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Forum: Mages 05/07/10, 4:38 AM
Replies: 97
Views: 238,734
Posted By MyrddinE
Either. There is no reason to turn off Autocast...

Either. There is no reason to turn off Autocast however (which is important when you have periods of running and not pressing your attack buttons). However, a cast waterbolt macro on your main nukes...
Forum: Mages 04/21/10, 4:32 AM
Replies: 97
Views: 238,734
Posted By MyrddinE
At what point (number of targets) does Brain...

At what point (number of targets) does Brain Freeze/Blizzard become higher DPS than straight Blizzard (assuming 2pT10). The 12% haste on the blizzard is a notable improvement, but I'm uncertain if...
Forum: Mages 04/21/10, 4:29 AM
Replies: 97
Views: 238,734
Posted By MyrddinE
It is not a wise idea to assume that everything...

It is not a wise idea to assume that everything will stay the same in Cataclysm except what they've told us. A more reasonable belief is that Winter's Chill will be changed in more than one way... 5%...
Forum: Mages 10/14/09, 2:33 PM
Replies: 5,355
Views: 3,113,317
Posted By MyrddinE
FFB spam would need to be more than 12% higher...

FFB spam would need to be more than 12% higher DPS than FrB spam to make up for the loss of TtW. However, with crit chances in the 75+ range, it's quite possible that a 0/20/51 build might outdo a...
Forum: Mages 10/14/09, 1:06 PM
Replies: 5,355
Views: 3,113,317
Posted By MyrddinE
The change to Water Elemental is very welcome,...

The change to Water Elemental is very welcome, and I'm happy to see frost get a nice buff. A spectacular buff really, considering the changes to pet scaling as well.

However, you cannot in good...
Forum: Mages 07/07/09, 5:19 PM
Replies: 205
Views: 125,588
Posted By MyrddinE
Aye, but that was, in theory, going to be...

Aye, but that was, in theory, going to be addressed by the 3.1 Ice Lance glyph. Whatever designer created that glyph, which was obviously intended for FoF/IL combos in PvE, was not aware that ILx4...
Forum: The Dung Heap 07/07/09, 3:26 PM
Replies: 30,103
Views: 1,886,042
Posted By MyrddinE
I liked the Q&A. Mostly because I take the long...

I liked the Q&A. Mostly because I take the long view... in the short term, my preferred spec sucks. But I'm confident that, long term, it'll all balance out. So why worry? I'm having some fun...
Forum: Mages 06/18/09, 12:36 PM
Replies: 967
Views: 403,193
Posted By MyrddinE
A possibility would be to change the talent so...

A possibility would be to change the talent so that the pet summon spell summons the pet for double the time, but with the same cooldown... you then have a pet that you'll only get back when its...
Forum: Mages 06/17/09, 9:15 PM
Replies: 967
Views: 403,193
Posted By MyrddinE
I like Frost because I enjoy taking care of a pet...

I like Frost because I enjoy taking care of a pet in fights requiring movement (yes, I went there... I LIKE working to keep my pet alive). I enjoy bringing mana utility to a raid. I enjoy the...
Forum: Mages 06/16/09, 4:51 PM
Replies: 1,672
Views: 1,153,539
Posted By MyrddinE
It doesn't know it's allowed to use the 32sp JC...

It doesn't know it's allowed to use the 32sp JC gem. Go to Edit Gem Configurations, and turn on the JC gem sets.
Forum: Mages 05/19/09, 3:56 PM
Replies: 527
Views: 950,363
Posted By MyrddinE
I use Grid and Decursive as well. While I do...

I use Grid and Decursive as well. While I do spend the time configuring Grid for many individual debuffs on my healer, I appreciate the no-alteration-necessary approach of Decursive. It just works,...
Forum: Mages 05/07/09, 3:04 PM
Replies: 967
Views: 403,193
Posted By MyrddinE
Changing replenishment for mages to buff a...

Changing replenishment for mages to buff a smaller number of people would be a BUFF at the moment. Due to how often our relenishment procs (every ~2 seconds, where other classes that provide...
Forum: Mages 04/30/09, 3:18 PM
Replies: 1,603
Views: 1,598,965
Posted By MyrddinE
I haven't gotten that far, so that subtlety was...

I haven't gotten that far, so that subtlety was lost on me.
Forum: Mages 04/30/09, 1:57 PM
Replies: 1,603
Views: 1,598,965
Posted By MyrddinE
Being shot on top of Flame Leviathan. Razorscale...

Being shot on top of Flame Leviathan.

Razorscale takes no damage in the air. Only damage done while he's on the ground matters. The trash is relatively unimportant.

The buffs from the NPCs in...
Forum: Mages 04/30/09, 12:58 PM
Replies: 1,603
Views: 1,598,965
Posted By MyrddinE
Why bother going to hard mode? Many of Ulduar's...

Why bother going to hard mode? Many of Ulduar's bosses have 'vulnerable' modes... things where you have a short period of time to do extra damage to the boss. Double damage, 50% more damage,...
Forum: Mages 04/22/09, 5:54 PM
Replies: 967
Views: 403,193
Posted By MyrddinE
Not at all. Just take that spec to a Naxx run....

Not at all. Just take that spec to a Naxx run. For most guilds, Naxx is on Farm... people can AFK randomly, bring any alt they like, try achievements for fun, etc. Losing a tiny bit of replenishment...
Forum: Mages 04/20/09, 1:56 PM
Replies: 967
Views: 403,193
Posted By MyrddinE
Replenishment Bug

These results seem to point to a bug in replenishment that only affects ungrouped mages... that's a pretty minor thing overall... if I can't get full replenishment when soloing, I don't think I'll be...
Forum: Mages 04/13/09, 12:35 PM
Replies: 1,603
Views: 1,598,965
Posted By MyrddinE
I'm not sure this is the best advice. 50dps is a...

I'm not sure this is the best advice. 50dps is a pretty small increase to completely abandon a tradeskill for. She obviously is not a crazy serious raider, so advising her to dump a tradeskill for a...
Forum: Mages 04/08/09, 7:19 PM
Replies: 1,672
Views: 1,153,539
Posted By MyrddinE
I don't think you can do a method where you just...

I don't think you can do a method where you just 'set leftover points'. The issue is that unlocking later tiers requires minimum investments... if you have a strong DPS talent next to a strong...
Forum: Mages 04/06/09, 5:42 PM
Replies: 1,672
Views: 1,153,539
Posted By MyrddinE
Here's a question Kavan... do you model obscure...

Here's a question Kavan... do you model obscure talents, such as (for example) the mana return from resisted frost spells with Frost Warding (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=28332)? Do you model the...
Forum: Mages 04/01/09, 6:26 PM
Replies: 967
Views: 403,193
Posted By MyrddinE
Now you just want to freeze. With the altered...

Now you just want to freeze. With the altered version it would function differently. This would be an improvement in several ways; it would prevent vanish and eating for a moderate period. It would...
Forum: Mages 03/20/09, 4:20 PM
Replies: 967
Views: 403,193
Posted By MyrddinE
I fail to see how Ice Lance is even a significant...

I fail to see how Ice Lance is even a significant factor in making Frost 'uber leveling'. Because leveling in Frost is all about AoE. Our blizzard is crazy powerful... for example, the herds of...
Forum: Death Knights 03/18/09, 4:42 PM
Replies: 120
Views: 707,112
Posted By MyrddinE
I don't see a mention about rune recoils and the...

I don't see a mention about rune recoils and the 2 second leeway (http://elitistjerks.com/f72/t38659-blood_dps_app_stn_dont_stop_diseasin_feat_runic_power_mastery_mp3/p43/#post1096954) runes have to...
Forum: Priests 03/17/09, 3:23 PM
Replies: 801
Views: 287,558
Posted By MyrddinE
Then you haven't looked at mages recently....

Then you haven't looked at mages recently. Torment of the Weak is a 3 point talent in Arcane that gives a flat 12% dps boost under almost all conditions. It was added in 3.0, and buffed in 3.0.8 to...
Forum: Death Knights 03/10/09, 1:03 PM
Replies: 2,880
Views: 1,257,890
Posted By MyrddinE
Is there a mod that will turn abilities that...

Is there a mod that will turn abilities that require a Death rune to activate purple?

Specifically, I'd like to know when I'm about to burn death runes on an ability, but I don't think it should be...
Forum: Mages 03/09/09, 7:16 PM
Replies: 1,700
Views: 541,109
Posted By MyrddinE
You're right, I'm an idiot. I saw what I thought...

You're right, I'm an idiot. I saw what I thought was an obviously wrong statement (because I was reading end to front, rather than front to end), and replied without checking.

On a slightly related...
Forum: Mages 03/09/09, 5:56 PM
Replies: 1,700
Views: 541,109
Posted By MyrddinE
Heroism at the start is easier to manage (as far...

Heroism at the start is easier to manage (as far as having all your cooldowns active at once), but heroism below 35% is a larger increase because you get the multiplicative effect of stacking...
Forum: Mages 03/04/09, 1:15 PM
Replies: 967
Views: 403,193
Posted By MyrddinE
If I understand correctly, Frost needs about a...

If I understand correctly, Frost needs about a 10% boost in DPS to become competetive in a raid setting. 10% would not get it so it matches Fire or Arcane, but close enough to not be a reason to...
Forum: Hunters 02/07/09, 1:17 PM
Replies: 1,974
Views: 880,865
Posted By MyrddinE
For a player that is determined to stay...

For a player that is determined to stay Beastmaster (my mother), and is just beginning to raid (Vault & OS tonight), what's the current best dps spec for her? I know that hunters changed in 3.0.8,...
Forum: Mages 02/05/09, 3:43 PM
Replies: 887
Views: 299,093
Posted By MyrddinE
And the description I listed does require good...

And the description I listed does require good play on the part of the mage. The important point being that decisions on what to cast next are every 30 to 60 seconds (ignoring Brain Freeze procs),...
Forum: Mages 02/05/09, 2:15 PM
Replies: 887
Views: 299,093
Posted By MyrddinE
I'm kind of disturbed at all the people saying...

I'm kind of disturbed at all the people saying Frost needs to become more complicated. Remember that the readers and posters of EJ are not typical... you are not mainstream, by definition and by...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 02/04/09, 8:57 PM
Replies: 5,688
Views: 1,067,237
Posted By MyrddinE
That's not the Yeti's health. That's the damage...

That's not the Yeti's health. That's the damage number from the hunter's auto-shot floating up. You can see on the scrolling combat text in the lower right that the hunter just fired a 53 point...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 02/04/09, 5:57 PM
Replies: 5,688
Views: 1,067,237
Posted By MyrddinE
I'm looking for a mod that lets me write walls of...

I'm looking for a mod that lets me write walls of text to spam at players in a raid. Specifically, I'd like to write up 'role strategies'... boss strategies separated by roll, with only the...
Forum: Mages 11/29/08, 10:27 AM
Replies: 2,838
Views: 1,235,419
Posted By MyrddinE
If I use a Glyph of Frostbolt to up my frost spec...

If I use a Glyph of Frostbolt to up my frost spec raid damage, does Frostfire Bolt still keep its snare effect for those times I'm out doing dailies? I'd like to have my cake and eat it too.
Forum: Mages 11/28/08, 2:32 PM
Replies: 2,838
Views: 1,235,419
Posted By MyrddinE
Is there any trinket better than Illustration of...

Is there any trinket better than Illustration of the Dragon Soul for plain DPS? Does using a +800ish spellpower trinket on a 2 minute timer (when stacked with haste cooldowns) work out better than...
Forum: Mages 11/11/08, 3:57 PM
Replies: 5,355
Views: 3,113,317
Posted By MyrddinE
I think the confusion here is that Haste is a...

I think the confusion here is that Haste is a pure multiplicative factor. If your normal damage would be 10% higher with haste, then your Brain Freeze damage will be 10% higher with haste. The amount...
Forum: Class Mechanics 06/24/08, 7:19 PM
Replies: 4,786
Views: 768,975
Posted By MyrddinE
I'd have to respectfully disagree. While there...

I'd have to respectfully disagree. While there have been notable exceptions, I think Blizzard has done a remarkable job of keeping the classes within a very tight value grouping. Other than the...
Forum: Class Mechanics 06/12/08, 6:50 PM
Replies: 4,786
Views: 768,975
Posted By MyrddinE
Ok, this is really bugging me. Do people really...

Ok, this is really bugging me. Do people really think that Arcane is doing literally 1/4 less damage than other specs? That's bullshit. Arcane does not equal fire damage, but the difference is more...
Forum: Class Mechanics 06/12/08, 1:54 PM
Replies: 4,786
Views: 768,975
Posted By MyrddinE
I saw this problem too, but here's what I suspect...

I saw this problem too, but here's what I suspect the answer is: we're going to have a notably higher int/spirit, and that will bleed over into our pets. So at level 80, moderately geared, I suspect...
Forum: Class Mechanics 06/11/08, 6:25 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 14,076
Posted By MyrddinE
Also note that unlike some people, i'm not...

Also note that unlike some people, i'm not looking to find the theoretical maximum DPS possible for a mage. Which gear is the absolute best isn't really a priority for me. Instead, I'm looking to...
Forum: Class Mechanics 06/10/08, 1:57 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 14,076
Posted By MyrddinE
I included Heroism because it's a core mechanic...

I included Heroism because it's a core mechanic of high end raiding. Stacking Heroism + Icy Veins + etc when the boss is at 20% is such a powerful mechanic that raids will go to a lot of effort to...
Forum: Class Mechanics 06/09/08, 6:40 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 14,076
Posted By MyrddinE
Aww crap... now I see what you mean. The base...

Aww crap... now I see what you mean. The base stats are not included at ALL... as in, no gear means 0 int. Well shit.

In that case, which race do you believe has the worst racial ability, or one...
Forum: Class Mechanics 06/09/08, 6:33 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 14,076
Posted By MyrddinE
That was deliberate, though I forgot to mention...

That was deliberate, though I forgot to mention it. Some races have int bonuses, some spirit, some have haste buffs... I didn't want to tie the computation to any particular mage build, so I removed...
Forum: Class Mechanics 06/09/08, 3:53 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 14,076
Posted By MyrddinE
[Mage] Rawr Spec Shootout

So I just burnt three or four weeks of time (mostly while goofing off at work) running hundreds of tests with Rawr to see which Mage spec beats all.

I initially started this test to prove that Frost...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/18/08, 6:00 PM
Replies: 2,725
Views: 706,414
Posted By MyrddinE
Example Model

I've looked over the code, and built a working copy from the cvs (yay CSExpress!). But where I'm getting lost is in finding the hooks to use to build a model.

The problem is that each model is built...
Forum: Hunters 05/06/08, 1:32 PM
Replies: 608
Views: 1,011,168
Posted By MyrddinE
Where is the invisible cast time?

So autoshot has an invisible 0.5s castbar... where is that attached? I mean, is the .5s just before the start of the next autoshot? Does it delay the end of the autoshot? I'm a bit puzzled by the...
Forum: Class Mechanics 04/28/08, 4:08 AM
Replies: 550
Views: 274,488
Posted By MyrddinE
The beta spreadsheet appears to be missing Prayer...

The beta spreadsheet appears to be missing Prayer of Spirit & Improved Prayer of Spirit.
Forum: Class Mechanics 04/18/08, 5:19 PM
Replies: 729
Views: 218,017
Posted By MyrddinE
That is true, I do move around frequently. I...

That is true, I do move around frequently. I specified 100% DPS uptime because Rawr has a bug with idle time... it assumes all idle time is in one huge chunk, which gives very skewed regen amounts....
Forum: Class Mechanics 04/18/08, 4:18 PM
Replies: 729
Views: 218,017
Posted By MyrddinE
I'd rather spec for the worst case than spec for...

I'd rather spec for the worst case than spec for the best case. The worst case is that we've lost half our DPS and are fighting to kill the boss before it enrages... I want my contribution to that...
Forum: Class Mechanics 04/18/08, 3:34 AM
Replies: 729
Views: 218,017
Posted By MyrddinE
I do appreciate the offer Austin, thank you. As...

I do appreciate the offer Austin, thank you. As far as the belt... I'll get it sometime, but that's a hell of a lot of effort for 20dps (the difference between a belt of blasting and the badge belt)....
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