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Forum: Shamans 03/17/10, 8:11 PM
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Posted By Agash
I think you are oversimplifying. Whilst it is...

I think you are oversimplifying. Whilst it is true that an increase in haste will never be detrimental to any spell taken in isolation (such as FS in this case), this does not mean that is won't have...
Forum: Shamans 01/30/10, 7:10 AM
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Posted By Agash
You can't work it out like that. If we assume a...

You can't work it out like that. If we assume a base 1.5sec LB cast then we get the following cast times:

Base: 1.5s
EM: 1.304s
Bes: 1.25s
EM & Bes: 1.087s

So calculating the LB casts in each of...
Forum: Shamans 01/27/10, 6:24 PM
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Posted By Agash
Zamir has since revised his estimation (just 5...

Zamir has since revised his estimation (just 5 posts above yours) and under his latest model, EM is potentially coming out better than ToW under BiS conditions. I need to see how he has come to that...
Forum: Shamans 01/13/10, 1:38 PM
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Posted By Agash
There are a few problems with your calcs I think....

There are a few problems with your calcs I think. The first is that you havn't allowed for the GCD from the initial FS which by itself nearly pushes your 6th LvB off the table, the second being that...
Forum: Shamans 01/12/10, 6:27 PM
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Posted By Agash
Of course. The '20 yard caster' comment was a...

Of course. The '20 yard caster' comment was a reference to the range of searing totem. That combined with the 25 yard range on FrS turns us into the shortest range caster in game at the moment. This...
Forum: Shamans 01/12/10, 4:56 PM
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Posted By Agash
My numbers are showing an extra 3 LvBs per FS at...

My numbers are showing an extra 3 LvBs per FS at around 850 base haste rating which gives a resultant DPS increase of about 185. Nothing spectacular on the face of things but possibly worth a little...
Forum: Shamans 01/06/10, 7:01 PM
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Posted By Agash
It's from personal experience and hearing others...

It's from personal experience and hearing others saying the same. It appears that the more lines in a macro the longer the lag is so you might be ok with a simple 2 liner. But try it out on a target...
Forum: Shamans 01/06/10, 10:15 AM
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Posted By Agash
To hit the GCD cap (fully raid buffed) you need...

To hit the GCD cap (fully raid buffed) you need 1-(1.5/1.05/1.03)=38.696% from haste rating = 1269 haste. So my number was a little out but not by much and it is certainly nowhere near 1640.
Forum: Shamans 01/06/10, 6:45 AM
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Posted By Agash
The quick answer is that no, your guild is wrong....

The quick answer is that no, your guild is wrong. With the soft cap (the point where your GCD, LvB and CL) no longer gain from haste being at 1260 haste rating and you running at 909+200 = 1109 then...
Forum: Shamans 01/04/10, 7:29 PM
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Posted By Agash
When you decide to counter someone's arguement...

When you decide to counter someone's arguement with numbers, you need to be able back up those numbers rather than calling them 'pickiy' if they provide numbers that disagree with yours. The original...
Forum: Shamans 01/01/10, 12:15 PM
Replies: 589
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Posted By Agash
Don't get me wrong, getting at or near hit cap is...

Don't get me wrong, getting at or near hit cap is important but I don't regard 2 hit rating under balanced against an 11 SP gain to be a good trade. Missing 3 flame shocks in a row with a 0,05% miss...
Forum: Shamans 12/31/09, 8:03 PM
Replies: 589
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Posted By Agash
Whilst I understand the point you are trying to...

Whilst I understand the point you are trying to make, you can't conveniently forget that for every fight where you lose that 50 DPS due to the miss, 9 fights go by where there were no misses at all...
Forum: Shamans 12/25/09, 6:18 AM
Replies: 677
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Posted By Agash
To my knowledge, there is not a class in the game...

To my knowledge, there is not a class in the game that can do 7k DPS per mob in an AoE situation so your calcs are a bit off - you can't take their single target damage and then compare it to Magma's...
Forum: Shamans 12/23/09, 11:18 AM
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Posted By Agash
You're right. I'm not sure what I was thinking...

You're right. I'm not sure what I was thinking when I wrote that. However, in most cases, moving certainly does reduce your effective DPS as we should still have a DoT ticking.
Forum: Shamans 12/23/09, 6:23 AM
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Posted By Agash
If we assign DPS values of 1.8 for SP and haste...

If we assign DPS values of 1.8 for SP and haste and 1.0 for crit, the staff works out at a loss of 156 DPS. This means you would need to have the staff proc (using your damage numbers) once every 141...
Forum: Shamans 12/18/09, 4:55 AM
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Posted By Agash
I just checked a recent combat logs and see...

I just checked a recent combat logs and see Searing averageing 1303 damage per tick = 651.5 DPS and my Fire Elemental doing 135401 in a 1m56s fight = 1167 DPS. It is a small sample over just one raid...
Forum: Shamans 12/17/09, 6:24 AM
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Posted By Agash
Nothing 'falls apart' once we stop moving - we...

Nothing 'falls apart' once we stop moving - we just get the lesser benefit of, what on the face of it, is a sub par set bonus. We have got in the habit over the years of trusting our simulations and...
Forum: Shamans 12/16/09, 8:11 AM
Replies: 677
Views: 587,588
Posted By Agash
I'm working off my laptop at the moment and don't...

I'm working off my laptop at the moment and don't have the DPS numbers for the fire totems at hand. But if we say for the sake of arguement that Searing does 500 DPS and your Fire Elemental does 1000...
Forum: Shamans 12/16/09, 4:21 AM
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Posted By Agash
You will gain benefit from this in any fight...

You will gain benefit from this in any fight where movement reduces your number of casts. There will never be a time when you increase the number of LBs between LvBs but there will be many times when...
Forum: Shamans 12/14/09, 6:39 PM
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Posted By Agash
Go and examine some combat logs of a static fight...

Go and examine some combat logs of a static fight and compare them to mobile one. Personally my LB:LvB ratios decrease from about 5.5:1 down to 4.5:1 or even lower as the mobility required increases....
Forum: Shamans 12/08/09, 7:02 PM
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Views: 587,588
Posted By Agash
It is a 250 Haste proc lasting 10 secs with a 50%...

It is a 250 Haste proc lasting 10 secs with a 50% chance and an internal CD of 35 secs. Whether this is more beneficial than a constant +63SP depends on several factors. Let's assume that due to the...
Forum: Shamans 12/05/09, 10:22 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 248,118
Posted By Agash
Unfortunately I don't have any source other than...

Unfortunately I don't have any source other than Tufy's explanation (on WoW-Europe) that it is the case which is why I phrased it using 'I believe' and 'my understanding' rather than anything more...
Forum: Shamans 12/05/09, 4:30 AM
Replies: 154
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Posted By Agash
The way you have written that leads to a slight...

The way you have written that leads to a slight concern. My understanding is that the damage multipliers are added at different stages of the calc and therefore it doesn't work out the same as a...
Forum: Shamans 12/05/09, 4:03 AM
Replies: 677
Views: 587,588
Posted By Agash
No, that haste calc is off. The calculation...

No, that haste calc is off. The calculation should be:

Haste rating = X
Raid Contribution = 8%
Haste Rating per 1%: 32,79

Final Cast Time = Cast time/(1+X/32.79+0.08)

FCT with EM = Cast...
Forum: Shamans 12/01/09, 3:48 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 248,118
Posted By Agash
Just a couple of thoughts on these particular...

Just a couple of thoughts on these particular issues for you. I have noticed that you use a flat 100% uptime for Electrifying Wind. I've been running a few calcs on it lately and, whilst the figures...
Forum: Shamans 11/18/09, 7:34 PM
Replies: 677
Views: 587,588
Posted By Agash
Did you take into consideration that the effect...

Did you take into consideration that the effect of haste is calculated at the start of spell cast and the effect of crit at the completion of cast? Assuming an average cast time of 1.2 secs, this...
Forum: Shamans 10/09/09, 4:28 AM
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Views: 587,588
Posted By Agash
I think this neglects how those CDs effect the...

I think this neglects how those CDs effect the ensuing FS cycles. Assuming a 6 minute fight with the following times between casts:

Pre 3.3 : FS 18 secs, LvB 9.2 secs (ignoring the T9 FS bonus for...
Forum: Shamans 10/08/09, 7:06 PM
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Posted By Agash
With the better scaling of LB, it is likely that...

With the better scaling of LB, it is likely that by the time we have T10, the difference between LB and CL will be fairly low. Even now substituting the partial LB instead of the CL might take that...
Forum: Shamans 10/08/09, 4:39 PM
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Posted By Agash
Sure it will give more LvBs but it will also...

Sure it will give more LvBs but it will also result in less CL/LB casts. Essentially, every minute you will replace one CL with a LvB which will equate to roughly a 83 DPS increase (assuming LvB...
Forum: Shamans 09/25/09, 5:27 PM
Replies: 381
Views: 295,569
Posted By Agash
Almost right, but the LO only does 50% of the...

Almost right, but the LO only does 50% of the damage of the main spell. So very roughly it's 22% x 50% = 11% extra damage against 25% faster cast (33% more casts/sec) - no contest. In practice, CL...
Forum: Shamans 09/25/09, 7:10 AM
Replies: 381
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Posted By Agash
The exact percentage proc for LO on CL is...

The exact percentage proc for LO on CL is uncertain. Essentially there are 2 trains of though - either it procs 33%/3 = 11% of the time (which would make it proc 30% of the time on triple hits) or it...
Forum: Shamans 09/23/09, 5:59 AM
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Posted By Agash
Taking my equivalent stat values from RAWR, I get...

Taking my equivalent stat values from RAWR, I get SP - 1.61, Haste - 1.27 & Crit - 1.00. So Crit is more comparable to haste in it's rating than to MP5 yet nobody says that crit is a comparable stat...
Forum: Shamans 09/23/09, 5:47 AM
Replies: 153
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Posted By Agash
It is a tricky balance we will need to strike....

It is a tricky balance we will need to strike. MP5/Int will indeed enable us to maintain a higher DPS rotation for longer and as such will have a 'DPS value' to them which they wouldn't have had...
Forum: Shamans 09/22/09, 8:52 AM
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Posted By Agash
Crit is a little higher than that I believe - but...

Crit is a little higher than that I believe - but also remember that the value of crit itself will now also increase due to the mana cost reduction that it provides. Also remeber that in terms of...
Forum: Shamans 09/22/09, 6:56 AM
Replies: 381
Views: 295,569
Posted By Agash
No - do not use CL during BL as you will be well...

No - do not use CL during BL as you will be well under the GCD cap.

Regarding MP5, it certainly has some value, albeit low. If we look at a ring with 25 MP5 plus swapping our blue gems from SP/Stam...
Forum: Shamans 09/21/09, 4:12 AM
Replies: 381
Views: 295,569
Posted By Agash
Oooh - I like games! For me the preference is...

Oooh - I like games!

For me the preference is CL after LvB. 3 simple reasons - It's easier, it cost less mana and due to my haste rating, using 2 CLs between LvBs leaves me 0.24 secs (minus latency...
Forum: Shamans 09/17/09, 5:37 PM
Replies: 153
Views: 79,592
Posted By Agash
I couldn't give a definate answer on this but it...

I couldn't give a definate answer on this but it appears to me that the range given for LvB damage cannot include the +10% damage for CC as the damage range is less than 10%. If you add 10 % to the...
Forum: Shamans 09/14/09, 10:57 AM
Replies: 381
Views: 295,569
Posted By Agash
It strikes me that the intention isn't...

It strikes me that the intention isn't necessarily to bring CL back into our rotation as standard (the mana cost is a bit high for that) but to give us an extra gear we can shift up when we need to -...
Forum: Shamans 09/13/09, 1:29 PM
Replies: 381
Views: 295,569
Posted By Agash
You are of course right that the better scaling...

You are of course right that the better scaling will increase the SP threshold at which point the glyph change should be made. However, also remember that that figure is based upon a Patchwerk style...
Forum: Shamans 08/17/09, 10:45 AM
Replies: 589
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Posted By Agash
The totem increases your haste by about 6% so you...

The totem increases your haste by about 6% so you should see roughly 7 extra casts in 3 mins so there might have been something wrong with your test method - recount does not differentiate between LB...
Forum: Shamans 08/14/09, 10:02 AM
Replies: 381
Views: 295,569
Posted By Agash
There is no point where haste has no effect at...

There is no point where haste has no effect at all - even if you fail to increase the number of LBs you use as fillers, you are still increasing the DPSC of your LvB and FS which account for about...
Forum: Shamans 07/30/09, 3:27 PM
Replies: 153
Views: 79,592
Posted By Agash
I know wowwiki isn't the one of the best sources...

I know wowwiki isn't the one of the best sources available but in this case it seems to reflect pretty much the way I think "Lightning Capacitor style" trinkets work together with some equations that...
Forum: Shamans 07/20/09, 6:40 AM
Replies: 381
Views: 295,569
Posted By Agash
You can easily see how the ratio would vary...

You can easily see how the ratio would vary depending upon the mobility of the fight. For Thunderfall to be better, you would need to get the ratio to 1:1, or in other words, reduce the number of LBs...
Forum: Shamans 07/17/09, 10:07 AM
Replies: 1,170
Views: 479,603
Posted By Agash
The target dummy you were hitting was on 1 health...

The target dummy you were hitting was on 1 health and this meant that your electrified ticks have only shown up as an average of 1 damage for 37 ticks. Those ticks would have been about 270 on a...
Forum: Shamans 07/14/09, 5:15 AM
Replies: 1,170
Views: 479,603
Posted By Agash
Whilst this was certainly true in 3.0, in 3.1,...

Whilst this was certainly true in 3.0, in 3.1, with the buff to LO, the exchange of the T7 4pc with the T8 4 pc bonus and the advent of the ToW Glyph as the glyph of choice over the Glyph of Lava,...
Forum: Shamans 07/11/09, 9:06 PM
Replies: 381
Views: 295,569
Posted By Agash
I don't think there is the same aversion to haste...

I don't think there is the same aversion to haste procs as there was during Naxx. There, there was a very clear reason for it and that was because, due to the stat levels and set bonuses at the time,...
Forum: Shamans 07/11/09, 6:59 PM
Replies: 381
Views: 295,569
Posted By Agash
There is no haste cap, soft or otherwise, just...

There is no haste cap, soft or otherwise, just some weird fixation that some shaman have for fitting in 5 LBs in the first half of their rotation irrespective of what it does to the second half and...
Forum: Shamans 07/10/09, 9:13 PM
Replies: 1,170
Views: 479,603
Posted By Agash
The difference is actually greater than your...

The difference is actually greater than your numbers indicate as the Wild Magic bonus applies for less than 15 secs as spell effect is calculated on cast completion so the effect only applies to...
Forum: The Dung Heap 07/02/09, 2:49 PM
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Posted By Agash
Use of CL is entirely dependant upon gear level...

Use of CL is entirely dependant upon gear level (haste, SP, set bonuses etc). As your profile links to a level 72 hunter we don't have the information to help you.
Forum: Shamans 05/17/09, 6:32 PM
Replies: 1,170
Views: 479,603
Posted By Agash
I think you are probably underestimating the...

I think you are probably underestimating the mages crit talents. They have a straight +12% crit on fireball plus 6% from arcane focus (assuming they are casting it on each other) plus combustion plus...
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