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Forum: Death Knights 05/17/10, 1:20 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains Regardless of whether or not LK is "the fight,"... Regardless of whether or not LK is "the fight," it still doesn't do well for testing grounds. There are too many variables and its impossible to sim. The best you could do is compile a large amount...

Forum: Death Knights 05/07/10, 4:25 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains I'm just curious...why the sudden interest in 2h... I'm just curious...why the sudden interest in 2h frost? I don't think I've missed anything here, but I have yet to see anything, anecdotal or simmed, that would lead me to believe 2h frost compete...

Forum: Death Knights 05/05/10, 7:48 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains Well, arp scales. When you first start gemming... Well, arp scales. When you first start gemming for arp, it will probably have a lower value than strength for a few sockets depending on your gear. As you socket more of it, the values goes up. ...

Forum: Death Knights 05/05/10, 12:38 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains Something seems off with this. This would mean... Something seems off with this. This would mean frost derives less of a benefit from haste than UH. With haste being multiplicative we receive more haste per point of haste rating than blood or UH. ...

Forum: Death Knights 05/04/10, 1:54 PM

Replies: 3,498 Unholy Dps | 3.3.5, King of Anything Views: 6,212,649 Posted By Mewantbrains Ah, that would be pretty important. So only 5... Ah, that would be pretty important. So only 5 talent points would be freed up. I'm thinking 3 into reaping, 2 into morbidity.

Forum: Death Knights 05/04/10, 1:18 PM

Replies: 3,498 Unholy Dps | 3.3.5, King of Anything Views: 6,212,649 Posted By Mewantbrains I don't think I've actually seen this come up... I don't think I've actually seen this come up other than a very brief side note, but I was thinking about raids with more than one UH DK. I've generally been frost for any raid that already has a DK...

Forum: Death Knights 05/01/10, 1:17 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains Just tried it. It works if you don't use cancel... Just tried it. It works if you don't use cancel aura until after the triple obliterate. Opener becomes, IT, PS, OB, BS, BT, UA, BS, ERW, OB, OB, FS, OB, Cancel aura. The FS let's you drops some of...

Forum: Death Knights 04/29/10, 1:32 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains You do most definitely have a point there. That... You do most definitely have a point there. That could probably push using UA early ahead of waiting. You are losing an entire blood strike though. The difference would at most only be a couple...

Forum: Death Knights 04/28/10, 5:46 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains Possibly. Since UA lasts 20s, you'd have to look... Possibly. Since UA lasts 20s, you'd have to look at what happens over the next 20s. In either scenario, you are GCD locked for some time after using UA. Overall, I'd say it's a toss up and depends...

Forum: Death Knights 04/28/10, 1:51 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains I've actually had several people ask me about... I've actually had several people ask me about ERW. Personally, I use ERW in my opening. IT, PS, OB, BS, BS, ERW/trinkets/racials, OB, OB, FS, OB, BT/UA. You double BS in the beginning because...

Forum: Death Knights 04/28/10, 1:22 AM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains I haven't drawn up actually stat weights but if i... I haven't drawn up actually stat weights but if i remember correctly, I was getting a number around 1100 for arp passing str in value. I'm somewhat curious about your expertise value. Expertise...

Forum: Death Knights 04/26/10, 8:01 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains Different sims seem to be showing different... Different sims seem to be showing different results. Since arp seems to be pretty close to str in 264 gear (both sims and logs seem to show this), common sense would dictate arp would pass str at...

Forum: Death Knights 04/26/10, 3:15 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains You really don't need a sim to test GoD. You can... You really don't need a sim to test GoD. You can just use regular math. I've used a few of my own logs to test this. Find average damage done by: OB, PS, IT, BS. Now do OB - (PS + IT + BS). In...

Forum: Death Knights 04/24/10, 4:09 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains With the added bonus that subversion has threat... With the added bonus that subversion has threat reduction. Personally, I can't imagine having no threat reduction. Tank and spank fights it would generally be fine, but there are a lot of...

Forum: Death Knights 04/23/10, 3:24 AM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains I was just thinking, spec may also make quite a... I was just thinking, spec may also make quite a difference for the presences. Your spec is only 4/5 for KM and 2/2 CotG. I'm running 5/5 KM and 1/2 CotG. UHP should definitely benefit your spec...

Forum: Death Knights 04/23/10, 12:48 AM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains Pet's gain a benefit from haste and it will be... Pet's gain a benefit from haste and it will be multiplicative with your own haste and other haste buffs. I thought that pets would also gain the benefit of blood presence, which would also be...

Forum: The Dung Heap 04/22/10, 1:53 AM

Replies: 30,103 Thread of Ultimate Stupidity Views: 1,882,356 Posted By Mewantbrains You only BS once every 20s. 10 BS's is 200... You only BS once every 20s. 10 BS's is 200 seconds, 3min 20s. I have multiple posts explaining what I've dubbed the "split rune rotation." Not getting into detail here since I've already posted it...

Forum: Death Knights 04/21/10, 4:55 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains Personally, I don't use move speed on my DK. ... Personally, I don't use move speed on my DK. This is due to being able to use UH presence in highly mobile situations (although, the only time I actually use UH presence is when being chased by the...

Forum: Death Knights 04/21/10, 11:35 AM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains This just seems a bit weird. Both presences... This just seems a bit weird. Both presences should scale similar compared to a raid, so testing on a dummy should be at the very least close. Mathematically, I'm just not seeing how UH could...

Forum: Death Knights 04/20/10, 3:32 AM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains FC I would assume would be fairly negligible due... FC I would assume would be fairly negligible due to ICD. KM might increase a bit, but will also be limited by GCD's/RP generations. For BCB and necrosis, I would just consider them part of...

Forum: Death Knights 04/20/10, 2:35 AM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains Just tested a few things in game. I never... Just tested a few things in game. I never realized it before, but it seems, IT, IIT and UH are all multiplicative rather than additive. I knew some other haste effects (druid haste talents) worked...

Forum: Death Knights 04/14/10, 11:52 AM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains Just want to post a couple tricks I've picked up... Just want to post a couple tricks I've picked up on to give a bit of a dps boost. I'm still using the split rune rotation I posted a couple pages ago, so these are applicable to that. Rime Usage: ...

Forum: Death Knights 04/07/10, 8:33 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains If the runes are currently on CD, pushing back .7... If the runes are currently on CD, pushing back .7 seconds won't affect when they come back off CD. IE: Rune's are currently on CD at time = 0s with .8s seconds left on their CD. If you wait for...

Forum: Death Knights 04/07/10, 5:10 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains Usually it doesn't clash. For me it hasn't... Usually it doesn't clash. For me it hasn't really been a problem. If it ends up being an issue for you, waiting to use HoW should fix that. It will move your blood/death runes up 1 GCD. In this...

Forum: Death Knights 04/06/10, 11:37 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains My opener is: IT, PS, OB, FS, HoW, BS, Pest. ... My opener is: IT, PS, OB, FS, HoW, BS, Pest. This gives a decent split between the the death/blood runes and the UF runes. After this, it's very similar to a UH rotation. You don't have to worry...

Forum: Death Knights 04/03/10, 10:11 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains Yeah, I'm definitely enjoying the split rune... Yeah, I'm definitely enjoying the split rune rotation. I need to record some logs, but it looks like I'm pulling around 12.5k on saurfang/festergut with 251 weapons and still 3 pieces of 251 T10. ...

Forum: Death Knights 04/02/10, 12:58 AM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains Has anyone been able to get the robot sim to work... Has anyone been able to get the robot sim to work with GoD? I've been trying to program it in, but it doesn't seem to be working. I'm very confident that a rotation using the grace period on runes...

Forum: The Dung Heap 03/31/10, 7:11 PM

Replies: 30,103 Thread of Ultimate Stupidity Views: 1,882,356 Posted By Mewantbrains This is from a previous post I made on the... This is from a previous post I made on the rotation vs priority issue. I've been using this and it wastes few to no KM procs and rime procs. The numbers I've been pushing have simply amazed me. I...

Forum: Death Knights 03/17/10, 3:35 AM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains We were discussing GoD and priority vs rotation a... We were discussing GoD and priority vs rotation a few pages back. The best solution I saw was splitting up your blood/death runes from your U/F runes. You would start with something like IT, PS,...

Forum: Death Knights 03/05/10, 10:15 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains Just a little correction. The new UA is 20% str... Just a little correction. The new UA is 20% str for 20s, 1 min CD. So 20% str with 33% up time or 6.66% passive str. This combined with the 4% from endless winter, BoKings, 10% AP buffs (abom's...

Forum: The Dung Heap 03/02/10, 12:28 PM

Replies: 30,103 Thread of Ultimate Stupidity Views: 1,882,356 Posted By Mewantbrains Not sure why people are worrying about Cataclysm... Not sure why people are worrying about Cataclysm when we haven't figured out the best spec for 3.3 or the priority/rotation. Not sure why people are worrying about Cataclysm regardless especially...

Forum: Death Knights 02/26/10, 5:15 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains GCD locked vs not GCD locked can in no way be... GCD locked vs not GCD locked can in no way be related to dps, at least not when referring to rune usage. It's similar reasoning to why UH takes reaping with 2 piece T10. It doesn't have to do with...

Forum: Death Knights 02/26/10, 12:52 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains We're using GoD regardless because 1 obliterate +... We're using GoD regardless because 1 obliterate + 1 BS is significantly higher damage than 1IT + 1 PS + 2 BS. Being GCD locked doesn't mean you are doing more damage. The 1 GCD of obliterate is...

Forum: Death Knights 02/25/10, 6:21 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains That looks like an unholy build...and a blood... That looks like an unholy build...and a blood build...this looks like a frost thread. I somewhat question the accuracy of the sim. Frost has always had problems simming correctly. If you do the...

Forum: Death Knights 02/25/10, 12:49 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains With the newly listed DPS per talent point chart... With the newly listed DPS per talent point chart I'm coming up with: http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?deathknight#flPB_AlvyLNCpZ,SIa,11599 There's one free talent point and some variation I haven't...

Forum: Death Knights 02/24/10, 10:23 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains This is a frost thread. Theory craft UH in the... This is a frost thread. Theory craft UH in the UH thread. It's insanely easy to sim UH since it doesn't use procs and rng. It does seem like frost is going to have 45% haste. I don't really see...

Forum: Death Knights 02/24/10, 10:42 AM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains I think what your trying to say is you only use... I think what your trying to say is you only use rime procs to refresh FF. This is generally what I do with the same spec regardless of when it procs. I just hold the proc until FF ticks low then...

Forum: Death Knights 02/23/10, 4:52 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains Just keep in mind damage doesn't necessarily give... Just keep in mind damage doesn't necessarily give you your priority. Like I said in a previous post, it takes more push backs to lose an obliterate than it does to lose a KM proc. At the same time,...

Forum: Death Knights 02/23/10, 1:18 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains You can calculate how much dps subversion adds... You can calculate how much dps subversion adds fairly easily. I'll use somewhat inflated numbers for subversion and deflated for BCB to display how much more dps BCB. We'll estimate stats as...

Forum: Death Knights 02/23/10, 1:40 AM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains Regardless of spec, GoD should be used now. GoD... Regardless of spec, GoD should be used now. GoD should be a larger dps increase than any other glyph regardless of spec/play style since it allows all F and U runes will be used for obliterates. ...

Forum: Death Knights 02/22/10, 10:33 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains Keep in mind, you need RP to use KM proc's... Keep in mind, you need RP to use KM proc's regardless. If KM is proc'ing more than 5 times in a 20s window you aren't going to have the RP to consume all the proc's anyway.

Forum: Death Knights 02/22/10, 9:22 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains I see your logic. Instead of doing Rune phase ->... I see your logic. Instead of doing Rune phase -> RP dump -> Rune phase -> RP dump -> runes/disease -> Rp dump ->repeat and running a rotation similar to blood/unholy, you would alternate rune and RP...

Forum: Death Knights 02/22/10, 8:32 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains The problem is, if those KM's fall on parts of... The problem is, if those KM's fall on parts of the "rotation" that would normally use runes, you aren't going to be able to use death runes for obliterate. It's mutually exclusive. If 2 or more KM...

Forum: Death Knights 02/22/10, 6:16 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains The reasoning behind the lost KM proc's is KM's... The reasoning behind the lost KM proc's is KM's can and probably will occur during the rune portion of the rotation. It's not a problem of a lack of free GCD's. The problem is using the runes as...

Forum: Death Knights 02/22/10, 1:28 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains Simplified math for the value of a KM... Simplified math for the value of a KM proc noncrit FS damage x 145% x (1-crit chance) (bonus crit damage) x (crit increase from KM) so its above equation x 2 + 1 BS vs 1 obliterate + free talent...

Forum: Death Knights 02/22/10, 12:43 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains The effectiveness of CotG shouldn't really be... The effectiveness of CotG shouldn't really be changing between this patch and the next. So, if it's useful for you now, the same should apply next patch. Something else I'd like to point out, UA is...

Forum: Death Knights 02/21/10, 9:50 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains Like he said above, the words priority and... Like he said above, the words priority and rotation are completely opposite. What you listed is a rotation and it isn't at all how frost plays at least not right now. If you use rime or KM procs at...

Forum: Death Knights 02/21/10, 1:29 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains As stated above, this is a rotation. Frost... As stated above, this is a rotation. Frost doesn't use a rotation. This is going to waste KM procs.

Forum: Death Knights 02/21/10, 1:01 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains Ok so we're on the same page with GoD then. So... Ok so we're on the same page with GoD then. So now that we have that cleared up, I was wondering if the listed dps per talent point takes this into account. The listed value of epidemic seems kind...

Forum: Death Knights 02/21/10, 12:20 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,800 Posted By Mewantbrains My point was your diseases fall off before you... My point was your diseases fall off before you can pest if you weave in frost strikes and use death runes for obliterate. If you use priority rather than a rotation with GoD, you won't always be...

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