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Forum: Paladins 01/06/12, 9:49 AM
Replies: 1,877
Views: 4,091,670
Posted By Kvaern
I pulled my Shadowmourne out of the closet for...

I pulled my Shadowmourne out of the closet for some dummy testing and it still procs up to 3 motes from a single Judgement so it seems they didn't alter the SoT core mechanic but rather did something...
Forum: The Dung Heap 02/24/11, 5:54 AM
Replies: 30,100
Views: 1,880,681
Posted By Kvaern
I was wondering where Flame Orb is in all of this...

I was wondering where Flame Orb is in all of this and still am, it's not a DoT so it can supposedly still crit and it's our biggest source of ignite munching so unless they changed something else...
Forum: Mages 02/11/11, 5:44 AM
Replies: 783
Views: 3,965,714
Posted By Kvaern
I will attest to this being a very good point,...

I will attest to this being a very good point, flame orb is terrible at destroying combustion damage. The question is if they are mutually exclusive which ability should be given precedence?
Forum: Mages 01/14/11, 9:25 AM
Replies: 178
Views: 254,683
Posted By Kvaern
It's not being rounded. The only stat rounding...

It's not being rounded.

The only stat rounding which affects mages I'm aware of at moment is that you need 517 haste rating rather than 516 to reach the dot soft cap.
Forum: Mages 01/12/11, 4:48 AM
Replies: 783
Views: 3,965,714
Posted By Kvaern
This makes no sense. Haste is still going to be...

This makes no sense. Haste is still going to be our worst stat, even more now than ever.
The effect it will have is that that we'll cast more fireballs and less scorches, which is also a...
Forum: Mages 01/10/11, 4:31 AM
Replies: 1,672
Views: 1,152,756
Posted By Kvaern
To clarify, it does not proc of dot ticks but it...

To clarify, it does not proc of dot ticks but it procs of dot applications.
Forum: Mages 12/28/10, 6:15 PM
Replies: 783
Views: 3,965,714
Posted By Kvaern
Do you by any chance have exactly 1 pt. in...

Do you by any chance have exactly 1 pt. in Pyromaniac?
Apparently it's currently bugged and gives you a permanent casting speed increase.

See:
Different casting times - Forums - World of Warcraft...
Forum: The Dung Heap 12/23/10, 9:08 AM
Replies: 30,100
Views: 1,880,681
Posted By Kvaern
Not only that, I cringe every time I see someone...

Not only that, I cringe every time I see someone present the awesome trick of iceblocking through a heavy damage phase.

Yes we already know thank you.

Now telling us it's a bad idea to iceblock...
Forum: Paladins 11/19/10, 1:55 AM
Replies: 993
Views: 636,980
Posted By Kvaern
It really comes down to what their intentions...

It really comes down to what their intentions with DS are. GC recently said they still think it's an iconic ret ability and they want us to use it pretty often and if that's still the case then it...
Forum: Paladins 11/19/10, 1:48 AM
Replies: 482
Views: 814,629
Posted By Kvaern
GCD Queuing certainly went in with 4.01 on the...

GCD Queuing certainly went in with 4.01 on the European side of the pond and it was a terrible annoyance too until they gave us the slider. Not so much for ret since it only affects TV/Exo but ask...
Forum: Mages 10/23/10, 2:54 AM
Replies: 265
Views: 917,883
Posted By Kvaern
I can see how crit is weak for patchwerk fights...

I can see how crit is weak for patchwerk fights but what about scenarios where you want to burn longer and/or more frequently than when your CD's are available to deal with encounter...
Forum: Mages 10/18/10, 8:20 AM
Replies: 311
Views: 217,220
Posted By Kvaern
I cant speak for lvl 85 but at level 80 spamming...

I cant speak for lvl 85 but at level 80 spamming AE is mana neutral at worst due to CC and MoE procs (and that's on my newly dinged mage with a 20k mana pool to boot so with larger mana pools it...
Forum: Paladins 10/09/10, 10:30 AM
Replies: 993
Views: 636,980
Posted By Kvaern
This may be a stupid question but how would they...

This may be a stupid question but how would they go about fixing the huge discrepancy in stat values without completely changing our rotation/abilities?

So far strength seems so powerful we'll...
Forum: Paladins 09/14/10, 1:15 PM
Replies: 993
Views: 636,980
Posted By Kvaern
The chances of 2 TVs doing grotesque things to a...

The chances of 2 TVs doing grotesque things to a 100k lifepool in PvP gear is about zero.
Forum: Paladins 08/16/10, 6:52 AM
Replies: 993
Views: 636,980
Posted By Kvaern
It seems that the current changes to mana regen...

It seems that the current changes to mana regen has nothing to do with ret and that their design goal for us does not include mana regen scaling.

"We haven't quite established a base regen for the...
Forum: Paladins 08/10/10, 5:37 AM
Replies: 993
Views: 636,980
Posted By Kvaern
I think the whole rage deal should prove to you...

I think the whole rage deal should prove to you that it is a scaling disaster, also I do not agree they have done reasonably well with mana management in the past.
If you have to manage your mana in...
Forum: Paladins 07/25/10, 6:50 AM
Replies: 993
Views: 636,980
Posted By Kvaern
The code the devs are working on is at all times...

The code the devs are working on is at all times builds ahead of the beta server so you should take GC's word over what you are seeing in beta, or in other words someone pulled the code for a beta...
Forum: Paladins 07/15/10, 8:45 AM
Replies: 993
Views: 636,980
Posted By Kvaern
This talent would be awesome in conjunction with...

This talent would be awesome in conjunction with a SoV rampup time removal, we'll go from mindless auto rampup to an applied rampup which carries over between targets, at the cost of being able to...
Forum: Paladins 07/15/10, 2:22 AM
Replies: 993
Views: 636,980
Posted By Kvaern
To me it looks like Seals of Retribution is an...

To me it looks like Seals of Retribution is an indication of an incoming SoV rampup time change or possibly the return of SoC as a no-rampup single target damage seal deeper in the tree.

With SoR...
Forum: Paladins 07/13/10, 4:02 AM
Replies: 993
Views: 636,980
Posted By Kvaern
If I recall correctly the CD lowering effect for...

If I recall correctly the CD lowering effect for Ret was a random "what could happen" quote from a Blizzard employee when they first unveiled the mastery system at last Blizzcon but yea we haven't...
Forum: Paladins 07/03/10, 3:12 AM
Replies: 137
Views: 92,754
Posted By Kvaern
Am I the only one who thinks we already have...

Am I the only one who thinks we already have enough DPS abilties to use and adding more buttons onto our rotation isn't the right way to go about making the spec more interesting to play?

I'd much...
Forum: Paladins 06/22/10, 4:46 AM
Replies: 2,370
Views: 3,350,498
Posted By Kvaern
Not necessarily, FreeMe might very well be...

Not necessarily, FreeMe might very well be processed in between the fragment procs generated by one ability.

You can verify this by building up 9 Fragments and then judging a dummy facing away from...
Forum: Paladins 05/20/10, 6:48 AM
Replies: 2,370
Views: 3,350,498
Posted By Kvaern
You don't want to make it do that as it's against...

You don't want to make it do that as it's against the ToS.
Forum: Paladins 02/23/10, 11:43 AM
Replies: 659
Views: 1,240,218
Posted By Kvaern
Your crit isn't anywhere near 70,92% The latest...

Your crit isn't anywhere near 70,92%

The latest version of Rawr has a crit bug and it's still not realisticly possible the get anywhere near the crit cap as ret.
Forum: Paladins 02/15/10, 9:48 AM
Replies: 666
Views: 292,614
Posted By Kvaern
Yea I know it will change based on fight lenght,...

Yea I know it will change based on fight lenght, sweet spots and whatnot but something is wrong when it doubles.
Forum: Paladins 02/15/10, 9:47 AM
Replies: 666
Views: 292,614
Posted By Kvaern
It's not broken, I believe it will always choose...

It's not broken, I believe it will always choose the highest DPS rotation from the rotation list. The stats tab shows you which on that is.

You can force a lower DPS rotation by deleting the others.
Forum: Paladins 02/15/10, 9:26 AM
Replies: 666
Views: 292,614
Posted By Kvaern
Something's still up with the haste stat value...

Something's still up with the haste stat value going crazy, if you load me up in rawr 2.3.9 and equip the T10.264 chest then the value of haste suddenly doubles but if I equip both the T10.264...
Forum: Hunters 02/13/10, 3:44 AM
Replies: 2,816
Views: 1,940,125
Posted By Kvaern
It's an established fact that Righteous Vengeance...

It's an established fact that Righteous Vengeance and Deep Wounds both double dips on Twins (and Thaddius) so Piercing Shots would be breaking the norm if it doesn't.

The BQL damage buff uses a...
Forum: Paladins 02/12/10, 3:05 AM
Replies: 659
Views: 1,240,218
Posted By Kvaern
I think it's quite obvious by now that WotLK will...

I think it's quite obvious by now that WotLK will also be Sunwell'ed.

ICC just isn't going to last until Cata is released.
Forum: Paladins 02/05/10, 9:03 PM
Replies: 2,370
Views: 3,350,498
Posted By Kvaern
I've been playing around with buffs, mob levels...

I've been playing around with buffs, mob levels and whatnot in rawr and SoC now beats SoR in every possible scenario for me.

I don't get it though, we're godly on medium scale AoE and total suckage...
Forum: Paladins 02/05/10, 5:43 PM
Replies: 2,370
Views: 3,350,498
Posted By Kvaern
I wouldn't put my money on it. Going by their...

I wouldn't put my money on it.

Going by their Ulduar/Toc track record they want the 25 normal mode gear to be, at best, equal to the heroic 10 man drops and Bryntroll was just far too good to fit...
Forum: Paladins 02/05/10, 1:56 AM
Replies: 2,370
Views: 3,350,498
Posted By Kvaern
Has anyone done the math on TAiaJ vs. DV for AoE,...

Has anyone done the math on TAiaJ vs. DV for AoE, does the extra SoC cleaves make up for the AP you lose out on?

The SoC judgement can proc multitudes just like JoV but the seal doesn't seem to be...
Forum: Paladins 01/29/10, 3:29 PM
Replies: 2,370
Views: 3,350,498
Posted By Kvaern
ahah thanks, I had completely sweat out AW has...

ahah thanks, I had completely sweat out AW has that effect.
Forum: Paladins 01/29/10, 10:13 AM
Replies: 2,370
Views: 3,350,498
Posted By Kvaern
We had a really laggy Saurfang kill yesterday and...

We had a really laggy Saurfang kill yesterday and I died from grabbing aggro on blood beasts about halfway through it.

Studying the log showed me this;

[20:20:03.375] Kvaern Consecration...
Forum: Paladins 01/29/10, 2:42 AM
Replies: 2,370
Views: 3,350,498
Posted By Kvaern
Possibly but given high end gearing I doubt it...

Possibly but given high end gearing I doubt it would do much more than giving us equality with fury warriors for AoE.
Forum: Paladins 01/27/10, 4:50 AM
Replies: 2,370
Views: 3,350,498
Posted By Kvaern
Swapping from 2XT9/T10 to 4XT10 was a ~20DPS...

Swapping from 2XT9/T10 to 4XT10 was a ~20DPS downgrade for me according to rawr but I'l take the frontloaded damage over the dot any day of the week.

Edit: I'm having no luck getting a training...
Forum: Paladins 01/25/10, 6:41 PM
Replies: 659
Views: 1,240,218
Posted By Kvaern
Cooldown means any ICD so you should set it to...

Cooldown means any ICD so you should set it to zero (RAWR will handle the swing speed time for you). As for proc chance and exact mechanics we can only gues about that for now.
Forum: Paladins 01/21/10, 12:23 PM
Replies: 2,370
Views: 3,350,498
Posted By Kvaern
Would this be the time to bring up the DS Glyph...

Would this be the time to bring up the DS Glyph again ?

2xT10 + DS Glyph + Double damage = some serious smart healing.
Forum: Paladins 01/21/10, 9:47 AM
Replies: 659
Views: 1,240,218
Posted By Kvaern
I forgot to mention I'm only a few badges away...

I forgot to mention I'm only a few badges away from 4xT10 and thus do my gear analysis wearing that but I see now I didn't include the hit from the Tiny Abos , which makes them BiS at 80% if you can...
Forum: Paladins 01/21/10, 6:21 AM
Replies: 659
Views: 1,240,218
Posted By Kvaern
Modelled like this and going by my gear this...

Modelled like this and going by my gear this trinket is soundly beaten by our current known and in no danger of being nerfed best choices. I had to up it to 90% to make the ilvl 264 one beat the...
Forum: Paladins 01/15/10, 10:19 AM
Replies: 2,370
Views: 3,350,498
Posted By Kvaern
We had that issue as well and some of the gas...

We had that issue as well and some of the gas clouds were bouncing all over the place, and yes at the time we suffered from heavy instance lag.

After a couple of tries we gave up because it was a...
Forum: Paladins 01/15/10, 5:58 AM
Replies: 2,370
Views: 3,350,498
Posted By Kvaern
Most guilds do not have that option though, we...

Most guilds do not have that option though, we have to use whoever is online because we don't recruit to have 5 players benched every raid.
Forum: Paladins 01/11/10, 6:17 PM
Replies: 2,370
Views: 3,350,498
Posted By Kvaern
I haven't seen any FPS drop in ICC whatsoever but...

I haven't seen any FPS drop in ICC whatsoever but I also noticed everyone posting in the bug thread on the official forum seems to be using Nvidia hardware whereas I'm using an ATI card.
Forum: Paladins 01/11/10, 5:23 PM
Replies: 2,370
Views: 3,350,498
Posted By Kvaern
If I was to guess about TAiaJ I'd think the proc...

If I was to guess about TAiaJ I'd think the proc works exactly like Zod's Repeating Longbow proc, i.e. the proc is a normal weapon attack that does half damage exactly as described, with everything...
Forum: Paladins 01/05/10, 9:21 AM
Replies: 2,370
Views: 3,350,498
Posted By Kvaern
It doesn't double dip from wings and most other...

It doesn't double dip from wings and most other buffs but it does from some boss specific damage buffs, twins as mentioned and also thaddius in naxx and I think one of the upcoming ICC figths will...
Forum: Paladins 01/04/10, 4:17 AM
Replies: 2,370
Views: 3,350,498
Posted By Kvaern
I use bartender4 and lockout period is much...

I use bartender4 and lockout period is much shorter for me than others have reported, I wrote in an earlier post that it feels like I'm trying to cast a spell on something which is out of range which...
Forum: Paladins 01/03/10, 9:17 PM
Replies: 2,370
Views: 3,350,498
Posted By Kvaern
It's not related to SoComm, it happens when using...

It's not related to SoComm, it happens when using SoV as well.
Forum: Paladins 12/30/09, 4:10 AM
Replies: 2,370
Views: 3,350,498
Posted By Kvaern
This is happening to me as well. Sometimes when...

This is happening to me as well. Sometimes when DS resets it creates an annoying stuttering effect, much like when you try to cast a spell on something which is out of range, the GCD will kick in...
Forum: Paladins 12/21/09, 12:22 AM
Replies: 2,370
Views: 3,350,498
Posted By Kvaern
I believe int is taken into account but it's the...

I believe int is taken into account but it's the 6th stat so you get an even wider stat spread than on leather and thus end up not paying much for it, which is supported by mail usually being slighty...
Forum: Paladins 11/11/09, 6:05 PM
Replies: 2,370
Views: 3,350,498
Posted By Kvaern
Did they change something about auras in the...

Did they change something about auras in the minipatch this week?

Being the only ret in a 10 togc today I had the 3% bonuses drop midfight after switching to fr aura and I noticed the bonus also...
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