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Forum: Death Knights 08/22/11, 6:03 AM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,075,690
Posted By AtheistGod
Haste, Strength, Crit, Mastery, Expertise, Hit...

Haste, Strength, Crit, Mastery, Expertise, Hit are all linear. None of them are exponential. However, other than Hit/Expertise they all scale with each other. This means more Strength increases the...
Forum: Death Knights 07/28/11, 9:41 AM
Replies: 515
Views: 1,786,895
Posted By AtheistGod
I'm assuming it makes the assumption that DMC:H...

I'm assuming it makes the assumption that DMC:H works like most other procs. It probably has it proccing off special attacks while DMC:H only procs off auto attacks.
Forum: Death Knights 06/19/11, 2:53 AM
Replies: 515
Views: 1,786,895
Posted By AtheistGod
Testing on the training dummy shows that Threat...

Testing on the training dummy shows that Threat of Thassarian attacks always land. However, testing also showed that Frost Vulnerability is only applied from the weapon with Razor Ice. I was not able...
Forum: Death Knights 06/18/11, 2:50 AM
Replies: 515
Views: 1,786,895
Posted By AtheistGod
This is incorrect. DW Frost gets just as many MH...

This is incorrect. DW Frost gets just as many MH and OH attacks, assuming same speed weapons. If MH got more you would actually put FC in the MH since increased uptime of FC > less ramp up for RI....
Forum: Death Knights 02/11/11, 1:42 PM
Replies: 470
Views: 2,377,836
Posted By AtheistGod
I realized that I had an incorrect base duration...

I realized that I had an incorrect base duration for diseases in my napkin math of IBT vs Epidemic. With the correction 2/2 IBT and 3/3 Epidemic come out to roughly the same damage. IBT might be able...
Forum: Death Knights 02/10/11, 6:01 PM
Replies: 470
Views: 2,377,836
Posted By AtheistGod
Virulence > Improved Blood Tap There is no...

Virulence > Improved Blood Tap

There is no uncertainty about it.
Virulence gives slightly more damage per point, is done completely passively (requires no extra skill), does not push you towards GCD...
Forum: Death Knights 01/23/11, 5:15 PM
Replies: 470
Views: 2,377,836
Posted By AtheistGod
With .48% crit chance it took about 50 Killing...

With .48% crit chance it took about 50 Killing Machine Frost Strikes to see it. Killing Machine was consumed and the offhand strike crit but the mainhand did not crit.

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Forum: Death Knights 01/13/11, 8:52 PM
Replies: 470
Views: 2,377,836
Posted By AtheistGod
I've reproduced the KM hits on the training...

I've reproduced the KM hits on the training dummy. Only using FS with KM I've gotten two separate occurrences of a Frost Strike with 1 hand critting and the other only being a hit, in 100 Frost...
Forum: Death Knights 01/12/11, 3:55 PM
Replies: 470
Views: 2,377,836
Posted By AtheistGod
2/2 IBT provides 1 extra Obliterate every 2...

2/2 IBT provides 1 extra Obliterate every 2 minutes, not every 30 seconds. In 2 minutes Blood Tap would normally provide 1 Obliterate and improved will provide 2. However, I see no reason to drop it....
Forum: Death Knights 02/24/10, 7:45 PM
Replies: 1,800
Views: 2,523,727
Posted By AtheistGod
Necrosis is 20% autoattack damage as well. Blood...

Necrosis is 20% autoattack damage as well. Blood will stay unholy subspec. Can't say for Unholy though.
Forum: The Dung Heap 02/19/10, 9:19 AM
Replies: 30,129
Views: 1,906,462
Posted By AtheistGod
Technically blood could have used UP at one...

Technically blood could have used UP at one point. The Improved Presences glitch made UP worthwhile for blood. Albeit it took a glitch to make it so.
Forum: Death Knights 12/19/09, 2:21 PM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
Why do people bash Blood Worms so much? In terms...

Why do people bash Blood Worms so much? In terms of raw DPS I have them at about .7% DPS per point which is slightly better than Morbidity and they provide the extra benefits of providing healing and...
Forum: Death Knights 12/13/09, 3:49 PM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
It's a loss of IT/PS for a gain of HS/pestilence....

It's a loss of IT/PS for a gain of HS/pestilence. The amount of DS are the same in both.

You gain Heart Strikes using GoD not lose them. This is because you use Death Runes to refresh diseases in...
Forum: Death Knights 11/14/09, 11:07 AM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
It was only a matter of time. Especially...

It was only a matter of time. Especially considering all of the casters with similar mechanics already had it update SP on a refresh.
Forum: Death Knights 11/07/09, 6:47 PM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
Auto attack and Heart Strike are typically close...

Auto attack and Heart Strike are typically close to each other so it's possible for auto attack to be your top source of damage but if it's pushing 40% or more there is something wrong with your...
Forum: Death Knights 10/24/09, 6:45 PM
Replies: 1,164
Views: 767,369
Posted By AtheistGod
Bloody Vengeance is still wrong. The code treats...

Bloody Vengeance is still wrong. The code treats it as 1% per point whereas it is 1% per stack per point with 3 stacks.
Forum: Death Knights 10/24/09, 2:23 PM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
With the exception of the hands t9 are the BiS...

With the exception of the hands t9 are the BiS pieces on a per slot basis. The only reason to not use them would be if you are over capping either hit or expertise. Also the 4 pc set bonus is very...
Forum: Death Knights 10/17/09, 10:20 PM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
GoD supports ArP gemming more than GoDD does.

GoD supports ArP gemming more than GoDD does.
Forum: Death Knights 10/16/09, 8:43 PM
Replies: 707
Views: 1,589,008
Posted By AtheistGod
t8 4pc is a 3.33% increase to about 30% of your...

t8 4pc is a 3.33% increase to about 30% of your damage, about 1% total. t9 4pc is about 30-40% damage increase to (about 6% with GoDD, up to 10% with GoD). While diseases don't play that large a role...
Forum: Death Knights 10/16/09, 8:21 PM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
The top dps rotation requires 2/2 epidemic. It...

The top dps rotation requires 2/2 epidemic. It allows you to have diseases last just over that 20 second rotation in order to re-pest. In a perfect situation in the repeating part of the rotation...
Forum: Death Knights 10/15/09, 9:41 PM
Replies: 3,498
Views: 6,224,411
Posted By AtheistGod
The problem with people asking about minimum ArP...

The problem with people asking about minimum ArP is that there is none. As you get more it gets better. Aiming for ArP at 0 to reach a special point makes no sense since at that point ArP is now...
Forum: Death Knights 10/09/09, 1:19 PM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
Using the 51/13/7 has OB giving about 15% more...

Using the 51/13/7 has OB giving about 15% more damage(with 2pc t10) than DS. So that + 10% magic damage + 15% IT damage + 3% strike crit has to compete with the 8-9% total dps of Necrosis + BCB 3%...
Forum: Death Knights 10/07/09, 9:29 PM
Replies: 3,498
Views: 6,224,411
Posted By AtheistGod
It says "25% of the physical damage done" not 25%...

It says "25% of the physical damage done" not 25% of weapon damage. That to me means it's based directly off how much damage the target received.
Forum: Death Knights 10/07/09, 5:22 PM
Replies: 1,164
Views: 767,369
Posted By AtheistGod
Edit: Strike that. I realized I was looking at...

Edit: Strike that. I realized I was looking at the old code used for armor. However, I did notice that Bloody Vengeance is being counted as 2% damage per point rather than 3%.
Forum: Death Knights 09/27/09, 8:25 PM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
Remember that with Hysteria and DRW alone the...

Remember that with Hysteria and DRW alone the value of haste is as much as 50-80% more for the duration. Add in all the extra procs you could time it with and the haste gains alot more value.
Forum: Death Knights 09/25/09, 3:50 PM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
Use it every 1 minute. Both situations you get...

Use it every 1 minute.

Both situations you get it for all of the hysteria uses. So canceling that you have 2 uses of it without DRW vs 1 use with. That means Haste has to provide at least double the...
Forum: Death Knights 09/24/09, 2:35 PM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
Your rotation doesn't use runes in the same order...

Your rotation doesn't use runes in the same order both times. This will cause problems in anything short of perfect reaction times with no outside factors.

A better rotation is
DS PS IT HS HS
HS HS...
Forum: Death Knights 09/23/09, 9:13 PM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
GoD allows you to roll full proc buffed diseases....

GoD allows you to roll full proc buffed diseases. Thus giving more disease damage to be increased by crit.
Forum: Death Knights 09/10/09, 2:25 AM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
Why don't you take the points for NotD out of...

Why don't you take the points for NotD out of Morbidity. Necrosis is better point for point than Morbidity.
Forum: Death Knights 09/03/09, 4:03 PM
Replies: 707
Views: 1,589,008
Posted By AtheistGod
Isn't the effect of the sigil of virulence called...

Isn't the effect of the sigil of virulence called Unholy Strength? Because I remember someone mentioning how there was some buff called Unholy Strength that stacked with Fallen Crusader, also called...
Forum: Death Knights 09/03/09, 1:22 AM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
Looks like Blizz is adding Death Strike to...

Looks like Blizz is adding Death Strike to Virulence.
Source:Nihilum - World of Warcraft (http://www.nihilum.eu/)
Forum: Death Knights 08/13/09, 12:39 AM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
Assuming that you DS twice in 20 seconds you have...

Assuming that you DS twice in 20 seconds you have a (1-(.2*.2))96% chance of applying it between those 2. Since the buff lasts 20 seconds the uptime should be about 96% under ideal circumstances....
Forum: Death Knights 08/12/09, 4:49 PM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
GoDisease is only really beneficial with 2/2...

GoDisease is only really beneficial with 2/2 Epidemic. The rotations to make it work without will cause you to lose the extra Heart Strikes, which are the entire purpose of using the glyph as blood....
Forum: Death Knights 08/12/09, 1:58 PM
Replies: 2,021
Views: 1,497,284
Posted By AtheistGod
The 115% does effect the numbers but only...

The 115% does effect the numbers but only slightly, since it applies to both cases. It puts the difference from your number being 75% of the actual to 73.3%. Not really enough of a difference when...
Forum: Death Knights 08/12/09, 1:25 PM
Replies: 2,021
Views: 1,497,284
Posted By AtheistGod
Accounting for the Off Hand would mean that the...

Accounting for the Off Hand would mean that the extra damage ignored a 50% cut to half of it so it is at 100% rather than the 75% it would be if it were AP/weapon damage. That means you should...
Forum: Death Knights 08/11/09, 7:10 PM
Replies: 2,021
Views: 1,497,284
Posted By AtheistGod
Why wouldn't you just use Hellscream Slicer...

Why wouldn't you just use Hellscream Slicer (http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/47314/hellscream-slicer/)? It is not unique so you would be able to dual wield it.
Forum: Death Knights 08/08/09, 1:16 PM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
Kahorie's sim has a thread in this forum.

Kahorie's sim has a thread in this forum.
Forum: Death Knights 08/07/09, 3:40 AM
Replies: 2,021
Views: 1,497,284
Posted By AtheistGod
The glyph does not reset the DoT tick. That is...

The glyph does not reset the DoT tick. That is actually what caused BP to fall off early as it would drop whenever it ticked with less than 3 seconds remaining.
Forum: Death Knights 08/06/09, 1:48 PM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
Greatness should beat it handily. It's the Grim...

Greatness should beat it handily. It's the Grim Toll that is what you should be looking at.

If you aren't over capping ArP than Grim Toll is 83 hit rating and about 122 ArP, Banner of Victory is 84...
Forum: Death Knights 08/05/09, 1:24 PM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
Your 51/0/20 isn't going to be the top damage....

Your 51/0/20 isn't going to be the top damage. Morbidity is rather weak while both Ravenous Dead and Night of the Dead will provide more significant benefits. This was show in the incredibly low...
Forum: Death Knights 08/04/09, 6:36 AM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
It is a soft cap though. Since ArP loses about...

It is a soft cap though. Since ArP loses about 20% of it's value since 20% of the time you will be hard capped. At this point ArP is not able to be better than Strength unless you are not using Grim...
Forum: Death Knights 08/01/09, 5:34 AM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
It's 4% more of the non-diseased damage. Which...

It's 4% more of the non-diseased damage. Which means the real benefit is 4/1.2 or 3.33% total damage increase.
Forum: Death Knights 07/28/09, 9:03 PM
Replies: 707
Views: 1,589,008
Posted By AtheistGod
Also realize the proc isn't even the same type....

Also realize the proc isn't even the same type. Greatness can be STR, AGI, INT, or Spirit while Death's Choice can only be STR, AGI. In my mind this removes any possibility of sharing an ICD unless...
Forum: Death Knights 07/26/09, 5:06 PM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
With how Heart Strike has been directly...

With how Heart Strike has been directly buffed/nerfed based on the blood strike changes, it is important for blood.
Forum: Death Knights 07/20/09, 7:50 PM
Replies: 707
Views: 1,589,008
Posted By AtheistGod
Those losses are already not worth it. Also you...

Those losses are already not worth it. Also you wouldn't take the 4 pc in the first place. Therefore the losses will be even higher.
Forum: Death Knights 07/20/09, 6:03 AM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
I'm thinking based on 3.2. At which point Death's...

I'm thinking based on 3.2. At which point Death's Choice and Greatness are the best 2 and both are STR proc trinkets. Still too early to know definitely though, since new trinkets could still pop up.
Forum: Death Knights 07/20/09, 5:16 AM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
In the DW thread, someone mentioned how when...

In the DW thread, someone mentioned how when using GoDisease if you apply the diseases in blood but switch to unholy the damage remains the same. After a few tests I'm certain that diseases deal...
Forum: Death Knights 07/20/09, 3:43 AM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
I realized after posting that, the major flaw I...

I realized after posting that, the major flaw I forgot in my excitement. Until 3.2 GoDisease is not a viable choice. This is because of the issue with BP dropping early. The only testing that could...
Forum: Death Knights 07/20/09, 3:26 AM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,668,061
Posted By AtheistGod
Doing a more extensive search of WMO's top Blood...

Doing a more extensive search of WMO's top Blood parses as well as my own logs the 0.05% damage loss switching from Dark Death to GoDisease from my Sim values is accurate. In 3.2, if we upgrade past...
Forum: Death Knights 07/17/09, 3:15 PM
Replies: 2,021
Views: 1,497,284
Posted By AtheistGod
Those glyphs apply diseases. Glyph of disease...

Those glyphs apply diseases. Glyph of disease only refreshes diseases. This would likely be the reason for the difference with Glyph of Disease.
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