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Forum: Monks 01/15/13, 4:43 AM
Replies: 550
Views: 302,439
Posted By urotas
If the bug still exists when 5.2 goes live, we...

If the bug still exists when 5.2 goes live, we might also consider running "/cancelaura Combo Breaker: Tiger Palm" macros on Blackout Kick, RSK and FoF. You can do that right now, but it may not be...
Forum: Monks 01/13/13, 7:27 AM
Replies: 550
Views: 302,439
Posted By urotas
CB: Tiger Palm still bugs Tigereye Brew...

CB: Tiger Palm still bugs Tigereye Brew generation for all your other moves. On the PTR with CB: Tiger Palm active, it takes 3 Blackout Kicks, RSK or FoF to get 1 TEB charge. On live it takes 4...
Forum: Death Knights 05/12/10, 10:02 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,634,894
Posted By urotas
One thing you could look at is whether...

One thing you could look at is whether Vindication or equivalent is always active on the boss while you are tanking. Other tanks can apply an ap debuff themselves, but you need someone else in the...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/06/10, 6:47 AM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,449,596
Posted By urotas
There is a new spell called Icecrown's Chill...

There is a new spell called Icecrown's Chill (http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/77813/icecrowns-chill/), which seems to indicate some help coming from Icecrown to fight Ragnaros. Perhaps Fire Marrowgar...
Forum: Death Knights 03/07/10, 9:48 PM
Replies: 3,498
Views: 6,211,771
Posted By urotas
It's worth considering that duplicate buffs do...

It's worth considering that duplicate buffs do have some worth in many encounters. For example you could put an Unholy Death Knight on both sides of Deathwhisper or Valithria heroic to get the...
Forum: The Dung Heap 01/13/10, 7:58 PM
Replies: 30,098
Views: 1,874,374
Posted By urotas
This is merely speculation, but there is also a...

This is merely speculation, but there is also a possibility of it being both a timed mechanic and a health based mechanic. The mechanic of the spawnrate could speed up with time, but change to it's...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/11/10, 8:20 AM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,449,596
Posted By urotas
You can also collect souls from Alliance (or...

You can also collect souls from Alliance (or Horde) soldiers during the Gunship Battle and it's trash, so it's not only souls from the undead.
Forum: Public Discussion 12/18/09, 6:56 AM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,449,596
Posted By urotas
An interesting option might be for Nefarian to...

An interesting option might be for Nefarian to return as a magma wyrm. In the Dragonblight questchain for the Black Dragonflight we find out that the Scourge is resurrecting black dragons as magma...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/04/09, 6:43 AM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,449,596
Posted By urotas
I didn't mean people would distrust Bolvar....

I didn't mean people would distrust Bolvar. Rather I could see someone like Varian or Garrosh offering to sacrifice themselves to take up the Crown, and neither faction would trust the other. Bolvar...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/04/09, 6:34 AM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,449,596
Posted By urotas
It seems like the Alliance and the Horde will...

It seems like the Alliance and the Horde will make a temporary peace after the Gunship battle. Whatever happens to spark the war again must happen later in the Icecrown Citadel. Perhaps we co-operate...
Forum: Death Knights 10/29/09, 7:07 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,634,894
Posted By urotas
10-12% or so of that avoidance is miss which...

10-12% or so of that avoidance is miss which doesn't proc rune strike, so it's closer to 40% of rune strikes away on most fights. I am very worried about the effect it has on threat. On a fight like...
Forum: Death Knights 10/25/09, 7:39 AM
Replies: 2,880
Views: 1,257,665
Posted By urotas
If you have some gold to spend, I'd look for...

If you have some gold to spend, I'd look for Tankard of Terror (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=48663) in the auction house. A lot of them dropped during Brewfest, and you can still often find them for...
Forum: Death Knights 10/19/09, 8:16 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,634,894
Posted By urotas
Are you sure Magic Suppression and Bone-Shield...

Are you sure Magic Suppression and Bone-Shield work on the swarm? I haven't tested them myself, but I did test Icebound Fortitude. IBF doesn't do anything to the swarm, so I would be surprised if...
Forum: Death Knights 09/10/09, 8:47 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,634,894
Posted By urotas
That's a misleading way of putting it. Getting an...

That's a misleading way of putting it. Getting an extra 5.7% DR is completely different from taking 5.7% less damage. For example:

Boss hitting for 100k base damage
65.08% DR = 34920 damage...
Forum: Death Knights 09/10/09, 7:27 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,634,894
Posted By urotas
Glyphed UA at 30% extra armor works out to be...

Glyphed UA at 30% extra armor works out to be about 16% less physical damage taken, making it better and longer than Vampiric Blood for most physical damage bosses. The main weakness of frost's...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/22/09, 1:58 PM
Replies: 326
Views: 84,853
Posted By urotas
That seems a bit odd, considering it'll make...

That seems a bit odd, considering it'll make elemental/balance and resto need completely different types of gear again. So either they'll need to have unique loot drops for even more specs, or...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/22/09, 1:32 PM
Replies: 326
Views: 84,853
Posted By urotas
The main problem with caster leather and mail is...

The main problem with caster leather and mail is that the healers don't want hit, and the casters don't want spirit. Mana regeneration isn't a problematic stat anymore, since they removed it. One...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/17/09, 11:06 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,449,596
Posted By urotas
Undermine doesn't necessarily need to be the...

Undermine doesn't necessarily need to be the capital city of the horde race Goblins. If only a single cartel joins the Horde, you could have that cartel's base of operations as the capital city for...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/08/09, 4:08 AM
Replies: 621
Views: 266,396
Posted By urotas
It's not really a big Death Knight buff as such,...

It's not really a big Death Knight buff as such, but rather a small parry buff. All tanking classes will be losing avoidance over this, Death Knights will just lose very slightly less. Sounds like...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/02/09, 6:09 PM
Replies: 816
Views: 317,590
Posted By urotas
We are having some problems with the Disarmed...

We are having some problems with the Disarmed (http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=2953) achievement of all things. We've had Kologarn not give people the achievement in 2 raids in a row now. We get...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/01/09, 8:35 AM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,449,596
Posted By urotas
Garrosh is the leader of the Warsong Offensive...

Garrosh is the leader of the Warsong Offensive and the Horde Expedition on the continent, so it's not surprising he would have chosen leaders loyal to his way of thinking for positions of power in...
Forum: Death Knights 06/30/09, 5:14 PM
Replies: 2,021
Views: 1,495,892
Posted By urotas
Threat of Thassarian has some weird side effects...

Threat of Thassarian has some weird side effects when it comes to missing, being parried or dodged with one of your strikes. The mainhand and offhand attacks on strikes can be parried separately, but...
Forum: Death Knights 06/29/09, 11:35 AM
Replies: 1,423
Views: 2,666,407
Posted By urotas
I can confirm this. It prefers to use the correct...

I can confirm this. It prefers to use the correct rune slot for the used ability when possible, but still uses the normal unholy->frost order when none of the options is of the correct slot. The...
Forum: Death Knights 06/29/09, 10:20 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,634,894
Posted By urotas
You have to remember that you'll end up losing...

You have to remember that you'll end up losing more fully buffed because 10% health affects stuff like Commanding Shout and Flasks, and other tanks will also be switching to 30 stamina gems. Fully...
Forum: Death Knights 06/23/09, 6:03 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,634,894
Posted By urotas
The Scent of Blood change is just a tooltip fix....

The Scent of Blood change is just a tooltip fix. It doesn't have an internal cooldown on Live either.
Forum: Public Discussion 06/23/09, 11:12 AM
Replies: 262
Views: 133,290
Posted By urotas
This may seem obvious, but are you having your...

This may seem obvious, but are you having your healers dps through the stun phase as well? 5-6 healers can contribute quite a bit of dps during the stun phases, and there is usually nothing to heal...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/09/09, 7:00 PM
Replies: 288
Views: 124,598
Posted By urotas
Whether you use a DK or not, kiting will...

Whether you use a DK or not, kiting will significantly reduce the damage taken and the amount of mana your healers need spend on keeping your tank up. Not kiting effectively trades healer mana for...
Forum: Death Knights 05/31/09, 8:21 AM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,427
Posted By urotas
Would having an extra 5000 health be...

Would having an extra 5000 health be insignificant to you too? For considering physical damage having an extra 5000 health is worse than going from 72.29% armor mitigation to 75% mitigation, since...
Forum: Death Knights 05/29/09, 4:27 AM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,427
Posted By urotas
That's not how damage reduction works. You are...

That's not how damage reduction works. You are effectively going from taking 34% damage to taking 37% damage, which is a 8.8% damage increase. For example

Boss hitting for 50k base damage
66% damage...
Forum: Death Knights 05/27/09, 11:02 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,634,894
Posted By urotas
I've found that I generate more threat with PS...

I've found that I generate more threat with PS included in my rotation for single target threat. I'll skip Plague Strike for aoe and short fights, but use it for longer fights. Assuming the following...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/23/09, 7:52 PM
Replies: 1,901
Views: 881,055
Posted By urotas
You actually need 3 slots of the right color in...

You actually need 3 slots of the right color in addition to the belt slot for the gems, as your one Stormjewel will also need the proper color socket. Even though the change is bad for me personally,...
Forum: Death Knights 05/15/09, 12:32 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,634,894
Posted By urotas
It seems the Glyph of Icebound Fortitude will be...

It seems the Glyph of Icebound Fortitude will be hotfixed in the near future, and will become useless for tanking. Blue post (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=17163477544&sid=1)
Forum: Death Knights 05/09/09, 6:45 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,634,894
Posted By urotas
If you are having problems with getting enough...

If you are having problems with getting enough healing, then it could be worth it to re-consider kiting. While you can tank the Surge of Darkness, it will make things harder for the healers...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/07/09, 6:50 AM
Replies: 236
Views: 101,662
Posted By urotas
While we can't know for sure, effects like these...

While we can't know for sure, effects like these usually refresh the shield duration when the shield itself is refreshed. This will produce far longer shields than 8 seconds on the raid especially...
Forum: Death Knights 05/04/09, 7:24 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,427
Posted By urotas
I would recommend trying out Hysteria for any...

I would recommend trying out Hysteria for any blood tanks who are currently tanking without it. As a threat tool it's amazing when you need it on fights such as Hodir and Vezax, and it's handy for...
Forum: Death Knights 04/28/09, 5:30 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 162,449
Posted By urotas
AotD is very useful on Mimiron to take care of...

AotD is very useful on Mimiron to take care of the first few assault bots. All death knights in the raid can summon them a bit before the first one is spawning, and you can quickly take down 2 for...
Forum: Death Knights 04/20/09, 4:13 AM
Replies: 2,880
Views: 1,257,665
Posted By urotas
Has there been any testing on which bosses in...

Has there been any testing on which bosses in Ulduar have parry haste disabled? I was tanking Auriaya on 25-man, and she decided to hit me 4 times in about 1-1.5 seconds. With a few people dead and a...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/17/09, 8:34 AM
Replies: 793
Views: 192,834
Posted By urotas
I'm trying to make a macro that would cast a...

I'm trying to make a macro that would cast a spell on my target, and send a whisper to that target if the spell was cast succesfully. Is there any way to do this? Right now I have a macro like...
Forum: Death Knights 04/04/09, 6:07 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 58,245
Posted By urotas
I don't have any additional proof, but WoWhead...

I don't have any additional proof, but WoWhead hasn't updated any of the other strength items to their new stats either. If you look at Sif's Promise (http://ptr.wowhead.com/?item=45469) or Belt of...
Forum: Death Knights 04/04/09, 1:09 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 58,245
Posted By urotas
I'm not really seeing the same thing. A lot of...

I'm not really seeing the same thing. A lot of the expertise items from Ulduar have a poor combination of stats, so you end up losing a lot by using them. So far a lot of the hard mode loot we've...
Forum: Death Knights 03/29/09, 11:23 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 58,245
Posted By urotas
They recently reworked a lot of strength dps...

They recently reworked a lot of strength dps items to have less stamina and more strength. Unfortunately Worldcarver got the same treatment, and it only has 136 stamina and 137 strength now. You can...
Forum: Death Knights 03/22/09, 11:24 AM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,427
Posted By urotas
Heart Strike heavy rotation: Without Glyph of...

Heart Strike heavy rotation:

Without Glyph of Disease
PS IT HS HS DS
DS HS HS HS HS
2x DS, 6xHS, 1xPS, 1xIT, 10xGCD

With Glyph of Disease
DS HS HS HS HS
DS HS HS HS PT (Replacing one HS with...
Forum: Death Knights 03/21/09, 7:40 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,427
Posted By urotas
It doesn't give an extra GCD in a HS rotation...

It doesn't give an extra GCD in a HS rotation though. You are effectively switching a IT+PS for a HS+PT. Both take the same amount of Global Cooldowns, and generate the same amount of runic power, so...
Forum: Death Knights 03/21/09, 9:53 AM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,427
Posted By urotas
We will still have very high avoidance even with...

We will still have very high avoidance even with the blade barrier nerf, so timing Death Strikes to boss damage would require wasting a lot of rune time. A boss hitting you every 2.5 seconds with 65%...
Forum: Death Knights 03/19/09, 6:59 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,634,894
Posted By urotas
Rune Tap was free without cost in an earlier PTR...

Rune Tap was free without cost in an earlier PTR buiild despite the tooltip still saying it's cost was a blood rune. It just means they fixed it to match the tooltip again.

Three pieces of the...
Forum: Death Knights 03/18/09, 12:26 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,427
Posted By urotas
Frost aoe threat will be great for sure, but I'm...

Frost aoe threat will be great for sure, but I'm not convinced it will still be able rival that of Unholy's. You're effectively trading:

Frost:
-Howling Blast
-20% more effective frost...
Forum: Death Knights 03/15/09, 9:49 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,634,894
Posted By urotas
Basically each 14 attack power that you have...

Basically each 14 attack power that you have effectively adds 1dps to your weapon. You linked this equation:

(Weapon DPS + AP/14) * Weapon Speed

It's not just the contribution from attack power,...
Forum: Death Knights 03/15/09, 9:36 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,634,894
Posted By urotas
You're calculating the average weapon damage from...

You're calculating the average weapon damage from the Stormedge twice, first in the attack power scaling, and another time adding it to the contribution from atkpwr. This doesn't necessarily...
Forum: Death Knights 03/14/09, 2:01 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,634,894
Posted By urotas
Improved Icy Touch is necessary talent to take if...

Improved Icy Touch is necessary talent to take if and only if you either don't have a dps who is applying the improved buff as part of their dps rotations, or the fight mechanic has dps focusing on a...
Forum: Death Knights 03/14/09, 7:22 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,634,894
Posted By urotas
While I agree with you on Unholy Blight, I think...

While I agree with you on Unholy Blight, I think you're underestimating the power of MoG for tank builds. 15% crit is a very low estimate for melee crit raid buffed in a 25-man raid. You are getting...
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