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Forum: Druids 08/07/09, 10:09 AM
Replies: 3,383
Views: 1,465,562
Posted By Xerophyte
Hunters loose something on the order of 500 DPS...

Hunters loose something on the order of 500 DPS so if you want the hit debuff we're the ones to provide it.

I don't mean to advocate dropping the IS glyph for full single target DPS races, it's...
Forum: Druids 08/06/09, 1:20 PM
Replies: 3,383
Views: 1,465,562
Posted By Xerophyte
It seems that once we lose our 4T8 we should...

It seems that once we lose our 4T8 we should typically drop unglyphed IS:s from a maximum DPS rotation. Further, Glyph of Starfall is coming closer to being competitive for raw DPS in the same...
Forum: Druids 07/14/09, 1:30 PM
Replies: 3,383
Views: 1,465,562
Posted By Xerophyte
That particular effect does quite the opposite,...

That particular effect does quite the opposite, actually. Wrath is already less MPS drained than Starfire thanks to Moonkin Form and Judgment of Wisdom both having increased returns on faster spells....
Forum: Druids 07/13/09, 7:21 PM
Replies: 3,383
Views: 1,465,562
Posted By Xerophyte
Essentially this. Our 4 largest mana sources are,...

Essentially this. Our 4 largest mana sources are, in order of significance: Moonkin Form, our base mana pool, Replenishment and Judgment of Wisdom. In terms of stats Spirit is almost purely...
Forum: Druids 07/10/09, 11:22 AM
Replies: 483
Views: 547,220
Posted By Xerophyte
On the IS glyph, the magnitude of the DPS...

On the IS glyph, the magnitude of the DPS increase is considerably smaller than the magnitude of the DTPS increase for most fights. Looking at some logs for my admittedly not particularly...
Forum: Druids 07/09/09, 1:16 AM
Replies: 3,383
Views: 1,465,562
Posted By Xerophyte
Well, you're right in a world that only has Wrath...

Well, you're right in a world that only has Wrath and Starfire in it. However, I can use travel time to attempt to substitute the un-Eclipsed Wraths you'd cast after the proccing Wrath for more...
Forum: Druids 07/08/09, 11:42 PM
Replies: 3,383
Views: 1,465,562
Posted By Xerophyte
Nifty idea. The 3ish seconds it takes to cast 1...

Nifty idea. The 3ish seconds it takes to cast 1 Wrath + 1 SF under NG can be very close to your Wrath travel time so you'll probably need to cast 2 SFs before concluding anything, at least for some...
Forum: Druids 07/08/09, 5:23 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Xerophyte
It's probably worth keeping in mind that real...

It's probably worth keeping in mind that real pre-eclipse phases don't actually end on a crit thanks to travel time, the spell queue and player reactions all conspiring to ensure that we'll keep...
Forum: Druids 06/21/09, 5:54 PM
Replies: 3,383
Views: 1,465,562
Posted By Xerophyte
The loss in idol twisting has little to do with...

The loss in idol twisting has little to do with dot uptime and more to do with lost dps time. Napkin math:

Loss: Idol damage on ~3 non-Eclipsed Starfires, ~1000 damage. ~0.9 seconds of DPS, ~5000...
Forum: Druids 06/20/09, 6:32 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Xerophyte
It seems very likely you'll always want to recast...

It seems very likely you'll always want to recast MF after each Eclipse, Starfire glyph or no Starfire glyph. The mean time to proc an Eclipse is about 5 seconds, two dot refreshes and an Idol swap...
Forum: Druids 06/18/09, 9:06 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Xerophyte
Ah. The uptime values make more sense then and I...

Ah. The uptime values make more sense then and I can see how that metric would be useful. It feels a bit strange to use the term uptime for it, I guess.



This isn't necessarily wrong. You're...
Forum: Druids 06/18/09, 6:37 PM
Replies: 3,383
Views: 1,465,562
Posted By Xerophyte
You're also getting uptimes as 73.2% :...

You're also getting uptimes as

73.2% : eclipse_starfire
66.4% : eclipse_wrath
This seems a bit implausible unless I am entirely misunderstanding what uptime means in...
Forum: Druids 06/16/09, 5:43 PM
Replies: 3,383
Views: 1,465,562
Posted By Xerophyte
Err, really? I took Frenzy for our first hard...

Err, really? I took Frenzy for our first hard Vezax in 10-man and got 2 procs in 4 attempts, one from Aura of Despair being applied at the start and one from a lethal melee hit during a wipe. I had...
Forum: Druids 06/11/09, 9:39 AM
Replies: 1,417
Views: 563,453
Posted By Xerophyte
It's a considerably smaller loss for you to keep...

It's a considerably smaller loss for you to keep the 3% miss buff up (~100 DPS) than it is for the hunter to do the same (~500 DPS). We can't really tell you if it's worth it or not. There are...
Forum: Druids 06/04/09, 1:53 AM
Replies: 3,383
Views: 1,465,562
Posted By Xerophyte
I'm not sure if I'm interpreting you right here,...

I'm not sure if I'm interpreting you right here, but you seem to be implying that the new 4T8 is somehow automatic and activates without keypresses. What's happening is that while DPSing you're...
Forum: Druids 06/03/09, 4:16 PM
Replies: 3,383
Views: 1,465,562
Posted By Xerophyte
Oh, I'm reasonably convinced that nothing...

Oh, I'm reasonably convinced that nothing peculiar is going on. Almost exactly 1s delay between cast starts even, 0.9 from the hit.
Forum: Druids 06/03/09, 4:08 PM
Replies: 3,383
Views: 1,465,562
Posted By Xerophyte
Mid raid now and mostly healing, but I did DPS on...

Mid raid now and mostly healing, but I did DPS on XT at least. Copypasting from World of Logs since I don't normally run /combatlog myself

[19:16:23.214] Molar begins to cast Starfire
[19:16:23.589]...
Forum: Druids 06/03/09, 1:36 PM
Replies: 3,383
Views: 1,465,562
Posted By Xerophyte
I'm getting a clear GCD from my procs when...

I'm getting a clear GCD from my procs when testing on the EU live servers at least.
Forum: Druids 06/02/09, 10:25 PM
Replies: 329
Views: 266,594
Posted By Xerophyte
It gets a little more complicated than that,...

It gets a little more complicated than that, partly since Nature's Grace has higher uptime during Lunar Eclipse's than otherwise but mostly since with sufficient (>409) haste rating you will be...
Forum: Druids 05/28/09, 4:14 PM
Replies: 3,383
Views: 1,465,562
Posted By Xerophyte
You are very unlikely to have your GCD haste...

You are very unlikely to have your GCD haste capped as that requires around 1500 rating as I recall. The interaction of lag is worse with instants than with casts which is going to have a small...
Forum: Druids 05/24/09, 10:46 AM
Replies: 3,383
Views: 1,465,562
Posted By Xerophyte
It's almost certainly worth keeping the set over...

It's almost certainly worth keeping the set over the IL239 pieces. Rawr gives me a 53 DPS gain from the stat changes when going from 4/5 to 2/5 in an optimal way (swapping in the Robes of the Umbral...
Forum: Warriors 01/24/09, 8:55 AM
Replies: 1,700
Views: 1,184,570
Posted By Xerophyte
Delaying the Slam for BT or WW essentially means...

Delaying the Slam for BT or WW essentially means losing out on a 20% chance of gaining a Slam. Delaying BT for Slam instead means a 1.5/5 = 30% chance of losing a BT, delaying WW means a 1.5/8 =...
Forum: Warriors 01/09/09, 3:41 AM
Replies: 205
Views: 147,689
Posted By Xerophyte
I can't see how you can possibly reach this...

I can't see how you can possibly reach this conclusion. I delay Shield Slam by 1 GCD, for whatever reason. I've lost 1/4th of a Shield Slam, assuming no further collisions. I delay Heroic Throw by 1...
Forum: Warriors 01/09/09, 1:51 AM
Replies: 205
Views: 147,689
Posted By Xerophyte
This is demonstrably false: you're making the...

This is demonstrably false: you're making the assumption that if an ability does higher threat on application then it should have priority, but this isn't the case. Heroic Throw might hit hard, but...
Forum: Warriors 01/08/09, 10:51 AM
Replies: 205
Views: 147,689
Posted By Xerophyte
The value of Sword & Board is too situational to...

The value of Sword & Board is too situational to allow us to fix a static value to the Devastates that can give us useful procs at all.

Generally, we can work using the assumption that a Devastate...
Forum: Warriors 01/08/09, 9:10 AM
Replies: 205
Views: 147,689
Posted By Xerophyte
As it seems I didn't clarify this properly...

As it seems I didn't clarify this properly earlier: that calculation is very insufficient for use in an ability comparison. The value of an S&B proc isn't dependent on just the damage difference...
Forum: Warriors 01/07/09, 11:19 AM
Replies: 1,700
Views: 1,184,570
Posted By Xerophyte
Correct.

Correct.
Forum: Warriors 01/07/09, 10:48 AM
Replies: 205
Views: 147,689
Posted By Xerophyte
One can dodge or parry Concussion Blow but not...

One can dodge or parry Concussion Blow but not Shockwave.
Forum: Warriors 01/07/09, 9:17 AM
Replies: 205
Views: 147,689
Posted By Xerophyte
Updating the priority chart with those threat...

Updating the priority chart with those threat values gives the priority list as

CD Ability| Dev 1|Dev 2|Rev 1|Rev 2
Rend >75% | Devastate | Rend | Revenge | Revenge
Rend | Devastate | Devastate |...
Forum: Warriors 01/06/09, 7:56 AM
Replies: 205
Views: 147,689
Posted By Xerophyte
I spent the evening getting a decent closed form...

I spent the evening getting a decent closed form expression down for Devastate threat. It's not quite perfect, I make enough assumptions that a simulator would be preferable, but it should be...
Forum: Warriors 12/17/08, 1:00 PM
Replies: 2,923
Views: 3,330,861
Posted By Xerophyte
Fur Lining - Attack Power - Spell - World of...

Fur Lining - Attack Power - Spell - World of Warcraft (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=57683)
Forum: Warriors 12/11/08, 10:11 PM
Replies: 67
Views: 62,222
Posted By Xerophyte
Actually, you do get the benefit of being able to...

Actually, you do get the benefit of being able to use Shield Block in defstance which is a fairly significant increase to Shield Slam damage while active. I don't know off hand if that buff stays up...
Forum: Class Mechanics 12/11/08, 8:10 AM
Replies: 106
Views: 151,964
Posted By Xerophyte
A 95% confidence interval for your data places...

A 95% confidence interval for your data places places the actual miss percentage between 26.5% and 28.1%, which unfortunately doesn't really help distinguish between our probable options of 27% and...
Forum: Warriors 12/09/08, 7:22 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 55,172
Posted By Xerophyte
The current wording makes it sound like swapping...

The current wording makes it sound like swapping to parry would give some small increase but isn't worth the effort, however for the vast majority of cases you'll never have sufficient dodge for the...
Forum: Warriors 12/08/08, 8:49 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 55,172
Posted By Xerophyte
Yes, the base idea is correct. \frac{1}{A_d} =...

Yes, the base idea is correct.
\frac{1}{A_d} = \frac{1}{c}+ \frac{k}{A} \Rightarrow A_d = \frac{1}{\frac{1}{c} + \frac{k}{A}}

There is one typo in your posted formula

Agility -> Dodge:...
Forum: Class Mechanics 12/03/08, 8:29 PM
Replies: 106
Views: 151,964
Posted By Xerophyte
With that data set you have a standard deviation...

With that data set you have a standard deviation of about 0.5% and 9% is a little less than five standard deviations away from your result. That is, the probability that an actual miss rate of 9% or...
Forum: Warriors 12/02/08, 11:57 PM
Replies: 1,700
Views: 1,184,570
Posted By Xerophyte
I don't use both glyphs myself, but I'm fairly...

I don't use both glyphs myself, but I'm fairly sure this was tested and it was found you apply two sunders to your main target and one sunder to the side target using that glyph combination. Not the...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/02/08, 11:49 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 11,059
Posted By Xerophyte
I wrote an EPGP implementation for DKPmon early...

I wrote an EPGP implementation for DKPmon early last year, which still works (according to my ex-raid group who still use it, at any rate) and is available on curse here...
Forum: Warriors 11/30/08, 2:55 PM
Replies: 3,232
Views: 2,612,163
Posted By Xerophyte
Don't start reading too much into the AttT...

Don't start reading too much into the AttT pulsing effect. If AttT is up for slices of x seconds and berserking has an uptime of 50% (or whatever) then 50% of all x-second slices will be affected,...
Forum: Warriors 11/29/08, 9:19 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 55,172
Posted By Xerophyte
Having slept on things I realize that a much...

Having slept on things I realize that a much simpler way to express the same thing I did two posts ago is to just assume my P_r is 0 and solve for P_0. This gives us the point of inflection in parry...
Forum: Warriors 11/29/08, 12:14 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 55,172
Posted By Xerophyte
\frac{kc^2}{(kc+A)^2} =...

\frac{kc^2}{(kc+A)^2} = \frac{1}{\frac{(kc+A)^2}{kc^2}} = \frac{1}{\frac{k^2c^2 + 2kcA + A^2}{kc^2}} = \frac{1}{(k + \frac{2}{c}A + \frac{1}{kc^2}A)}

So, yeh, same expression and I feel dumb for not...
Forum: Warriors 11/26/08, 6:25 AM
Replies: 1,700
Views: 1,184,570
Posted By Xerophyte
No. Just 1-hand Specialization and, if TG-specked...

No. Just 1-hand Specialization and, if TG-specked and tanking with a 2h presumably 2-hand Specialization. Shield Slam, Shield Bash and so on are just regular special attacks, they're not related to...
Forum: Warriors 11/25/08, 8:13 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 55,172
Posted By Xerophyte
This is somewhat obvious, but we can convert the...

This is somewhat obvious, but we can convert the tank spot notation for avoidance to the form we usually use to describe Armor DR if anyone prefers thinking in terms of that.

\frac{1}{A_d} =...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 04/10/08, 1:27 PM
Replies: 2,359
Views: 540,654
Posted By Xerophyte
Not that Aran matters much nowadays, but I can...

Not that Aran matters much nowadays, but I can corroborate that he seems to follow normal threat rules when not casting, which happens occasionally after interrupts and is even a frequent event if...
Forum: Class Mechanics 01/18/08, 1:48 AM
Replies: 63
Views: 49,133
Posted By Xerophyte
I was pointing to this thread from elsewhere and...

I was pointing to this thread from elsewhere and noticed the discrepancy on the Lurker tests. Quoting in part from the summary above.
Lurker (Leita)
AP Min Max Range
-300 9519 14218 4699

Lurker...
Forum: Warriors 01/13/08, 2:28 AM
Replies: 2,271
Views: 1,861,655
Posted By Xerophyte
My immediate reaction is that there is absolutely...

My immediate reaction is that there is absolutely no reason whatsoever to pick Cruelty over one-hand Specialisation unless this nets you IDS. OHS applies to every single point of damage you do with a...
Forum: Warriors 01/03/08, 10:28 PM
Replies: 2,271
Views: 1,861,655
Posted By Xerophyte
I don't think anyone is saying that IHS is very...

I don't think anyone is saying that IHS is very significant as such, but neither is anything else we can spend our last few talent points on (however as Quigon says, there's a huge, glaring exception...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/01/08, 3:19 AM
Replies: 104
Views: 21,845
Posted By Xerophyte
We're going a bit far afield but ... I considered...

We're going a bit far afield but ... I considered making one of these for BW when I realised I was saying the same things over and over. Two reasons it wont work much.

1: When timers end at the same...
Forum: Warriors 01/01/08, 2:57 AM
Replies: 2,271
Views: 1,861,655
Posted By Xerophyte
Thunder Clap isn't too bad to self-refresh if...

Thunder Clap isn't too bad to self-refresh if it's improved, according to the spreadsheet it ends at about 340 threat/clap after resists, compared to 440 threat for Devastate. Quick napkin math puts...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/31/07, 10:28 PM
Replies: 1,117
Views: 572,137
Posted By Xerophyte
Erm. It could possibly be worth it just at L16....

Erm. It could possibly be worth it just at L16. At L50, not a chance. It's 32 damage/block, hardly mind-blowing, and you don't have anything on par with Holy Shield and Concecrate to make multiple...
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