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Forum: Paladins 03/19/09, 9:10 AM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,580
Posted By Hythloday
I believe Divine Sacrifice (or Guardian -...

I believe Divine Sacrifice (or Guardian - whatever the AoE BoSanc is called on the PTR) transfers 50% of the damage that it absorbs. I also suspect that it's modified by GbtL, SotT and RF, meaning...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/06/09, 7:56 AM
Replies: 183
Views: 84,882
Posted By Hythloday
200 less defense will also cause tanks to receive...

200 less defense will also cause tanks to receive crushing blows, which neither druids nor deathknights can cover with block.

I suspect the pecking order will be shield-blocking warriors > paladins...
Forum: Paladins 03/04/09, 5:41 AM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,580
Posted By Hythloday
In what way is that a tradeoff? Ret paladins...

In what way is that a tradeoff? Ret paladins don't really care about taking less damage and Prot paladins don't care about not reducing threat. If anything it's an excellent tradeoff as it is.
Forum: Public Discussion 02/25/09, 9:10 AM
Replies: 634
Views: 225,786
Posted By Hythloday
Projected textures are a way...

Projected textures are a way of...well...projecting textures onto a 3d mesh - think of a spotlight, or a slide projector. They're a cheap way to do shadow mapping (shadows that approximate the...
Forum: Paladins 02/25/09, 5:09 AM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,580
Posted By Hythloday
No disagreement that it's the worst threat talent...

No disagreement that it's the worst threat talent in our arsenal, at about 1.5% more TPS for 5 points. That said if you really need a max threat, or max DPS build, taking Reckoning instead of Kings...
Forum: Paladins 02/24/09, 12:33 PM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,580
Posted By Hythloday
I don't see much point in discussing whether it...

I don't see much point in discussing whether it will or won't stack when it's entirely at the whim of the game designers and we'll know within 48 hours or so. That said, if it is the case that it...
Forum: Paladins 02/24/09, 11:15 AM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,580
Posted By Hythloday
I think that it's more likely that they will...

I think that it's more likely that they will stack, given the new Glyph of Shield Wall and the qualms about warrior/paladin survivability compared to DK/druid.

It would be pretty horrific if they...
Forum: Paladins 02/24/09, 7:05 AM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,580
Posted By Hythloday
It no longer gets overwritten (and in fact can...

It no longer gets overwritten (and in fact can live side-by-side, though it doesn't stack).
Forum: Paladins 02/23/09, 7:46 AM
Replies: 3,523
Views: 1,876,577
Posted By Hythloday
You might want to check that Rawr models the proc...

You might want to check that Rawr models the proc as well as the static bonus: it should have an input of around 190 Strength (90 for the equip, 100 for the averaged proc).
Forum: Paladins 02/21/09, 7:59 AM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 693,484
Posted By Hythloday
Going by item budget equivalence, I believe 1...

Going by item budget equivalence, I believe 1 rating is equal to 14 armour.
Forum: Paladins 02/19/09, 1:07 PM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,580
Posted By Hythloday
I've been crit while "uncrittable" by all the...

I've been crit while "uncrittable" by all the San'layn - Keleseth, Taldaram, and Valanar (the Last Rites chap in Borean Tundra). They seem to be "special attack" mobs in the same way as Magtheridon's...
Forum: Paladins 02/19/09, 11:33 AM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,580
Posted By Hythloday
Nothing at all. The depressing thing is that a...

Nothing at all. The depressing thing is that a glyph which improves mostly white damage, which is the only part of our damage *not* granted an improved threat modifier, is better than one that...
Forum: Paladins 02/19/09, 9:40 AM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,580
Posted By Hythloday
This is pretty depressing, but my spreadsheet...

This is pretty depressing, but my spreadsheet says the same thing, GoSoV is about 50% better than GoJ.
Forum: Paladins 02/13/09, 7:52 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 9,261
Posted By Hythloday
Prot DPS/TPS spreadsheet

Latest version. (http://mustela.vm.bytemark.co.uk/~james/files/ProtDPSTPSSpreadsheet/ProtDPSTPSSpreadsheetv0.07.xls)

I've got this to the point where I think it's both accurate enough to be relied...
Forum: Paladins 02/13/09, 12:06 PM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,580
Posted By Hythloday
Maybe I was unclear - SoV application is, in...

Maybe I was unclear - SoV application is, in effect, a 2-roll system - first you have to melee hit, then you have to spell hit the SoV dot. (To my knowledge it's the only spell like that in the game....
Forum: Paladins 02/12/09, 7:17 PM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,580
Posted By Hythloday
I went over 7 or 8 WWS log parses, and couldn't...

I went over 7 or 8 WWS log parses, and couldn't find any resists on the DoT, so if you can share one that would be great. What I found was that the misses that come up on the summary are for...
Forum: Paladins 02/05/09, 6:19 AM
Replies: 3,523
Views: 1,876,577
Posted By Hythloday
Sapphiron is immune, I believe. If I remember...

Sapphiron is immune, I believe. If I remember I'll try taunting everything tonight (as I'm tanking) and posting the results.
Forum: Paladins 01/27/09, 10:21 AM
Replies: 553
Views: 291,798
Posted By Hythloday
Edit: I'm an idiot, this is accounted for in the...

Edit: I'm an idiot, this is accounted for in the spreadsheet and therefore Fish Feast is definitely inferior to Dragonfin Fillet.

Just to be a nit-picker: if one has 3/3 SoL, the AP from Fish Feast...
Forum: Paladins 01/23/09, 6:07 AM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,580
Posted By Hythloday
The DR on miss was calculated last week...

The DR on miss was calculated last week (http://elitistjerks.com/1053037-post335.html). The macro to calculate your chance to be normally hit is therefore thus:

/script m=function(x)return...
Forum: Paladins 01/22/09, 12:53 PM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 693,484
Posted By Hythloday
Consecration specifically takes 4% AP/SP per...

Consecration specifically takes 4% AP/SP per tick, not per cast. Don't forget the effects of CoE and other raid debuffs.
Forum: Paladins 01/22/09, 6:34 AM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,580
Posted By Hythloday
If you're going to claim that it'd be nice to see...

If you're going to claim that it'd be nice to see some maths rather than a flat dismissal.
Forum: Paladins 01/20/09, 4:27 AM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 693,484
Posted By Hythloday
Read the Naxxramas thread on these very forums.

Read the Naxxramas thread on these very forums.
Forum: Paladins 01/18/09, 8:01 AM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,580
Posted By Hythloday
Well, tank itemisation doesn't work the same way...

Well, tank itemisation doesn't work the same way as DPS itemisation. Tanks generally have (at least) avoidance, EH and threat gear, whereas DPS generally have "DPS" gear (maybe with stamina gear for...
Forum: Paladins 01/16/09, 1:12 PM
Replies: 3,523
Views: 1,876,577
Posted By Hythloday
I don't really see the point of speculating along...

I don't really see the point of speculating along these lines. What if a new profession, Gerbil Training, is introduced in 3.1 that gives +500 str? All those JCs are going to look pretty silly then!...
Forum: Paladins 01/12/09, 1:02 PM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,580
Posted By Hythloday
Perhaps I can divert this from an epeen-waving...

Perhaps I can divert this from an epeen-waving contest to something a bit more constructive. I used to use Warcrafter (http://warcrafter.net/) to evaluate potential upgrades and...
Forum: Paladins 01/06/09, 10:26 AM
Replies: 553
Views: 291,798
Posted By Hythloday
I think we're actually agreeing. The post that I...

I think we're actually agreeing. The post that I originally replied to said, in essence, "If you put a BDE rather than a BSR in you get more Strength and crit than it had before - therefore the helm...
Forum: Paladins 01/05/09, 9:03 PM
Replies: 553
Views: 291,798
Posted By Hythloday
This is the wrong way to analyse it: every JC...

This is the wrong way to analyse it: every JC with that helmet will already have 3 Bold Dragon's Eyes socketed. Therefore the question is "is it better with a socket?" (of course it is), but "is this...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 12/19/08, 10:47 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 73,978
Posted By Hythloday
It's relatively simple to write a small addon...

It's relatively simple to write a small addon that will write out what's in your bank into a SavedVariable file. Once this is done you can either provide an importer for that file or just allow a...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 12/17/08, 1:17 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 73,978
Posted By Hythloday
Here are questions I might want to use your tool...

Here are questions I might want to use your tool to answer for me.

Given my existing gear (on my character and in my bank), what's the best spec for me? What are the two best specs that will give me...
Forum: Paladins 12/17/08, 9:26 AM
Replies: 553
Views: 291,798
Posted By Hythloday
That's not quite the case. In Redcape's default...

That's not quite the case. In Redcape's default spreadsheet values, 1 point of ArP is 97% as good as 1 point of haste. If you simulate adding 500 haste rating to your gear, 1 point of ArP is 104% as...
Forum: Paladins 12/11/08, 6:31 AM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,580
Posted By Hythloday
The spell flingers are pretty hideous and if you...

The spell flingers are pretty hideous and if you haven't learnt to LoS a pull by Old Kingdom then you're going to learn before you reach the end of it. (A death knight helps as a crutch.) That said...
Forum: Paladins 11/28/08, 9:35 AM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 693,484
Posted By Hythloday
To the best of my knowledge, all percentage DR...

To the best of my knowledge, all percentage DR effects are multiplicative. Whether or not this is universally true, it's true for RF.
Forum: Paladins 11/24/08, 8:48 AM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 693,484
Posted By Hythloday
WWS will include parries/dodges as misses, make...

WWS will include parries/dodges as misses, make sure you're drilling down into miss/dodge/parry columns if you want to make sure that you're analysing the data right. This isn't really...
Forum: Paladins 11/21/08, 12:22 PM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 693,484
Posted By Hythloday
Assuming no item procs that increase crit chance,...

Assuming no item procs that increase crit chance, no specials with increased crit chance, a non-undead mob, a 3.5s weapon with SoB up, 2/2 imp judgements, all critting specials used precisely on...
Forum: Paladins 11/21/08, 5:17 AM
Replies: 553
Views: 291,798
Posted By Hythloday
Nice list, but for trinkets, Darkmoon Card:...

Nice list, but for trinkets, Darkmoon Card: Greatness is almost certainly best-in-slot (90 strength equip and then an averaged 100 strength proc). In fact given how good strength is for us I can't...
Forum: Paladins 10/31/08, 12:45 PM
Replies: 7,310
Views: 2,131,568
Posted By Hythloday
I don't know how you run 5-mans but I tend not to...

I don't know how you run 5-mans but I tend not to pull the whole instance without going out of combat for at least some of it - certainly true before you outgear the instance. Do you mean that the...
Forum: Paladins 10/31/08, 7:16 AM
Replies: 7,310
Views: 2,131,568
Posted By Hythloday
As far as I can see, penguinicusaurus, your model...

As far as I can see, penguinicusaurus, your model leaves out mana regen from the JoW debuff. In a 5-man I guess that's not too far off realistic, but in a 5-man you can drink a runic mana pot every...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/24/08, 5:27 AM
Replies: 2,725
Views: 706,418
Posted By Hythloday
Yep, rawr doesn't have potency in it. Add this to...

Yep, rawr doesn't have potency in it. Add this to the EnchantCache.xml:

<Enchant>
<Id>2668</Id>
<Name>Potency</Name>
<Slot>OneHand</Slot>
<Stats>
<Strength>20</Strength>
...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/23/08, 12:22 PM
Replies: 425
Views: 94,843
Posted By Hythloday
Here's a list of Undead NPCs: Undead - NPCs -...

Here's a list of Undead NPCs:

Undead - NPCs - World of Warcraft (http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?npcs=6&filter=maxle=73;cr=36;crs=2;crv=0)

It might be worth looking in SFK since I believe Arugal has...
Forum: Shamans 08/01/08, 7:36 AM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 808,149
Posted By Hythloday
Ask and ye shall...

Ask and ye shall receive:

http://wrong.nu/~james/files/ss-usage.py

Place it in the same directory as your WoWCombatLog.txt and run it with Python. I cross-referenced the data with our WWS charts of...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/06/08, 5:31 AM
Replies: 840
Views: 295,605
Posted By Hythloday
Assuming reasonable gear and latency, you can...

Assuming reasonable gear and latency, you can tank Illidan with a close to 100% Holy Shield uptime. He tends to cast in a predictable pattern of Shear -> Drain Soul -> Shear -> Flame Crash, with the...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 04/11/08, 10:41 AM
Replies: 635
Views: 232,581
Posted By Hythloday
I posted a DogTag extension to do exactly this on...

I posted a DogTag extension to do exactly this on the previous page.
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 04/08/08, 10:48 PM
Replies: 635
Views: 232,581
Posted By Hythloday
After reading about it in another thread, this is...

After reading about it in another thread, this is code to be able to interrogate the number of classes in a party/raid in a DogTag. It can be used to put all the buffs that you *lack* on the player's...
Forum: Warriors 04/04/08, 6:53 AM
Replies: 2,271
Views: 1,861,650
Posted By Hythloday
I wrote something similar...

I wrote something similar (http://wrong.nu/~james/files/ArdentDefenderTracker.zip if anyone's interested) to analyse how much mitigation a prot paladin talent provides - since the talent's triggered...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/07/08, 11:19 AM
Replies: 231
Views: 26,388
Posted By Hythloday
I would be interested in how many people who...

I would be interested in how many people who express doubt of the feasiblity of retuning raid bosses have a background in game design or QA. It's my experience that the brief of "here is an existing...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/05/08, 11:02 AM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,575,377
Posted By Hythloday
Or they've added a drop in SWP. Blizzard CMs have...

Or they've added a drop in SWP. Blizzard CMs have the disconcerting habit of saying *exactly* what they mean, knowing that they'll be over-read.
Forum: Public Discussion 02/27/08, 9:15 AM
Replies: 2,980
Views: 1,218,376
Posted By Hythloday
There's also the option of Elixir of Major...

There's also the option of Elixir of Major Strength, which are required for some reasonably good Blacksmith levelling items and of course Executioner.
Forum: Public Discussion 02/18/08, 9:58 AM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,575,377
Posted By Hythloday
The Consortium gem quest is monthly. I don't...

The Consortium gem quest is monthly. I don't believe there are any others at the moment.
Forum: Public Discussion 02/11/08, 10:13 AM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,575,377
Posted By Hythloday
I would assume the unseen sets are S4 items.

I would assume the unseen sets are S4 items.
Forum: Paladins 02/06/08, 7:16 AM
Replies: 2,705
Views: 901,752
Posted By Hythloday
Thanks for the correction on Slow. Hurricane...

Thanks for the correction on Slow.

Hurricane certainly is of limited use in general situations, but for the specific use of quelling a periodic enrage, or easing a phase transition, I think it would...
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