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Forum: Public Discussion 07/18/11, 7:02 AM
Replies: 616
Views: 239,845
Posted By Amonra
Is there any way to automatically run a series of...

Is there any way to automatically run a series of simulations with slightly varying conditions? I've looked through this thread at in the Simulationcraft guides but can't find anything.

Basically...
Forum: Priests 05/17/11, 8:37 AM
Replies: 375
Views: 1,322,201
Posted By Amonra
Imp DP takes up a whole GCD whereas a single tick...

Imp DP takes up a whole GCD whereas a single tick of MF is only 2/3 of a GCD. So the equivalent figures are 12k for Imp DP and 10k for MF. Plus MF ticks have a chance to generate shadow orbs and...
Forum: Priests 05/06/11, 6:27 AM
Replies: 375
Views: 1,322,201
Posted By Amonra
Haste scaling is not particularly smooth -...

Haste scaling is not particularly smooth - shadowpriest.com • View topic - Haste Scaling (http://www.shadowpriest.com/viewtopic.php?f=73&t=30969). And so while its true that haste doesn't have...
Forum: Priests 02/25/11, 6:21 AM
Replies: 375
Views: 1,322,201
Posted By Amonra
Basically the change to the value of hit/spirit...

Basically the change to the value of hit/spirit is due to running tests in Simcraft and finding that the scaling factor has gone down a lot. Basically in WotLK hit was about 3 times as valuable as...
Forum: Priests 02/17/11, 3:38 PM
Replies: 375
Views: 1,322,201
Posted By Amonra
I was using SimC to see the dps impact of...

I was using SimC to see the dps impact of refreshing dots early (see shadowpriest.com • View topic - When to refresh dots (http://www.shadowpriest.com/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=30836) for my...
Forum: Priests 02/10/11, 8:09 AM
Replies: 375
Views: 1,322,201
Posted By Amonra
I'm very surpised myself that hit has gone down...

I'm very surpised myself that hit has gone down in value so much since the patch. It's halved in value, more in some simulations.

I'm not aware of anything which would be causing this to happen. ...
Forum: Priests 01/17/11, 3:20 PM
Replies: 375
Views: 1,322,201
Posted By Amonra
You're right that there is a benefit - you don't...

You're right that there is a benefit - you don't need to refresh MF quite as often. However the benefit is fairly small.

Going from a 13.75s duration to a 16.25s duration will mean saving a GCD...
Forum: Priests 01/11/11, 9:33 AM
Replies: 375
Views: 1,322,201
Posted By Amonra
Your calculations are wrong - not sure where your...

Your calculations are wrong - not sure where your numbers are coming from to be honest.

Taking into account standard raid buffs (5% and 3% haste stacking multiplicatively), this gives the following...
Forum: Priests 01/11/11, 9:14 AM
Replies: 375
Views: 1,322,201
Posted By Amonra
This is a common misconception about dots. The...

This is a common misconception about dots. The duration isn't actually fixed, i.e. VT doesn't always have a duration of exactly 15 seconds. Instead VT has a duration of about 15 seconds, but the...
Forum: Priests 01/04/11, 7:11 AM
Replies: 375
Views: 1,322,201
Posted By Amonra
It's actually due to SimCraft just not being that...

It's actually due to SimCraft just not being that accurate. Running scaling factors with 10k iterations will only be accurate to within about 2 decimal places. If you run exactly the same...
Forum: Priests 12/01/10, 8:29 AM
Replies: 244
Views: 609,018
Posted By Amonra
This shouldn't have any impact on how hit...

This shouldn't have any impact on how hit compares to crit/haste. Hit has gone from nearly twice as valuable as haste pre 4.0 (hit = 1.8, haste = c.1) to less valuable post 4.0 (hit = 0.37, haste =...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/29/10, 10:00 AM
Replies: 88
Views: 63,940
Posted By Amonra
Has anyone tried (or used) unusual setups for...

Has anyone tried (or used) unusual setups for killing Sindragosa, particularly for hard mode. The reason I ask is due to thinking about the mechanics of Unchained Magic and Permeating...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/21/10, 8:38 AM
Replies: 616
Views: 239,845
Posted By Amonra
I made a post on the shadowpriest.com forums, but...

I made a post on the shadowpriest.com forums, but thought I would post it here as well in case you didn't see it there. Basically I'm having a problem in that the results given out by simcraft are...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/09/10, 12:23 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 11,231
Posted By Amonra
Well he is basically signing off his post as...

Well he is basically signing off his post as clown, so I can only assume he is calling himself a clown. Which actually fits rather well in this case.

Perhaps a rare example of a time when it is...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/09/10, 5:27 AM
Replies: 88
Views: 63,940
Posted By Amonra
I can confirm this. When we did it on Saturday...

I can confirm this. When we did it on Saturday with 2 healers and 1 caster dps (shadowpriest), the shadowpriest got the debuff every time.

When we did it on Monday, the shadowpriest had respecced...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/13/10, 5:13 AM
Replies: 92
Views: 54,030
Posted By Amonra
From Blizzard: "Professor Putricide is getting...

From Blizzard:

"Professor Putricide is getting two hotfixes deployed right now.

One of them fixes an issue where the Mutated Transformation and Mutated Plague ability were doing significantly less...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/12/10, 11:43 AM
Replies: 92
Views: 54,030
Posted By Amonra
You could be right (and it would be very helpful...

You could be right (and it would be very helpful to know if you are). I had arrived at my numbers by looking through the logs as best I could and comparing that to the number of stacks the tanks...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/12/10, 10:05 AM
Replies: 92
Views: 54,030
Posted By Amonra
ICC Plagueworks : Professor Putricide

My guild did our 25 man raids on Professor Putricide last night - it was fairly successful but we couldn't quite kill him due to problems beating the soft enrage (best attempt was 2%). I'm therefore...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/03/08, 7:54 AM
Replies: 775
Views: 223,601
Posted By Amonra
My guild has been stuck on phase 1 for much too...

My guild has been stuck on phase 1 for much too long, so I'm really looking for some help as to what we can do to improve.

We have 6 healers, a feral tank (at exit), 2 x prot warriors (1 at...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/31/08, 3:40 PM
Replies: 775
Views: 223,601
Posted By Amonra
Maybe I'm missing something, but wouldn't that...

Maybe I'm missing something, but wouldn't that mean you end up casting dispel magic on Entropius a lot (i.e. any time a Dark Fiend isn't up, or someone beat you to the dispel)?
Forum: Public Discussion 05/22/08, 12:55 PM
Replies: 1,680
Views: 522,610
Posted By Amonra
One of my recent stupid things was my usual...

One of my recent stupid things was my usual flight off the aldor platform, divebombing towards the ground. On the way down there was a nagging voice at the back of my head telling me that there was...
Forum: Priests 05/20/08, 11:52 AM
Replies: 282
Views: 189,635
Posted By Amonra
I drafted this post and initially it seemed that...

I drafted this post and initially it seemed that a smite/shadow spec might be viable. However when checking through I found a big mistake in my maths which changed this. I thought I would post it...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/14/08, 9:52 AM
Replies: 269
Views: 54,740
Posted By Amonra
When I look at various raid compositions, the...

When I look at various raid compositions, the worst tuned thing that I am seeing is shamans. Practically every highly progressed guild has lots of shamans in it.

They have the best raid healing...
Forum: Class Mechanics 05/07/08, 8:23 AM
Replies: 179
Views: 25,699
Posted By Amonra
I don't entirely agree with you. Let's look back...

I don't entirely agree with you.

Let's look back to the T6 level (by this I mean Hyjal/BT, not the new Sunwell T6) and assume that shadowpriests are overpowered at the Kara level and about right at...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/07/08, 8:01 AM
Replies: 239
Views: 97,202
Posted By Amonra
If you really want the smallest of small damage...

If you really want the smallest of small damage upgrades you could get Chipped Power Core and Cracked Power Core.

They use the same cooldown as healthstones, so no use for a fire mage/lock (flamecap...
Forum: Class Mechanics 04/25/08, 8:05 AM
Replies: 179
Views: 25,699
Posted By Amonra
I don't think it is always reasonable to look at...

I don't think it is always reasonable to look at the benefit the first of a class brings to the raid. Blizzard seem to want to encourage people to bring a wide variety of classes to a raid, making...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/24/08, 11:34 AM
Replies: 429
Views: 169,721
Posted By Amonra
Unfortunately (for me) I'm going to have to admit...

Unfortunately (for me) I'm going to have to admit I was wrong on this point. With the right macros, it is indeed possible to miss practically every gas nova tick - last night in an hour of Felmyst I...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 04/23/08, 9:41 AM
Replies: 264
Views: 168,593
Posted By Amonra
The one feature that really turns me off BigWigs...

The one feature that really turns me off BigWigs is the way the bars drop down the screen and get bigger when the relevant event is about to happen.

I realise that this is designed to make these...
Forum: Class Mechanics 04/22/08, 6:27 PM
Replies: 179
Views: 25,699
Posted By Amonra
I agree with you in principle, however mana usage...

I agree with you in principle, however mana usage needs to be considered in the light of how Blizzard have balanced dps classes. Infinite mana doesn't translate into ridiculous levels of dps.

In...
Forum: Class Mechanics 04/21/08, 9:06 AM
Replies: 179
Views: 25,699
Posted By Amonra
Why would it be overpowered for haste to scale...

Why would it be overpowered for haste to scale with DoTs?

Scenario

Imagine a scenario with a simplistic class (I will call Easypriest)which has only 2 spells to cast. The first is a DoT which...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/18/08, 8:08 AM
Replies: 1,119
Views: 358,242
Posted By Amonra
I see quite a few posts about shadow priests...

I see quite a few posts about shadow priests helping to heal slash damage with 2/2 Improved VE. I'm usually in the slash groups with 0/2 Improved VE but have serious aggro problems if I don't wait...
Forum: Priests 04/16/08, 6:45 AM
Replies: 1,401
Views: 809,692
Posted By Amonra
I've looked through your analysis file and agree...

I've looked through your analysis file and agree with your conclusions that neither SR nor SA affect VE.

One tiny correction (makes no difference to the conclusion) is that one of the calculations...
Forum: Priests 04/15/08, 6:10 AM
Replies: 1,401
Views: 809,692
Posted By Amonra
I have looked at your armory and you do have a...

I have looked at your armory and you do have a lot of +hit, but aren't that near to the hit cap. Currently you have 154 hit without having made any bad gear choices - it has just ended up that...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/14/08, 5:36 PM
Replies: 429
Views: 169,721
Posted By Amonra
I'm not saying it is a bad performance - having...

I'm not saying it is a bad performance - having looked at a number of WWS reports from Felmyst kills, gas nova usually ticks between 30 and 40% of the time so it is right there along with everyone...
Forum: Priests 04/14/08, 4:55 PM
Replies: 1,401
Views: 809,692
Posted By Amonra
Looking at the second of those WWS parses and by...

Looking at the second of those WWS parses and by my calculations you cast 11 x SWP, 12 x VT, 23 x MB, 15 x SWD, 6 x VE = 67 x 1.5 second spells = 101 seconds casting. Add to that 46 MF ticks...
Forum: Priests 04/14/08, 12:42 PM
Replies: 1,401
Views: 809,692
Posted By Amonra
I'm not 100% convinced on that. There was a...

I'm not 100% convinced on that. There was a thread on shadowpriest.com a while back considering exactly this point
shadowpriest.com :: View topic - "Silent Resolve reduces VE aggro" - huh?...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/12/08, 7:13 AM
Replies: 429
Views: 169,721
Posted By Amonra
I went to the trouble of looking up your guild's...

I went to the trouble of looking up your guild's WWS parse for your Felmyst kill: Wow Web Stats (http://wowwebstats.com/cun4jtxs5nhks?s=7677-8337&ab=192)

148 hits of gas nova and it ticked 55 times,...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/12/08, 7:03 AM
Replies: 429
Views: 169,721
Posted By Amonra
We have 2 holy priests and 1 shadow priest on the...

We have 2 holy priests and 1 shadow priest on the raid.

With our raid makeup we don't have the luxury of being able to have 2 healers and 1 dps just standing around doing nothing for anything from 0...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/11/08, 8:33 AM
Replies: 429
Views: 169,721
Posted By Amonra
It's downright insulting to suggest that any...

It's downright insulting to suggest that any priest allowing a tick has screwed up. Maybe it is possible with the luxury of a sub 50ms latency, but I play with a 300-400 ms latency and it simply...
Forum: Priests 03/18/08, 2:42 PM
Replies: 1,401
Views: 809,692
Posted By Amonra
Lol at you for suggesting that these decisions...

Lol at you for suggesting that these decisions are not hard.

Deciding whether to cast spells based on which have finished cooldowns is relatively easy.

Deciding whether, rather than casting MF, it...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/10/08, 9:11 AM
Replies: 458
Views: 227,852
Posted By Amonra
I'm curious as to whether anyone has obtained a...

I'm curious as to whether anyone has obtained a bear without killing the Lynx last? With a good group it should easily be possible to kill the Dragonhawk last, although there would be a lot of extra...
Forum: Priests 03/07/08, 12:08 PM
Replies: 1,401
Views: 809,692
Posted By Amonra
Against that however, the more haste you have,...

Against that however, the more haste you have, the better +dmg becomes (relatively speaking). So the +14 dmg 2% int would be worth comparatively more.

I'm not sure which effect would be bigger, but...
Forum: Player vs. Player 03/07/08, 9:46 AM
Replies: 304
Views: 51,342
Posted By Amonra
Actually I would argue that Blizzard have the...

Actually I would argue that Blizzard have the right approach.

If you pick a dog, then you have a 700/4m chance to get a great jumper = 0.0175%

If you pick a cat then you have a 300/1m chance to get...
Forum: Priests 03/06/08, 11:25 AM
Replies: 1,401
Views: 809,692
Posted By Amonra
Um, 2% int is more like 5 int. You would need...

Um, 2% int is more like 5 int. You would need 2500 int for it to be worth 50 int. Basically this effect adds practically nothing to our dps.

I agree with you that the MSD is still likely to be the...
Forum: Priests 03/06/08, 6:02 AM
Replies: 1,401
Views: 809,692
Posted By Amonra
I like these graphs - nice and easy to...

I like these graphs - nice and easy to understand!

I would be interested to see what the effect of adding 250 damage and 250 haste would be (increasing by adding 1 point of damage and haste at the...
Forum: Priests 03/05/08, 8:49 AM
Replies: 1,401
Views: 809,692
Posted By Amonra
That's not quite right - based on the formula...

That's not quite right - based on the formula every point of haste should add as much dps as the last.

The percentage increase in dps will get smaller each time, but that's the case with spell...
Forum: Player vs. Player 02/26/08, 7:53 AM
Replies: 138
Views: 17,153
Posted By Amonra
Except your system wouldn't rewards players for...

Except your system wouldn't rewards players for playing 'right', it rewards them for close games. To my mind, playing 'right' means that your team plays to the best of its ability to achieve a win...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/21/08, 9:14 AM
Replies: 72
Views: 12,476
Posted By Amonra
Loot council has problems too. You can have the...

Loot council has problems too. You can have the most scrupulously fair loot officers possible and they will still need to make controversial decisions from time to time.

A while back our guild had...
Forum: Player vs. Player 02/06/08, 10:33 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 9,647
Posted By Amonra
Unless the queues are very long, what would be...

Unless the queues are very long, what would be the point of not capping the fifth node? Sure you can farm kills, but equally well you can win the game almost immediately (with a 5 cap) and get...
Forum: Player vs. Player 02/06/08, 10:06 AM
Replies: 885
Views: 107,095
Posted By Amonra
Sorry, but your argument makes no sense. If...

Sorry, but your argument makes no sense. If nobody is defending, then there are no strong points in the game. Unless a lot of the horde suffer from vertigo, then its not realistic to suggest that...
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