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Forum: Rogues 05/22/13, 6:48 PM

Replies: 103 Subtle Ways of Subtlety Views: 117,930 Posted By Palanuial Rune of Reorigination isn't properly modelled in... Rune of Reorigination isn't properly modelled in Shadowcraft. In general RoO is bad for any specc where the values of crit, haste, and mastery are close enough together. Which, as far as I know,...

Forum: Rogues 01/28/12, 1:21 PM

Replies: 886 Assassination Guide for Cata [12/01/2011] Views: 4,022,913 Posted By Palanuial As far as I know shadowcraft assumes that you are... As far as I know shadowcraft assumes that you are on target for 6-minutes straight. You can change that under general settings in Antiarc's version. It's set to 5 in Caffeine's.

Forum: The Dung Heap 01/26/12, 3:42 PM

Replies: 30,103 Thread of Ultimate Stupidity Views: 1,885,768 Posted By Palanuial 20 DPS is a very small difference in the context... 20 DPS is a very small difference in the context of 30k+ DPS. So a miniscule shift in the distribution of your stats can lead to a difference in how shadowcraft ranks items whos value is very close.

Forum: Rogues 01/16/12, 1:51 PM

Replies: 1,162 Rogue Simple Questions Thread: Cataclysm Edition Views: 661,743 Posted By Palanuial It's a pug, they don't really know what they're... It's a pug, they don't really know what they're talking about. Combat isn't far and away better than assasination, and when you're more comfortable as assasination, and (if) your gear is optimalized...

Forum: Rogues 12/13/10, 2:26 PM

Replies: 322 Cataclysm Mechanics Testing Views: 261,657 Posted By Palanuial It proccs off spells. It will, for instance,... It proccs off spells. It will, for instance, procc off recuperate.

Forum: Rogues 12/13/10, 1:42 PM

Replies: 322 Cataclysm Mechanics Testing Views: 261,657 Posted By Palanuial Hurricane: It procs off rupture both when the... Hurricane: It procs off rupture both when the enchant was only on the MH, and when it was only on the OH. In addition, when I had two Hurricane procs from both hands, I applied a rupture and stopped...

Forum: Rogues 09/06/10, 1:56 PM

Replies: 1,647 Pocket Guide to WOTLK (Updated for 3.3) Views: 5,170,294 Posted By Palanuial Que common sense: The only time using one pot... Que common sense: The only time using one pot during BL is going to beat using two pots outside BL, is when BL increases your damage by 100%; and it doesn't.

Forum: Rogues 08/06/10, 6:48 PM

Replies: 3,201 Combat and Mutilate Spreadsheets (Obsolete as of 4.0.x) Views: 3,816,290 Posted By Palanuial It's possible to emulate mace-specc affecting... It's possible to emulate mace-specc affecting both the mace MH and the dagger OH, just change a daggers weapon type from "QCQ" (AL) to "Mace" (AN) in the gear sheet. e: after poking around in the...

Forum: Rogues 06/19/10, 7:25 PM

Replies: 5,390 Rogue: Simple Questions/Simple Answers Views: 1,992,758 Posted By Palanuial You pool so that you may spend the energy at more... You pool so that you may spend the energy at more opportune moments. Through pooling one may increase the amount of attacks done during procs (berserking / trinkets / etc), as opposed to spending the...

Forum: Player vs. Player 06/06/10, 9:45 AM

Replies: 2,859 [Rogue] PVP Stat Standards/advice Views: 1,175,505 Posted By Palanuial Wont be an issue with poisontalents if you can... Wont be an issue with poisontalents if you can stick to your target.

Forum: Rogues 05/19/10, 9:51 AM

Replies: 5,390 Rogue: Simple Questions/Simple Answers Views: 1,992,758 Posted By Palanuial Either that or gem straight hit in yellow, rather... Either that or gem straight hit in yellow, rather than hit/agility hit/haste. Agility is making you crit cap, so switching out some (or all) of your gems with agility for something other than agility...

Forum: Rogues 05/15/10, 9:57 AM

Replies: 5,390 Rogue: Simple Questions/Simple Answers Views: 1,992,758 Posted By Palanuial His reasoning is faulty, his talent build is... His reasoning is faulty, his talent build is worse than the standard variation. It's the standard for a good reason. You can't really eyeball exactly how well a specc will perform, which is why...

Forum: Rogues 05/14/10, 6:32 PM

Replies: 5,390 Rogue: Simple Questions/Simple Answers Views: 1,992,758 Posted By Palanuial No that is in fact, as Averiel points out, quite... No that is in fact, as Averiel points out, quite irrelevant. Crit does not 'double dip' from the ICC-buff in any way shape or form, and the ICC-buff has no impact on the way you should be gearing.

Forum: Player vs. Player 04/08/10, 9:23 PM

Replies: 2,859 [Rogue] PVP Stat Standards/advice Views: 1,175,505 Posted By Palanuial Have your priest position himself next to a... Have your priest position himself next to a LoS-object. Get on the mage ASAP, the less he gets to spellsteal the better. From here on and out a lot of stuff can happen, but what you need to focus on...

Forum: Rogues 03/22/10, 10:17 AM

Replies: 571 The Rogue UI: Your Silent Partner Views: 834,453 Posted By Palanuial Alternately, if you want to have focus on a... Alternately, if you want to have focus on a specific target throughout the fight, grid (or any unitframe) makes it easier to use a /cast [target=mouseover] tricks of the trade macro if you need to...

Forum: Rogues 02/24/10, 5:56 AM

Replies: 413 In-Depth Mutilate Cycle Analysis Views: 571,398 Posted By Palanuial You'd probably be better of mutilating for the... You'd probably be better of mutilating for the 5th cp, though I gather that's sub-optimal as well. The right thing to do is to use envenom, even if it clips the buff from your previous envenom.

Forum: Rogues 02/24/10, 5:00 AM

Replies: 5,390 Rogue: Simple Questions/Simple Answers Views: 1,992,758 Posted By Palanuial At a glance: EA will (roughly) increase physical... At a glance: EA will (roughly) increase physical damage 20%. To keep up EA you'd have to use about half of your CP's on it. Eviscerate doesn't do such a large amount of damage that doing half as many...

Forum: Player vs. Player 02/04/10, 6:23 PM

Replies: 2,859 [Rogue] PVP Stat Standards/advice Views: 1,175,505 Posted By Palanuial It depends on the way you play your comp. The... It depends on the way you play your comp. The more time you spend in stealth against teams with other rogues, the more valuable MoD becomes. It has some value outside rogue/rogue aswell, but you can...

Forum: Player vs. Player 02/01/10, 2:20 AM

Replies: 2,859 [Rogue] PVP Stat Standards/advice Views: 1,175,505 Posted By Palanuial For mutilate, gem AP. It's much better than arpen. For mutilate, gem AP. It's much better than arpen.

Forum: Druids 01/27/10, 2:35 AM

Replies: 1,417 Druid: Simple Questions/Simple Answers Views: 563,444 Posted By Palanuial http://elitistjerks.com/f38/t55750-tree_season_6_r... http://elitistjerks.com/f38/t55750-tree_season_6_rise_treetank/ Plenty of relevant information there, though some of it might be a bit outdated.

Forum: Player vs. Player 01/02/10, 12:12 PM

Replies: 2,859 [Rogue] PVP Stat Standards/advice Views: 1,175,505 Posted By Palanuial In terms of survivability, you'd have to be... In terms of survivability, you'd have to be healed for roughly 20% of your HP each match for QR to be better than DN. (point for point)

Forum: Player vs. Player 12/23/09, 8:10 AM

Replies: 2,859 [Rogue] PVP Stat Standards/advice Views: 1,175,505 Posted By Palanuial Glyph of Polymorph... Glyph of Polymorph (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=42752)

Forum: Rogues 11/12/09, 8:46 AM

Replies: 1,354 WotLK Rogue Gear Discussion Views: 1,538,358 Posted By Palanuial It is not misleading at all. On the contrary, it... It is not misleading at all. On the contrary, it is straight to the point. It is my understanding that you believe that rupture will be worth using if your cp-gain increases slightly. You are...

Forum: Rogues 11/12/09, 7:45 AM

Replies: 1,354 WotLK Rogue Gear Discussion Views: 1,538,358 Posted By Palanuial Rupture isn't going to suddenly become better... Rupture isn't going to suddenly become better than eviscerate because we get three additional combo-points every 7th/8th finisher. What might be worth noting is that there's only one piece with...

Forum: Rogues 10/04/09, 10:33 PM

Replies: 3,201 Combat and Mutilate Spreadsheets (Obsolete as of 4.0.x) Views: 3,816,290 Posted By Palanuial But you're not going to get those combo points up... But you're not going to get those combo points up any faster due to ruthlessness unless you're dpsing the mob long enough for you to do at least two finishers. If you only do one finisher, you gain...

Forum: Rogues 09/22/09, 10:56 AM

Replies: 1,647 Pocket Guide to WOTLK (Updated for 3.3) Views: 5,170,294 Posted By Palanuial Rupture (and to the best of my knowledge, all... Rupture (and to the best of my knowledge, all other dots) are calculated at the moment of application. That is to say, if you have a 50% increase damage buff, and you apply rupture, rupture wont...

Forum: Rogues 08/02/09, 7:52 AM

Replies: 1,647 Pocket Guide to WOTLK (Updated for 3.3) Views: 5,170,294 Posted By Palanuial The 4.8% figure sounds right, if memory serves.... The 4.8% figure sounds right, if memory serves. It's in here somewhere.

Forum: The Dung Heap 06/25/09, 1:55 PM

Replies: 30,103 Thread of Ultimate Stupidity Views: 1,885,768 Posted By Palanuial Very original Xi, good job. Very original Xi, good job.

Forum: The Dung Heap 06/25/09, 10:25 AM

Replies: 30,103 Thread of Ultimate Stupidity Views: 1,885,768 Posted By Palanuial win-char win-char

Forum: The Dung Heap 06/24/09, 8:20 PM

Replies: 30,103 Thread of Ultimate Stupidity Views: 1,885,768 Posted By Palanuial Losing to DK/HealerPaladin where the paladin... Losing to DK/HealerPaladin where the paladin trinkets halfway through the first sap and bubbles the MC. Because the DK lol-RNG'd my poor 100-resilience priest in a couple of seconds! NERF DEATH...

Forum: Rogues 06/23/09, 8:07 PM

Replies: 1,354 WotLK Rogue Gear Discussion Views: 1,538,358 Posted By Palanuial It will lower the amount of energy you can safely... It will lower the amount of energy you can safely pool nonetheless. And depending on the proc-rate, you would (to an extent) want to avoid pooling before finishers; so you don't "waste" more procs on...

Forum: Rogues 06/21/09, 7:35 AM

Replies: 1,354 WotLK Rogue Gear Discussion Views: 1,538,358 Posted By Palanuial All dots use the casters current stats to... All dots use the casters current stats to calculate damage. Fluctuating crit-rates wont affect rupture after it has been applied. Generally the game will overwrite a rupture if the new application...

Forum: Rogues 05/17/09, 9:57 AM

Replies: 1,931 The Roguecraft Spreadsheet Views: 1,580,758 Posted By Palanuial You could argue that the hyperspeed accelerators... You could argue that the hyperspeed accelerators hold an even bigger advantage over crusher on any fight that has a burn phase. Or several. Although my (rough) napkin math shows that the only place...

Forum: Player vs. Player 05/17/09, 6:16 AM

Replies: 2,859 [Rogue] PVP Stat Standards/advice Views: 1,175,505 Posted By Palanuial This. You're not going to be able to kill a... This. You're not going to be able to kill a restoration druid of equal gear and skill before thorns kills you. Not by a long shot. You can probably postpone it by doing gouge->bandage, and maybe get...

Forum: Player vs. Player 05/15/09, 10:35 AM

Replies: 2,859 [Rogue] PVP Stat Standards/advice Views: 1,175,505 Posted By Palanuial Have your druid use cyclone after the gouge. Most... Have your druid use cyclone after the gouge. Most of the time getting of a cyclone is risky because you get locked out from heals if it is interrupted, but if the DPS is gouged, the druid can freely...

Forum: Player vs. Player 05/12/09, 12:10 PM

Replies: 2,859 [Rogue] PVP Stat Standards/advice Views: 1,175,505 Posted By Palanuial 5% hit from hit rating on gear = 5/5... 5% hit from hit rating on gear = 5/5 Precision. But you might as well skip precision and take something else in its stead if you have enough hit from gear.

Forum: Player vs. Player 05/11/09, 11:10 AM

Replies: 2,859 [Rogue] PVP Stat Standards/advice Views: 1,175,505 Posted By Palanuial One way to play would be to work towards bringing... One way to play would be to work towards bringing their druid OOM, without yours doing the same. Because a rogue just isn't going to be able to kill a restodruid with mana who doesn't suck. Let alone...

Forum: Player vs. Player 05/10/09, 4:15 PM

Replies: 2,859 [Rogue] PVP Stat Standards/advice Views: 1,175,505 Posted By Palanuial For the most part, what kills people, is burst.... For the most part, what kills people, is burst. Mutilate and eviscerate on your end, and whatever your partners do. So hit and haste are rather poor stats. AP vs Agility is a close race for sure,...

Forum: Player vs. Player 04/21/09, 9:11 AM

Replies: 2,859 [Rogue] PVP Stat Standards/advice Views: 1,175,505 Posted By Palanuial You can play Shadow Dance with hemorrhage. You can play Shadow Dance with hemorrhage.

Forum: Player vs. Player 04/20/09, 7:41 AM

Replies: 2,859 [Rogue] PVP Stat Standards/advice Views: 1,175,505 Posted By Palanuial You're definitely right about the... You're definitely right about the Battlemaster's. But a passive trinket is more likely to be down when you need it, then it is to be up. An activated trinket isn't good because it contributes damage...

Forum: Player vs. Player 04/19/09, 5:56 PM

Replies: 2,859 [Rogue] PVP Stat Standards/advice Views: 1,175,505 Posted By Palanuial I'd say mage, but it really depends more on who... I'd say mage, but it really depends more on who you work best with. Talents really depend on what comp you're playing, some comps are all about burst, while others can work with the kind of...

Forum: Player vs. Player 04/19/09, 4:29 PM

Replies: 2,859 [Rogue] PVP Stat Standards/advice Views: 1,175,505 Posted By Palanuial Aren't you essentially trading SD for CB with... Aren't you essentially trading SD for CB with that?

Forum: Player vs. Player 04/18/09, 12:03 PM

Replies: 946 Surviving as a Priest Views: 339,780 Posted By Palanuial Yeah, the power comes from being able to couple... Yeah, the power comes from being able to couple the snare on the opponent, with the snare removal and/or burst of speed.

Forum: Player vs. Player 04/18/09, 10:57 AM

Replies: 946 Surviving as a Priest Views: 339,780 Posted By Palanuial It's quite good when you're trying to get away... It's quite good when you're trying to get away from melee, especially if you have someone who can snare whoever is whacking at you. But I think you'd really need a partner(s) who can reliably get you...

Forum: Player vs. Player 04/17/09, 9:45 AM

Replies: 2,859 [Rogue] PVP Stat Standards/advice Views: 1,175,505 Posted By Palanuial If you're speccing hemo, you're probably speccing... If you're speccing hemo, you're probably speccing SDance as well. So SD glyph becomes pretty much a must have. And if you look at talented and glyphed tricks of the trade, it's 25% more damage for 6s...

Forum: Player vs. Player 04/17/09, 9:33 AM

Replies: 9 [Rogue + Mage] Shadow Dance and Arcane Discussion Views: 8,367 Posted By Palanuial The problem with that kind of a macro is that... The problem with that kind of a macro is that anyone who recognizes what you're doing, will trinket the KS and try to get away from you / CC / disarm you / keep their back away from you. And that's...

Forum: Player vs. Player 04/04/09, 3:37 PM

Replies: 9 [Rogue + Mage] Shadow Dance and Arcane Discussion Views: 8,367 Posted By Palanuial Yeah, mutilate works about as well. You don't... Yeah, mutilate works about as well. You don't have the burst a good Shadow Dance can put out, but you are better at pretty much everything else. Shadow Dance is a bit of a one-trick pony, and 10s...

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