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Forum: Warriors 03/10/11, 5:10 AM
Replies: 547
Views: 730,053
Posted By Gruntle
Impatience of youth is better than Mark of...

Impatience of youth is better than Mark of Khardros also for burst (if burst is defined as the sequence you state above). Strength is good both for burst and sustained damage. The only ability that...
Forum: Warriors 03/02/11, 4:37 AM
Replies: 1,077
Views: 2,539,339
Posted By Gruntle
Who's saying that the Flurry change is a nerf?...

Who's saying that the Flurry change is a nerf? That's not at all what's being discussed here. People are concerned that the change will bring problems in itemization and that stacking crit will be...
Forum: Warriors 11/03/09, 4:00 AM
Replies: 340
Views: 287,687
Posted By Gruntle
So I guess you mean that each boss should have a...

So I guess you mean that each boss should have a set "rotation" (so not really a swing simulation). That should be possible in the sheet even without using iterations. Iterations is problematic in...
Forum: Warriors 11/02/09, 11:08 AM
Replies: 921
Views: 689,332
Posted By Gruntle
At the risk of sounding a bit dense, why is 6%...

At the risk of sounding a bit dense, why is 6% dodge worth more at baseline dodge of 64% than 44%? Liar also wrote about it (exponential scaling of dodge), but I can't really see why it scales...
Forum: Warriors 11/02/09, 10:55 AM
Replies: 340
Views: 287,687
Posted By Gruntle
Maybe it was my sheet you tried Executation? I...

Maybe it was my sheet you tried Executation? I had the error you described in my blocks/min cell for the worst case calculations. Well, it wasn't anything I introduced, the "error" was there in...
Forum: Warriors 10/30/09, 5:50 AM
Replies: 3,232
Views: 2,613,982
Posted By Gruntle
By themselves there is really no difference...

By themselves there is really no difference between popping them at the same time or separately. If you take rage into account it's probably a little bit better to separate them since you run less...
Forum: Warriors 10/26/09, 8:05 AM
Replies: 340
Views: 287,687
Posted By Gruntle
Hmm, I think you misunderstood what I meant. I...

Hmm, I think you misunderstood what I meant. I write the name of both the Horde and Alliance item in the box, e.g. "Shoulderplates/guards of Enduring Order". I shorten the names when possible, but...
Forum: Warriors 10/23/09, 3:14 AM
Replies: 1,700
Views: 1,185,265
Posted By Gruntle
That is quite interesting, never thought...

That is quite interesting, never thought Expertise was that close to dodge. Well, there is no DR on Expertise so one shouldn't be too surprised.

Related to this, which bosses in end game content...
Forum: Warriors 10/23/09, 3:04 AM
Replies: 340
Views: 287,687
Posted By Gruntle
I think it's a better solution to just have the...

I think it's a better solution to just have the horde/alliance identical items as the same entry (make the textbox longer if you can't fit both names in there). That's the solution I have used in my...
Forum: Warriors 10/20/09, 8:09 AM
Replies: 340
Views: 287,687
Posted By Gruntle
Just thought I'd post my updated version of...

Just thought I'd post my updated version of Taliafear's sheet as well, could be good to compare the two at some point.
It's available here: wotlkwar20091020.ods...
Forum: Warriors 10/15/09, 7:51 AM
Replies: 2,923
Views: 3,333,457
Posted By Gruntle
Yeah, precision takes it down to 5% of course, I...

Yeah, precision takes it down to 5% of course, I interpreted your unedited post a bit harshly I guess. Sorry if I sounded a bit grumpy.

It may be that the top-end warriors are hitting the crit cap...
Forum: Warriors 10/15/09, 7:16 AM
Replies: 340
Views: 287,687
Posted By Gruntle
Hmm, I went and checked the calculations of the...

Hmm, I went and checked the calculations of the burst statistic. Yes, the crit chance is tripled, but this does not affect anything when you're def capped in the sheet. It's not the base crit chance...
Forum: Warriors 10/15/09, 4:01 AM
Replies: 2,923
Views: 3,333,457
Posted By Gruntle
<snip> As to "came from getting a certain level...

<snip>

As to "came from getting a certain level of crit, I believe I've found a 30% crit to keep our hasted talent up", please don't spread misinformation. It was false in TBC and is still false in...
Forum: Warriors 10/14/09, 4:24 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 93,762
Posted By Gruntle
Thanks for testing it, 0.89 measured PPM probably...

Thanks for testing it, 0.89 measured PPM probably means that it is on a 1PPM mechanic like everything else. Instants will of course get the uptime up a fair bit (you're basically doubling your number...
Forum: Warriors 10/14/09, 4:10 AM
Replies: 340
Views: 287,687
Posted By Gruntle
Oh, that's bad, good catch. Maybe the Burst...

Oh, that's bad, good catch. Maybe the Burst statistic should just be something similar to what Resheet was suggesting earlier. So, just calculate the number of hits you can survive (i.e. no...
Forum: Warriors 10/13/09, 9:36 AM
Replies: 340
Views: 287,687
Posted By Gruntle
Exactly, for one slot the method described by...

Exactly, for one slot the method described by suicuique is perfectly viable. For one slot it becomes trivial to use different AEP below and above the cap. For an entire gear set it's just not...
Forum: Warriors 10/13/09, 5:31 AM
Replies: 340
Views: 287,687
Posted By Gruntle
Ok, I see your point. But I think you're going to...

Ok, I see your point. But I think you're going to find that it's not easy at all to solve without using macros :).
The current version of the sheet works fine when you're far away from caps (def,...
Forum: Warriors 10/13/09, 3:47 AM
Replies: 340
Views: 287,687
Posted By Gruntle
Nice work ZorbaTHut. I've got a 3.2.2 version of...

Nice work ZorbaTHut. I've got a 3.2.2 version of taliafears sheet that I'm maintaining for myself (haven't really felt that it was ready to be released yet though). I've done quite a few...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/12/09, 7:16 AM
Replies: 793
Views: 193,411
Posted By Gruntle
Not perfectly certain it will work, but in...

Not perfectly certain it will work, but in principle you should be able to use a cast sequence with a reset and fill up the rest of the casts with "dummy" calls. I've used similar macros before, but...
Forum: Warriors 10/07/09, 4:03 AM
Replies: 1,700
Views: 1,185,265
Posted By Gruntle
Sorry, I should have been a bit clearer I guess....

Sorry, I should have been a bit clearer I guess. I use the spreadsheet with the boss profiles where threat and dps figure as weightings as well. It turns out that the agi gems are only better than...
Forum: Warriors 10/06/09, 4:42 AM
Replies: 921
Views: 689,332
Posted By Gruntle
The hit and expertise caps are not exactly hard...

The hit and expertise caps are not exactly hard to reach however. Also they are not at all tightly tuned for dps either, being at 7.9% hit does not mean that your dps will drop by half. You should of...
Forum: Warriors 10/06/09, 3:24 AM
Replies: 1,700
Views: 1,185,265
Posted By Gruntle
Yes I'm nitpicking, but the soft hitcap is 164...

Yes I'm nitpicking, but the soft hitcap is 164 with precision.

I also recommend posters in this thread to actually do a search (or scroll through the thread) to find the answers they look for. I...
Forum: Warriors 10/05/09, 4:48 AM
Replies: 1,700
Views: 1,185,265
Posted By Gruntle
Hmm, I thought it wouldn't even come close but...

Hmm, I thought it wouldn't even come close but when looking at things in the tank spreadsheet it seems that agility gems are about 5-10% better than dodge gems. This is assuming that you have BoK,...
Forum: Warriors 10/05/09, 4:23 AM
Replies: 340
Views: 287,687
Posted By Gruntle
In an avoidance set it's a great trinket of...

In an avoidance set it's a great trinket of course. For a general purpose trinket it lacks stamina (if I model it in the spreadsheet with 0.4 time-to-live, 0.4 burst survival, 0.2 threat weighting,...
Forum: Warriors 09/30/09, 5:56 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 93,762
Posted By Gruntle
Interesting findings. A Blade ward uptime of...

Interesting findings.

A Blade ward uptime of 26% seems like a major overestimate though. You usually get something like that if you assume a proc rate of about 3% (i.e. ~1ppm with a 1.6 sec weapon)...
Forum: Warriors 09/30/09, 3:32 AM
Replies: 87
Views: 74,422
Posted By Gruntle
The execute if rage<25 is probably just a...

The execute if rage<25 is probably just a leftover from old times. When Execute ate up the entire rage bar it was sometimes favorable to do BT instead of it in a fury cycle. This depended on the...
Forum: Warriors 09/29/09, 4:10 AM
Replies: 3,232
Views: 2,613,982
Posted By Gruntle
You cannot calculate the value of AP/Str in this...

You cannot calculate the value of AP/Str in this way, AP/Str affects the damage from all yellow sources as well. Use landsoul's spreadsheet to find the SEP value of ArP and then compare this to the...
Forum: Warriors 09/29/09, 3:56 AM
Replies: 87
Views: 74,422
Posted By Gruntle
As far as I can tell you're running Java 1.4.2,...

As far as I can tell you're running Java 1.4.2, 1.6 is needed to run the program.
Forum: Warriors 09/28/09, 10:50 AM
Replies: 3,232
Views: 2,613,982
Posted By Gruntle
That would never work Kivothe, all weapon...

That would never work Kivothe, all weapon switches trigger the global cd when in combat. Both of your macros would thus take two button presses and ~>1.5 seconds to cast. Maybe you can time weapon...
Forum: Warriors 09/25/09, 6:53 AM
Replies: 340
Views: 287,687
Posted By Gruntle
I have added the Onyxia gear (as well as the 3.2...

I have added the Onyxia gear (as well as the 3.2 gear) in Taliafears spreadsheet. It depends a bit on the boss profile selected, but with weighting set to 0.4 time-to-live, 0.4 burst survival, and...
Forum: Warriors 09/23/09, 10:58 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 135,730
Posted By Gruntle
Hmm, your Relative Stat Values is actually a SEP...

Hmm, your Relative Stat Values is actually a SEP calculation. I'm not 100% sure how landsoul's sheet does SEP nowadays but the way to calculate them have always been to calculate the DPS increase for...
Forum: Warriors 09/22/09, 4:02 AM
Replies: 181
Views: 399,592
Posted By Gruntle
From what I can see in Taliafears spreadsheet (my...

From what I can see in Taliafears spreadsheet (my updated version of it, using the same boss profiles though so only pre Ulduar bosses are modeled) the trinkets are certainly competetive. They are...
Forum: Warriors 09/22/09, 3:41 AM
Replies: 1,700
Views: 1,185,265
Posted By Gruntle
Your reply doesn't really answer his question....

Your reply doesn't really answer his question. Yes, DR begins for block value at 2400, but whether this includes BV from strength/BV from trinket/BV modifiers from talents/meta gem is as far as I...
Forum: Warriors 09/16/09, 6:18 AM
Replies: 1,700
Views: 1,185,265
Posted By Gruntle
It's not that simple. The caps for hit you write...

It's not that simple. The caps for hit you write are all hard caps. This means that having more rating than that will not contribute at all to your dps/tps. For most of the rating stats the caps are...
Forum: Warriors 09/10/09, 8:54 AM
Replies: 87
Views: 74,422
Posted By Gruntle
I can't get the new version to work, doing >>...

I can't get the new version to work, doing
>> java -jar DPSSim.jar
results in:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file
at...
Forum: Warriors 09/10/09, 8:45 AM
Replies: 340
Views: 287,687
Posted By Gruntle
Doh, thanks for that correction, forgot about the...

Doh, thanks for that correction, forgot about the lvl 83 effect on parry. Changed it in the code now. I neglected the hit bit since I didn't think it would make much of a difference, but maybe it...
Forum: Warriors 09/10/09, 7:16 AM
Replies: 181
Views: 399,592
Posted By Gruntle
Just wanted to point out that Blade warding procs...

Just wanted to point out that Blade warding procs on your hits. It's not exactly easy to model (see the tank spreadsheet thread), so I don't think anyone can say whether it's better or worse than...
Forum: Warriors 09/10/09, 5:29 AM
Replies: 340
Views: 287,687
Posted By Gruntle
Yeah, I'm doing something fishy with the...

Yeah, I'm doing something fishy with the normalization of 10 seconds. I think I've now figured out what you mean. Coming back to that in a sec.

The benefit of the buff is not overvalued by me, I...
Forum: Warriors 09/04/09, 4:27 AM
Replies: 340
Views: 287,687
Posted By Gruntle
I made a quick and dirty script in python to...

I made a quick and dirty script in python to simulate blade warding that should be accurate enough (100k seconds with 0.1 sec timesteps). I get a lot lower uptimes and resulting parry contributions...
Forum: Warriors 09/03/09, 8:21 AM
Replies: 340
Views: 287,687
Posted By Gruntle
I don't understand what you mean by this. The...

I don't understand what you mean by this. The probability of getting a proc is not dependent on whether you have parried or not.

You're correct in that the proc percentage is per...
Forum: Warriors 09/02/09, 8:19 AM
Replies: 340
Views: 287,687
Posted By Gruntle
Hmm, in rating it will. The actual parry chance...

Hmm, in rating it will. The actual parry chance you get out will not be as simple of course. But I get your point, the mean parry rating will not be an accurate measure since the mean will always be...
Forum: Warriors 09/02/09, 6:23 AM
Replies: 340
Views: 287,687
Posted By Gruntle
In Taliafear's sheet (and possibly also in...

In Taliafear's sheet (and possibly also in Triel's updated version, although I cannot check) the value of the Blade warding enchant is severely underestimated. I have done some modeling that I think...
Forum: Warriors 08/28/09, 7:31 AM
Replies: 2,213
Views: 1,672,769
Posted By Gruntle
Your formulae seem correct to me for white...

Your formulae seem correct to me for white damage. However, your calculation of the percentage of gained white damage when using sword over axe is wrong. The correct percentage gain is...
Forum: Warriors 08/28/09, 3:25 AM
Replies: 87
Views: 74,422
Posted By Gruntle
I got the source code from Tankietka a while...

I got the source code from Tankietka a while back, I think the main class should be gemm.sim.DPSSimGUI, but I'm really a java noob so I might be completely wrong.
Forum: Public Discussion 08/27/09, 3:58 AM
Replies: 595
Views: 1,354,382
Posted By Gruntle
It's the damage contribution to Shield slam that...

It's the damage contribution to Shield slam that is capped to 2760 (at least that is what the patch notes say). Block Value diminish in value after 2400 (for SS damage), but as you say we don't know...
Forum: Warriors 08/27/09, 3:53 AM
Replies: 340
Views: 287,687
Posted By Gruntle
All ratings can be found in Whitehoof's...

All ratings can be found in Whitehoof's post.
http://elitistjerks.com/f31/t29453-combat_ratings_level_80_a/

Armadeus, that's how far I got too :). We need testing to find these values. But unless...
Forum: Warriors 08/25/09, 6:28 AM
Replies: 340
Views: 287,687
Posted By Gruntle
Have anyone seen any formulas/theorycrafting for...

Have anyone seen any formulas/theorycrafting for the DR of block value with Shield Slam? We know that DR kicks in at 2400 additional BV (BV from strength not included right?) and that it's damage...
Forum: Warriors 08/24/09, 10:53 AM
Replies: 2,213
Views: 1,672,769
Posted By Gruntle
Maybe Rawr is time averaging the added ArP from...

Maybe Rawr is time averaging the added ArP from your Grim Toll trinket? Grim toll gives you 612 ArP when active (and is active roughly 10 seconds per minute), time averaging this you get 612/6 = 102...
Forum: Warriors 08/24/09, 4:45 AM
Replies: 1,700
Views: 1,185,265
Posted By Gruntle
Expertise and defense caps are correct, otherwise...

Expertise and defense caps are correct, otherwise that post is completely out of date.

The current caps are not hard to find if you bother to look a bit further (e.g.Hit - WoWWiki - Your guide to...
Forum: Warriors 08/20/09, 10:48 AM
Replies: 340
Views: 287,687
Posted By Gruntle
How do you get to the conclusion that the sorting...

How do you get to the conclusion that the sorting macro is broken?

It seems like an error in the stats for Indestructible Plate Girdle. I changed them to the correct values and pressed the sorting...
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