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Forum: Warlocks 11/17/10, 6:27 AM
Replies: 505
Views: 257,894
Posted By Fafhrd
Fire and Brimstone bug?

Since there are no other talents that affect crit chances of specific spells, Conflagrate should have a 15% higher crit rate than Incinerate and Chaos Bolt. After never having reached that percentage...
Forum: Warlocks 10/07/10, 6:14 AM
Replies: 319
Views: 264,807
Posted By Fafhrd
Well if there's another affliction warlock in the...

Well if there's another affliction warlock in the raid, the choice is obvious. Like with mages and FM. Unless you really need to buff the healing.
Forum: Public Discussion 01/11/10, 7:03 AM
Replies: 69
Views: 40,326
Posted By Fafhrd
We're using a DK, Chains of Ice is pretty good,...

We're using a DK, Chains of Ice is pretty good, yes.

What we were doing during the last 20-30% was putting one more DK out there to help kite the Oozes. Check it out at about 3:50 in this clip:...
Forum: Druids 10/02/09, 7:48 AM
Replies: 2,439
Views: 1,168,184
Posted By Fafhrd
Well how about reducing the mana cost to Rejuv by...

Well how about reducing the mana cost to Rejuv by 20% then?
Anyway, Rejuv-blanketing was getting old. Hopefully this "bugfix" isn't because the Icecrown boss fights are full of constant raid-AoE... ;)
Forum: Public Discussion 09/27/09, 4:09 PM
Replies: 660
Views: 245,953
Posted By Fafhrd
Another example of the weird aggro behavior. It's...

Another example of the weird aggro behavior. It's damage taken on our rather sloppy recent 25 man Faction Champions hard mode kill.

FC has apparently a random number generator that says that they...
Forum: Druids 09/18/09, 9:46 PM
Replies: 1,318
Views: 913,970
Posted By Fafhrd
There is nothing "dubious" about it being a...

There is nothing "dubious" about it being a literal lifesaver. I'm sure many of my fellow trees with quick reactions agree with me when I say that I've saved many many lives with it during abilities...
Forum: Druids 09/18/09, 8:13 AM
Replies: 1,318
Views: 913,970
Posted By Fafhrd
I would like to point out the dichotomy between...

I would like to point out the dichotomy between T9p4 and item stat values. Spell power is still the best stat we have, by far, but to gain the most benefit from T9p4 you would have to get crit heavy...
Forum: Druids 08/11/09, 4:47 AM
Replies: 2,439
Views: 1,168,184
Posted By Fafhrd
You can still get mana back from Lifebloom, and...

You can still get mana back from Lifebloom, and Clearcasting is only disabled for resto Druids.
Forum: Druids 05/06/09, 5:00 AM
Replies: 2,439
Views: 1,168,184
Posted By Fafhrd
Tier 8 four part bonus healing

A few notes about healing with the bonus.

- It's most useful on fights with heavy healing and unpredictable raidwide damage. On fights like Mimiron phase 2, or Deconstructor, it doesn't work as...
Forum: Warlocks 09/03/08, 3:29 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,916
Posted By Fafhrd
No, Mind Flay will be able to crit, not recieve...

No, Mind Flay will be able to crit, not recieve damage from crit.

WoW Forums -> Shadowpriest Community Concerns - Revised 9-2...
Forum: Warlocks 07/27/08, 3:00 PM
Replies: 4,011
Views: 1,691,983
Posted By Fafhrd
Summary of fire spec versus shadow from earlier...

Summary of fire spec versus shadow from earlier discussion.
In order of importance for high end raiding Warlock:

1. Fire prohibits Nether Protection, which is a huge benefit on certain fights.
2....
Forum: Public Discussion 07/16/08, 8:46 PM
Replies: 435
Views: 155,423
Posted By Fafhrd
During Sunwell clear tonight, I noticed: - Some...

During Sunwell clear tonight, I noticed:

- Some were complaining about more partial resists. I think it's just RNG.
- Infernal is now even more useless as a pet. (bug?)
- New Soulwell summoning...
Forum: Warlocks 07/14/08, 6:34 PM
Replies: 4,011
Views: 1,691,983
Posted By Fafhrd
After our first night on Kil'jaeden, I'm pretty...

After our first night on Kil'jaeden, I'm pretty sure almost whole of SK Gaming had Boar's Speed enchanted. ;)
Forum: Public Discussion 06/16/08, 9:04 AM
Replies: 4,068
Views: 641,129
Posted By Fafhrd
If you can manage without Shadow Embrace, you...

If you can manage without Shadow Embrace, you should have all warlocks destro-shadow-specced.
Make Cruoris stop casting Corruption, and have him and Ecoo l2use mana pots. Nubs.
Replace the lowdps...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/05/08, 3:31 AM
Replies: 775
Views: 223,621
Posted By Fafhrd
I haven't seen this mentioned here, a small tip...

I haven't seen this mentioned here, a small tip for those healing the Sentinel tank:
Grounding Totem - Spell - World of Warcraft (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=8177)

Made our first kill a lot easier...
Forum: Warlocks 06/02/08, 5:41 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,916
Posted By Fafhrd
Well shadow destro might still be possible (or...

Well shadow destro might still be possible (or some shadow/fire combination), it's Affliction (and shadowpriests) that becomes less viable (or more in need of DOT scaling). Hopefully the dmg...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/30/08, 7:46 AM
Replies: 775
Views: 223,621
Posted By Fafhrd
Keeping the mage alive as long is possible is...

Keeping the mage alive as long is possible is obviously beneficial to the raid dps. We have two mages spellstealing and dpsing M'uru all the time in phase 1. They and a couple of shadowpriests bring...
Forum: Warlocks 05/30/08, 7:10 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,916
Posted By Fafhrd
One unlikely but possible way that blizzard is...

One unlikely but possible way that blizzard is planning to fix the scaling of affliction (and Shadowpriests) in the expansion would be this:

Patch 3.0: Damage over time spells and channeled spells...
Forum: Warlocks 05/29/08, 5:51 AM
Replies: 4,011
Views: 1,691,983
Posted By Fafhrd
Arelanda, you might want to add to the compendium...

Arelanda, you might want to add to the compendium that Nether Protection is good not only on Brutallus, but also on Eredar Twins (and above all it's awesome for a certain end boss, but that might be...
Forum: Warlocks 05/29/08, 5:34 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,916
Posted By Fafhrd
I have to disagree. Simulators need to take...

I have to disagree. Simulators need to take Immolate clipping into account, which is a significant dps loss. Proof that shadow currently is not only better rdps but better personal dps than fire can...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/09/08, 2:38 PM
Replies: 1,117
Views: 572,135
Posted By Fafhrd
I tried with Zolo with Siphon Life and as long as...

I tried with Zolo with Siphon Life and as long as you don't let the totems stack up too much you can go on forever. They hit for about 80 on cloth which is easily outhealed by SL, and you have enough...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/09/08, 10:00 AM
Replies: 1,117
Views: 572,135
Posted By Fafhrd
Warlock dotting Siphon Life should be able to do...

Warlock dotting Siphon Life should be able to do it indefinetly depending on incoming dmg. I'll try it tonight.
Forum: Warlocks 05/04/08, 8:51 PM
Replies: 4,011
Views: 1,691,983
Posted By Fafhrd
The GM that said that wasn't sure what it was...

The GM that said that wasn't sure what it was supposed to do. Anyone who stands in the circle gets the buff, but the buff doesn't work on your character. If it's supposed to work with the whole raid...
Forum: Warlocks 05/04/08, 7:39 AM
Replies: 4,011
Views: 1,691,983
Posted By Fafhrd
Arelanda is correct, fire and shadow are well...

Arelanda is correct, fire and shadow are well balanced. Theoretically fire is a small dps gain for high level gear. However that dps gain is offset by Immolate dot clipping by quite a lot in real...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/26/08, 9:58 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 16,228
Posted By Fafhrd
You're right of course, but I didn't feel like...

You're right of course, but I didn't feel like doing the extra work. :)
For instance the dps loss of rogues using Instant Poison instead of Deadly is about 30 dps, which is why it's recommended they...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/25/08, 9:16 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 16,228
Posted By Fafhrd
Debuff priorities

This is from an old guild forum, I just updated the dps values from recent Brutallus WWS reports.

Premise: Maximise dps on Brutallus, keeping below 40 debuff slots.

Raid setup:
3 Warlocks (1...
Forum: Warlocks 04/20/08, 11:43 AM
Replies: 4,011
Views: 1,691,983
Posted By Fafhrd
The dps difference you see often depends on a few...

The dps difference you see often depends on a few things:

- have Shadowpriest? +100 dps
- have Wrath of air totem? +100 dps
- Bloodlust? +60 dps
- Drums of Battle? +25 dps/drum
- Moonkin aura? +100...
Forum: Warlocks 04/08/08, 5:12 AM
Replies: 4,011
Views: 1,691,983
Posted By Fafhrd
You are correct, there are no problems with being...

You are correct, there are no problems with being at 129% tank threat in any bossfight except Prince Malchezaar, where I've heard that the MT could get Enfeeble if you are above his threat. I think...
Forum: Warlocks 04/04/08, 6:37 AM
Replies: 852
Views: 276,049
Posted By Fafhrd
It's not like we "forgot" these things. We were...

It's not like we "forgot" these things. We were in a hurry to get him down EU first, and knew we had enough dps to kill him down without risking CoR (no imp Demo, no owl, which was an oversight)....
Forum: Warlocks 04/03/08, 2:50 AM
Replies: 852
Views: 276,049
Posted By Fafhrd
Fire gains even more if you consider that you can...

Fire gains even more if you consider that you can start using Flame Caps. 1 shadow, rest fire is probably the best way to go at the moment.
Forum: Public Discussion 03/20/08, 6:26 AM
Replies: 305
Views: 95,127
Posted By Fafhrd
There are also those superstitious beliefs that...

There are also those superstitious beliefs that always develops, like for instance that you need to kill all four adds to get max chance of the caster trinket to drop from Hex Lord, or trap Illidan...
Forum: Warlocks 03/17/08, 8:24 AM
Replies: 4,011
Views: 1,691,983
Posted By Fafhrd
In my experience, mages and warlocks in "perfect"...

In my experience, mages and warlocks in "perfect" gear, with same support and with good players, are remarkably well balanced dps-wise. There aren't many encounters where you can directly compare...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/04/08, 6:32 AM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,575,349
Posted By Fafhrd
We figured out a way to get all the debuffs...

We figured out a way to get all the debuffs removed (or switched). It was kind of hard, but repeatable. So I don't think that's it. (Or it might be that, and Blizzard just want it to be...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/04/08, 5:45 AM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,575,349
Posted By Fafhrd
Blue post: We discovered a pretty obnoxious bug...

Blue post:
We discovered a pretty obnoxious bug with the Lady Sacrolash and Grand Warlock Alythess encounter that is making the encounter much more difficult than intended. Until we get that bug...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/03/08, 5:13 AM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,575,349
Posted By Fafhrd
Summoning people into instances now cost 2 soul...

Summoning people into instances now cost 2 soul shards. Don't know if it's a bug or intended. Made raiding (or attempting to) the last couple of days pretty painful.
Forum: Public Discussion 03/01/08, 9:00 AM
Replies: 134
Views: 72,763
Posted By Fafhrd
You also have to take into account that all the...

You also have to take into account that all the damage melee does NOT take armor into account, so you can't take raidwide melee damage from the damage meters and multiply it by 1.06.
Forum: Public Discussion 02/25/08, 6:50 AM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,575,349
Posted By Fafhrd
Didn't notice any bugs on the Felmyst fight. Most...

Didn't notice any bugs on the Felmyst fight. Most of the guild agree that the fight is very well tuned now for it's place in the instance.

Edited for clarification.
Forum: Public Discussion 02/20/08, 10:41 AM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,575,349
Posted By Fafhrd
I understand, and I am jealous. :) I just hope...

I understand, and I am jealous. :)

I just hope they make you kill Brutallus 4.0 to get to M'uru.
Forum: Public Discussion 02/20/08, 10:26 AM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,575,349
Posted By Fafhrd
However, since some US guilds has been killing...

However, since some US guilds has been killing the Eredar Twins, I just assume the doors to them has been opened by GM assistance. No such luck for us. No Flaskataurs, nothing. In addition; 800 ms...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 02/20/08, 8:01 AM
Replies: 72
Views: 24,026
Posted By Fafhrd
Great job you're doing here Antiarc. Blizzard...

Great job you're doing here Antiarc. Blizzard should hire you to work on their in-game threat meters. ;)
Forum: Warlocks 02/20/08, 7:38 AM
Replies: 4,011
Views: 1,691,983
Posted By Fafhrd
It's true that every Warlock has too keep track...

It's true that every Warlock has too keep track of the things I posted, in addition to pet management, clipping dots, Dark Pact etc. And it's true it get's automatic after a while when you're have...
Forum: Warlocks 02/20/08, 5:18 AM
Replies: 4,011
Views: 1,691,983
Posted By Fafhrd
Destro isn't just pressing one button, if you're...

Destro isn't just pressing one button, if you're doing that, you're doing something wrong.

1. Spam shadow bolt, curses.
2. Keep track of aggro, plan for shatter, be ready for an emergency shatter
3....
Forum: Public Discussion 02/20/08, 3:36 AM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,575,349
Posted By Fafhrd
It's sort of annoying that the US PTR guilds get...

It's sort of annoying that the US PTR guilds get GM help to reach the Twins, but the EU guilds that has killed the three first bosses are resorted to killing old stuff like Lady Vashj to try and open...
Forum: Warlocks 02/08/08, 4:53 AM
Replies: 4,011
Views: 1,691,983
Posted By Fafhrd
Affliction not worth having? In my opinion...

Affliction not worth having? In my opinion Malediction is just a bonus your Affliction Warlock gives the raid, after contributing progression-essential talents like Shadow Embrace and Imp, so...
Forum: Warlocks 02/01/08, 7:19 PM
Replies: 4,011
Views: 1,691,983
Posted By Fafhrd
Made some quick calculations, and the buff to...

Made some quick calculations, and the buff to spell haste affecting GCD is about 1% buff to dps for a 0/21/40 warlock with 5% spell haste ratings, maybe 1.5%.
Forum: Warlocks 01/31/08, 1:31 PM
Replies: 4,011
Views: 1,691,983
Posted By Fafhrd
Use a simple macro for taking mana pots,...

Use a simple macro for taking mana pots, minimizing time lost casting:
-
/use Super Mana Potion
/cast Shadow Bolt
-
For Life Taps, sometimes it's more beneficial to do a tap as soon as you can to...
Forum: Warlocks 01/31/08, 7:37 AM
Replies: 4,011
Views: 1,691,983
Posted By Fafhrd
1) Basically yes. However you should take into...

1) Basically yes. However you should take into account the upcoming bosses. Azgalor is much better as affliction, so is Archimonde and Supremus. In my opinion, don't go affliction until you have...
Forum: Warlocks 01/24/08, 5:38 AM
Replies: 4,011
Views: 1,691,983
Posted By Fafhrd
Re Demonology in MH: If a guild is truly serious...

Re Demonology in MH: If a guild is truly serious about progression in T6 content, I don't see how a demo warlock would have a place. You want one affliction warlock and the rest specced for max dps,...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/14/08, 5:25 PM
Replies: 1,117
Views: 572,135
Posted By Fafhrd
Some of you are talking about Seeding the packs...

Some of you are talking about Seeding the packs in Stratholme. When boosting a pally through it, by going heavy affliction and triple dotting everything, I could go forever, as long as the pally...
Forum: Warlocks 01/10/08, 9:49 AM
Replies: 4,011
Views: 1,691,983
Posted By Fafhrd
Your concerns would be correct if the critical...

Your concerns would be correct if the critical strike damage bonus was 3%. But with Ruin it's actually 9%. It increases base crit damage from 150% to 154.5% (3%), and double that for Ruin: 209%. This...
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