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Forum: Public Discussion 08/29/08, 4:42 AM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,399
Posted By Lamaros
This is kind of like saying "great ideas, but if...

This is kind of like saying "great ideas, but if you stuff them up it'll be stuffed up". You can stuff things up if you just continue with more of the same too, at least this way has the chance of...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/29/08, 2:44 AM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,399
Posted By Lamaros
At the end of the day it's still numbers and for...

At the end of the day it's still numbers and for theorycrafting there are still going to be better options than others. What this chance mostly does is lower the differences between the best option...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/29/08, 2:04 AM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,903,489
Posted By Lamaros
I will reiterate the point once: Everyone will...

I will reiterate the point once:

Everyone will have to justify their presence in the raid on DPS/Healing/Tanking. Because if all they had was buffs they would get replaced by the other classes that...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/29/08, 1:34 AM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,903,489
Posted By Lamaros
It doesn't necessarily have to be that everyone...

It doesn't necessarily have to be that everyone will bring buffs. All it has to be is that all necessary buffs are obtainable wfrom 1/3rd of the raid, and that healing, dps, and tanking are at a...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/15/08, 1:06 AM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,903,489
Posted By Lamaros
Two points about stopcasting: 1. Stopcasting is...

Two points about stopcasting:

1. Stopcasting is intuitive. If you know it takes you 3 seconds to cast a heal and that someone will be likely to get damaged soon and you cant afford for them to wait...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/14/08, 9:23 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,903,489
Posted By Lamaros
I can run 5-mans on my priest (not done any...

I can run 5-mans on my priest (not done any heroics) as shadow without downranking and still rarely have to drink. Priests have some of the most excellent healing abilities in the game, and you can...
Forum: Death Knights 08/14/08, 2:30 AM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
MMO-Champion's list: Most we have covered.

MMO-Champion's list:



Most we have covered.
Forum: Death Knights 08/14/08, 12:36 AM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
I assumed someone had linked MMO-Champions...

I assumed someone had linked MMO-Champions already. It is also up. (And easier to use if you ask me).

http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?deathknight
Forum: Death Knights 08/14/08, 12:14 AM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
Endless Winter is now tied to Chilblains,...

Endless Winter is now tied to Chilblains, Aneurysm is gone.

Endless Winter is now two points (down from 3) and does not affect Frost Strike. Additionaly, it also lowers the cost of Mind...
Forum: Death Knights 08/13/08, 4:35 AM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
The level requirements for the DK runeforging is...

The level requirements for the DK runeforging is an interesting one. The DPS ones look to me to benifit Dual Wielding the most. Have I mised come comments anywhere about internal cooldowns that make...
Forum: Death Knights 08/10/08, 3:25 AM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
DWing will do more damage from autoattacks....

DWing will do more damage from autoattacks. Anything that does damage based on autoattack damage, like Necrosis and BCB, will do more damage when you have higher damage from autoattacks.

As for...
Forum: Death Knights 08/10/08, 12:02 AM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
Unholy looks superb now, my only wonder is that...

Unholy looks superb now, my only wonder is that it doesn't have the rune regen to support all the awesomness at it's disposal. Is Unholy Rune Mastrey as awesome as it looks? Can it get close to the...
Forum: Death Knights 08/08/08, 12:06 AM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
This makes sense because it frees up usefulness...

This makes sense because it frees up usefulness of the Frost Aura points, where otherwise they are restricted to a tanking build. As it currently stands you only want something useful for tanking in...
Forum: Death Knights 08/07/08, 8:31 PM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
This is a strange one. I wonder if they are going...

This is a strange one. I wonder if they are going to make these things stack or not; that will determine if they are excellent or useless/handy for 5/10mans. If it doesn't stack many might prefer...
Forum: Death Knights 08/02/08, 11:13 PM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
They don't want to do what you are talking about...

They don't want to do what you are talking about however. What you are talking about is what the Feral tree was like at the start of TBC and Blizzard has said they don't want that at all; they want...
Forum: Death Knights 08/02/08, 9:26 AM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
The Frost tree is still a mess. Better in many...

The Frost tree is still a mess. Better in many respects, but a mess on others. And Unholy looks like it's all over the place at the moment, where before it seems pretty understandable, if weak in...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/31/08, 8:07 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,903,489
Posted By Lamaros
Were you shocked when World of Warcraft was...

Were you shocked when World of Warcraft was originaly released on the 23/4th of November? If they are going to pick any date other than "as soon as it is done" then they would likely go for the...
Forum: Death Knights 07/29/08, 10:04 AM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
I know. I have pointed out this fact to others...

I know. I have pointed out this fact to others earlier in the thread also. I edited my post above to make the focus clearer.

Anyway, I'm talking about the spell description, not the spell. I had...
Forum: Death Knights 07/29/08, 9:40 AM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
That (bolded) extented description is either new...

That (bolded) extented description is either new this patch, or just not discussed in this thread yet. Looks to be an interesting spell. Taunting and Fighting, and the channel taking less damage by...
Forum: Death Knights 07/28/08, 11:50 PM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
Unholy Rune Mastrey is 20% in the talent...

Unholy Rune Mastrey is 20% in the talent calculator now. Did that move of have I just been asleep? (I thought it was 10% before).



If you feel like testing some of the lesser used abilities to...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/26/08, 12:52 PM
Replies: 318
Views: 220,665
Posted By Lamaros
Having a look at that site indicates that it does...

Having a look at that site indicates that it does indeed change your registry (or add a registry key, at least. I'm a bit slow with these technical things). Do you use their service and and can you...
Forum: Death Knights 07/26/08, 12:17 PM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
Are you in the beta? If so please provide some...

Are you in the beta? If so please provide some evidence to support your position. There has been no statement on this issue either way by Blizzard (that I can find) except to say that "We have a few...
Forum: Death Knights 07/26/08, 5:28 AM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
Freyalis I don't know why you would be using...

Freyalis I don't know why you would be using Plague Strike and Degen every rotation in your build, given the bonuses you have it might be better off to use D&D when up and get in another Blood Strike...
Forum: Death Knights 07/26/08, 4:58 AM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
Some good changes on the whole, but I hope to see...

Some good changes on the whole, but I hope to see still more:

Improved Icy Touch: Anyone going in to frost is forced to take this. Either because they want Icy Talons, because it's the only real...
Forum: Class Mechanics 07/24/08, 11:37 PM
Replies: 67
Views: 22,109
Posted By Lamaros
The Blood Aura only shares heals on the DK caused...

The Blood Aura only shares heals on the DK caused by DK abilities, not any heals on the DK. Given that the powerful DK heals at the moment are currently as follows:

Vendetta - Works the DK kills a...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/24/08, 10:33 PM
Replies: 362
Views: 82,446
Posted By Lamaros
Hence the reason I used the world "fun" and not...

Hence the reason I used the world "fun" and not the word challenging. People wouldn't turn up promptly to get the achievement done, they'd just start a raid instance whenever for the sake of killing...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/24/08, 10:06 PM
Replies: 362
Views: 82,446
Posted By Lamaros
But then we'd just have a "hey guys let me make a...

But then we'd just have a "hey guys let me make a raid so I can get the achievement done" situation, which doesn't strike me as overly fun.

Maybe making him randomly spawn somewhere inside the...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/24/08, 8:31 PM
Replies: 362
Views: 82,446
Posted By Lamaros
Another suggestion: Fearless Hunter: Kill a...

Another suggestion:

Fearless Hunter: Kill a frog/rabbit/spider/etc (Kill every different critter type in the game).
Forum: Death Knights 07/24/08, 7:48 PM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
If you, or Pyros, or anyone, would like to try...

If you, or Pyros, or anyone, would like to try and work out some approximate values for the different abilitys scaling it would be great. We have very scant and unreiable information currently as to...
Forum: Death Knights 07/23/08, 10:58 PM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
This is interesting stuff, if imprecise. We had...

This is interesting stuff, if imprecise. We had speculated earlier in the thread that a DKs white damage would probably only be as high as 30% of their damage, so the numbers you have given make it a...
Forum: Death Knights 07/23/08, 9:36 PM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
I was considering this the other day and I agree,...

I was considering this the other day and I agree, I think it is a leftover from when they were considering the trees as DPS/Tank/PvP. I expect it will be fixed in the future; as you said, there's no...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/23/08, 8:43 PM
Replies: 362
Views: 82,446
Posted By Lamaros
I don't believe this will be the case at all....

I don't believe this will be the case at all. There will undoubtedly be an achievement for killing Arthas and I assume their stance on the hardest PvE boss in WotLK will be the same as it is about...
Forum: Death Knights 07/23/08, 7:53 PM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
More good replies, you're keeping this thread...

More good replies, you're keeping this thread useful, many thanks.

I believe I read in places that Degen actually does damaged based on the strength and/or number of HoTs a target has, can you...
Forum: Death Knights 07/23/08, 12:26 AM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
Update on the new runforging by Ghostcrawler. As...

Update on the new runforging by Ghostcrawler. As I speculated, DK runes wont stack with normal enchants for technical reasons, but it isn't a big deal because they aim for them to always be best in...
Forum: Death Knights 07/22/08, 11:59 PM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
Can we pelase try and stop this thread...

Can we pelase try and stop this thread degenerating into a "rate my talent spec" one. It's not especially useful to readers normally, and given the specs are mostly from people not in the beta, and...
Forum: Death Knights 07/22/08, 1:28 PM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
Skills and abilities do not exist in...

Skills and abilities do not exist in isolation.

Your idea has 7 variables instead of one and would be a nightmare to balance. Once balanced it would most likely be a nightmare for players to...
Forum: Class Mechanics 07/22/08, 12:58 PM
Replies: 67
Views: 22,109
Posted By Lamaros
Similar threads to this have been done before,...

Similar threads to this have been done before, they have been removed: http://elitistjerks.com/f23/t27266-best_raid_composition_10_man_progression/ was the most recent one.

Perhaps if this thread...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/22/08, 12:47 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,903,489
Posted By Lamaros
Do you happen to know the diminishing return...

Do you happen to know the diminishing return formula? I ask because there are a number of +strength talents and procs for Ret and DKs in WotLK beside just BoK, and it might be that the difference...
Forum: Death Knights 07/22/08, 11:26 AM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
Both that suggestion and Rhea's entirely miss the...

Both that suggestion and Rhea's entirely miss the point. Changing any runes, be it a once off, whenever, only one rune, only one type, or anything, significantly impacts on the balance of skills and...
Forum: Death Knights 07/22/08, 9:42 AM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
I think we covered earlier in this thread quite...

I think we covered earlier in this thread quite exhaustivly how annoying rune cutomisation could be just from a players point of view. From a devs point of view it would be much, much worse. It would...
Forum: Death Knights 07/21/08, 11:02 AM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
Thanks a whole heap for these detailed replies,...

Thanks a whole heap for these detailed replies, it is much appreciated.

Bone Armor sounds huge at the moment, I don't think that can last, but hopefully it does.

I wasn't aware that Frost Presence...
Forum: Death Knights 07/21/08, 9:06 AM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
A couple of questions for you Pyros: There are...

A couple of questions for you Pyros:



There are a couple of ways to read this and I wonder if you could clear up how it actually works. Plague Strike doesn't stack does it? So is it damage per...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/21/08, 5:51 AM
Replies: 362
Views: 82,446
Posted By Lamaros
I am wondering if it might be possible using...

I am wondering if it might be possible using Achievment/Server First tracking technology (if implemeted) to have an 'honour board' for dungeons and raids. Not tied to a character per-se, but just a...
Forum: Death Knights 07/21/08, 4:32 AM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
The thing about tanking at the moment is that...

The thing about tanking at the moment is that there are few really strong tanking talents deep into trees, which looks to be on purpose. Apart from Will of the Necropolis at 43 points and Frost Arua...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/20/08, 1:27 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,903,489
Posted By Lamaros
Why are people having a BRD discussion in here...

Why are people having a BRD discussion in here (again)? I keep seeing new posts and thinking "oh, more WotLK info" only to find nothing of the kind.

With Inscription Enchants can now be AHed,...
Forum: Death Knights 07/20/08, 1:10 PM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
He used the wrong word. :) Rune Tap is as you...

He used the wrong word. :)



Rune Tap is as you say it is.
Forum: Death Knights 07/20/08, 8:01 AM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
According to the talent tree I saw Frost Rune...

According to the talent tree I saw Frost Rune Mastrey is a 50% chance when freezing something, so it's 50% of 15% for Icy Touch and 50% of 10% for Frost strike. Correct me if this is wrong and it's...
Forum: Death Knights 07/20/08, 3:32 AM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
mrboh please don't post split. It's against the...

mrboh please don't post split. It's against the rules and will get you an infraction.

My Frozen Rune Weapon comment contained a typo, I meant would it freeze the target when it is applied. IE: Will...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/20/08, 1:31 AM
Replies: 362
Views: 82,446
Posted By Lamaros
I will second this. BG Achievments should be...

I will second this. BG Achievments should be things like "came back from a 4 cap to win AB with a 5 cap" not "lost AB to a 5 cap 5 times in a row".
Forum: Death Knights 07/20/08, 1:25 AM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,920
Posted By Lamaros
The rune system as I currently understand it is...

The rune system as I currently understand it is interesting. I think it is better than a changable rune system for a number of reasons, mostly balance and being more player friendly, but not being...
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