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Forum: Death Knights 06/09/09, 3:04 AM
Replies: 3,089
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Posted By Pyros
You're looking at something in the order of 50 to...

You're looking at something in the order of 50 to 75TPS increase though, not 300. Threat will vary from week to week with the exact same setup depending on your luck.
Forum: Public Discussion 06/08/09, 11:49 AM
Replies: 877
Views: 580,180
Posted By Pyros
I actually have the same "issue" in dalaran with...

I actually have the same "issue" in dalaran with my new gfx card, if I run around too much, it'll eventually freeze the screen, however the game is still running(I can hear my footsteps and can press...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/04/09, 1:06 PM
Replies: 816
Views: 317,661
Posted By Pyros
Any class that can do 8k+ on Hodir can be...

Any class that can do 8k+ on Hodir can be considered as performing well. The only class that do less, at least on our tries, are DPS warriors(arms and fury) and bad geared offspecs. All other melees...
Forum: Death Knights 06/03/09, 9:42 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,267
Posted By Pyros
Seal of Ulduar vs Band of the Aesir(normal...

Seal of Ulduar vs Band of the Aesir(normal Auriaya drop) isn't a clear win, you trade armor and parry rating(terrible returns) with defense and dodge. Abadon is pretty much crap I'm not sure why...
Forum: Death Knights 06/01/09, 3:39 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,267
Posted By Pyros
Pretty sure I explained like last page or the one...

Pretty sure I explained like last page or the one before, that if you have 4T8 and AMS, it generates RP from melee attacks as if they were magic(so full RP bar on boss autoattacks).
Forum: Death Knights 05/29/09, 10:55 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,267
Posted By Pyros
If you reread what I said, I didn't say to...

If you reread what I said, I didn't say to increase your threat, but to increase your DPS. It's a DPS race, if you can pop a cooldown increasing it by a decent amount, it's better than well, if you...
Forum: Death Knights 05/29/09, 12:50 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,267
Posted By Pyros
Not really, VB is insane for hard mode because...

Not really, VB is insane for hard mode because usually during frozen blows, you pretty much only have one healer, and 15% more efficiency on his and your heals is very very very good. Runetapping for...
Forum: Death Knights 05/28/09, 7:39 PM
Replies: 3,089
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Posted By Pyros
I wasn't actually talking about sitting in a fire...

I wasn't actually talking about sitting in a fire and procing it, there's just too many melees who would come stand in it too and then it'd get bombed anyway, but Singed is also a debuff applied on...
Forum: Death Knights 05/28/09, 11:17 AM
Replies: 3,089
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Posted By Pyros
Thing I find weird in your propositions is you...

Thing I find weird in your propositions is you seem to want more threat, yet you don't glyph Death Strike, take DRM but use the Pestilence glyph. Those seem extremely contradictory. I can understand...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/27/09, 6:20 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 56,473
Posted By Pyros
You can dismount and remount, and it'll give you...

You can dismount and remount, and it'll give you back the hp, however that only works for 1, sometimes 2 phases, after that your bike get destroyed instantly on dismount. I think at that point, you...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/27/09, 12:48 PM
Replies: 288
Views: 124,637
Posted By Pyros
If you kite you can get it while kiting, and if...

If you kite you can get it while kiting, and if too many ranged DPS are dead, then he starts crashing/marking people in melee range. So it can happen, but if you tank through Dark Surge and people...
Forum: Death Knights 05/26/09, 11:09 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,267
Posted By Pyros
You don't understand what I said about the RP...

You don't understand what I said about the RP generation though, it acts as if the melee hit was a pure magical attack in terms of RP. On Vezax, you gain a full bar, even if you're at 0 after using...
Forum: Death Knights 05/25/09, 5:35 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,267
Posted By Pyros
Posted it in the BB but thought I'd drop that...

Posted it in the BB but thought I'd drop that here too for everyone to know, if you get the 4pc T8 bonus that makes your AMS also reduces melee dmg by 10%, your AMS RP generation ability will work on...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/23/09, 10:29 PM
Replies: 816
Views: 317,661
Posted By Pyros
Also since you asked, Yogg Saron hard mode is...

Also since you asked, Yogg Saron hard mode is 1light as well as 0 light, but 2/3lights is only additional badges/orbs(like flame leviathan is only hard at 4, everything else is still normal mode loot...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/23/09, 9:28 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 56,473
Posted By Pyros
It depends on when you get chased, if you get...

It depends on when you get chased, if you get chased right after an overload, and you're standing at almost max range, you can easily backpedal your way until the switch and keep your stack up. If...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/16/09, 7:25 PM
Replies: 288
Views: 124,637
Posted By Pyros
Shields aren't heals so they're not affected,...

Shields aren't heals so they're not affected, however they're spells so they get the mana reduction, which combined with the priest talents(Rapture I think it's called?) makes shielding pretty much...
Forum: Death Knights 05/15/09, 6:50 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,267
Posted By Pyros
Were you tanking the arena as blood? I usually go...

Were you tanking the arena as blood? I usually go frost for thorim only because there's no other way for me to solo tank the arena without having dps gib themselves off AEing, even though blood would...
Forum: Death Knights 05/14/09, 7:19 AM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,749
Posted By Pyros
It doesn't work on Fusion Punch(initial hit,...

It doesn't work on Fusion Punch(initial hit, might work on dot but always dispelled so hard to tell), Plasma Beam and Hodir frozen blows melee attacks, which are the 3bigs you'd want it to work on....
Forum: Death Knights 05/14/09, 7:05 AM
Replies: 2,880
Views: 1,257,875
Posted By Pyros
I haven't posted any actual testing screens or...

I haven't posted any actual testing screens or whatever, I did run a few tests post 3.1 to find out if it was still worth taking. The first few tests were simply getting a mage to cast Arcane...
Forum: Death Knights 05/13/09, 7:08 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,267
Posted By Pyros
The main answer to most of your point is simple....

The main answer to most of your point is simple. On one hand, you can choose additional healing, which is a way to increase your survivability/tanking. On the other, you can use these points to get...
Forum: Death Knights 05/13/09, 7:00 AM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,749
Posted By Pyros
The best solution really is to have another spec...

The best solution really is to have another spec to do AE tanking if you're gonna tank bosses as blood. You can work around that somewhat, but overall blood is still crap for AE and I found it better...
Forum: Death Knights 05/13/09, 6:51 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,267
Posted By Pyros
Might just be for threat, 3% is a pretty decent...

Might just be for threat, 3% is a pretty decent boost, but not sure it's better than 3points in necrosis. The builds on the first pages are mostly general builds, you can change stuff around...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/12/09, 2:02 AM
Replies: 288
Views: 124,637
Posted By Pyros
You just need to run sooner. I rarely get hit,...

You just need to run sooner. I rarely get hit, rarely meaning I do still get hit sometimes, but I'd say 1 out of 15kite phases or so I get hit once, most of the time due to my own mistakes(not moving...
Forum: Death Knights 05/11/09, 6:11 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,749
Posted By Pyros
Pretty sure you're missing a negation somewhere...

Pretty sure you're missing a negation somewhere because what you say first doesn't seem to make sense with the rest.

On the subject however, some of these are not very good at all(mostly blood...
Forum: Death Knights 05/10/09, 6:29 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,267
Posted By Pyros
One thing to remember about Vesax and Blood...

One thing to remember about Vesax and Blood tanking that seems to be discarded in most discussions is Deathstrike and Imp Runetap. For Runetap it's really useful if you get hit a single time while...
Forum: Death Knights 05/07/09, 9:06 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,267
Posted By Pyros
1- No, just no, UA is crap, unless you're tanking...

1- No, just no, UA is crap, unless you're tanking trash. Ask any other tank how they feel about their awesome block mechanics, they'll trade them for DK stuff in the blink of an eye. Taking even 2K...
Forum: Death Knights 05/06/09, 9:56 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,267
Posted By Pyros
His point was totally different, he was talking...

His point was totally different, he was talking about threat, which definitely seems worse on single target especially in 10man where you don't get all buffs(but still enough with enough exp/hit for...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/06/09, 9:31 PM
Replies: 574
Views: 256,651
Posted By Pyros
So after talking about it, I ran UP solo on my...

So after talking about it, I ran UP solo on my DK. About Svala, she still does the sacrifice, and it does 5k on impact then 5k as a dot(or around that, was getting lots of various absorbs). The hard...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/06/09, 5:38 PM
Replies: 685
Views: 194,896
Posted By Pyros
I'd make a few modifications to the strats posted...

I'd make a few modifications to the strats posted above, but overall it works very well with a frost DK to kill stuff with. First is, no point in questing so much really, I just quested to 8 skipping...
Forum: Death Knights 05/04/09, 8:03 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,749
Posted By Pyros
Few things, first you should take 3 of the points...

Few things, first you should take 3 of the points in frost and put them in imp IT. There's really no reason to get RPM or Icy Reach over 6%less autoattack damage on stuff hitting you, even if you...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/04/09, 7:34 PM
Replies: 574
Views: 256,651
Posted By Pyros
I'm not surprised people are soloing...

I'm not surprised people are soloing lvl70instances, I've soloed or tried to solo quite Northrend instances on my DK(who is really well geared). I soloed CoT:Stratholme, the deadliest pulls were the...
Forum: Death Knights 05/04/09, 1:03 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,267
Posted By Pyros
This, I never stated you should take SoB over BA,...

This, I never stated you should take SoB over BA, or 2h weap spec, however I have way more than enough points to put in blood that I can afford to get SoB, all the healing stuff, all the tanking...
Forum: Death Knights 05/03/09, 12:31 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,749
Posted By Pyros
I think the whole point of the nerf was...

I think the whole point of the nerf was specifically so you couldn't soak up stuff like Plasma with it, on a 45s cooldown and giving you full RP at the same time. It's good enough really, it's just...
Forum: Death Knights 05/01/09, 9:35 AM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,749
Posted By Pyros
Threat generated by healing is the same as normal...

Threat generated by healing is the same as normal healing, so yeah it's like healing amount /2 and spread evenly through all mobs, which is then multiplied by your frost presence. It's not huge but...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/29/09, 9:37 PM
Replies: 816
Views: 317,661
Posted By Pyros
World of Warcraft - English (NA) Forums -> Recent...

World of Warcraft - English (NA) Forums -> Recent In-Game Fixes - 4/28/09 (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=16474158165&sid=1&pageNo=1#10)

Fixed an issue where Mimiron could...
Forum: Death Knights 04/29/09, 7:35 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,267
Posted By Pyros
Looking at some logs from last week Vesax(I think...

Looking at some logs from last week Vesax(I think easiest boss to check procs since he pretty much only hits me in melee and he only does melee attacks to me), I'm getting about twice as many scent...
Forum: Death Knights 04/29/09, 5:05 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,267
Posted By Pyros
Right just tested again and it didn't, I wonder...

Right just tested again and it didn't, I wonder if they hotfixed it at some point because I'm positive on patch day I tested it and would get 2 charges out instantly using a yellow+autoattack from...
Forum: Death Knights 04/29/09, 4:57 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,267
Posted By Pyros
What the tooltip should look like: You have a 15%...

What the tooltip should look like:
You have a 15% chance after dodging, parrying or taking damage to gain the Scent of Blood effect, causing your next X melee hit(s) to generate 10 runic power....
Forum: Death Knights 04/29/09, 7:42 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,267
Posted By Pyros
As I said in the other thread, the biggest issue...

As I said in the other thread, the biggest issue with SoB is the tooltip does not reflect what it actually does(the patch notes do however). Once you understand it gives 10RP per charge, charges...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/29/09, 7:13 AM
Replies: 816
Views: 317,661
Posted By Pyros
Because you had a random barrage when you moved...

Because you had a random barrage when you moved him doesn't mean they're linked, considering you can move him and not have a random barrage. As for being lethal or not, while the damage of one tick...
Forum: Death Knights 04/28/09, 10:16 AM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,749
Posted By Pyros
About SoB, another assumption that is made from...

About SoB, another assumption that is made from the old version/tooltip wording and that isn't right is, SoB actually procs of specials too, meaning you can expand all the charges in 3secs, not...
Forum: Death Knights 04/28/09, 10:07 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,267
Posted By Pyros
From a pure defensive point of view, ID is...

From a pure defensive point of view, ID is probably better. However, especially on the hard modes, it seems threat is a limiter, so upgrading to woldcarver is probably good(higher DPS, haste to get...
Forum: Death Knights 04/27/09, 10:35 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,749
Posted By Pyros
I'd say 2/3 SoB is better than 2/5 conviction,...

I'd say 2/3 SoB is better than 2/5 conviction, SoB procs often, and it gives a lot of RP(10 per charge), 2%crit is a very very small amount really. Overall in the early blood threat talents, I'd put...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/27/09, 8:44 PM
Replies: 816
Views: 317,661
Posted By Pyros
The issue is, it sometimes does not bug even when...

The issue is, it sometimes does not bug even when people die, and sometimes seem to bug when as far as we can see, nothing dies, including pets. The only caveat is it might be killing my bloodworms,...
Forum: Death Knights 04/26/09, 9:45 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,749
Posted By Pyros
The UA glyph without UA is pretty golden. Your MT...

The UA glyph without UA is pretty golden. Your MT is an idiot. He does take some interesting talents, but he pretty much totally gimps himself for anything but trash tanking by going unholy for...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/26/09, 4:10 PM
Replies: 816
Views: 317,661
Posted By Pyros
I think I've seen him cast slightly faster, but...

I think I've seen him cast slightly faster, but usually I IBF after kiting(when I'm out of range of healers) and it fits everytime so yeah, could probably avoid the kiting, it still a lot of unneeded...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/25/09, 8:58 PM
Replies: 816
Views: 317,661
Posted By Pyros
40k is definitely low for most ulduar encounters...

40k is definitely low for most ulduar encounters though, even easy modes. Not impossible, but a lot of stuff can 2round you, which isn't all that fun when you're not having luck on avoidance and your...
Forum: Death Knights 04/23/09, 10:18 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,267
Posted By Pyros
Switching weapons(and relics count) invoke a GCD,...

Switching weapons(and relics count) invoke a GCD, so it's rather annoying to macro because you need to press it twice and it delays your IT. You can however macro it after Plague Strike and macro the...
Forum: Death Knights 04/22/09, 10:05 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,267
Posted By Pyros
I use a dual spec like you, but my secondary spec...

I use a dual spec like you, but my secondary spec is frost and I'm very happy with it. I'm not sure why'd you have issues with AE, getting threat is as easy as pressing HB. Glyph it then you can BB,...
Forum: Death Knights 04/22/09, 3:01 AM
Replies: 2,880
Views: 1,257,875
Posted By Pyros
Only abilities/items/whatever that give whole...

Only abilities/items/whatever that give whole skills are unaffected by ratings diminishing returns pretty much, so Forceful Deflection, which gives parry rating, is affected. The 4% runeforge isn't,...
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