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Forum: The Dung Heap 12/27/10, 7:09 PM
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Posted By Arcazua
Alright, I know better than to post here without...

Alright, I know better than to post here without having some actual hard evidence. Downloaded recount and got to work. My gear is terrible, and so is my shot pattern, but it should be equally bad...
Forum: The Dung Heap 12/27/10, 5:45 PM
Replies: 30,098
Views: 1,874,439
Posted By Arcazua
Trying to just get back into the game, and figure...

Trying to just get back into the game, and figure out how to play again. I haven't done any kind of testing and am just spouting some hypotheticals here, but has anyone explored what it would mean to...
Forum: Hunters 12/24/08, 9:41 PM
Replies: 494
Views: 235,414
Posted By Arcazua
Maybe, but that's because it isn't really that...

Maybe, but that's because it isn't really that big a deal under the current mechanics. With 3.0.8, the added damage from Explosive justifies it, but right now I feel like waiting on LnL's sting procs...
Forum: Hunters 12/23/08, 2:20 AM
Replies: 494
Views: 235,414
Posted By Arcazua
You aren't the only one. I play a survivalist....

You aren't the only one. I play a survivalist. Not a survival hunter, a survivalist. As in, I do things many sane hunters would not. (I melee stuff when I feel it's prudent, for example.) I happen to...
Forum: Hunters 12/23/08, 1:01 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 26,028
Posted By Arcazua
Just going to bounce an idea off here, but did...

Just going to bounce an idea off here, but did you look at the actual damage dealt by your crits? Is it possible that they could have added 400 resilience to bosses? This would lead to an almost...
Forum: Hunters 12/06/08, 6:12 PM
Replies: 3,246
Views: 2,498,314
Posted By Arcazua
I've always been both a math-head that min/max'es...

I've always been both a math-head that min/max'es and a heedless player that throws all that knowledge to the wind and does other things. My current spec I'm playing with says quite a bit about...
Forum: Hunters 11/29/08, 11:39 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 26,385
Posted By Arcazua
( Pawn: v1: "Survival": Intellect=6, Agility=9,...

( Pawn: v1: "Survival": Intellect=6, Agility=9, YellowSocket=144, ArmorPenetration=5, Mp5=7, Ap=4, CritRating=5, HasteRating=3, RedSocket=144, Stamina=4, HitRating=10, BlueSocket=144, MetaSocket=189...
Forum: Hunters 09/04/08, 10:43 PM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
I'm surprised they implemented a change to viper,...

I'm surprised they implemented a change to viper, and they are so rapidly removing it and turning it into Judgement of Wisdom. It was overtuned, I don't disagree, but it could have worked just fine...
Forum: Hunters 09/02/08, 5:33 PM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
Haven't read all the pages since the last time I...

Haven't read all the pages since the last time I checked in (around page 65) so I apologize if someone brought up this point already. Sadly I don't have the time to read all the great work everyone...
Forum: Hunters 08/16/08, 1:42 AM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
Umm...there is a third option for the...

Umm...there is a third option for the chimera-shooting marksman. Serpent = damage. Scorpid = utility. However, Viper = longevity. It's painful to use two global cooldowns every 15 seconds just to...
Forum: Hunters 08/15/08, 2:17 PM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
Are you looking at Endurance Training (BM) or...

Are you looking at Endurance Training (BM) or Survivalist (SV)? Survivalist was changed to stamina. Endurance Training is still health.
Forum: Hunters 08/15/08, 3:11 AM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
Potentially long post considering all the new...

Potentially long post considering all the new changes, and it's late here so I may post some incoherent babble. Bear with me.


Aspect Mastery as a 1-point talent is actually right on par with what...
Forum: Hunters 08/13/08, 10:19 PM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
Regarding the whole Sniper Training argument, I...

Regarding the whole Sniper Training argument, I think Blizzard is maybe saying to us, "Hey, you're survival. You're the utility spec. Why are you ignoring all these utility talents?" I know that may...
Forum: Hunters 08/12/08, 2:12 PM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
I dunno if I like the idea of Growl going back to...

I dunno if I like the idea of Growl going back to costing focus, if that post was accurate...unless it doesn't have a cooldown any longer. If it's simply 15 focus to use, every GCD, that would be...
Forum: Hunters 08/07/08, 12:07 AM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
Would this ability be very helpful in PvE? Having...

Would this ability be very helpful in PvE? Having played Diablo and knowing how I used Decoy with my Amazon (which granted did have different functionality,) I'm inclined to believe a human opponent...
Forum: Hunters 08/05/08, 8:23 PM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
.25 scaling imo. Our other shots do .2, and they...

.25 scaling imo. Our other shots do .2, and they can crit.
Forum: Hunters 08/05/08, 2:20 PM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
Just a note regarding the post I made on the last...

Just a note regarding the post I made on the last page regarding Hunting Party, with some maths and spreadsheets and stuffs:

I was using the wrong percentages for the ranks, 20/40/60/80/100 instead...
Forum: Hunters 08/05/08, 12:43 AM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
Tranq Shot as our new dispel shot. Odd. Not sure...

Tranq Shot as our new dispel shot. Odd. Not sure I like that, but it makes a bit more sense, I guess. I'm glad to here tranq is getting the effect I felt it should have had all along though, in...
Forum: Hunters 08/04/08, 4:00 PM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
I have every right to complain about dailies....

I have every right to complain about dailies. They're chores. Dull, repetitive chores. And contrary to what people like to claim to me, you have to basically do them one day per day raiding to...
Forum: Hunters 08/01/08, 9:19 PM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
The ISS change, while it does reduce mana...

The ISS change, while it does reduce mana savings, does make it a bit more reasonable to be using non-steady shot abilities for damage. If all shots were even mana cost, it would have been a mana...
Forum: Hunters 08/01/08, 4:29 PM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
Sorry, is there actually an explanation somewhere...

Sorry, is there actually an explanation somewhere on how inscription really works? I'm at a loss to know what I could be suggesting.
Forum: Hunters 07/30/08, 11:38 PM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
Yes, shaman. heh. It's easy to say "the ideal...

Yes, shaman. heh.
It's easy to say "the ideal situation is to more or less have 1 of every spec in the game, so you'll have one of each." However, I wouldn't be so quick to assume that a 25-man raid...
Forum: Hunters 07/30/08, 1:47 PM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
Not going to argue with your position on agility....

Not going to argue with your position on agility. That's obvious. However, like many other posters, I've noticed that every single quote about mana issues seems to revolve around the letters J-O-W....
Forum: Hunters 07/30/08, 12:22 AM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
And so does agi. I don't see you spurning that....

And so does agi. I don't see you spurning that. Why? Because it does other things in addition to the attack power, and compounds with buffs like Kings.

I'm not going to say outright that I want...
Forum: Hunters 07/27/08, 7:20 PM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
Actually, while we're arguably about Potent...

Actually, while we're arguably about Potent Venom, there is one thing that occured to me...what if we have more stop-and-go battles where we're on the run? Serpent Sting can do it's thing while we...
Forum: Hunters 07/27/08, 12:41 PM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
blah, go away a day and miss 5 pages. Some...

blah, go away a day and miss 5 pages. Some responses:



Numbers are mine for reference purposes.

1. I don't know why so many people have issues for proccing Counterattack. It comes up for me all...
Forum: Hunters 07/25/08, 1:09 AM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
Just one thing I'd like you to clarify...did you...

Just one thing I'd like you to clarify...did you run each test multiple times, or just once? My experience testing on Dr. Boom is that you sometimes get some variation in the results, especially...
Forum: Hunters 07/24/08, 11:23 AM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
I assume you're not counting present-day survival...

I assume you're not counting present-day survival hunters. Besides, how strong IS hunting party? On the order of a shadow priest or JoW, or more like mana spring totem?

That said, there's ideal...
Forum: Class Mechanics 07/24/08, 11:05 AM
Replies: 67
Views: 22,119
Posted By Arcazua
Are you specifically excluding currently-raidwide...

Are you specifically excluding currently-raidwide effects like Expose Weakness?

Also, Windfury Totem affects ranged now, too.
Forum: Hunters 07/24/08, 1:44 AM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
But loyalty levels are gone, right? What does it...

But loyalty levels are gone, right? What does it take for a pet to run away from you? At least before, there was the safety cushion of losing a loyalty level on your beloved pet. Now if you revive a...
Forum: Hunters 07/23/08, 8:53 PM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
I don't consider it "trivially easy" to farm...

I don't consider it "trivially easy" to farm potions. Especially when everyone's doing the same thing, either for themselves, or for profit. I find it utterly impossible to acquire Terocone, for...
Forum: Hunters 07/23/08, 12:48 PM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
I'm going to suggest something that might be...

I'm going to suggest something that might be sacrilege to the folks around here that want to find the maximum amount of damage they can possibly do, and then find ways to sustain it, rather than...
Forum: Hunters 07/23/08, 1:03 AM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
I apologize. I did not mean to make it sound as...

I apologize. I did not mean to make it sound as if I was unaware of your earlier comments. Only that I'm still not really familiar with the mechanics of Wolverine Bite. Is it really just a Mongoose...
Forum: Hunters 07/22/08, 1:17 PM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
While I don't know I agree exactly with your...

While I don't know I agree exactly with your assessment of cunning -- I don't describe tier 4 as DPS other than Feeding Frenzy -- I do agree that the pet trees are rather muddled. In fairness, there...
Forum: Hunters 07/22/08, 12:42 AM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
Even if it could proc on itself, I wouldn't be...

Even if it could proc on itself, I wouldn't be too fretful. It's a 10% chance of happening. This means you have a 1% chance of a double proc, a 0.1% chance of a triple proc. Altogether, you will have...
Forum: Hunters 07/21/08, 12:28 PM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
<deleted, as I don't think the information was...

<deleted, as I don't think the information was accurate>
Forum: Hunters 07/20/08, 10:12 PM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
I was fairly excited about Potent Venom at first,...

I was fairly excited about Potent Venom at first, until I started doing the math on it myself. What I've worked out pretty well agrees with what is being said here.

While we're talking about late...
Forum: Hunters 07/20/08, 12:22 PM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
Alright, well I made a bad assumption that...

Alright, well I made a bad assumption that generic haste would affect the generic GCD. However, I still think this is largely true. Going from 2.0 to 1.5 still takes 33% haste...does the quiver count...
Forum: Hunters 07/19/08, 10:59 PM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
Thing is, if you want to argue along those lines,...

Thing is, if you want to argue along those lines, marks may have more attack power and individual shots do more, but beast mastery's got 20% more of them. The marks shots aren't THAT much more...
Forum: Hunters 07/19/08, 10:16 AM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
Aethien's point was that you literally can only...

Aethien's point was that you literally can only train 4 skills now. Cats can currently use growl, cower, dash, claw, bite, and prowl. You can only ever train four of these. Not put four on your bar....
Forum: Hunters 07/19/08, 1:04 AM
Replies: 5,086
Views: 990,791
Posted By Arcazua
Wow, for once picking up and reading an EJ thread...

Wow, for once picking up and reading an EJ thread wasn't painful to go start to finish.


Like most of you, I've done a lot of thinking about the future of hunters in the expansion. My thinking has...
Forum: Class Mechanics 02/01/08, 12:11 PM
Replies: 2,425
Views: 790,642
Posted By Arcazua
Lactose, perhaps this should be discussed in...

Lactose, perhaps this should be discussed in another thread since this is only marginally about spreadsheets, but regarding your argument that the -66% hit debuff leads to evidence of a two-roll...
Forum: Hunters 01/24/08, 1:03 PM
Replies: 2,745
Views: 668,187
Posted By Arcazua
Heh, wrote that last reply without even noticing...

Heh, wrote that last reply without even noticing page 36 somehow. So some of the stuff I replied to already was answered. However, I find the comment about Master Tactician's effect on Expose...
Forum: Hunters 01/24/08, 12:36 AM
Replies: 2,745
Views: 668,187
Posted By Arcazua
Inherently, no. But in practice, yes. There's too...

Inherently, no. But in practice, yes. There's too much "dead time" in the cycle with a non-serpent's swiftness build. Unless you have some massive ridiculous amount of haste, 1:1 is not going to be...
Forum: Hunters 01/20/08, 4:16 AM
Replies: 608
Views: 1,010,950
Posted By Arcazua
Gonna use quotes rather than [ quote ]s since I'm...

Gonna use quotes rather than [ quote ]s since I'm doing a few here.

"There's a couple things that you may have a little off, Arcazua. For one thing, the raw number of shots per second isn't a good...
Forum: Hunters 01/19/08, 3:10 AM
Replies: 608
Views: 1,010,950
Posted By Arcazua
OK, I got someone linking me to this thread from...

OK, I got someone linking me to this thread from TKAsomething. I'm not a normal EJ reader, but some of you might remember my name from long in the past. (Hunter AEP, pre-BC weapon spreadsheets.)...
Forum: Class Mechanics 08/06/07, 1:57 PM
Replies: 714
Views: 195,377
Posted By Arcazua
Even easier: get a level 1 hunter into Duskwood...

Even easier: get a level 1 hunter into Duskwood and shoot at Stitches while he fights the watchers. (Has to be a hunter or someone with a ranged attack since he has a short-range AE aura.)

Karmon,...
Forum: Class Mechanics 08/06/07, 1:13 AM
Replies: 714
Views: 195,377
Posted By Arcazua
Did a test of my own today. I will hopefully...

Did a test of my own today. I will hopefully follow it up with a more pertinent one.

Blizzard has stated that bosses behave like +3, and we are all assuming this is still true. However, that...
Forum: Hunters 06/28/07, 1:20 PM
Replies: 2,745
Views: 668,187
Posted By Arcazua
Blah, I knew there was something that was only on...

Blah, I knew there was something that was only on standard attacks. I had forgotten which ability it was. That accounts for the overshoot.

Alright, so if I fire auto at a rate of once per 2.5...
Forum: Class Mechanics 06/28/07, 1:11 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 4,016
Posted By Arcazua
Lets say you have a non-crit non-miss DPS of...

Lets say you have a non-crit non-miss DPS of D.

1% hit will add 1% of D to your end damage. It takes 15 hit rating to get here, so it will add 1/15% damage per rating point.

1% crit will add 1.3%...
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