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Forum: Death Knights 01/17/12, 9:51 AM
Replies: 577
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Posted By Kurg
Couple of things to keep in mind if people...

Couple of things to keep in mind if people actually want to give 2-hand frost w/ 403 Gurth a try;
- You need to drop a lot of haste. There is too much RP generation with standard levels of haste and...
Forum: Death Knights 01/16/12, 6:53 PM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,731
Posted By Kurg
I was finally able to get a LFR log to compare...

I was finally able to get a LFR log to compare 2-hand frost w/ Gurthalak vs. 1-hand frost w/ 2x heroic Hand of Morchok. I only logged the Morchok and Zon'ozz once each; couldn't stand waiting in the...
Forum: Death Knights 01/11/12, 9:04 AM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,731
Posted By Kurg
I have similar anecdotal evidence to the above. ...

I have similar anecdotal evidence to the above. I played around with 2h with Gurth on the dummy (10 million damage bouts) and LFR Morchok. I used a mastery heavy gear set (18.5 mastery, 13% haste)...
Forum: Death Knights 01/06/12, 7:46 AM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,731
Posted By Kurg
Because you are basing your opinions on the...

Because you are basing your opinions on the simulation, for which reaction times are not an issue. Even with a flawless execution the build is only very slightly ahead. That is why I mentioned that...
Forum: Death Knights 01/05/12, 11:19 AM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,731
Posted By Kurg
It isn't more DPS. Even your simulation data...

It isn't more DPS. Even your simulation data demonstrates less than 0.5% difference. That may be statistically significant (depending on your iteration count) but it isn't functionally significant....
Forum: Death Knights 12/28/11, 11:47 AM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,731
Posted By Kurg
I think we should differentiate between mastery...

I think we should differentiate between mastery favoring builds and "masterfrost" priority systems. I have switched to a mastery-priority gear set up, but I still largely use a standard attack...
Forum: Death Knights 12/09/11, 3:53 PM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,731
Posted By Kurg
First raid with the T13 4-piece last night. ...

First raid with the T13 4-piece last night. Couple of thoughts

-The 2-piece really makes a haste heavy set-up difficult. I found myself resource capped quite often, indicating a need to drop...
Forum: Death Knights 12/01/11, 8:44 AM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,731
Posted By Kurg
Can you post a combat log or something similar?...

Can you post a combat log or something similar? No one I know has one yet, but if you are only getting 3.46ppm Souldrinker shouldn't beat Hand of Morchok. My math suggested 6ppm was required to beat...
Forum: Death Knights 09/21/11, 8:15 AM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,731
Posted By Kurg
Here are a few random Baleroc parses (to...

Here are a few random Baleroc parses (to guarantee up time) where a GCD under 1 second is apparent; it isn't just spells either, frost strikes and obliterates are hitting less than 1 second apart....
Forum: Death Knights 09/20/11, 9:43 AM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,731
Posted By Kurg
I was under the impression that haste does not...

I was under the impression that haste does not lower the GCD below 1 second. However after reviewing logs from recent highly ranked fights many players appear to have a GCD in the 0.91 - 0.97 second...
Forum: Death Knights 09/20/11, 9:18 AM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,731
Posted By Kurg
With regard to strength DPS gear, tier 11 was...

With regard to strength DPS gear, tier 11 was LOADED with haste/mastery combinations. Warriors were understandably upset at this, but DK's were very happy. Now T12 is the opposite; most pieces...
Forum: Death Knights 09/14/11, 7:56 AM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,731
Posted By Kurg
His attacks are just hitting for ~60% more than...

His attacks are just hitting for ~60% more than they should. Critical strike percentages, total number of attacks, DoT uptime, etc. all seem normal. There is just no possible way that his...
Forum: Death Knights 08/03/11, 12:01 PM
Replies: 515
Views: 1,786,165
Posted By Kurg
There appears to be some sort of bug associated...

There appears to be some sort of bug associated with several Baleroc parses, from multiple classes. Some have attributed it to an unidentified buff from the trash immediately preceding the entrance...
Forum: Death Knights 07/27/11, 10:37 AM
Replies: 515
Views: 1,786,165
Posted By Kurg
I am wondering if sitting on KM procs while...

I am wondering if sitting on KM procs while waiting for an available obliterate is really the best strategy. Having played 2-handed frost for my entire DK career I never sat on procs at all; I fired...
Forum: Death Knights 07/14/11, 9:28 AM
Replies: 515
Views: 1,786,165
Posted By Kurg
I don't think it is accurate to model all...

I don't think it is accurate to model all trinkets with a PoF/RotFC modifier, even accounting for activity probability. You are still going to have a fairly large SE over 10,000 simulations with...
Forum: Warriors 06/21/11, 9:49 AM
Replies: 1,077
Views: 2,538,234
Posted By Kurg
If the DK is pulling you might try talking him...

If the DK is pulling you might try talking him into using the glyph of Dancing Rune Weapon. If he is using the glyph and you wait ~5-8 seconds for him to generate the runic power needed to use DRW...
Forum: Warriors 03/01/11, 12:49 PM
Replies: 1,077
Views: 2,538,234
Posted By Kurg
Although the changes to Flurry amount to a...

Although the changes to Flurry amount to a substantial damage buff, both via extra white damage and further heroic strike rage conversions, it only exacerbates the weakness of haste as a secondary...
Forum: The Dung Heap 02/02/11, 10:12 AM
Replies: 30,103
Views: 1,886,072
Posted By Kurg
Trying to reach the hit hard cap isn't advisable...

Trying to reach the hit hard cap isn't advisable now, let alone in 4.0.6. The "base" rotation of BT, RB and Slam is easily maintained by 8% hit when raid buffed. Additional hit past this simply...
Forum: Warriors 01/25/11, 8:46 AM
Replies: 1,077
Views: 2,538,234
Posted By Kurg
With the large buffs to our rotational attacks I...

With the large buffs to our rotational attacks I don't believe that execute spam will provide the best damage output. BT, RB, and slam all received very large buffs, and though execute is...
Forum: Warriors 10/16/10, 10:13 AM
Replies: 560
Views: 490,957
Posted By Kurg
Shorter test, but 0 dodges at 173...

Shorter test, but 0 dodges at 173 expertise:

Crits: 1580 36.4%
Hit: 1470 33.9%
Glancing: 1026 23.9%
Miss: 249 5.7%
Dodge: 0

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Forum: Warriors 08/03/10, 3:39 PM
Replies: 560
Views: 490,957
Posted By Kurg
I would like to know how heroic strike is working...

I would like to know how heroic strike is working right now. With 3/3 incite, after you get the first HS crit all subsequent heroic strikes look to be critical strikes as well. Does HS hit hard...
Forum: The Dung Heap 07/01/10, 6:25 PM
Replies: 30,103
Views: 1,886,072
Posted By Kurg
Only that it will help "regenerate resources...

Only that it will help "regenerate resources faster". Which seems okay for other classes; energy, mana, and runes all return faster. But since we don't have any passive power gain, the only way it...
Forum: Warriors 06/15/10, 12:31 PM
Replies: 3,232
Views: 2,612,161
Posted By Kurg
You know I have always noticed that I don't miss...

You know I have always noticed that I don't miss nearly as much as I should, but looking at recent logs its pretty astounding how low the miss rate has become

Melee strike breakdown our last ICC...
Forum: Warriors 06/15/10, 11:59 AM
Replies: 560
Views: 490,957
Posted By Kurg
Relentless bloodrage appears to increase the...

Relentless bloodrage appears to increase the duration of bloodrage by 10/20 seconds, leaving bloodrage with a total duration of 40.3 seconds (and looks like the base duration of bloodrage was also...
Forum: Warriors 06/10/10, 11:39 AM
Replies: 560
Views: 490,957
Posted By Kurg
Well that alpha tree definitely suggests that a...

Well that alpha tree definitely suggests that a serious raiding fury warrior will be using both his/her talent specs on fury; one for single target and one for multi-target. Imp. cleave and imp. WW...
Forum: Warriors 06/10/10, 9:18 AM
Replies: 560
Views: 490,957
Posted By Kurg
Another question; will the damage bonuses from...

Another question; will the damage bonuses from Fury in the Blood and Wrecking Crew stack with Deathwish? A 40% increase in damage, even if only for 15-20 seconds (depending on the duration of...
Forum: The Dung Heap 04/30/10, 7:45 AM
Replies: 30,103
Views: 1,886,072
Posted By Kurg
The "size" of your deep wounds ticks are not...

The "size" of your deep wounds ticks are not directly indicative of doing more damage. If say over a 30 second period you land 5 crits in the first 10 seconds and none for the remaining 20 seconds,...
Forum: Warriors 04/22/10, 3:03 PM
Replies: 3,232
Views: 2,612,161
Posted By Kurg
I'm seriously debating the benefit of Tuskarr's...

I'm seriously debating the benefit of Tuskarr's Vitality/Cat's Swiftness vs. icewalker/greater assault for us. I have always used a run speed enchant up until a few days ago, but after switching I...
Forum: Warriors 04/01/10, 2:52 PM
Replies: 3,232
Views: 2,612,161
Posted By Kurg
Another thing to consider with respect to rend;...

Another thing to consider with respect to rend; make sure you have a feral druid or arms warrior in the raid, or much of the benefit of rending is lost due to lack of +30% bleed damage.

I am also...
Forum: Warriors 03/22/10, 11:15 AM
Replies: 3,232
Views: 2,612,161
Posted By Kurg
Question for those who have defeated heroic 25man...

Question for those who have defeated heroic 25man Blood Princes; does the damage from shadow prison warrant speccing into improved intercept in order to reduce movement time? Seems that on normal...
Forum: The Dung Heap 03/18/10, 4:51 PM
Replies: 30,103
Views: 1,886,072
Posted By Kurg
Not sure what you are getting at here. Even with...

Not sure what you are getting at here. Even with the faster speed the weapon damage on heroic Cryptmaker is greater than Shadow's Edge. Your specials will still hit harder with h-Cryptmaker. But...
Forum: Warriors 03/17/10, 6:40 PM
Replies: 3,232
Views: 2,612,161
Posted By Kurg
Using WW and cleave at all during the add phase...

Using WW and cleave at all during the add phase is still very risky, dps increase or not. In my experience you still have to wait a few seconds at least until ranged get aggro, or WW will pull them....
Forum: Warriors 03/17/10, 2:40 PM
Replies: 3,232
Views: 2,612,161
Posted By Kurg
No, WW and cleave are subject to the penalty. I...

No, WW and cleave are subject to the penalty. I never cleave the adds, but I will hit WW and it never lands for more than 200-300 on the adds.
Forum: Warriors 02/24/10, 10:27 PM
Replies: 3,232
Views: 2,612,161
Posted By Kurg
I am in ICC right now, and I just had 2...

I am in ICC right now, and I just had 2 intercepts trigger "evade" on the tacticians leading up to Blood Prince Council and Blood Queen. In both cases, not only did the damage and stun fail, but my...
Forum: The Dung Heap 02/18/10, 9:48 AM
Replies: 30,103
Views: 1,886,072
Posted By Kurg
I think the difference between SA, faerie fire,...

I think the difference between SA, faerie fire, etc. and armor penetration rating is somewhat vague. Going by the tool tips, SA reduces boss armor by 20%, while armor penetration rating ignores ...
Forum: Warriors 01/12/10, 1:15 PM
Replies: 3,232
Views: 2,612,161
Posted By Kurg
Imp. intercept appears to be a very useful talent...

Imp. intercept appears to be a very useful talent so far in ICC, with the amount of movement required for most of these bosses. However, I still wouldn't part with imp. cleave. 3/3 in imp. cleave...
Forum: Warriors 01/11/10, 11:39 AM
Replies: 3,232
Views: 2,612,161
Posted By Kurg
The T10 2-piece up time seems to vary a great...

The T10 2-piece up time seems to vary a great deal depending on the fight. I have to get guild permission to post the logs, but here is what I saw from our last raid

Rotface: 2 procs, 6.9% uptime...
Forum: Warriors 01/06/10, 5:08 PM
Replies: 2,923
Views: 3,330,857
Posted By Kurg
The question now......is there an easy way to...

The question now......is there an easy way to adjust the change to DBW on the spreadsheet? This is a significant change that will (likely) alter the gearing/gemming strategies for many of us, so it...
Forum: Warriors 01/05/10, 11:57 AM
Replies: 3,232
Views: 2,612,161
Posted By Kurg
The "crit cap" is only relevant for white hits. ...

The "crit cap" is only relevant for white hits. With the amount of hit on ICC gear it is going to be very difficult to stay below 200 hit rating, and as our hit rating goes up the crit cap is going...
Forum: Warriors 01/04/10, 1:36 PM
Replies: 2,923
Views: 3,330,857
Posted By Kurg
It might be that the T9 4-piece is a bit...

It might be that the T9 4-piece is a bit overvalued. Switching out my T9 legs/gloves for Legplates of Painful Death and Gatecrasher gauntlets (and adjusting for the big drop in expertise) is...
Forum: Warriors 12/22/09, 7:57 PM
Replies: 3,232
Views: 2,612,161
Posted By Kurg
I am very interested to see where the Herkuml War...

I am very interested to see where the Herkuml War Token is going to end up on the trinket hierarchy. Its value will be higher for us in comparison to DKs as we will get it stacked to 20 a bit faster...
Forum: Warriors 12/09/09, 3:30 PM
Replies: 3,232
Views: 2,612,161
Posted By Kurg
Power Auras is working correctly. You can...

Power Auras is working correctly.

You can configure sound effects on Power Auras to provide the same sound as that of Slam Alert. Go into the "sound" file of the Slam Alert folder. Extract the...
Forum: The Dung Heap 12/08/09, 11:11 AM
Replies: 30,103
Views: 1,886,072
Posted By Kurg
IMO, improved execute is easily one of the most...

IMO, improved execute is easily one of the most useless talents in the fury tree. I rarely get to use execute more than 6-8 times on any given fight. So spending 2 points to save at best 40 rage...
Forum: Warriors 11/13/09, 1:14 PM
Replies: 3,232
Views: 2,612,161
Posted By Kurg
You also need to consider the contribution of...

You also need to consider the contribution of increased deep wound damage on the off-twin with a cleave spam over HS spam. We set up in the doorway, so none of our melee get the orb buff, but DW is...
Forum: The Dung Heap 11/09/09, 3:19 PM
Replies: 30,103
Views: 1,886,072
Posted By Kurg
retracted.

retracted.
Forum: Warriors 11/09/09, 11:38 AM
Replies: 3,232
Views: 2,612,161
Posted By Kurg
Good idea. What are everyone's thoughts on...

Good idea.

What are everyone's thoughts on switching out glyph of HS for glyph of sunder on Anub? There isn't that much time on Anub in phase one before the burrowers arrive, so at best HS gets...
Forum: Warriors 11/08/09, 2:24 PM
Replies: 3,232
Views: 2,612,161
Posted By Kurg
Cleave is my top damaging ability on Twins by a...

Cleave is my top damaging ability on Twins by a considerable margin, usually 30-35%. Rage isn't an issue at all...I actually can't queue cleave up fast enough.

We use the doorway strategy so I...
Forum: Warriors 10/20/09, 9:52 AM
Replies: 3,232
Views: 2,612,161
Posted By Kurg
I made the switch to IBR a month ago or so, and...

I made the switch to IBR a month ago or so, and now I can't imagine playing without it. It is a bit tricky to fit in, but once you get the feel for it there really aren't any GCD clashes. Ive been...
Forum: Warriors 10/06/09, 12:22 PM
Replies: 3,232
Views: 2,612,161
Posted By Kurg
I seem to remember a thread somewhere describing...

I seem to remember a thread somewhere describing the details of how deep wounds damage is calculated, but I can't seem to locate it now. Does anyone have a link to such a description, or have the...
Forum: Warriors 09/29/09, 9:30 AM
Replies: 2,923
Views: 3,330,857
Posted By Kurg
Perhaps I am missing something, but with the...

Perhaps I am missing something, but with the latest version I cannot get my arms talents to load. When I click on the arms tab and import my armory it still has my fury talents specified. Also, I...
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