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Forum: Public Discussion 01/06/09, 1:40 PM

Replies: 877 WoW Performance Issues/Tweaks, Etc Views: 580,173 Posted By Gearknight Here's a tip for Vista users experiencing poor... Here's a tip for Vista users experiencing poor game performance that should always be tried before digging through mods and worrying about hardware: Disable SuperFetch. SuperFetch makes programs...

Forum: User Interface and AddOns 12/20/08, 10:14 AM

Replies: 61 improving timer bar mods Views: 27,578 Posted By Gearknight The OP inadvertently raises an issue with the... The OP inadvertently raises an issue with the concept itself: If you design a linear scale for time, at a zoom level high enough to distinguish things that are happening in the next 10 seconds, stuff...

Forum: User Interface and AddOns 11/24/08, 9:17 AM

Replies: 5,688 Sticky: WHAT'S THAT MOD??? Views: 1,067,034 Posted By Gearknight Yes, that would be legal, it just couldn't push... Yes, that would be legal, it just couldn't push the button for you. In fact, you could write that as a dogtag pretty easily, and display it as text somewhere.

Forum: Hunters 11/12/08, 9:38 AM

Replies: 280 Marksmanship Theorycraft & Strategy Views: 270,206 Posted By Gearknight That's very close to what I have intended for... That's very close to what I have intended for level 80, but here's one obvious (and cool) improvement: You can drop 2 points of efficiency and pick up Aspect Mastery. I think this is an obvious...

Forum: User Interface and AddOns 11/10/08, 2:32 PM

Replies: 5,688 Sticky: WHAT'S THAT MOD??? Views: 1,067,034 Posted By Gearknight Well, I hope you see this instead of just... Well, I hope you see this instead of just wondering where your thread went, but you can sort of work around this problem by being in a group (with, for example, a guildmate who's idling in town)....

Forum: User Interface and AddOns 11/01/08, 9:49 AM

Replies: 5,688 Sticky: WHAT'S THAT MOD??? Views: 1,067,034 Posted By Gearknight Apparently, what I mean is the old ErrorMonster,... Apparently, what I mean is the old ErrorMonster, because I haven't stayed current with the state of things. Post-3.0 ErrorMonster isn't even half the addon its daddy was. Message Redirect...

Forum: Hunters 10/31/08, 5:39 PM

Replies: 4,353 WotLK DPS spreadsheet Views: 2,348,834 Posted By Gearknight You have to add Explosive Shot to your shot... You have to add Explosive Shot to your shot rotation on the tab of the same name before its use will be reflected in the DPS calculation. Simply adding the talent point doesn't affect your DPS, just...

Forum: User Interface and AddOns 10/29/08, 10:14 PM

Replies: 5,688 Sticky: WHAT'S THAT MOD??? Views: 1,067,034 Posted By Gearknight ErrorMonster does what you want, but you'll have... ErrorMonster does what you want, but you'll have to spend some time in the settings removing all of the filters it comes with that you don't want.

Forum: User Interface and AddOns 10/28/08, 1:39 PM

Replies: 5,688 Sticky: WHAT'S THAT MOD??? Views: 1,067,034 Posted By Gearknight You could try something like Junkie... You could try something like Junkie (http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info10607-Junkie.html): I'll bet you can find a way to keybind it instead of having to alt-click on the mod.

Forum: User Interface and AddOns 09/06/08, 1:27 AM

Replies: 2,727 Sticky: UI Help Center Views: 474,742 Posted By Gearknight Does anyone know of a way to hide specific frames... Does anyone know of a way to hide specific frames (ie other addons) when entering combat? I have an elkbuffbars display of only long effects (>10 minutes), which I don't need to see when I'm in...

Forum: Hunters 09/04/08, 7:18 AM

Replies: 5,086 WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion Views: 990,932 Posted By Gearknight Uh, if the LnL buff you get from chimera lasts 10... Uh, if the LnL buff you get from chimera lasts 10 seconds, how could arcane shot possibly not come off CD (6 seconds) in that time?

Forum: Hunters 08/31/08, 5:01 PM

Replies: 2,745 SURVIVAL Raiding in 2.1 Views: 668,384 Posted By Gearknight Yes, Master Tactician is now better than Lethal... Yes, Master Tactician is now better than Lethal Shots. All 40+ survival hunters should have it.

Forum: Hunters 08/31/08, 12:33 AM

Replies: 5,086 WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion Views: 990,932 Posted By Gearknight Technically, the most powerful use of Tricks of... Technically, the most powerful use of Tricks of the Trade might be to cast it on a hunter for the increased DPS, who can then feign. If warlocks are threat-capped, then casting it on the tank will...

Forum: Hunters 08/28/08, 8:57 PM

Replies: 5,086 WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion Views: 990,932 Posted By Gearknight Well, there goes the entire concept of the... Well, there goes the entire concept of the spec. So it's just dispell resistance. Yeah, that's worth talent points.

Forum: Hunters 08/25/08, 12:41 AM

Replies: 5,086 WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion Views: 990,932 Posted By Gearknight With 2/2 Rapid Killing and readiness, you get 2... With 2/2 Rapid Killing and readiness, you get 2 rapid fires every 3 minutes (ish), instead of 1. How is that worthless?

Forum: Hunters 08/23/08, 5:17 PM

Replies: 5,086 WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion Views: 990,932 Posted By Gearknight Trueshot aura. Although, the same hunter can get... Trueshot aura. Although, the same hunter can get both by sacrificing hunting party, readiness, and explosive shot.

Forum: Hunters 08/23/08, 5:08 PM

Replies: 2,745 SURVIVAL Raiding in 2.1 Views: 668,384 Posted By Gearknight Abey, What you probably want to do is simply... Abey, What you probably want to do is simply use: /castsequence steady shot, !auto shot /click KCbuttonBlahBlah And manually add both arcane and multi. This allows total flexibility in 1:1.5 vs...

Forum: Hunters 08/23/08, 11:38 AM

Replies: 2,745 SURVIVAL Raiding in 2.1 Views: 668,384 Posted By Gearknight Samonu, it is obvious to the majority of the... Samonu, it is obvious to the majority of the old-timers around here that you are stacking agility too aggressively. I understand that you don't want to change that, as you're proud of what you've...

Forum: Hunters 08/22/08, 2:28 PM

Replies: 3,820 Help me please Views: 754,077 Posted By Gearknight If any of your DPS are threat capped, then every... If any of your DPS are threat capped, then every point of misdirected threat during a fight directly increases their damage done. In fact, because those threat-capped DPS have salvation and inherent...

Forum: Public Discussion 08/22/08, 12:19 PM

Replies: 41 Partnered: JACT Offers Rewards for Members Views: 19,673 Posted By Gearknight What exactly is it? All this says is that it's... What exactly is it? All this says is that it's not in-game ads, and it's not something you pay for. Is it out-of-game ads?

Forum: Hunters 08/19/08, 9:07 PM

Replies: 3,820 Help me please Views: 754,077 Posted By Gearknight Absolutely NOT. There is no soft cap to agility,... Absolutely NOT. There is no soft cap to agility, no hard cap to agility, and no diminishing returns to agility. Sooner or later you will hear some hogwash about "after X agility, stack something...

Forum: Class Mechanics 08/19/08, 4:41 PM

Replies: 395 The Hunter Lounge - Theorycraft Within Views: 350,016 Posted By Gearknight This macro is also no different from simply... This macro is also no different from simply clicking feign death. Feign already includes a stopcasting and naturally stops your attacks as well. Because this macro would be executed instantaneously...

Forum: User Interface and AddOns 08/16/08, 10:00 AM

Replies: 40 LibQuickHealth (Inspired by Instant Health) Views: 27,267 Posted By Gearknight They do it automatically for me. oRA2 has to be... They do it automatically for me. oRA2 has to be installed. Weird things might happen if both Blizzard and oRA main tanks are set.

Forum: Hunters 08/14/08, 4:43 PM

Replies: 5,086 WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion Views: 990,932 Posted By Gearknight Raidwide TSA and the nerf to explosive shot make... Raidwide TSA and the nerf to explosive shot make me think we'll see a lot of raids with a TSA+EW hunter. How good is hunting party now, after all of its back-and-forth? Here's a WotLK Survival build...

Forum: User Interface and AddOns 08/14/08, 11:57 AM

Replies: 2,727 Sticky: UI Help Center Views: 474,742 Posted By Gearknight What Grid modules are you running? I had a... What Grid modules are you running? I had a problem somewhat like that and tracked it down to GridLayoutPlus or GridDynamicLayout.

Forum: User Interface and AddOns 08/13/08, 11:13 AM

Replies: 40 LibQuickHealth (Inspired by Instant Health) Views: 27,267 Posted By Gearknight Pitbull's MT frames are compatible with oRA2 and... Pitbull's MT frames are compatible with oRA2 and excellent; that's one option for you.

Forum: Hunters 08/10/08, 2:10 PM

Replies: 3,820 Help me please Views: 754,077 Posted By Gearknight Yes. Yes.

Forum: Hunters 08/07/08, 1:46 PM

Replies: 3,820 Help me please Views: 754,077 Posted By Gearknight Don't fret about not quite hitcapping. You can... Don't fret about not quite hitcapping. You can also look for gear upgrades with hit. DPS upgrades should be easy to find if you replace PvP gear with PvE gear. Check out Nyn'jah Tabi Boots (Badges)...

Forum: Hunters 08/01/08, 5:15 PM

Replies: 5,086 WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion Views: 990,932 Posted By Gearknight If there's nothing with legitimate raid utility... If there's nothing with legitimate raid utility available through minor glyphs, then I'd hope to see a "generates magic ammo" glyph, making Thori'dal no longer the only free bag slot in town.

Forum: User Interface and AddOns 07/31/08, 11:44 PM

Replies: 575 Pimp My UI: The Art of Interface Design Views: 348,387 Posted By Gearknight If you can put a dogtag on Aloft, I made... If you can put a dogtag on Aloft, I made something like this a while back in the Dogtags 3.0 thread, to go in tooltips.

Forum: Hunters 07/31/08, 3:48 PM

Replies: 2,745 SURVIVAL Raiding in 2.1 Views: 668,384 Posted By Gearknight Gore and LB have the same CD. It's a 1.5-second... Gore and LB have the same CD. It's a 1.5-second pet GCD. LB is better at dumping focus quickly because it dumps twice as much per GCD as gore does. If you shoot more than once every 1.5s, your pet...

Forum: Hunters 07/30/08, 10:59 AM

Replies: 5,086 WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion Views: 990,932 Posted By Gearknight I'll just quote myself here. 10-mans are... I'll just quote myself here. 10-mans are (supposedly) serious business in wotlk. There is definately an issue here.

Forum: Hunters 07/30/08, 10:41 AM

Replies: 5,086 WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion Views: 990,932 Posted By Gearknight Good luck convincing your shaman to stop DPSing,... Good luck convincing your shaman to stop DPSing, locate the hunters, run 15 yards, drop a totem, and run back, several times throughout a long fight.

Forum: Hunters 07/30/08, 9:36 AM

Replies: 5,086 WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion Views: 990,932 Posted By Gearknight Windfury has a 20 yard range, talented to 30... Windfury has a 20 yard range, talented to 30 yards. Enhancement shamans stand in melee range. Survival hunters stand more than 30 yards away, due to Sniper Training. We'll only get Windfury if we...

Forum: Hunters 07/29/08, 2:56 PM

Replies: 5,086 WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion Views: 990,932 Posted By Gearknight It's fine for farming/leveling, but it's not... It's fine for farming/leveling, but it's not going to get a cunning pet back to max happiness after being rezzed in a boss fight like Loyalty will (or whatever it was renamed). This is sort of a big...

Forum: Hunters 07/25/08, 10:42 PM

Replies: 5,086 WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion Views: 990,932 Posted By Gearknight It sounds like the 2nd and 3rd point of Potent... It sounds like the 2nd and 3rd point of Potent Venom do nothing right now, if it's 1% no matter how many points are invested. Obviously, it will get changed. Hunting party (or its tooltip) is also...

Forum: Hunters 07/25/08, 1:41 PM

Replies: 5,086 WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion Views: 990,932 Posted By Gearknight I don't think Focused Aim is going to be a big... I don't think Focused Aim is going to be a big deal in PvE at all. In TBC, we saw, what, 1 phase of 1 fight (RoS) where it would make a significant difference? How useful this is will depend a lot on...

Forum: Hunters 07/25/08, 10:48 AM

Replies: 5,086 WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion Views: 990,932 Posted By Gearknight Why do you say this? Regardless of your level of... Why do you say this? Regardless of your level of gear, MT provides the same benefit: approximately 1.2% crit (averaged over time) per talent point. Saying that this scales inversely with gear is like...

Forum: User Interface and AddOns 07/24/08, 5:23 PM

Replies: 2,727 Sticky: UI Help Center Views: 474,742 Posted By Gearknight Use the SharedMedia MyMedia feature, there's a... Use the SharedMedia MyMedia feature, there's a readme for it in the sharedmedia folder

Forum: Hunters 07/24/08, 1:25 PM

Replies: 5,086 WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion Views: 990,932 Posted By Gearknight For 1 GCD every 50 seconds (the seal doesn't have... For 1 GCD every 50 seconds (the seal doesn't have to have 100% uptime for the judgement to), a holy pally gets 10% haste, and all dps get 3% crit and free mana. Holy paladins will JoW a lot, and if...

Forum: Hunters 07/24/08, 1:31 AM

Replies: 3,820 Help me please Views: 754,077 Posted By Gearknight For BM hunters, I'd agree, 5% pet damage is huge,... For BM hunters, I'd agree, 5% pet damage is huge, but for SV, I think 1% crit is better. 1% crit is almost 1% more personal damage (~0.8% at 50% crit), not counting GFTT, EW, TotH. So 5% pet damage...

Forum: Hunters 07/23/08, 6:42 PM

Replies: 3,820 Help me please Views: 754,077 Posted By Gearknight I'd say Troll. 1% Bow Crit (Troll) is probably... I'd say Troll. 1% Bow Crit (Troll) is probably more valuable than 5% pet damage (Orc) if you can manage to stick to bows (much easier than sticking to guns for us dwarves). I can't speak to...

Forum: User Interface and AddOns 07/22/08, 9:17 PM

Replies: 5,688 Sticky: WHAT'S THAT MOD??? Views: 1,067,034 Posted By Gearknight You might like BigBrother, but I'm not sure if it... You might like BigBrother, but I'm not sure if it handles every CC type. It began as tracking polymorph only but may have since been expanded.

Forum: Hunters 07/22/08, 8:50 AM

Replies: 5,086 WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion Views: 990,932 Posted By Gearknight You're right, you can sacrifice Longevity and... You're right, you can sacrifice Longevity and Cobra Strikes instead - which are still better than Aspect Mastery. Beyond the first 5 rows (25 points) of BM, there are exactly 31 points of useful DPS...

Forum: Hunters 07/21/08, 6:37 PM

Replies: 5,086 WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion Views: 990,932 Posted By Gearknight Serpent Sting is a DoT and not direct damage, so... Serpent Sting is a DoT and not direct damage, so it doesn't consume stormstrike charges, just like deadly poison. You may consider yourself smote (smitten? both seem to be past participles of smite).

Forum: Hunters 07/21/08, 4:59 PM

Replies: 5,086 WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion Views: 990,932 Posted By Gearknight It's a shame to see Cunning getting the shaft on... It's a shame to see Cunning getting the shaft on those numbers. The modifiers for Tenacity and Ferocity add up to 25%, but for cunning add up to only 10%, and the 0% DPS bonus certainly hurts for...

Forum: Hunters 07/21/08, 12:27 PM

Replies: 5,086 WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion Views: 990,932 Posted By Gearknight Only for Kill Shot. All other shots remain 35... Only for Kill Shot. All other shots remain 35 yards (41 talented) or less (Scatter).

Forum: Hunters 07/21/08, 12:04 PM

Replies: 5,086 WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion Views: 990,932 Posted By Gearknight I feel like Cunning pets are intended to be the... I feel like Cunning pets are intended to be the DPS pets for Marks and Survival hunters, and Ferocity will be the BM dps pet of choice. A lot of the Ferocity abilities scale with your pet's stats...

Forum: Hunters 07/20/08, 6:27 PM

Replies: 5,086 WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion Views: 990,932 Posted By Gearknight Serpent sting definitely costs a GCD, therefore... Serpent sting definitely costs a GCD, therefore it replaces a steady shot. We'll all eventually find enough haste in wotlk to get steady shot down to 1.5s, so we're basically doing 2 things: Spamming...

Forum: Hunters 07/20/08, 4:49 PM

Replies: 5,086 WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion Views: 990,932 Posted By Gearknight No, it doesn't seem right. BM gets 20% more... No, it doesn't seem right. BM gets 20% more autoshot DPS, regardless of what your weapon speed is. But a faster weapon gives them more Imp Hawk procs and more GFTT procs. If MM is using multi-shot...

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