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Forum: Warlocks 11/01/12, 11:25 AM
Replies: 526
Views: 610,384
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
Implemented in r14523...

Implemented in r14523 (http://code.google.com/p/simulationcraft/source/detail?r=14523), will be in next Simulationcraft release. Until then, you can hand-encode the trinket...
Forum: Druids 10/25/12, 5:39 PM
Replies: 687
Views: 443,345
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
If your tracker can differentiate buffs by spell...

If your tracker can differentiate buffs by spell ID (I don't know Raven) the individual buffs have different IDs: see Wowhead (http://www.wowhead.com/search?q=Windsong#spells).
Forum: Druids 10/11/12, 12:16 PM
Replies: 736
Views: 562,631
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
I assume that someone decided that profession...

I assume that someone decided that profession bonuses should be 320 primary or 480 secondary stat. That's consistent with JC and the gathering professions, but obviously not BS.
Forum: Druids 10/05/12, 11:09 AM
Replies: 861
Views: 287,843
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
The trinket with Item ID 77530...

The trinket with Item ID 77530 (http://www.wowhead.com/item=77530) has some incorrect info in the WrathCalcs gear database:
is: "Pandaren Dragonling" item level 457 with 801 Mastery.
should be:...
Forum: Priests 09/08/11, 10:44 AM
Replies: 63
Views: 56,522
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
The rule of thumb right now is that if you see...

The rule of thumb right now is that if you see spells named "XXX" and "XXX_YYY" in the damage output, then the damage/healing/absorb from "XXX_YYY" is included in the DPS, DPS%, DPE, and DPET of...
Forum: Priests 08/17/11, 12:41 PM
Replies: 365
Views: 283,597
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
Quartz has no idea when ticks happen: it simply...

Quartz has no idea when ticks happen: it simply draws little lines 1/3 and 2/3 of the way across the cast bar. If you really care, use Gnosis...
Forum: Priests 08/09/11, 6:02 PM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,948,303
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
You're missing the Twin Disciplines 1.06...

You're missing the Twin Disciplines 1.06 multiplier, but that's still not enough to account for the discrepancy. Simulationcraft is using 0.856 for the spellpower coefficient. (692.5 +...
Forum: Priests 08/08/11, 2:47 PM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,948,303
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
Sorry, I thought I posted something here when I...

Sorry, I thought I posted something here when I worked with Arison to update Atonement in the spreadsheet after 4.2. There were Atonement stealth changes in 4.2: it now DOES NOT scale with Twin...
Forum: Priests 07/29/11, 1:25 PM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,948,303
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
You can't really make a global statement about X...

You can't really make a global statement about X being the "best" secondary stat for a Disc priest. The answer to the question "which stat will improve my output most?" depends on what mix of spells...
Forum: Priests 07/29/11, 9:52 AM
Replies: 654
Views: 2,246,037
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
Echo is a percentage of the healing done by your...

Echo is a percentage of the healing done by your spells. As such it indirectly scales with haste and crit, and does need direct scaling.
Forum: Priests 07/28/11, 12:10 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 56,522
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
Power Torrent/Hurricane/Lightweave are all fixed...

Power Torrent/Hurricane/Lightweave are all fixed to proc from heals and will go live in the next release cycle.
Forum: Priests 07/28/11, 11:59 AM
Replies: 255
Views: 481,104
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
Fure pure burst throughput, that is exactly what...

Fure pure burst throughput, that is exactly what it means. Remember that anytime your mana is an issue, adding more haste won't help.
Forum: Priests 07/27/11, 10:32 AM
Replies: 365
Views: 283,597
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
Mechanic is the same; BT isn't consumed by...

Mechanic is the same; BT isn't consumed by instants or channels, only by cast-time spells.
Forum: Priests 07/27/11, 10:28 AM
Replies: 63
Views: 56,522
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
You can add people to heal into your simulations...

You can add people to heal into your simulations by adding more players that do nothing:

warrior=dummy1 actions="" quiet=1
warrior=dummy2 actions="" quiet=1

and specifying who is healed with e.g....
Forum: Priests 07/25/11, 8:02 PM
Replies: 171
Views: 1,259,458
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
Thanks for the bug report; this is fixed and will...

Thanks for the bug report; this is fixed and will go live with the next release of SimC. To tide you over:

Profile|DPS|Delta
Base|34929|0
-SWD|34653|276
-SWP|34730|199
-MF|34260|669
Forum: Paladins 07/21/11, 3:51 AM
Replies: 1,289
Views: 2,509,731
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
With the 5% buff and JotP and SoL, it takes...

With the 5% buff and JotP and SoL, it takes 128.06/1.09/1.05/1.03 = 108.63 haste rating to get 1% haste. Feel free to remath accordingly ;)
Forum: Priests 07/19/11, 3:09 PM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,948,303
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
Gemming and reforging completely at random is...

Gemming and reforging completely at random is unlikely to get good results in a reasonable timeframe. Understanding how our spells interact with the different stats is how we build a framework for...
Forum: Priests 07/19/11, 11:35 AM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,948,303
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
No you don't. He compares hasted and non-hasting...

No you don't. He compares hasted and non-hasting healing with and without interrupts. Haste improves the effective healing with interrupts by more than it does without interrupts. I think you should...
Forum: Priests 07/19/11, 10:10 AM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,948,303
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
He thinks so for exactly the reasons implied by...

He thinks so for exactly the reasons implied by the argument made in that post. Instead of trying to shout louder than everyone else and simply contradict them, you need to actually support your...
Forum: Priests 07/14/11, 11:36 AM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,948,303
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
Simulationcraft and the spreadsheet both value...

Simulationcraft and the spreadsheet both value mastery above intellect for shield spam, presumably because PW:S scales better with mastery than with intellect.
Forum: Priests 07/13/11, 3:27 PM
Replies: 171
Views: 1,259,458
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
Q&A: Remove the entire question "Spirit converts...

Q&A: Remove the entire question "Spirit converts to hit, should I roll for spirit gear?"; loot policy is outside the scope of a shadow priest guide.

Abbreviations: "Sprist" should be "Spriest"

...
Forum: Priests 07/09/11, 5:38 AM
Replies: 63
Views: 56,522
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
Gaining/losing ticks doesn't affect the HPET at...

Gaining/losing ticks doesn't affect the HPET at all, only the HPE. Penance HPET is the same after the fix as it was before. GH has always had higher HPET than Penance in Simulationcraft results, in...
Forum: Paladins 07/09/11, 2:16 AM
Replies: 1,289
Views: 2,509,731
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
Haste rating has no diminishing returns; the...

Haste rating has no diminishing returns; the reason instant DL/HL is not realistic is because it would require infinite haste.
Forum: Priests 07/06/11, 5:20 PM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,948,303
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
This post is now misinformation, Simulationcraft...

This post is now misinformation, Simulationcraft current release has these issues fixed:
Forum: Priests 07/02/11, 11:50 AM
Replies: 63
Views: 56,522
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
The specs with "_finite" at the end of the name...

The specs with "_finite" at the end of the name have finite mana, the others have unlimited resources - they keep casting after hitting 0 mana. Effectively, this means that the "_finite" specs scale...
Forum: Paladins 06/27/11, 3:48 PM
Replies: 1,289
Views: 2,509,731
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
In 4.1, WoG healed for about the same as an LoD...

In 4.1, WoG healed for about the same as an LoD with 3 targets. In 4.2, WoG heals about the same as an LoD with 4 targets. Yes, WoG will be usable in more situations now than it was in 4.1 - but I...
Forum: Priests 06/19/11, 1:39 AM
Replies: 375
Views: 1,323,702
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
I'm aware of that, but the article states "We'll...

I'm aware of that, but the article states "We'll calculate these stats assuming a best-in-slot, non-heroic geared, four-piece tier 11 shadow priest on a Patchwerk (stand-and-DPS type) fight"...
Forum: Priests 06/18/11, 7:32 PM
Replies: 375
Views: 1,323,702
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
Running the 359 shadow priest profile in the...

Running the 359 shadow priest profile in the current SVN simulationcraft with default options +DI for both Live and PTR settings, I get nothing even close to those...
Forum: Priests 05/31/11, 5:28 PM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,948,303
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
Since I accused you if being wrong in public,...

Since I accused you if being wrong in public, I'll retract that accusation here in the same forum instead of a PM. I posted before realizing that the difference in our results was solely due to the...
Forum: Priests 05/31/11, 2:49 PM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,948,303
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
The conversion for haste rating is 128.0571...

The conversion for haste rating is 128.0571 rating per 1 percent. Renew crits do trigger DA, since I believe 4.1. Glyph of PW:S crits have triggered DA since mid-Wrath.

I'm not sure exactly what...
Forum: Priests 05/19/11, 11:50 AM
Replies: 255
Views: 481,104
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
Grid+<stuff>, Healbot, and Vuhdo all have exactly...

Grid+<stuff>, Healbot, and Vuhdo all have exactly the same capabilities. They can be configured to look virtually identical as well. The only variation between them is how you go about performing...
Forum: Warlocks 05/19/11, 11:20 AM
Replies: 538
Views: 568,112
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
Assuming damage hits SL before NW There are 2...

Assuming damage hits SL before NW
There are 2 damage events that hit the Nether Ward while it was up: 7988 Absorb + 0 DMG at 37.144, and 4895 absorb + 586 damage at 38.661. During that time you also...
Forum: Warlocks 05/06/11, 12:02 PM
Replies: 348
Views: 2,419,658
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
It's ironic that in the same post you both call...

It's ironic that in the same post you both call the accuracy of Simulationcraft into question and claim without support that "you can use stat weights to get within an extremely small margin of...
Forum: Warlocks 05/04/11, 5:24 PM
Replies: 348
Views: 2,419,658
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
I think we are all with you on "There is a set of...

I think we are all with you on "There is a set of gear that will do more damage than any other set", but it is not necessarily that case that "there is a combination of stat weights such that the...
Forum: Priests 04/28/11, 10:45 AM
Replies: 654
Views: 2,246,037
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
So everyone gets maybe two ticks while they're...

So everyone gets maybe two ticks while they're running back out after the Dispel? I suppose if you have excess mana to burn it's additional throughput, but it doesn't seem like it would be terribly...
Forum: Shamans 04/20/11, 4:03 PM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,448,934
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
You have a value on your sheet for personal...

You have a value on your sheet for personal spirit. That presence would indicate that (a) you saw how it was quantifiable, and (b) you thought that quantifying it was useful. If every other healer in...
Forum: Shamans 04/19/11, 10:30 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,448,934
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
At 85, 1 Spirit provides 0.0083625 *...

At 85, 1 Spirit provides 0.0083625 * SQRT(Intellect) MP5 while in combat. Your MP5/Spirit ratio of 1.7/0.9 = 1.889 would suggest a raid-buffed intellect of (1/(1.889*0.0083625))^2 = 4007, which seems...
Forum: Shamans 04/14/11, 12:43 PM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,448,934
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
How can you classify Earth Shield and Riptide...

How can you classify Earth Shield and Riptide glyphs as contributing to efficiency, but not the Earthliving glyph? All three glyphs have the same effect, namely increasing the amount of healing...
Forum: Priests 04/14/11, 10:56 AM
Replies: 375
Views: 1,323,702
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
This is pure hyperbole. Please demonstrate how...

This is pure hyperbole. Please demonstrate how the new dot mechanics invalidate the prior theory.
Forum: Paladins 04/06/11, 10:36 AM
Replies: 1,289
Views: 2,509,731
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
Your conjecture about how haste interacts with...

Your conjecture about how haste interacts with hots and dots is completely incorrect. These mechanics are well covered in the warlock and druid forums, so I won't bother replicating that information...
Forum: Warlocks 04/01/11, 4:54 PM
Replies: 329
Views: 3,102,579
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
You specify items by ID when there are multiple...

You specify items by ID when there are multiple versions with the same name:

Normal: 59326
Heroic: 65053
Forum: Paladins 04/01/11, 4:24 PM
Replies: 262
Views: 283,908
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
That 1 second cast time reduction for Rank 3...

That 1 second cast time reduction for Rank 3 Clarity of Purpose is a tooltip error. If you look at the spell effect description on Wowhead, you'll see the correct 500 millisecond reduction is...
Forum: Paladins 02/18/11, 1:36 PM
Replies: 1,289
Views: 2,509,731
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
Our heals crit at 150%, not 200%. 2-piece is...

Our heals crit at 150%, not 200%. 2-piece is worth at most 2.5% more holy light, and that only if you have 0% chance to crit without 2-piece.



If you know of a way to reforge to a stat that's...
Forum: Priests 02/17/11, 11:34 AM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,948,303
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
10k effective HPS is far from OP. If you had 5...

10k effective HPS is far from OP. If you had 5 healers for those fights instead of 7, I daresay the other healers would be higher on meters. When you have an excess of healing in a raid, Disc can...
Forum: Paladins 02/16/11, 4:32 PM
Replies: 1,289
Views: 2,509,731
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
I was confused by the inclusion of the chest in...

I was confused by the inclusion of the chest in the sheet when it should simply be omitted altogether. What your sheet is actually computing is the difference in stats regearing from [T11 chest + 4...
Forum: Paladins 02/16/11, 2:25 PM
Replies: 1,289
Views: 2,509,731
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
You didn't round the reforges down, which is a...

You didn't round the reforges down, which is a very minor variation in the numbers that doesn't affect your conclusions. More importantly, you reversed the sense of the comparison for the chest: that...
Forum: Paladins 02/10/11, 3:17 PM
Replies: 1,877
Views: 4,096,126
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
Zealotry requires 3HP or DP to activate. If you...

Zealotry requires 3HP or DP to activate. If you never hit the macro with 3HP, then it will only activate Zealotry if you happen to have a DP proc. Are you delaying blowing cooldowns until you have a...
Forum: The Dung Heap 02/10/11, 11:26 AM
Replies: 30,128
Views: 1,905,972
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
Don't bother doing it 1000 times without full...

Don't bother doing it 1000 times without full raid buffs. No one really cares how to maximize self-buffed DPS on a test dummy.
Forum: The Dung Heap 02/10/11, 10:43 AM
Replies: 30,128
Views: 1,905,972
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
The meta gem has been +1% BV at least since...

The meta gem has been +1% BV at least since Cataclysm beta, a fact which Theck was well aware of when he analyzed the tradeoff with the armor meta gem. 4.0.6 merely fixed the tooltip.
Forum: The Dung Heap 02/09/11, 11:41 AM
Replies: 30,128
Views: 1,905,972
Posted By CaseyTheRetard
Using a tool like, for example, this spreadsheet...

Using a tool like, for example, this spreadsheet (https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AvITf_CD4oHKdFYtaGtCTks5eW13cjU4MnZ5dGc4Mnc&hl=en).
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