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Forum: Paladins 10/01/08, 2:47 PM
Replies: 5,793
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Posted By JulianMaiev
Or a deep holy talent that exempts Flash of Light...

Or a deep holy talent that exempts Flash of Light from the Divine Plea debuff.
Forum: Public Discussion 09/25/08, 2:20 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 17,196
Posted By JulianMaiev
The clear solution: Charge for badges. Seriously.

The clear solution: Charge for badges.

Seriously.
Forum: Paladins 09/19/08, 4:50 PM
Replies: 2,705
Views: 901,834
Posted By JulianMaiev
There was a glyph for Exorcism at one point that...

There was a glyph for Exorcism at one point that turned it into an interrupt; they should be able to code it as castable on anything but only damage-dealing to undead and demons, and that's another...
Forum: Paladins 09/09/08, 10:14 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,808
Posted By JulianMaiev
What if as an additional effect on Eye for an...

What if as an additional effect on Eye for an Eye:

Whenever you lose mana to a spell or effect, the caster of that spell or effect loses double the percentage of their mana that you lost.

Or...
Forum: Paladins 09/02/08, 10:24 AM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,808
Posted By JulianMaiev
And druids now get 15% global damage reduction...

And druids now get 15% global damage reduction from Mother Bear, along with 26% stamina scaling. Maybe we shouldn't be asking for nerfs quite yet.
Forum: Public Discussion 08/29/08, 3:47 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,904,263
Posted By JulianMaiev
I believe you can improve on this as follows: 1)...

I believe you can improve on this as follows:

1) Prot Paladin
2) Frost/Blood DK specced into both Abom's Strength and Imp. Icy Talons (note: this may be an awful spec)
2) Arms Warrior
3) Fury...
Forum: Paladins 08/22/08, 11:26 AM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,808
Posted By JulianMaiev
Okay, here's an idea to make holies happier: 1)...

Okay, here's an idea to make holies happier:

1) Move Aura Mastery baseline. This is a good idea in any case.
2) Move Divine Favor to our 11-point Holy talent position and make it affect all spells...
Forum: Paladins 08/15/08, 11:40 AM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,808
Posted By JulianMaiev
You could just have whatever the penalty is for...

You could just have whatever the penalty is for being further than X away from the flag apply to the paladin as well. Maybe have the ability create the flag at your target's feet, so the onus is on...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/13/08, 9:45 AM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,904,263
Posted By JulianMaiev
In a world where our threat abilities look...

In a world where our threat abilities look like:

1) HotR (not silenceable)
2) Shield of the Righteous (not silenceable)
3) Seal damage (lasts for 2 minutes, doesn't go away every time we judge, so...
Forum: Paladins 08/12/08, 7:07 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,808
Posted By JulianMaiev
Here's another easy SoR solution that has been...

Here's another easy SoR solution that has been suggested a number of times in this thread: give it bonus threat, like Heroic Strike has, and scale back the damage coefficients.
Forum: Paladins 08/12/08, 6:58 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,808
Posted By JulianMaiev
Man, that makes Redoubt and Shield Spec almost...

Man, that makes Redoubt and Shield Spec almost completely unattractive.
Forum: Paladins 08/12/08, 6:06 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,808
Posted By JulianMaiev
How about just having paladin abilities scale...

How about just having paladin abilities scale with either AP or spell damage, but not both? Just take whichever is better.
Forum: Paladins 08/06/08, 1:49 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,808
Posted By JulianMaiev
I think you were talking specifically about the...

I think you were talking specifically about the situation where a holy/sheath build is healing on a tank here, but just my two cents-- I can see the HoT effect being very useful in situations where a...
Forum: Paladins 08/05/08, 8:40 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,808
Posted By JulianMaiev
I have to imagine that blowing up Demon Hunter...

I have to imagine that blowing up Demon Hunter Supplicants by the truckload is a reasonably effective way to get through a level or two, as well. Any comment on that versus questing?
Forum: Paladins 08/05/08, 8:22 AM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,808
Posted By JulianMaiev
It's actually less than a 5% threat increase,...

It's actually less than a 5% threat increase, because it doesn't increase threat gains from Spiritual Attunement.
Forum: Paladins 08/05/08, 12:06 AM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,808
Posted By JulianMaiev
Absolutely true, but many of the talents in early...

Absolutely true, but many of the talents in early ret are great tanking talents in their own right. Tier One is pretty terrible-- the mana savings from Benediction are not impressive, and while Imp...
Forum: Paladins 08/04/08, 9:07 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,808
Posted By JulianMaiev
Right, but that spec doesn't get all of the...

Right, but that spec doesn't get all of the things he listed, in that it doesn't get Reckoning and AD and Seals of the Pure at the same time.

I mean, there are real tradeoffs for going deeper in...
Forum: Paladins 08/04/08, 8:47 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,808
Posted By JulianMaiev
I admit to being baffled as to how you're getting...

I admit to being baffled as to how you're getting all those goodies in one spec, even if you sink 56 into prot. Are you not taking Deflection?
Forum: Paladins 08/04/08, 7:40 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,808
Posted By JulianMaiev
A build that looks like this-- 0/47/24--...

A build that looks like this-- 0/47/24-- (http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?talent=sZE0khx0drGqeoZxsg0bbzh) keeps all of the mitigation talents from prot, other than redoubt, imp shield spec, and 20% attack...
Forum: Paladins 08/04/08, 2:17 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,808
Posted By JulianMaiev
I fully expect to see strength all over our gear,...

I fully expect to see strength all over our gear, both paladin tanking sets and general tanking sets. All three of the plate tanking classes get significant threat from it, as well as a reasonable...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/12/08, 8:44 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,904,263
Posted By JulianMaiev
The crit rating change makes Elemental...

The crit rating change makes Elemental Devastation quite a bit more attractive for enhancement shammies, almost to the point where I'd expect the talent to be scaled back.
Forum: Paladins 02/22/08, 2:03 PM
Replies: 2,705
Views: 901,834
Posted By JulianMaiev
I haven't seen the fight yet, but I wouldn't be...

I haven't seen the fight yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if Seal of Blood works on him for us horde type when BoSpell Warding is up.

The seal (not the judgement, just the seal) can hit other things...
Forum: Paladins 01/15/08, 9:14 AM
Replies: 2,705
Views: 901,834
Posted By JulianMaiev
1) Depends on your gear level. Warriors pull...

1) Depends on your gear level. Warriors pull ahead at the very high end for single-target tanking, but paladin threat is plenty good until your DPS is very well-geared, and even then it's solid.

2)...
Forum: Class Mechanics 01/15/08, 8:58 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 11,747
Posted By JulianMaiev
This isn't even close to equal gear-- your...

This isn't even close to equal gear-- your warrior is far better geared than your paladin. Just saying.
Forum: Public Discussion 12/28/07, 9:34 PM
Replies: 1,172
Views: 259,330
Posted By JulianMaiev
You can't have any non-cockblock gearchecks in a...

You can't have any non-cockblock gearchecks in a world where you're trying to not have PvE geared people dominate the PvP world, at least not until there are many more stats that clearly are superior...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/25/07, 4:49 PM
Replies: 1,172
Views: 259,330
Posted By JulianMaiev
Increases in base raid DPS are magnified by WWS...

Increases in base raid DPS are magnified by WWS parses.

The more raid DPS you have, the shorter the fight is and the higher the percentage of the fight you have cooldowns active.
Forum: Public Discussion 12/21/07, 12:31 PM
Replies: 1,172
Views: 259,330
Posted By JulianMaiev
Well, one other option for making it attractive...

Well, one other option for making it attractive to continue to run t6 content is to make the number of drops from Sunwell bosses very small (and the relatively low number of bosses helps with...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/20/07, 11:30 PM
Replies: 1,172
Views: 259,330
Posted By JulianMaiev
The Kael info pretty much clinches it that Hyjal...

The Kael info pretty much clinches it that Hyjal attunement is going to get made easier or eliminated somehow.
Forum: Warriors 12/20/07, 10:32 AM
Replies: 2,271
Views: 1,861,739
Posted By JulianMaiev
He meant tank group.

He meant tank group.
Forum: Class Mechanics 12/18/07, 2:43 PM
Replies: 1,639
Views: 447,406
Posted By JulianMaiev
You mean, like some of your DPS dying? edit: If...

You mean, like some of your DPS dying?

edit: If you guys are going to sit here straight-faced and argue that absolutely nothing matters besides DPS, then that's fine.

I think you're wrong, and I...
Forum: Class Mechanics 12/18/07, 12:08 PM
Replies: 1,639
Views: 447,406
Posted By JulianMaiev
Greater survivability has a nonzero value. So...

Greater survivability has a nonzero value. So does greater DPS.

Trading off some DPS for survivability is a totally reasonable thing to do on some encounters. Kael isn't a gigantic DPS race; it's...
Forum: Class Mechanics 12/18/07, 11:30 AM
Replies: 1,639
Views: 447,406
Posted By JulianMaiev
So, basically, if that rogue is dying prematurely...

So, basically, if that rogue is dying prematurely more than about 1 in every 20 encounters, where Cheat Death would have saved him, then Subtlety is looking like a reasonable option. That really...
Forum: Class Mechanics 12/18/07, 11:07 AM
Replies: 1,639
Views: 447,406
Posted By JulianMaiev
So total raid DPS contribution from having your...

So total raid DPS contribution from having your Hemo rogue be deep Subtlety, specced into Cheat Death and not accounting for the possible increased DPS uptime from Shadowstep, is going to be between...
Forum: Paladins 12/15/07, 11:01 AM
Replies: 2,705
Views: 901,834
Posted By JulianMaiev
It's *much* more expensive to stack enough...

It's *much* more expensive to stack enough stamina to take another hit, in many cases, than it is to accept a % failure rate contingent on a bunch of other things going wrong. Maybe your healers are...
Forum: Paladins 12/14/07, 10:46 PM
Replies: 2,705
Views: 901,834
Posted By JulianMaiev
To my mind, avoidance as a mechanism to save...

To my mind, avoidance as a mechanism to save healer mana is a pretty unpersuasive argument. Healers don't go OOM anyway, and if they are you give them a SP; plus, it's *very* hard to measure how...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/14/07, 4:15 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 23,173
Posted By JulianMaiev
Cleanse is very much not what it used to be.

Cleanse is very much not what it used to be.
Forum: Class Mechanics 12/14/07, 4:01 PM
Replies: 1,639
Views: 447,406
Posted By JulianMaiev
If this is actually true of the difference...

If this is actually true of the difference between a normal static DPS rotation between Shadowstep and other builds, then Shadowstep should be quite a bit ahead in terms of actual raid performance...
Forum: Paladins 12/14/07, 2:32 PM
Replies: 2,705
Views: 901,834
Posted By JulianMaiev
This is obvious, but BV also scales insanely as...

This is obvious, but BV also scales insanely as the packets of incoming melee damage get smaller (and conversely is worse when they're bigger).

Ardent Defender has essentially the same scaling...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/14/07, 1:14 PM
Replies: 1,690
Views: 385,048
Posted By JulianMaiev
Telonicus goes down *fast* with a full raid on...

Telonicus goes down *fast* with a full raid on him. He's stationary and not at all aggro capped with a hunter tank.

We started off trying to kill him first, too, but basically we found that we only...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/14/07, 1:03 PM
Replies: 1,690
Views: 385,048
Posted By JulianMaiev
We took 4 nights to get Kael post-2.3; we...

We took 4 nights to get Kael post-2.3; we probably could have had it in three nights, but we panicked during p5 and our tank got punted up right before lapse expired.

Essentially, it took us one...
Forum: Paladins 12/11/07, 5:11 PM
Replies: 2,705
Views: 901,834
Posted By JulianMaiev
Honestly, if you go totally OOM OTing I think...

Honestly, if you go totally OOM OTing I think your best bet may be to repeatedly remove and reequip your weapon and shield so that you can get healed.

In my case, I'm punting 96 stamina or...
Forum: Paladins 12/11/07, 3:23 PM
Replies: 2,705
Views: 901,834
Posted By JulianMaiev
No. Mana comes from incoming damage. Intellect...

No. Mana comes from incoming damage.

Intellect is just about as relevant a stat for us as it is for shadow priests, whose mana comes from outgoing damage.

If you want more mana, figure out a way...
Forum: Paladins 12/10/07, 9:55 AM
Replies: 2,705
Views: 901,834
Posted By JulianMaiev
I'm going to pick up Imp BoM over Benediction...

I'm going to pick up Imp BoM over Benediction next time I respec. To be honest, the situations in which I'm manastarved aren't situations where judging is all that important anyway-- I'm...
Forum: Warriors 12/04/07, 11:46 AM
Replies: 2,271
Views: 1,861,739
Posted By JulianMaiev
This is true as far as it goes but if socketing...

This is true as far as it goes but if socketing some amount of +defense allows you to pick up a socket bonus it can change the math.
Forum: Paladins 11/26/07, 11:28 PM
Replies: 7,310
Views: 2,131,632
Posted By JulianMaiev
The tooltip wording is ambiguous, so I'm hoping...

The tooltip wording is ambiguous, so I'm hoping someone else has done the math on this:

What precisely does Imp SotC affect? Just attacks? Abilities? Spells?
Forum: Class Mechanics 11/26/07, 10:50 PM
Replies: 8,574
Views: 2,704,866
Posted By JulianMaiev
A quick search didn't find any math on this, but...

A quick search didn't find any math on this, but I might have missed it-- is it possible that an Elemental Devastation build could be viable assuming that you are casting frost shocks of some rank,...
Forum: Paladins 11/13/07, 5:54 PM
Replies: 2,705
Views: 901,834
Posted By JulianMaiev
This is precisely backwards. To make it through...

This is precisely backwards. To make it through bursts, you need to reduce the threat that a max burst poses (by reducing the damage it does or increasing your ability to soak it) rather than...
Forum: Paladins 11/13/07, 1:37 PM
Replies: 2,705
Views: 901,834
Posted By JulianMaiev
So your NR phase MT has 365 resistance without an...

So your NR phase MT has 365 resistance without an aura/totem?

On an unrelated topic, do we know yet whether or not +spell hit still affects RD, or if it's exclusively +hit now? This is pretty...
Forum: Class Mechanics 11/07/07, 3:10 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 7,487
Posted By JulianMaiev
Does this work with instant casts? As in, is...

Does this work with instant casts?

As in, is this viable for prot paladins?
Forum: Public Discussion 11/03/07, 2:14 PM
Replies: 961
Views: 218,528
Posted By JulianMaiev
This was in the patch notes as well; there will...

This was in the patch notes as well; there will be.
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