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Forum: Shamans 02/03/09, 9:56 AM

Replies: 292 [Resto] Healing Equivalency Points Views: 182,599 Posted By Durnitol 1 INT = .6mp5 thanks to BoKings and Ancestral... 1 INT = .6mp5 thanks to BoKings and Ancestral Knowledge, not .225. .6 * 300 = 180 MP5

Forum: Shamans 01/23/09, 9:31 AM

Replies: 103 [Resto] spreadsheets and calculations Views: 143,424 Posted By Durnitol Perhaps this... Perhaps this (http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pUIIlNej2qxIgWgAieg4QaQ) will give you some ideas.

Forum: Shamans 01/21/09, 2:53 PM

Replies: 14 The spec thread [All] Views: 13,831 Posted By Durnitol That's just it, Bink, there isn't. People say... That's just it, Bink, there isn't. People say "I'm using spec X/X/X and my results using the sim got _this_" or "I am specced X/X/X with Y gear and ...". To a degree, yes, you must define your spec...

Forum: Shamans 01/21/09, 2:16 PM

Replies: 14 The spec thread [All] Views: 13,831 Posted By Durnitol Rounced, I think you are being a bit... Rounced, I think you are being a bit shortsighted. I realize it is shaky ground to start up this sort of topic, but I'm looking more of something to add to the TTT plus some debate as to what is a...

Forum: Shamans 01/21/09, 1:28 PM

Replies: 14 The spec thread [All] Views: 13,831 Posted By Durnitol I know we can't avoid this 100%, but guys, be as... I know we can't avoid this 100%, but guys, be as generic as possible. Leave the personal choices up to readers looking for just a baseline. Try to answer this question: What talents are required for...

Forum: Shamans 01/21/09, 12:46 PM

Replies: 14 The spec thread [All] Views: 13,831 Posted By Durnitol The spec thread [All] The TTT explains talents, but rarely makes suggestions and how to build them out. Even after 2+ months of Wrath, I am still waffling over 3-5 measly points and where to spend them for resto, I...

Forum: Shamans 01/21/09, 9:04 AM

Replies: 237 Healing trinkets Views: 203,537 Posted By Durnitol Arkandel, if you click on the wowhead link to... Arkandel, if you click on the wowhead link to that item, you can read the comments users have made on the item. They're not generally as reliable as EJ forums replies, but they can be useful. I...

Forum: Shamans 01/19/09, 11:59 PM

Replies: 292 [Resto] Healing Equivalency Points Views: 182,599 Posted By Durnitol TheFallenOne makes a solid point. I also forgot... TheFallenOne makes a solid point. I also forgot to include Soul of the Dead. The resto trinket thread (http://elitistjerks.com/f79/t36997-healing_trinkets/) is more useful for making the...

Forum: Shamans 01/19/09, 11:34 AM

Replies: 125 [Restoration] Dual Wield Chain Heal and You Views: 108,372 Posted By Durnitol The question isn't whether it's viable or not,... The question isn't whether it's viable or not, it's whether it has enough value over a "normal" spec to be worth it. I have healed Sarth 2d with 5 total healers. As the sole resto shaman and specced...

Forum: Shamans 01/16/09, 7:27 PM

Replies: 292 [Resto] Healing Equivalency Points Views: 182,599 Posted By Durnitol Because the only difference described between... Because the only difference described between your link and mine is the chest. The Elemental T7 marginally wins in your scenario, thanks to 5 more int, while the Fallout Impervious Tunic has +1 haste...

Forum: Shamans 01/16/09, 3:15 PM

Replies: 292 [Resto] Healing Equivalency Points Views: 182,599 Posted By Durnitol I think having 2 gear sets is ideal. Set 1... I think having 2 gear sets is ideal. Set 1 focuses on spamming Chain Heal , while set 2 focuses on single target healing (without worrying about mana). Chain heal for the reliably grouped raid taking...

Forum: Shamans 01/12/09, 4:13 PM

Replies: 292 [Resto] Healing Equivalency Points Views: 182,599 Posted By Durnitol Vuldunobetra, because it's too good. They'd have... Vuldunobetra, because it's too good. They'd have to nerf it to a lower percentage, and possibly reduce the buff timer. The design of the talent suggests making choices and picking your strategy for...

Forum: Shamans 01/12/09, 3:21 PM

Replies: 292 [Resto] Healing Equivalency Points Views: 182,599 Posted By Durnitol For some number comparisons of HW to Glyphed LHW,... For some number comparisons of HW to Glyphed LHW, please read this post (http://elitistjerks.com/1009067-post27.html). I have retreated somewhat from my original premise that LHW is the best...

Forum: Shamans 12/31/08, 4:31 PM

Replies: 21 [Resto] Gearing for Specific Encounters Views: 17,291 Posted By Durnitol In all honesty, the difficulty of the current... In all honesty, the difficulty of the current Heroic content is easier than the gear it provides. You don't need -any- tier pieces to heal well in darn near any situation. You can acquire enough gear...

Forum: Shamans 12/17/08, 9:34 AM

Replies: 27 [Resto] Water Shield Data and Calculations Views: 27,744 Posted By Durnitol According to my spreadsheet (see the crit healing... According to my spreadsheet (see the crit healing thread for more details), LHW at.... 2400 SP 35% crit (including all talents, gear, and buffs) 500 haste rating 2pc T7 Ancestral Awakening Tidal...

Forum: Shamans 12/15/08, 10:30 AM

Replies: 59 Crit Healing strategies and stats Views: 45,159 Posted By Durnitol From Ghostcrawler: To reiterate, I actually... From Ghostcrawler: To reiterate, I actually don't mind altering the proc rate of IWS to be equal between HW and LHW. This seems a like a perfectly legitimate balance. What bugs me is the above...

Forum: Shamans 12/14/08, 12:07 PM

Replies: 59 Crit Healing strategies and stats Views: 45,159 Posted By Durnitol Grayrest is correct. CH crits are neat to see on... Grayrest is correct. CH crits are neat to see on the screen, but the only benefit you really get out of it is Ancestral Healing, and not throughput. CH spam already has a 40% overheal rate on...

Forum: Shamans 12/13/08, 11:51 AM

Replies: 59 Crit Healing strategies and stats Views: 45,159 Posted By Durnitol Nerfing LHW is unbearably stupid, or at least the... Nerfing LHW is unbearably stupid, or at least the reasoning as I perceive it is. It's not "too good", and changing the proc rate doesn't change the fact that it's the spell of choice in tank and spot...

Forum: Shamans 12/12/08, 10:17 AM

Replies: 59 Crit Healing strategies and stats Views: 45,159 Posted By Durnitol I think the problem lies with encounter mechanics... I think the problem lies with encounter mechanics as well, but not because it's easy (though it may be). I think it has something to do with the ratio of MaxHP::AvgDmgBetweenHeals. Essentially, if...

Forum: Shamans 12/11/08, 11:03 AM

Replies: 59 Crit Healing strategies and stats Views: 45,159 Posted By Durnitol Glyphed LHW per cast is better HPM and HPS than... Glyphed LHW per cast is better HPM and HPS than non-healing way HW. Without the glyph, HW is better. The problem with LHW is that your haste doesn't help when TW gets the cast time below 1 second,...

Forum: Shamans 12/11/08, 10:20 AM

Replies: 59 Crit Healing strategies and stats Views: 45,159 Posted By Durnitol I think Tidal Waves + LHW is pretty much always... I think Tidal Waves + LHW is pretty much always the best way to go. My default spell to kick off a stream of healing is almost always Riptide. If there is no more healing to be done, I let the HoT...

Forum: Shamans 12/10/08, 10:09 PM

Replies: 59 Crit Healing strategies and stats Views: 45,159 Posted By Durnitol What I'm saying is that there is almost no... What I'm saying is that there is almost no difference in HPS if you are LHW glyph healing and HW healing. LHW + glyph has a slight advantage. Compared to non-glyph LHW healing, HW gets better with...

Forum: Shamans 12/10/08, 12:50 AM

Replies: 59 Crit Healing strategies and stats Views: 45,159 Posted By Durnitol Oddly enough, I'm running spreadsheet for some... Oddly enough, I'm running spreadsheet for some number crunching, and it turns out that with 0 haste rating and Wrath of Air down, Tidal Waves makes LHW exactly 1.0 sec cast time. It would appear...

Forum: Shamans 12/04/08, 11:06 AM

Replies: 59 Crit Healing strategies and stats Views: 45,159 Posted By Durnitol Thank you. This math very much displays what I... Thank you. This math very much displays what I was missing about your point. The increase in heal value, while static per crit%, is less of a % increase to the previous heal value as you add more...

Forum: Shamans 12/03/08, 10:08 AM

Replies: 59 Crit Healing strategies and stats Views: 45,159 Posted By Durnitol .95% increase is per crit%. That's how the math... .95% increase is per crit%. That's how the math works. If you are at 40% crit, the very definition of the "percent" says that 40 out of every 100 casts will crit. (40*1.95*X + 60*X)/100 = avg HP...

Forum: Shamans 12/02/08, 5:58 PM

Replies: 59 Crit Healing strategies and stats Views: 45,159 Posted By Durnitol Crit Healing strategies and stats It would seem that healing as a resto shaman now has more than one effective strategy. Grayrest's LHW thread was a good display of just how effective LHW can really be, but it doesn't really delve...

Forum: Shamans 10/27/08, 10:15 AM

Replies: 1,333 Restoration WotLK Talents and Discussion Views: 408,082 Posted By Durnitol 5min fight* We base the 5 minutes on Mana tide... 5min fight* We base the 5 minutes on Mana tide cooldown. 10 INT = 6 mp5, if you include 100% uptime Replenishment and Mana tide once every 5 min. That's about as short as you can say it. The math is...

Forum: Shamans 10/24/08, 7:16 PM

Replies: 1,333 Restoration WotLK Talents and Discussion Views: 408,082 Posted By Durnitol ...or WWS's parsing engine is flawed. I'm not... ...or WWS's parsing engine is flawed. I'm not saying priests, druids, and paladins AREN'T heal better than us, but that log parsing and in game parses show discrepancies. I was rash in claiming that...

Forum: Shamans 10/24/08, 1:14 PM

Replies: 1,333 Restoration WotLK Talents and Discussion Views: 408,082 Posted By Durnitol First off, no one should ever spam LHW unless you... First off, no one should ever spam LHW unless you are glyphed for it, and MT healing during a high damage encounter. I also don't believe in a healing "rotation" as an effective style. You don't...

Forum: Shamans 10/23/08, 4:33 PM

Replies: 1,333 Restoration WotLK Talents and Discussion Views: 408,082 Posted By Durnitol Jose, I have found to stay away from riptide in... Jose, I have found to stay away from riptide in general during boss fights. Let Tidal Waves + LHW/HW do your work for you. You will occasionally have to pull it out to throw a pre-emptive HoT on a...

Forum: Shamans 10/23/08, 3:36 PM

Replies: 1,591 How to Heal like a Pro Views: 1,088,677 Posted By Durnitol Honestly, I'd get Garments of Crashing Shores... Honestly, I'd get Garments of Crashing Shores instead. Haste generally has better returns than MP5, which is easily made up for by gemming for INT (see the Resto theorycraft thread on why INT is...

Forum: Shamans 10/23/08, 1:30 PM

Replies: 1,333 Restoration WotLK Talents and Discussion Views: 408,082 Posted By Durnitol I was talking to a Mage friend of mine who... I was talking to a Mage friend of mine who decided not to get the interrupt reduction talents, since the changes to spell pushback maxes out at 1 sec. Is it plausible based on this line of thinking...

Forum: Shamans 10/21/08, 2:19 PM

Replies: 1,333 Restoration WotLK Talents and Discussion Views: 408,082 Posted By Durnitol Skyhoof, the formulas previously used in this... Skyhoof, the formulas previously used in this post are fairly accurate. I and a guildmate of mine have even gone to the trouble of updating LibHealComm - 3.0 (used by Grid) to account for...

Forum: Shamans 10/16/08, 3:59 PM

Replies: 1,333 Restoration WotLK Talents and Discussion Views: 408,082 Posted By Durnitol Siggidzweie, Tidal Force is an activated talent,... Siggidzweie, Tidal Force is an activated talent, so you get to choose which spells you follow it up with. If you don't want chain heal to use it, then don't activate it before casting chain heal. It...

Forum: Shamans 10/16/08, 11:50 AM

Replies: 1,333 Restoration WotLK Talents and Discussion Views: 408,082 Posted By Durnitol Some other math to consider since I was burning... Some other math to consider since I was burning through mana in HMGT thanks to no CC and no replenishment... Since replenishment is .25% max mana per second, with a 10000 mana pool, Replenishment is...

Forum: Shamans 10/14/08, 3:59 PM

Replies: 1,333 Restoration WotLK Talents and Discussion Views: 408,082 Posted By Durnitol No Titanx, I do not claim that at all!!! We... No Titanx, I do not claim that at all!!! We don't have the knowledge on what each stat's rank is yet. If previous people's assertions are correct, then SP is still the dominant stat, but if SP's...

Forum: Shamans 10/14/08, 2:04 PM

Replies: 1,333 Restoration WotLK Talents and Discussion Views: 408,082 Posted By Durnitol INT = (MP5/1.67 + SP/5.55 + CR/3) According to... INT = (MP5/1.67 + SP/5.55 + CR/3) According to the numbers in your link, MP5 = 2.5 SP = 2.4 CR = 0.7 INT = 1.497 + .432 + .233 = 2.162

Forum: Shamans 10/14/08, 11:17 AM

Replies: 1,333 Restoration WotLK Talents and Discussion Views: 408,082 Posted By Durnitol Please, no "rate my spec" posts. This thread is... Please, no "rate my spec" posts. This thread is full of useful information for making your own judgment. Strap on a pair and make your own decision based on what you have seen here and your own...

Forum: Shamans 10/13/08, 10:12 PM

Replies: 1,333 Restoration WotLK Talents and Discussion Views: 408,082 Posted By Durnitol Pitbuller, I looked at your first post on the... Pitbuller, I looked at your first post on the math (http://elitistjerks.com/f31/t27030-resto_shaman_wotlk_talents_discussion/p31/#post909442), and I'm not seeing 1.5 mp5 per INT math. 18 mana per...

Forum: Shamans 10/13/08, 3:13 PM

Replies: 1,333 Restoration WotLK Talents and Discussion Views: 408,082 Posted By Durnitol Pitbuller, thanks for the clarification. My... Pitbuller, thanks for the clarification. My current gear set (a little better than T5) prefers MP5 food/flask for most fights in BT and Hyjal, and I have never chain potted. I believe the assumption...

Forum: Shamans 10/13/08, 10:08 AM

Replies: 1,333 Restoration WotLK Talents and Discussion Views: 408,082 Posted By Durnitol I have several problems with this list... 1.... I have several problems with this list... 1. Water Shield is likely to be Glyphed, add 30% (2340 total). 2. We don't use oils anymore. Earthliving Weapon is the weapon enchant of choice. 3. Isn't...

Forum: Shamans 10/09/08, 11:31 PM

Replies: 1,333 Restoration WotLK Talents and Discussion Views: 408,082 Posted By Durnitol Vuldunobetra, the 20% heal bonus from Tidal Waves... Vuldunobetra, the 20% heal bonus from Tidal Waves is static, and not based on the buff. The buff only reduces cast time. So to be complete, the HPM remains the same with and without the buff, only...

Forum: User Interface and AddOns 10/09/08, 10:24 AM

Replies: 20 TinyTip Replacement? Views: 11,538 Posted By Durnitol TipTop is fine. WotLK version available at... TipTop is fine. WotLK version available at WoWInterface

Forum: Shamans 10/09/08, 2:24 AM

Replies: 1,333 Restoration WotLK Talents and Discussion Views: 408,082 Posted By Durnitol Without seeing these people in action and the... Without seeing these people in action and the raid setup, MT healers, positioning, etc, it is difficult to decipher the numbers from that log. I've never seen a CoH priest with that much overheal,...

Forum: Shamans 10/09/08, 1:21 AM

Replies: 1,604 Elemental Wotlk Talents discussion Views: 382,633 Posted By Durnitol Dedmonwakeen, I looked at your sim results and... Dedmonwakeen, I looked at your sim results and I've been keeping up with this thread pretty steadily, I do not understand how the numbers jumped up by 2k dps, when everyone is complaining with both...

Forum: Shamans 10/08/08, 1:25 PM

Replies: 1,604 Elemental Wotlk Talents discussion Views: 382,633 Posted By Durnitol Edit - meh. I didn't say anything, really. Edit - meh. I didn't say anything, really.

Forum: Shamans 10/07/08, 10:16 AM

Replies: 1,333 Restoration WotLK Talents and Discussion Views: 408,082 Posted By Durnitol Give up elemental warding. The extra 15% on Water... Give up elemental warding. The extra 15% on Water shield and earth shield are terrific. Honestly I think that most builds will be something like 0/8/63, 0/14/57, and anywhere in between, but putting...

Forum: Shamans 09/28/08, 12:34 AM

Replies: 3,773 Enhancement WotLK Talents and spells discussion. Views: 845,293 Posted By Durnitol Enervate, your screen shot shows more FT procs... Enervate, your screen shot shows more FT procs than total SS, LL, and melee, BEFORE you account for misses/parries/dodges. Is there an attack I'm missing here, or did recount screw up somewhere?

Forum: Shamans 09/26/08, 10:59 PM

Replies: 3,773 Enhancement WotLK Talents and spells discussion. Views: 845,293 Posted By Durnitol Do the tests again, but over a longer term. When... Do the tests again, but over a longer term. When I had a 1.9 and a 1.5 weapon, just auto attack (flurry specced), I would "lose" almost 30% of my FT procs. Adding in SS swings over a long enough...

Forum: Shamans 09/26/08, 3:48 PM

Replies: 1,333 Restoration WotLK Talents and Discussion Views: 408,082 Posted By Durnitol You are likely excluding talents. Don't forget,... You are likely excluding talents. Don't forget, we have Purification (multiply by 1.1). I forgot this MANY times when calculating our heal ability. Perhaps paladins have a talent that improves their...

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