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Forum: The Dung Heap 01/29/10, 10:48 AM
Replies: 30,094
Views: 1,873,227
Posted By Mendoza
It's in the stat ratings in the first post, but...

It's in the stat ratings in the first post, but essentially ArP is better than crit if you're not using 4T9 or have a high (mostly 264) ilvl, due to the ArP that's all over 264 gear.
Forum: Public Discussion 01/20/10, 11:43 AM
Replies: 210
Views: 159,582
Posted By Mendoza
It doesn't particularly matter if the OT gets...

It doesn't particularly matter if the OT gets bitten (other than it being more desirable for it to be a high dps raid member). It very much matters if your MT gets bitten. Most likely she'll bite...
Forum: Death Knights 01/20/10, 9:03 AM
Replies: 3,498
Views: 6,211,314
Posted By Mendoza
I think you've answered your own question there....

I think you've answered your own question there. If it was double dipping they'd hotfix it pretty damn quick once unholy DKs were doing 20% (or whatever) more damage than everyone else as a vampire....
Forum: Death Knights 01/11/10, 11:24 AM
Replies: 3,498
Views: 6,211,314
Posted By Mendoza
[QUOTE=dr_AllCOM3;1519290]Plus in many fights...

[QUOTE=dr_AllCOM3;1519290]Plus in many fights there are opportunities where you can safely summon your army or you just summon it right before the pull. When running from Rotface's poo pooQUOTE]

I...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/08/10, 9:09 AM
Replies: 228
Views: 86,488
Posted By Mendoza
It seems to me that the buff will be there purely...

It seems to me that the buff will be there purely to allow increasingly bad raids to beat the content so that everyone can eventually see it. With that in mind, I imagine that the penalty for non...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/17/09, 9:20 AM
Replies: 223
Views: 119,475
Posted By Mendoza
There was a blue post on this - Ionar will only...

There was a blue post on this - Ionar will only disperse once per fight, and similarly the final boss in Drak'tharon Keep will only turn you into skeletons once per fight.
Forum: Death Knights 12/14/09, 7:48 PM
Replies: 3,498
Views: 6,211,314
Posted By Mendoza
No, currently autoattack is outdamaging scourge...

No, currently autoattack is outdamaging scourge strike, at least at t9 gear levels on Saurfang. I had 24.5% melee damage, 11.2% SS (physical) and 11.4% SS (shadow). Which still put SS way ahead of...
Forum: Death Knights 10/07/09, 7:54 PM
Replies: 3,498
Views: 6,211,314
Posted By Mendoza
Maybe I'm missing something but is there any...

Maybe I'm missing something but is there any point to the bonus damage per disease in the new SS being shadow as opposed to physical or anything else? Unless it differs from necrosis and does double...
Forum: Death Knights 10/06/09, 10:22 AM
Replies: 3,498
Views: 6,211,314
Posted By Mendoza
GoIT is not bugged; I don't use HoW and still...

GoIT is not bugged; I don't use HoW and still have enough RP for 2 DC's every 10s. As someone else mentioned the RP from the glyph is gained slightly after the RP from the IT cast.

As for having 1...
Forum: The Dung Heap 07/10/09, 9:38 AM
Replies: 30,094
Views: 1,873,227
Posted By Mendoza
If you mean that when you have one death rune on...

If you mean that when you have one death rune on CD, and one available blood rune, and that tapping causes the death rune to come off cooldown and the blood rune to become a death rune, then yes this...
Forum: Death Knights 07/09/09, 11:20 AM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,666,364
Posted By Mendoza
Unholy also gets far more benefit out of the...

Unholy also gets far more benefit out of the disease buff than the other trees - 15% extra disease damage is a 2.5-3% increase which should offset the SS nerf even before the UB change is taken into...
Forum: Death Knights 06/23/09, 4:45 AM
Replies: 1,333
Views: 1,251,603
Posted By Mendoza
Yes, that is basically a much simpler way of...

Yes, that is basically a much simpler way of saying it :).
Forum: Death Knights 06/22/09, 7:05 PM
Replies: 1,333
Views: 1,251,603
Posted By Mendoza
You can't 'cheat' with the UB stacking (aside...

You can't 'cheat' with the UB stacking (aside from a known bug, but I'll ignore that). It's not possible to do bonus damage by casting DC whilst you still have UB up. The way ignite / deep wounds /...
Forum: Death Knights 06/20/09, 8:21 PM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,666,364
Posted By Mendoza
I don't think anyone uses PS-IT over IT-PS in...

I don't think anyone uses PS-IT over IT-PS in practice though. It's false economy to delay your first rune by 1 GCD just so you get an extra 10% damage or whatever on IT. Unless it's something like...
Forum: Death Knights 06/19/09, 10:19 PM
Replies: 1,333
Views: 1,251,603
Posted By Mendoza
Except your maths is wrong (and a fight with a...

Except your maths is wrong (and a fight with a 17% crit rate on DC, really?). The number of DC casts you've made is skewed by your gargoyle casts - in each case you've chosen to sacrifice DC's for...
Forum: Death Knights 06/19/09, 12:47 PM
Replies: 1,333
Views: 1,251,603
Posted By Mendoza
The problem is it flies in the face of existing...

The problem is it flies in the face of existing DK design. Each tree has an new ability that supercedes an existing one (BS -> HS, OB-> SS, DC-> FS) and each has a talent for converting your weakest...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/19/09, 7:10 AM
Replies: 621
Views: 266,379
Posted By Mendoza
The encounter mechanics themselves could be...

The encounter mechanics themselves could be dramatically different, but the characters you fight can't be really. Blizz's stated objective is that everyone gets to fight Arthas (so much as 'everyone'...
Forum: Death Knights 06/19/09, 6:37 AM
Replies: 1,333
Views: 1,251,603
Posted By Mendoza
That doesn't work as you have the same rune for...

That doesn't work as you have the same rune for IT and PS.

I was thinking more along the lines of

BS PS SS (dump) IT BS
SS SS (dump) SS (dump)

which would give you ~100% uptime. It does...
Forum: Death Knights 06/10/09, 12:32 PM
Replies: 1,333
Views: 1,251,603
Posted By Mendoza
You don't gain an extra GCD with the UB glyph,...

You don't gain an extra GCD with the UB glyph, you just get to spend on of your UB GCDs and RP on a death coil. You lose a GCD every 80 seconds or so with the IT glyph as you're gaining RP but have...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/02/09, 7:26 PM
Replies: 816
Views: 317,576
Posted By Mendoza
That's not really a good example though. Most 10...

That's not really a good example though. Most 10 man fights are going to favour whichever type of dps you have most of, since in general melee bring melee buffs and casters bring caster buffs. This...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/01/09, 1:54 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,449,462
Posted By Mendoza
It's all pretty inconsistent in that sense...

It's all pretty inconsistent in that sense though. Death knights should be all forsaken by conventional logic, whether it be in alignment or racial abilities or whatever.

Probably the best way to...
Forum: The Dung Heap 05/12/09, 5:50 AM
Replies: 177
Views: 168,465
Posted By Mendoza
I can't help feeling this is all backwards. XT is...

I can't help feeling this is all backwards. XT is a terrible measure of dps because as several people have said, your dps is so based on your overall raid dps (which is partly true of any fight -...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/01/09, 6:18 AM
Replies: 816
Views: 317,576
Posted By Mendoza
It's not even that - you have to kill both arms...

It's not even that - you have to kill both arms then Kologarn within the same 12 seconds. If more than 12 seconds pass between killing the first arm and him dying then you don't get it (we found this...
Forum: The Dung Heap 04/22/09, 7:43 PM
Replies: 177
Views: 168,465
Posted By Mendoza
Sorry, but this just isn't true, XT002 dps is all...

Sorry, but this just isn't true, XT002 dps is all about what percentage of the time the heart is exposed, which is all about the raid's dps rather than your personal dps. In an ideal situation you...
Forum: Death Knights 04/21/09, 11:09 AM
Replies: 1,333
Views: 1,251,603
Posted By Mendoza
The most interesting question for me is how you...

The most interesting question for me is how you have so many disease ticks - you should have about 120 of each for a 6 minute fight and have about double that. I guess it's from disease and...
Forum: Death Knights 04/21/09, 10:05 AM
Replies: 840
Views: 708,340
Posted By Mendoza
I don't think it's comparable to unexpected specs...

I don't think it's comparable to unexpected specs like IT spam - whilst 44/0/27 may be better than 51/0/20 it's not going to be that much better because of how much you lose from blood gorged and...
Forum: Death Knights 04/21/09, 9:55 AM
Replies: 1,333
Views: 1,251,603
Posted By Mendoza
The effort of remembering to use ghoul frenzy and...

The effort of remembering to use ghoul frenzy and the chance for it to mess up rotations has led to me to drop it for a passive talent (in this case IUP). I just don't feel the theoretical dps...
Forum: Death Knights 04/21/09, 7:57 AM
Replies: 840
Views: 708,340
Posted By Mendoza
15/40 * 3000 = 1312.5. Although that still puts...

15/40 * 3000 = 1312.5. Although that still puts impurity ahead.




I play unholy (0/10/61) but am using blood (51/0/20) as my second spec for whenever we don't have another blood DK / enh shaman....
Forum: Public Discussion 04/17/09, 8:44 AM
Replies: 816
Views: 317,576
Posted By Mendoza
At least in 25 man gear getting the 10 man...

At least in 25 man gear getting the 10 man version into hard mode was pretty easy - we had to hold off at a few percent on the heart to prevent it. As to the dps requirements it really comes down to...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/16/09, 8:10 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,449,462
Posted By Mendoza
I'm not (and I don't think anyone is) claiming it...

I'm not (and I don't think anyone is) claiming it was an attack by the Horde. But it was an attack by members of the Horde, which makes the Horde negligent in failing to prevent it (as mentioned...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/16/09, 11:32 AM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,449,462
Posted By Mendoza
The Culling of Stratholme isn't Arthas being...

The Culling of Stratholme isn't Arthas being deliberately malevolent, and no one has ever put forward an alternative to culling the city - you can very easily argue that Arthas was in the right. In...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/16/09, 10:35 AM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,449,462
Posted By Mendoza
Arthas leading an undead army against his own...

Arthas leading an undead army against his own people and then subsequently other races is an entirely different proposition to a group of Forsaken who at the time were members of the Horde, even if...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/15/09, 8:00 AM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,449,462
Posted By Mendoza
** double post **

** double post **
Forum: Public Discussion 04/15/09, 8:00 AM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,449,462
Posted By Mendoza
As a horde player I can't objectively defend the...

As a horde player I can't objectively defend the horde or it's leaders.

For starters, in vanilla WoW there are numerous quests from at least the orcs, trolls and forsaken that have you killing...
Forum: Death Knights 04/15/09, 5:39 AM
Replies: 1,333
Views: 1,251,603
Posted By Mendoza
So I was being an idiot and the scaling on DC...

So I was being an idiot and the scaling on DC should be 15% = 1.15 (glyph of DD) x 1.15 (morbidity) = 19.8% scaling. Although factoring in that DC can crit the overall scaling between it and UB...
Forum: Death Knights 04/14/09, 4:44 PM
Replies: 1,333
Views: 1,251,603
Posted By Mendoza
I don't think it's been explicitly mentioned...

I don't think it's been explicitly mentioned anywhere, but with the new glyph of dark death does DC not now entirely replace UB for single target dps?

As per the first post UB gets a 1.3% AP...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/18/09, 5:10 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,449,462
Posted By Mendoza
That's exactly what I thought. When Kil'jaeden...

That's exactly what I thought. When Kil'jaeden imprisoned Ner'zhul in the Frozen Throne he made him incredibly powerful, but presumably with any great affinity for necromancy. Possibly because he...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/06/08, 7:06 AM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,411
Posted By Mendoza
Why does less raid damage automatically equal...

Why does less raid damage automatically equal trivial? It would do if you took the same number of healers as before, but if you change the numbers to force you to bring more dps, then you don't have...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/05/08, 6:35 PM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,411
Posted By Mendoza
The problem is the 'more comfortable' part. You...

The problem is the 'more comfortable' part. You could do the fights with 5 healers, but why would you when it's much less risky with a couple more. The fights don't force you to take only 5 healers...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/02/08, 8:34 PM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,411
Posted By Mendoza
That's a totally backward way of looking at it....

That's a totally backward way of looking at it. Talent trees don't have an even distribution because raids demand that you bring skewed numbers of specs so people have to spec that way, not because...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/02/08, 4:34 PM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,411
Posted By Mendoza
Perhaps; it really depends how much relative...

Perhaps; it really depends how much relative threat we're going be generating in WotLK. But consider the new Mark of Divinity ability which means that you can be passively healing the MT for 30-40%...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/01/08, 7:07 AM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,411
Posted By Mendoza
How balanced is it when you have 11 / 25 people...

How balanced is it when you have 11 / 25 people healing when only 5 / 30 talent trees are healing orientated? It makes no more sense than requiring fights to have 10 tanks.

I like the 'stand in fire...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/01/08, 6:36 AM
Replies: 1,901
Views: 880,951
Posted By Mendoza
I'm assuming Blizz are smart enough to code...

I'm assuming Blizz are smart enough to code things so that if you can make a Flask of Pure Death, you get the blood bonus from a Shattrath Flask of Pure Death too.
Forum: Public Discussion 06/07/07, 1:40 PM
Replies: 247
Views: 42,762
Posted By Mendoza
You seem to be looking at this from one angle...

You seem to be looking at this from one angle only.

10 retri paladins can't do the job if you want adequate dps.

From first principles, class is a far better way to consider raid spots than role....
Forum: Public Discussion 11/16/06, 7:06 PM
Replies: 3,344
Views: 702,053
Posted By Mendoza
Didn't AoE spells also get changed so that they...

Didn't AoE spells also get changed so that they recieved the same bonus from +dmg as non AoE spells, relative to their cast time? If so, this just seems like a balance against that change.

Obviously...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/16/06, 5:56 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,259
Posted By Mendoza
It is always fun to discuss about out how a spec...

It is always fun to discuss about out how a spec functions and developes. Especially in this particular case, where it seems to work in a different way than all other offensive caster builds...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/16/06, 4:06 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,259
Posted By Mendoza
As far as our scaling goes, Blizz say pretty...

As far as our scaling goes, Blizz say pretty regularly these days that they have levels of dps they want each spec to achieve. So if they want us to do 80% of the dps of a mage for example, then our...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/15/06, 7:09 PM
Replies: 1,005
Views: 98,426
Posted By Mendoza
I'm sure someone will be able to point out one,...

I'm sure someone will be able to point out one, but I don't recall any other tree for any other class being a "one" tree. The very idea runs counter to the idea of talent trees, that being to...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/04/06, 2:34 PM
Replies: 1,005
Views: 98,426
Posted By Mendoza
This is an even sillier argument really - inner...

This is an even sillier argument really - inner focus is available to a full holy or full shadow priest, therefore it's not a reason to spec disc.

It also exposes the second flaw of the discipline...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/03/06, 4:13 PM
Replies: 1,005
Views: 98,426
Posted By Mendoza
Many priests speccing disc (if that's even true)...

Many priests speccing disc (if that's even true) doesn't necessarily make them right. Certainly mental strength gives poor returns once you start to raid and only looks appealing if you tend to burst...
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