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Forum: Druids 12/22/10, 5:39 PM
Replies: 1,312
Views: 23,696
Posted By Nethris
This doesn't in any way make dumping haste after...

This doesn't in any way make dumping haste after breakpoints the wrong thing to do (though you may want to look at breakpoints with Nature's Grace or any procs you have, as dumping just past those...
Forum: Druids 12/15/10, 11:01 PM
Replies: 1,312
Views: 23,696
Posted By Nethris
On the issue of our mastery usage being something...

On the issue of our mastery usage being something that we'd want to watch and try to improve on, I'm not sure how true that is beyond some fairly straightforward stuff. Of the spells we want to be...
Forum: Druids 11/15/10, 5:27 AM
Replies: 230
Views: 63,885
Posted By Nethris
For mastery handling, I'm not sure how useful...

For mastery handling, I'm not sure how useful analysis based on what heals you're using would really be - sure you'd know the number of HoTs that might be up, but even something as simple as just...
Forum: Druids 11/13/10, 9:54 PM
Replies: 230
Views: 63,885
Posted By Nethris
It looks like you're still assuming mastery...

It looks like you're still assuming mastery applies to all lifebloom stacks, based on the benefit of mastery not going to zero with 0% HoT presence and no SM use unless I also tell it not to use LB. ...
Forum: Druids 11/11/10, 4:34 AM
Replies: 230
Views: 63,885
Posted By Nethris
Which HoT are you thinking haste would give...

Which HoT are you thinking haste would give faster than GCD ticks on? Lifebloom starts there, Rejuv is the only other refreshable HoT we'd apply for the HoT, and getting Rejuv below a long since...
Forum: Druids 10/16/10, 5:26 PM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,497
Posted By Nethris
Ignore this part of what I was saying - both just...

Ignore this part of what I was saying - both just above and just below the 12.5% breakpoint, I'm showing the number of rejuv ticks on a refresh to indeed be normal number of ticks plus one, with no...
Forum: Druids 10/16/10, 5:29 AM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,497
Posted By Nethris
On the haste soft cap and not stacking more haste...

On the haste soft cap and not stacking more haste than that - I think for most (all?) of us getting to that point requires gemming, so the comparison at that point is to intellect rather than crit or...
Forum: Druids 10/14/10, 10:30 PM
Replies: 261
Views: 227,621
Posted By Nethris
Pretty sure this has been covered - refreshing...

Pretty sure this has been covered - refreshing affected dots during eclipse is a good idea, and we need to cast at least one near the beginning to get our haste buff. However, Sunfire is 3 second...
Forum: The Dung Heap 10/14/10, 9:52 PM
Replies: 30,100
Views: 1,881,850
Posted By Nethris
You have a talent that affects self innervates as...

You have a talent that affects self innervates as a boomkin, so yes, it's something like that. Should just be 20% as balance if you put it on someone else.
Forum: Druids 10/14/10, 8:00 PM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,497
Posted By Nethris
Hmm, it could be rounding, my immediate thought...

Hmm, it could be rounding, my immediate thought was that Blizz might have hot-"fixed" the GotEM mismatch to make our hots match GotEM and gain ticks at 25% and 50% - not something I consider likely...
Forum: Druids 10/14/10, 6:56 PM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,497
Posted By Nethris
This is the main problem I have with mastery as...

This is the main problem I have with mastery as it stands - it's a very strong second stat after haste for 5/10 mans, but in 25 mans it's much weaker unless we use a healing strategy other than "heal...
Forum: Druids 10/12/10, 6:36 PM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,497
Posted By Nethris
That's not including the increase to initial mana...

That's not including the increase to initial mana right? Even in a 20 minute fight I'm showing that as worth 9.375 MP5 per point, so worth just over 70 MP5 per point total?

Now, I'm not looking at...
Forum: Druids 10/12/10, 5:15 AM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,497
Posted By Nethris
If you can reach one of the extra tick...

If you can reach one of the extra tick breakpoints (ie, the 1015 haste rating to hit 37.5% raid buffed being talked about), haste ends up providing extra healing per cast as well as faster casting -...
Forum: Druids 10/11/10, 10:07 PM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,497
Posted By Nethris
Are you picking up Malfurion's Gift to get used...

Are you picking up Malfurion's Gift to get used to the mechanic (or for DPS purposes), or is it actually better than Furor and say an extra point in revitalize? Admittedly a Rejuv heavy default...
Forum: Druids 10/09/10, 8:30 PM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,497
Posted By Nethris
Are you planning on spending most of your time...

Are you planning on spending most of your time refreshing those rejuvs? Unless mastery has changed again or been fixed already, mastery will only affect those rejuvs if there's a HoT up on the...
Forum: Druids 08/18/10, 7:51 AM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,497
Posted By Nethris
Nourish refreshing LB in a wounded state only...

Nourish refreshing LB in a wounded state only would be fairly pointless, as low tank health is exactly the time you'd want to be casting something bigger. The big part about the current form is that...
Forum: Druids 07/21/10, 12:33 AM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,497
Posted By Nethris
That general approach works quite well, yes. ...

That general approach works quite well, yes. Malchezzar himself is a bit of an odd example though - in phase 2 he dual wielded, complete with very high attack rates and a penalty to his hit chance -...
Forum: Druids 07/20/10, 2:51 AM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,497
Posted By Nethris
I'd guess that resto will end up wanting to self...

I'd guess that resto will end up wanting to self innervate fairly frequently, at least in the first tier of raids, just based on how it's been in the past. If they make any of the difficult fights...
Forum: Druids 07/17/10, 8:53 PM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,497
Posted By Nethris
I take it that they haven't changed any of our...

I take it that they haven't changed any of our HoTs (or DoTs) to make the old talented durations the base? I'd comment on the tree, but with Rejuv not comparing that well with Renew even ignoring...
Forum: Druids 07/10/10, 7:14 AM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,497
Posted By Nethris
With the mana regen bonus presumably baked into...

With the mana regen bonus presumably baked into choosing resto, and Insect Swarm trainable for all druids at 20, leveling as resto may at least be tolerable with the current design - Rejuv ->...
Forum: Druids 07/07/10, 6:16 PM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,497
Posted By Nethris
Note that this is just due to only having 10...

Note that this is just due to only having 10 points you can place in other trees, not any direct limits announced other than having to put 31 points in your main tree first. Ghostcrawler did imply...
Forum: Druids 07/05/10, 10:46 PM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,497
Posted By Nethris
Erdluf, am I right in thinking your numbers for...

Erdluf, am I right in thinking your numbers for Rejuv are assuming that the initial heal on it is affected by the extra tick it gains via Nature's Splendor? Doesn't affect the numbers much overall,...
Forum: Druids 06/28/10, 12:09 AM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,497
Posted By Nethris
Do we know at this point if reforging can be...

Do we know at this point if reforging can be undone (and then redone)? If we do end up primarily concerned about efficiency early in Cata, we could easily end up wanting just enough haste to get as...
Forum: Druids 06/23/10, 9:39 PM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,497
Posted By Nethris
I'm not sure how I missed that of all things -...

I'm not sure how I missed that of all things - you're right, that does make the mana consumption pretty even with tank healing being cheaper. The 66% increase in the effective cost of a bloomed LB...
Forum: Druids 06/23/10, 6:24 AM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,497
Posted By Nethris
I would hope that we'd continue to see a variety...

I would hope that we'd continue to see a variety in the healing required in bossfights as we do at least somewhat now, but I'm not sure the changes to druid healing are going to make us quite as...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/07/10, 7:35 AM
Replies: 374
Views: 75,330
Posted By Nethris
I'm a bit surprised I haven't seen more...

I'm a bit surprised I haven't seen more discussion of this approach - having 3 versions of each item isn't much more time consuming than 2, and would let them both upgrade 10 man loot and keep 25 man...
Forum: Death Knights 12/12/08, 3:05 AM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,642
Posted By Nethris
Vampiric blood is going to be very nice now, as...

Vampiric blood is going to be very nice now, as having a last-stand style hp buff built in gives it a decent chance of helping you survive long enough that heals can land, and even ignoring the...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/09/08, 2:56 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,152
Posted By Nethris
If this is the case and they were not originally...

If this is the case and they were not originally present on Azeroth, that would also indicate that worlds can exist in some form without them, making it likely that A) the Titans just don't know of a...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/09/08, 12:23 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,152
Posted By Nethris
Considering that the slaughter of his own troops...

Considering that the slaughter of his own troops must have occurred after he defeated Mal'ganis unless there's been a truly major retcon to that timeline, that action was only necessary in terms of...
Forum: Death Knights 12/08/08, 12:51 AM
Replies: 2,157
Views: 1,502,513
Posted By Nethris
If you happen to have 2 strong AP on-use trinkets...

If you happen to have 2 strong AP on-use trinkets (with 2 min CDs), you could use the first for Gargoyle, use the second for a UB just as Gargoyle ends, or for a mid Gargoyle ERW UB, and then use the...
Forum: Hunters 12/07/08, 1:31 PM
Replies: 1,230
Views: 839,914
Posted By Nethris
Hmm... the /click command can be used to activate...

Hmm... the /click command can be used to activate other buttons, could that be combined with an addon that updates two of your barslots (or makes its own buttons) when you change your gear, so you...
Forum: Death Knights 12/06/08, 10:42 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,642
Posted By Nethris
In regards to Killing Machine in a Frost tanking...

In regards to Killing Machine in a Frost tanking build, has using the rune strike glyph with it been seriously considered? Since rune strike has an aggro multiplier, effectively replacing frost...
Forum: Death Knights 12/02/08, 2:52 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,642
Posted By Nethris
If true, that's a different internal CD than any...

If true, that's a different internal CD than any other effect in the game that I'm aware of - nothing else has an internal CD that affects chances to proc the effect, just that it can't proc period...
Forum: Death Knights 12/02/08, 4:34 AM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,642
Posted By Nethris
My concerns with blood tanking have always been...

My concerns with blood tanking have always been more about it not having very good survival talents, not aggro really, though this is coming from a tanking warrior perspective. Based on what I've...
Forum: Death Knights 11/28/08, 3:54 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,642
Posted By Nethris
Is that including the non-100% uptime of fallen...

Is that including the non-100% uptime of fallen crusader and diminishing returns on the parry rating from the bonus strength? If not, I suspect that hitting a point where fallen crusader is better...
Forum: Death Knights 11/28/08, 2:53 PM
Replies: 2,157
Views: 1,502,513
Posted By Nethris
I think that that change was canceled when they...

I think that that change was canceled when they found and fixed the bug that was making the 10% damage bonus from tundra stalker not work, and found that frost damage was pretty decent without...
Forum: Death Knights 11/15/08, 1:52 PM
Replies: 237
Views: 2,452,087
Posted By Nethris
Blood tends to be the really GCD bound spec...

Blood tends to be the really GCD bound spec during the times it isn't building RP for DRW/garg. That said, it might be worth mentioning that you could fit a DC between the 9.5s SS and the 12.5s SS,...
Forum: Death Knights 11/13/08, 4:57 PM
Replies: 237
Views: 2,452,087
Posted By Nethris
Agi might beat both APR and Haste for Unholy and...

Agi might beat both APR and Haste for Unholy and Frost, putting it above AP for blood seems unlikely to me - or it will be better than AP for frost as well, as it should affect frost strike but not...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/12/08, 2:58 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,903,981
Posted By Nethris
The Alliance war effort appears to be mostly from...

The Alliance war effort appears to be mostly from the remainder of the "original" Alliance - Humans, Dwarves, and Gnomes, as the High Elves don't really exist in their old form. The state of the...
Forum: Warriors 11/11/08, 7:06 PM
Replies: 2,271
Views: 1,861,322
Posted By Nethris
Do at least consider trying a DW arms spec if you...

Do at least consider trying a DW arms spec if you want to use 1h weapons - sudden death is very, very powerful when dual wielding with glyph of execute and execute scaling pretty well with AP now,...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/10/08, 8:35 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 12,245
Posted By Nethris
If the affliction rotation is enough harder that...

If the affliction rotation is enough harder that there are a non-negligible number of people that do develop tunnel vision, or it takes much longer on average to get comfortable enough with...
Forum: Death Knights 11/09/08, 5:29 AM
Replies: 237
Views: 2,452,087
Posted By Nethris
To the best of my knowledge, virulence gives...

To the best of my knowledge, virulence gives normal spell hit, which would affect UB and diseases - however, I don't recall any DoT ticks being fully resisted while playing a lock, and I don't know...
Forum: Death Knights 11/07/08, 11:56 PM
Replies: 237
Views: 2,452,087
Posted By Nethris
1) The only place points from Virulence can go...

1) The only place points from Virulence can go profitably is necrosis, a minor gain (the points are needed to get past the 4th row of talents) - however, that gain has to be balanced against being...
Forum: Death Knights 11/07/08, 1:28 PM
Replies: 237
Views: 2,452,087
Posted By Nethris
Possibly Unholy Blight (and most/all of the...

Possibly Unholy Blight (and most/all of the skills on the AP coeff table perhaps?) as well - anything that's a spell should be affected by the GCD reduction of (spell) haste, outside of unholy...
Forum: Player vs. Player 11/06/08, 11:55 AM
Replies: 1,843
Views: 449,918
Posted By Nethris
There was a blue post explaining that they were...

There was a blue post explaining that they were considering nerfing sudden death further I believe, and the "reverted"/no change comment was made with respect to what was on beta at the time (9% on...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/05/08, 1:57 PM
Replies: 174
Views: 34,330
Posted By Nethris
As mentioned before, at least at one point, and...

As mentioned before, at least at one point, and probably even now, Kalimdor was almost certainly a single server - the AQ gate event both caused lag throughout Kalimdor far more than it did in EK,...
Forum: Player vs. Player 11/02/08, 5:25 AM
Replies: 1,843
Views: 449,918
Posted By Nethris
Pretty sure those don't stack, just like every...

Pretty sure those don't stack, just like every other -healing debuff doesn't stack. Were these some of the same specs that included taking both MS and BT and commenting how awesome having both would...
Forum: Player vs. Player 10/30/08, 7:03 PM
Replies: 1,843
Views: 449,918
Posted By Nethris
Don't think I've seen exact numbers in here on...

Don't think I've seen exact numbers in here on the value of mace spec, so I'll give it a shot.

From Wowwiki (http://www.wowwiki.com/Armor#Armor_Damage_Reduction_Formula), at 70 with a level 70...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/30/08, 4:40 PM
Replies: 718
Views: 255,511
Posted By Nethris
While that would give it more bite, I'd rather...

While that would give it more bite, I'd rather Blizzard felt they could fairly freely place heavy/permanent forum bans, and actually do so, rather than in-game bans, which would almost certainly...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/30/08, 2:41 PM
Replies: 718
Views: 255,511
Posted By Nethris
Even if you were redirecting all damage, if the...

Even if you were redirecting all damage, if the math bdew gave is right each step in the cascade is causing half the damage of the previous step, which ignoring the affects of rounding would give a...
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