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Forum: Public Discussion 02/07/07, 7:38 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 9,683
Posted By Jonno
There is a bug with the respec decay that a lot...

There is a bug with the respec decay that a lot of people appear to be experiencing. It should work as described above - 5g per month decay.

My mage has no problem and the decay seems to work fine -...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/20/07, 5:52 PM
Replies: 242
Views: 33,813
Posted By Jonno
:toot: This is good news indeed[/quote] I was...

:toot:

This is good news indeed[/quote]
I was surprised that the Counterspell "nerf" ever went through in the first place - to me it really showed a poor understanding of PVP as a mage. That second...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/22/06, 6:04 PM
Replies: 540
Views: 89,609
Posted By Jonno
The one thing that troubles me with any proposed...

The one thing that troubles me with any proposed "nerfing' of Mana Pots/Runes by any mechanism is the limits it places on encounter design for healers. If healers don't have the available mana to...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/21/06, 5:37 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 6,698
Posted By Jonno
Both my brothers play WoW, one having started...

Both my brothers play WoW, one having started with me at release and the other only just started a month or two ago.

Rather than try to catch up to us at 60, he has been having so much fun in the...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/18/06, 7:25 PM
Replies: 247
Views: 24,965
Posted By Jonno
[/quote] Thats an interesting point and one not...

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Thats an interesting point and one not many people have touched on. There is always the argument that Horde don't defend and Alliance do but IMO thats a result of that exact occurrence. A...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/17/06, 6:33 PM
Replies: 540
Views: 89,609
Posted By Jonno
Thats true, but the benefit Major Manas and Runes...

Thats true, but the benefit Major Manas and Runes give is off the scale. I'm sitting on roughly 7.5k raid buffed mana. If I chug 5 x Major Mana Pots in a fight, thats going to give me, on average,...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/16/06, 10:36 PM
Replies: 540
Views: 89,609
Posted By Jonno
Couldn't agree more with the original post. It's...

Couldn't agree more with the original post.

It's a horrible piece of encounter design and philosophy by Blizzard - a zero-sum grindfest that is entirely unavoidable if you want to compete against...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/24/06, 6:04 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 5,329
Posted By Jonno
I second this. This is a great fight for Chain...

I second this. This is a great fight for Chain Heal. We run with 3 OT healers hiding in the corner near the Alc lab (Priest + Druid + Shammy). As the priest and druid pretty easily keep our 2 OTs...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/23/06, 6:23 PM
Replies: 446
Views: 34,826
Posted By Jonno
Its very simple supply and demand theory. The...

Its very simple supply and demand theory. The price/supply of E-Bay gold is merely reacting to the demand from WOW players and that demand is being driven by Blizzard and their raid design...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/29/06, 8:45 PM
Replies: 247
Views: 19,466
Posted By Jonno
Thats exactly where the talent system falls down...

Thats exactly where the talent system falls down IMO, with healers especially pigeonholed into horribly inefficient killing specs.

I love healing in raids - for me its far more interesting than any...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/25/06, 8:54 PM
Replies: 93
Views: 12,663
Posted By Jonno
Freakish coincidence? Did you know, that using...

Freakish coincidence?

Did you know, that using vent, you can coordinate a massive number of people to hit "join queue" at the same time? And that said group will be very likely to get into the...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/23/06, 9:34 PM
Replies: 93
Views: 12,663
Posted By Jonno
I think it varies from Battlegroup to...

I think it varies from Battlegroup to Battlegroup. In BG9 I've got Exalted AV on both Horde and Alliance. Alliance have long queues to get into AV in the range of 45mins to 1 hr. Having to wait that...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/18/06, 9:00 PM
Replies: 3,344
Views: 702,317
Posted By Jonno
Here's an oddball theory from the South Park...

Here's an oddball theory from the South Park episode:


:wth:
Forum: Public Discussion 10/18/06, 10:44 AM
Replies: 3,344
Views: 702,317
Posted By Jonno
Nexus Crystals? There's going to be a TON of...

Nexus Crystals?

There's going to be a TON of these hitting the streets once everyone shards all their soon to be outdated Epics - question is ..is there much of a use for them? Should I DE as much...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/18/06, 1:28 AM
Replies: 3,344
Views: 702,317
Posted By Jonno
You're right - it is a disgraceful idea and the...

You're right - it is a disgraceful idea and the shortsightedness of it in a game that is horribly plauged by population imbalance just astounds me. Proudmoore is a 2.6:1 Alliance:Horde server which...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/14/06, 10:01 PM
Replies: 3,344
Views: 702,317
Posted By Jonno
Spell Alert has been doing almost exactly that...

Spell Alert has been doing almost exactly that for over a year now :P And like someone already mentioned it looks exactly like NECB does already. There's nothing new there at all unless like someone...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/13/06, 8:20 PM
Replies: 3,344
Views: 702,317
Posted By Jonno
Some enchanting questions. I'm assuming there's...

Some enchanting questions.

I'm assuming there's a new tier of essencees/shards/dusts at 61+ - is this correct?

Any word on new high level enchants? Are we going to replace all our Crusader's, +25...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/11/06, 8:58 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 9,140
Posted By Jonno
What's the hurry anyway? The next expansion...

What's the hurry anyway?

The next expansion after BC is a long time away. Enjoy the 60-70 content. It's not all about the race to level 70 and world firsts in the riad instances.

Save up a bunch of...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/09/06, 5:52 AM
Replies: 306
Views: 22,073
Posted By Jonno
Haha no not at all - I'm pretty much for using...

Haha no not at all - I'm pretty much for using anything that can improve my healing. The point I was trying to make is a lot of people use EMs without a lot of thought process going into it. I guess...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/08/06, 10:36 AM
Replies: 306
Views: 22,073
Posted By Jonno
I wouldn't argue about a computers ability to...

I wouldn't argue about a computers ability to make the healing decisions for you although I don't see how its going to be casting pre-emptive heals for you - it can only react. As long as you have...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/07/06, 2:32 AM
Replies: 306
Views: 22,073
Posted By Jonno
Mods like CastParty, ClickHeal etc allow you to...

Mods like CastParty, ClickHeal etc allow you to bind spells to mouse clicks. I use CastParty and I'll have HW5 on LMB, LHW6 on RMB, Chain Heal on Alt-LMB, NS Macro HW10 on Shift-LMB etc. To cast the...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/05/06, 8:04 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 5,124
Posted By Jonno
The main issue I see with rerolling for the...

The main issue I see with rerolling for the expansion is simply raid numbers.

We're already seeing a decrease from 40-25 man so all classes are going to be overpopulated unless your guild decides to...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/04/06, 8:46 PM
Replies: 103
Views: 14,252
Posted By Jonno
Thats pretty much the experience on my server....

Thats pretty much the experience on my server. Our top 2 guilds A side and top H guild all transferred off at the first available opportunity. Back then our server was such a POS that it was really...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/03/06, 9:27 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 8,826
Posted By Jonno
We've had two raid members hacked in the last...

We've had two raid members hacked in the last week or two who are still in the process of getting their accounts back. One had all their characters deleted and the other was seen logging on just...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/24/06, 8:34 PM
Replies: 71
Views: 7,001
Posted By Jonno
There seem to be a lot of people here saying...

There seem to be a lot of people here saying forcing specs is a bad thing and I don't really tend to agree. In saying that there is usually a fair bit of room to move in most classes and some require...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/23/06, 7:11 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 9,296
Posted By Jonno
Thats the real problem with some of the Shaman...

Thats the real problem with some of the Shaman set bonuses - they're just too damn good.

3 Piece EF kind of gets overlooked because of the 5 pc EF argument, but before they talented the totem range...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/22/06, 10:39 PM
Replies: 2,712
Views: 333,484
Posted By Jonno
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4703/beerva1qf9...

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4703/beerva1qf9.gif (http://imageshack.us)
Forum: Public Discussion 08/22/06, 2:22 AM
Replies: 79
Views: 9,296
Posted By Jonno
I notice you have Empowered leggings in your...

I notice you have Empowered leggings in your profile and these are one of the items I really see as a major upgrade for a Shaman in a lot of cases. They've been getting sharded since day 1 in our...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/17/06, 8:07 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 4,558
Posted By Jonno
We soulstone our rogues for this fight - pretty...

We soulstone our rogues for this fight - pretty much everyone else should be able to look after themselves as long as they stay aware. You don't want to be losing people who get steamrolled by...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/10/06, 2:27 AM
Replies: 138
Views: 14,160
Posted By Jonno
Your job as a healer is to keep the people you're...

Your job as a healer is to keep the people you're healing alive. Its almost a binary problem - if they live you've done your job, if they die you haven't. Who is the better healer - the one that...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/09/06, 2:15 AM
Replies: 138
Views: 14,160
Posted By Jonno
Your linked profile only has 4/8 EF and 5/8 ES....

Your linked profile only has 4/8 EF and 5/8 ES. The 4 you have chosen are the 4 pieces with mp/5 on them but you still need another which will have zero so you're up for losing more than 10 mp/5. 14...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/09/06, 12:27 AM
Replies: 138
Views: 14,160
Posted By Jonno
I can't see how 5 piece EF could possibly compete...

I can't see how 5 piece EF could possibly compete with 5 pieces of Earthshatterer.

You'd be sacrificing a stack of +healing (150+) not to mention stam, intell and on most 5 piece combos at least 20...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/08/06, 8:32 PM
Replies: 85
Views: 9,874
Posted By Jonno
True

True
Forum: Public Discussion 08/08/06, 12:50 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,089
Posted By Jonno
I tend to agree with this - you really want to...

I tend to agree with this - you really want to have your raid members aware enough of a situation so they can make their own call. Unless you want to do every encounter the "paint by numbers" way...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/03/06, 7:46 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,263
Posted By Jonno
Why are people giving him advice on strats for...

Why are people giving him advice on strats for the encounter when the question was specifically about heal aggro and they don't have a problem taking down Razor anyway?

/shrug

The question was...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/02/06, 10:39 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,263
Posted By Jonno
I think the issue he is talking about is with a...

I think the issue he is talking about is with a newly spawned Lego. I don't know how long before spawning these guys get to build up threat for but in a very low aggro situation like this they could...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/02/06, 9:40 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,263
Posted By Jonno
Someone else healing you won't generate any aggro...

Someone else healing you won't generate any aggro towards you AFAIK. All the aggro from the heal goes towards the healer not the person being healed (HoT or regular heals - it shouldn't matter).

The...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/31/06, 8:01 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 4,843
Posted By Jonno
Rely on the other healers in your raid more -...

Rely on the other healers in your raid more - there's a whole bunch of you there and you don't need to do it all yourself. If you are consistently beating them to the punch constantly back off for a...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/25/06, 11:05 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,093
Posted By Jonno
I raid with about 300ms pings and by my estimates...

I raid with about 300ms pings and by my estimates FastCast has increased my DPS by around the 12-15% mark.
Forum: Public Discussion 07/23/06, 7:28 PM
Replies: 474
Views: 54,090
Posted By Jonno
This is the point most people seem to be...

This is the point most people seem to be missing.

Up till now the designers have been locked in to keeping Paladins and Shaman as half-assed equivalent so raid balance doesn't go totally out the...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/20/06, 10:38 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 4,529
Posted By Jonno
30% threat reduction from Frost channeling on top...

30% threat reduction from Frost channeling on top of BoS and Netherwind bonuses is getting to the point of almost being ridiculous or as you've proven - maybe its already there. Its just another...
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