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Forum: Public Discussion 07/01/09, 4:50 AM
Replies: 236
Views: 101,939
Posted By Juli
Minor correction: for the i258 weapon, it should...

Minor correction: for the i258 weapon, it should actually be 701 weapon + 23 gem - 587 valanyr = 137 spellpower, because epic gems are coming out by the time it's available. I assume they'll have the...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/01/09, 1:26 AM
Replies: 236
Views: 101,939
Posted By Juli
Now that we know the stats/ilvl for season7...

Now that we know the stats/ilvl for season7 arena/tier9 weapons and more people are starting to pick up Val'anyr, I would be interested to see a comparison of the healing increase granted by...
Forum: Priests 06/28/09, 1:50 PM
Replies: 566
Views: 815,691
Posted By Juli
PW:S mana cost reaching a net of zero with...

PW:S mana cost reaching a net of zero with rapture isn't particularly significant because of the cooldown on rapture. The only way around the cooldown is to have multiple shields "pop" simultaneously...
Forum: Priests 06/26/09, 12:54 AM
Replies: 864
Views: 475,022
Posted By Juli
A couple more tips if you're finding the general...

A couple more tips if you're finding the general has too much health coming out of the animus phase:


Look at your parses and make sure you aren't getting too many Mark of the Faceless ticks (2 can...
Forum: Priests 06/25/09, 1:42 AM
Replies: 864
Views: 475,022
Posted By Juli
We've done crazy cat lady several times on 10man...

We've done crazy cat lady several times on 10man just because it's faster to zerg the boss down. We had a warrior tank the boss and both cats, and just burned her hard with a 3 healer (restoshm, disc...
Forum: Priests 06/18/09, 1:19 PM
Replies: 1,039
Views: 927,357
Posted By Juli
Sadly, the best setup is to use Val'anyr, Hammer...

Sadly, the best setup is to use Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings AND Constellus, swapping weapons to control the Val'anyr proc with Ironmender off-hand. The weapon is pretty horridly designed, but...
Forum: Priests 06/17/09, 12:48 PM
Replies: 1,039
Views: 927,357
Posted By Juli
Sure a shield is stronger, but you have...

Sure a shield is stronger, but you have pre-existing weakened souls to consider. Or the fact that you're generating a weakened soul when there's a disc priest in the raid and you prevent his bigger...
Forum: Priests 06/17/09, 12:07 PM
Replies: 1,039
Views: 927,357
Posted By Juli
The mana, health arriving 1.5s (minus haste)...

The mana, health arriving 1.5s (minus haste) faster, and serendipity aren't the only benefits. Instants can also be cast while moving.
Forum: Priests 06/15/09, 1:50 PM
Replies: 1,008
Views: 1,024,539
Posted By Juli
I was referring to a "smooth rotation" as not...

I was referring to a "smooth rotation" as not having any/many timer clashes. A timer clash is when several of your dot refreshes or spell cooldowns come up at the same time. An example would be VT...
Forum: Priests 06/15/09, 5:38 AM
Replies: 566
Views: 815,691
Posted By Juli
We run 2 resto druids, 2 disc priests, a resto...

We run 2 resto druids, 2 disc priests, a resto shaman, and a ret paladin for JoL on a lot of stuff. PW:S + Penance + LHW to save people from spikes while druids + JoL do the majority of the grunt...
Forum: Priests 06/13/09, 9:52 PM
Replies: 1,008
Views: 1,024,539
Posted By Juli
Ah, the problem I had when coming up with those...

Ah, the problem I had when coming up with those openers was that I didn't realize they had changed mind flay to apply shadow weaving on every tick. I assumed it was still 1 application at the start...
Forum: Priests 06/13/09, 5:29 PM
Replies: 1,008
Views: 1,024,539
Posted By Juli
You need another spell before you put up SW:P. I...

You need another spell before you put up SW:P. I just tested on a target dummy to confirm tedv's assumption, and if SW:P applies your 5th stack of shadow weaving, it does NOT receive the benefit from...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/10/09, 6:47 PM
Replies: 236
Views: 101,939
Posted By Juli
This is the exact theory I subscribe to. They had...

This is the exact theory I subscribe to. They had a lot of trouble in the past with legendaries being too powerful, so I think they tried to play it safe and under shot on this one (they probably...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/10/09, 2:27 PM
Replies: 236
Views: 101,939
Posted By Juli
Healing isn't dps. You can't just decide to...

Healing isn't dps. You can't just decide to "react to a proc" and start spamming your heals when there's no damage. Doing that just for 15% shield procs is incredibly mana inefficient and makes about...
Forum: Priests 06/10/09, 9:28 AM
Replies: 1,008
Views: 1,024,539
Posted By Juli
I actually don't play shadow on vezax ever, so I...

I actually don't play shadow on vezax ever, so I hadn't researched that (sorry!). It just seemed like a good example of spell choice as it relates to movement in a realistic setting. Just pretend,...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/10/09, 9:05 AM
Replies: 236
Views: 101,939
Posted By Juli
It's pretty clear that they would never design...

It's pretty clear that they would never design around the assumption that anyone in the raid has a legendary. This has probably even been directly stated at some point.

The proc really is horridly...
Forum: Priests 06/10/09, 8:46 AM
Replies: 1,008
Views: 1,024,539
Posted By Juli
When casting SW:P with 4 stacks of shadow weaving...

When casting SW:P with 4 stacks of shadow weaving (so that the SW:P cast gives you the 5th stack of the buff), does the SW:P benefit from the full 5-stack? or do you need to have a full stack BEFORE...
Forum: Priests 06/10/09, 8:17 AM
Replies: 1,039
Views: 927,357
Posted By Juli
Based on his theory, you would have had to heal...

Based on his theory, you would have had to heal yourself to full first, then use the potion. If you used it right away, you probably didn't have full health. That doesn't prove his theory is correct,...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/10/09, 7:33 AM
Replies: 288
Views: 124,814
Posted By Juli
These are some of my observations from experience...

These are some of my observations from experience and research on vezax hard mode as a disc priest:

Prayer of mending is not triggered by the Profound Darkness aura. Bounces are triggered by the...
Forum: Priests 06/10/09, 3:46 AM
Replies: 864
Views: 475,022
Posted By Juli
We use 5 healers, but we kill him 30 seconds...

We use 5 healers, but we kill him 30 seconds faster, so its still not "making it unnecessarily difficult" on healers. In fact, it's probably easier to heal. We never see incoming damage numbers as...
Forum: Priests 06/09/09, 5:10 PM
Replies: 864
Views: 475,022
Posted By Juli
We used 2 disc priests, 2 resto druids, a resto...

We used 2 disc priests, 2 resto druids, a resto shaman, and a ret paladin. The ret paladin counts as a healer because a ret paladin's judgement of light scales more than any other spec and heals more...
Forum: Priests 06/09/09, 4:42 PM
Replies: 1,039
Views: 927,357
Posted By Juli
This is why I find engineering nitro boosts to be...

This is why I find engineering nitro boosts to be grossly under rated in PvE, as they accomplish many of those things. Of course, they might get ruined when they change them for PvP.
Forum: Priests 05/30/09, 6:22 AM
Replies: 1,039
Views: 927,357
Posted By Juli
4) as a pre-heal for anticipated incoming damage...

4) as a pre-heal for anticipated incoming damage to increase your healing output over a short time interval when weakened soul is already up or you aren't disc, and you have time to do it in addition...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/16/09, 11:58 AM
Replies: 288
Views: 124,814
Posted By Juli
Tree druids with spark of hope auto-attacking...

Tree druids with spark of hope auto-attacking vezax with the "no-kite" strategy for omen of clarity procs is pretty hilariously effective. Between this and disc PW:S with spark of hope inside shadow...
Forum: Priests 05/16/09, 2:55 AM
Replies: 864
Views: 475,022
Posted By Juli
Isn't hard mode discussion still off-limits?...

Isn't hard mode discussion still off-limits? There's a lot of it going on in this thread! I'd be glad to offer my opinions/experience, but this seems to be overstepping the boundaries of the posting...
Forum: Priests 05/15/09, 1:52 AM
Replies: 864
Views: 475,022
Posted By Juli
Be careful though. If the tank spikes you can get...

Be careful though. If the tank spikes you can get in trouble, especially when other healers are out of range or moving. You have to move out of the "shadow pool" before healing, and it can take a...
Forum: Priests 05/12/09, 2:52 PM
Replies: 1,039
Views: 927,357
Posted By Juli
I am a pretty big fan of disc, but I played with...

I am a pretty big fan of disc, but I played with a body and soul holy build for a while and power word: sprint always felt like a big waste of mana. The only situations I felt it was efficient were...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/10/09, 5:35 AM
Replies: 288
Views: 124,814
Posted By Juli
It's also possible that if dots are causing vapor...

It's also possible that if dots are causing vapor issues, that dot crits are a contributor. We know that dot crits are treated as pseudo-direct-damage spells as far as resilience calculations in PvP...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 05/09/09, 10:59 PM
Replies: 635
Views: 233,174
Posted By Juli
I couldn't find a built in formatting function...

I couldn't find a built in formatting function that would do that, so I just did it manually. This will show Health Deficit on friendly units in red (with a minus sign before the number), and the...
Forum: Priests 05/09/09, 12:56 PM
Replies: 566
Views: 815,691
Posted By Juli
This is mostly how I play, though I feel I've...

This is mostly how I play, though I feel I've solved the "throughput without borrowed time" problem via short duration haste buffs. Every time there's a damage spike, whether on a tank or the raid, I...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 05/09/09, 11:14 AM
Replies: 724
Views: 361,492
Posted By Juli
The problem you're describing is also referred to...

The problem you're describing is also referred to as having low "rollover" (Rollover(key)-Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollover_(key))). I PvP pretty competitively, and I got sick of...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 05/09/09, 10:23 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 13,229
Posted By Juli
Do you have any plans to have the priority queue...

Do you have any plans to have the priority queue work on multiple targets, or is this intended to be single target only? It's been a while since I played shadow seriously, but I'm sure it's still a...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 05/07/09, 3:00 AM
Replies: 201
Views: 133,210
Posted By Juli
It looks like all of the various Instant...

It looks like all of the various Instant Health/Quick Health addons are discontinued (their authors quit the game/no longer develop the addon). Which ones still work properly as of 3.1?

I'm about to...
Forum: Priests 04/29/09, 6:23 AM
Replies: 864
Views: 475,022
Posted By Juli
I always wanted to do that, but I've also saved...

I always wanted to do that, but I've also saved quite a few wipes with pain suppression on the tank when interrupters decide to fail and the tank loses 75% armor. Having it on cooldown and wiping at...
Forum: Priests 04/28/09, 1:49 PM
Replies: 303
Views: 269,651
Posted By Juli
Some high rated priests started running divine...

Some high rated priests started running divine aegis crit specs with satin gear. I've tried both and prefer mooncloth; the difference in mana in a 3min+ game is pretty noticeable in both 2v2 and 3v3....
Forum: Priests 04/14/09, 6:24 PM
Replies: 303
Views: 269,651
Posted By Juli
Just to dispel a bit of myth: I posted about the...

Just to dispel a bit of myth: I posted about the issue within a couple days of the ability first going up on the PTR and they didn't drop everything to fix it, or even reply on the issue. The thread...
Forum: Player vs. Player 03/14/09, 5:28 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 58,497
Posted By Juli
Today when I came out of a 5v5 arena match, the...

Today when I came out of a 5v5 arena match, the DK on my team had a 2-stack Frost Vulnerability (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=51714) debuff on him (no other debuffs). I tried to dispel it FIVE times...
Forum: Player vs. Player 03/14/09, 5:20 AM
Replies: 946
Views: 340,208
Posted By Juli
Stoneform is still good and dwarves are WAY...

Stoneform is still good and dwarves are WAY prettier, but viper sting got nerfed so it's a little less important.

As a human right now I'd probably use battlemaster and gnomish lightning generator...
Forum: Priests 02/24/09, 11:14 PM
Replies: 303
Views: 269,651
Posted By Juli
Hunter shaman is really easy for ret priest now...

Hunter shaman is really easy for ret priest now that they finally got rid of 1.5s pulsing tremor. Keep fire aura up, dispel viper instantly (it should never tick, run into los of your paladin when...
Forum: Priests 02/19/09, 8:28 AM
Replies: 303
Views: 269,651
Posted By Juli
I would say priest/dk is about the same as...

I would say priest/dk is about the same as priest/warlock or priest/mage. You can get to high ratings with great players as priest/dk, but you'd almost definitely have an easier time with a ret,...
Forum: Priests 02/17/09, 5:26 AM
Replies: 303
Views: 269,651
Posted By Juli
DK paladin is essentially free points, along with...

DK paladin is essentially free points, along with any hunter/healer team. DK's have a horrible time sticking to a priest. Add freedom to deal with desecration and they get very little face time....
Forum: Priests 02/17/09, 5:06 AM
Replies: 303
Views: 269,651
Posted By Juli
I find it funny that people are discussing...

I find it funny that people are discussing shelving their priests when I'm finally starting to feel like priests are getting about where they need to be. If disc priests get self penance, shadowfiend...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/28/09, 8:48 AM
Replies: 683
Views: 355,517
Posted By Juli
It doesn't. A very well geared disc priest, raid...

It doesn't. A very well geared disc priest, raid buffed, should be getting ~6-6.5k pw:s absorbs (without a flask or trinket proc/use effect). The poster above probably searched a WWS log for flame...
Forum: Player vs. Player 01/22/09, 7:43 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 58,497
Posted By Juli
So now that the patch is out, we should be able...

So now that the patch is out, we should be able to overcome racial -hit% with gear (I'll assume this is working). The remaining question is: can you overcome -hit% talents with gear?

For example:...
Forum: Priests 01/20/09, 6:11 AM
Replies: 303
Views: 269,651
Posted By Juli
I use Dispel, Renew, and PW:S glyphs. I will...

I use Dispel, Renew, and PW:S glyphs. I will consider replacing Dispel in 3.08 with flash heal (bonus for also matching disc PvE glyphs!) or maybe psychic scream.
Forum: Public Discussion 12/02/08, 1:42 AM
Replies: 406
Views: 171,983
Posted By Juli
We tried again today for our mage to get Gotta...

We tried again today for our mage to get Gotta Go! and it turns out rogue mind-numbing doesn't stack with lava breath; only snake mind-numbing does. We decided to drop the rogue and went back to our...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/01/08, 1:00 AM
Replies: 406
Views: 171,983
Posted By Juli
We successfully got the double summon EVERY...

We successfully got the double summon EVERY single time mind-numbing hit from snakes, with two healers respec'd damage and without using bloodlust. Yes the cast time was just over 5 seconds and heart...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/30/08, 5:42 PM
Replies: 406
Views: 171,983
Posted By Juli
We damaged him to 78% and held until he started...

We damaged him to 78% and held until he started his 2nd cast then burned without bloodlust and reapplied DOTs after he wiped them (I saved DP for this). We'd bloodlust at 50 seconds remaining on the...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/30/08, 4:53 AM
Replies: 406
Views: 171,983
Posted By Juli
We completed Gotta Go! and got our red drakes...

We completed Gotta Go! and got our red drakes tonight with Prot War/Blood DK/BM Hunter/Resto Shm respec'd Elemental/Holy Priest respec'd Shadow. Stroke/Heart Strike is definitely not doing anything...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/12/08, 7:36 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 79,743
Posted By Juli
I noticed that as well (and why it happens is...

I noticed that as well (and why it happens is explained on that wiki page), but the Das Keyboard has 12-key rollover. That was one of the major selling points for me: even if a couple of keys happen...
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