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Forum: Death Knights 04/28/09, 4:34 AM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,878,991
Posted By salviastria
Just throwing out some specs that I've had a lot...

Just throwing out some specs that I've had a lot of success with in Ulduar:

5/56/10...
Forum: Death Knights 04/28/09, 4:17 AM
Replies: 840
Views: 708,284
Posted By salviastria
Short answer: No Long answer: Probably still...

Short answer: No

Long answer: Probably still no, but people are saying that maybe possibly around 6200 raid buffed Str ArP gets better than str. I'm not inclined to believe that, but I have no...
Forum: Player vs. Player 04/28/09, 3:57 AM
Replies: 193
Views: 118,264
Posted By salviastria
Just finished game ~110 as deep frost/resto,...

Just finished game ~110 as deep frost/resto, definitely feel that this comp is viable but can be counter comp'd pretty badly. We outplayed a couple priest/ret teams (god damn raid bosses), ran into...
Forum: Player vs. Player 04/27/09, 7:01 PM
Replies: 661
Views: 780,363
Posted By salviastria
For me I'd estimate a 25+% proc rate on the...

For me I'd estimate a 25+% proc rate on the deadly gloves. I see it very easily cuz it just refresh my MagicRunes frost rune....just go to a target dummy and spam COI, although its possible the...
Forum: Player vs. Player 04/27/09, 6:57 PM
Replies: 193
Views: 118,264
Posted By salviastria
I've played around 75 games as DK/Druid, and...

I've played around 75 games as DK/Druid, and while the comp seems to mesh well vs some teams, we get absolutely DESTROYED by priest/ret and warrior/pally, and sometimes dk/pally. I play dk my...
Forum: Death Knights 04/25/09, 8:05 PM
Replies: 1,148
Views: 572,811
Posted By salviastria
Glyph of Disease is a dps loss. Loss. Bad for...

Glyph of Disease is a dps loss. Loss. Bad for dps. I don't know why it keeps popping up all over the place, but even if Disease *was* a dps increase (and remember, it's a dps loss) for frost, it...
Forum: Death Knights 04/22/09, 9:55 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,878,991
Posted By salviastria
I'm not sure if anyone's mentioned this yet, but...

I'm not sure if anyone's mentioned this yet, but howling blast glyph + chillblains makes for RIDICULOUS control of adds. I was able to make mimiron trash so much easier by kiting the 'trash' and...
Forum: Death Knights 04/22/09, 5:14 PM
Replies: 1,148
Views: 572,811
Posted By salviastria
Once you experience the greater bulk of the...

Once you experience the greater bulk of the encounter in Ulduar you'll have a better appreciation for movement speed bonuses, and I doubt that there is much agreement about movement speed at the...
Forum: Death Knights 04/22/09, 2:45 PM
Replies: 1,148
Views: 572,811
Posted By salviastria
PS is pretty horrible, even glyphed when compared...

PS is pretty horrible, even glyphed when compared to the awesomeness that is FS.
Forum: Death Knights 04/22/09, 1:27 PM
Replies: 1,148
Views: 572,811
Posted By salviastria
My server FINALLY got a howling blast drop and I...

My server FINALLY got a howling blast drop and I was able to do some tests in acherus alone last night...and while I LOVE howling blast glyph in pvp, and while I do like the simplicity of the howling...
Forum: Death Knights 04/21/09, 6:10 PM
Replies: 1,148
Views: 572,811
Posted By salviastria
Thank you, I was beginning to feel a little...

Thank you, I was beginning to feel a little insane. Actual math is refreshing :) and nice parse!
Forum: Death Knights 04/21/09, 3:49 PM
Replies: 1,148
Views: 572,811
Posted By salviastria
Math says that more time on target = more dps and...

Math says that more time on target = more dps and unholy presence has that and extra GCDs in its favor. I can stay alive just fine in blood presence as I spec blood as well, thanks.
Forum: Death Knights 04/21/09, 3:05 PM
Replies: 1,148
Views: 572,811
Posted By salviastria
Also, I'm not saying that UP is always and will...

Also, I'm not saying that UP is always and will always be the best presence for pve damage as frost. If t8 pans out to be an upgrade over t7 BP will most likely be better for DPS, and as many have...
Forum: Death Knights 04/21/09, 2:59 PM
Replies: 1,148
Views: 572,811
Posted By salviastria
Our priests sometimes have the power word shield...

Our priests sometimes have the power word shield talent, or our tanks intervene, or after your tank repositions you have to move into a certain area to set yourself up to avoid aoe (mimiron), or you...
Forum: Death Knights 04/21/09, 2:44 PM
Replies: 1,148
Views: 572,811
Posted By salviastria
Well Tetriste...what happens when you have to dps...

Well Tetriste...what happens when you have to dps while moving? There are many fights in ulduar where the tank is *constantly* moving the tank around, or the boss is spitting death on one side and...
Forum: Death Knights 04/21/09, 2:03 PM
Replies: 1,148
Views: 572,811
Posted By salviastria
No one really knows yet I don't think vaelzek. I...

No one really knows yet I don't think vaelzek. I straight up don't trust simulators at all and prefer ingame results and I don't think enough (or any) people have both in order to do comparison...
Forum: Death Knights 04/21/09, 1:42 PM
Replies: 1,148
Views: 572,811
Posted By salviastria
I'm not saying that your dps isn't good, or that...

I'm not saying that your dps isn't good, or that you can't do decent dps with that rotation but to me dps has always been about a personal best.

Let me think of some scenarios in which your...
Forum: Death Knights 04/21/09, 1:17 PM
Replies: 1,148
Views: 572,811
Posted By salviastria
Also, I'm no math whiz so maybe my logic is...

Also, I'm no math whiz so maybe my logic is borked here, but if your attacks are already running a significantly high crit rating (for instance, in the WWS that Nivani posted he's running 67% crit...
Forum: Death Knights 04/21/09, 1:15 PM
Replies: 1,148
Views: 572,811
Posted By salviastria
At this point in the discussion, I think it safe...

At this point in the discussion, I think it safe to say that the majority of the people reading this thread are interested in maximizing DPS for *ulduar* as frost.

My logic is as follows:

more time...
Forum: Death Knights 04/21/09, 12:55 PM
Replies: 1,148
Views: 572,811
Posted By salviastria
Feyda, Thanks for the data on BA and RD....I'll...

Feyda,

Thanks for the data on BA and RD....I'll have to verify once that game comes up, but I'll probably be adjusting to 5/5 bladed armor and 1/3 ravenous dead. Interesting about the...
Forum: Death Knights 04/21/09, 12:04 PM
Replies: 1,148
Views: 572,811
Posted By salviastria
Recurring things that I see in here that make...

Recurring things that I see in here that make absolutely no sense to me at all:

1) Why do I see so many people in-game and on here with 1/5 dark conviction instead of 1/3 ravenous dead. Str > crit...
Forum: Death Knights 04/21/09, 2:06 AM
Replies: 1,148
Views: 572,811
Posted By salviastria
I think that with the new Fallen Crusader uptime...

I think that with the new Fallen Crusader uptime it's the best choice. I use a priority in UP to keep both diseases up, use as many OBs as possible, priorize KM procs to FS, and use unbreakable...
Forum: Death Knights 04/15/09, 6:07 PM
Replies: 1,148
Views: 572,811
Posted By salviastria
Ran some tests last night on the dummys when no...

Ran some tests last night on the dummys when no one was around, was able to sustain 3.5k-3.6k with the following setup:

rune: fallen crusader

Talent Spent...
Forum: Death Knights 04/15/09, 12:39 AM
Replies: 840
Views: 708,284
Posted By salviastria
This is a webstats of our Ulduar run tonight,...

This is a webstats of our Ulduar run tonight, with me as blood, This Spec...
Forum: Death Knights 04/14/09, 2:02 PM
Replies: 840
Views: 708,284
Posted By salviastria
51/2/18...

51/2/18 (http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?deathknight=23050205300033132012231013510200000000000000000000000000230130304000200000000000000000&glyph=060810060504&version=9767) My 3.1 Spec

I find it...
Forum: The Dung Heap 04/11/09, 3:14 PM
Replies: 177
Views: 168,453
Posted By salviastria
I disagree that patchwerk is a good dps check. ...

I disagree that patchwerk is a good dps check. The real challenge in raiding imo is to maintain good dps (or w/e your role is) while staying alive during a difficult encounter (read: moving around,...
Forum: Death Knights 04/10/09, 12:26 PM
Replies: 2,187
Views: 1,028,086
Posted By salviastria
Yes, I agree, MoB is vastly underrated. ...

Yes, I agree, MoB is vastly underrated. Especially in situations where the raid is stunned or whatnot (think Maexxna web wrap), or the boss hits very fast.
Forum: Death Knights 04/10/09, 12:16 PM
Replies: 2,187
Views: 1,028,086
Posted By salviastria
For the majority of situations, especially come...

For the majority of situations, especially come Ulduar, I think you're shooting yourself in the foot by not taking the 1 pt tanking talent if you go deep in *any* tree. Naxx is incredibly easy and...
Forum: Death Knights 03/16/09, 12:02 PM
Replies: 217
Views: 631,150
Posted By salviastria
Hey all...been attempting to figure out a...

Hey all...been attempting to figure out a one-button macro that summons my pet on the first click, then Death Pact on the second click. I assumed it would be relatively simple so I used:

/cast...
Forum: Death Knights 02/16/09, 11:43 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,878,991
Posted By salviastria
Ssoykesha...worst response to a DK thread I've...

Ssoykesha...worst response to a DK thread I've seen in quite some time.

1) Crusader Aura does not affect anything except MOUNTED run speed. As such, if you see Crusader up in a fight, that Paladin...
Forum: Death Knights 01/22/09, 1:23 PM
Replies: 2,996
Views: 1,422,622
Posted By salviastria
Ran with 33/38...

Ran with 33/38 (http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?deathknight=0000000000000000000000000003200535002500112301000000000230020305103115003150020100000&glyph=091221060503) last night in Naxx 25, thought...
Forum: The Dung Heap 01/19/09, 3:51 AM
Replies: 80
Views: 26,092
Posted By salviastria
The way I usually do it is as follows: Precast...

The way I usually do it is as follows:

Precast Bone Shield more than 1 minute before the pull so that it is available, then I wait for Sarth to eat off my charges. Usually I will follow up with...
Forum: Death Knights 01/05/09, 2:28 AM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,878,991
Posted By salviastria
My guild finally got Sartharion +3 tonight with...

My guild finally got Sartharion +3 tonight with me tanking as 24/11/36....I thought the spec was weird enough but turned out well enough that it merited a post. It has the most tanking cds of any...
Forum: Death Knights 01/03/09, 1:34 PM
Replies: 2,996
Views: 1,422,622
Posted By salviastria
I know 100% that haste does not affect the GCD of...

I know 100% that haste does not affect the GCD of MELEE abilities like FS, OB, BS. No matter how much haste a fury war stacks, he's stuck at 1.5 for eternity (or at least until he gets heroism). ...
Forum: Death Knights 01/03/09, 11:16 AM
Replies: 2,996
Views: 1,422,622
Posted By salviastria
Previously stated where? Here? Blue post? I'm...

Previously stated where? Here? Blue post?

I'm not at my gaming computer right this second, so I can't confirm this, but I'm pretty sure that if you go into your Spell subsection of your char sheet...
Forum: Death Knights 01/03/09, 1:14 AM
Replies: 2,996
Views: 1,422,622
Posted By salviastria
Gerrylix, While your reasoning on the...

Gerrylix,

While your reasoning on the point-by-point analysis is decent, my main issue with that spec is...what does the priority/rotation look like? Am I a dunce or is there no FU ability spec'd...
Forum: Death Knights 12/23/08, 2:13 PM
Replies: 1,448
Views: 671,969
Posted By salviastria
Well, the only thing that I can think of...

Well, the only thing that I can think of regarding that problem with the death rune stack (at least, that I've encountered) is that sometimes MagicRunes says one of my blood runes is a death rune,...
Forum: Death Knights 12/20/08, 11:48 AM
Replies: 1,448
Views: 671,969
Posted By salviastria
That trinket is very good for fights like Patch...

That trinket is very good for fights like Patch where you're primary job is to stand still and beat the tar out of something, but on movement fights its not as great. Personally I won't be picking...
Forum: Death Knights 12/17/08, 2:54 PM
Replies: 1,448
Views: 671,969
Posted By salviastria
I think Feorthas has a good point, and its...

I think Feorthas has a good point, and its actually something I tried out last night. I run the rotation Maakh described above (very succinctly, btw, nice job) but this time I did it without Glyph...
Forum: Player vs. Player 12/16/08, 1:20 PM
Replies: 661
Views: 780,363
Posted By salviastria
First of all, I can't believe you're comparing...

First of all, I can't believe you're comparing Imp Rune Tap to Acclimation. IRT is on demand 4500 heal for me, and ~1500 hp heal for my part (glyphed), next patch the heal on myself will be over 5k....
Forum: Player vs. Player 12/09/08, 7:51 PM
Replies: 661
Views: 780,363
Posted By salviastria
Just posted a new pvp video as Rune Tap/Deep...

Just posted a new pvp video as Rune Tap/Deep Frost, got featured on the warcraftmovies front page!!! Enjoy!

Arioch Rune Tap Frost PvP By Arioch (http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=96027)
Forum: Death Knights 12/04/08, 7:28 PM
Replies: 1,448
Views: 671,969
Posted By salviastria
Yes, Improved Icy Talons is 20 seconds by...

Yes, Improved Icy Talons is 20 seconds by default, Epidemic does nothing for it. Personally, I'm a big fan of dropping PS from the rotation entirely. My thinking is this:

During our rotation...
Forum: Player vs. Player 11/30/08, 2:34 PM
Replies: 661
Views: 780,363
Posted By salviastria
Just a couple things that I've noticed/thought...

Just a couple things that I've noticed/thought about since my experiences with beta...

As Unholy, you have some of the best survivability, some good damage, but you are (along with Blood) pretty...
Forum: Death Knights 11/02/08, 11:35 PM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,923
Posted By salviastria
Hello everyone, tried to search the thread for...

Hello everyone, tried to search the thread for this particular discussion but to no avail....im looking for opinions on desecration, I recently started a thread in the wow beta DK forums, heres my...
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