Out of curiousity, has anyone considered Enchanted Tear (+6 to all stats) for activating a Relentless Earthstorm Diamond, so that all other gem slots can go straight Bold? (+16 str)
With the current lack of a rare purple gem with strength on it, you're looking at something like:
15 Strength, 11 Stam, 8 crit in two gem slots. (Perfect Sovereign Shadow Crystal, Inscribed Monarch Topaz)
22 Strength, 6 Agi, 6 Stam, 6 Int in two gem slots. (Bold Scarlet Ruby, Enchanted Tear)
On the PTR, the Spiked Titansteel helm has been changed a lot -- it's now 97 str, 35-ish hit, and 53 crit with a blue/meta socket. I was thinking that you could put the RED/Enchanted Tear in that and always have the meta activated, leaving the rest of your gear free for Red or Red/Orange gems. Of course, if your meta-enabled helm has a different gem slot, you can always put the tear in a different Blue socket. (Blue sockets are best, because your only options are stam or mp5, and because Sovereign Twilight Opal isn't available yet.)
Out of curiousity, has anyone considered Enchanted Tear (+6 to all stats) for activating a Relentless Earthstorm Diamond, so that all other gem slots can go straight Bold? (+16 str)
It has not only been considered, but recommended (see the Redcape thread, there is a post containing a probably optimal dps set).
While it may not be economically possible for you, keep in mind JC is clearly the most powerful profession, and the meta gem activation is one of the reasons. I'm definitely leveling JC once I have the time to sit and buy/craft a crapload of items to reach 400 skill.
While I'm aware that Chaotic Skyflare or Relentless Earthsiege is still likely my best choice, I'm considering trying out Thundering Skyflare. I know that the TBC version had an awful 0.7 PPM-Has the LK version changed this or is it still worthless?
While I'm aware that Chaotic Skyflare or Relentless Earthsiege is still likely my best choice, I'm considering trying out Thundering Skyflare. I know that the TBC version had an awful 0.7 PPM-Has the LK version changed this or is it still worthless?
Still worthless. The 3% extra crit damage is what makes those metas on top of anything else.
The only reason not to use those metas is when you are doing PvP, and even then it is stretch to not use the extra crit damage ones.
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Millions of words are written annually purporting to tell how to beat the races, whereas the best possible advice on the subject is found in the three monosyllables: 'Do not try.'
I lately noticed my DPS is not as nice as some people reported in the ret thread, so I wanted to ask if there are some specific add-ons that could help me improve my rotation a bit and if ppl breaking the 5k dps mark(on PW for ex) use those?
I know my guild doesn't always have the perfect melee buffs available in raids but i doubt that's the only reason still, could it also be my low frame rate? I have like 8-10 fps on average on boss fights because all the flashes from spells on the boss.
What is the fps for you people breaking 5k dps?
I lately noticed my DPS is not as nice as some people reported in the ret thread, so I wanted to ask if there are some specific add-ons that could help me improve my rotation a bit and if ppl breaking the 5k dps mark(on PW for ex) use those?
I know my guild doesn't always have the perfect melee buffs available in raids but i doubt that's the only reason still, could it also be my low frame rate? I have like 8-10 fps on average on boss fights because all the flashes from spells on the boss.
What is the fps for you people breaking 5k dps?
I'm not breaking 5k DPS, as I haven't ventured into 25 mans much yet, however an addon with timers/flashes will greatly help you until you get the timings embedded into your biological clock
I use the old SCT Cooldowns, but a lot of people are using Omni CC nowadays
However I'd suggest lowering your video setting in raids, specially spell/terrain/texture detail. As from experience I can tell you a bad framerate will make you a lackluster player, as you won't be able to move out of aoe damage on time (I used to get hit by the flame in Obsidian Sanctum with settings turned on too high)... and you will miss your Cooldowns, causing constant clashes, resulting in horrible DPS.
Remember to use the appropriate FCFS rotation, where in case of clashes:
Assuming you had lots of mana, use Cons before DS.
OmniCC is the best addon to have, knowing when cooldowns are up is important.
Millions of words are written annually purporting to tell how to beat the races, whereas the best possible advice on the subject is found in the three monosyllables: 'Do not try.'
10 fps will definitely have some sort of a hit on your DPS. Hard to tell how much, though, especially considering your 10 fps is probably not a fixed number by any means. But you will definitely notice a DPS increase if you get at LEAST 25 fps.
One thing you should never do is lower spell details to minimum, as it prevents you from seeing some abilities altogether, which can sometimes be gamebreaking. 1 above minimum will be fine for gameplay purposes, though.
While it may not be economically possible for you, keep in mind JC is clearly the most powerful profession, and the meta gem activation is one of the reasons. I'm definitely leveling JC once I have the time to sit and buy/craft a crapload of items to reach 400 skill.
When 3.08 goes live, you could stop at 350 and still fully benefit, so the costs may be less then currently. BS/JCing here I come.
What kind of DPS increase will 3.0.8 bring to a fully raid buffed ret paladin in a 25 man situation.(Percentage-wise)
6%.
Vengeance goes from stacking 3 time (3*3% = 9%) back to stacking 5 times (5*3%=15%). 15%-9% = 6%. The changes to Seals of Command and Blood are tooltip changes - the actual numbers went into effect during a hotfix before Wrath.
with the new changes to SoC, would it be worthwhile to use SoC glyph'd and with say 1300+ spell power instead of SoB/SoM?
Even if it is close, I think the edge would still go to SoB/SotM, since you get the mana boost from Spiritual Attunement. SoC would have to do a considerable amount more than SoB/SotM for it to be viable.
Someone told me today that if you have Fanaticism that the 25% crit chance to judgements doesn't work when you have Righteous Fury on, is that true? Forgive me if this is a dumb question but I re-rolled Paladin a week before WotLK and this is the first time I've heard this.
Someone told me today that if you have Fanaticism that the 25% crit chance to judgements doesn't work when you have Righteous Fury on, is that true? Forgive me if this is a dumb question but I re-rolled Paladin a week before WotLK and this is the first time I've heard this.
This is not true, or would be a heavy bug. While Righteous Fury is activated, the thread component (-30% threat) of Fanatiscm is disabled. That's it.
What are the best glyphs for Paladin tanks? I'm thinking of Major Glyphs of Spiritual Attunement, Divinity, and Seal of Vengance. Minor Glyphs of Lay on Hands, Sense Undead, and no idea for the third one. Any tips?
What are the best glyphs for Paladin tanks? I'm thinking of Major Glyphs of Spiritual Attunement, Divinity, and Seal of Vengance. Minor Glyphs of Lay on Hands, Sense Undead, and no idea for the third one. Any tips?
For majors, [Glyph of Judgement] is probably the only truly mandatory one. [Glyph of Seal of Vengeance] is quite amazing at this stage too but for how much expertise is littered around our tanking gear and how much we actually need it compared to the other tanks, it will likely go in the future when others are introduced. For now though, make that your second choice. Third one is really up to you though I personally use [Glyph of Righteous Defense] for lack of anything else seeming more attractive.
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Third one is really up to you though I personally use [Glyph of Righteous Defense] for lack of anything else seeming more attractive.
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3 th choice ? I think it needs to be the first, only for the fact that you need 17% hit to be capped on taunt on boss and i find me using it allot and all the time, so is better to not miss, then to get a wipe or some people die.
Based on my current gear and setup I'm doing around 2500-2700 dps in heroics and around the 3k mark in 10 man naxx, does this seem about right with my gear and specc and does anyone have any pointers on what I can maybe do to continue to increase it. I know I still have some blues but have been unlucky in drops in naxx curently so I just wanted to see others opinions.
Does anyone know if beserking really is useful for paladin's on their 2hand weapons? I don't see it as a enchant in rawr and it would appear massacre is best instead of beserking according to RAWR, however this just doesn't seem right. I'm currently using beserking on my 2 hander and I'm about 300-400 dps above what RAWR says so I'm thinking its partly due to beserking.
3 th choice ? I think it needs to be the first, only for the fact that you need 17% hit to be capped on taunt on boss and i find me using it allot and all the time, so is better to not miss, then to get a wipe or some people die.
If you taunt a lot than I don't really know what to say. Aside from the times where it's necessary to transfer threat (such as Gluth), I've can count on two hands the amount of times I've used Righteous Defense at 80.
Does anyone know if beserking really is useful for paladin's on their 2hand weapons?
Berserker has been crunched before.
Short form:
Berserking can chain-proc, based on some testing it has an effective up time of about 1/3 of the time. This gives effective AP of ~132. So, yes, it's better than Massacre.
A RNG happy day and you could have 400 AP through entire fights. A RNG unhappy day and you could have no procs at all. However the average is noticably better than Massacre, especially for procs during AW.
Short form:
Berserking can chain-proc, based on some testing it has an effective up time of about 1/3 of the time. This gives effective AP of ~132. So, yes, it's better than Massacre.
A RNG happy day and you could have 400 AP through entire fights. A RNG unhappy day and you could have no procs at all. However the average is noticably better than Massacre, especially for procs during AW.
Ok thanks I thought it was just wanted to make sure, I'm trying to maximize my dps the most I can so was just wanting to make sure. I'm trying to work on my gear as well now to maximize it for the most dps as well.
12/23/08, 3:39 PM
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