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Forum: Public Discussion 04/20/10, 3:50 AM
Replies: 989
Views: 250,566
Posted By TimWischmeier
Well, I would not remove them (at least not the...

Well, I would not remove them (at least not the ToTGC ones), because it is something some guilds have achieved in the past. I'd rather propose a system where you (magically) primarily use ICC...
Forum: Paladins 04/08/10, 12:46 PM
Replies: 748
Views: 1,257,408
Posted By TimWischmeier
You should not need to damage the horrors at all;...

You should not need to damage the horrors at all; the plague (at least for us) is enough to kill all the adds.

In P2 there is rarely a situation where I feel to not have the time to mive for the...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/03/10, 3:25 AM
Replies: 223
Views: 119,465
Posted By TimWischmeier
Are there any downsides to having that buff...

Are there any downsides to having that buff active, like not getting some achievements or changes in loot drops? I did not find any, so is the opt-out there to just allow guilds to make things harder...
Forum: Paladins 02/05/10, 4:15 PM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 693,101
Posted By TimWischmeier
Does anyone know a mod that warns you when your...

Does anyone know a mod that warns you when your BoL heals are not transferring? It should work in the way that it actually waits for heals to land on your BoL target a short time after you hit...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/01/10, 4:02 AM
Replies: 989
Views: 250,566
Posted By TimWischmeier
The problem would be that if you decide to do 10...

The problem would be that if you decide to do 10 man strict after falling back into 10 man strict rating, you actually would not have a chance to get those criterias counting for your 10 man strict...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/27/10, 11:26 AM
Replies: 218
Views: 69,026
Posted By TimWischmeier
Mind Occam's Razor: If the intend is to just make...

Mind Occam's Razor: If the intend is to just make the first bite less predictable, they most simple way would to just randomly pick one person from the first X on the threat list, excluding tanks.
Forum: Public Discussion 01/26/10, 3:39 AM
Replies: 989
Views: 250,566
Posted By TimWischmeier
I don't think it is as easy as that. The rate of...

I don't think it is as easy as that. The rate of gear upgrades from ICC10H is significantly lower than the rate from ICC25. So if you allow ICC25 for strict10, the potential iLvL of the available...
Forum: Paladins 01/25/10, 3:49 PM
Replies: 748
Views: 1,257,408
Posted By TimWischmeier
If you purely try to get swing between HLs it is...

If you purely try to get swing between HLs it is actually difficult. But ther are a lot of moments where you can get "free swing", basically every time you judge or cast an instand spell (SS, BoL...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/21/10, 4:33 PM
Replies: 75
Views: 30,730
Posted By TimWischmeier
If I am not mistakes, those are not outliers,...

If I am not mistakes, those are not outliers, because they are actually multi-target-abilities. In contrast to AE-abilities, multi-target abilities often work where AE does not (faction champions,...
Forum: Paladins 01/19/10, 4:18 PM
Replies: 748
Views: 1,257,408
Posted By TimWischmeier
It should be noted though that delaying a cleanse...

It should be noted though that delaying a cleanse can be beneficial. sometimes one raidmember has to wait at the end of a green slime puddle, because the kite-tank is kiting the big slime through the...
Forum: The Dung Heap 01/12/10, 11:23 AM
Replies: 30,094
Views: 1,870,915
Posted By TimWischmeier
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Forum: Paladins 01/07/10, 2:14 PM
Replies: 748
Views: 1,257,408
Posted By TimWischmeier
I have to disagree with you at this point. If I...

I have to disagree with you at this point. If I do realise that I am too liberate in my mana usage, I find myself spacing out my HLs more ore even fall back to FoL (or use DP, with basically turns my...
Forum: Paladins 01/06/10, 7:15 AM
Replies: 748
Views: 1,257,408
Posted By TimWischmeier
I think this is a bad strategy. If you really...

I think this is a bad strategy. If you really plea at the wrong time and have to cancel it, macroing it to holy shock means the following: Your unpleaded HS hits for as much as a pleaded HL. Then you...
Forum: Paladins 12/15/09, 10:03 AM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 807,881
Posted By TimWischmeier
You gave the answer to your question yourself. So...

You gave the answer to your question yourself. So you have:
- the need to spam (or heavily cast) HL to keep the tanks alive
- not enough mana to sustain it

What good is your 7k flashes healing one...
Forum: Paladins 12/09/09, 5:56 AM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 693,101
Posted By TimWischmeier
Yes, you want to look at the talent Divine...

Yes, you want to look at the talent Divine Guardian:
Forum: Public Discussion 12/05/09, 5:20 AM
Replies: 877
Views: 579,796
Posted By TimWischmeier
I think this might have to do with they way...

I think this might have to do with they way Windows7 treats programs that are not responding. If you run WoW in windowed (not maximized) mode with the title bar visible, you can see "(not...
Forum: Mages 11/30/09, 7:35 AM
Replies: 3,728
Views: 3,450,976
Posted By TimWischmeier
Theoretically, there is way to measure the...

Theoretically, there is way to measure the correctness:

You have to determine wether the 1 GCD lost DPSing is worth the spellpower gain. I cannot offer calculations, but to get a rough estimate,...
Forum: Mages 11/24/09, 2:22 PM
Replies: 1,672
Views: 1,151,741
Posted By TimWischmeier
You should be looking at total damage done, but...

You should be looking at total damage done, but obviously this depends heavily on fight lengths. So for comparisons with different fight lengths, the overall DPS estimation of Rawr is ok, because it...
Forum: Paladins 11/18/09, 2:24 PM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 807,881
Posted By TimWischmeier
Could you share a few more thoughts on that? The...

Could you share a few more thoughts on that? The 2pc bonus is actually quite nice, because you usually use DI when you have to spam HL, and that's when you need the HPS most. Over time this roughly...
Forum: Mages 11/16/09, 4:32 AM
Replies: 932
Views: 1,728,343
Posted By TimWischmeier
If I remember correctly, you cannot use any...

If I remember correctly, you cannot use any iLevel 332 Weapons for those achievement except the ones from Ulduar10H. We never tested those in our raid, but we read about that on wowhead and heard it...
Forum: Paladins 11/03/09, 7:12 AM
Replies: 228
Views: 310,009
Posted By TimWischmeier
On a side note: You should not assign actions to...

On a side note:

You should not assign actions to your mouse buttons which you intend to use often or even spam. This is because your arm is already strained to keep the mouse in the desired...
Forum: The Dung Heap 11/02/09, 3:51 AM
Replies: 30,094
Views: 1,870,915
Posted By TimWischmeier
To prevent horrible misinformation: the strategie...

To prevent horrible misinformation: the strategie you advice is not one of the commonly accepted ones for hardmodes. It may work for heroics or earlier raidinstances. But as the discussion here is...
Forum: Paladins 10/30/09, 3:27 AM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 807,881
Posted By TimWischmeier
At least from my point of view it's not only the...

At least from my point of view it's not only the danger of a tank dying what makes me favor HL spam. It also the AE-healing through GoHL and simply the fact that I can afford to spend that much time...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/26/09, 9:46 AM
Replies: 660
Views: 245,895
Posted By TimWischmeier
We are a strict 10man Raid (in the...

We are a strict 10man Raid (in the "guildox"-sense), too. We use 2 healers on anub on heroic and we get him under 30% just before his second burrow (though we sometimes have to use BL about 10...
Forum: Paladins 10/09/09, 12:33 PM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 807,881
Posted By TimWischmeier
This perspective does change a bit when doing 10...

This perspective does change a bit when doing 10 man raids. Although those fights in TotGC are 2-tanked, there are phases / bosses where I raid-heal (this applies to some Ulduar hardmodes, too)....
Forum: Paladins 09/29/09, 3:36 PM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 807,881
Posted By TimWischmeier
Me, too, would be interested in how Rawr values...

Me, too, would be interested in how Rawr values the T8 4-piece bonus specifically, and on a more general view, how that translates into real fights, because the value of SS obviously depends on a)...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/22/09, 3:07 AM
Replies: 660
Views: 245,895
Posted By TimWischmeier
I can only report from my strict 10 man...

I can only report from my strict 10 man experience. For us, the success of the FC encounter heavily depends on the group composition (theirs and ours). And through incidence a have a very good...
Forum: Paladins 09/18/09, 1:33 PM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 807,881
Posted By TimWischmeier
I do think Anub is actually a fight where SP +...

I do think Anub is actually a fight where SP + FoL is very good, because the goal is not too heal as much as possible, but just enough to keep the raid low :).
Forum: Public Discussion 09/18/09, 6:30 AM
Replies: 660
Views: 245,895
Posted By TimWischmeier
Point is, if the silence effect from improved...

Point is, if the silence effect from improved kick is working, you can kick preemptively and just silence. This helps against instant casts, also.
Forum: Paladins 09/18/09, 5:07 AM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 807,881
Posted By TimWischmeier
Despite the fact that this matter has been...

Despite the fact that this matter has been discussed to a horrible death in this very thread:


Look at one of the latest parses here
World of Logs - Real Time Raid Analysis...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/17/09, 11:51 AM
Replies: 660
Views: 245,895
Posted By TimWischmeier
It should be rather easy to get a good first...

It should be rather easy to get a good first guess with just adding up damage done and damage absorbed during a shield. Perhaps Chack would be so kind and alters his parser to also count the damage...
Forum: Paladins 09/17/09, 11:49 AM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 807,881
Posted By TimWischmeier
I know what you want so say, but there are...

I know what you want so say, but there are situations when that argument does not apply: your BoL being on a Tank and you healing another Tank (both taking non-trivial damage). Even if just your BoL...
Forum: Paladins 09/17/09, 2:39 AM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 807,881
Posted By TimWischmeier
There is another way to approach the (meanwhile...

There is another way to approach the (meanwhile nearly discussed to death) decision between retsub and protsub. Leaving the necessity of buffs (imp might, 3%crit) aside as those mostly only apply to...
Forum: Paladins 09/15/09, 11:45 AM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 807,881
Posted By TimWischmeier
It's not. You can estimate the mana return from...

It's not. You can estimate the mana return from those 8% by doing the following:

Get a parse or a recount from a "typical" fight. Look up HL crit %. Divida 8% by that number. Note the result. Look...
Forum: Paladins 09/11/09, 7:18 PM
Replies: 252
Views: 177,447
Posted By TimWischmeier
To speak a bit provocatively: "Who cares about...

To speak a bit provocatively: "Who cares about HPS / overhealing"? I raid in a dedicated 10man Guild (struggling at FChard currently, but we got our Rusted Drakes and Herold of the Titans), so this...
Forum: Paladins 09/11/09, 11:11 AM
Replies: 252
Views: 177,447
Posted By TimWischmeier
Rawr does indeed overestimate those HPS values...

Rawr does indeed overestimate those HPS values because it operates on ideal circumstances. But if you are that far away from those HPS numbers, I think you are actually doing something wrong, but not...
Forum: Paladins 09/05/09, 1:29 PM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 807,881
Posted By TimWischmeier
It has an ICD of 45 seconds and a 25% chance to...

It has an ICD of 45 seconds and a 25% chance to proc. It's the "helpful spell"-part that seems to be working in an odd way. I have seen it plenty of times proccing when doing heroics and we are just...
Forum: Paladins 09/04/09, 1:39 PM
Replies: 252
Views: 177,447
Posted By TimWischmeier
Did you remember to include SoW glyph (5% mana...

Did you remember to include SoW glyph (5% mana cost reduction) and Libram of Renewal (113 Mana off Holy Light) in your calculations? If not, that seems to account for the difference.
Forum: Public Discussion 08/20/09, 12:05 PM
Replies: 877
Views: 579,796
Posted By TimWischmeier
I read up on SSDs an keep reading that MLC type...

I read up on SSDs an keep reading that MLC type SSDs allow for round about 100k writes per cell. However, I did not find any comment on how this translates into real world usage. Especially if you...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/11/09, 5:07 AM
Replies: 288
Views: 124,571
Posted By TimWischmeier
A few things we noticed on our first 10 Vezax...

A few things we noticed on our first 10 Vezax hard kill yesterday:

A single DPS deathknight was enough to interrupt all casts. We did not see a single cast to interrupt in the animus phase. The...
Forum: Paladins 08/07/09, 7:17 AM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 807,881
Posted By TimWischmeier
It is not that useless, because the hot ticks at...

It is not that useless, because the hot ticks at least one time. At least I have not seen it not tick when spamming FoL. That means that FoL spamming on SS targets receives a boost of about 8%.
Forum: Public Discussion 07/27/09, 11:33 AM
Replies: 816
Views: 317,537
Posted By TimWischmeier
I have to disagree with you. We do Freya+3 with 3...

I have to disagree with you. We do Freya+3 with 3 healers, though I must admit that we use Bloodlust to catch up if we lag behind on an add phase. So this is a typical "do what works for your raid" -...
Forum: Paladins 07/21/09, 3:36 PM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 693,101
Posted By TimWischmeier
You would never gem SP instead of Int*. If you...

You would never gem SP instead of Int*. If you need more burst healing, haste is better than SP. This is because the base healing from HL is just a lot. That said, in a fight with significant to...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/14/09, 6:11 AM
Replies: 262
Views: 133,273
Posted By TimWischmeier
1 ranged may very well be not enough for one or...

1 ranged may very well be not enough for one or zero watcher helping. But in general your brain group should reach the brain with 40 seconds or more left on the madness timer, which will prevent new...
Forum: Paladins 07/14/09, 4:25 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 16,492
Posted By TimWischmeier
I think a theorycrafting tool which the explicit...

I think a theorycrafting tool which the explicit goal to be accessible to the average WoW player is truely missing in "our" arsenal - even with Rawr being quite a good useable tool.

That being said,...
Forum: Paladins 07/08/09, 4:43 PM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 807,881
Posted By TimWischmeier
If you cast BoL "on cooldown" (that is, reapply...

If you cast BoL "on cooldown" (that is, reapply it whenever it runs out), you save 1 BoL cast every 3 minutes. That is, you save 1537 mana every 3 minutes with BoL glyph.

LoH gives 1950 mana to...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/05/09, 11:11 AM
Replies: 793
Views: 192,759
Posted By TimWischmeier
My Self-Cast key is Alt (it is Alt in Bartender4,...

My Self-Cast key is Alt (it is Alt in Bartender4, too).

I did some further testing. The second macro works if I press ctrl and click it (it judges my target). If I change the first line of the first...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/05/09, 10:28 AM
Replies: 793
Views: 192,759
Posted By TimWischmeier
I kindly ask for help with two macros I tried to...

I kindly ask for help with two macros I tried to write. I cannot get them to work properly. I will provide pseudo-code to express what I intend to do with them.

#showtooltip Holy Shock
/cast...
Forum: Paladins 07/01/09, 3:26 PM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 807,881
Posted By TimWischmeier
I really cannot imagine that when 3.2 hits, SoW...

I really cannot imagine that when 3.2 hits, SoW will be the way it is now. In a way, it is comparable to the 5 second rule regarding to priests and druids. They toned that regeneration down because...
Forum: Paladins 06/30/09, 12:28 PM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 807,881
Posted By TimWischmeier
In it's current iteration the healing from the...

In it's current iteration the healing from the FoL-SS-HoT does not transfer over Beacon.
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