I've got a question about cooldown stacking and haste rating: As arcane mage (58/3/11) Rawr suggests to use IV + haste pot during bloodlust. Considering AB`s base cast time of 2,5 sec you would only need 100*(1-(1/2.5)=0.6)=60% haste to get AB down to 1 sec cast time and therefore beeing haste capped (since the gcd is 1 sec from 50% haste on).

So having BL(30%) + IV(20%) + 6%(Netherwind Presence - Spell - World of Warcraft) = 56% this would leave only 4%(=131 rating) left you've got to get from haste rating, which i guess nearly every lvl 80 mage has. Therefore using a haste pot there seems quite useless to me. Who`s wrong now?

You could even go further and take Improved Moonkin Form - Spell - World of Warcraft into account, consider about 20% haste from gear and a possible trinket procc and end up asking, whether it might be better (in terms of boss' time to live) not to use IV during bloodlust.

So last night, after obtaining my second piece of Tier 8, I switched my spec to Fireball/TTW because I'm so overloaded on hit rating. As such, it recommended I swap out my Firesoul for Life and Death - I lose spell damage, but gain crit and hit.

But now I'm trying to figure out how Rawr upgrades work. I see how they work slot by slot given what is in the other slots, but what if I want to figure out if Firesoul is ever going to be a good combination with other items that I have the chance to get in Ulduar or through Conquest badges?

For example, right now I'm using the Raiments of the Corrupted which have 76 hit. If I get my Tier 8 chest piece with 0 hit, then I would think the Firesoul becomes useful again. Do I just have to plug in the Tier 8 robes into the chest slot and then see what happens? Or is there a better way to find upgrades other than the upgrades tab which seems to just want me to upgrade to staves and other weapons?

I'm a bit new to the program and I'm still learning all the little ins and outs, but any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Sorry if this is common knowledge, but when I click one of our armor buffs under the buffs tab, I see no change in dps or character stats. My crit % stays the same if I click molten armor off/on, mana regen doesnt change if I select mage armor etc.. Is there an option to auto include it somewhere else that I'm missing, and so selecting it there does nothing? I've been trying to play around with arcane vs ttw/fire for my gear level, since arcane is better on specific fights that give us a little trouble, we generally have a lot of druids so it's pretty feasible to get an innervate, and I don't have 4pcT8. So, was trying to compare mage armor vs molten, but it's not actually changing anything.

Some of these questions can be fielded by an in-game TC mod as well. I use Dr. Damage (WoW AddOns - DrDamage - WowAce.com)

It will show your total damage from an ability (averaging in crits etc). You will notice that your LB (as well as MI) are worth much more damage than any single nuke can offer.

You can adjust the buffs / target level / whether you need to hold a key for tool-tip (helps from having it pop up during encounters). It can show dps/mps/total damage amongst other other things.