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Posted By Jarlyn

Idle in Raid (with target casting...

Idle in Raid (with target casting bar):
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/7246/wowscrnshot100809000813.jpg

Raid Combat (ignore bigwigs spam, they broke something...

Forum: User Interface and AddOns

10/08/09, 12:37 AM

Replies: 1,661

Sticky: Share Your Interface - READ THE FIRST POST (No, really. Read it.)

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Posted By Jarlyn

Haven't posted here lately, so here's the...

Haven't posted here lately, so here's the latest:

Idle in Raid (with target casting bar):
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/7246/wowscrnshot100809000813.jpg

Raid Combat (ignore bigwigs spam, they...

Forum: Mages

10/07/09, 8:51 PM

Replies: 5,355

Views: 3,112,759

Posted By Jarlyn

Yeah, I'm ambivalent about the 2pc. I rarely use...

Yeah, I'm ambivalent about the 2pc. I rarely use MI as a dps cooldown anymore, since threat is frequently an issue these days, so I'm not real wild about tying a dps buff to it and not having an...

Forum: Mages

10/07/09, 8:44 PM

Replies: 5,355

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Posted By Jarlyn

The two-piece is... shitty. Four-piece seems...

The two-piece is... shitty. Four-piece seems decent for Fire, but weak for Arcane since ABlast flirts with the GCD with cooldowns up already, to say nothing of when we'll have T10 haste levels.

Forum: Mages

10/01/09, 11:29 AM

Replies: 1,603

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Posted By Jarlyn

Not strictly true - FFB is fairly dominant on...

Not strictly true - FFB is fairly dominant on Anub-25H (arguably the only challenging fight in the zone), but I still don't take Firestarter when I spec for that fight. Otherwise yeah, FFB's dead in...

Forum: The Dung Heap

09/22/09, 8:43 PM

Replies: 30,098

Thread of Ultimate Stupidity

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Posted By Jarlyn

Dropping points out of Arcane Mind should always...

Dropping points out of Arcane Mind should always be your first step (it's a tiny dps increase), and if your guild is doing anything that's even remotely challenging to you, 2/2 MA is a must.

Forum: Mages

09/17/09, 12:03 AM

Replies: 5,355

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Posted By Jarlyn

That whole post is really out of date (some of...

That whole post is really out of date (some of those things haven't existed since early in WotLK beta). You can safely ignore most if not all of it.

Forum: Mages

09/11/09, 5:33 PM

Replies: 1,054

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Posted By Jarlyn

Tree druid banishes aside, no one else has any...

Tree druid banishes aside, no one else has any better (sustainable) options for CC on the healer mobs during the Champions. Triple sheep on a mob, counterspell the next heal. At worst they're only...

Forum: Mages

09/11/09, 3:30 PM

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Posted By Jarlyn

For Beasts, we run Snobolds into melee so they're...

For Beasts, we run Snobolds into melee so they're being hit by all possible incidental damage, including LB. Drop an LB on them as soon as the Snobold goes out, it should catch an explosion from...

Forum: Mages

09/11/09, 10:45 AM

Replies: 1,054

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Posted By Jarlyn

Complaining about the gear is pretty silly;...

Complaining about the gear is pretty silly; Ulduar had 14 bosses, Coliseum has 5. The loot bottleneck from the falloff in bosses is expected, and given that you have literally no other alternatives...

Forum: Mages

08/07/09, 1:14 AM

Replies: 5,355

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Posted By Jarlyn

My primary issue with all of this is that it...

My primary issue with all of this is that it still leaves us in the lurch as far as single-target DPS goes.

The new Living Bomb changes make us mind-bogglingly good for a number of fights right now....

Forum: Mages

08/04/09, 11:31 PM

Replies: 527

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Posted By Jarlyn

Open Interface\AddOns\Scorchio2\Scorchio2.lua in...

Open Interface\AddOns\Scorchio2\Scorchio2.lua in any text editor, scroll down to this section (it's near the top):

local VULNDATA = {
{ -- Scorch
self = false,
durationpve = 30,
...

Forum: Mages

07/24/09, 3:06 PM

Replies: 3,728

The Arcane thread

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Posted By Jarlyn

Regardless of how you feel about Arcane, it's at...

Regardless of how you feel about Arcane, it's at least nice to see them admit they're not going to fix the problem, rather than creating false hope and leaving players in the wind.

But the larger...

Forum: Mages

07/20/09, 11:32 PM

Replies: 1,054

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Posted By Jarlyn

There's really not, and that's been proven to be...

There's really not, and that's been proven to be the case on any number of occasions here.

Frost Warding is too small of a mitigation increase (over a normal Fire+MA build) to justify the...

Forum: Mages

07/16/09, 1:04 AM

Replies: 5,355

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Posted By Jarlyn

Doesn't seem to be. We used it every pull on...

Doesn't seem to be. We used it every pull on Mimiron hardmode for P2 (pre-nerf) and never noticed any ill effects, and that's a pretty wide variety of spells from a lot of sources. I don't generally...

Forum: Mages

07/07/09, 7:08 PM

Replies: 205

Raiding as Frost (post 3.2)

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Posted By Jarlyn

The absence of Blizzard in the list of mana cost...

The absence of Blizzard in the list of mana cost reductions tells me that these changes were aimed squarely at PvP. You'd have a pretty difficult time making the case that Frost needed more PvE...

Forum: Mages

07/07/09, 1:56 PM

Replies: 1,603

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Posted By Jarlyn

If you spec into Frostbite for Freya, every time...

If you spec into Frostbite for Freya, every time you kite the Snaplasher through melee you risk getting one of them killed. Kyth and I have dropped it entirely from our Freya builds (FFB and Frost),...

Forum: Mages

07/06/09, 2:12 AM

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Posted By Jarlyn

This discussion has become completely inane, but...

This discussion has become completely inane, but to try and move past it, here's my take.

If you're progressing on the various Ulduar hardmodes, tailor your spec to the fight. Trying to generalize...

Forum: Public Discussion

07/01/09, 4:12 PM

Replies: 153

The "Make Fun of This Person" thread for July

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Posted By Jarlyn

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/7533/tatramountains...

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/7533/tatramountainszakopane.jpg

Did I do this right?

Forum: Mages

06/29/09, 3:12 PM

Replies: 1,054

Views: 908,564

Posted By Jarlyn

We'd completely destroy Mimiron and Yogg...

We'd completely destroy Mimiron and Yogg (particularly with no Thorim) with spammable LBs. I do expect Ulduar to be nerfed into oblivion by the time this patch hits, so I'm not worried much about...

Forum: User Interface and AddOns

06/25/09, 3:31 AM

Replies: 1,661

Sticky: Share Your Interface - READ THE FIRST POST (No, really. Read it.)

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Posted By Jarlyn

Raid...

Raid shot:

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/4889/wowscrnshot062409215545.jpg

Addons List (http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4153/addonsh.jpg). Focus frame goes to the left of my player...

Forum: Mages

06/24/09, 10:08 PM

Replies: 527

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Posted By Jarlyn

WoW spells Judgment as Judgement.

WoW spells Judgment as Judgement.

Forum: Mages

06/23/09, 11:12 PM

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Posted By Jarlyn

I'm still hoping we might see a small revision to...

I'm still hoping we might see a small revision to our Armors, since they're in a completely absurd state right now. But the fact that they included Mage Armor in that bonus would seem to indicate...

Forum: Mages

06/18/09, 5:51 PM

Replies: 1,054

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Posted By Jarlyn

If the shaman Q&A is any precedent, I wouldn't...

If the shaman Q&A is any precedent, I wouldn't raise your hopes too much about the amount of hard data it's going to contain. They mostly got platitudes and general concepts, which is mostly what I'd...

Forum: Mages

06/16/09, 3:19 PM

Replies: 1,054

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Posted By Jarlyn

Yeah, this. Once your guild gets better at the...

Yeah, this. Once your guild gets better at the lashers phase, the only thing Frost is really providing is the perma-snare on the Snaplasher, which can be easily replicated by an FFB mage. I've been...

Forum: Mages

06/14/09, 4:52 PM

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Posted By Jarlyn

It's a custom LDB mod I use, displayed through...

It's a custom LDB mod I use, displayed through StatBlockCore. Broker_CasterStats is functionally identical, I just wrote my own.

Forum: Mages

06/04/09, 5:22 AM

Replies: 3,728

The Arcane thread

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Posted By Jarlyn

Timing cooldowns around various procs (or fight...

Timing cooldowns around various procs (or fight effects or anything else) is hardly something unique to Arcane, or any spec of any class. It's just part of being a good DPSer.

Forum: Mages

06/02/09, 2:35 AM

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Posted By Jarlyn

I actually don't agree with this anymore. We've...

I actually don't agree with this anymore. We've spent a few weeks on Mimi, and Kyth and myself had been Arcane for most of it (see this post...

Forum: Mages

06/01/09, 4:31 AM

Replies: 3,728

The Arcane thread

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Posted By Jarlyn

I'll comment from this perspective - we've been...

I'll comment from this perspective - we've been Arcane for Mimi hardmode for the past couple weeks. Mimi hardmode is pretty much an ideal set of circumstances for Arcane (lot of movement with high...

Forum: Mages

05/30/09, 2:45 AM

Replies: 527

Views: 950,117

Posted By Jarlyn

Threat percentage. With the 3.0 changes to build...

Threat percentage. With the 3.0 changes to build threat values into the base UI, I haven't seen the need to run Omen anymore. Just a dogtag in Pitbull works for me.

Forum: Mages

05/29/09, 6:16 PM

Replies: 527

Views: 950,117

Posted By Jarlyn

Guess I'll chime in here. I overhaul my UI every...

Guess I'll chime in here. I overhaul my UI every couple months, but this is what I'm running with now. Focus frame goes to the left of my player...

Forum: Mages

05/26/09, 12:15 AM

Replies: 5,355

Views: 3,112,759

Posted By Jarlyn

Just no. Emphatically no. Dropping CSD is losing...

Just no. Emphatically no.

Dropping CSD is losing something like 250 DPS, whereas you can swap off icewalker and throw in a hit gem to drop 20-30 DPS, maybe.

Forum: Mages

05/17/09, 11:38 PM

Replies: 1,054

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Posted By Jarlyn

We never saw much reason to cast Ice Lance while...

We never saw much reason to cast Ice Lance while doing Vezax hardmode. Once you've wiped enough times to it, you get a pretty good feel for the radius of the Shadow Crash hits, and there isn't much...

Forum: Mages

05/14/09, 4:12 PM

Replies: 1,603

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Posted By Jarlyn

Some notes about spec: The only fight where I...

Some notes about spec:

The only fight where I think FFB is demonstrably better than Fireball/TTW is Hodir, because of how ridiculous Storm Power is. You can make an argument for FFB on XT and maybe...

Forum: Mages

05/01/09, 4:51 AM

Replies: 1,603

Views: 1,598,855

Posted By Jarlyn

Forgive my sarcasm (and likely the infraction...

Forgive my sarcasm (and likely the infraction it's going to get me), but seriously, your proof that Cold Snap is superior to Living Bomb is an anecdotal recollection that you saw the LB glyph consume...

Forum: Mages

04/17/09, 2:38 AM

Replies: 5,355

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Posted By Jarlyn

Except that no raiding mage is going to use Glyph...

Except that no raiding mage is going to use Glyph of Polymorph and with 3.1, Molten is inferior to Ice/Mage for PvP.

Forum: Mages

04/14/09, 7:09 PM

Replies: 1,700

Views: 540,973

Posted By Jarlyn

Yeah, it was mostly perceived as a bugfix change....

Yeah, it was mostly perceived as a bugfix change. And it's been listed in the patch notes for a long time.

Forum: Mages

04/03/09, 1:12 AM

Replies: 1,700

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Posted By Jarlyn

You seem to be confusing "AE" with "packs where...

You seem to be confusing "AE" with "packs where it isn't worth it to AE."

Forum: Mages

04/03/09, 12:31 AM

Replies: 1,700

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Posted By Jarlyn

Yeah, this - I don't plan on taking BW or DB when...

Yeah, this - I don't plan on taking BW or DB when 3.1 goes live. We haven't seen all the trash in the instance of course, but the trash we have seen is generally small groups of big elites that...

Forum: Mages

03/30/09, 8:15 PM

Replies: 1,700

Views: 540,973

Posted By Jarlyn

This. The topic of how to fix Evo is beyond...

This. The topic of how to fix Evo is beyond beating a dead horse at this point. Blizzard has already stated that they're aware of our concerns. If they want to fix Evo, they will.

Forum: Mages

03/27/09, 6:21 AM

Replies: 1,700

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Posted By Jarlyn

I'm guessing he just hasn't read this thread at...

I'm guessing he just hasn't read this thread at all and thinks we're talking about live. I've seen no exceptions to the MI = GCD rule on PTR so far.

Forum: User Interface and AddOns

03/24/09, 11:08 PM

Replies: 1,661

Sticky: Share Your Interface - READ THE FIRST POST (No, really. Read it.)

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Posted By Jarlyn

Reworked things a good bit, mostly because I...

Reworked things a good bit, mostly because I wanted a larger grid.

[e] sorry for the addons listing, I run multiple accounts with several characters. Not all of the addons listed here are active at...

Forum: Mages

03/24/09, 4:00 PM

Replies: 1,700

Views: 540,973

Posted By Jarlyn

I'd worry less about the gaps in logic in not...

I'd worry less about the gaps in logic in not choosing to simply merge in PWF and just be happy they actually listened to our feedback and responded in a timely manner.

Although with this change I...

Forum: Mages

03/24/09, 2:46 PM

Replies: 1,700

Views: 540,973

Posted By Jarlyn

But fire mages play with fire so there needs to...

But fire mages play with fire so there needs to be drawbacks to our dps! Adding in RP-oriented negative benefits to our talent trees has always been a spectacular idea!

Seriously though, RP...

Forum: Mages

03/18/09, 9:44 PM

Replies: 1,700

Views: 540,973

Posted By Jarlyn

So my question is, now that Impact is nerfed and...

So my question is, now that Impact is nerfed and the crit on Molten Armor comes from spirit, why did they leave the -crit aspect of it? Molten is strictly inferior to Ice/Mage now for all things PvP,...

Forum: Mages

03/17/09, 10:31 PM

Replies: 1,700

Views: 540,973

Posted By Jarlyn

Well that explains why our mana was so weird...

Well that explains why our mana was so weird tonight. We spent a while messing around with Patchwerk and XT-002 and none of us could figure out why our mana situation was so much better.

It's...

Forum: Mages

03/12/09, 6:58 PM

Replies: 1,700

Views: 540,973

Posted By Jarlyn

That's assuming your images live for the duration...

That's assuming your images live for the duration of their cooldown, and speaking from experience, that's not going to be the case on many, if any, fights in Ulduar. Either way the whole situation...

Forum: Mages

03/10/09, 9:35 PM

Replies: 1,700