Elitist Jerks
Register
Blogs
Forums


Go Back   Elitist Jerks » Search Forums

Showing results 1 to 50 of 213
Search took 0.02 seconds.
Search: Posts Made By: rooj
Forum: Priests 04/01/11, 3:54 PM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,946,664
Posted By rooj
Smite spam is fine during the low dmg phases,...

Smite spam is fine during the low dmg phases, especially as it is a smart heal. But the heavy dmg phases, especially with Hard Modes, atonement heals are just not strong enough. During Normal...
Forum: Priests 03/29/11, 12:48 PM
Replies: 255
Views: 480,736
Posted By rooj
For Heroic Nef 25, are any healers letting...

For Heroic Nef 25, are any healers letting themselves get the buff before breaking Dominion? It seems like it would be nice to get a few stacks, but right now, anytime 2 healers get Dominion, even...
Forum: Priests 03/04/11, 2:35 PM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,946,664
Posted By rooj
The difference is likely in overhealing. Take a...

The difference is likely in overhealing. Take a look at the overhealing % for Atonement and that should correspond to the smaller heals from Atonement.

I don't think this buff will turn us into...
Forum: Priests 02/25/11, 1:32 PM
Replies: 365
Views: 283,212
Posted By rooj
How incremental or substantial would it be for a...

How incremental or substantial would it be for a healing priest to pre-pot?

i.e. Right before a pull for a priest to consume a volcanic potion, but still leave the in-combat potion for either...
Forum: Priests 02/23/11, 1:52 PM
Replies: 654
Views: 2,244,331
Posted By rooj
Sound shows up in logs as Power_Gain and under...

Sound shows up in logs as Power_Gain and under "Buffs" it will show a numerical value and the spell that gives you the sound.

Under the expression editor for WoL something...
Forum: Priests 02/17/11, 4:36 PM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,946,664
Posted By rooj
Does Inner Fire or Inner Will trigger the GCD? If...

Does Inner Fire or Inner Will trigger the GCD? If not, this would be very easy to macro with our spells. Inner Will before every shield/PoM, and Inner Fire before every other other spell.
Forum: Priests 02/17/11, 3:02 PM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,946,664
Posted By rooj
What are some thoughts on Glyphs? Right after...

What are some thoughts on Glyphs?

Right after the patch, I went ahead and glyphed Barrier, PWS and PoH as my prime glyphs. This seemed like a no brainer, as Penance wasn't really being used every...
Forum: Priests 02/14/11, 4:03 PM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,946,664
Posted By rooj
Sure, if there is no coordination before hand,...

Sure, if there is no coordination before hand, and the shields are just absorbing incidental damage, it is not a big deal. But that probably isn't the case.

In an 8 healer set-up, it would seem...
Forum: Priests 02/14/11, 3:24 PM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,946,664
Posted By rooj
I *thought I would find this completely...

I *thought I would find this completely overblown. I just saw the WoL rankings and do indeed see the top ranked disc priests with 71%+ of their heals from PWS and 12% from the glyph.

In fact, the...
Forum: Priests 02/11/11, 12:08 PM
Replies: 365
Views: 283,212
Posted By rooj
A guildie of mine who is much better with the...

A guildie of mine who is much better with the expression editor figured it out.

Essentially, we are getting full credit for the total amount that our shields absorb, and it is accurate when a...
Forum: Priests 02/11/11, 11:29 AM
Replies: 365
Views: 283,212
Posted By rooj
I went ahead and looked at my WoL parses post...

I went ahead and looked at my WoL parses post patch, and I can echo TrlstanC's findings. I didn't find PWS being my top spell for all fights, since a fair amount of my raids were spend on H Halfus,...
Forum: Priests 02/11/11, 11:13 AM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,946,664
Posted By rooj
Forum: Priests 02/10/11, 4:15 PM
Replies: 365
Views: 283,212
Posted By rooj
Disc does love haste, especially with AA. AA's...

Disc does love haste, especially with AA. AA's heavy dependence on Smite Spamming makes haste extremely valuable. (Besides, the faster you can get to 5 stacks of Evangelism, the better).

As for...
Forum: Priests 02/01/11, 2:15 PM
Replies: 255
Views: 480,736
Posted By rooj
Quick question, I assume that the Pain...

Quick question, I assume that the Pain Suppression Glyph works during Heroic Halfus 25 man's Furious Roar. Can anyone confirm?
Forum: Priests 01/20/11, 8:07 PM
Replies: 654
Views: 2,244,331
Posted By rooj
The other possibility is the possible use of Holy...

The other possibility is the possible use of Holy Word Chastise, perhaps the stuns are useful on adds.
Forum: Priests 01/14/11, 1:13 PM
Replies: 365
Views: 283,212
Posted By rooj
In terms of evaluating healers, WoL and other...

In terms of evaluating healers, WoL and other parses are so dramatically superior that the only reason I look at healing meters at all, is to make sure my guild mates aren't carrying me through a...
Forum: Priests 01/13/11, 4:04 PM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,946,664
Posted By rooj
Of course coordination is preferred. But,...

Of course coordination is preferred. But, assuming that at least part of the time reactionary heals are necessary (and I mean see someone low on health -> heal someone low on health, rather than...
Forum: Priests 01/13/11, 3:52 PM
Replies: 365
Views: 283,212
Posted By rooj
To be perfectly honest, it will depend quite a...

To be perfectly honest, it will depend quite a bit on what other healers you are bringing to the table and the encounters. Disc doesn't look great when it comes to healing meters and how much raw...
Forum: Priests 01/13/11, 3:21 PM
Replies: 654
Views: 2,244,331
Posted By rooj
The current implementation of Mana Tide is that...

The current implementation of Mana Tide is that it multiplies current spirit of the shaman's party members (by 350%). This means that hitting the trinket after the tide is down doesn't do nearly as...
Forum: Priests 01/13/11, 12:38 PM
Replies: 654
Views: 2,244,331
Posted By rooj
If you haven't already, you should be pestering...

If you haven't already, you should be pestering your Resto shaman to announce beforehand when he will cast Manatide. If you activate your on-use spirit trinket such as Core of Ripeness, your mana...
Forum: Priests 01/13/11, 11:07 AM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,946,664
Posted By rooj
From my perspective, I really like haste in my AA...

From my perspective, I really like haste in my AA spec and I am not sure why it is getting such a bad rap.

In Wrath, the main knock against haste was the fact that our bread and butter spell didn't...
Forum: Priests 01/06/11, 1:49 PM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,946,664
Posted By rooj
I don't think we will return to the 4+ people...

I don't think we will return to the 4+ people coverage of PWS any more, but with the more than doubling of rapture returns it likely won't be unreasonable to see PWS on at least 2-3 people. The...
Forum: Priests 01/05/11, 1:52 PM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,946,664
Posted By rooj
Personally, I think we may be seeing a nerf to...

Personally, I think we may be seeing a nerf to PoH. Right now PoH has become a much too dominant healing spell.

For instance I just looked at the WoL rankings for 25 man, and looked at the top...
Forum: Priests 01/04/11, 3:27 PM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,946,664
Posted By rooj
Inspiration uptime is usually only important for...

Inspiration uptime is usually only important for tanks as it only protects against physical damage. And while large spikes of damage has been reduced, I don't think tank healing should rely on PoH...
Forum: Priests 01/04/11, 1:26 PM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,946,664
Posted By rooj
While it is true that haste does nothing for HPM,...

While it is true that haste does nothing for HPM, honestly, most of these early entry fights are less than 7 minutes and mana has become less and less of an issue already. As long as you can...
Forum: Priests 01/04/11, 12:24 PM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,946,664
Posted By rooj
I don't quite understand the argument about Crit...

I don't quite understand the argument about Crit being superior to haste when it comes to PoH healing.

In fact, I am not entirely sure i see how crit is better than haste when it comes to single...
Forum: Priests 01/03/11, 12:37 PM
Replies: 255
Views: 480,736
Posted By rooj
We are currently on 25 man Chimaeron. I have...

We are currently on 25 man Chimaeron.

I have healed our other encounters as AA-Atonement spec and while the throughput is a bit disappointing, I don't *yet* feel completely useless.

On Chimaeron, I...
Forum: Priests 12/17/10, 11:50 AM
Replies: 365
Views: 283,212
Posted By rooj
Do Atonement heals proc Divine Aegis? I.E. if...

Do Atonement heals proc Divine Aegis? I.E. if you crit with your Smite, does it also give DA to the heal target? My suspicion is that it doesn't but i haven't seen anything definitive with it.
Forum: Priests 12/15/10, 5:09 PM
Replies: 244
Views: 609,030
Posted By rooj
Are people leaving Evangelism up at 5 stacks for...

Are people leaving Evangelism up at 5 stacks for any appreciable time? It seems like people are treating Archangel as a CD situation, but it seems like it may be better to use Archangel as VT/DP...
Forum: Death Knights 12/15/09, 3:56 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,190
Posted By rooj
I am a bit confused. Does the 20% drop apply to...

I am a bit confused. Does the 20% drop apply to parry as well? I understand that it is a flat reduction and how it won't affect DR,but it isn't 20% reduction in total avoidance is it? Does the...
Forum: Death Knights 12/15/09, 11:35 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,190
Posted By rooj
I hoped i didn't miss the answer to this question...

I hoped i didn't miss the answer to this question in a previous post.

With the Chill of the Throne Debuff does that change the relative value of Parry vs Dodge?

On one side of the equation, since...
Forum: Priests 10/28/09, 4:46 PM
Replies: 864
Views: 474,605
Posted By rooj
This fight is doable if only a few people are...

This fight is doable if only a few people are forced to take the off-color vortex instead of having nearly the entire raid soak it. We have done it where all the dps switch if needed on vortex.
Forum: Priests 10/20/09, 4:47 PM
Replies: 864
Views: 474,605
Posted By rooj
How do you control the over-heal on your PoMs to...

How do you control the over-heal on your PoMs to be less than 10%? The largest source of over-heals as holy for me has been PoM and I can't figure out how to prevent that spell from over-healing,...
Forum: Priests 10/20/09, 12:56 PM
Replies: 864
Views: 474,605
Posted By rooj
I do understand that heal meters shouldn't be...

I do understand that heal meters shouldn't be relied upon. I just have limited experience as holy, so I wanted to make sure I was in the correct threshold.

As for HN, i only had about 21%...
Forum: Priests 10/20/09, 11:04 AM
Replies: 864
Views: 474,605
Posted By rooj
I am trying to get a sense of whether or not i am...

I am trying to get a sense of whether or not i am performing well enough as holy.

I almost exclusively run disc, which isn't a problem since we have an abundance of trees healing in the raid. ...
Forum: Death Knights 10/14/09, 12:54 PM
Replies: 770
Views: 1,226,883
Posted By rooj
Never mind, found the answer myself.

Never mind, found the answer myself.
Forum: Priests 10/14/09, 11:24 AM
Replies: 864
Views: 474,605
Posted By rooj
I've tried healing as Holy on 10 man Anub Hard...

I've tried healing as Holy on 10 man Anub Hard and it usually extends the fight longer than when i was disc. Extending the fight is a big no no as the adds will eventually insta gib the add tank. ...
Forum: Priests 10/13/09, 2:00 PM
Replies: 864
Views: 474,605
Posted By rooj
My personal experience with healing anub10 on...

My personal experience with healing anub10 on hard has been much more favorable to Disc than Holy.

Not only do I find shields useful to maintain low health, but a disc Holy Nova (with some DA...
Forum: Death Knights 10/13/09, 11:15 AM
Replies: 770
Views: 1,226,883
Posted By rooj
I only quoted the post from the other DK tanking...

I only quoted the post from the other DK tanking thread since the conflicting advice confused me and I was hoping for some clarity.

Here are some questions based on what we are talking about.

1)...
Forum: Death Knights 10/12/09, 4:50 PM
Replies: 770
Views: 1,226,883
Posted By rooj
Just a quick note. In reply to the post about...

Just a quick note. In reply to the post about the need for Slow Tanking DWing weapons, here is a post from the suno's endgame tanking thread.

"The common assertion that two fast tank weapons do...
Forum: Priests 09/29/09, 2:05 PM
Replies: 864
Views: 474,605
Posted By rooj
A couple of other tips. We run 2 tanks and 5...

A couple of other tips.

We run 2 tanks and 5 healers which works well for us. The trick for the tanks is to use a BoP rotation to get the stacks off.

1. When going into the middle, I assume you...
Forum: Priests 09/18/09, 2:48 PM
Replies: 566
Views: 815,120
Posted By rooj
How does the regen from Solace of the Fallen...

How does the regen from Solace of the Fallen stack up against Talisman of Resurgence?

Here is my napkin math, please correct if needed.

Assuming a raid buffed spirit of 1k, then the base regen =...
Forum: Priests 08/07/09, 4:23 PM
Replies: 566
Views: 815,120
Posted By rooj
I have yet to be tempted to use Gheal in 3.2. So...

I have yet to be tempted to use Gheal in 3.2. So far, I have healed MTs only on big fast damage situations, (NR beasts with 3-4 debuffs active on first phase), and bugged XT. Both scenarios i was...
Forum: Priests 08/07/09, 4:18 PM
Replies: 1,008
Views: 1,023,919
Posted By rooj
2PC T9

Has anyone else thought about how much/little the 2pc T9 bonus does?

An extra 6 seconds on VT will only mean a dps increase by having to cast VT less often than before. I suspect the time saved on...
Forum: Priests 06/25/09, 1:36 AM
Replies: 1,008
Views: 1,023,919
Posted By rooj
A couple points and I'll stop since there seems...

A couple points and I'll stop since there seems to be a general consensus against this idea. (Though i do note Premonition's SP that posted earlier does not have any points in Imp VE and does use ST...
Forum: Priests 06/24/09, 6:04 PM
Replies: 1,008
Views: 1,023,919
Posted By rooj
For those of you who consider Imp ST completely...

For those of you who consider Imp ST completely useless, are you completely discounting the mana gains?

I think a few people have talked about not having any mana issues whatsoever, but does this...
Forum: Priests 04/27/09, 6:06 PM
Replies: 1,039
Views: 926,640
Posted By rooj
This wasn't made clear on the first post. ...

This wasn't made clear on the first post.

Besides losing the effects on death (which is obviously non-trivial), wouldn't Guru's + Mighty Thoughts be strictly superior to Distilled Wisdom in terms...
Forum: Priests 03/20/09, 11:27 AM
Replies: 801
Views: 287,549
Posted By rooj
I was referring to the Dual Spec ability on PTRs...

I was referring to the Dual Spec ability on PTRs now, meaning I would have a raid heal spec (disc) and a dps spec (shadow).
Forum: Priests 03/20/09, 11:07 AM
Replies: 801
Views: 287,549
Posted By rooj
Am I the only priest on these forums planning to...

Am I the only priest on these forums planning to dual spec into Shadow and Disc?

My shadow gear is nearly fully set, and as disc i share many of the same items and don't even gem or enchant...
Forum: Priests 02/27/09, 5:49 PM
Replies: 801
Views: 287,549
Posted By rooj
Wait.. is that the confirmed change? .6? So is...

Wait.. is that the confirmed change? .6? So is the new regen formula

5* 0.003345 * Spirit * Square_root(Intellect)? I am sorry everything i read just stated a reduction in the coefficient, i didn't...
Showing results 1 to 50 of 213