be a functionality that would "force" the optimal gem from the correct color in the slots?

Well with the addition of epic quality gems, there shouldn't really be much of a decision unless you need to gem for +Hit Rating.

Beast Mastery: [Bright Cardinal Ruby]
Survival: [Delicate Cardinal Ruby]
Marksman: [Fractured Cardinal Ruby] (until 567 ArP + [Mjolnir Runestone]) and then [Delicate Cardinal Ruby]

And then in whichever socket will give you the best set bonus, place a [Nightmare Tear].

The -only- exception to this rule should be if a single Orange ([Deadly Ametrine] or [Wicked Ametrine]) or Purple gem ([Shifting Dreadstone], [Balanced Dreadstone], or [Puissant Dreadstone]) in a socket will give that slot a socket bonus of +8 Agility or greater.