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Forum: Public Discussion 05/17/11, 4:22 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,245
Posted By Kytrarewn
There are plenty of single player games, and...

There are plenty of single player games, and indeed small group coop games, that offer hours of gameplay of "one time only" boss encounters for the low price of 2 month's subscription to World of...
Forum: Rogues 12/10/09, 1:32 PM
Replies: 174
Views: 105,525
Posted By Kytrarewn
I tried mutilate on Anub this week for shits and...

I tried mutilate on Anub this week for shits and giggles and found that, while the DPS delta was pretty small across the course of the fight with combat (we had some severe disconnect/latency issues...
Forum: Rogues 11/22/09, 2:41 PM
Replies: 5,390
Views: 1,992,177
Posted By Kytrarewn
I don't believe that it works that way- the...

I don't believe that it works that way- the threat transferred is merely that gleaned from damage and other actions, not latent threat.

That's backed up by the tooltip as well:
Tricks of the Trade -...
Forum: Rogues 10/27/09, 11:44 AM
Replies: 413
Views: 571,331
Posted By Kytrarewn
I found the scripts for swapping between your IP...

I found the scripts for swapping between your IP weapon and your DP weapon to be incredibly tedious, especially since you needed to remember to switch back to your DP weapon after swapping target or...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/24/09, 3:23 PM
Replies: 660
Views: 245,908
Posted By Kytrarewn
We found our 2 tank strat to be more sustainable...

We found our 2 tank strat to be more sustainable with 2x unhittable tanks. Obviously, the multipliers aren't as nasty, but it's still a much lower HP pool for leeching swarm, and a lot less damage...
Forum: Rogues 10/24/09, 2:17 AM
Replies: 174
Views: 105,525
Posted By Kytrarewn
You have plenty of time to DPS the four adds at...

You have plenty of time to DPS the four adds at the end of P1 one way or another, and KS could throw you onto the frost patch and get you permafrost which could hurt your kiting ability or waste a...
Forum: Rogues 10/09/09, 6:31 AM
Replies: 174
Views: 105,525
Posted By Kytrarewn
Most folks seem to prefer FOK, AR and SS, but...

Most folks seem to prefer FOK, AR and SS, but it's entirely dependent on your guild's tanking strategy and whatnot.

Sadly- with the nerf in 3.2.2, you're not going to see yourself anywhere near the...
Forum: Rogues 10/09/09, 1:21 AM
Replies: 174
Views: 105,525
Posted By Kytrarewn
I tried a 23/48 spec last night, and a standard...

I tried a 23/48 spec last night, and a standard 18/51/2 tonight.

Last night and tonight, I glyphed AR, FOK and SS. The 18/51/2 outdamaged the 23/48/0 significantly across the course of the fight,...
Forum: Rogues 09/07/09, 8:35 PM
Replies: 1,354
Views: 1,538,154
Posted By Kytrarewn
Planestalker Band is similarly tagged, and a...

Planestalker Band is similarly tagged, and a hunter in my guild confirms that she can wear both the normal and heroic versions, for whatever it's worth.
Forum: The Dung Heap 08/24/09, 12:52 AM
Replies: 30,094
Views: 1,873,227
Posted By Kytrarewn
That's entirely up to you. Personally, I've...

That's entirely up to you.

Personally, I've chosen to grab the 245ilvl ring, and pass on trophies for the next few weeks, especially dependent on how many tokens we see per boss in the heroic...
Forum: Rogues 08/23/09, 5:11 PM
Replies: 5,390
Views: 1,992,177
Posted By Kytrarewn
Don't let SnD ever fall, keep rupture running as...

Don't let SnD ever fall, keep rupture running as much as possible, eviscerate when you can.

The 3.8/5/5 cycle you're given is "ideal", which you're not going to find in any fight in Ulduar between...
Forum: Rogues 08/23/09, 4:21 PM
Replies: 3,201
Views: 3,815,829
Posted By Kytrarewn
Aldriana, just out of curiosity, what in your...

Aldriana, just out of curiosity, what in your modeling would change the value of 2pc T9 so much? I assume it has to do with the different cycle-modeling, going to a somewhat more "reactive"...
Forum: Rogues 08/20/09, 2:42 PM
Replies: 5,390
Views: 1,992,177
Posted By Kytrarewn
That's been my experience as well. Anything that...

That's been my experience as well. Anything that fucks with targeting or target name causes you to lose focus (Ie. if your target casts Mirror Image, is a DK who dies and comes back as a Ghoul or...
Forum: Rogues 08/16/09, 4:17 PM
Replies: 1,143
Views: 941,898
Posted By Kytrarewn
I think you're oversimplifying the "PvP Utility"...

I think you're oversimplifying the "PvP Utility" of FOK, which has led to this nerf.

In a single GCD, doing a 3 second lockout to anyone who happens to be casting, while at the same time applying...
Forum: Rogues 08/13/09, 5:02 PM
Replies: 3,201
Views: 3,815,829
Posted By Kytrarewn
The value of Armor Penetration goes up with the...

The value of Armor Penetration goes up with the amount of Armor Penetration you already have, including that from trinket procs.

Since you have neither Mjolnir's Runestone nor Grim Toll, agility is...
Forum: Rogues 08/13/09, 4:47 PM
Replies: 1,354
Views: 1,538,154
Posted By Kytrarewn
Personal feelings about how fast a weapon should...

Personal feelings about how fast a weapon should be do not outweigh mathematical realities. Plug both items into the spreadsheet, and you'll see Pyrite Infuser coming out well ahead despite the fact...
Forum: Rogues 08/11/09, 6:20 AM
Replies: 1,647
Views: 5,169,257
Posted By Kytrarewn
The mutilate numbers I put in, I accidentally...

The mutilate numbers I put in, I accidentally neglected Murder. With Murder, against murderable targets, we're hitting 9300 DPS mutilate vs. 9700DPS combat against all targets.

One thing to consider...
Forum: Rogues 08/10/09, 4:10 PM
Replies: 1,647
Views: 5,169,257
Posted By Kytrarewn
Running through Mavanas's DPS spreadsheet, it...

Running through Mavanas's DPS spreadsheet, it looks as though mutilate is about 10% behind Combat in 3.2 "looks like BIS right now?" gear.

That's 4pc heroic + offset heroic legs, two best rings,...
Forum: Rogues 08/08/09, 12:19 PM
Replies: 767
Views: 1,094,314
Posted By Kytrarewn
Just to make sure that you're using the sheet...

Just to make sure that you're using the sheet correctly, when you changed the gear over, you reran the simulation to its 300 iterations, right?

Any time you change the gear in the thing, you get an...
Forum: Rogues 08/07/09, 5:48 PM
Replies: 1,354
Views: 1,538,154
Posted By Kytrarewn
Speaking in terms of "Emblem of Triumph"...

Speaking in terms of "Emblem of Triumph" optimization, I've been considering throwing my first 35 badges (obviously it depends if something else drops in the meantime) to replace Strong-Handed Ring...
Forum: Rogues 07/19/09, 4:43 PM
Replies: 571
Views: 834,263
Posted By Kytrarewn
I've used /startattack since Burning Crusade, and...

I've used /startattack since Burning Crusade, and haven't had any issues with it.

Pre-BC, I had to set up some sort of fucked up macro with conditionals that I'm not even sure are still...
Forum: Rogues 07/18/09, 3:25 PM
Replies: 1,143
Views: 941,898
Posted By Kytrarewn
Is Blade Flurry capped as to the number of...

Is Blade Flurry capped as to the number of potential hits in addition to that?

Experimenting with the flower packs in Freya's room, my FOK was hitting 20, 22, 24 times while BF was only hitting 10,...
Forum: Rogues 07/13/09, 9:43 AM
Replies: 1,931
Views: 1,580,540
Posted By Kytrarewn
Ah, there you go. I had the wrong gem in my boots...

Ah, there you go. I had the wrong gem in my boots per the spreadsheet.

Funny thing, I think I made the same fuckup with Ald's spreadsheet back in early TBC, posted about it, and looked like a total...
Forum: Rogues 07/13/09, 9:09 AM
Replies: 1,931
Views: 1,580,540
Posted By Kytrarewn
Something's weird This is from my current...

Something's weird

This is from my current gearset with the Gem Upgrade button hit:

I can't think of any plausible reason why switching from a high DPS gem to a stam gem should boost my DPS by close...
Forum: Rogues 07/09/09, 2:21 PM
Replies: 1,354
Views: 1,538,154
Posted By Kytrarewn
Your Rogue has multiple 10 man (hint, not the...

Your Rogue has multiple 10 man (hint, not the good ones) and Naxxramas items remaining and has yet to tag a single keeper on 25 man. let alone a hardmode.

You should also probably fix your gems....
Forum: Rogues 07/06/09, 3:37 PM
Replies: 413
Views: 571,331
Posted By Kytrarewn
Err yeah... I was actually misunderstanding the...

Err yeah... I was actually misunderstanding the singed debuff moreso than toasty fire.

I was mistaken- 1500 non-crit average instant poison on a non-Hodir fight, 2043 average non-crit instant poison...
Forum: Rogues 07/06/09, 3:19 PM
Replies: 413
Views: 571,331
Posted By Kytrarewn
As mutilate, though, 5pt rupture is not entirely...

As mutilate, though, 5pt rupture is not entirely predictable, right?

If we say "4+" instead, with a "guess" of 50% of each (I really don't want to go through a full breakdown of "OK, ruthlessness...
Forum: Rogues 07/01/09, 4:48 PM
Replies: 604
Views: 264,395
Posted By Kytrarewn
Anyone ever have a SNAFU with Killing Spree on XT...

Anyone ever have a SNAFU with Killing Spree on XT hardmode?

My cloak was still off cooldown, and I somehow managed to drop a gravity bomb on the melee the other night. The only thing I can think of...
Forum: Rogues 06/27/09, 5:12 AM
Replies: 1,647
Views: 5,169,257
Posted By Kytrarewn
Do you use a faster offhand dagger than Sinister...

Do you use a faster offhand dagger than Sinister Revenge usually?
Forum: Rogues 06/24/09, 6:21 PM
Replies: 5,390
Views: 1,992,177
Posted By Kytrarewn
In your thrown weapon spec combat build, what do...

In your thrown weapon spec combat build, what do you put the "extra" point into? (alternately, what do you take the extra point out of).

To get past the 7th tier, I end up having to throw away a...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/23/09, 1:01 PM
Replies: 262
Views: 133,287
Posted By Kytrarewn
It's not pointless, but running all the way to...

It's not pointless, but running all the way to the raid is pretty dumb. For the sake of dispelling things like Plague or Apathy, that dispel is easily worth a couple seconds DPSing a corruptor, easy....
Forum: Public Discussion 06/23/09, 11:45 AM
Replies: 262
Views: 133,287
Posted By Kytrarewn
We just got our first kill last night, but one...

We just got our first kill last night, but one thing we found helpful for learning and brain DPS was "3rd Brain Phase is all or nothing- stay in till 30 or get MCed and kill the raid". "If everyone...
Forum: Rogues 06/20/09, 4:34 PM
Replies: 767
Views: 1,094,314
Posted By Kytrarewn
Nice catch... still, Chalon's an experienced...

Nice catch... still, Chalon's an experienced enough TCer (he drafted the very first Rogue DPS spreadsheet, and in fact I think the very first DPS spreadsheet for any class, back in the day) that he...
Forum: Rogues 06/19/09, 2:06 PM
Replies: 3,201
Views: 3,815,829
Posted By Kytrarewn
Yeah, i wasn't so much suggesting that I'd do...

Yeah, i wasn't so much suggesting that I'd do that immediately, so much as I was suggesting that if I absolutely couldn't give up my agi gems in favor of AP gems (especially when we start worrying...
Forum: Rogues 06/19/09, 3:14 AM
Replies: 3,201
Views: 3,815,829
Posted By Kytrarewn
Just per curiosity, if you're over the crit cap...

Just per curiosity, if you're over the crit cap 100% of the time anyway, and AP scores slightly higher "DPS per point" on most spreadsheets that I've viewed than Agility, why wouldn't you replace two...
Forum: Rogues 06/18/09, 6:51 PM
Replies: 1,354
Views: 1,538,154
Posted By Kytrarewn
Can it really? I probably looted 8 epic daggers...

Can it really? I probably looted 8 epic daggers over the course of 3.5 tiers of content in The Burning Crusade, and only ever equipped them when screwing around with that Hemo spec that seemed...
Forum: Rogues 06/18/09, 4:50 PM
Replies: 1,354
Views: 1,538,154
Posted By Kytrarewn
Yeah, I fail at reading today. That's exactly...

Yeah, I fail at reading today. That's exactly what he meant, and I misread it to mean "transformation" within the existing tier.

Apologies for my condescension to anyone involved.

EDIT: In any...
Forum: Rogues 06/18/09, 4:18 PM
Replies: 1,354
Views: 1,538,154
Posted By Kytrarewn
Dagger Spec x Fist Spec Sword Spec...

Dagger Spec x Fist Spec
Sword Spec x Axe Spec
Mace Spec x Mace Spec

Anything that entails moving an item vertically or diagonally along that chart (or for...
Forum: Rogues 06/18/09, 3:59 PM
Replies: 1,354
Views: 1,538,154
Posted By Kytrarewn
Stonerender's almost as good as Remorse, and...

Stonerender's almost as good as Remorse, and Caress of Insanity is significantly better than Malice.

Shaman still use 2 weapons, anyway. Obviously, you're the modelling guru, not me... but what am I...
Forum: Rogues 06/18/09, 3:44 PM
Replies: 1,354
Views: 1,538,154
Posted By Kytrarewn
I would definitely hope not. Screwing over every...

I would definitely hope not. Screwing over every combat rogue with Insanity's Grasp or Golden Saronite Dragon and a dagger OH using CQC would seem to be a little bit, well, over-the-edge.

Naxx...
Forum: Rogues 06/16/09, 7:14 AM
Replies: 1,647
Views: 5,169,257
Posted By Kytrarewn
It depends on the encounter of course. On some...

It depends on the encounter of course. On some encounters, the damage you're doing is damage that needs to be done. Say, Auriaya AoE packs, Freya detonating lashers/3pack, Thorim dwarves, Razorscale...
Forum: Rogues 06/15/09, 10:21 PM
Replies: 5,390
Views: 1,992,177
Posted By Kytrarewn
Yeah. Mage Mirror Image and death knights going...

Yeah. Mage Mirror Image and death knights going ghoul form will lose focus, too.
Forum: The Dung Heap 06/14/09, 4:11 PM
Replies: 30,094
Views: 1,873,227
Posted By Kytrarewn
I don't get it? What did you have instead of...

I don't get it? What did you have instead of blood spatter? Imp EA? Vigor? Fleet Footed? QR?

This is as far as I can get without Blood Spatter and keeping 'key DPS talents' in assassination, but...
Forum: The Dung Heap 06/14/09, 4:04 PM
Replies: 30,094
Views: 1,873,227
Posted By Kytrarewn
You should already have blood spatter in your...

You should already have blood spatter in your 51/13/7 spec, and per your armory, you do.
Forum: Rogues 06/14/09, 3:44 PM
Replies: 1,647
Views: 5,169,257
Posted By Kytrarewn
Yogg's P1 adds no longer cast mind control, per...

Yogg's P1 adds no longer cast mind control, per the "minor ulduar updates" from a few days ago, so that's a moot point.

Personally, though I don't have a dual-spec now, my second spec is probably...
Forum: Rogues 05/14/09, 2:19 PM
Replies: 1,354
Views: 1,538,154
Posted By Kytrarewn
Aldriana- when weighing ArP for Mutilate, did you...

Aldriana- when weighing ArP for Mutilate, did you consider getting to an equivalency point (without favored blades, of course) at which Eviscerate might be the stronger finisher than envenom given...
Forum: Rogues 05/05/09, 8:57 AM
Replies: 571
Views: 834,263
Posted By Kytrarewn
For what it's worth, in the Comments section for...

For what it's worth, in the Comments section for Cutup on Curse, someone linked a replacement Glutton module (HfB tracker) for Cutup:

Cutup - Addons - Curse...
Forum: Rogues 01/19/09, 10:37 AM
Replies: 308
Views: 80,411
Posted By Kytrarewn
You use the higher DPS weapon, higher speed being...

You use the higher DPS weapon, higher speed being preferred.

ilvl 213 1.4 or 1.5 dagger vs. ilvl 226 1.8 dagger? Use the ilvl 226 1.8 dagger for higher white DPS, better stats, bigger...
Forum: Rogues 01/09/09, 3:15 PM
Replies: 308
Views: 80,411
Posted By Kytrarewn
It wasn't so much SnD off dead targets as "SnD...

It wasn't so much SnD off dead targets as "SnD off dying targets". Bringing it to "SnD off of dead targets" would be helpful on fights like Gothik, perhaps, but overall would feel somewhat...
Forum: Rogues 01/09/09, 2:46 PM
Replies: 604
Views: 264,395
Posted By Kytrarewn
The "baseline DPS" for rogues has been fucked...

The "baseline DPS" for rogues has been fucked since Blizzard's internal testing through things like Master Poisoner, this mutilate double-proc, HAT, and any number of other little screwups along the...
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