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Forum: Druids 04/27/10, 9:31 AM
Replies: 328
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Posted By Zifrelm
I was rolling with Nibelung prior to the last fix...

I was rolling with Nibelung prior to the last fix (when we had a 3% proc chance on SF), but stopped when they made it 2% for all. I would say that there is potential in any given fight to do better...
Forum: Druids 04/05/10, 6:41 PM
Replies: 328
Views: 417,005
Posted By Zifrelm
Hm, okay. That's actually what I had tried first,...

Hm, okay. That's actually what I had tried first, but then changed my mind, thinking that it was only percentage-based damage buffs, e.g. Omen of Doom, that applied per-star. If SP is counted that...
Forum: Druids 04/04/10, 10:50 AM
Replies: 328
Views: 417,005
Posted By Zifrelm
Similar situation with my Dislodged Foreign...

Similar situation with my Dislodged Foreign Object, except even after waiting for the proc, you've got 18 seconds before the stacks are at maximum.

I've experimented with not popping trees/SFall...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 03/25/10, 9:47 PM
Replies: 677
Views: 304,627
Posted By Zifrelm
I first would like to thank Adoriele for his...

I first would like to thank Adoriele for his devotion to this addon of his. It's appreciated by boomkins the world over.

Now, some feedback. Worked fine my first fight, and then I turned off OoC...
Forum: Druids 03/25/10, 9:56 AM
Replies: 328
Views: 417,005
Posted By Zifrelm
I agree; I think things that cause pushback are...

I agree; I think things that cause pushback are exactly what also proc OF.


Good question. Like you, I've been trying not to do it during Eclipse, unless it's at the very start of one. I don't have...
Forum: Druids 03/23/10, 9:07 PM
Replies: 328
Views: 417,005
Posted By Zifrelm
Unfortunately the fellow who made SAA stopped...

Unfortunately the fellow who made SAA stopped playing the game, or stop raiding, or something of that sort. (Correct me if I'm wrong.)

Certainly sucks, as it's my favorite mod. :-(
Forum: Druids 03/12/10, 12:01 PM
Replies: 328
Views: 417,005
Posted By Zifrelm
That's more or less what I got last time I...

That's more or less what I got last time I checked trinkets in WC, at least the order from best -> worst. I just left my second trinket slot empty, though I suppose putting either Reign in there...
Forum: The Dung Heap 03/03/10, 9:22 AM
Replies: 30,129
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Posted By Zifrelm
My bad, misread it. My apologies, Erdluf.

My bad, misread it. My apologies, Erdluf.
Forum: Druids 03/03/10, 8:03 AM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
... So don't log out with MotW? Or simply click...

... So don't log out with MotW? Or simply click off all your buffs and look at your character sheet in caster form? An assumption has to be made, either that you have or do not have that buff, but...
Forum: Druids 02/28/10, 11:09 PM
Replies: 3,383
Views: 1,467,755
Posted By Zifrelm
That sounds like a reasonable set of rules. One...

That sounds like a reasonable set of rules. One question.
Am I to presume that this is without GoIS?
Forum: Druids 02/27/10, 7:03 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
Edited after changing my mind about what you...

Edited after changing my mind about what you mean.

I think you misunderstand Yijiao. Because of how crit and haste scale after both are soft-capped, spirit is stronger than ever before, relative to...
Forum: Druids 02/27/10, 1:34 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
I was under the impression that for Starfall,...

I was under the impression that for Starfall, unlike Hurricane, our 2T10 proc only matters when the spell is actually cast. I could be wrong, though...

Either way, that's an interesting idea. Is it...
Forum: Druids 02/27/10, 1:56 AM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
From a DPET perspective, refreshing dots right...

From a DPET perspective, refreshing dots right after an Eclipse seems pretty safe, but it gets tricky when you consider that you're delaying your next Eclipse by a global, guaranteed. I'm not sure...
Forum: Druids 02/25/10, 2:40 PM
Replies: 3,383
Views: 1,467,755
Posted By Zifrelm
D'oh, Arawethion replied before I finished my...

D'oh, Arawethion replied before I finished my edit quoting him and asking a question.

Anyhow, what I mean is that there are two different radii relating to the spell. They are both worded as...
Forum: Druids 02/25/10, 2:28 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
I've never actually played around with Glyph of...

I've never actually played around with Glyph of Focus. Are we sure that it reduces the radius from the caster in which stars will fall, and not simply the 5-yard radius of the AOE effect? The wording...
Forum: Druids 02/24/10, 5:40 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
If it's just this tiny increase to the base...

If it's just this tiny increase to the base damage, will that affect its scaling with spellpower at all? Seems like just a very slim (~130 damage per star) across-the-board increase.
Forum: Druids 02/23/10, 12:13 AM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
Hm, I couldn't get the...

Hm, I couldn't get the "instant-cast-right-after-cast-time-cast" thing to work on Sindragosa 10-man tonight. Well, I think maybe one time it happened. All the other times I tried doing MF or IS after...
Forum: Druids 02/22/10, 4:45 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
I don't know about you guys, but we generally try...

I don't know about you guys, but we generally try to keep all the ice blocks in the Sindragosa air phase ~10 yards apart to prevent, you know, death.

I'm fairly sure SFall's AOE radius is far...
Forum: Druids 02/18/10, 2:25 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
If you have to move for spores and are randomly...

If you have to move for spores and are randomly made to puke, your DPS will suck. This is true for ALL ranged DPS on that fight. Unless your DPS sucks even compared to theirs, you're not doing...
Forum: Druids 02/17/10, 12:26 PM
Replies: 3,383
Views: 1,467,755
Posted By Zifrelm
Sorry if my wording was a little funny; didn't...

Sorry if my wording was a little funny; didn't mean to imply that there'd be any change to ToC trinkets. I hadn't realized the ICC ones were all Unique and that heroic/normal items counted as the...
Forum: Druids 02/17/10, 12:52 AM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
I've heard from folks in my guild that they are...

I've heard from folks in my guild that they are disallowing equipping normal+heroic versions of the same trinket, e.g. the ever-popular dual Reign, for ICC trinkets like the coveted DFO. I haven't...
Forum: Druids 02/06/10, 11:50 AM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
Languish will have already benefited indirectly...

Languish will have already benefited indirectly from +% effects because it's based directly on how much damage you already did with your nuke. In a normal fight, there should be nothing affecting the...
Forum: Druids 02/03/10, 12:22 AM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
This is anecdotal, but I was noticing much, much...

This is anecdotal, but I was noticing much, much lower Val'kyr procs tonight too. I fear they've stealth-fixed our 2-3% proc chance... Might have to go back to my Bonespike.

That Halion looks nice....
Forum: Druids 02/02/10, 5:12 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
Ah, I see. I've always been fairly positive that...

Ah, I see. I've always been fairly positive that it meant the AOE splash radius. Reducing the range would be... awful.
Forum: Druids 02/02/10, 2:42 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
Er, what? What spell or effect would make you...

Er, what? What spell or effect would make you want to stay within 18 yards of the boss? All our DPS spells, including SFall, have a 36 yard range.
Forum: Druids 02/01/10, 9:34 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
Most auras/dots don't proc it. Blood Queen's aura...

Most auras/dots don't proc it. Blood Queen's aura is a noted exception to this rule, and is pretty much the one good reason to have that talent in ICC.
Forum: Druids 01/28/10, 1:08 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
Don't they always target whatever you're...

Don't they always target whatever you're attacking when they spawn? So shouldn't trivial enemies (such as the Rotface oozes) not be a problem?
Forum: Druids 01/27/10, 12:30 AM
Replies: 3,383
Views: 1,467,755
Posted By Zifrelm
They don't follow you, but they spawn on you and...

They don't follow you, but they spawn on you and don't really run around anywhere. Our tank tonight never took the big oozes anywhere near the raid. *shrug*

Nibelung was doing very well on Putricide...
Forum: Druids 01/26/10, 10:25 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
Maybe pungent blight, but I just got it tonight...

Maybe pungent blight, but I just got it tonight and have been trying it on each boss so far, and the constant raid wide AOE definitely does not affect the val'kyrs. They were 7% of my damage that...
Forum: Druids 01/21/10, 5:17 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
With all this talk of dropping dots from various...

With all this talk of dropping dots from various points in your rotations, keep in mind that it's the dots that keep up your idol buff.

Also, I'd challenge you to find an optional talent worth more...
Forum: Druids 01/21/10, 4:01 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
I was trying to see how the trinkets scaled at...

I was trying to see how the trinkets scaled at higher gear levels, so the trinketless haste was very high (809, IIRC), and I did indeed use WC. I wasn't certain at the time whether it was modeling...
Forum: Druids 01/20/10, 2:01 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
I actually keep full 2/2 iGotW and 5/5 Furor in...

I actually keep full 2/2 iGotW and 5/5 Furor in addition to 2/3 NF - my 2 floating points are from dropping to 0/3 Intensity. OF does seem the better option, now that it's mentioned, especially since...
Forum: Druids 01/20/10, 1:01 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
I use my second spec slot for an AOE-centric...

I use my second spec slot for an AOE-centric build (GW, Typhoon) for trash/hardmode Anub/Saurfang and leave those talents out of my single-target build.

What I spend my 2 extra points on is Nature's...
Forum: Druids 01/19/10, 7:57 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
I wanted to see how these would scale with the...

I wanted to see how these would scale with the obscene amounts of crit and haste we'll have in heroic ICC gear, so I plugged in the raw, unbuffed numbers from a BIS-type set I made in Rawr (3642 SP,...
Forum: Druids 01/13/10, 3:40 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
Regarding Nature's Focus: I missed having NF when...

Regarding Nature's Focus:
I missed having NF when I went full IGotW and Furor, so just this week I adjusted my single-target spec to have 0/3 Intensity and 2/3 NF but still keeping IGotW and Furor....
Forum: Druids 01/08/10, 12:36 AM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
We were able to do Mad Skill tonight (woot) and I...

We were able to do Mad Skill tonight (woot) and I got 47190. Comparing to 49891, they're damnably close...
-11 SP
+2 crit
+14 haste

I had intended to use gloves as my off-set, but maybe I'll stick...
Forum: Druids 01/07/10, 2:31 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
I presume you mean starfall, not...

I presume you mean starfall, not starfire.

Starfall doesn't count as a dot - each star is a direct damage effect. Thus, it can proc NG, but can't proc things like that trinket. Still, we'll have 3...
Forum: Druids 01/03/10, 10:29 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
Does anyone have 2T10 yet? (I'm going for...

Does anyone have 2T10 yet? (I'm going for pants/shoulders first, so I won't have them until this coming week's run.)

I'm wondering if you proc OoC in the middle of a Hurricane, will the remaining...
Forum: Druids 12/30/09, 12:56 AM
Replies: 3,383
Views: 1,467,755
Posted By Zifrelm
You're certainly right that at some point we'll...

You're certainly right that at some point we'll have emblems to spare, and your guild will have 264 tokens to spare, so switching your tier slots is doable. It's hard to say just how far down the...
Forum: Druids 12/29/09, 7:36 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
I think that's a bit short-sighted. Do tell, when...

I think that's a bit short-sighted. Do tell, when you start doing heroic 25-man bosses and getting 277 tier pieces (which will be more common than T9.258 since, one might assume, the 277 tier tokens...
Forum: Druids 12/27/09, 11:35 AM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
That's what I'm doing. My reasoning was that,...

That's what I'm doing. My reasoning was that, since neither slot has a non-spirit, non-hit 277 upgrade, I'd rather have the slot with less "itemization points" (if you want to call it that) be one to...
Forum: The Dung Heap 12/25/09, 3:20 PM
Replies: 30,129
Views: 1,907,104
Posted By Zifrelm
Hi Zesty, We're going to be easily over the crit...

Hi Zesty,
We're going to be easily over the crit soft cap, reducing the value of further crit to be near the value of haste (or so the theorycrafters have said). So don't worry about your haste being...
Forum: Druids 12/24/09, 12:43 AM
Replies: 3,383
Views: 1,467,755
Posted By Zifrelm
Sounds like all Nibelung needs is for the valks...

Sounds like all Nibelung needs is for the valks to be given the same aoe avoidance that "regular" pets do, and it will be perfectly viable.
Forum: Druids 12/23/09, 4:34 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
Exactly. This is why I want Nibelung.

Exactly. This is why I want Nibelung.
Forum: Druids 12/22/09, 12:17 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
The math is pretty simple. For a standing...

The math is pretty simple.

For a standing rotation, if you cast GotW, you instantly lose a GCD-worth of time of the 6-second buff. Assuming NG, we'll call it 1 second, or a sixth, of the duration....
Forum: Druids 12/17/09, 6:43 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
Whenever new content comes out, I go through all...

Whenever new content comes out, I go through all the loot lists and enter into a spreadsheet the items that look to be of interest. I haven't taken any 277 items into consideration (since nobody's...
Forum: Druids 12/13/09, 5:48 PM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
But since SF is the only thing benefiting from...

But since SF is the only thing benefiting from higher haste, isn't casting SF more only going to make CF more worthwhile? IIRC, CF is multiplicative with other forms of haste, whereas the crit/damage...
Forum: Druids 12/13/09, 10:43 AM
Replies: 3,383
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Posted By Zifrelm
I'm currently at about 500 haste (due to the new...

I'm currently at about 500 haste (due to the new rep ring replacing the 47928), but it's low enough that I can still get Reign procs off consecutive starfire crits some of the time.

I'm a little...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 12/10/09, 7:58 AM
Replies: 677
Views: 304,627
Posted By Zifrelm
Absolutely; thanks man. My favorite mod! :-)

Absolutely; thanks man. My favorite mod! :-)
Forum: Druids 12/06/09, 10:32 AM
Replies: 3,383
Views: 1,467,755
Posted By Zifrelm
Oy, I'm hoping we don't have to time our last SF...

Oy, I'm hoping we don't have to time our last SF like that. Because if it can be done, I'm pretty sure I'll be trying to do it, but it really does not sound fun.

Checked out the SAA thread after...
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