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Forum: Warlocks 06/12/09, 2:59 AM
Replies: 637
Views: 754,713
Posted By Maels
Health Funnel does unfortunately proc Lightweave....

Health Funnel does unfortunately proc Lightweave. Best way around it I find is to not cast anything 45 seconds before pull. My imp will usually live at 14k/20k health at pull on most fights that...
Forum: Warlocks 06/03/09, 7:44 AM
Replies: 1,633
Views: 3,266,856
Posted By Maels
Potion of Haste is the best dps gain if you're...

Potion of Haste is the best dps gain if you're affliction and it's Drain Soul time.
Forum: Warlocks 06/02/09, 10:10 AM
Replies: 1,633
Views: 3,266,856
Posted By Maels
He's referring to this: Chaos Bolt: This spell no...

He's referring to this:
Chaos Bolt: This spell no longer ignores damage reduction effects of the target.
Which has no effect on PvE at all.

ef;b


A marginal difference that only really shines in...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/13/09, 10:51 PM
Replies: 877
Views: 580,233
Posted By Maels
SSH tunneling (through lowerping) has worked...

SSH tunneling (through lowerping) has worked wonders for me. I've had my ping drop from 600 to 300 and very tangible in-game response time has been lowered.
The worst you could do is try the free...
Forum: Warlocks 12/19/08, 4:27 PM
Replies: 505
Views: 257,927
Posted By Maels
It procs once a week for me. It's just very rare....

It procs once a week for me. It's just very rare. The only reason I can tell is I hear the soul shard spawning in my bag twice.
Forum: News 12/15/08, 5:49 PM
Replies: 455
Views: 29,608
Posted By Maels
70's crew woop woop

70's crew woop woop
Forum: Warlocks 12/04/08, 11:44 PM
Replies: 2,067
Views: 870,098
Posted By Maels
Everything including Fear, Howl of Terror and...

Everything including Fear, Howl of Terror and Death Coil. SE is counts as one, 2 stacks or not.

How does Shadow Embrace stack with Wound Poison or Mortal Strike? Does it do anything at all?
Forum: Warlocks 12/04/08, 11:43 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 11,882
Posted By Maels
Maybe they could make SE simultaneously give a...

Maybe they could make SE simultaneously give a buff for dot damage and debuff for HoTs.
Forum: Warlocks 12/02/08, 2:46 PM
Replies: 1,633
Views: 3,266,856
Posted By Maels
My starting rotation is UA > Haunt > Corr > CoA >...

My starting rotation is UA > Haunt > Corr > CoA > SL > bolt
UA then Haunt makes sure no second of Haunt is wasted, UA will benefit from it, corr applied soon as possible.No bolt for SE before dots....
Forum: Warlocks 11/05/08, 4:17 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
With the Shadow Mastery buff and factoring in...

With the Shadow Mastery buff and factoring in Imp. Shadowbolt, I'm sure the DPCT is not good enough to warrant say, losing a potential tick of UA every 2 Immolates. Somebody would have to do the math...
Forum: Warlocks 11/05/08, 11:39 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
Just leave Immolate out of your rotation. It's a...

Just leave Immolate out of your rotation. It's a negligible dps boost, that is probably nullified (or worse) by the effort of keeping Immolate up while sacrificing other dot uptime. Unless you can...
Forum: Warlocks 10/28/08, 9:02 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
I dropped Immolate completely - my dps didn't...

I dropped Immolate completely - my dps didn't suffer at all. With all the stuff affliction has to throw out, I find it just adds complexity to a rotation with no tangible dps gain.
Forum: Warlocks 10/26/08, 5:10 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
But seriously, don't use macros for cast...

But seriously, don't use macros for cast rotations. If you can "figure out" macros, you can figure out the rotation. The macros will just lower your dps.
Forum: Warlocks 10/24/08, 8:22 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
But a targeted shadowfury is limited to one...

But a targeted shadowfury is limited to one target and those 8 yards around them. With the circle you can get 2+ targets 16 yards apart.
Forum: Warlocks 10/22/08, 12:52 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
*1200 dps to 1080

*1200 dps to 1080
Forum: Warlocks 10/22/08, 6:55 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
31/0/40 is terrible IMO. Haunt is more damage...

31/0/40 is terrible IMO.
Haunt is more damage than S&F.
Forum: Warlocks 10/20/08, 2:36 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
Chaos bolt seems to have changed slightly. The...

Chaos bolt seems to have changed slightly. The tooltip damage range is a bit different (this might be due to a leveling effect I overlooked). The scaling seems consistent with a 2.5 sec cast +...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/19/08, 7:00 PM
Replies: 477
Views: 69,281
Posted By Maels
Sure, but day/night or specific time cycles are...

Sure, but day/night or specific time cycles are more annoying than fun.
Forum: Warlocks 10/12/08, 6:22 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
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In the middle tab. Buffs are on my character, I used Demonic...
Forum: Warlocks 10/12/08, 7:29 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
I'm implying something changed with how debuffs...

I'm implying something changed with how debuffs are handled. They even show up different than live.
Forum: Warlocks 10/12/08, 3:43 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
Significantly. My raid buffed Felguard is doing...

Significantly. My raid buffed Felguard is doing 1200 dps. Unless a raid buffed Imp starts hitting fireballs for 2,000, the Felguard is more dps.

Conflagarate is worth casting, no practical dps test...
Forum: Warlocks 10/10/08, 10:07 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
Only reason you'd get ISB is "better than...

Only reason you'd get ISB is "better than anything else" on the way to Ruin.
Forum: Warlocks 10/10/08, 1:57 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
It didn't when I tested it 3-4 builds ago. I...

It didn't when I tested it 3-4 builds ago.
I really hope this is an oversight.
Forum: Warlocks 10/10/08, 9:33 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
The spell pushback change is also godly, but I...

The spell pushback change is also godly, but I guess that goes for all specs too.

A question's been bugging me for a while now, and I haven't gotten a chance to test it thoroughly yet:
Does Pandemic...
Forum: Warlocks 10/10/08, 6:33 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
I'm going to use whatever's fun. Leveling's the...

I'm going to use whatever's fun. Leveling's the only time I can put my stupid min/maxing face to rest and take way too many /played days to hit 80.

(But I'd go Affliction with at least Bane if I...
Forum: Warlocks 10/07/08, 5:56 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
It's broken this build. Personally didn't see a...

It's broken this build. Personally didn't see a huge spike (or a spike at all) using DS, and I kept my dots all up, like a big warlock. I just continued to use the same rotation sub 20% (tooltip says...
Forum: Warlocks 10/07/08, 5:21 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
My debuffs never fell off in a 25 man beta raid,...

My debuffs never fell off in a 25 man beta raid, and I've done more than most.

I think they did something with debuffs, my personal ones weren't showing up "first" a few builds ago, but now they are.
Forum: Warlocks 10/07/08, 2:51 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
Raw damage I would do...

Raw damage I would do this:
http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?warlock=550000050000000000000000002350022001023510153500331351000000000000000000000000000
Switching out Suppression points into Improved...
Forum: Warlocks 10/07/08, 1:01 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
Exactly. Affliction casting may seem complex for...

Exactly.
Affliction casting may seem complex for the first week or so, but raiding after that will become pretty easy.

I've been watching DoTimers (or debuff bars) throughout vanilla and first half...
Forum: Warlocks 10/04/08, 7:17 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
Mana's fine, you lifetap a little less than on...

Mana's fine, you lifetap a little less than on live due to lifetap scaling bigger than our spell's mana cost. Its really not that much more lifetapping than Destruction, and only 20% more than...
Forum: Warlocks 10/03/08, 5:41 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
So I just did 25 man patchwerk as demo. It was...

So I just did 25 man patchwerk as demo.
It was pretty good dps, around 3600 without a bloodlust, still lower than the lusted 4300 that affliction can do, but not by much at all.

I could pop meta...
Forum: Warlocks 10/01/08, 1:57 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
Total damage.

Total damage.
Forum: Warlocks 10/01/08, 12:34 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
Death's Embrace currently only increases...

Death's Embrace currently only increases Shadowbolt and Haunt damage this build, so be wary.
DoTs and drains are broken with it.
Forum: Warlocks 09/30/08, 7:50 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
1/ It's the mass amount of spirit on gear. 2/ I...

1/ It's the mass amount of spirit on gear.

2/ I took suppression for hit. Not hit capped on beta (it's a little hard without gemming for it). A Haunt resist is devastating, and +hit to just...
Forum: Warlocks 09/29/08, 7:53 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
Just did some pet testing with another warlock....

Just did some pet testing with another warlock. Felhunter's Shadowbite doesn't benefit from other warlock's Affliction debuffs, only your own.

Succubus gets a Transform Succubus buff that...
Forum: Warlocks 09/28/08, 7:38 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
My felhunter does 180 dps in a raid (so yes, he...

My felhunter does 180 dps in a raid (so yes, he is the affliction pet considering imp goes oom) but you should only put 1 point in improved felhunter so he can shadow bite indefinitely. Life tap is...
Forum: Warlocks 09/28/08, 10:43 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
Nobody knows for sure. The lines are wide and...

Nobody knows for sure. The lines are wide and blurry. They might stay that way.

Ideally it wouldn't matter what spec you were (as long as it was decent), you could put out the same dps.
That might...
Forum: Warlocks 09/28/08, 6:41 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
Never wait, incinerate! (tm) The destro rotation...

Never wait, incinerate! (tm)
The destro rotation is indeed more awkward than live, but then again so is cutting your toenails.
I've been messing around with all the specs and their rotations are...
Forum: Warlocks 09/24/08, 4:30 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
No. :D We've narrowed it down to demo, destro or...

No. :D

We've narrowed it down to demo, destro or affliction with 51+ in either.
My guess would be 0/3/58. Still a toss up for wotlk.
Forum: Warlocks 09/24/08, 3:30 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
I've heard whispers of 3 mins, but we'll know for...

I've heard whispers of 3 mins, but we'll know for sure very soon.
Forum: Warlocks 09/24/08, 3:11 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
Try the rotations out at 80, I have in 10 man...

Try the rotations out at 80, I have in 10 man Naxx gear. Incinerate, Corr, CoD and Chaos Bolt; conflagging only before the last tick of immolate with the conflag glyph. It worked out to 400 dps...
Forum: Warlocks 09/23/08, 5:36 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
At level 80, with full fire talents your...

At level 80, with full fire talents your shadowbolts should be hitting for less than your incinerates before molten core procs. They take longer to cast as well.


~3190 incinerates with Molten Core...
Forum: Warlocks 09/23/08, 10:24 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
My target dummy testing shows the best Destro...

My target dummy testing shows the best Destro rotaion is CoD > corruption > immolate > chaos bolt > incinerate until immolate has less than 3 secs left > conflag; repeat. Shadowbolt when nightfall...
Forum: Warlocks 09/19/08, 11:15 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
There's 4 ranks of Haunt. Rank 1 was almost...

There's 4 ranks of Haunt. Rank 1 was almost exactly the same as Rank 4 for some reason.
These changes were in last build, my Shadowflame and Haunt were hitting less than earlier builds (Shadowflame...
Forum: Warlocks 09/19/08, 9:35 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
Ruin doesn't work this build, even if you put the...

Ruin doesn't work this build, even if you put the 5 points back in, that's probably a huge part of why destruction's dps is lacking.

I don't think it can beat 56/0/15 though. I did 3.2k dps on...
Forum: Warlocks 09/19/08, 1:48 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
I feel bad for the second part of Fire and...

I feel bad for the second part of Fire and Brimstone. Half the posts and all the theorycraft about it have ignored that it increases your Conflagarate crit chance by 25% @ <5 sec Immolate.
Forum: Warlocks 09/18/08, 4:51 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
You really want Imp CoA (Curse of Doom is...

You really want Imp CoA (Curse of Doom is terrible as Affliction), Death's Embrace and 5/5 Ruin.
What's up with 2/2...
Forum: Warlocks 09/17/08, 6:04 PM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
This is exactly why I really want Affliction to...

This is exactly why I really want Affliction to be a viable (if not the best) spec for raiding.
Tempos are boring, I can keep rhythm with no metronome. Cast cycles are boring. Cycle-less dps is...
Forum: Warlocks 09/17/08, 7:16 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
I believe that too, for what it's worth. I just...

I believe that too, for what it's worth. I just don't say it out loud, for fear of being lynched!
Forum: Warlocks 09/17/08, 6:02 AM
Replies: 4,153
Views: 875,953
Posted By Maels
I've never, ever seen a Haunt resist in beta, and...

I've never, ever seen a Haunt resist in beta, and with the current bugged ability to use all 4 ranks, I've cast a fuckton of Haunts.

I took off all my +hit gear and started shooting at a Heroic...
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