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Forum: Priests 03/03/11, 9:49 PM

Replies: 875 Cataclysm Discipline Priest Compendium Views: 1,946,239 Posted By Ellyh With Attonement and relevant glyphs being changed... With Attonement and relevant glyphs being changed to include holy fire it will be interesting to see if they include the DoT portion of holy fire into the effect of attonement. If it does this could...

Forum: Priests 02/16/11, 1:47 PM

Replies: 875 Cataclysm Discipline Priest Compendium Views: 1,946,239 Posted By Ellyh Not supprising but this is clearly a bandaid... Not supprising but this is clearly a bandaid solution and I fully expect the problem to be back with a vengence soon as better PvE gear arrives. Hopefully while they work on meaningful healing...

Forum: Priests 02/14/11, 6:55 PM

Replies: 875 Cataclysm Discipline Priest Compendium Views: 1,946,239 Posted By Ellyh All a regen nurf or Max mana nurf will do is push... All a regen nurf or Max mana nurf will do is push the problem back into the next tier while having bad unintended consequences in PvP, 5mans and levelling. The core of the problem is that mastery is...

Forum: Priests 02/09/11, 5:28 PM

Replies: 875 Cataclysm Discipline Priest Compendium Views: 1,946,239 Posted By Ellyh Well PWS spamming is back with a vengence judging... Well PWS spamming is back with a vengence judging by WoL parses and general QQing. The real question is how does blizzard fix it? It seems to me that Blizzard has painted themselves into a corner...

Forum: Priests 01/29/11, 5:29 AM

Replies: 875 Cataclysm Discipline Priest Compendium Views: 1,946,239 Posted By Ellyh Regarding surge of light the problem isn't the... Regarding surge of light the problem isn't the spells that trigger it the problem is that it's a 6% proc chance. Even if every spell you cast triggered it you would still realistically see about...

Forum: Priests 01/19/11, 4:35 PM

Replies: 875 Cataclysm Discipline Priest Compendium Views: 1,946,239 Posted By Ellyh I havn't seen the numbers but for me an unbuffed... I havn't seen the numbers but for me an unbuffed tick is in the 4800 range now for a throughput of ~14500 total. After the buff this will become ~16000 for a % increase of ~10%. As mana is reported...

Forum: Priests 01/19/11, 2:12 PM

Replies: 875 Cataclysm Discipline Priest Compendium Views: 1,946,239 Posted By Ellyh Looking at the datamined patch notes it looks... Looking at the datamined patch notes it looks like the pennance buff is nowhere as good as I had initially hoped. The basic problem is that unlike other healers we have only the 6% status bonus of...

Forum: Priests 01/15/11, 1:13 AM

Replies: 875 Cataclysm Discipline Priest Compendium Views: 1,946,239 Posted By Ellyh Looks like blizzard has heard our pleas and they... Looks like blizzard has heard our pleas and they have improved penance by a decent margin. According to MMO-champion healing is improved 20% for a 7% increase in cost. For priests just entering...

Forum: Priests 01/11/11, 2:12 PM

Replies: 875 Cataclysm Discipline Priest Compendium Views: 1,946,239 Posted By Ellyh For those who are interested in wheather surge of... For those who are interested in wheather surge of light is now worth taking I suggest you start with the theorycraft we did back in beta...

Forum: Priests 01/06/11, 1:59 PM

Replies: 875 Cataclysm Discipline Priest Compendium Views: 1,946,239 Posted By Ellyh Over doubling the ammount absorbed by PWS is nice... Over doubling the ammount absorbed by PWS is nice but to me the real kicker in this set of patch notes is the following: *Grace can now be active on multiple targets at a time. Single target grace...

Forum: Priests 12/10/10, 8:35 AM

Replies: 365 Priest Simple Questions/Simple Answers: Cataclysm Views: 283,125 Posted By Ellyh Darkness is not worth taking untill well into... Darkness is not worth taking untill well into raiding in full epics. Even then the value of 2% haste vs mana efficiency is debatable. Haste totals will never get to where they were in Wrath and the...

Forum: Priests 12/06/10, 6:38 PM

Replies: 875 Cataclysm Discipline Priest Compendium Views: 1,946,239 Posted By Ellyh That may be true for single target situations but... That may be true for single target situations but for 5 man and 10 man there is a lot of advantages to casting an instant single GCD spell on someone needing non urgent topping off so you can remain...

Forum: Priests 12/03/10, 2:34 AM

Replies: 150 Cataclysm Healing Priest Theorycrafting Views: 213,128 Posted By Ellyh Honestly if they achieve thier goals for cata... Honestly if they achieve thier goals for cata then you will not be able to stat weight your gear like you can now as so much will be dependent on the skill of your dps at keeping a fight short and...

Forum: Priests 11/23/10, 2:13 PM

Replies: 244 Shadowpriest FAQ for 4.0 Views: 608,948 Posted By Ellyh No. Most of the theorycraft I've seen suggests... No. Most of the theorycraft I've seen suggests that mastery is now worth about the same as crit rating. Nice but not as good as Haste by about 25%. Current priority should be hit/spirit to cap > int...

Forum: Priests 11/17/10, 1:56 PM

Replies: 635 Cataclysm Priest Changes Views: 302,129 Posted By Ellyh With the combined grace change (24% is massive)... With the combined grace change (24% is massive) and a 20% base increase in heals power we will be seeing a massive increase to single target tank healing that I believe makes the smite spec obsolete....

Forum: Priests 11/10/10, 1:49 PM

Replies: 635 Cataclysm Priest Changes Views: 302,129 Posted By Ellyh The Power word barrier change had to be made as I... The Power word barrier change had to be made as I cannot see any way they could actually make the barrier ever last long enough to matter in PvE without making it insandely overpowered in PvP. Also...

Forum: Priests 11/03/10, 5:43 PM

Replies: 635 Cataclysm Priest Changes Views: 302,129 Posted By Ellyh *edit* Yay for datamining errors. Nothing to see... *edit* Yay for datamining errors. Nothing to see here. leaving the old comment so thread doesn't become incomprehensible. *Old info - ignore* Latest beta build has been datamined on MMO champ and...

Forum: Priests 11/01/10, 6:39 AM

Replies: 150 Cataclysm Healing Priest Theorycrafting Views: 213,128 Posted By Ellyh Actually my napkin maths suggests that this... Actually my napkin maths suggests that this basically equalises the hpm of smite vs heal and the extra damage of smite is offset by the unreliability of targeting. Realistically both variant specs...

Forum: Priests 10/28/10, 4:02 AM

Replies: 150 Cataclysm Healing Priest Theorycrafting Views: 213,128 Posted By Ellyh While not included in the patch notes reports say... While not included in the patch notes reports say that the archangel tooltip has been updated to reflect the 1% mana return per stack. This should put to rest any suggestion that it will be a mana...

Forum: Priests 10/25/10, 5:26 PM

Replies: 244 Shadowpriest FAQ for 4.0 Views: 608,948 Posted By Ellyh Given that mindspike now strips all dots from the... Given that mindspike now strips all dots from the target I can see no possible case where MS should be used as part of your single target rotation. If you end up with 3 orbs early just curse RNG and...

Forum: Priests 10/18/10, 3:27 PM

Replies: 635 Cataclysm Priest Changes Views: 302,129 Posted By Ellyh I would also point out that you can't stear the... I would also point out that you can't stear the attonement heal so unless you can somehow get a raid with no melee in it you can't guarentee that the attonement heal is actually going to the tank. I...

Forum: Priests 10/17/10, 2:02 AM

Replies: 151 Healing Priest FAQ v4.0.1: Surviving until December, 7th Views: 346,606 Posted By Ellyh SOL is just bad. Lets say your casting 30 heals a... SOL is just bad. Lets say your casting 30 heals a minute because you have lots of haste and nothing better to do. On average you will get 1.8 procs per minute but becasuse of latency and the spell...

Forum: Priests 10/15/10, 12:05 AM

Replies: 635 Cataclysm Priest Changes Views: 302,129 Posted By Ellyh You do realise that int = spellpower on the... You do realise that int = spellpower on the abacus don't you? Also at 80 attonement is cute but in raids the tank is still taking damage on the Wrath model and the heals generated are just nowhere...

Forum: Priests 10/13/10, 6:52 PM

Replies: 151 Healing Priest FAQ v4.0.1: Surviving until December, 7th Views: 346,606 Posted By Ellyh Surge is wasted in the holy spec as given L80... Surge is wasted in the holy spec as given L80 casting patterns you can easily go an entire fight without even casting a spell that would proc it. Pretty much any talent would be better. Also with...

Forum: Priests 10/04/10, 7:44 PM

Replies: 635 Cataclysm Priest Changes Views: 302,129 Posted By Ellyh Erragal the calculation is assuming a full cost... Erragal the calculation is assuming a full cost smite as best case savings. It is calculated against smite as it is more expensive than heal and in the situation described you are spending over 60%...

Forum: Priests 10/04/10, 6:59 PM

Replies: 635 Cataclysm Priest Changes Views: 302,129 Posted By Ellyh According to my numbers in the theorycrafting... According to my numbers in the theorycrafting thread (http://elitistjerks.com/f77/t105330-cataclysm_healing_priest_theorycrafting/p2/#post1758748)the mana savings of this level of smite use coupled...

Forum: Priests 10/01/10, 6:59 PM

Replies: 150 Cataclysm Healing Priest Theorycrafting Views: 213,128 Posted By Ellyh I have been working on the value of surge of... I have been working on the value of surge of light for a disc atonement spec and the proc overwrite issue and have concluded the following points: • even playing very badly the loss of procs from...

Forum: Priests 09/30/10, 8:36 PM

Replies: 150 Cataclysm Healing Priest Theorycrafting Views: 213,128 Posted By Ellyh Grouping does not matter as I am assuming 100%... Grouping does not matter as I am assuming 100% efficient usage of procs. The fact remains that in any group of 10 cast you only have a 46% chance of getting any procs to use at all. Therefor in 100...

Forum: Priests 09/30/10, 8:24 PM

Replies: 150 Cataclysm Healing Priest Theorycrafting Views: 213,128 Posted By Ellyh Ok recaclulating the chance of not getting a... Ok recaclulating the chance of not getting a surge for 10 casts in a 30 second period (22.5 secs casting pre haste) as your example indicates. We now get get 0.94 to the power 10 which is 0.538 or a...

Forum: Priests 09/30/10, 8:01 PM

Replies: 150 Cataclysm Healing Priest Theorycrafting Views: 213,128 Posted By Ellyh Havoc, I am just running a crude model of tank... Havoc, I am just running a crude model of tank healing using smite instead of heal to get best case numbers for the value of surge of light. The numbers of casts are based off Carnathagia's log of...

Forum: Priests 09/30/10, 4:51 PM

Replies: 150 Cataclysm Healing Priest Theorycrafting Views: 213,128 Posted By Ellyh Thanks, while obviously not a real run that still... Thanks, while obviously not a real run that still allows us to start looking at the value of surge of light. During your 212 sec test (3mins 32 secs) you cast a total of 99 spells and look to have...

Forum: Priests 09/30/10, 2:59 PM

Replies: 150 Cataclysm Healing Priest Theorycrafting Views: 213,128 Posted By Ellyh I would love to see a healing log from a heroic... I would love to see a healing log from a heroic for an attonement spec priest to try and work out how much gain is actually being given by surge of light. My back of the envelope calculations based...

Forum: Priests 09/26/10, 7:29 AM

Replies: 635 Cataclysm Priest Changes Views: 302,129 Posted By Ellyh Inner focus is going to be vital for early... Inner focus is going to be vital for early heroics where you will need to drop the big heals at least on the tanks. Most of the videos I have seen have required the healers to use thier big heals...

Forum: Priests 09/25/10, 7:43 PM

Replies: 635 Cataclysm Priest Changes Views: 302,129 Posted By Ellyh Agree with rapture every 6 seconds it's by far... Agree with rapture every 6 seconds it's by far the better talent. With the gutting of the holy passive bonus from 25% -> 15% the power differential for holy has been almost totally wiped out. They...

Forum: Priests 09/25/10, 4:53 PM

Replies: 635 Cataclysm Priest Changes Views: 302,129 Posted By Ellyh Which is the better mana efficiency talent?... Which is the better mana efficiency talent? Rapture or Mental Agility. The reason I ask is it looks like disc smite builds will have the points for one but not both and I was wondering which would be...

Forum: Priests 09/24/10, 4:51 AM

Replies: 635 Cataclysm Priest Changes Views: 302,129 Posted By Ellyh Hegan, mana concerns and the lack of... Hegan, mana concerns and the lack of targetability should balance out any small ammount of damage that a smite healer does. GC even says as much "and you can use Smite on the tanked target, and have...

Forum: Priests 09/24/10, 2:42 AM

Replies: 635 Cataclysm Priest Changes Views: 302,129 Posted By Ellyh Words of wisdom from GC... Words of wisdom from GC (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=26859270142&pageNo=2&sid=1#32) I am pleased to see that the difference between holy and disc mastery passives is being...

Forum: Priests 09/24/10, 1:28 AM

Replies: 635 Cataclysm Priest Changes Views: 302,129 Posted By Ellyh Major priest healing changes datamined by MMO... Major priest healing changes datamined by MMO champ. generally good changes for non-smite disc. You can now get a viable healing spec (http://wowtal.com/#k=v4AvW7p4Y.a21.priest)with everything...

Forum: Priests 09/20/10, 4:07 PM

Replies: 635 Cataclysm Priest Changes Views: 302,129 Posted By Ellyh Looks like we may not be seeing a major... Looks like we may not be seeing a major rebalancing of numbers for Disc in the near future. The latest from GC on the beta forums. I suspect that given the notable extra power and regen of holy...

Forum: Priests 09/18/10, 5:37 AM

Replies: 635 Cataclysm Priest Changes Views: 302,129 Posted By Ellyh Those numbers certainly suggest that blizzard... Those numbers certainly suggest that blizzard really need to balance the passive masteries better between disc and holy as that looks to be the only difference between the specs power right...

Forum: Priests 09/10/10, 8:00 PM

Replies: 635 Cataclysm Priest Changes Views: 302,129 Posted By Ellyh I would assume that pws not scaling with spell... I would assume that pws not scaling with spell power is a bug as it makes both the spell and mastery 100% worthless. Make sure you file a but report to get this fixed as the spec cannot be...

Forum: Mages 09/10/10, 12:12 AM

Replies: 311 Arcane Design Views: 217,171 Posted By Ellyh I think that there is still a lot of design space... I think that there is still a lot of design space to go as this quote from GC to holy palies (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=26725675201&pageNo=2&sid=1#33) indicates.

Forum: Priests 08/28/10, 1:30 AM

Replies: 635 Cataclysm Priest Changes Views: 302,129 Posted By Ellyh The crab has spoken about lightwell again... The crab has spoken about lightwell again (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=26560537380&sid=1&pageNo=9). Hopefully we can provide good feedback on the latest changes (whatever...

Forum: Mages 08/25/10, 2:31 AM

Replies: 311 Arcane Design Views: 217,171 Posted By Ellyh Aikiwoce I wouldn't get too concerned about what... Aikiwoce I wouldn't get too concerned about what he is saying for ret pallies as the whole context of the pally discussion...

Forum: Priests 08/21/10, 3:12 AM

Replies: 635 Cataclysm Priest Changes Views: 302,129 Posted By Ellyh Lots of holy priest changes some exciting... Lots of holy priest changes some exciting stuff there but I am getting worried that holy priesting is going to require a lot of practice and timer support as you try to keep track of the fight...

Forum: Priests 08/18/10, 6:02 PM

Replies: 635 Cataclysm Priest Changes Views: 302,129 Posted By Ellyh I am aware of state of mind but the issue of... I am aware of state of mind but the issue of re-freshing on an inconvenient timer that varies between one minute and infinity remains. Also to be blunt a 1 minute stance is actually remarkably...

Forum: Priests 08/18/10, 4:42 PM

Replies: 635 Cataclysm Priest Changes Views: 302,129 Posted By Ellyh I must admit that after thinking about the new... I must admit that after thinking about the new chakra for a while I am somewhat conflicted about the design of this spell. To me it seems to be in a wierd kind of limbo. It's cooldown is short...

Forum: Priests 08/17/10, 6:36 AM

Replies: 635 Cataclysm Priest Changes Views: 302,129 Posted By Ellyh The new talent calclators are now available and... The new talent calclators are now available and holy and shadow are shaping up nicely now. However there are still some major issues with Disc having bloat of the bad sort...

Forum: Priests 08/11/10, 3:58 PM

Replies: 635 Cataclysm Priest Changes Views: 302,129 Posted By Ellyh In relation to the disc sections we need to know... In relation to the disc sections we need to know what the likely pre raid crit rate is plausably going to be as the current fall off in ratings suggest you will be lucky to get 15% crit in pre raid...

Forum: Priests 08/05/10, 5:25 AM

Replies: 635 Cataclysm Priest Changes Views: 302,129 Posted By Ellyh Sadly you can't do that as you have to spend 31... Sadly you can't do that as you have to spend 31 points in shadow first. I am more concerned by reports that Mind Flay is now a 5 second channel. With any luck that is a bug as a 5 second channel is...

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