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Forum: Priests 12/30/11, 11:15 PM

Replies: 171 Shadow Priest PVE Guide (4.3 Updated) Views: 1,255,026 Posted By Alyse Ahh, hadn't thought of pushing the GCD up by... Ahh, hadn't thought of pushing the GCD up by casting mind blast - I had simply been holding my mind blast until I got 3 orbs. This makes sense, and might help squeeze an extra mind spike during the...

Forum: Priests 12/30/11, 9:47 PM

Replies: 171 Shadow Priest PVE Guide (4.3 Updated) Views: 1,255,026 Posted By Alyse How would cancelaura on Mind Melt stop you from... How would cancelaura on Mind Melt stop you from losing GCDs? Mind Melt at 2 stacks makes your Mind Blast instant, so it reduces the cast time to your base GCD.

Forum: Priests 12/28/11, 3:31 PM

Replies: 171 Shadow Priest PVE Guide (4.3 Updated) Views: 1,255,026 Posted By Alyse You would also have to consider the fewer amount... You would also have to consider the fewer amount of orbs you would generate, since shadow word death does not generate any (although you might gain some since you can move while casting it,...

Forum: Priests 12/27/11, 12:00 PM

Replies: 171 Shadow Priest PVE Guide (4.3 Updated) Views: 1,255,026 Posted By Alyse I have been doing this, since with the mind spike... I have been doing this, since with the mind spike debuff, mind blast has a guaranteed chance to crit, whereas mind spike does not.

Forum: Priests 12/24/11, 12:04 PM

Replies: 171 Shadow Priest PVE Guide (4.3 Updated) Views: 1,255,026 Posted By Alyse It indeed seems that for any burst phase, the... It indeed seems that for any burst phase, the spikespam/fiend is very useful as it has little ramp up time. Hagara, and the tendon on Spine comes to mind, where the ramp up time of normal dots would...

Forum: Priests 12/23/11, 2:29 AM

Replies: 171 Shadow Priest PVE Guide (4.3 Updated) Views: 1,255,026 Posted By Alyse With 4 piece T13, has anyone considered using... With 4 piece T13, has anyone considered using shadowfiend as a DPS cooldown in conjunction with mind spike/mind blast? While mind spike/mind blast has traditionally been lower sustained DPS than our...

Forum: Priests 08/24/11, 11:29 AM

Replies: 875 Cataclysm Discipline Priest Compendium Views: 1,946,625 Posted By Alyse 2/2 Soul warding is useful because PW:S is... 2/2 Soul warding is useful because PW:S is effectively the best triage spell in the game. The ability to have an on demand instant cast 20-30k buffer can mean the difference between life and death. I...

Forum: The Dung Heap 08/10/11, 10:38 AM

Replies: 30,103 Thread of Ultimate Stupidity Views: 1,883,925 Posted By Alyse I was under the impression that shadowfiend acted... I was under the impression that shadowfiend acted like treants where you have to summon them before bloodlust to gain the effect.

Forum: Priests 08/03/11, 7:48 PM

Replies: 875 Cataclysm Discipline Priest Compendium Views: 1,946,625 Posted By Alyse Reflective shield only works on damage done to... Reflective shield only works on damage done to the caster with his/her own shield up. edit: delete please, answered already

Forum: Priests 02/20/11, 9:57 PM

Replies: 375 Shadow Priest -- Cataclysm Views: 1,322,243 Posted By Alyse I was under the impression the reason why the sim... I was under the impression the reason why the sim produced a higher DPS is more of a flaw in the logic of the program. For example, VT had (cast time + 0.5s) as its condition to refresh VT, but if...

Forum: Death Knights 02/11/11, 7:05 AM

Replies: 830 Blood | DK endgame tanking [4.x] Views: 2,314,051 Posted By Alyse I can confirm that it reflects off of Ozruk from... I can confirm that it reflects off of Ozruk from the elementium bulwar (http://www.wowhead.com/spell=95331)k buff, which should make outbreak on the spell hit.

Forum: Priests 12/28/10, 11:15 PM

Replies: 875 Cataclysm Discipline Priest Compendium Views: 1,946,625 Posted By Alyse This is indeed due to the client-side spell... This is indeed due to the client-side spell queue. If you manually set the spell queue to 0ms, macros with multiple spells won't be used out of order (ie. GHeal before IF).

Forum: Death Knights 06/29/10, 9:40 AM

Replies: 2,880 Death Knight: Simple Questions/Simple Answers Views: 1,257,809 Posted By Alyse @Damokt (Re: Neck Deep in Vile, getting EP on... @Damokt (Re: Neck Deep in Vile, getting EP on spirits) I think it's possible to get some of the spirits with pestilence if you jump and hit pestilence. I don't think it's possible to get them all,...

Forum: Death Knights 06/22/10, 5:11 PM

Replies: 2,880 Death Knight: Simple Questions/Simple Answers Views: 1,257,809 Posted By Alyse Short answer, no, other stats are better in terms... Short answer, no, other stats are better in terms of raw DPS. Unholy generally has a spare GCD here and there you can use to catch up on dodges, so it should be a nonissue.

Forum: Death Knights 03/20/10, 6:43 PM

Replies: 2,880 Death Knight: Simple Questions/Simple Answers Views: 1,257,809 Posted By Alyse When summoning AoTD or Gargoyle, the snapshot... When summoning AoTD or Gargoyle, the snapshot should only include your stats and not your buffs. The buff from speed pot is reflected in your stats, so as long as you summon him within the duration...

Forum: The Dung Heap 02/11/10, 9:21 AM

Replies: 30,103 Thread of Ultimate Stupidity Views: 1,883,925 Posted By Alyse While I don't claim it would be easy to model... While I don't claim it would be easy to model expertise, I believe you would still be able to come up with a somewhat accurate model, based on what Amroo is suggesting. We could probably agree that...

Forum: Paladins 02/09/10, 4:31 PM

Replies: 748 Holy Paladin Compendium for 3.3 Views: 1,257,746 Posted By Alyse Have you ever noticed the nitro boots crit/fail... Have you ever noticed the nitro boots crit/fail in raids? I know it's prone to occasionally not working at all, or shooting people zillions of miles into the air in battlegrounds and in the world,...

Forum: Death Knights 02/07/10, 12:08 PM

Replies: 3,498 Unholy Dps | 3.3.5, King of Anything Views: 6,212,946 Posted By Alyse It should also be important to note on movement... It should also be important to note on movement that the 15% increased runspeed does not directly translate to the decrease in runtime*DPS. You can use IT on the run, and is quite optimal if you are...

Forum: Death Knights 02/05/10, 3:56 AM

Replies: 3,498 Unholy Dps | 3.3.5, King of Anything Views: 6,212,946 Posted By Alyse While this method does work, you will still have... While this method does work, you will still have to refresh your diseases at some point. In a typical 20 second rotation, you would need to SS at least 7 times in order to never have your diseases...

Forum: The Dung Heap 02/03/10, 9:16 AM

Replies: 30,103 Thread of Ultimate Stupidity Views: 1,883,925 Posted By Alyse @Chizzle It's important to understand that the... @Chizzle It's important to understand that the stats you gain by dropping expertise will cause you to deal more overall damage over a long enough period of combat. As a general guideline, you should...

Forum: Death Knights 01/30/10, 7:55 AM

Replies: 1,164 Kahorie's DK simulator 2.0 Beta - Including Cataclysm. Views: 766,260 Posted By Alyse This seems to occur when you first open the... This seems to occur when you first open the program; editing a character seems to cause the Ashen Band of Endless Vengeance to uncheck itself.

Forum: Death Knights 01/27/10, 10:17 AM

Replies: 3,498 Unholy Dps | 3.3.5, King of Anything Views: 6,212,946 Posted By Alyse From my understainding, EP will refresh itself if... From my understainding, EP will refresh itself if another unholy DK applies his or her diseases on the target. This is mostly irrelevent in any case, since both DKs will benefit from EP as a disease,...

Forum: Death Knights 01/18/10, 12:41 AM

Replies: 3,498 Unholy Dps | 3.3.5, King of Anything Views: 6,212,946 Posted By Alyse Seylina is correct - FC uptime is still extremely... Seylina is correct - FC uptime is still extremely high; the log I have from DBS here (http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/rt-514vcivad3hn1ur9/details/2/?s=3837&e=4106) shows a 96% uptime on FC. The...

Forum: Death Knights 01/17/10, 2:19 AM

Replies: 707 Optimal gearing: the BiS thread - updated for 3.3 Views: 1,587,705 Posted By Alyse You may also want to keep in mind that expertise... You may also want to keep in mind that expertise as highly valued as some other stats in the unholy spec - you may be better to simply forgo the cap and pick up some other stats in terms of...

Forum: Death Knights 01/11/10, 3:35 PM

Replies: 3,498 Unholy Dps | 3.3.5, King of Anything Views: 6,212,946 Posted By Alyse AoTD can be safely popped during the prepull of... AoTD can be safely popped during the prepull of Rotface - they should die before the first big ooze spawns. I had no trouble using AoTD during our Rotface attempts.

Forum: Death Knights 01/11/10, 5:17 AM

Replies: 3,498 Unholy Dps | 3.3.5, King of Anything Views: 6,212,946 Posted By Alyse I believe that in the OP, it is stated that even... I believe that in the OP, it is stated that even on a Patchwork type fight, channeling AoTD mid combat is still a DPS gain. While you may be correct that it is small, it's a DPS gain nonetheless. ...

Forum: Death Knights 01/11/10, 4:54 AM

Replies: 3,498 Unholy Dps | 3.3.5, King of Anything Views: 6,212,946 Posted By Alyse As a side thought, how exactly does AP benefit... As a side thought, how exactly does AP benefit AoTD in terms of coefficients? I realize this question is quite trivial (and more of a curiosity thing than anything else), but I'm not entirely sure...

Forum: Death Knights 01/10/10, 3:50 PM

Replies: 3,498 Unholy Dps | 3.3.5, King of Anything Views: 6,212,946 Posted By Alyse Taking a look at my own log... Taking a look at my own log (http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/rt-v9i38aismgm1g3zm/sum/damageDone/?s=9520&e=9817), necrosis provided approximately 98600 damage over 294 seconds, or 67 DPS per point....

Forum: Death Knights 01/10/10, 3:05 AM

Replies: 1,164 Kahorie's DK simulator 2.0 Beta - Including Cataclysm. Views: 766,260 Posted By Alyse From past experiences, expertise and spell hit in... From past experiences, expertise and spell hit in general seem to give wonky numbers some of the time. I'm not sure of the exact cause - sometimes it gives EP values that seem normal, sometimes it...

Forum: The Dung Heap 01/06/10, 10:15 PM

Replies: 30,103 Thread of Ultimate Stupidity Views: 1,883,925 Posted By Alyse You should be picking the pieces that are the... You should be picking the pieces that are the biggest upgrade for you. You could either use the AEP values provided by Consider in the OP and calculate which pieces would be the biggest upgrade for...

Forum: Death Knights 12/26/09, 4:36 PM

Replies: 3,498 Unholy Dps | 3.3.5, King of Anything Views: 6,212,946 Posted By Alyse Reaping is a small DPS loss until the aquisition... Reaping is a small DPS loss until the aquisition of 2P T10, at which point it's a minor DPS increase, but only gets better as you obtain more gear. Dirge is always taken - reaping depends on your...

Forum: Death Knights 12/21/09, 6:06 AM

Replies: 3,498 Unholy Dps | 3.3.5, King of Anything Views: 6,212,946 Posted By Alyse The math was done a bit earlier with regards to... The math was done a bit earlier with regards to reaping, but the conclusion was that reaping was only a DPS upgrade from 2PT10 onwards, due to the set bonus. The difference was also quite minimal to...

Forum: The Dung Heap 12/21/09, 3:55 AM

Replies: 30,103 Thread of Ultimate Stupidity Views: 1,883,925 Posted By Alyse Aside from having to take another two points for... Aside from having to take another two points for IUP in order for the two presences to even come close, SS double dips from the 15% damage buff in BP. I highly doubt that it would be beneficial to...

Forum: Death Knights 12/19/09, 11:47 AM

Replies: 3,498 Unholy Dps | 3.3.5, King of Anything Views: 6,212,946 Posted By Alyse Since our strikes are based off of weapon damage,... Since our strikes are based off of weapon damage, slower weapons tend to hit slightly harder (ie., a 3.50 and a 3.60 of the same weapon DPS will lead to the 3.60 weapon hitting slightly harder on...

Forum: Death Knights 12/16/09, 2:50 AM

Replies: 3,498 Unholy Dps | 3.3.5, King of Anything Views: 6,212,946 Posted By Alyse The numbers on ghoul frenzy were worked out a... The numbers on ghoul frenzy were worked out a while ago, and I believe it was considered to be a DPS lost in most cases - the main benefit being the utility of keeping your ghoul alive. Since the...

Forum: Death Knights 12/11/09, 2:33 AM

Replies: 3,498 Unholy Dps | 3.3.5, King of Anything Views: 6,212,946 Posted By Alyse Reaping allows you to use 20 second rotations... Reaping allows you to use 20 second rotations instead of 10 second rotations. The difference is that instead of an IT-PS, you get a SS, which I assume hits harder.

Forum: Death Knights 12/11/09, 2:08 AM

Replies: 3,498 Unholy Dps | 3.3.5, King of Anything Views: 6,212,946 Posted By Alyse This might seem like a silly comment, but doesn't... This might seem like a silly comment, but doesn't Curse of Elements (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=47865) also increase magic damage taken by the target by 13%? If so, did the person who calculated...

Forum: Death Knights 12/09/09, 6:21 AM

Replies: 3,498 Unholy Dps | 3.3.5, King of Anything Views: 6,212,946 Posted By Alyse I'm fairly certain he's adding DC dumps to the... I'm fairly certain he's adding DC dumps to the end of those. He's just stating the rune usage.

Forum: Death Knights 09/08/09, 1:17 PM

Replies: 3,498 Unholy Dps | 3.3.5, King of Anything Views: 6,212,946 Posted By Alyse 3/13/55 and 0/17/54 are pretty close when simmed,... 3/13/55 and 0/17/54 are pretty close when simmed, iirc. 0/17/14 puts more emphasis on DC, whereas 3/13/55 puts more emphasis on OB. The best thing you could do if you're really interested in...

Forum: Death Knights 08/25/09, 7:22 PM

Replies: 152 Raid Tested uses of Army of the Dead Views: 162,459 Posted By Alyse As far as I know regarding AoD targetting, if you... As far as I know regarding AoD targetting, if you have Master of Ghouls, AoD will respond to commands given to the ghoul, as if the ghoul is like a leader of the army. Commanding your pet to return,...

Forum: Death Knights 08/25/09, 2:45 PM

Replies: 2,021 DW Builds 3.2 -Revenge of the Offhand Views: 1,495,968 Posted By Alyse Aside from getting hit capped for specials and... Aside from getting hit capped for specials and spell hit capped, hit beyond those points will lead to a lower DPS than gearing for other stats (STR, ArP). The amount of DPS gained from extra hit is...

Forum: Druids 08/24/09, 2:03 AM

Replies: 2,439 Resto (PvE) Healing Discussion Views: 1,168,098 Posted By Alyse For those considering dropping GotEM, the OP here... For those considering dropping GotEM, the OP here (http://elitistjerks.com/f73/t37578-restoration_itemization/#post989905) has a nice chart of haste ratings required for the 1sec GCD with various...

Forum: Death Knights 08/21/09, 6:24 AM

Replies: 3,089 Suno's Fireside Chat - DK Endgame Tanking Views: 2,635,150 Posted By Alyse Just a tiny nitpick on FRMorrison's... Just a tiny nitpick on FRMorrison's statement, I believe this to be true unless explicitly stated otherwise. Holy Nova and Lightning Overload do not generate threat, but it is also stated clearly...

Forum: Death Knights 08/19/09, 2:15 AM

Replies: 707 Optimal gearing: the BiS thread - updated for 3.3 Views: 1,587,705 Posted By Alyse Haste indeed seems to high for the 17/54 Oblit... Haste indeed seems to high for the 17/54 Oblit spec. Not much has changed since 3.1 regarding haste - necrosis, BCB, white swings, and pet damage have roughly stayed the same.

Forum: Death Knights 08/16/09, 5:59 AM

Replies: 1,164 Kahorie's DK simulator 2.0 Beta - Including Cataclysm. Views: 766,260 Posted By Alyse Just a quick note with regards to the simulator,... Just a quick note with regards to the simulator, anytime I edit some sort of file (character, spec, rotation) and save/import it, I get an error when I try to begin a simulation. A simple exiting of...

Forum: Death Knights 08/14/09, 10:20 AM

Replies: 1,333 Unholy Gains Shadow of Death (Unholy DPS Discussion now with more 3.2!) Views: 1,251,680 Posted By Alyse SS had a 230% crit modifier whereas OB only has a... SS had a 230% crit modifier whereas OB only has a 200% modifier.

Forum: Death Knights 08/12/09, 10:52 PM

Replies: 1,333 Unholy Gains Shadow of Death (Unholy DPS Discussion now with more 3.2!) Views: 1,251,680 Posted By Alyse Delete please - didn't see the other post on this... Delete please - didn't see the other post on this page.

Forum: Death Knights 08/12/09, 1:52 PM

Replies: 1,333 Unholy Gains Shadow of Death (Unholy DPS Discussion now with more 3.2!) Views: 1,251,680 Posted By Alyse The simulator can be found here... The simulator can be found here (http://elitistjerks.com/f72/t50274-kahories_dk_simulator_beta_0_9_9_a/). I'm also slightly confused about the opening rotation - what function does the blood tap...

Forum: Death Knights 08/12/09, 9:29 AM

Replies: 1,333 Unholy Gains Shadow of Death (Unholy DPS Discussion now with more 3.2!) Views: 1,251,680 Posted By Alyse Icy talons does not stack with (Imp.) WF or IIT,... Icy talons does not stack with (Imp.) WF or IIT, so in any 25 man raid in which you have a DK with ITT or a shaman (Hint: You should), Icy Talons is not a DPS upgrade. It may be beneficial in 10 mans...

Forum: Death Knights 08/12/09, 1:04 AM

Replies: 1,333 Unholy Gains Shadow of Death (Unholy DPS Discussion now with more 3.2!) Views: 1,251,680 Posted By Alyse When I did the simulator with Virulence vs.... When I did the simulator with Virulence vs. Vengeful Heart, I had Virulence come out on top by a fair margin of DPS (>100, forget the exact number). I'll run a simulation right now and post the...

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