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Forum: Shamans 01/15/12, 9:51 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
Focused Insight Confusion

Futtër (http://eu.battle.net/wow/de/character/kelthuzad/Futt%C3%ABr/) writes on the german forums (http://eu.battle.net/wow/de/forum/topic/3161500962?page=2#21) on the topic of focused insights...
Forum: Shamans 01/05/12, 3:36 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
Shamans being negative on crit is a sad aftermath...

Shamans being negative on crit is a sad aftermath of Jynus' crusade against crit in his original 4.0.3 guide on the US forums I'm afraid.



As for this statement, the source is still there, but was...
Forum: Shamans 12/15/11, 8:50 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
That's the point. It always affects the whole...

That's the point. It always affects the whole batch. Either all, or none.
Forum: Shamans 12/12/11, 5:43 PM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
Yes, but the proc itself is shadow: Item - Dragon...

Yes, but the proc itself is shadow: Item - Dragon Soul - Proc - Int Spirit Mace 1H Heroic - Spell - World of Warcraft (http://www.wowhead.com/spell=109850)

But anyway, it's a very long shot that...
Forum: Shamans 12/12/11, 5:06 PM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
The drops are also present on Rustjives log. It's...

The drops are also present on Rustjives log. It's worth noting that if such a drop occurs, the whole proc is affected. Also the drop can be anywhere from 0% to 50%.

Long shot: Maybe the healer can...
Forum: The Dung Heap 12/11/11, 6:47 AM
Replies: 30,100
Views: 1,879,608
Posted By Aanzeijar
Double post, delete please

Double post, delete please
Forum: Shamans 12/11/11, 6:45 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
There are some weird drops in the procs healings...

There are some weird drops in the procs healings in your log. Is there a mortal strike mechanic I don't know of on Zonozz? For example:


[22:47:43.297] Zoyá Cleansing Flames Snipes +0 (O:...
Forum: Shamans 12/05/11, 3:07 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
Shatyros...

Shatyros (http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/forscherliga/shatyros/simple) provided me with a test for Heart of Unliving: The proc does not increase Mana Tide....
Forum: Shamans 12/02/11, 5:47 AM
Replies: 223
Views: 156,426
Posted By Aanzeijar
See...

See http://elitistjerks.com/f79/t121202-resto_raiding_4_1_updating_4_3_a/#Known_Shaman_Bugs_and_Oddities (first entry).
Forum: Shamans 12/01/11, 12:05 PM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
Same goes for Chaotic Shadowspirit Diamond.

Same goes for Chaotic Shadowspirit Diamond.
Forum: Shamans 11/30/11, 2:27 PM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
Since noone did it on PTR, check for bugs: -...

Since noone did it on PTR, check for bugs:
- Purification + Nature's Blessing bug seems to be fixed. Riptide on an OG guard did 2776 periodic without earth shield and 3276 with, resulting in 18%...
Forum: Shamans 11/27/11, 6:25 AM
Replies: 223
Views: 156,426
Posted By Aanzeijar
And pets. I don't know if this applies to...

And pets. I don't know if this applies to warlocks and hunters, but at least enhancer can BL their spirit wolves each time if enough shamans and mages are willing to contribute.
Forum: Shamans 11/24/11, 3:26 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 94,098
Posted By Aanzeijar
I wonder if they deem TC to have a skill cap too...

I wonder if they deem TC to have a skill cap too high for its power. If they'd fix mana regeneration right now, TC would either be made completely useless, or imbalanced in the hands of an...
Forum: Shamans 11/06/11, 5:32 PM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
Well it works as goblin if you can get DI form a...

Well it works as goblin if you can get DI form a warlock, and even one hardmode item would probably be enough to get it done with DI as non goblin.

I've tried to come up with a hypothetical scenario...
Forum: Shamans 10/30/11, 5:55 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
A little bit from all of it. There was never a...

A little bit from all of it. There was never a consensus that EP is a must have for TC in 4.1, and many shaman did raid without it, but on the other hand there still are voices to never take TC...
Forum: Shamans 10/28/11, 12:54 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 94,098
Posted By Aanzeijar
Most likely to compensate PVPers for getting...

Most likely to compensate PVPers for getting their totems killed.
Forum: Shamans 10/15/11, 5:21 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
Did I miss this one in the patch notes? Someone...

Did I miss this one in the patch notes? Someone on wowhead posted the same.



Ah, I didn't even cared about Darkglow before I pulled the data for this, thanks.

As for spirit to crit, it should be...
Forum: Shamans 10/14/11, 6:28 PM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
Mana Regen Collection

Sorry for the wait, this took longer than expected. I owe most of this to Amilie whose spreadsheet fed large portions of the calculations. Unfortunately Amilie thinks it is not good enough to be...
Forum: Shamans 10/04/11, 4:33 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
This is a statement that gets echoed a lot, and...

This is a statement that gets echoed a lot, and it's as wrong as it can get. The statement that hps are irrelevant comes from raiders who never face the situation that people will die unless you can...
Forum: Shamans 09/28/11, 5:03 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
On the contrary. Over the long run this will...

On the contrary. Over the long run this will actually be a HPS loss for us on fights like Beth'tilac. Since you'll have no trouble keeping the buff up, the mastery diminishing will be mostly...
Forum: Shamans 09/28/11, 3:59 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
I don't like this. This is exactly the change I...

I don't like this. This is exactly the change I did not want. Imagine you'd have had this change at Ragnaros 25h before all the nerfs. None of our problems there went away with this change. Instead...
Forum: Shamans 09/23/11, 2:24 PM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
On the state of mana regeneration theory.

I've looked around, and frankly, nearly all I can find about mana regen math can be summed up as: "If you need mana, stack spirit. Oh and here is the regen formula. It has a square root in it!"....
Forum: Shamans 09/09/11, 12:21 PM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
Mastery/Haste Breakpoint

Actovision (http://elitistjerks.com/members/32771-actovision/) pointed out that the mastery/haste breakpoint is wrong. Doing the math he provided and the original math again, I'm afraid he's correct,...
Forum: Shamans 09/07/11, 7:18 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
No it doesn't. Both are 10% increased healing,...

No it doesn't. Both are 10% increased healing, but it costs more than double the amount of haste rating to achieve than mastery. If haste would ever beat mastery at 1 HP in any context, mastery would...
Forum: Shamans 09/06/11, 3:12 PM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
10% haste means you get 10% more casts in the...

10% haste means you get 10% more casts in the same time, not 10% less cast time, so actually 10% haste would give you 1100. To boot, 10% haste would be 1280 rating.

10% mastery on the other hand are...
Forum: Shamans 08/16/11, 2:34 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
Yeah so much for screwing up math. I calculated...

Yeah so much for screwing up math. I calculated with 6620 fully buffed int, and about 3000 spirit, then it's closer to 8 mp5, but still. Editing post.

Edit: Maltese pointed out that I forgot to...
Forum: Shamans 08/15/11, 4:32 PM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
Meta Gems

When I did the first post I did not find any calculations for Revitalizing Shadowspirit Diamond. Last week Teshekru (http://eu.battle.net/wow/de/character/area-52/Teshekru/) posted some napkin math...
Forum: Shamans 07/16/11, 1:52 PM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
Haste Breakpoints

Good news everyone. Keldion (http://elitistjerks.com/members/293227-keldion/) included resto shaman breakpoints into the Warlock DOT Haste Spreadsheet, and the values he got match observations better...
Forum: Shamans 07/11/11, 8:19 PM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
I can confirm Kamileon's experience. In one...

I can confirm Kamileon's experience. In one particular try I got to 120 stacks in a little over 4 minutes with just RT/HW and an occasional GHW on the dps that tanked the Torment. I never had my...
Forum: Shamans 07/04/11, 3:06 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
Spirit stacking was already out of favor in late...

Spirit stacking was already out of favor in late 4.1 if with spirit stacking you mean putting 40 spirit gems in every socket and turning yourself into a mindless Mana Tide slave. The nerf to Mana...
Forum: Shamans 06/13/11, 5:30 PM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
I don't think I've come across the original...

I don't think I've come across the original research on this topic of Earthliving proc chances when I did the research for the first post. Does anyone remember where that was?
Forum: Shamans 05/26/11, 7:12 PM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
Purification troubles again.

It has been known for some time that UE interacts strangely with Riptide. It seems we should have tested this further after 4.1. Kipolle posted this on the german boards...
Forum: Shamans 05/23/11, 7:51 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
As Amilie said, it's even worse if you talented...

As Amilie said, it's even worse if you talented into Improved Shields. Currently IWS returns 1744 mana with IS, but Resurgence is only 2292. So it's only about 31% more than before.
Forum: Shamans 05/19/11, 7:51 PM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
I double checked your spreadsheet, and I get the...

I double checked your spreadsheet, and I get the same results Migosha. But these values are 4.2. Now is 4.1, and without the crit change the HPM for HS just dropped through the floor. For my ideal...
Forum: Shamans 05/18/11, 4:49 PM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
There was a hotfix tonight that nerfed Healing...

There was a hotfix tonight that nerfed Healing Surge by 20% both base and coef. I've got a confirmation on that from a GM.
Forum: Shamans 05/16/11, 9:57 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
I fear this will start a new wave of bad "only...

I fear this will start a new wave of bad "only ever heal the Riptide target" advice similar to the "never heal the beacon" stuff of the paladins. It is however nice to be able to chain over the tank...
Forum: Shamans 05/12/11, 7:04 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
You can take the coefs of GHW and HS from the...

You can take the coefs of GHW and HS from the first post, I verified them 2 days ago while I was testing accuracy of tooltips. My tests resulted in at least 3 significant digits being correct with...
Forum: Shamans 05/12/11, 6:00 AM
Replies: 370
Views: 2,195,017
Posted By Aanzeijar
But even then, recasting a Flame Shock early is a...

But even then, recasting a Flame Shock early is a dps loss, and if you've got the choice, then you wouldn't dream of casting Unleash or Thunderstorm. With glyph and 4pcT12 you can essentially always...
Forum: Shamans 05/12/11, 3:12 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
Based on the math of Jynus in R41#4 the health...

Based on the math of Jynus in R41#4 the health breakpoints for crit/mastery would be


multi target - 66.7%
single target - 46.7%


Also, I've locally modified the GHW/HS spreadsheet to use the...
Forum: Shamans 05/05/11, 6:22 PM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
T11 is not an option, but other bonuses from the...

T11 is not an option, but other bonuses from the same tier are.

On our farm raid this week (http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/rt-1lirsxib5tcyow3u/), I had 6.9% Chain Heal, with only 16 of those...
Forum: Shamans 05/05/11, 6:03 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
No I didn't forget that. I just took evidence...

No I didn't forget that. I just took evidence from the uptime of our 4pcT11 to get how often people would cast Riptide. 6s cd and 6s 4pcT11 would mean 100% uptime for optimum. I calculated with 50%...
Forum: Shamans 05/05/11, 3:31 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
Base Mana is 23430, 1% of that is 234.3 mana....

Base Mana is 23430, 1% of that is 234.3 mana. Each Riptide will have 8 opportunities to proc (below the second haste breakpoint), making it worth 234.3 * 8 * 0.4 = 749.76 mana. We also know from logs...
Forum: Shamans 05/04/11, 6:29 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
For everyone wanting to check this on WoL, here...

For everyone wanting to check this on WoL, here is a handy query to filter exactly what you need:


(spell="Water Shield" AND type=TYPE_GAIN and targetname = 'Aanzeijar') OR (type = TYPE_HEAL AND...
Forum: Shamans 05/03/11, 5:50 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
People reported issues with dropping Mana Shield...

People reported issues with dropping Mana Shield since the patch, so I think it's a bugfix. If it is indeed a nerf, it will show up on logs in the next few days.
Forum: Shamans 05/02/11, 9:55 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
See, this is how different 10mans and 25mans are....

See, this is how different 10mans and 25mans are. On 10mans, the last phase on Halfus is pretty easy, the tank is never in any danger of dying on the stuns. The greater problem ist that you only have...
Forum: Shamans 05/02/11, 6:51 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
That would be terrific for Halfus. Stand next to...

That would be terrific for Halfus. Stand next to the 15 stacks tank and spam healing into your Spark of Life inflated self.
Forum: Shamans 05/01/11, 5:56 PM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
Spirit Link Totem

Relevations mentioned it before (http://elitistjerks.com/f79/t121202-resto_raiding_4_1_a/p3/#post1918505), SLT cannot be resisted anymore. TotemForest has also evidence for it...
Forum: Shamans 04/30/11, 7:06 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
Earth Shield

I tested for Earth Shield coefficients after the patch, and there are some oddities, maybe someone can help me out here.

I used a spec without Improved Shields but with Nature's Blessing and Spark...
Forum: Shamans 04/29/11, 2:45 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
Before 4.1 this was also the case in my logs. My...

Before 4.1 this was also the case in my logs. My highest AA percentages were Omnotron and Magmaw hard, with up to 9.2% AA. Both are interesting samples because the mechanics allow me to use spell...
Forum: Shamans 04/28/11, 3:18 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,447,097
Posted By Aanzeijar
Some quick observations: - Ancestral Awakening...

Some quick observations:

- Ancestral Awakening now seems to be exactly 30% after 6% from Spark of Life.
- They still did not fix the tooltip error of HST, it still scales with spell power there.
-...
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