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Forum: Rogues 01/14/13, 4:28 AM

Replies: 198 5.2 Changes Discussion Views: 110,823 Posted By Verain I'll take your math for it, and stand corrected. ... I'll take your math for it, and stand corrected. It isn't intuitive to me that the envenom uptime would be such a poor addition, but maybe we put a lot of emphasis on envenom uptime because it's...

Forum: The Dung Heap 01/11/13, 11:27 PM

Replies: 30,100 Thread of Ultimate Stupidity Views: 1,878,282 Posted By Verain An extra second on every envenom sims that... An extra second on every envenom sims that low? Hrmph. Well, in pvp they might be fun :/

Forum: Rogues 01/11/13, 1:38 PM

Replies: 198 5.2 Changes Discussion Views: 110,823 Posted By Verain The 40% blade flurry is much more reasonable. ... The 40% blade flurry is much more reasonable. Aldrianna's numbers in this thread (Combat doing 1.6x on live to two targets under ideal conditions, and 1.08 with the 25% nerfed blade flurry) imply...

Forum: Rogues 12/24/12, 12:25 AM

Replies: 198 5.2 Changes Discussion Views: 110,823 Posted By Verain My assumption is that the leg will eventually... My assumption is that the leg will eventually die, and that in general you want to lose as little boss damage as possible while killing it. On the more interesting note of it overperforming the...

Forum: Rogues 12/23/12, 11:50 PM

Replies: 198 5.2 Changes Discussion Views: 110,823 Posted By Verain Reread, but I'll try to explain. No no, that... Reread, but I'll try to explain. No no, that damage is a lie! Say the leg has 30 trillion times as much health. If you deal 100,000 damage and the leg multiplies it by 30 trillion, but the dead...

Forum: Rogues 12/23/12, 10:31 PM

Replies: 198 5.2 Changes Discussion Views: 110,823 Posted By Verain I'm not trying to be pedantic, or pick out some... I'm not trying to be pedantic, or pick out some tiny error. I called stone dogs the exception because it's actually two bosses right next to each other, and so absolutely no one would doubt that...

Forum: Rogues 12/23/12, 6:43 PM

Replies: 198 5.2 Changes Discussion Views: 110,823 Posted By Verain Well, in that specific case there's often a... Well, in that specific case there's often a benefit to dragging them apart. We only do that fight reg thus far, and I'm normally mutilate on it, but if I shiv cripple an add so he's not able to...

Forum: Rogues 12/23/12, 4:19 PM

Replies: 198 5.2 Changes Discussion Views: 110,823 Posted By Verain I think it's VERY important to point out that all... I think it's VERY important to point out that all damage is not created equal. While everyone's mind is on Stone Dogs and Garalon because they are current tier, only Stone Dogs out of the whole tier...

Forum: Rogues 10/01/12, 12:45 PM

Replies: 422 Assassination from the Mists Views: 596,029 Posted By Verain I guess the obvious question is, does... I guess the obvious question is, does anticipation actually change our rotation as we suspected it would? When you are at 4 CP, we normally envenom. Is it a gain to push up to 5 with another...

Forum: Rogues 10/01/12, 12:30 PM

Replies: 101 Subtle Ways of Subtlety Views: 116,880 Posted By Verain 1)- I don't understand how Subterfuge is... 1)- I don't understand how Subterfuge is stronger than Shadow Focus. My assumed used of Subterfuge is something like: You pool energy until nearly max, then vanish. You then use an opener (either...

Forum: Rogues 08/31/12, 11:05 AM

Replies: 540 Mists of Pandaria: All Specs Views: 391,206 Posted By Verain Also note that the "on use" ("type A") trinket... Also note that the "on use" ("type A") trinket from pvp, Cataclysmic Gladiator's Badge of Conquest - Item - World of Warcraft (http://www.wowhead.com/item=73648) Produces 2848 total agility when...

Forum: Rogues 08/31/12, 5:27 AM

Replies: 540 Mists of Pandaria: All Specs Views: 391,206 Posted By Verain The trinket's stats seem really strong. I... The trinket's stats seem really strong. I believe the ICD used to be higher, and was shrunk with the patch, in addition to the fact that the pvp resil and pvp powa no longer use up the item's...

Forum: Rogues 08/28/12, 4:56 PM

Replies: 540 Mists of Pandaria: All Specs Views: 391,206 Posted By Verain That addon has existed for all of... That addon has existed for all of Cataclysm: Bandits Guile Helper - Rogue - World of Warcraft Addons - Curse (http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/bandits-guile-helper) Well, the problem in yellow...

Forum: Rogues 08/28/12, 2:47 AM

Replies: 540 Mists of Pandaria: All Specs Views: 391,206 Posted By Verain Presumably you would never delay an RvS if it... Presumably you would never delay an RvS if it would transition your bandit's guile color? (You would want to buff your autoattacks by progressing this, right?) Or would it be beneficial to delay in...

Forum: Rogues 08/26/12, 8:03 PM

Replies: 540 Mists of Pandaria: All Specs Views: 391,206 Posted By Verain Presumably an Ultraxxion that actually is... Presumably an Ultraxxion that actually is equipped with an ass? EDIT: Garrote yay! N/m EDIT2 to make this not a waste of space: I was surprised back when GC stated that they viewed prep...

Forum: Rogues 07/13/12, 3:53 AM

Replies: 540 Mists of Pandaria: All Specs Views: 391,206 Posted By Verain Well, many addons will give you a different noise... Well, many addons will give you a different noise when you hit 5 combo points- I think comergy does, or it could be another. With anticipation, I would just listen for that noise that means "5...

Forum: Rogues 07/12/12, 12:20 AM

Replies: 540 Mists of Pandaria: All Specs Views: 391,206 Posted By Verain My intuition is the opposite, actually- because... My intuition is the opposite, actually- because a 5 point envenom has more energy returned on average, I would assume that a 5 point envenom would overcome the slightly extra uptime you see on...

Forum: Rogues 06/05/12, 9:14 PM

Replies: 985 ShadowCraft: Rogue spreadsheet for 4.0 Views: 837,562 Posted By Verain Anyone else having an issue where shadowcraft is... Anyone else having an issue where shadowcraft is able to import, but not calculate dps values?

Forum: Rogues 05/07/12, 8:51 AM

Replies: 540 Mists of Pandaria: All Specs Views: 391,206 Posted By Verain We're still not close to knowing whether we'll... We're still not close to knowing whether we'll actually want hit and/or expertise for any given spec, however. EDIT2: I didn't know poisons were being moved to spell hit table when I wrote this. ...

Forum: Rogues 05/01/12, 8:24 PM

Replies: 540 Mists of Pandaria: All Specs Views: 391,206 Posted By Verain I'm very disappointed about the rupture change. ... I'm very disappointed about the rupture change. Mostly, this is for pvp- making 20% of our damage depending on a dot is brutal. There's also a lot of restrictions coming in on HAT- gotta be...

Forum: Rogues 04/23/12, 1:02 AM

Replies: 540 Mists of Pandaria: All Specs Views: 391,206 Posted By Verain I would not expect blade flurry to fork all aoe,... I would not expect blade flurry to fork all aoe, actually, going forward. Copying one, or to a limited extent, or even doubling the fan damage done, would all be defensible in some fashion, but...

Forum: Rogues 04/22/12, 9:40 AM

Replies: 540 Mists of Pandaria: All Specs Views: 391,206 Posted By Verain In LK, I was pretty sure fan worked with blade... In LK, I was pretty sure fan worked with blade flurry like this: Fan hit all your targets, and the single fan hit that hit your primary target got forked by the blade flurry onto the second target....

Forum: Rogues 04/22/12, 8:54 AM

Replies: 540 Mists of Pandaria: All Specs Views: 391,206 Posted By Verain Those 90% are playing classes besides rogues. We... Those 90% are playing classes besides rogues. We don't have any of their flashy lights built in, not one thing for the whole class. I would appreciate something to show me target facing besides my...

Forum: Rogues 04/22/12, 8:44 AM

Replies: 540 Mists of Pandaria: All Specs Views: 391,206 Posted By Verain We will need simulations or someone to math this... We will need simulations or someone to math this out once the numbers settle down to be sure about this. Remember that mutilate costs a lot of energy, and assassination has less energy than combat,...

Forum: Rogues 04/10/12, 3:08 AM

Replies: 540 Mists of Pandaria: All Specs Views: 391,206 Posted By Verain Hey cool I did that too! Combat was... Hey cool I did that too! Combat was unquestionably the raid spec. I seriously doubt your 31 point talent of vigor was supposed to be a "single target" spec. I also doubt that any spec was multi...

Forum: Rogues 04/09/12, 5:54 PM

Replies: 540 Mists of Pandaria: All Specs Views: 391,206 Posted By Verain As long as I grasp my head in concentration... As long as I grasp my head in concentration during the cast, I'm in for that. Speaking of that animation, I think the next thing WoW should steal from SWTOR is XS Freighter Flyby for rogues next,...

Forum: Rogues 04/09/12, 4:33 PM

Replies: 540 Mists of Pandaria: All Specs Views: 391,206 Posted By Verain On the contrary, I am ecstatic at the... On the contrary, I am ecstatic at the introduction of another cooldown. Cooldowns greatly increase our pve and pvp power. Sure, it doesn't increase our total sustained single target (aka, we're...

Forum: Rogues 03/29/12, 7:03 AM

Replies: 540 Mists of Pandaria: All Specs Views: 391,206 Posted By Verain Wow, I had not seen those changes as regards... Wow, I had not seen those changes as regards prep. Please don't take this the wrong way, as I love both prep and smoke bomb, but I have felt that smoke bomb should never have been on prep, and that...

Forum: Rogues 03/27/12, 9:48 AM

Replies: 540 Mists of Pandaria: All Specs Views: 391,206 Posted By Verain Right, but it sounds like instant is being... Right, but it sounds like instant is being deleted, with wound assuming its old job. Shadow priests max out at 10%- only physical classes can hit 25% on live. Arms warriors certainly are the top...

Forum: Rogues 03/27/12, 1:44 AM

Replies: 540 Mists of Pandaria: All Specs Views: 391,206 Posted By Verain I think it is legitimately too early to call on... I think it is legitimately too early to call on where they want rogue damage to be. We have been told time and time again that as pure dps we are intended to edge out non-pures single target by some...

Forum: Death Knights 03/17/12, 6:25 AM

Replies: 724 Blood | DK endgame tanking [4.x] Views: 1,145,547 Posted By Verain A possibly stupid question regarding simcraft,... A possibly stupid question regarding simcraft, forgive me if this is dumb: Does the Simcraft take your Vengeance into account? I only ask because it seems with so much bonus attack power (AP being...

Forum: Rogues 02/07/12, 2:49 AM

Replies: 512 Cataclysm Subtlety Compendium Views: 961,934 Posted By Verain Please. Night Elf has always been the best race,... Please. Night Elf has always been the best race, Alliance or otherwise. Unless there are fights where you can't flip-jump, of course. In seriousness, this change was snuck in over the summer. I...

Forum: Rogues 02/04/12, 12:31 AM

Replies: 1,110 Combat Guide for Cata [12/01/2011] Views: 3,383,109 Posted By Verain I'm almost positive that the Nokey proc is NOT... I'm almost positive that the Nokey proc is NOT affected by bandit's guile. While every proc I have ever seen falls within the listed range, several that have occurred at different colors of insight...

Forum: Rogues 01/30/12, 2:39 AM

Replies: 1,110 Combat Guide for Cata [12/01/2011] Views: 3,383,109 Posted By Verain I actually kill one of the eye adds before... I actually kill one of the eye adds before switching to boss. The claw still dies in good time, but it seems to be a dps loss. The issue is the healing in that phase is harsh for our healers, so...

Forum: Rogues 10/12/11, 9:21 PM

Replies: 512 Cataclysm Subtlety Compendium Views: 961,934 Posted By Verain Garrote is useful for mutilate- you can use it... Garrote is useful for mutilate- you can use it whenever you gain the ability to do an opener (vanish or shadowmeld). The garrote ticks proc damage and energy via venomous wounds. For subtlety...

Forum: Rogues 10/06/11, 11:56 AM

Replies: 512 Cataclysm Subtlety Compendium Views: 961,934 Posted By Verain Put /cast Premeditation into that... Put /cast Premeditation into that macro: #showtooltip /cast Shadowmeld /cast Premeditation /cast Ambush Note that Garrote is ideal for mutilate, and cheapshot and sap are also good in pvp and the...

Forum: Rogues 09/02/11, 1:15 AM

Replies: 1,110 Combat Guide for Cata [12/01/2011] Views: 3,383,109 Posted By Verain I think you would be better off unglyphing tricks... I think you would be better off unglyphing tricks on Rag, but the difference would be minor. Remember, that the tricks glyph is not a huge dps boost, and that most of your good tricks targets will...

Forum: Rogues 08/15/11, 8:00 PM

Replies: 358 Cataclysm 4.2.x Raid Mechanics Views: 209,915 Posted By Verain IIRC instant poison had a 20% proc rate (30% with... IIRC instant poison had a 20% proc rate (30% with the assassination talent that became part of the assassination freebie), and when that went PPM, it was normalized around a 1.4 speed weapon. So a...

Forum: Rogues 08/15/11, 10:29 AM

Replies: 358 Cataclysm 4.2.x Raid Mechanics Views: 209,915 Posted By Verain If you are seeking to weapon swap and are... If you are seeking to weapon swap and are alliance, Thorium Flight Blade - Item - World of Warcraft (http://www.wowhead.com/item=34419) is likely superior to the level 15 white, though the difference...

Forum: Rogues 08/13/11, 3:22 PM

Replies: 307 4.2 Changes Discussion Views: 221,931 Posted By Verain I believe druids gained this ability when... I believe druids gained this ability when shadowmeld (and warstomp) were changed to allow functionality in animal forms. Historically, they have had to be moonkin or tree to activate their "on use"...

Forum: Rogues 04/30/11, 2:02 PM

Replies: 1,110 Combat Guide for Cata [12/01/2011] Views: 3,383,109 Posted By Verain Shadowcraft is likely reforging for optimum dps,... Shadowcraft is likely reforging for optimum dps, not expertise cap. While this puts a strong weight on expertise, it's possible that the "chunk based" nature of reforging doesn't cap your expertise,...

Forum: Rogues 04/29/11, 11:01 AM

Replies: 1,110 Combat Guide for Cata [12/01/2011] Views: 3,383,109 Posted By Verain Bandit's Guile Helper is an addon I just started... Bandit's Guile Helper is an addon I just started experimenting with. The best selling point of this addon is showing you, with a number, how many "ghost combo points" you have into your BG...

Forum: Rogues 03/16/11, 7:37 PM

Replies: 1,110 Combat Guide for Cata [12/01/2011] Views: 3,383,109 Posted By Verain It's time for Anecdotal Evidence Theater from me... It's time for Anecdotal Evidence Theater from me (and atopical to boot): Heroic Essence of the Cyclone dropped for the (Hunter_count+1)th time, so I finally decided to take it. It's listed as better...

Forum: Rogues 03/14/11, 7:11 PM

Replies: 886 Assassination Guide for Cata [12/01/2011] Views: 4,022,603 Posted By Verain His claim is that 1+ is likely better, because... His claim is that 1+ is likely better, because low CP ruptures last for so long (because of the base duration + glyph) and because ruthlessness does not care how many CPs you used, it returns one...

Forum: Rogues 03/14/11, 5:50 PM

Replies: 886 Assassination Guide for Cata [12/01/2011] Views: 4,022,603 Posted By Verain Whether it's worth the money for any individual... Whether it's worth the money for any individual person is up to many factors, from how much you value your dps to how many spare dollars you have. It's a definite upgrade from a pve perspective. I...

Forum: Rogues 03/11/11, 3:27 PM

Replies: 886 Assassination Guide for Cata [12/01/2011] Views: 4,022,603 Posted By Verain I wouldn't recommend macroing feint to happen... I wouldn't recommend macroing feint to happen every time it is available, but Blizzard went through some effort to discourage such things. If you did a castsequence with, say, feint, mutilate,...

Forum: Rogues 03/08/11, 2:44 PM

Replies: 512 Cataclysm Subtlety Compendium Views: 961,934 Posted By Verain Well, as an example, I have been passing on... Well, as an example, I have been passing on Essence of the Cyclone, as the hunters value crit far more than assassination (or any rogue spec really). However, if you DO have that trinket, you are...

Forum: Rogues 03/08/11, 11:11 AM

Replies: 512 Cataclysm Subtlety Compendium Views: 961,934 Posted By Verain I'm not sure if that is really that accurate. ... I'm not sure if that is really that accurate. Looking at your gear, you have obviously made some choices that a sub rogue would make, and an assassination rogue would not. Of course, the same...

Forum: Rogues 03/07/11, 6:11 PM

Replies: 64 4.1 Changes Discussion Views: 92,450 Posted By Verain Historically, there's been one category of "speed... Historically, there's been one category of "speed boost", and you take the largest applied. For instance, if you have enchanted boots (+8%), quickening (+15%), and sprint (+70% or +100%), then only...

Forum: Rogues 03/01/11, 1:48 PM

Replies: 64 4.1 Changes Discussion Views: 92,450 Posted By Verain When beta-recup was "nerfed" it was in the... When beta-recup was "nerfed" it was in the process of adjusting all percentile based heals that were relevant across all classes, and not coincidentally lined up with a buff to all player's health...

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