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Forum: Mages 06/17/11, 1:00 PM
Replies: 433
Views: 2,302,815
Posted By Gilthanor
A fight like HM Halfus is almost custom-made to...

A fight like HM Halfus is almost custom-made to suit Fire's strengths. You get to pop everything at the start of the fight, meaning all of your cooldowns/trinkets/time warp will be up right when...
Forum: The Dung Heap 02/12/11, 10:09 AM
Replies: 30,098
Views: 1,874,238
Posted By Gilthanor
This has been my concern since beta. Regardless...

This has been my concern since beta. Regardless of any damage buffs, the design of the arcane tree doesn't offer enough flexibility to compete, unless they buff it to the point of being overpowered...
Forum: Mages 01/24/11, 9:04 PM
Replies: 136
Views: 940,333
Posted By Gilthanor
While casting it at a non-moving boss like the...

While casting it at a non-moving boss like the previous poster said is helpful, the problem is that the orb spells have pathing issues. If there's anything that prevents the terrain from being...
Forum: Mages 01/01/11, 2:38 PM
Replies: 783
Views: 3,965,344
Posted By Gilthanor
Just adding a quick note on the odd relationship...

Just adding a quick note on the odd relationship between Pyroblast and Pyroblast! I noticed that if you hard cast a Pyroblast at the beginning of a fight (to try and force an early max-DPS...
Forum: Mages 12/04/10, 4:24 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,141
Posted By Gilthanor
He's not missing the point, he's just commenting...

He's not missing the point, he's just commenting that he doesn't know enough about the "stuff that kills you" in the new content to say that Cauterize is a must-have. You'll see at the end of his...
Forum: Mages 10/21/10, 11:52 AM
Replies: 373
Views: 383,461
Posted By Gilthanor
I've had my rant about EF in detail earlier in...

I've had my rant about EF in detail earlier in the thread and I don't want to be redundant, so I'll just focus on the opportunity cost.

It's almost a given that our first two new talent points in...
Forum: Mages 10/17/10, 1:12 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,141
Posted By Gilthanor
As for concerns facing Fire in the future, am I...

As for concerns facing Fire in the future, am I correct in believing that as it stands now, Fire will probably scale poorly with gear in relation to Arcane and Frost? If this...
Forum: Mages 10/17/10, 12:43 PM
Replies: 88
Views: 797,787
Posted By Gilthanor
I'm not sure the WoWhead DB is correct. It's at...

I'm not sure the WoWhead DB is correct. It's at odds with the one on WorldofRaids, in which they have one Cogwheel and one Hydraulic Pump socket, so you can choose one from the Mastery, Haste, Crit,...
Forum: Mages 10/14/10, 5:49 PM
Replies: 373
Views: 383,461
Posted By Gilthanor
There is no longer a crit penalty from...

There is no longer a crit penalty from resilience. All but the damage reduction effects were removed.
Forum: Mages 10/14/10, 11:21 AM
Replies: 373
Views: 383,461
Posted By Gilthanor
Playing around with frost for a few days confirms...

Playing around with frost for a few days confirms my opinion that Early Frost is a nearly useless talent. I understand the original idea behind it, but its no longer an idea worthy of a place on the...
Forum: Mages 10/14/10, 11:01 AM
Replies: 265
Views: 917,863
Posted By Gilthanor
If/when they nerf arcane, I suspect arcane blast...

If/when they nerf arcane, I suspect arcane blast is going to be the target. Even if mana costs were higher and AB4 spam hurt us more than it does now (which should be the case in Cata), I just...
Forum: Mages 10/12/10, 12:46 PM
Replies: 88
Views: 797,787
Posted By Gilthanor
That's not the point of this thread, which is...

That's not the point of this thread, which is just a general resource for mages of all specs. You want this thread...
Forum: Mages 10/05/10, 2:05 PM
Replies: 373
Views: 383,461
Posted By Gilthanor
Source for this? I skimmed back through this...

Source for this? I skimmed back through this thread but I'm probably missing it. How much does the FFB rate go up when considering Piercing Chill and multiple targets? My point is that Ignite...
Forum: Mages 10/04/10, 1:48 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,141
Posted By Gilthanor
I can't imagine this being the case. I'm not...

I can't imagine this being the case. I'm not sure why spell pushback would be a "feature" of the game that should only pertain to one class, and even if that were the case, wouldn't Fire be the spec...
Forum: Mages 10/01/10, 8:19 PM
Replies: 311
Views: 217,201
Posted By Gilthanor
Blizzard said they want there to be less "group...

Blizzard said they want there to be less "group everything up and AoE" even for trash, so it's not as big a factor as it was for WotLK. However, considering that Fire had four spells that could be...
Forum: Mages 09/29/10, 11:12 AM
Replies: 311
Views: 217,201
Posted By Gilthanor
I'm not necessarily making that argument, and I...

I'm not necessarily making that argument, and I forgot Imp mana gem also. The argument I'm making is that frost is catching up quickly. It's not like the frost mastery doesn't help with burst, not...
Forum: Mages 09/29/10, 10:44 AM
Replies: 311
Views: 217,201
Posted By Gilthanor
What am I missing? Arcane lost icy veins, and...

What am I missing? Arcane lost icy veins, and frost gained an on-demand ability for two stacks of fingers of frost. Unless I'm missing something, even the burst advantage has diminished.
Forum: Mages 09/29/10, 10:18 AM
Replies: 311
Views: 217,201
Posted By Gilthanor
@Logix Re: Arcane not being fun...agreed. When...

@Logix

Re: Arcane not being fun...agreed. When the math is said and done, arcane is still going to be a tree that uses very few tools for a limited purpose. The tree that had always had several...
Forum: Mages 09/27/10, 1:43 PM
Replies: 373
Views: 383,461
Posted By Gilthanor
Are you proposing that frost be given a talent...

Are you proposing that frost be given a talent that converts an entire stat into another stat just to make another talent less clumsy in pve? When it comes to things like early frost and ring of...
Forum: Mages 09/23/10, 3:46 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,141
Posted By Gilthanor
Ok, I'll try again. A.) Feral druid is the only...

Ok, I'll try again.

A.) Feral druid is the only spec in the game (once DKs are changed) that has two functional roles, that of tank and melee dps. Druid itself is the only hybrid that can play all...
Forum: Mages 09/23/10, 3:20 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,141
Posted By Gilthanor
Maybe I'm alone, but do we really need yet...

Maybe I'm alone, but do we really need yet another spell for fire when arcane is so shallow? That's also a lot for a glyph to do. You're adding a new spell AND requiring impact and possibly shatter...
Forum: Mages 09/22/10, 2:25 PM
Replies: 373
Views: 383,461
Posted By Gilthanor
You're right, we're on different pages if you're...

You're right, we're on different pages if you're thinking of rank 1 simply as a faster snare. Frost pvp in wotlk has never lacked enough mobility or tools such that rank 1 was all that important to...
Forum: Mages 08/27/10, 5:02 PM
Replies: 311
Views: 217,201
Posted By Gilthanor
A simple way to make it boss friendly is to give...

A simple way to make it boss friendly is to give it the deep freeze treatment. If the target has no mana, health is drained but the mage is still given mana. My only concern with this is that it...
Forum: Mages 08/27/10, 1:41 PM
Replies: 311
Views: 217,201
Posted By Gilthanor
Without writing a novel here are a few quick...

Without writing a novel here are a few quick ideas to add mana management tools to the tree:

1.) A "burnout" type ability, probably a cooldown, that would either allow us to cast spells using ...
Forum: Mages 08/17/10, 4:58 PM
Replies: 570
Views: 226,576
Posted By Gilthanor
The choice is only trivial because mana, at the...

The choice is only trivial because mana, at the current time, is trivial. I also didn't say that it was the sole mana management tool. Having Arcane Blast already allows us to manipulate our...
Forum: Mages 08/17/10, 11:42 AM
Replies: 570
Views: 226,576
Posted By Gilthanor
As you and others have mentioned previously,...

As you and others have mentioned previously, Blizzard has been very clear that the theme for Arcane is "mana management." Let me state what I think is the problem, which might be so obvious that...
Forum: Mages 07/30/10, 11:06 AM
Replies: 570
Views: 226,576
Posted By Gilthanor
I don't post often, but I'm going to throw out...

I don't post often, but I'm going to throw out here what I think needs to happen to keep the "feel" of Arcane, and the talent tree seems to confirm this.

Mana Adept needs to work in reverse.

The...
Forum: Shamans 11/04/08, 12:16 PM
Replies: 1,333
Views: 407,943
Posted By Gilthanor
Without being rude, I'm going to have to say that...

Without being rude, I'm going to have to say that I don't think you really understand what it is you're arguing about.

1.) Spending a GCD on a Lifebloom means someone is still getting healed. If...
Forum: Warlocks 04/16/08, 5:32 AM
Replies: 4,011
Views: 1,691,655
Posted By Gilthanor
This isn't something I know how to figure out...

This isn't something I know how to figure out from the Leulier spreadsheet. We usually have 3-4 warlocks and 1-2 shadow priests in every raid, and my crit chance has just dropped down to about 19%...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 12/14/07, 3:26 AM
Replies: 2,359
Views: 540,445
Posted By Gilthanor
No, I didn't. Which specific files would I need...

No, I didn't. Which specific files would I need to delete? Just the Omen.lua and Omen.lua.bak files?
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 12/13/07, 2:56 AM
Replies: 2,359
Views: 540,445
Posted By Gilthanor
Did both. Shorten numbers showed the same value...

Did both. Shorten numbers showed the same value in a different form, as expected, and the command gave me the same number that my display was registering.
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 12/11/07, 1:16 PM
Replies: 2,359
Views: 540,445
Posted By Gilthanor
I'm still having this problem that I've been...

I'm still having this problem that I've been having for a couple of months now. My threat display seems to be completely incorrect at nearly all times. I'll still get the flashing red warnings when...
Forum: Mages 11/10/07, 8:10 PM
Replies: 2,576
Views: 526,027
Posted By Gilthanor
I'm still looking for a more generic spell...

I'm still looking for a more generic spell sequence to pass along. Should they be popping Dragon's Breath, Blast Wave, Flamestrike, then spamming AE? Should they be using AE at all? Should they be...
Forum: Mages 11/08/07, 11:58 PM
Replies: 2,576
Views: 526,027
Posted By Gilthanor
No reply a few days after posting this in the WWS...

No reply a few days after posting this in the WWS thread, hoping for some help here.

Looking for feedback on our AoE for Hydross and Morogrim.

Wow Web Stats...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/05/07, 9:21 PM
Replies: 4,068
Views: 641,006
Posted By Gilthanor
Looking for feedback on our AoE for Hydross and...

Looking for feedback on our AoE for Hydross and Morogrim.

Wow Web Stats (http://wowwebstats.com/nosii1cyeiluu)

I'm not comfortable with our current AoE performances. I was absent from last night's...
Forum: Class Mechanics 11/02/07, 5:21 AM
Replies: 2,447
Views: 674,075
Posted By Gilthanor
You don't have to read the whole thread, the past...

You don't have to read the whole thread, the past two pages would have answered your question for you. Immolate is only worth it in certain situations, but to be honest, 0/21/40 really isn't the...
Forum: Class Mechanics 10/31/07, 12:02 AM
Replies: 2,447
Views: 674,075
Posted By Gilthanor
Could you maybe put that edit at the beginning of...

Could you maybe put that edit at the beginning of the post? It's a bit misleading to show numerical comparision and then tack on at the end "oh, by the way, I didn't calculate it with an extra 15%...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 10/30/07, 11:20 PM
Replies: 2,359
Views: 540,445
Posted By Gilthanor
Ok, then for now I'll set the threshold to...

Ok, then for now I'll set the threshold to something like 115% for fights that will be tanked in melee range, and hope the warning is accurate but the display is just off.
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 10/30/07, 6:14 PM
Replies: 2,359
Views: 540,445
Posted By Gilthanor
I've been having issues for a few weeks now with...

I've been having issues for a few weeks now with my threat generation in raids.

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/3204/ui3wc7.jpg

You can see Omen at the bottom right corner. Sorry for the messy...
Forum: Class Mechanics 10/21/07, 4:34 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 48,033
Posted By Gilthanor
Cool, I downloaded ShadowSeer last night and...

Cool, I downloaded ShadowSeer last night and played around with it some before work, but I didn't know it would track trinkets. Thanks alot.
Forum: Class Mechanics 10/21/07, 2:50 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 48,033
Posted By Gilthanor
We don't have an elemental shaman, and I'm not...

We don't have an elemental shaman, and I'm not specifically itemizing for crit > damage. We have three other Destro locks and even the one Affliction lock we have knows to have ISB and spam SB...
Forum: Class Mechanics 10/21/07, 1:41 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 48,033
Posted By Gilthanor
I'm trying to quantify the Sextant of Unstable...

I'm trying to quantify the Sextant of Unstable Currents in an actual damage number if possible. I looked at the above link theorycrafting on various trinkets for different specs and rotations, but I...
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