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Forum: Warlocks 05/10/11, 4:58 PM
Replies: 329
Views: 3,099,739
Posted By Kyth
Zak and I tested the succubus and didn't see it...

Zak and I tested the succubus and didn't see it double-dipping on either her glyph or the orc racial.
Forum: Warlocks 05/09/11, 11:10 PM
Replies: 538
Views: 567,617
Posted By Kyth
I used it as a brez (i.e. they died, then I tried...

I used it as a brez (i.e. they died, then I tried rezzing them with the SS) and it didn't work, they rezzed at the 30% rate at the time of my prior post.

It looks like it was stealth-hotfixed...
Forum: Warlocks 05/03/11, 2:01 PM
Replies: 538
Views: 567,617
Posted By Kyth
The summary I posted to our guild (which seems...

The summary I posted to our guild (which seems like it might be useful here also):

Druid rebirth requires a reagent (glyph to remove), has a 2-second cast time, costs mana, and a cooldown of 10...
Forum: Warlocks 02/12/11, 5:04 PM
Replies: 538
Views: 567,617
Posted By Kyth
Power Auras or some similar buff-monitoring addon.

Power Auras or some similar buff-monitoring addon.
Forum: Mages 11/29/10, 2:23 PM
Replies: 373
Views: 383,526
Posted By Kyth
(edit) wrong numbers, ignore. I can still turn...

(edit) wrong numbers, ignore.

I can still turn this into a useful post:

Glancing at the damage range, Fire/Frostfire really seem to have a very wide dps swing (7-8k) relative to frost and arcane. ...
Forum: Warlocks 11/24/10, 1:23 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 318,534
Posted By Kyth
The change is being reverted to WotLK values,...

The change is being reverted to WotLK values, although it can't be done in a hotfix so it will be a bit.

Reference: DPS Meta Gem Change...Change it Back - Forums - World of Warcraft...
Forum: Mages 11/01/10, 3:22 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
Well the reason I ask is, the prior test that...

Well the reason I ask is, the prior test that Zaldinar did that showed Mage > Molten replaced the Molten glyph for the test because Molten wasn't being used. It sounds like you weren't though, which...
Forum: Mages 11/01/10, 12:09 AM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
Q&A is a summary format not really what most of...

Q&A is a summary format not really what most of us are looking for in the discussion portion of the thread.

Please post what glyphs, talents, etc. you used like the other simulation authors did so...
Forum: Mages 10/29/10, 8:46 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
Filed under the category of "general musings...

Filed under the category of "general musings about cata raiding..."

In the tanking thread, GC is talking about tanking and healer mana and comments:



(emphasis added)

I presume for arcane that is...
Forum: Mages 10/29/10, 12:50 PM
Replies: 88
Views: 797,912
Posted By Kyth
Spirit affects nothing in combat for mages, so...

Spirit affects nothing in combat for mages, so human is also 'none'. (although EMFH and WotF are both non-dps raid advantageous racials when compared with, say, treasure finding, or "increased...
Forum: Mages 10/29/10, 12:46 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
Fireblast was simmed out to a 6.6% dps increase...

Fireblast was simmed out to a 6.6% dps increase at 85 in this thread, which is why I asked Tyrian about it. Whenever we get Zaldinar back, or some other sim up and running, it would be good to do as...
Forum: Mages 10/28/10, 7:00 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
This is the case in general for the entire tree...

This is the case in general for the entire tree though, so I'm not sure they'll address is.

The tree needs to be changed so, e.g., ignite is "20% of the damage of your nuke as a dot for 6 seconds"...
Forum: Mages 10/28/10, 1:06 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
Is MoE really stronger than 2 points in arcane...

Is MoE really stronger than 2 points in arcane concentration at 85 for your build?

There's also the interesting twist with the data from Zaldinar's sims that I think he's only posted on the beta...
Forum: Warlocks 10/26/10, 8:24 PM
Replies: 259
Views: 637,511
Posted By Kyth
It's not just you (I have been looking pretty...

It's not just you (I have been looking pretty seriously into my warlock alt.)

But, at least when it comes to mages, they'd love some of the complexity in fire at least (frost has more going on and...
Forum: Mages 10/26/10, 7:07 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
Regarding the two second ignite ICD: So, if one...

Regarding the two second ignite ICD:

So, if one nuke (fireball or scorch) crits, does that mean if the next scorch crits (because it will always be in less than 2 seconds), the second scorch does...
Forum: Mages 10/22/10, 1:36 AM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
Or MoE could just be removed, as fire doesn't...

Or MoE could just be removed, as fire doesn't need nearly as many talents crammed into its tree as it has now. Arcane Concentration can be the mana regen for fire and arcane, and fire's ability...
Forum: Mages 10/22/10, 12:26 AM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
Nothing like posting a question and then leaving...

Nothing like posting a question and then leaving for a week.

Logix: if that's you on the beta boards, you're using a different character name or weren't in the particular conversations I was looking...
Forum: Mages 10/18/10, 4:42 AM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
I just went and read the last few pages of the...

I just went and read the last few pages of the cataclysm thread with Vontre and some mage I've never heard of arguing that scorch is a good model "because it's good" basically.

It's making me wonder...
Forum: Mages 10/17/10, 6:32 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
I would certainly be curious to see if, without...

I would certainly be curious to see if, without the mage armor glyph, it's worth spending GCD's to swap mid-fight, especially given that you lose a bit of mana, mobile scorch and 5% crit in the...
Forum: Mages 10/17/10, 2:10 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
I'm not sure why you reforged to crit, although I...

I'm not sure why you reforged to crit, although I guess we don't have any combat rating data yet, but on live, I doubt that would be a dps increase. Although the depressing thing is that, to a...
Forum: Mages 10/17/10, 5:22 AM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
Basically, they created a separate spell for the...

Basically, they created a separate spell for the pyroblast proc'd from hotstreak called Pyroblast! and no tooltip that references Pyroblast works. Hotstreak, Impact, and Combustion all ignore it and...
Forum: Mages 10/17/10, 2:02 AM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
Tyrian: Another thing for your list is the...

Tyrian:

Another thing for your list is the frostfire bolt dot behavior that was mentioned by someone (maybe you?) as being really clunky on the PTR. Playing around with it on live right now, I...
Forum: Mages 10/16/10, 11:28 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
I think it would be worth elaborating why the...

I think it would be worth elaborating why the living bomb cap of three specifically is a problem (impact + pyromaniac and their interaction, plus potentially that three living bombs and a BW+FS...
Forum: Mages 10/15/10, 6:01 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
Seems accurate, although I don't think it's a...

Seems accurate, although I don't think it's a huge difference, based on our week of raiding (standard anecdote versus data disclaimer), so if mastery excites you for some reason I don't think it does...
Forum: Mages 10/15/10, 2:03 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
The plural of anecdote isn't data, and this...

The plural of anecdote isn't data, and this obviously doesn't in any way substitute for actual numbers, but everyone doing stat number crunching seems to play arcane or frost and I haven't had any...
Forum: Mages 10/14/10, 3:14 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
GC claims they also nerfed coefficients. 2) We...

GC claims they also nerfed coefficients.

2) We lowered the base points and coefficients of many mage abilities, but lowered Fire more than the other two.


World of Warcraft - English (NA) Forums ->...
Forum: Mages 10/14/10, 4:15 AM
Replies: 527
Views: 950,386
Posted By Kyth
Scorchio works fine, just download the alpha...

Scorchio works fine, just download the alpha version from the wowace page: Scorchio! 2 - WoW AddOns - WowAce.com (http://www.wowace.com/addons/scorchio2/)
Forum: Mages 10/13/10, 11:50 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
Yeah it does take reliance on your healers...

Yeah it does take reliance on your healers though. We had three mages gleefully ignore the Festergut mechanic. Two of them were laughing all the way to the end, one of us was laughing, but face...
Forum: Mages 10/13/10, 8:49 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
I'm really enjoying a lot about the new fire...

I'm really enjoying a lot about the new fire mage, but LB isn't one of them for both that, Tyrian, and because of the "Pyromaniac requires dots on three targets but LB can only be up on three...
Forum: Mages 10/06/10, 7:45 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
Of course, which is why I commented earlier than...

Of course, which is why I commented earlier than a double-fire spec is likely along with a frost spec you keep waiting in the wings, but I think that you are going to say "do I need Cauterize on this...
Forum: Mages 10/06/10, 5:34 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
Unfortunately improved flamestrike means...

Unfortunately improved flamestrike means blastwave adds a flamestrike to it, rather than vice versa, so you need the point in Blast Wave regardless.

The point I really want to drop is Dragon's...
Forum: Mages 10/06/10, 5:21 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
I admit I didn't think about that, I'd assumed...

I admit I didn't think about that, I'd assumed you lose buffs -- if you don't, that's different. And your healers have to be okay with healing you up to full (even with mage ward counting in.)

It...
Forum: Mages 10/06/10, 3:00 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
(Improved flamestrike is also an all-or-nothing...

(Improved flamestrike is also an all-or-nothing since I'm not sure it'd be easy to tell whether flamestrike cast or whether you have to handle it this time. That was some place I looked at taking...
Forum: Mages 10/06/10, 2:37 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
I've been surprised so far that the mana-free...

I've been surprised so far that the mana-free scorch is on everyone's list as a must-have talent. We're either going to need it or we won't -- and if we need it, it will be because we'll spend X% of...
Forum: Mages 09/22/10, 6:17 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
Yes, but "interesting" is just flavor -- so why...

Yes, but "interesting" is just flavor -- so why in the world would it be "be fire or don't raid" like you were saying, both in that post and this post:



"Interesting and done" doesn't matter in...
Forum: Mages 09/22/10, 4:57 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
There are zero final dps numbers at this point so...

There are zero final dps numbers at this point so you can't even come close to making statements like this.

It will be "go X or don't raid", where X is whatever is the highest dps. Like it's always...
Forum: Mages 09/22/10, 2:43 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 721,257
Posted By Kyth
I don't have any clever math for this post, just...

I don't have any clever math for this post, just something that's been on my mind the last two days:

I've been eying this negative crit scaling with tiers and thinking about its interaction with...
Forum: Mages 08/29/10, 12:33 PM
Replies: 570
Views: 226,656
Posted By Kyth
Given that threat reduction tools are going away,...

Given that threat reduction tools are going away, the *only* classes with pet reductions will be those with pets: all warlocks and hunters, and frost mages.

Complaining about frost mage threat will...
Forum: Mages 07/14/10, 1:57 PM
Replies: 570
Views: 226,656
Posted By Kyth
I'm a little surprised that there aren't, in...

I'm a little surprised that there aren't, in fact, survivability spells for arcane/fire -- Several of you have mentioned some, am I just being blind?

I see arcane having one on a long (1 minute)...
Forum: /LFGuild 12/03/09, 7:45 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,355
Posted By Kyth
[Horde][Turalyon] <Fusion> Hunter, Warlock, any healer

Open Positions


We are looking for the following to replace members who are retiring:

* 1 Warlock
* 1 Hunter
* 1 Healer of any class with an offspec of some sort
Forum: /LFGuild 10/27/09, 9:27 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,715
Posted By Kyth
[Horde][Turalyon] <Fusion> ToC Insanity complete: Hunter

Open Positions


We are looking for the following to replace members who are retiring:

* One hunter

Many guilds say they don't recruit for the bench. But we actually mean it:

- We run a strictly...
Forum: /LFGuild 09/03/09, 2:22 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,964
Posted By Kyth
[Horde][Turalyon] <Fusion> 5/5 HM ToC: 1 DK (dps), 1 paladin (holy)

Open Positions


We are looking for the following:

* One holy Paladin who also has an offspec they are comfortable with (gear unimportant)
* One Death Knight who will be primarily DPS, but also is...
Forum: Mages 08/31/09, 9:03 PM
Replies: 1,603
Views: 1,598,977
Posted By Kyth
This is pretty much the point. You can't do a...

This is pretty much the point.

You can't do a fight on 10's and then assume what you know applies to 25's. If nothing else the DPS limit on Hodir on 10's is far more forgiving so your execution...
Forum: Mages 08/30/09, 1:23 PM
Replies: 1,603
Views: 1,598,977
Posted By Kyth
Biting cold is mild at low stacks (2 and less),...

Biting cold is mild at low stacks (2 and less), and tends to fall off when you move to get away from icicles anyways.

If you have hunters in your raid, they can be standing near campfires: as...
Forum: Mages 08/26/09, 12:06 AM
Replies: 5,355
Views: 3,113,356
Posted By Kyth
You can bet however much you want, but Sancus and...

You can bet however much you want, but Sancus and I are raiding as mages with engineering and can actually tell you rather than speculate: there's no problems throwing a bomb during a gcd.
Forum: Mages 08/25/09, 2:14 PM
Replies: 5,355
Views: 3,113,356
Posted By Kyth
You can do the bomb 'cast' during the GCD of a...

You can do the bomb 'cast' during the GCD of a living bomb or hotstreak proc.
Forum: Mages 08/15/09, 2:01 PM
Replies: 3,728
Views: 3,452,038
Posted By Kyth
That will very much depend on the level you're...

That will very much depend on the level you're playing at.

I will spam a single spell if it gets me 300 dps more: that's a huge difference compared to things I do now for DPS, like regemming with...
Forum: Mages 08/15/09, 1:27 PM
Replies: 3,728
Views: 3,452,038
Posted By Kyth
It is in fact unfortunate that few mages will...

It is in fact unfortunate that few mages will complain about how terrible arcane will be if this goes through unchanged. It's TBC warlock but without lifetap to break up the monotony.

This is the...
Forum: Mages 08/14/09, 5:08 PM
Replies: 3,728
Views: 3,452,038
Posted By Kyth
Also, faster casts are penalized less by target...

Also, faster casts are penalized less by target switching and movement.
Forum: Mages 08/14/09, 1:40 PM
Replies: 3,728
Views: 3,452,038
Posted By Kyth
And if your choice is subpar DPS, or competitive...

And if your choice is subpar DPS, or competitive DPS with a dot, which will you choose?

That was the point of my post. Not RP concerns about whether a dot feels right or not (remember a dot is just...
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