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Forum: Warlocks 12/12/08, 7:33 PM
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Posted By Drundia
Immolate should be highest priority since it has...

Immolate should be highest priority since it has highest DPCT, its downtime is simply that bad. Earlier Immolate also allows you to Conflagrate earlier since you don't want to clip too much of...
Forum: Warlocks 12/11/08, 9:19 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 11,873
Posted By Drundia
I know that there is a general bug that sometimes...

I know that there is a general bug that sometimes debuffs applied by you don't display as first on target frame. Sometimes there is just an odd debuff between some of your debuffs, sometimes they are...
Forum: Warlocks 12/11/08, 4:00 PM
Replies: 1,399
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Posted By Drundia
Well, I don't know about Chaos Bolt after...

Well, I don't know about Chaos Bolt after Conflagrate, because it saves you slightly less time than if you use Incinerate, so if number of Incinerates within 1 Immolate-Conflagrate cycle doesn't...
Forum: Warlocks 12/10/08, 5:44 PM
Replies: 1,399
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Posted By Drundia
When you are talking about Empowered Imp don't...

When you are talking about Empowered Imp don't forget that he has only about 5% crit on his own, and can get an extra 18% crit plus Intellect buffs in raids. It's designed for situation with raid...
Forum: Warlocks 12/07/08, 10:12 PM
Replies: 1,399
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Posted By Drundia
I'm actually wondering how do you read those...

I'm actually wondering how do you read those numbers.

When looking at crit there is about 70% damage capable of critical effect at around 40% raid buffed crit. Some simple math suggests that in such...
Forum: Warlocks 12/07/08, 8:02 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 11,873
Posted By Drundia
Frostfire Bolt is an example of buff that stacks...

Frostfire Bolt is an example of buff that stacks partly, so they don't really have a problem, the current problem with Shadow Embrace can be just an oversight, just like talents that should affect...
Forum: Warlocks 12/06/08, 7:27 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 11,873
Posted By Drundia
Abilities can have stacking and non-stacking...

Abilities can have stacking and non-stacking effects. You can have CoE and Ebon Plague on the same target, but they won't stack for extra magic damage. Having multiple instances of SE on the same...
Forum: Warlocks 12/02/08, 2:25 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 166,377
Posted By Drundia
I repeat: it's questionable if Hit is more...

I repeat: it's questionable if Hit is more cost-efficient stat than Spell Power even before you reach that partial hit cap. By the time you get enough Spell Power to make it worth gemming for Hit you...
Forum: Warlocks 12/01/08, 11:47 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 166,377
Posted By Drundia
As soon as talents bring some of your spells to...

As soon as talents bring some of your spells to cap, value of Hit Rating compared to Spell Power goes down. Due to heavy rating to percentage conversion decay compared to level 70 values, Spell Power...
Forum: Warlocks 10/07/08, 6:24 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
To utilize GCD better (or to be precise to bypass...

To utilize GCD better (or to be precise to bypass part of it) cast time should be above GCD which doesn't hold true in case of Haunt. Spells with cast time equal to GCD are essentially GCD-limited...
Forum: Warlocks 10/07/08, 12:04 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
There is no Affliction rotation, recast intervals...

There is no Affliction rotation, recast intervals are just one big mess so there is nothing to lose and nothing to pick up. Why would you not want to refresh DOT if we consider that our mana is...
Forum: Warlocks 10/06/08, 10:20 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
Conflagrate is rather different, as...

Conflagrate is rather different, as Abominatus_DMF says pure Destruction rotation is elegant. For every Conflagrate you cast Immolate which is doable even in form of simple /castsequence macro. Chaos...
Forum: Warlocks 10/06/08, 7:49 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
Drain Soul always had "drain penalty", and I...

Drain Soul always had "drain penalty", and I doubt (though not sure) it had 4.29 during TBC beta, more likely 2.25, and as I remember 0.5 pre-TBC.

How about playing a game to relax and have fun and...
Forum: Warlocks 10/04/08, 7:51 AM
Replies: 4,153
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Posted By Drundia
On PTR against Dr.Boom I see Conflagrate critting...

On PTR against Dr.Boom I see Conflagrate critting for 150%. Ruin bonus appears missing. Also Conflagrate damage on tooltip isn't modified by Emberstorm.
Forum: Warlocks 10/03/08, 10:39 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
Since Patch 2.3 there is a bug that in a...

Since Patch 2.3 there is a bug that in a spellcasting chain global cooldown for spell may start before actual spell casting, this allows to ignore up to 0.3-0.4 seconds of GCD.

Anyway as I say we...
Forum: Warlocks 09/21/08, 7:25 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
The wording of Fire and Brimstone is such that...

The wording of Fire and Brimstone is such that Immolate total DD+DOT coefficient should go up by 0.15, that is from normal 0.2+0.65=0.85 to 1. Changing DD coefficient from 0.2 to 0.35 is completely...
Forum: Warlocks 09/21/08, 5:41 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
I think armor-based mitigation is separate flag,...

I think armor-based mitigation is separate flag, as we know physical DOTs don't suffer from it, and there were cases of non-physical damage being mitigated by armor (Improved Drain Mana Shadow damage...
Forum: Warlocks 09/21/08, 4:45 AM
Replies: 4,153
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Posted By Drundia
Thank you, from that I can see that Chaos Bolt...

Thank you, from that I can see that Chaos Bolt school is 0x7F (Physical+Holy+Fire+Nature+Frost+Shadow+Arcane = All). So Chaos is vastly superior version of Frostfire. So it should be affected by...
Forum: Warlocks 09/21/08, 12:34 AM
Replies: 4,153
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Posted By Drundia
They want to make Conflagrate and Chaos Bolt...

They want to make Conflagrate and Chaos Bolt viable in rotations, why can't they (or don't want) do the same with Shadowburn? Soul Shard limitation is extremely serious, and I would assume the gain,...
Forum: Warlocks 09/12/08, 11:36 PM
Replies: 4,153
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Posted By Drundia
It's not really Ruin asset really, but rather the...

It's not really Ruin asset really, but rather the fact that early Destruction is so good for other tree support, unlike other trees where out of first 21 points there are only about 2-4 useful...
Forum: Warlocks 09/11/08, 12:04 PM
Replies: 4,153
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Posted By Drundia
"You were strong for 3 years, now be weak for 3...

"You were strong for 3 years, now be weak for 3 years" isn't going to work out. You have to ignore that something outperformed or underperformed in past and look into the future, and go towards...
Forum: Warlocks 09/10/08, 6:45 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
So what happened again? Did mob health go up by...

So what happened again? Did mob health go up by some ridiculous amount? Otherwise "every 3 mobs" simply makes no sense.

But it creates some feeling that Destruction has no proper 21-pointer, while...
Forum: Warlocks 09/07/08, 1:10 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
Spell Haste buff belongs to Shamans....

Spell Haste buff belongs to Shamans. Bloodlust/Heroism belongs to the same Shamans as well. You may want to bring as many Shamans as you need to cover Bloodlust/Heroism with its limiting debuff.
Stat...
Forum: Warlocks 09/03/08, 9:30 AM
Replies: 4,153
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Posted By Drundia
Ruin affects only Destruction spells. S&F,...

Ruin affects only Destruction spells.

S&F, together with cast time reduction talents favor filler spells too much and the general way spells scale make other spells rather hard to catch up. A...
Forum: Warlocks 09/03/08, 2:48 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
Pretty poor implementation considering that Tier...

Pretty poor implementation considering that Tier 1 of Destruction is as Shadow as it is. But I admit that goals are very good.

I doubt anything except 2 sec cast Corruption can really be outscaled...
Forum: Warlocks 08/28/08, 5:07 AM
Replies: 4,153
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Posted By Drundia
You are talking as if crit is super-useful stat,...

You are talking as if crit is super-useful stat, especially in early gear-up cycle. It is so ridiculously crappy, that 30% of spirit into spell power is almost making spirit better than crit, add to...
Forum: Warlocks 08/26/08, 4:36 PM
Replies: 4,153
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Posted By Drundia
You cannot overrate Shadow Embrace. It's 5%...

You cannot overrate Shadow Embrace. It's 5% reduction no matter what, it's extra 0.95 multiplier to boss damage. It does exactly that, saves you rougly 1 hit worth of damage over 20 hits. It doesn't...
Forum: Warlocks 08/26/08, 2:34 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
I don't think gear is homogenized that much....

I don't think gear is homogenized that much. They've mentioned the return of 8-piece sets. Destruction crit support will be lower than in TBC, because all we get to benefit from crits is Ruin, I'm...
Forum: Warlocks 08/24/08, 11:19 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
While in 5v5 you'll probably have all kinds of...

While in 5v5 you'll probably have all kinds of dispellers and healers it doesn't happen in lower brackets, in some random world PVP, and maybe in some other situations. You balance both components...
Forum: Warlocks 08/24/08, 10:06 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
I see, so in PVP Corruption alone should almost...

I see, so in PVP Corruption alone should almost kill players (or kill, based on their gear), that indeed sounds fine. I really don't understand what's so hard to understand, your problem is weak...
Forum: Warlocks 08/24/08, 5:09 PM
Replies: 4,153
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Posted By Drundia
I repeat: DOTs have enough damage, the fact that...

I repeat: DOTs have enough damage, the fact that they have DPCT of a Destruction Shadow Bolt crit is perfectly enough. I understand that you want a single Corruption to do 10k damage on level 70 in...
Forum: Warlocks 08/24/08, 2:07 PM
Replies: 4,153
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Posted By Drundia
Except that mentioned AoE spells are channeled...

Except that mentioned AoE spells are channeled and have spell power coefficients lower than normal nuke of equal cast time, while DOTs aren't channeled and have spell power coefficeints higher than...
Forum: Warlocks 08/23/08, 12:24 AM
Replies: 4,153
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Posted By Drundia
I don't think Drain Soul is gonig to be used as...

I don't think Drain Soul is gonig to be used as DPS anyway. I wonder why don't they change spell to something more Destruction-friendly since it's Destruction spells (Shadowburn, Soul Fire) that burn...
Forum: Warlocks 08/22/08, 6:45 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
I think a change was mentioned that talents that...

I think a change was mentioned that talents that currently provide chance to resist pushback will instead reduce amount of pushback. If current chance gets directly converted into amount reduction,...
Forum: Warlocks 08/22/08, 3:01 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
Mind that it also has reverse scaling because...

Mind that it also has reverse scaling because your Life Tap overhead goes down as you gear up. I think reverse scaling is a valid concern as well.
Forum: Warlocks 08/22/08, 2:23 PM
Replies: 4,153
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Posted By Drundia
Except that bringing a spell to 0.2 sec under GCD...

Except that bringing a spell to 0.2 sec under GCD is pretty much useless in a raid setting.

Glyph of Immolate: some people hoped that there will be one supporting Backdraft chain in Destruction...
Forum: Warlocks 08/21/08, 10:57 PM
Replies: 4,153
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Posted By Drundia
The issue would be fundamental if when you start...

The issue would be fundamental if when you start Karazhan you have X spell power, Y crit and Z haste, while at the end of Sunwell you would have X spell power, 3*Y crit and 2*Z haste. It doesn't work...
Forum: Warlocks 08/21/08, 4:16 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
Now Affliction DPS includes DPS-ing pet, which...

Now Affliction DPS includes DPS-ing pet, which Affliction couldn't use before, so Affliction DPS goes up. Destruction doesn't get similar DPS boost because DPS-ing Imp replaces powerful DS, however...
Forum: Warlocks 08/21/08, 2:04 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
Ruin wouldn't be that bad if Demonology wasn't so...

Ruin wouldn't be that bad if Demonology wasn't so crit-filled now, or if Affliction wouldn't spam Shadow Bolts. Even if casters had higher base crits, Ruin would have to be slightly weaker and less...
Forum: Warlocks 08/16/08, 9:42 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
No, not wanding, better auto-repeat spells that...

No, not wanding, better auto-repeat spells that would replace current spam spells (e.g. Shadow Bolt, Incinerate, Searing Pain), manually only inserting other spells. Wanding would be just a possible...
Forum: Warlocks 08/14/08, 2:05 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
How does it prevent casting lower rank spells?...

How does it prevent casting lower rank spells? The change is truly good to filter out all low ranks spells which you don't care about in most cases.

0/21/40 is dishing out most DPS of all Warlock...
Forum: Warlocks 08/14/08, 8:29 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
In the current UI model you should be able to...

In the current UI model you should be able to make even TBC Affliction a single-button spam where it will properly recast DOTs when they expire, with only resists needing your attention. It will need...
Forum: Warlocks 08/13/08, 3:56 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
Shadow Bolt and Incinerate are designed as...

Shadow Bolt and Incinerate are designed as fillers and for that reason one of them is likely to be excluded from rotation. Other spells however deserve higher representation in rotations regardless...
Forum: Warlocks 08/13/08, 1:12 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
The teleportation range was never announced to be...

The teleportation range was never announced to be infinite and knowing the way world is built you would have to place them frequently. Now consider some stealther wanting to kill you and he realises...
Forum: Warlocks 08/12/08, 11:44 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
So for level 80 a Firestone is (1% direct damage...

So for level 80 a Firestone is (1% direct damage and 1.07% crit), while Spellstone is (1% periodic damage and 1.83% haste). Useful Master Conjuror? Do we have to conjure zillion of them and hand out...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/11/08, 1:17 PM
Replies: 595
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Posted By Drundia
Therazane's Touch: 33 spell power Khadgar's...

Therazane's Touch: 33 spell power
Khadgar's Knapsack: 49 spell power
This is 48% upgrade. Both items are essentially low ilvl epics, each in their expansion.

Now some random high ilvl epics. 1H...
Forum: Warlocks 08/06/08, 4:33 PM
Replies: 4,153
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Posted By Drundia
Improved Immolate, Conflagrate, Backdraft, Fire...

Improved Immolate, Conflagrate, Backdraft, Fire and Brimstone, put together are 14 talent points for a DPS increase of barely 10%. It's really a waste compared to some proper talents. If you missed...
Forum: Warlocks 08/06/08, 2:45 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
Improved Immolate can be fewer points. If you...

Improved Immolate can be fewer points. If you look at TBC trees, yes, you need to spend 4 points into it to get to Tier 6, but there are other PVE-viable talents being added at lower tiers.

However...
Forum: Warlocks 08/02/08, 3:24 PM
Replies: 4,153
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Posted By Drundia
Any Warlock can bring +130 stamina to raid,...

Any Warlock can bring +130 stamina to raid, because Destruction talents aren't needed for that. It's missing utility in talents, not in intended way the spec is to be played. I can agree that other...
Forum: Warlocks 08/02/08, 1:31 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,651
Posted By Drundia
And who is providing least utility to raid? Deep...

And who is providing least utility to raid? Deep destro, bye destro locks, it's been great to raid with you for last 1 year, but you aren't coming any raids for the next year at all.
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