The Frostfire Bolt thread (updated 3.2.2) - Page 64

donnamatrix · 03/24/09, 11:12 AM

I will be adding FFB for my dual-spec in 3.1 (currently Arcane)

Is there a macro function which allows casting Pyroblast within a FFB sequence, but only if Hot Streak is active?

Still learning the WOW-method of macro writing (as opposed to Excel)

something like:

/castsequence frostfire bolt, pyroblast [iff hot streak=active, /stopcast]

Any help is appreciated. I don't normally like the button-mashing, but my lag in 25-man naxx is horrid.

Thanks!

Donnamatrix

Saruk · 03/24/09, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by donnamatrix

I will be adding FFB for my dual-spec in 3.1 (currently Arcane)

Is there a macro function which allows casting Pyroblast within a FFB sequence, but only if Hot Streak is active?

Still learning the WOW-method of macro writing (as opposed to Excel)

something like:

/castsequence frostfire bolt, pyroblast [iff hot streak=active, /stopcast]

Any help is appreciated. I don't normally like the button-mashing, but my lag in 25-man naxx is horrid.

Thanks!

Donnamatrix

No, you can't do this in a macro. My advice would be to get EBB and set up a hotstreak bar, that way you are sure never to miss a proc.

Griggsy · 03/24/09, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by Saruk

No, you can't do this in a macro. My advice would be to get EBB and set up a hotstreak bar, that way you are sure never to miss a proc.

What he said works well for many folks.

Or try Event Alert - it can flash the screen and put a big icon up on the screen to alert you anytime it's up.

For me this is a god-send since I am often leading raids and have to pay attention to many other aspects of the fight and what others are doing and would otherwise miss my own procs without something so obnoxious as this to remind me.

donnamatrix · 03/24/09, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by Griggsy

What he said works well for many folks.

Or try Event Alert - it can flash the screen and put a big icon up on the screen to alert you anytime it's up.

For me this is a god-send since I am often leading raids and have to pay attention to many other aspects of the fight and what others are doing and would otherwise miss my own procs without something so obnoxious as this to remind me.

Who's better than you!

Thanks so much. I'll check these out

Donnamatrix

robbymo · 03/24/09, 11:56 AM

I use Mage Alert. It actually has a voice that will tell you what ability proc'd. For HS you will hear a voice that simply say's 'Hot Streak', and your screen will flash as well. Works very well and I almost never miss a HS proc.

A quick and small buff notification add-on for mages. When Clearcasting, Missile Barrage, Hot Streak, Firestarter, Fingers of Frost or Brain Freeze procs, a small notification box appears and remains until buff is used or gone. Automatically detects talented Fiery Payback and notifies when below 35% health. Also keeps the player updated on Living Bomb, presenting them with a movable frame showing the time until their Living Bomb explodes.

Hotan · 03/24/09, 12:39 PM

To add to the list of mod's from Hot Streak detection: Power Auras

Power Auras is not only good for Hot Streak and mage specific things, but it is very good at informing you of ANY buff/debuff on you or your target.

Omnia · 03/24/09, 2:00 PM

I use Power Auras to keep track of:

- MBAM procs
- Hotstreak procs
- Imp Scorch timer
- LB timer
- Innervates
- IV timer
- Any missing raid buff on me
- Blizzard effect (Sapphiron)

threep* · 03/24/09, 2:54 PM

Whoa, every time someone mentions a specific addon 50 people post their favorite HotStreak-BrainFreeze-whatever helper... Can we please stop that.
Thank you very much.

Frah · 03/24/09, 11:25 PM

Originally Posted by ash2ash

That's wierd. I think you might be raiding with a prot warrior that doesn't keep tclap up, resulting in a 12% drop in dmg of your main nukes for fireball/arcane specs.

Was a dk tank so that thing DKs do was up all the time anyway.

I have a funny feeling it might be to do with CDs. At what duration of fight does fire overtake frostfire. I assume frostfire would be higher for a set amount of time due to IV+combustion at start of the fight. Then at another point frostfire will again catch up/go ahead/increase lead when i had to full evo as fire. Would be intresting to figure out some rough numbers of when these events might happen.

akimsko · 03/25/09, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by Frah

Was a dk tank so that thing DKs do was up all the time anyway.

I have a funny feeling it might be to do with CDs. At what duration of fight does fire overtake frostfire. I assume frostfire would be higher for a set amount of time due to IV+combustion at start of the fight. Then at another point frostfire will again catch up/go ahead/increase lead when i had to full evo as fire. Would be intresting to figure out some rough numbers of when these events might happen.

Both specs are fairly RNG sensitive. So I suspect they may fairly frequently end up miles from one another. But you should pull ahead on the grander scale, given equal gear and circumstances.

Are you sure your ttw/fire gear, is on par with your FFB gear?

Lilianavess · 03/25/09, 7:53 PM

I've looked around in other threads for this, but I was wondering about the LB glyph. When the dot crits, does it proc Ignite? If so, that seems like the worst synergy with critting nukes.

And as a related thought, when the dot crits, what exactly is it critting for?

sparktoria · 03/26/09, 8:36 AM

If you are just looking for some numbers, with the Living Bomb glyph on the PTR, my DoT ticks average around 700 damage, and crits are for 1400. Your mileage may vary, of course.

Zaldinar · 03/26/09, 9:10 AM

Originally Posted by Lilianavess

I've looked around in other threads for this, but I was wondering about the LB glyph. When the dot crits, does it proc Ignite? If so, that seems like the worst synergy with critting nukes.

And as a related thought, when the dot crits, what exactly is it critting for?

At present, it generates ignite debuffs, and benefits from CSD and Burnout. It has the same crit modifier as the kaboom. When it was first implemented it was only getting benefit from CSD, but that has since changed.

It does produce a significant increase in Munching/Hicuup bugs, but they seem to average out to the same basic resulting numbers as far as overall balance of damage goes.

More disturbing is that Ignite is getting partial resists now on boss dummies, which is stalling mass data collection on the glyph for me.

ThrusterNYC · 03/26/09, 10:51 AM

I have a question about mage end game specs....

Am I required to spec Arcane for max raid dps?

I am Frostfire Bolt (FFB) specced. As my gear has improved I've seen both my dps and my threat increase. I am now always number one in threat and must watch it carefully. But my dps seems to have plateaued. I'm nowhere near the top of the dps chart and can't touch Arcane mages.

I'm confident my gear is good and spell rotation and spec are correct. (12/16 gear items are 213, hit capped, enchanted, gemmed, blah, blah, blah.)

It seems that arcane is "the bomb" and nothing else compares. I've resisted switching to arcane for two reasons.

First, I understand arcane spec is very mana intensive and relies heavily on reduced cooldown Evocation. But there are so many things in boss fights that interrupt Evocation I'm worried about being left without mana. Does this happen to arcane mages?

And second, at a deep emotional level, I just like fire. With all the balancing Blizzard has been trying to do, it seems strange that arcane would so outclass the other specs. Is there really no way to make FFB work for end game?

I was planning on dual speccing FFB and PvP. But now I wonder whether arcane for raiding is mandatory....

Your thoughts?

Pinsor · 03/26/09, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by Zaldinar

More disturbing is that Ignite is getting partial resists now on boss dummies, which is stalling mass data collection on the glyph for me.

It is rather ironic that they tried to fix double-dipping for ignite but then cause this bug with partial resists. I will bump the bug thread as I just reproduced it on the PTRs. I got some heafty partials too, not exciting at all.