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Forum: Public Discussion 05/07/10, 4:34 PM

Replies: 374 Cataclysm Raid Progression Refinements Views: 75,505 Posted By Nicolai Something that seems to be overlooked by players... Something that seems to be overlooked by players who prefer large raids (IMO) is the fact that 25 or 40 people rarely ever get together in meatspace and do something. That level of complexity isn't...

Forum: Death Knights 02/04/10, 12:30 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,523,716 Posted By Nicolai That's true. But I was hoping to understand why... That's true. But I was hoping to understand why Frost had gone dual-wield only and leverage that knowledge for some PVP ideas I had. I was hoping to understand how the two scale differently as gear...

Forum: Death Knights 02/04/10, 11:35 AM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,523,716 Posted By Nicolai Does anyone know the damage difference, both DPS... Does anyone know the damage difference, both DPS and short burst, difference between dual wielding and using a 2H weapon? I did some quick napkin math, and it doesn't seem all that big, which makes...

Forum: Death Knights 02/03/10, 9:43 PM

Replies: 1,423 Blood Simple - The Day The Music Died Views: 2,668,055 Posted By Nicolai This wasn't mentioned in the first post, and I... This wasn't mentioned in the first post, and I want to be sure I'm doing this right, as it feels a bit funny. I'm using the IT>PS>HS>HS>DS>Dump DS>HS>HS>HS>HS>Dump rotation. My diseases are...

Forum: Death Knights 12/09/08, 11:22 AM

Replies: 1,448 Frosty DPS Discussion (no magic hat required) Views: 672,647 Posted By Nicolai The biggest argument for frost is the haste buff... The biggest argument for frost is the haste buff if you don't have a Enh shaman around. Frost is also very very dependent on weapon damage strikes, so as your gear improves, so does your DPS. At...

Forum: Death Knights 12/09/08, 9:53 AM

Replies: 1,448 Frosty DPS Discussion (no magic hat required) Views: 672,647 Posted By Nicolai That looks right to me. Are the talents you'll... That looks right to me. Are the talents you'll give up to get DRM worth the simplified rotation? I suspect that the original rotation will always have slightly higher DPS for someone who can...

Forum: Death Knights 12/05/08, 2:21 PM

Replies: 1,448 Frosty DPS Discussion (no magic hat required) Views: 672,647 Posted By Nicolai I think the original poster has updated the... I think the original poster has updated the rotation to something more like OB -> FS -> OB -> BS -> FS -> IT. I'm not sure that's any better than the second rotation posted here though. I'm not...

Forum: Death Knights 12/05/08, 10:36 AM

Replies: 1,448 Frosty DPS Discussion (no magic hat required) Views: 672,647 Posted By Nicolai I haven't seen any accepted arguments for a... I haven't seen any accepted arguments for a Frost/Unholy DPS spec yet. There have been a couple mentioned, but none with numbers to back them up. The opening post should still be good for specs and...

Forum: Death Knights 12/04/08, 7:03 PM

Replies: 1,448 Frosty DPS Discussion (no magic hat required) Views: 672,647 Posted By Nicolai Well, to get another Obliterate off you'll need... Well, to get another Obliterate off you'll need an additional death rune, which adds the BS back in. Also, you also need to add in the DPS from the haste gain for all melee provided by the buff. ...

Forum: Death Knights 12/04/08, 2:17 PM

Replies: 1,448 Frosty DPS Discussion (no magic hat required) Views: 672,647 Posted By Nicolai Let me break it down like this. You start out... Let me break it down like this. You start out with a blood tap, so your runes look like: FFUUDB You open with an Icy Touch: XFUUDB Then OB: XXXUDB

Forum: Death Knights 12/04/08, 1:48 PM

Replies: 1,448 Frosty DPS Discussion (no magic hat required) Views: 672,647 Posted By Nicolai I was referring specifically to frost DPS builds... I was referring specifically to frost DPS builds here. Epidemic works so well because it combines with Glyph of Scourge Strike in Unholy builds. The application of Icy Touch is actually a good...

Forum: Death Knights 12/04/08, 1:29 PM

Replies: 1,448 Frosty DPS Discussion (no magic hat required) Views: 672,647 Posted By Nicolai You permanently get rid of PS. Since you're... You permanently get rid of PS. Since you're using that unholy rune for an Obliterate instead, you only need on death rune. When you open up with the blood tap, you start with a death rune. You...

Forum: Death Knights 12/04/08, 11:13 AM

Replies: 1,448 Frosty DPS Discussion (no magic hat required) Views: 672,647 Posted By Nicolai There may be some possibility here. But you're... There may be some possibility here. But you're losing out on threat reduction as well as crit and additional weapon damage from Blood. Also, points in epidemic seem to be wasted since you actually...

Forum: Death Knights 12/04/08, 9:42 AM

Replies: 1,448 Frosty DPS Discussion (no magic hat required) Views: 672,647 Posted By Nicolai I tend to think the only competitor to Fallen... I tend to think the only competitor to Fallen Crusader at this point is Razorice, and that will probably depend on raid composition. Have a frostfire mage or another DK around? One of the DKs...

Forum: Death Knights 12/03/08, 9:43 AM

Replies: 1,448 Frosty DPS Discussion (no magic hat required) Views: 672,647 Posted By Nicolai This is still up in the air. Until a rotation... This is still up in the air. Until a rotation gets nailed down, we won't be sure. Maybe the rune even depends on which rotation you use. And this doesn't even include the possible use of frost...

Forum: Death Knights 12/02/08, 4:59 PM

Replies: 1,448 Frosty DPS Discussion (no magic hat required) Views: 672,647 Posted By Nicolai So the theory is that the extra OB out-DPSes the... So the theory is that the extra OB out-DPSes the PS, Blood Plague, and bonus damage from Glacier Rot and further OBs? I can buy that. I wish there was an easier way to graph this with scaling gear...

Forum: Death Knights 12/02/08, 4:21 PM

Replies: 1,448 Frosty DPS Discussion (no magic hat required) Views: 672,647 Posted By Nicolai Did I miss this somehow? I'm not seeing it in... Did I miss this somehow? I'm not seeing it in the last two pages. Any chance we could get as volunteer to run IT>PS>BS>BS>OB for one week and the above rotation another and post some WWS?

Forum: Death Knights 12/01/08, 12:51 PM

Replies: 1,448 Frosty DPS Discussion (no magic hat required) Views: 672,647 Posted By Nicolai That type of anecdotal evidence isn't worth much.... That type of anecdotal evidence isn't worth much. In order to decide that a Frost spec doesn't do enough DPS, we'd need some WWS to review as well as spec and raid comp information. You're seeing...

Forum: Death Knights 12/01/08, 11:33 AM

Replies: 1,448 Frosty DPS Discussion (no magic hat required) Views: 672,647 Posted By Nicolai Does anyone have answers for these questions... Does anyone have answers for these questions about Razorice: What's the proc rate? PPM? Chance on hit? Does it have an internal cooldown? Does the 2% extra weapon damage apply to strikes, or...

Forum: Death Knights 11/26/08, 11:23 AM

Replies: 1,448 Frosty DPS Discussion (no magic hat required) Views: 672,647 Posted By Nicolai Has there been some math done or an argument made... Has there been some math done or an argument made as to why that is? I haven't seen one yet.

Forum: Death Knights 11/26/08, 10:34 AM

Replies: 1,448 Frosty DPS Discussion (no magic hat required) Views: 672,647 Posted By Nicolai If your raid has an enh shaman, the buffs are... If your raid has an enh shaman, the buffs are much less valuable. Once you're capped, the extra expertise and str isn't going to scale as well as the damage from Tundra Stalker.

Forum: Death Knights 11/25/08, 7:27 PM

Replies: 1,448 Frosty DPS Discussion (no magic hat required) Views: 672,647 Posted By Nicolai I think it comes down to Icy Touch being pretty... I think it comes down to Icy Touch being pretty damn good all on it's own. It also does double damage when it crits. IT+PS, even at the cost of two GCDs, seems to be more DPS than one extra OB is. ...

Forum: Death Knights 11/25/08, 4:58 PM

Replies: 1,448 Frosty DPS Discussion (no magic hat required) Views: 672,647 Posted By Nicolai I've updated the DPS priority list in the OP to... I've updated the DPS priority list in the OP to reflect this (which is a change from the list in the DPS compendium, but not the standard rotation). My two biggest questions at the moment have to be...

Forum: Death Knights 11/25/08, 3:25 PM

Replies: 1,448 Frosty DPS Discussion (no magic hat required) Views: 672,647 Posted By Nicolai Frosty DPS Discussion (no magic hat required) Here are the basics of being a Frost specced DPS death knight, stolen from the DPS Compendium thread (http://elitistjerks.com/f72/t36303-dps_compendium/). For more a more thorough explanation of...

Forum: Death Knights 11/14/08, 4:37 PM

Replies: 237 DPS Compendium Views: 2,453,397 Posted By Nicolai All the rotations in the original post have... All the rotations in the original post have PS>IT. I'm assuming that some builds (heavy Frost DPS for instance), may go IT>PS? Aside from IT hitting harder because of Glacial Rot, is there a...

Forum: Death Knights 11/14/08, 3:18 PM

Replies: 2,880 Death Knight: Simple Questions/Simple Answers Views: 1,259,553 Posted By Nicolai Okay, with Glacier Rot that makes sense then. ... Okay, with Glacier Rot that makes sense then. I'm not sure I would count on 100% uptime of other player's debuffs... it may still make sense to lead with Plague Strike. To me, the ranged pulling...

Forum: Death Knights 11/14/08, 2:06 PM

Replies: 2,880 Death Knight: Simple Questions/Simple Answers Views: 1,259,553 Posted By Nicolai Why is Plague Strike used before Icy Touch in DPS... Why is Plague Strike used before Icy Touch in DPS rotations?

Forum: Paladins 11/01/08, 3:03 PM

Replies: 7,310 Retribution DPS Theorycraft Views: 2,135,004 Posted By Nicolai Is it just me, or is everyone missing the... Is it just me, or is everyone missing the solution that would make more sense (and actually hit paladins harder in PVP): reduce damage done while DS is active by 30%. This gets rid of stupid...

Forum: Paladins 10/15/08, 9:37 AM

Replies: 7,310 Retribution DPS Theorycraft Views: 2,135,004 Posted By Nicolai I dropped a point from Divine Strength. It... I dropped a point from Divine Strength. It leaves me at 12%, but I wasn't sure where else to pull it from. RV may be a better choice.

Forum: Paladins 10/14/08, 4:29 PM

Replies: 7,310 Retribution DPS Theorycraft Views: 2,135,004 Posted By Nicolai I thought SoC and SoB were within a couple of... I thought SoC and SoB were within a couple of percentage points of each other? Has something about that changed in the last week or so? I'm also not thrilled with the idea of teaching Alliance...

Forum: Paladins 10/14/08, 4:05 PM

Replies: 7,310 Retribution DPS Theorycraft Views: 2,135,004 Posted By Nicolai I haven't seen much discussion of glyphs--I'm... I haven't seen much discussion of glyphs--I'm assuming that Glyph of Seal of Command/Blood and the Glyph of Judgement are the ones to get? I'm leaning towards Command, since it and blood are running...

Forum: Paladins 09/29/08, 4:25 PM

Replies: 7,310 Retribution DPS Theorycraft Views: 2,135,004 Posted By Nicolai Does the 1% number still hold true after the... Does the 1% number still hold true after the recent SoCommand nerf?

Forum: Paladins 07/24/08, 3:30 PM

Replies: 7,310 Retribution DPS Theorycraft Views: 2,135,004 Posted By Nicolai So, is the general consensus that for PVE DPS... So, is the general consensus that for PVE DPS seal twisting between SoM and SoV (for Alliance) is going to be the way to go on bosses? Get that fast stack up, then switch to Martyr while switching...

Forum: Paladins 07/16/08, 12:41 PM

Replies: 7,310 Retribution DPS Theorycraft Views: 2,135,004 Posted By Nicolai So, I took a month off of raiding and want to... So, I took a month off of raiding and want to come back strong. I was hoping for some advice on a few item slots, since I seem to get different results from Rawr, MaxDPS, and the old Bellator...

Forum: Paladins 10/26/07, 10:53 AM

Replies: 7,310 Retribution DPS Theorycraft Views: 2,135,004 Posted By Nicolai I absolutely agree. I wasn't trying to suggest a... I absolutely agree. I wasn't trying to suggest a PVP ret build, but rather that some of the best PVE ret gear we can get (or at least get easier than in some raids) is arena gear. The upcoming S3...

Forum: Paladins 10/26/07, 9:43 AM

Replies: 7,310 Retribution DPS Theorycraft Views: 2,135,004 Posted By Nicolai If I can get hitcapped without Precision, it... If I can get hitcapped without Precision, it opens up the door to better PVP talents, which means better arena gear like S3 gloves sooner rather than later. And I'm all for that. :)

Forum: Paladins 10/25/07, 1:59 PM

Replies: 7,310 Retribution DPS Theorycraft Views: 2,135,004 Posted By Nicolai I think it's pretty safe to assume someone else... I think it's pretty safe to assume someone else is picking up the Imp BoM. I don't have a case for any of your other options. If you're strictly a PVEr, then 4% from DI is your best bet I suppose. ...

Forum: Paladins 10/25/07, 1:17 PM

Replies: 7,310 Retribution DPS Theorycraft Views: 2,135,004 Posted By Nicolai I tend to think you'd get more out of putting... I tend to think you'd get more out of putting those 2 points somewhere in the Retribution tree. That's personal preference though.

Forum: Paladins 10/24/07, 12:35 PM

Replies: 7,310 Retribution DPS Theorycraft Views: 2,135,004 Posted By Nicolai If you're trying to gear up as Ret, I'd strongly... If you're trying to gear up as Ret, I'd strongly consider running through HKM/Gruul with another raid group whenever you get the chance. There are 5-6 pretty good pieces in there that would make...

Forum: Paladins 10/24/07, 11:43 AM

Replies: 7,310 Retribution DPS Theorycraft Views: 2,135,004 Posted By Nicolai The Hammer of the Naaru is a good raiding Ret... The Hammer of the Naaru is a good raiding Ret weapon. Not the best, but good. I don't think it's a bad place to start at all if you're just stepping into SSC/TK. Aside from crafting and arenas,...

Forum: Paladins 10/19/07, 11:20 AM

Replies: 7,310 Retribution DPS Theorycraft Views: 2,135,004 Posted By Nicolai I have no trouble using any of the buttons or... I have no trouble using any of the buttons or charts in Excel 2003, FWIW.

Forum: Paladins 10/18/07, 8:02 PM

Replies: 7,310 Retribution DPS Theorycraft Views: 2,135,004 Posted By Nicolai That doesn't mean +dmg is awful at all. All it... That doesn't mean +dmg is awful at all. All it means is that damage and strength needs to be weighted. If I have a choice between 31 dmg and 10 strength, I take the dmg. This comes into better...

Forum: Paladins 10/18/07, 6:26 PM

Replies: 7,310 Retribution DPS Theorycraft Views: 2,135,004 Posted By Nicolai It seems to one of the large questions in the air... It seems to one of the large questions in the air right now is some kind of stat equivalency formula. I recently hit 70 on my new paladin (raided with a paladin pre-TBC) after raiding with a hunter...

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