Elitist Jerks » Search Forums Search Results

Username Remember me? Password

Showing results 1 to 19 of 19 Search took 0 seconds. Search: Posts Made By: PiousFlea

Forum: Priests 01/25/11, 6:39 PM

Replies: 375 Shadow Priest -- Cataclysm Views: 1,322,289 Posted By PiousFlea Cool, that makes a lot of sense. I am a huge... Cool, that makes a lot of sense. I am a huge believer in double-checking sims with paper napkin math, you can find small changes like this. Ideally, there should be a standardized "rate of boss...

Forum: Priests 01/23/11, 8:49 PM

Replies: 375 Shadow Priest -- Cataclysm Views: 1,322,289 Posted By PiousFlea I can believe that Mind Blast's poor Haste... I can believe that Mind Blast's poor Haste scaling hurts Haste slightly. However, even on the PTR simcraft MB is only worth 17% of our DPS. Mind Blast does not get zero benefit from Haste, because...

Forum: Priests 01/23/11, 3:47 PM

Replies: 375 Shadow Priest -- Cataclysm Views: 1,322,289 Posted By PiousFlea Just a brief sanity check - If you look at the... Just a brief sanity check - If you look at the 359 Simcraft numbers for PTR vs live, the scale factor for Haste went from 0.4747 to 0.3945. That's a 17% decrease - which seems rather huge. Why is...

Forum: Priests 10/15/10, 10:54 AM

Replies: 244 Shadowpriest FAQ for 4.0 Views: 609,032 Posted By PiousFlea So it sounds like DoTs autorefresh spellpower and... So it sounds like DoTs autorefresh spellpower and crit, but not Haste. That is a pretty big deal, both for potions and activatable Haste trinkets.

Forum: Priests 02/03/10, 9:36 AM

Replies: 253 Shadowpriest Theorycraft 3.3 Edition - I get by with a little help from my friends Views: 810,895 Posted By PiousFlea Lots of classes can argue that they have badly... Lots of classes can argue that they have badly itemized loot. All strength items, except some weapons, are very badly itemized (4 stats vs 5 stats, excess stamina). Non-DoT spell DPSers only get a...

Forum: Priests 09/18/08, 10:15 PM

Replies: 1,401 TBC Shadow Priest 101: How to Melt Faces Effectively Views: 809,757 Posted By PiousFlea So I'm now on day #3 of working on a variety of... So I'm now on day #3 of working on a variety of logical, mathematical, and spreadsheet models to try and solve this problem. I have spent hours and hours trying to analyze this problem and I have to...

Forum: Priests 09/17/08, 7:54 PM

Replies: 1,401 TBC Shadow Priest 101: How to Melt Faces Effectively Views: 809,757 Posted By PiousFlea Re: Tymir I've spent much time over the last two... Re: Tymir I've spent much time over the last two days thinking about this problem (lol) and it's an interesting thought experiment. I've come up with at least 6 wildly different ways to look at the...

Forum: Priests 09/16/08, 9:24 PM

Replies: 1,008 A Preliminary Discussion of Shadow Priest Talents in WotLK Views: 216,635 Posted By PiousFlea If Blizzard has in fact lowered the hit threshold... If Blizzard has in fact lowered the hit threshold to 9% then it is a significant change to caster itemization preference. All DPS casters get 3% hit from talents now. Misery is another 3%. This...

Forum: Priests 09/15/08, 10:02 PM

Replies: 2,702 Discipline and Holy WotLK Talent Preview and discussion. Views: 414,845 Posted By PiousFlea The problem is that heals, almost like fireballs,... The problem is that heals, almost like fireballs, seem to take a non-trivial time to land. After all, you can successfully cast a heal on a player and the player can die before the heal lands....

Forum: Priests 09/15/08, 8:01 PM

Replies: 1,401 TBC Shadow Priest 101: How to Melt Faces Effectively Views: 809,757 Posted By PiousFlea From a mathematical standpoint, casting MB before... From a mathematical standpoint, casting MB before SWP cannot be beneficial if SWP deals more damage per cast than MB. This is fairly simple to prove. Let's say you have two players, Alice and...

Forum: Warriors 09/14/08, 8:53 PM

Replies: 3,508 WotLK talent Preview/Discussion Views: 677,151 Posted By PiousFlea Base weapon damage is a minority of overall melee... Base weapon damage is a minority of overall melee DPS, but it is a large minority. Especially when you have a 2h (30% more DPS and over twice the stats of an equal-level 1h) in each hand. The...

Forum: Priests 09/14/08, 8:39 PM

Replies: 1,008 A Preliminary Discussion of Shadow Priest Talents in WotLK Views: 216,635 Posted By PiousFlea To sum up the entire "Mind Blast haste"... To sum up the entire "Mind Blast haste" silliness: There are two types of spell rotations in the world. The most common type revolves around a cooldown that deals more damage than the filler. This...

Forum: Warriors 09/14/08, 7:57 PM

Replies: 3,508 WotLK talent Preview/Discussion Views: 677,151 Posted By PiousFlea Uh, Titan's Grip does scale. It's called the... Uh, Titan's Grip does scale. It's called the quality of the weapons. If you don't think that dual-wielding Frostmourne and Ashbringer would be a much bigger DPS increase than dual-wielding two...

Forum: Warriors 09/13/08, 12:17 PM

Replies: 3,508 WotLK talent Preview/Discussion Views: 677,151 Posted By PiousFlea What I don't get is that the justification for... What I don't get is that the justification for -15% hit is that "TG scales too well". A static penalty only punishes the undergeared, once people get the equivalent of lv80 BT loot, we can overcome...

Forum: Class Mechanics 05/18/08, 3:08 PM

Replies: 179 [Shadow Priest] How to make us scale ? Views: 25,717 Posted By PiousFlea IMO, it is likely that Vampiric Touch scaling... IMO, it is likely that Vampiric Touch scaling will be changed sometime in Lich King, and it's because of the level 80 factor. A level 60 nuke is more mana efficient than a level 40 nuke. A level 70...

Forum: Class Mechanics 03/03/08, 11:53 AM

Replies: 2,425 Hunter Spreadsheets -- In development Views: 790,936 Posted By PiousFlea The melee attack one-roll system puts priority on... The melee attack one-roll system puts priority on avoidance, with hit having the lowest priority. A warrior using Recklessness gets 100% crit chance, but you can still get misses, blocks, glancings...

Forum: Class Mechanics 02/14/08, 12:29 AM

Replies: 334 Intellect -> Spirit Conversion on the PTR : Theorycrafting HQ Views: 162,140 Posted By PiousFlea Draenic wisdom + healing power certainly seems... Draenic wisdom + healing power certainly seems like the way to go. Draenic + Mastery is viable as well. For a character with high INT and SPI and reasonable FSR time, the Draenic Elixir by itself...

Forum: Class Mechanics 02/13/08, 3:47 PM

Replies: 334 Intellect -> Spirit Conversion on the PTR : Theorycrafting HQ Views: 162,140 Posted By PiousFlea Effective Mana Calculator Upon hearing about the v2.4 change to mana regen, I was intensely curious to see what would be the best stat to stack and gem for. It accounts for all 4 healing classes and Mages, all talents that...

Forum: Public Discussion 04/17/07, 12:37 AM

Replies: 98 Resisting Magical Damage and its Relation to Resistance Levels Views: 15,117 Posted By PiousFlea I've been doing some of my own research about... I've been doing some of my own research about resistances and I've discovered the following: 1) Crit chance is independent of level-based resists. Take a level 25 Warlock with 10% Shadowbolt crit...

Showing results 1 to 19 of 19