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Forum: Public Discussion 03/02/09, 10:29 PM
Replies: 683
Views: 355,043
Posted By Pstar
A few people have mentioned this "feature" and...

A few people have mentioned this "feature" and I'd really appreciate some advice or commentary. Here's a log of our last night of OS+3 attempts, filtered to the relevant event.
Wow Web Stats...
Forum: Rogues 02/01/09, 6:40 AM
Replies: 308
Views: 80,391
Posted By Pstar
Very interesting, thx for posting. Would...

Very interesting, thx for posting. Would probably make swords king again.

I was kind of having fun with fan of knives on trash, but I hardly think it put me on top of the meters. I'd be on top of...
Forum: Rogues 01/29/09, 12:57 AM
Replies: 308
Views: 80,391
Posted By Pstar
This looked wrong to me, but (sort of) maths out....

This looked wrong to me, but (sort of) maths out. Wrath bosses (so far) all have 13083 armor, and the reduction is given by %= A/(A+15232.5). Put on major and minor debuffs, and assume you have 10%...
Forum: Rogues 01/27/09, 2:35 AM
Replies: 308
Views: 80,391
Posted By Pstar
I can't help but notice a large number of...

I can't help but notice a large number of infractions on this thread; I'm making a conscious effort to avoid garnering another.

I've noticed a couple of blue posts covered on MMO-Champ lately (1...
Forum: Warriors 12/07/08, 11:52 PM
Replies: 1,700
Views: 1,184,290
Posted By Pstar
Sunder Armor for Fury

Hi,

So our 2 tanks for 10mans are a DK and a Pally, and we don't have a hunter, so no armor debuffs are up on bosses. I was wondering whether it made sense for a Fury warrior to apply sunders. It...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/14/08, 6:07 PM
Replies: 1,901
Views: 880,800
Posted By Pstar
Is it true that the JC profession dailies don't...

Is it true that the JC profession dailies don't give XP as indicated by wowdb? If so, that really sucks. Having to do chores, i mean daily quests, is bad enough on your way to 80 without getting xp...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/06/08, 6:39 PM
Replies: 164
Views: 102,339
Posted By Pstar
Smallest raid that covers all buffs

Trying to optimize here... I get 10 is the smallest that covers all the buffs and debuffs:

Ret/Arms/Demo/Balance/Enhance/Discipline/FrostM/Feral/PPally

Although that would leave Wrath of Air...
Forum: Class Mechanics 04/29/08, 6:29 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 23,653
Posted By Pstar
Seems like they have to be multiplicative... how...

Seems like they have to be multiplicative... how else would you get destro locks in T6 hitting 10-11k crits?... to work backwards, that'd be a 5k normal hit, on a (572 + bonusdamage) * 1.66 *1.05...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/28/08, 12:05 PM
Replies: 174
Views: 46,709
Posted By Pstar
With 2.4 coming out, I decided to save my badges...

With 2.4 coming out, I decided to save my badges and use the crafted blues instead -- takes about 15 each of primal fires and waters to make the JC necklace and the 3 LW blues. With a green level 70...
Forum: Warlocks 02/12/08, 2:13 AM
Replies: 4,011
Views: 1,691,512
Posted By Pstar
On the front post, it says crits with ruin and a...

On the front post, it says crits with ruin and a chaotic skyfire will be 209%. Shouldn't it be 206%? Untalented crit strike bonus is 50%, increase that bonus by 100% to make it +100% or 200% of...
Forum: Class Mechanics 02/07/08, 3:04 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 21,844
Posted By Pstar
We run with a group as suggested in #2, with a...

We run with a group as suggested in #2, with a ret pally and a 33/28 MS warrior, two rogues and an enhancement shammy... sometimes we get a feral druid instead of the ret pally. We also have (in the...
Forum: Rogues 01/31/08, 4:40 PM
Replies: 143
Views: 51,396
Posted By Pstar
re: Shiv, true enough, and it's not actually a...

re: Shiv, true enough, and it's not actually a situation i've ever really noticed and thought to do anything about. I'm too busy yelling at our moonkin to put imp FF back up.

Nice Java stuff above....
Forum: Rogues 01/31/08, 4:00 PM
Replies: 143
Views: 51,396
Posted By Pstar
@Aldriana: I was tempted to guess pure math as...

@Aldriana:
I was tempted to guess pure math as well, but your solution almost seems too practical to have come from a mathematician =)

I kind of think variance is useful because it gives information...
Forum: Rogues 01/31/08, 1:34 PM
Replies: 143
Views: 51,396
Posted By Pstar
Well, I applaud your use of matrix decomposition,...

Well, I applaud your use of matrix decomposition, but I'm not sure that it gets us closer to the answer. Incidentally, my training is in economics so my perspective is a bit more applied than yours....
Forum: Rogues 01/31/08, 8:16 AM
Replies: 143
Views: 51,396
Posted By Pstar
A better way

NB: I assume we're talking about a mutilate build here with some slow daggers. I also assume we don't really care about the initial build-up of the DP stack, because we're trying to analyze envenom...
Forum: Rogues 01/31/08, 7:55 AM
Replies: 143
Views: 51,396
Posted By Pstar
What you seem to be theorizing here is: if I use...

What you seem to be theorizing here is: if I use Envenom as a finisher, how fast will the stack rebuild?

The D0D1 stuff is not incorrect, but it is a bit mathematically naive. The way the OP...
Forum: Druids 01/30/08, 6:07 PM
Replies: 1,925
Views: 694,178
Posted By Pstar
Um so I can't help but notice that the elunite...

Um so I can't help but notice that the elunite imbued leggings are missing from the gear list...

Also we raid with a Retadin, which may be increasingly common... +3% crit from JotC?
Forum: Public Discussion 01/28/08, 3:19 AM
Replies: 117
Views: 32,892
Posted By Pstar
I noticed that I don't lose my combo points on...

I noticed that I don't lose my combo points on Al'ar when he Meteors like I used to
Forum: Class Mechanics 01/11/08, 1:05 PM
Replies: 1,082
Views: 412,021
Posted By Pstar
Hi, So I've got a warrior in my guild who's...

Hi,

So I've got a warrior in my guild who's willing to spec blood frenzy. His 2h is the stormherald. I see from the spreadsheet that 33/28 with 5/5 sword is the best dps spec, but obviously he...
Forum: Class Mechanics 01/10/08, 3:57 AM
Replies: 416
Views: 298,501
Posted By Pstar
What about page 7 post #163? I never saw a good...

What about page 7 post #163? I never saw a good refutation of this... a lot of the theorycrafting starts with "well let's say the proc rate is about the same as mongoose"
Forum: Class Mechanics 01/09/08, 6:49 PM
Replies: 416
Views: 298,501
Posted By Pstar
I've read the entire thread and I don't...

I've read the entire thread and I don't understand what the difference between exe/mong and mong/exe is for rogues.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but we basically can't figure out what the proc...
Forum: Mages 01/05/08, 9:27 AM
Replies: 1,206
Views: 858,590
Posted By Pstar
To both replies so far: 1) Thanks much, this is...

To both replies so far:

1) Thanks much, this is helpful.

2a) Is there no way to spell queue? Sometimes they get pretty laggy and I don't have enough experience playing a caster to know how that...
Forum: Mages 01/05/08, 8:43 AM
Replies: 1,206
Views: 858,590
Posted By Pstar
So, I'm a rogue, but I'm an officer in a guild...

So, I'm a rogue, but I'm an officer in a guild working on Kael, and our mages need some help -- they're reasonably smart players, they've got the right gems/enchants and solid gear, but their DPS...
Forum: Class Mechanics 12/06/07, 4:27 AM
Replies: 1,639
Views: 447,055
Posted By Pstar
de-normalized? That's the big question...

de-normalized?

That's the big question...
Forum: Class Mechanics 10/18/07, 3:02 AM
Replies: 3,126
Views: 1,647,069
Posted By Pstar
I'm also a little uncertain about the gem info...

I'm also a little uncertain about the gem info here. I think the root of the disagreement comes from the AEP numbers. Where do those come from? My calculated AEP #s from the rogue DPS spreadsheet...
Forum: Class Mechanics 10/11/07, 2:05 AM
Replies: 1,595
Views: 480,768
Posted By Pstar
I'm definitely gonna try 1s/3r next time, thanks...

I'm definitely gonna try 1s/3r next time, thanks for the tip. Wish that spreadsheet woulda recommended it.

We were in similarly composed groups-- both had resto shamans dropping WF and feral...
Forum: Class Mechanics 10/11/07, 1:10 AM
Replies: 1,595
Views: 480,768
Posted By Pstar
@Twilight, that's true, i could improve...

@Twilight, that's true, i could improve there

@Ticia, yeah we were in diff groups and my shaman forgot to keep dropping WF as gruul moved about. probably more annoying for the arms/fury warrior...
Forum: Class Mechanics 10/10/07, 5:25 PM
Replies: 1,595
Views: 480,768
Posted By Pstar
So, I've crunched all of the numbers, and I just...

So, I've crunched all of the numbers, and I just can't figure out why this other rogue is out-DPSing me.

WWS: Wow Web Stats (http://wowwebstats.com/jxli3rc5ssls1?s=9017-9550)
I'm rogue in #3 he's...
Forum: Hunters 09/21/07, 4:12 PM
Replies: 3,820
Views: 753,232
Posted By Pstar
Agility gems/gear: I don't get it. I see that...

Agility gems/gear: I don't get it. I see that all the best raiding hunters gear up with agility gems and enchants over AP, but i don't understand why. Although agility is better than AP for rogues...
Forum: Class Mechanics 09/03/07, 4:41 AM
Replies: 189
Views: 110,908
Posted By Pstar
Touf: thanks. he tells me he's spamming shield...

Touf: thanks. he tells me he's spamming shield block every time it's up and that produces rage generation issues =>threat generation issues for him.... i haven't been paying attention to his rage...
Forum: Class Mechanics 09/02/07, 7:29 PM
Replies: 189
Views: 110,908
Posted By Pstar
devastate v sunder

dunno what you're talking about, my kara groups MT seems to average less than 200 on devastates with a king's defender...

Mohadeb - WWS (http://www.lossendil.com/wws/?report=wizkstpqe5qwy&a=6)

does...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 08/10/07, 9:22 PM
Replies: 174
Views: 80,829
Posted By Pstar
Does anyone have a suggestion for a...

Does anyone have a suggestion for a loot-distribution mod? I'm not talking about managing DKP or anything like that, but more for the BOE greens that are littered about -- it's three clicks to put a...
Forum: Class Mechanics 08/03/07, 7:19 AM
Replies: 2,892
Views: 940,347
Posted By Pstar
Great work, one minor detail; you don't seem to...

Great work, one minor detail; you don't seem to have the Pristine Fire Opal in available gems; I coulda sworn it was there last version... sorry if it's already been mentioned

NM old version is...
Forum: Class Mechanics 07/29/07, 12:37 PM
Replies: 714
Views: 195,304
Posted By Pstar
Shouldn't it also be possible to attain a skill...

Shouldn't it also be possible to attain a skill >375 with WExp?

Take some of:
Shapeshifter's Signet +5.1 skill
Grips of Deftness +3.8 skill
Belt of One-Hundred Deaths +6.1 skill
and one or two of...
Forum: Class Mechanics 07/27/07, 3:04 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 19,383
Posted By Pstar
My two cents: 41/20/0 is far and away my favorite...

My two cents:
41/20/0 is far and away my favorite spec for PvE. I think it sucks for pvp, actually; I prefer combat maces. My guild is running Kara (not on farm) and I've done it as combat daggers...
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