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Forum: Druids 10/10/12, 4:17 PM
Replies: 652
Views: 525,073
Posted By Vinexia
As I was healing last night I found that when...

As I was healing last night I found that when completely out of mana as long as I had enough regen to keep WG/Swiftmend/lb on tank and oddly Wild Mushroom on cd the group was able to push through. I...
Forum: Druids 10/09/12, 1:28 PM
Replies: 652
Views: 525,073
Posted By Vinexia
Back on the topic of Hamlet's blog of spirit vs....

Back on the topic of Hamlet's blog of spirit vs. int.
Something to consider is in gems we choose between Int and Spirit.
In reforging we choose between Spirit and Mastery.

While Mastery and Int are...
Forum: Priests 12/08/11, 6:59 PM
Replies: 147
Views: 424,761
Posted By Vinexia
It is worth mention that this Teir we are likely...

It is worth mention that this Teir we are likely to see the return of the "soft cap" for haste in heroic gear with BT up. I personally am only off by .04s with 2276 haste and 2/3 darkness.

On the...
Forum: Death Knights 03/12/09, 6:30 PM
Replies: 983
Views: 537,692
Posted By Vinexia
Zurai has a point because most tanks would love...

Zurai has a point because most tanks would love to have 10% more stamina. An entire tier of gear can be summed up as 300 more stam. The fact we are going to be receiving 10% extra mitigation 10% of...
Forum: Death Knights 03/07/09, 2:56 PM
Replies: 1,148
Views: 572,846
Posted By Vinexia
KhaosK, I am obligated to point out that the...

KhaosK, I am obligated to point out that the Obliterate heavy build in that test is missing the benefit of Sunder or FaerieF. Armor debuffs will produce a larger percentage boost to the standard...
Forum: Death Knights 01/10/09, 5:47 PM
Replies: 441
Views: 192,530
Posted By Vinexia
This is a huge falsehood. If 40% more armor on...

This is a huge falsehood.

If 40% more armor on the paper doll moves the mitigational value from armor from 65% to 75% that is not a 10% reduction in damage vs. what you current are being hit...
Forum: Death Knights 12/25/08, 1:12 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 79,026
Posted By Vinexia
Fix needed: Impurity effects disease damage and...

Fix needed:
Impurity effects disease damage and this spreadsheet doesn't have Impurity increasing the disease APC.
Forum: Death Knights 12/24/08, 9:41 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,659
Posted By Vinexia
Right, but our job is to make smart choices and...

Right, but our job is to make smart choices and make ourselves easier to heal. Just looking cool isn't excuse enough to DW. There would have to be mitigation or threat based benefits to offset the...
Forum: Death Knights 12/24/08, 3:43 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,659
Posted By Vinexia
Yes, it gives us no compelling reason to tank...

Yes, it gives us no compelling reason to tank while DW'ing unless going for some kind of style over substance thing. DW concepts are built around procs without internal cooldowns. If we decided BCB...
Forum: Death Knights 12/24/08, 2:56 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,659
Posted By Vinexia
One of the problems I have found with attempting...

One of the problems I have found with attempting to make a DW tank build is finding one that doesn't make strange choices or sacrifice some mandatory mitigation talents.

Obviously you will need 31...
Forum: Death Knights 12/23/08, 2:56 PM
Replies: 2,996
Views: 1,422,816
Posted By Vinexia
The biggest on paper hindrance to thinking DW as...

The biggest on paper hindrance to thinking DW as a DK is viable is the 27% white hit cap. Most people look at that massive number and think, "Damn, no way i can get that much +hit at my raiding...
Forum: Death Knights 12/23/08, 1:44 PM
Replies: 2,996
Views: 1,422,816
Posted By Vinexia
The only class that benefited from trying to...

The only class that benefited from trying to stack hit to the white hit cap was BC combat rogues. If you try this on a DK you'll miss out on a very large portion of diversified itemization. The...
Forum: Death Knights 12/23/08, 1:29 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,659
Posted By Vinexia
Couple of points to remember about Obliterate vs....

Couple of points to remember about Obliterate vs. Howling Blast:
1) Obliterate has a MUCH larger chance to crit then HB when spec'ing as frost.
2) HB has a MUCH higher chance to miss then Obliterate,...
Forum: Death Knights 12/21/08, 3:50 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,659
Posted By Vinexia
Rune Strike nerf hits Necrosis

One thing I believe we glazed over is for unholy tanks Necrosis is going to be hit by the nerf bat just a minuscule tiny bit. 150% weapon damage works out as follows for Rune Strikes.

Weapon: 203.6...
Forum: Death Knights 12/18/08, 1:17 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,659
Posted By Vinexia
36.5k is the right amount of hp for a tank...

36.5k is the right amount of hp for a tank exiting Naxx-25 to have. Sounds like your guild is trying to squeeze you out. The only way you can get more hp is to run a Veteran type build but that's...
Forum: Death Knights 12/15/08, 10:23 PM
Replies: 2,187
Views: 1,028,373
Posted By Vinexia
I have just come out of testing Glyph of Blood...

I have just come out of testing Glyph of Blood Strike and can confirm that for non-snare immune mobs Frostfire Bolt's debuff will allow the glyph to work and this includes on training dummies.
Snare...
Forum: Death Knights 12/14/08, 2:49 AM
Replies: 2,187
Views: 1,028,373
Posted By Vinexia
I was thinking along the lines of if the damage...

I was thinking along the lines of if the damage from Obliterate doesn't get buffed and just receives the tool tip update then all our previous rotation testing with Heigan's sigil and Obliterate...
Forum: Death Knights 12/13/08, 8:55 PM
Replies: 2,187
Views: 1,028,373
Posted By Vinexia
As we are all min/max'ers here we are looking to...

As we are all min/max'ers here we are looking to squeeze every last ounce of dps we can out of these characters. I feel its important in the interest of accuracy to state how the mechanical...
Forum: Death Knights 12/13/08, 7:52 PM
Replies: 2,187
Views: 1,028,373
Posted By Vinexia
5x/0/2x Spec. Coming down the pipe after the...

5x/0/2x Spec.
Coming down the pipe after the first rotation.....

D - D - U - F - B - B
HS-HS-HS?-HS?-OB?

It doesn't work and I am not waiting aroud parked on U/F for B/B to come in so I can HS/HS...
Forum: Death Knights 12/13/08, 6:57 PM
Replies: 2,187
Views: 1,028,373
Posted By Vinexia
One thing I want to clear up in the thread that...

One thing I want to clear up in the thread that has been quoted constantly is the misuse/stating of rotations.

Common "Better" rotation being quoted:
OB > PS > IT > HS > HS
HS > HS> HS> HS> OB

I am...
Forum: Death Knights 12/13/08, 3:03 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,659
Posted By Vinexia
On Crit Rates: 5 base + 1.5 horn + 9 sub + 5 conv...

On Crit Rates:
5 base + 1.5 horn + 9 sub + 5 conv + 3 anni = 23.5 for Heartstrike and Obliterate.
Rune strike has similar crit rates if you glyph it, especially now that it has no additional...
Forum: Death Knights 12/13/08, 2:43 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,659
Posted By Vinexia
Couple of things about the new PTR Blood that...

Couple of things about the new PTR Blood that really caught my eye.
1) Glyph of Vampiric Blood now gives extra 10s to Vampiric Blood.
So a true 50% up time for a spec specific cooldown. This...
Forum: Death Knights 12/06/08, 8:15 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,659
Posted By Vinexia
I would like to steer the discussion back to...

I would like to steer the discussion back to wandering plague.

To Review:
Even with a 10% crit rate WP has a 19% chance to proc each cycle of ticks on a single target. This is due to 2 dots @ 10%...
Forum: Death Knights 12/06/08, 5:29 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,659
Posted By Vinexia
I tried this spec last week. 4/5 BotN combined...

I tried this spec last week. 4/5 BotN combined with no epidemic was a horrible experience. Basically what happens is your blood runes have a harder time matching up to create a 2 death rune combo...
Forum: Death Knights 11/29/08, 8:48 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,659
Posted By Vinexia
Paranoid Spec'ing

Have we considered 23/11/37 (http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=j0EzoIbMoZhxbzZfg00xcore0Mzo)as an appropriate maximum mitigation spec?

Bear with me while I think outside the box. This is not a threat...
Forum: Death Knights 11/24/08, 12:55 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,659
Posted By Vinexia
Oh ho! Wait a tick here.... because if we Glyph...

Oh ho! Wait a tick here.... because if we Glyph Rune Strike we just added 10% crit! If Rune Strike is indeed proc'ing killing machine wouldn't 10 base + 10 glyph + 5 fury/feral buff really start to...
Forum: Death Knights 11/24/08, 2:41 AM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,659
Posted By Vinexia
I just tested and confirmed that Rune Strike can...

I just tested and confirmed that Rune Strike can proc a Blood Caked Strike.

Both Necrosis and BcB are talents for viable single target tps...
Forum: Death Knights 10/24/08, 1:31 PM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 830,215
Posted By Vinexia
Assuming Methods figures are right we have to...

Assuming Methods figures are right we have to remember that 200 dps with divisors of that size is really about a 4.59% dps increase. That would be the equivilant of 80-100 dps increase these days. ...
Forum: Warriors 09/18/08, 1:59 PM
Replies: 3,508
Views: 677,116
Posted By Vinexia
On the Revenge topic: "--Glyph of Revenge -...

On the Revenge topic:

"--Glyph of Revenge - Reduces the rage cost of your next Heroic Strike ability by 100%. Lasts 10 sec."

I am reading this one as "Your Revenge reduces the rage cost of your...
Forum: Warriors 09/12/08, 1:22 PM
Replies: 3,508
Views: 677,116
Posted By Vinexia
Liar has hit the nail on the head pretty good...

Liar has hit the nail on the head pretty good here.
I think we are going to see a good mix of items available based on the talents. At least enough to make the spec viable and fun. If there are not...
Forum: Warriors 09/12/08, 1:08 PM
Replies: 3,508
Views: 677,116
Posted By Vinexia
Triggering a GCD to do a weapon swap to get...

Triggering a GCD to do a weapon swap to get another ability with a GCD a better chance to hit doesn't seem viable in a PvP environment where the difference between a win and a loss can be less then 3...
Forum: Warriors 08/31/08, 9:36 PM
Replies: 2,271
Views: 1,861,331
Posted By Vinexia
Raid Mod To Track Demo/Thunderclap

Quigon + all,

For the guide per request:

I have been using a mod called "Demon" which is an updated version of pDebuffList to track Demo Shout and Thunderclap status on mobs.
Demon creates a small...
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