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Forum: Paladins 10/06/11, 6:21 AM
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Posted By jdh79
You have to also consider that a percentage of...

You have to also consider that a percentage of your casts are going to be mana free spells (LoD/WoG) that Shard of Woe has no impact on. I did some calculations based on totaling spells cast from...
Forum: Paladins 03/30/11, 2:11 AM
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Posted By jdh79
I find that the Divine Protection glyph is only...

I find that the Divine Protection glyph is only really necessary on fights where your strategy is designed around you eating extra damage that would kill anyone without that level of mitigation...
Forum: Paladins 12/25/10, 11:02 AM
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Posted By jdh79
I am wondering what people are thinking/planning...

I am wondering what people are thinking/planning in regards to the T11 set bonuses. Our tier gear seems to be itemized really sub-optimally; none of the 5 pieces have haste on them; they all are...
Forum: Priests 03/18/10, 1:12 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 82,450
Posted By jdh79
One of the things that I think has to be...

One of the things that I think has to be considered in considering the value of haste is the impact of lag/latency/reaction time, especially for holy priests. For most people and most servers, I...
Forum: Paladins 01/21/10, 8:44 PM
Replies: 748
Views: 1,257,444
Posted By jdh79
The plate legs are worth crafting if you do not...

The plate legs are worth crafting if you do not have the Jaraxxus heroic 258 legs or the Faction Champs 258 mail legs. They are a marginal upgrade from either 258 piece. As far as counting on...
Forum: Paladins 01/21/10, 7:56 AM
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Posted By jdh79
I would go with the helm/chest for the 2 tier 10...

I would go with the helm/chest for the 2 tier 10 pieces. All 3 pieces are crit/haste itemized, but the T10 shoulders have one less socket than Rusted Bonespike Pauldrons. Although that's an...
Forum: Paladins 01/19/10, 6:58 PM
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Posted By jdh79
Another thing to keep in mind when considering...

Another thing to keep in mind when considering crit vs mp5 and whether the extra output crit provides on both direct heals and Glyph of HL splash is relevant or not is to consider what will happen...
Forum: Paladins 01/18/10, 1:04 AM
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Posted By jdh79
Going back to something we both touched on, crit...

Going back to something we both touched on, crit being half as effective as mp5 is based upon the chain casting of holy light, correct me if I'm wrong. Apart from gimmick fights this will never be...
Forum: Paladins 01/17/10, 4:14 PM
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Posted By jdh79
What we are talking about in terms of a gearing...

What we are talking about in terms of a gearing priority here is around 200 mp5. The helm/shoulder enchants are the only places where you actually can pick between crit/mp5 anyway, because noone is...
Forum: Paladins 01/17/10, 10:47 AM
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Posted By jdh79
I disagree that using DP on cooldown where needed...

I disagree that using DP on cooldown where needed is not playing well. Our job is to output as much healing as possible to help raid healers while keeping our assigned tank alive. Using HL with DP...
Forum: Paladins 01/16/10, 6:10 PM
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Posted By jdh79
Yeah, that's almost what I was thinking in...

Yeah, that's almost what I was thinking in regards to the value of the 2 piece as well. With wings and talisman, we already have the ability to pop DP with a cooldown on 2 out of every 3 cooldowns,...
Forum: Paladins 01/16/10, 12:26 PM
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Posted By jdh79
That is only really valid if you are only looking...

That is only really valid if you are only looking at the value of crit from a numerical perspective. Crit HLs overheal massively, there's no question about it, and your total overhealing will scale...
Forum: Paladins 01/16/10, 4:18 AM
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Posted By jdh79
Clearly, the numbers still mathetmatically show...

Clearly, the numbers still mathetmatically show MP5 to a better stat than Crit for holy paladins, by a factor of around 2:1. However, moving into ICC, I find myself gravitating more towards favoring...
Forum: Paladins 11/29/09, 8:52 AM
Replies: 1,539
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Posted By jdh79
You are right; I was looking at an outdated link...

You are right; I was looking at an outdated link that showed the gloves as haste/mp5. I guess that the T10 chest/shoulders/helm with their crit/haste itemization will be the 3 items most of us will...
Forum: Paladins 11/28/09, 11:00 PM
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Posted By jdh79
Well, it is going to depend on how many fights in...

Well, it is going to depend on how many fights in ICC require heavy mobility. ToC required a lot less mobile healing than Ulduar did, with almost very fight involving standing in one place almost...
Forum: Paladins 11/28/09, 6:32 PM
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Posted By jdh79
I honestly rarely to never have seen a situation...

I honestly rarely to never have seen a situation where straight HL spam has not been enough to keep a tank up. The situations where tanks have died more have to do with having to move and the tank...
Forum: Paladins 11/28/09, 2:30 PM
Replies: 1,539
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Posted By jdh79
If you are healing with Holy Light, I see no...

If you are healing with Holy Light, I see no reason why you would want to use the T10 2 piece during a healing intensive part of the fight. It will make your HL hit for 19-20k and crit for around...
Forum: Paladins 11/28/09, 3:57 AM
Replies: 1,539
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Posted By jdh79
What is everyone's thoughts on the upgrade...

What is everyone's thoughts on the upgrade priority once 3.3 hits and how to spend your frost emblems. I am thinking that the T10 2 piece bonus is something we will want as soon as possible. ...
Forum: Paladins 11/27/09, 5:03 AM
Replies: 1,539
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Posted By jdh79
You have to also take into consideration starting...

You have to also take into consideration starting mana pool. 128 INT gives you 2323 mana with kings and Divine Intellect. Based on the numbers that you quoted, you were getting 85 mp5 from the 128...
Forum: Paladins 11/27/09, 3:56 AM
Replies: 1,539
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Posted By jdh79
I did not take crit into account (with the...

I did not take crit into account (with the exception of the FoL HoT calculation), because it doesn't change the analysis; if both FoL and HL paladins have the same crit percentage, the percentage...
Forum: Paladins 11/24/09, 7:05 PM
Replies: 1,539
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Posted By jdh79
I calculated the FoL numbers assuming 4 pc T9. ...

I calculated the FoL numbers assuming 4 pc T9. For judgement GCDs, that can be calculated in as well. Let's assume the HL pally is not specced into Improved Judgements, so has a 10 second judgement...
Forum: Paladins 11/24/09, 5:34 AM
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Posted By jdh79
To give a comparison of the HPS numbers between...

To give a comparison of the HPS numbers between FoL-SP builds and HL-INT builds, here are some calculations I came up with.

Let's assume a HL paladin has holy lights that hit for 13,500 non-crit. ...
Forum: Paladins 11/24/09, 5:29 AM
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Posted By jdh79
For optimizing yourself for 10 man hard modes,...

For optimizing yourself for 10 man hard modes, unless you are running with more than one holy paladin, I still think HL spam with INT stacking is going to be the best route. With less healers, more...
Forum: Paladins 11/23/09, 11:32 PM
Replies: 1,539
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Posted By jdh79
10 man heroic ToC bosses don't hit for nearly as...

10 man heroic ToC bosses don't hit for nearly as much as 25 man bosses, and in a 25 man raid, you have much more segregation of responsibility among the healing team into specific roles (tank...
Forum: Paladins 11/19/09, 6:53 PM
Replies: 1,539
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Posted By jdh79
In general, perfection in healing comes more from...

In general, perfection in healing comes more from individual player skill than from gear; moreso than DPS or tanking, healing is more skill than gear dependent (within reason of course). That being...
Forum: Paladins 11/19/09, 5:30 PM
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Posted By jdh79
Both of the holy set bonuses are extremely weak,...

Both of the holy set bonuses are extremely weak, at least if you are using the conventional INT stacking/HL method. I don't know how good the priest/warlock set bonuses are, but most ret paladins...
Forum: Paladins 11/19/09, 4:35 PM
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Posted By jdh79
I think the only reason why the...

I think the only reason why the helm/shoulders/gloves are BiS is because they are the only 258 shoulders and helm we can use, and as mentioned, there are only the cloth gloves as an alternative. I...
Forum: Paladins 11/10/09, 1:07 AM
Replies: 1,539
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Posted By jdh79
Looking at total divine sacrifice uptime is...

Looking at total divine sacrifice uptime is misleading, because normally when you are casting divine sacrifice, you are casting it to reduce raid damage for a specific event or in anticipation of a...
Forum: Paladins 11/09/09, 10:12 PM
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Posted By jdh79
I think if anything, the changes are going to...

I think if anything, the changes are going to literally force all holy paladins to spec 51/17/+3. Divine Sacrifice is now a 20% raid wall, not 40%, but the new mechanics mean it can be used on...
Forum: Paladins 11/09/09, 12:42 PM
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Posted By jdh79
there are no craftable or BoE holy plate...

there are no craftable or BoE holy plate shoulders that I am aware of. Probably the easiest to obtain shoulders that are still reasonably current and well itemized are Razorscale Shoulderguards off...
Forum: Paladins 11/09/09, 1:35 AM
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Posted By jdh79
You are at only 3 expertise, so getting the SoV...

You are at only 3 expertise, so getting the SoV glyph will be a direct expertise increase, and should greatly increase DPS with SoV up. Also, Glyph of Consecration is considered pretty much a...
Forum: Paladins 11/08/09, 10:27 PM
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Posted By jdh79
There was no change to the FoL-SS HoT...

There was no change to the FoL-SS HoT interaction; the patch notes are just misleading. On the PTR, you still get no HoT unless SS is on the target. The only change is that only paladins with...
Forum: Paladins 11/08/09, 8:03 PM
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Posted By jdh79
I was under the impression that libram switching...

I was under the impression that libram switching also invokes a GCD too? In any case, with holy, generally you know before the fight starts how much HL vs FoL you'll be using and can just swap...
Forum: Paladins 11/08/09, 7:29 AM
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Posted By jdh79
I was just doing some thinking on the value of...

I was just doing some thinking on the value of speccing Improved Righteous Fury. It's a great talent to have to get 6% damage reduction as long as the mechanics of the fight allow you to actually...
Forum: Paladins 11/05/09, 11:23 PM
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Posted By jdh79
Yeah, another issue with this change is Glyph of...

Yeah, another issue with this change is Glyph of Divinity needs to be reworked or it needs to include a "no forbearance on self LoH" element to it. If you use this glyph and the self LoH innervate,...
Forum: Paladins 11/05/09, 5:42 AM
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Posted By jdh79
I don't really think the impact this has on Glyph...

I don't really think the impact this has on Glyph of Divinity is really going to be that big of a deal. Right now, we basically have a choice between Divinity and Beacon for our 3rd glyph slot (HL...
Forum: Paladins 11/04/09, 2:37 PM
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Posted By jdh79
In that build that you posted, you're not taking...

In that build that you posted, you're not taking improved might. Realistically, most times you only have one ret pally, holy pallies generally spec Divine Sacrifice so won't have improved might, and...
Forum: Paladins 11/04/09, 1:48 PM
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Posted By jdh79
It's probably not going to work to put this on...

It's probably not going to work to put this on the Improved Lay on Hands talent, because it isn't deep enough in the holy tree. If they did this and leave Improved LoH where it is, you'd only need...
Forum: Paladins 11/03/09, 8:30 PM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 807,901
Posted By jdh79
One of the big concerns with the newest changes...

One of the big concerns with the newest changes that I see is with LoH causing forbearance and holy pallies being able to use LoH as a tank cooldown as we do now. If a holy pally uses LoH on a prot...
Forum: Paladins 11/02/09, 3:23 PM
Replies: 2,219
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Posted By jdh79
Actually, 600 mana every 50 seconds works out to...

Actually, 600 mana every 50 seconds works out to 60 mp5 not 12 mp5.

Assuming 1 INT=0.9 mp5, you get
60 mp5 from the proc
19 mp5 from the INT

79 mp5 total

Going with the 25 SP/2% INT gem, off the...
Forum: The Dung Heap 11/02/09, 7:20 AM
Replies: 30,094
Views: 1,871,558
Posted By jdh79
Honestly, I have a really hard time believing you...

Honestly, I have a really hard time believing you can get 44% holy crit, 2300-2600 SP and 1000 mp5 while casting even in BiS gear. Pretty much the max Mp5 you can even get from gear/enchants without...
Forum: Paladins 10/31/09, 5:19 PM
Replies: 1,539
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Posted By jdh79
I think what you're going to want to do for this...

I think what you're going to want to do for this fight if beacon is not transferring to Valithria is have your holy paladins assigned to spam HL on her with the tank or someone else beaconed. Even...
Forum: Paladins 10/28/09, 1:10 PM
Replies: 1,539
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Posted By jdh79
Well, Nightmare Tear will count for both your red...

Well, Nightmare Tear will count for both your red and blue gem and activate your mana restore meta without having to use any more non-INT gems.

So, you have 3 options

1. Nightmare Tear
2. 12 SP/mp5...
Forum: Paladins 10/28/09, 3:34 AM
Replies: 1,539
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Posted By jdh79
Keep in mind that apparently the LoH change is...

Keep in mind that apparently the LoH change is not likely to actually go live as per this thread [URL="http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=20677861597&sid=1"]. If it does, one...
Forum: Paladins 10/27/09, 5:59 PM
Replies: 1,539
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Posted By jdh79
The way its currently worded is that DG only...

The way its currently worded is that DG only works while DS is active. However, they could probably use Divine Protection and then DS with relative safety.
Forum: Paladins 10/27/09, 10:55 AM
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Posted By jdh79
I honestly think the idea of cheesing the effect...

I honestly think the idea of cheesing the effect by putting the pally casting it in an empty group or a group with people outside the instance is overblown and not that relevant in a real life...
Forum: Paladins 10/26/09, 11:05 AM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 807,901
Posted By jdh79
For Divine Sacrifice, the 20% health of the...

For Divine Sacrifice, the 20% health of the paladin causing the effect to break can almost be considered irrelevant in evaluating the talent, because as long as you can throw a heal on yourself, the...
Forum: Paladins 10/26/09, 10:50 AM
Replies: 1,539
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Posted By jdh79
I wouldn't be too worried about maintaining the...

I wouldn't be too worried about maintaining the FoL HOT. Even with 4 pc T9, if you have the tank beaconed and SSed, using a GCD to cast a direct FoL on the tank to get the HOT refreshed is a loss of...
Forum: Paladins 10/25/09, 3:57 PM
Replies: 1,539
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Posted By jdh79
You're missing a couple of other factors in the...

You're missing a couple of other factors in the calculation of the value of INT to mp5

100 INT=1800 mana
18 mp5 from replenishment
37.5 mp5 from divine plea used on cooldown
18 mp5 from seal of...
Forum: Paladins 10/25/09, 2:16 PM
Replies: 1,539
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Posted By jdh79
If you're HL heavy and not using DP on CD or...

If you're HL heavy and not using DP on CD or close to on CD, you aren't pushing yourself to the full extent of your regen/output capabilities anyway. There is not a major HPS difference in using FoL...
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