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Forum: Death Knights 05/31/09, 5:30 AM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,702
Posted By Goedel
You have described why, e.g., agility used to be...

You have described why, e.g., agility used to be so dominant for druids. But since WotLK, avoidance no longer works that way, and armor never did. The cap is at 25% physical damage taken, not 0%,...
Forum: Death Knights 04/27/09, 8:57 PM
Replies: 840
Views: 708,437
Posted By Goedel
It's disapointing to see the large bolded text...

It's disapointing to see the large bolded text added to the first post be revalidated so often. The "zomg one attack missed, and don't you see that means losing ALL THE DAMAGE FROM IT" line does not...
Forum: Mages 07/25/08, 12:11 PM
Replies: 2,576
Views: 526,155
Posted By Goedel
I'm sure Keldarn understands damage output and...

I'm sure Keldarn understands damage output and DPS just fine, as do all the others who have tried many times in this and other threads to put a stop to the silliness about haste only benefitting in...
Forum: Mages 07/10/08, 4:08 AM
Replies: 1,206
Views: 858,768
Posted By Goedel
I have also raided arcane for a while, but that's...

I have also raided arcane for a while, but that's not especially relevant. Nobody's personal experience or sense of things is determinative. Do you use Rawr? Do you doubt the mage module's...
Forum: Mages 07/09/08, 6:59 PM
Replies: 1,206
Views: 858,768
Posted By Goedel
I'd say Brandox was thinking about mana and dps...

I'd say Brandox was thinking about mana and dps quite rightly. The questions about appropriate item and ability use are not inappropriate; it's just that analysis on those questions has been done,...
Forum: Class Mechanics 07/09/08, 2:38 PM
Replies: 378
Views: 182,127
Posted By Goedel
I didn't respond to Alvira's proffered summary...

I didn't respond to Alvira's proffered summary stat ordering earlier from fear that the frustration I share with Wizeowel might lead to an unconstructive or even rude post. But I must reiterate that...
Forum: Mages 07/07/08, 8:23 PM
Replies: 1,206
Views: 858,768
Posted By Goedel
Aye, as Pintofbrew suggests, even setting aside...

Aye, as Pintofbrew suggests, even setting aside the murky Magic Absorption potential, 18 in Arcane can be more than enough mana. The flip side is that none of the missing points in Frost are really...
Forum: Mages 07/07/08, 8:00 PM
Replies: 1,206
Views: 858,768
Posted By Goedel
My preferred frost spec for raids became...

My preferred frost spec for raids became something like this 18/0/43 (http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=of0Vf0cZZVA0cRf0owqt). A few points are discretionary, including the 2 in Improved Blizzard. In...
Forum: Class Mechanics 07/07/08, 6:12 PM
Replies: 378
Views: 182,127
Posted By Goedel
My approach to Brutallus timing, with...

My approach to Brutallus timing, with Serpent-Coil Braid + Hex Shrunken Head, no Skull of Gul'dan:

0:00 Start AB; both because of threat sensitivity and because mana return exceeds spending at this...
Forum: Class Mechanics 07/06/08, 8:35 AM
Replies: 378
Views: 182,127
Posted By Goedel
I'm still considering spec'ing fire just for...

I'm still considering spec'ing fire just for Brutallus, but here's a WWS (http://wowwebstats.com/5ckuuejhrqpeg?s=286075-315266) where I did relatively well as arcane. Note that this is our guild's...
Forum: Class Mechanics 06/30/08, 12:19 PM
Replies: 378
Views: 182,127
Posted By Goedel
Re which 2 pieces of t5 to choose: I found in a...

Re which 2 pieces of t5 to choose: I found in a lot of time playing with Rawr that the helm + shoulders, not gloves + shoulders, were the best choice to keep the bonus with full Sunwell gear. The...
Forum: Druids 06/05/08, 3:00 PM
Replies: 5,072
Views: 1,924,551
Posted By Goedel
Never missing, however, would require also being...

Never missing, however, would require also being "expertise capped", and nobody will achieve this now. So no matter what your hit rating, you'll be missing sometimes, which means having to pay close...
Forum: Druids 06/01/08, 11:00 AM
Replies: 1,536
Views: 933,936
Posted By Goedel
That's interesting to know. At least it does...

That's interesting to know. At least it does demonstrate consistency, as Blizzard, as I do, regards autohotkey as the software equivalent of G15 key repeating. The news is that neither is allowed. ...
Forum: Druids 05/31/08, 5:04 PM
Replies: 1,536
Views: 933,936
Posted By Goedel
Is this anything more or less than the software...

Is this anything more or less than the software equivalent of a G15 keyboard? Blizzard is officially okay with those, right? Now, they're not guaranteed to be logically consistent always in policy,...
Forum: Mages 05/26/08, 12:43 PM
Replies: 2,576
Views: 526,155
Posted By Goedel
It's too bad this was up a few days without being...

It's too bad this was up a few days without being corrected. (B) is wrong. Intellect and spirit scale with each other. The more int one has, the more mana regen from a point of spirit, and the...
Forum: Druids 05/23/08, 8:57 PM
Replies: 5,072
Views: 1,924,551
Posted By Goedel
Regarding rogue tanking: Druid total avoidance...

Regarding rogue tanking: Druid total avoidance tanking comes up in this thread periodically and had its share of posts in the total avoidance thread...
Forum: Druids 05/20/08, 5:13 PM
Replies: 5,072
Views: 1,924,551
Posted By Goedel
Consider not just how much of an upgrade a...

Consider not just how much of an upgrade a particular item is (and even for that question, use Rawr rather than a static list) but what the other upcoming options are. Also, for tanking, points...
Forum: Class Mechanics 05/20/08, 1:18 PM
Replies: 4,786
Views: 768,854
Posted By Goedel
I think it's almost certain mages will want and...

I think it's almost certain mages will want and appreciate spirit on gear, from more than just this "little nudge" (compensating for Burnout). The most shocking talent description in these leaked...
Forum: Mages 05/18/08, 12:47 PM
Replies: 195
Views: 100,386
Posted By Goedel
There are a couple problems translating from...

There are a couple problems translating from warlock gear. One is that you've kept too much hit rating, as the Elemental Precision talent allows one to drop more. A relatively minor quibble is that...
Forum: Druids 05/18/08, 12:34 PM
Replies: 1,536
Views: 933,936
Posted By Goedel
I believe Kasma may be saying that he shifts out,...

I believe Kasma may be saying that he shifts out, casts Nature's Swiftness, and that's it, no Healing Touch. It's been a while, but I seem to recall having had the same sort of problem sometimes.
Forum: Mages 05/04/08, 4:55 AM
Replies: 1,206
Views: 858,768
Posted By Goedel
Vontre, It's been a while since I'd looked at...

Vontre,

It's been a while since I'd looked at the top post of the thread, but while you're updating things, I see there's no mention of an 18/0/43 frost build...
Forum: Druids 04/27/08, 8:08 PM
Replies: 5,072
Views: 1,924,551
Posted By Goedel
Dukes, while the general principle of that graph...

Dukes, while the general principle of that graph is right, some of the numbers are a bit off. It took me a second to realize why avoidance + damage% in the 2nd table didn't add up to 100%, but I see...
Forum: Druids 04/27/08, 2:11 PM
Replies: 5,072
Views: 1,924,551
Posted By Goedel
Daboran, you're mistaken about dodge. What you...

Daboran, you're mistaken about dodge. What you said first was correct: the more you have, the more an additional point is worth. Going from 50% dodge+miss to 51%, e.g., means going from 50% getting...
Forum: Class Mechanics 04/24/08, 12:13 PM
Replies: 528
Views: 232,644
Posted By Goedel
The engineering hat in particular introduces...

The engineering hat in particular introduces complications by requiring changes in several other slots (you'd have to note which gems are used on everything rather than being able to assume Delicate...
Forum: Class Mechanics 04/24/08, 10:57 AM
Replies: 528
Views: 232,644
Posted By Goedel
For druids, I believe the weighted value of...

For druids, I believe the weighted value of defense should be 33.9. Also, if Blessing of Kings and Survival of the Fittest are multiplicative, Agility should be weighted at 77.0. These are the...
Forum: Druids 04/20/08, 10:33 PM
Replies: 5,072
Views: 1,924,551
Posted By Goedel
Sigh ... this is what I get for making a post...

Sigh ... this is what I get for making a post with such a claim while on the road. You may have had a much smaller set of buffs than I used. I got a total just under 2000 dps with a manual...
Forum: Druids 04/20/08, 11:20 AM
Replies: 5,072
Views: 1,924,551
Posted By Goedel
The Demontooth Shoulderpads are the Sunwell dps...

The Demontooth Shoulderpads are the Sunwell dps shoulders for us (and not bad for several other classes for dps, too), with the Shoulderpads of Vehemence, as you note, not being worthwhile. For the...
Forum: Druids 04/01/08, 4:57 AM
Replies: 1,925
Views: 694,448
Posted By Goedel
Adoriele, you've said some things very well in...

Adoriele, you've said some things very well in this thread, and I may refer some misguided casters of various classes to your discussion of when hit rating is more or less valuable than damage. But...
Forum: Druids 03/29/08, 12:40 PM
Replies: 5,072
Views: 1,924,551
Posted By Goedel
Commendation of Kael'thas over Moroes' Lucky...

Commendation of Kael'thas over Moroes' Lucky Pocket Watch: relatively small avoidance lost for the health gained, yes. But Pillar of Ferocity over Wildfury Greatstaff: relatively large avoidance...
Forum: Warlocks 03/29/08, 12:19 PM
Replies: 4,011
Views: 1,691,896
Posted By Goedel
Vlar, adding hit for increased ISB uptime is a...

Vlar, adding hit for increased ISB uptime is a reasonable "devil's advocate" concern, but the thing is that misses don't consume ISB charges, while non-crit hits do. So while a greater hit chance...
Forum: Warlocks 03/29/08, 10:23 AM
Replies: 4,011
Views: 1,691,896
Posted By Goedel
Arelenda, what you left out is that, just as the...

Arelenda, what you left out is that, just as the value of crit increases with hit and damage, the value of hit also increases with crit (and everything else). Continuing with your example numbers...
Forum: Druids 03/27/08, 2:26 PM
Replies: 5,072
Views: 1,924,551
Posted By Goedel
Ok, my reply came amid a sea of others pointing...

Ok, my reply came amid a sea of others pointing out the same first thing. But I still wonder about both the second issue (whether the fact that <the value of a usable effect with benefit x once per...
Forum: Druids 03/27/08, 2:13 PM
Replies: 5,072
Views: 1,924,551
Posted By Goedel
The timing to which he may be referring is using...

The timing to which he may be referring is using a trinket like Berserker's Call just before a Rip, going through a normal cycle, and having it active for a few more seconds including the next Rip. ...
Forum: Warlocks 03/25/08, 4:28 PM
Replies: 4,011
Views: 1,691,896
Posted By Goedel
Rochan, do you have any idea what "hardly scales...

Rochan, do you have any idea what "hardly scales at all" means? Numbers are helpful (or symbolic math). If you cannot provide the spell coefficients, what is your justification for asserting it is...
Forum: Warlocks 03/25/08, 3:54 PM
Replies: 4,011
Views: 1,691,896
Posted By Goedel
raid dps with imp

Discussion about 0/21/40 raid specs in 2.4 built for sacrificing an imp and using fire damage got me to thinking about builds designed to keep the imp around. However, it has been difficult to...
Forum: Class Mechanics 03/21/08, 12:38 PM
Replies: 528
Views: 232,644
Posted By Goedel
Yes, koaschten, I'm aware of the difficulty...

Yes, koaschten, I'm aware of the difficulty farming for the Karazhan items. In my list, I noted their existence but kept the other best-in-slot items, too, and my summary calculations are made for...
Forum: Class Mechanics 03/21/08, 10:32 AM
Replies: 528
Views: 232,644
Posted By Goedel
Those items apparently have been buffed since...

Those items apparently have been buffed since somebody posted whatever report on them I used when compiling both my original list for druids in 2.3...
Forum: Mages 03/20/08, 10:38 AM
Replies: 1,206
Views: 858,768
Posted By Goedel
Bonus spell damage and crit rating increase one's...

Bonus spell damage and crit rating increase one's damage per mana, while haste rating does not affect it in general, except for the very small effect of possibly increasing percentage of spells cast...
Forum: Druids 03/18/08, 6:32 PM
Replies: 5,072
Views: 1,924,551
Posted By Goedel
The problem with trading Wildfury Greatstaff for...

The problem with trading Wildfury Greatstaff for Pillar of Ferocity is that the tradeoff rate, gaining 50 armor + 21 stamina at the cost of 54 dodge, is relatively poor. In gemming, say, in...
Forum: Druids 03/18/08, 5:28 PM
Replies: 5,072
Views: 1,924,551
Posted By Goedel
It's exhilarating to descend towards unsuspecting...

It's exhilarating to descend towards unsuspecting prey in cat form at 380% speed with the energy already ticking, provided the flying cat aims well.

Also under the umbrella of non-theorycrafting...
Forum: Class Mechanics 03/18/08, 5:14 PM
Replies: 528
Views: 232,644
Posted By Goedel
As for AH farming, it didn't take me too long to...

As for AH farming, it didn't take me too long to get an Amber Cape of Agility and an Amber Band of Eluding (and have seen more in the AH since getting mine). So far the best I've gotten is a level...
Forum: Class Mechanics 03/18/08, 2:12 PM
Replies: 528
Views: 232,644
Posted By Goedel
In response to both Tasonir's attempt at building...

In response to both Tasonir's attempt at building the max avoidance set for a druid and the request to adapt sylo's rogue avoidance spreadsheet for a druid, my compilation a little while back...
Forum: Druids 03/15/08, 4:35 AM
Replies: 1,925
Views: 694,448
Posted By Goedel
I thought Moonfury applied only to base spell...

I thought Moonfury applied only to base spell damage some time ago but had been changed to affect total damage, which would make it
\(E_D = (B + k_D*D)(1 + k_C*C)(1 + 0.02*M)\)

where B is the base...
Forum: Class Mechanics 03/08/08, 4:56 PM
Replies: 3,840
Views: 879,370
Posted By Goedel
To clarify, is the rule (1) While channeling,...

To clarify, is the rule

(1) While channeling, one cannot have non-casting regen active, even if it was active before the channeled spell and the channeled spell cost no mana; non-casting regen...
Forum: Druids 03/06/08, 3:44 PM
Replies: 1,925
Views: 694,448
Posted By Goedel
Actually, it's not only based on the 2.4 spirit...

Actually, it's not only based on the 2.4 spirit changes. Since the increase of Intensity from {5%, 10%, 15%} to {10%, 20%, 30%} in ?patch 2.2?, it has provided more mana regeneration than Dreamstate...
Forum: Druids 03/05/08, 1:35 PM
Replies: 5,072
Views: 1,924,551
Posted By Goedel
A quick check shows that you're actually 52 agi...

A quick check shows that you're actually 52 agi (you list the Illidari Cloak as 31, and I had it as 33; was I wrong on that?) below the max on that list (see also my earlier list, pre-2.4...
Forum: Mages 02/28/08, 8:18 AM
Replies: 2,576
Views: 526,155
Posted By Goedel
In response to Celani's question...

In response to Celani's question (http://elitistjerks.com/656907-post861.html) about fire vs. frost before the silliness about haste took over again, it's not actually that surprising to see frost...
Forum: Druids 02/23/08, 12:03 AM
Replies: 5,072
Views: 1,924,551
Posted By Goedel
I had a rogue in SSC outbid me on the Tsunami...

I had a rogue in SSC outbid me on the Tsunami Talisman when he already had both the Dragonspine Trophy and the Warp-Spring Coil. Even setting aside the possibility of eventually picking up an...
Forum: Druids 02/20/08, 4:20 PM
Replies: 5,072
Views: 1,924,551
Posted By Goedel
Note that I didn't even mention the armor (or...

Note that I didn't even mention the armor (or stamina) total in my compilation. The point is that armor value doesn't matter if you never get hit.
Forum: Druids 02/20/08, 4:14 PM
Replies: 5,072
Views: 1,924,551
Posted By Goedel
I updated my list...

I updated my list (http://elitistjerks.com/f31/t16902-feral_druid_megathread/p74/#post636595), adding Formula: Enchant Chest - Defense and Stanchion of Primal Instinct, assuming the new version with...
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