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Forum: Class Mechanics 11/29/07, 4:47 PM

Replies: 3,840 [Mage] TC after 2.3 Views: 881,764 Posted By Aldric The Rage kill he was actually in without an... The Rage kill he was actually in without an elemental shaman. Still had the SoC buff up, it only takes 8 points in ret so a well coordinated healing pally core can cover it fairly easily, plus your...

Forum: Class Mechanics 11/29/07, 3:50 PM

Replies: 3,840 [Mage] TC after 2.3 Views: 881,764 Posted By Aldric Yurifel, the destro lock, is most certainly not... Yurifel, the destro lock, is most certainly not afflication. Fedora is though and does run 13% CoS for all our raids, so I guess there is that. However, it's fairly standard practice to have 1...

Forum: Class Mechanics 11/29/07, 2:04 PM

Replies: 3,840 [Mage] TC after 2.3 Views: 881,764 Posted By Aldric It's right around 37% in our raid buffed group,... It's right around 37% in our raid buffed group, keep in mind that we keep up the pally crit debuff as well as have an elemental shaman in our group. This allows him to shed hit in favor of crit...

Forum: Class Mechanics 11/29/07, 10:30 AM

Replies: 3,840 [Mage] TC after 2.3 Views: 881,764 Posted By Aldric Here's our webstats for the last two weeks on the... Here's our webstats for the last two weeks on the standard dps test fights (Teron, Rage) sans rage for this week, we'll hit Hyjal on Saturday Teron...

Forum: Class Mechanics 11/21/07, 2:32 PM

Replies: 3,840 [Mage] TC after 2.3 Views: 881,764 Posted By Aldric I read that out of one of Pintofbrew's posts,... I read that out of one of Pintofbrew's posts, clearly a mistake on both our parts. But, thankfully, speculation over, absolutely amazing changes. All that's really left is to find out of cold snap...

Forum: Class Mechanics 11/21/07, 11:27 AM

Replies: 3,840 [Mage] TC after 2.3 Views: 881,764 Posted By Aldric I certainly didn't mean to be mean spirited in my... I certainly didn't mean to be mean spirited in my criticisms of Lhinerva's 21 point talent, I was just offering my viewpoint to counter what was pretty much just commented on as this talent is the...

Forum: Mages 11/20/07, 7:45 PM

Replies: 1,206 Sweet Informational Thread Views: 859,580 Posted By Aldric It would be nice to see a section on base damage... It would be nice to see a section on base damage ranges (or average) of the various spells at level 70 for theorycrafting reference purposes.

Forum: Class Mechanics 11/20/07, 7:42 PM

Replies: 3,840 [Mage] TC after 2.3 Views: 881,764 Posted By Aldric Sounds like a good addition to Vontre's new mega... Sounds like a good addition to Vontre's new mega thread. I'll cross post it over there.

Forum: Class Mechanics 11/20/07, 7:17 PM

Replies: 3,840 [Mage] TC after 2.3 Views: 881,764 Posted By Aldric Huh, well, I'll be damned, learn something new... Huh, well, I'll be damned, learn something new every day. That pretty much completely invalidates all my assumptions on a talent like that. Good call Muphrid.

Forum: Class Mechanics 11/20/07, 4:17 PM

Replies: 3,840 [Mage] TC after 2.3 Views: 881,764 Posted By Aldric So the actual averages for Ice Lance: 174 ... So the actual averages for Ice Lance: 174 Lihnerva: 186.5 delta: +12.5 effective damage delta: 87.5 Frostbolt: 620 Lihnerva: 623.5 delta: +3.5 effective damage delta: 3.83 Just from my initial...

Forum: Class Mechanics 11/20/07, 3:20 PM

Replies: 3,840 [Mage] TC after 2.3 Views: 881,764 Posted By Aldric From a raid utility purpose I would take arcane... From a raid utility purpose I would take arcane impact (13/0/48) over investing points in shatter. It has been discussed many times in this thread (or the old one maybe) that shatter is not an...

Forum: Class Mechanics 11/20/07, 12:08 PM

Replies: 3,840 [Mage] TC after 2.3 Views: 881,764 Posted By Aldric No, the 2% from above, is 2% with shatter. ... No, the 2% from above, is 2% with shatter. Rounced's version without shatter breaks even. As soon as a T6 mage picks up a single piece of gear from Sunwell it becomes worse. Because scaling of...

Forum: Class Mechanics 11/20/07, 11:32 AM

Replies: 3,840 [Mage] TC after 2.3 Views: 881,764 Posted By Aldric It's an improvement, especially for leveling, but... It's an improvement, especially for leveling, but without shatter and instead building it in, it's now almost exactly the same dps as frost bolting would be instead. Great for PvP, great for...

Forum: Class Mechanics 11/20/07, 10:42 AM

Replies: 3,840 [Mage] TC after 2.3 Views: 881,764 Posted By Aldric I'm not seeing how such a change could be... I'm not seeing how such a change could be considered a PvE dps boost. The blastwave portion we can discard right off the bat, as well as fireblast seeing you would have to move in from 36 yards to 20...

Forum: Class Mechanics 11/19/07, 1:24 PM

Replies: 3,840 [Mage] TC after 2.3 Views: 881,764 Posted By Aldric This isn't an 'answer my question' thread. That... This isn't an 'answer my question' thread. That would be here (http://elitistjerks.com/f31/t16781-mage_help_me_please/). You could also look into Vontre's mage spreadsheet...

Forum: Class Mechanics 10/22/07, 3:47 PM

Replies: 3,840 [Mage] TC after 2.3 Views: 881,764 Posted By Aldric Ah, ok, I didn't make the jump that you were... Ah, ok, I didn't make the jump that you were talking about other tier's bonuses. I agree that the set bonuses aren't as fun as 20% more damage to arcane blast, but I think that from a design...

Forum: Class Mechanics 10/22/07, 2:34 PM

Replies: 3,840 [Mage] TC after 2.3 Views: 881,764 Posted By Aldric I'm not sure how you mean any of the other T6... I'm not sure how you mean any of the other T6 2-piece bonuses are somehow more "inspired." Most of them are centered around a resource saving perspective (cheaper abilities, mana returns, etc.). ...

Forum: The Dung Heap 10/13/07, 8:00 PM

Replies: 3 [Mage] Weak practical results help Views: 2,068 Posted By Aldric Since you somehow got to 10 posts to start a new... Since you somehow got to 10 posts to start a new thread, you should know that questions like this can go in places like this (http://elitistjerks.com/f31/t16781-mage_help_me_please/)

Forum: Class Mechanics 10/12/07, 5:56 PM

Replies: 2,358 [Mage] How Can Arcane Damage Work? Views: 420,589 Posted By Aldric Sadly, I don't see this as quite true for our old... Sadly, I don't see this as quite true for our old friendly AM spec. AM differs from all the other mage spells in that you don't get a next spell not ready message due to latency. You just start...

Forum: Class Mechanics 10/12/07, 5:13 PM

Replies: 3,132 TBC Mage Theorycrafting Views: 496,685 Posted By Aldric Moving my response on the same issue from... Moving my response on the same issue from Vontre's thread over to this one to help keep things on the right topic: I'm not sure how I feel about this way of determining the value of the new MSD (at...

Forum: Class Mechanics 10/12/07, 4:50 PM

Replies: 550 Vontre's Mage DPS Spreadsheet Views: 274,902 Posted By Aldric Followed Rowyn's example and moved my response on... Followed Rowyn's example and moved my response on the issue over to the maga-thread (http://elitistjerks.com/509235-post3102.html) to help keep things clean.

Forum: Class Mechanics 10/10/07, 10:02 AM

Replies: 2,358 [Mage] How Can Arcane Damage Work? Views: 420,589 Posted By Aldric That's pretty much right although for your future... That's pretty much right although for your future theory crafting take note that you're calculating haste percentages incorrectly. 100% haste is actually half cast time, where as you have it 100%...

Forum: Class Mechanics 10/09/07, 5:52 PM

Replies: 550 Vontre's Mage DPS Spreadsheet Views: 274,902 Posted By Aldric OpenOffice.org: Home... OpenOffice.org: Home (http://www.openoffice.org/) Once you get your install done Calc is the program you're looking for. The only thing that probably won't work is the Armory importer, although it...

Forum: Class Mechanics 10/09/07, 5:32 PM

Replies: 3,132 TBC Mage Theorycrafting Views: 496,685 Posted By Aldric It's probably extremely likely that the other... It's probably extremely likely that the other mage logged out their PvP gear, seeing they're tailoring and not wearing any spellfire. Yeah, thats probably it for sure, Feloree gets the Nexus horn...

Forum: Class Mechanics 10/09/07, 4:09 PM

Replies: 2,358 [Mage] How Can Arcane Damage Work? Views: 420,589 Posted By Aldric Do you keep WWS logs that we could look at? Maybe... Do you keep WWS logs that we could look at? Maybe your fire mage was just getting very lucky with his crit rates at good times (deadens / late Anger) You're geared perfectly fine for AM spam...

Forum: Class Mechanics 10/04/07, 2:36 PM

Replies: 2,358 [Mage] How Can Arcane Damage Work? Views: 420,589 Posted By Aldric But it still stands that we've probably all seen... But it still stands that we've probably all seen focus proc right after starting an AM channel, before a bolt even leaves for the target. Raid environment parses aren't the way to go about figuring...

Forum: Class Mechanics 10/04/07, 2:10 PM

Replies: 2,358 [Mage] How Can Arcane Damage Work? Views: 420,589 Posted By Aldric Any chance we can see the logs that you've been... Any chance we can see the logs that you've been looking at? For the last couple weeks I've been pretty much spot on results for the 26.5% chance to proc.

Forum: Class Mechanics 10/04/07, 11:53 AM

Replies: 3,132 TBC Mage Theorycrafting Views: 496,685 Posted By Aldric For some it probably depends when you catch them.... For some it probably depends when you catch them. A lot of raids will finish up their week with Illidan, so some will spec frost for that (if they prefer the control over Arcane) and just stay frost...

Forum: Class Mechanics 10/03/07, 9:50 AM

Replies: 2,358 [Mage] How Can Arcane Damage Work? Views: 420,589 Posted By Aldric If you have the 4 piece tier 5 it's probably... If you have the 4 piece tier 5 it's probably worth using until you finish your 4 pieces of T6. I've been using the the 4 piece since the patch, and I've been very satisfied, the uptime is great.

Forum: Class Mechanics 10/02/07, 3:08 PM

Replies: 2,358 [Mage] How Can Arcane Damage Work? Views: 420,589 Posted By Aldric For sure consider if during AP your AB hits for... For sure consider if during AP your AB hits for 2800 and pyro for 3500 (maybe more if you have imp scorch and such), at a 30% crit rate (2800 * .36 * 1.75 + 2800 * .64) * .99 = 3520 (3500 * .3 *...

Forum: Class Mechanics 10/02/07, 1:18 PM

Replies: 2,358 [Mage] How Can Arcane Damage Work? Views: 420,589 Posted By Aldric The resist argument for PoM'ing your AB instead... The resist argument for PoM'ing your AB instead of a pyro is a bit of a deceptive one, while it really stings those times when you lose your pyro to a resist the average damage is still going to be...

Forum: Class Mechanics 10/01/07, 5:13 PM

Replies: 7 Mage Theorycrafting 2.3 Views: 8,961 Posted By Aldric I think maybe you're using Vontre's spreadsheet... I think maybe you're using Vontre's spreadsheet wrong. Are you maybe putting your base spell damage in the spell damage slot and then your total (fire and +dmg) in the fire damage field? In any case...

Forum: Class Mechanics 09/28/07, 5:02 PM

Replies: 2,358 [Mage] How Can Arcane Damage Work? Views: 420,589 Posted By Aldric Probably around 20 pages back we had the... Probably around 20 pages back we had the discussion of haste procs being additive or multiplicative with passive haste. Manly (who did the testing) confirmed that the effect of Mind Quickening Gem...

Forum: Class Mechanics 09/27/07, 5:01 PM

Replies: 3,132 TBC Mage Theorycrafting Views: 496,685 Posted By Aldric The general rule is 2 mages in a raid make CoE... The general rule is 2 mages in a raid make CoE better than a damage curse. Keep in mind though that if your healers can handle it CoR will almost always be the best curse a warlock can apply. If...

Forum: Class Mechanics 09/27/07, 2:50 AM

Replies: 2,358 [Mage] How Can Arcane Damage Work? Views: 420,589 Posted By Aldric Slow night for us today, so I really didn't get... Slow night for us today, so I really didn't get much testing in. We did get Teron in though and I wanted to toss this out there Aldric - WWS...

Forum: Class Mechanics 09/26/07, 3:51 PM

Replies: 2,358 [Mage] How Can Arcane Damage Work? Views: 420,589 Posted By Aldric That's pretty kick ass, it would certainly... That's pretty kick ass, it would certainly validate arcane mages using molten armor instead of the mage armor compulsion that I have now. And it's great for raiding frost mages, but like Acustar...

Forum: Class Mechanics 09/26/07, 2:13 AM

Replies: 2,358 [Mage] How Can Arcane Damage Work? Views: 420,589 Posted By Aldric Excellent results Manly. You mentioned that you... Excellent results Manly. You mentioned that you were messing up and putting up mage armor instead of molten, so mana consumption seemed to not be a problem at all. You also mentioned belt of...

Forum: Class Mechanics 09/25/07, 8:00 PM

Replies: 2,358 [Mage] How Can Arcane Damage Work? Views: 420,589 Posted By Aldric Ran out to Boom on live to check out the double... Ran out to Boom on live to check out the double dip AM casts Aldric - WWS (http://wowwebstats.com/g3k2pmuw5hhvw?a=2) Fired off 140 casts (700 bolts) and got 20 clearcasts (14.3% clearcast rate)...

Forum: Class Mechanics 09/25/07, 10:31 AM

Replies: 2,358 [Mage] How Can Arcane Damage Work? Views: 420,589 Posted By Aldric As of the 2.2.2 PTR the double dipping is working... As of the 2.2.2 PTR the double dipping is working exactly as it used to. Doing rank 3 AM for about 1500 missiles I got a crit rate of 34%, 6% over my character sheet. So I would say that double...

Forum: Class Mechanics 09/20/07, 5:48 PM

Replies: 2,358 [Mage] How Can Arcane Damage Work? Views: 420,589 Posted By Aldric Just do "item" tags, like the ones you get if you... Just do "item" tags, like the ones you get if you quote a post, toss an item name in-between and you're good. The Nexus Key

Forum: Class Mechanics 09/06/07, 5:11 PM

Replies: 2,358 [Mage] How Can Arcane Damage Work? Views: 420,589 Posted By Aldric It's really going to vary so widely for anyone... It's really going to vary so widely for anyone working with AM spam that it really isn't worth making a blanket statement on how long you should be able to maintain AM spam. The way I'll probably...

Forum: Class Mechanics 08/30/07, 7:07 PM

Replies: 2,358 [Mage] How Can Arcane Damage Work? Views: 420,589 Posted By Aldric We usually just bring a paladin into the mage... We usually just bring a paladin into the mage group to use concentration aura, works with scorch as well and you don't have to gimp yourself.

Forum: Class Mechanics 08/30/07, 6:26 PM

Replies: 2,358 [Mage] How Can Arcane Damage Work? Views: 420,589 Posted By Aldric Gorefiend - 1566 dps... Gorefiend - 1566 dps (http://www.lossendil.com/wws/?report=zgidudknp6pzm&s=8298-8571&a=80) Very impressive, admittedly destruction potions and probably flamecaps were used, he also didn't maintain...

Forum: Class Mechanics 08/29/07, 7:43 PM

Replies: 2,358 [Mage] How Can Arcane Damage Work? Views: 420,589 Posted By Aldric Yeah, I don't know if I'm quite that dedicated... Yeah, I don't know if I'm quite that dedicated until the patch comes out. Maybe tomorrow when I could be working instead of being at home playing WoW ;) But as to earlier about Crusade vs the Aran...

Forum: Class Mechanics 08/29/07, 6:57 PM

Replies: 2,358 [Mage] How Can Arcane Damage Work? Views: 420,589 Posted By Aldric Maybe at level 80, Wand of the Forgotten Star is... Maybe at level 80, Wand of the Forgotten Star is nowhere near that. In any case you'll probably want to switch to a faster wand. A 1.2 speed wand over a 1.5 wand will give you 30 more mp5 with JoW...

Forum: Class Mechanics 08/29/07, 6:52 PM

Replies: 2,358 [Mage] How Can Arcane Damage Work? Views: 420,589 Posted By Aldric What sort of assumptions are we safe to... What sort of assumptions are we safe to make? Gains: 13k buffed mana pool 300 mp5 FSR 165 mp5 while casting (above with mage armor and improved BoW) 225 mp5 1 Shadow Priest at 900 DPS 9k evocate...

Forum: Class Mechanics 08/28/07, 12:34 PM

Replies: 3,132 TBC Mage Theorycrafting Views: 496,685 Posted By Aldric Ah, I missed that, I would assume that the same... Ah, I missed that, I would assume that the same applied but to a lesser percentage. I doubt anybody has done a lot of conclusive testing on trash. You'll always have the possibility for partials on...

Forum: Class Mechanics 08/28/07, 11:53 AM

Replies: 2,358 [Mage] How Can Arcane Damage Work? Views: 420,589 Posted By Aldric Yes, but over time that argument falls apart. The... Yes, but over time that argument falls apart. The idea of faster conversion is that you can decrease the amount of poor regeneration (inside FSR) and increase the amount of valuable regeneration...

Forum: Class Mechanics 08/28/07, 10:53 AM

Replies: 2,358 [Mage] How Can Arcane Damage Work? Views: 420,589 Posted By Aldric Sigh, I'm not sure why we need to keep pointing... Sigh, I'm not sure why we need to keep pointing this out, haste gear does NOT effect DPM. DPM - Damage per Mana Haste effects spell cast time. Nowhere in the calculation for DPM is time a factor...

Forum: Class Mechanics 08/28/07, 10:31 AM

Replies: 3,132 TBC Mage Theorycrafting Views: 496,685 Posted By Aldric It means that even if you have capped your hit,... It means that even if you have capped your hit, you're still going to have that 5% partial resist. In fact it means that even if you haven't capped your hit, you're still going to have that 5%...

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