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Forum: Death Knights 04/08/10, 5:17 PM

Replies: 2,880 Death Knight: Simple Questions/Simple Answers Views: 1,257,830 Posted By JALbert Stacking your buffs will give you more benefit.... Stacking your buffs will give you more benefit. Imagine if you will that heroism gave you +10% DPS, and the pot gave you +10% DPS. Using them at seperate times would give you two periods of 110% DPS....

Forum: Death Knights 04/07/10, 6:57 PM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,945 Posted By JALbert Only delay for the Oblit if the extra .7seconds... Only delay for the Oblit if the extra .7seconds would push back your blood runes/death runes and cause your diseases to drop (presuming Glyph of Disease). Otherwise waiting any reasonable length of...

Forum: User Interface and AddOns 03/27/10, 2:53 PM

Replies: 724 Hardware Interface -- Keyboards and Mice Views: 360,912 Posted By JALbert I'm not familliar with that specific mouse but I... I'm not familliar with that specific mouse but I use a mouse with two thumb buttons and have one bound to Alt through the windows mouse options interface, works find for Alt+Keystroke in WoW.

Forum: Death Knights 03/25/10, 11:36 AM

Replies: 1,800 Frost DPS in 3.3.3::This will be a day long remembered Views: 2,520,945 Posted By JALbert Simple napkin math from your Festergut parse:... Simple napkin math from your Festergut parse: Your oblits were ~30% of your total damage. 3 (% crit) * 1.45 * 30 = 130.5 Your frost/shadow damage was ~35% of your total damage: 35 * 2(note that each...

Forum: Death Knights 03/02/10, 2:10 PM

Replies: 3,498 Unholy Dps | 3.3.5, King of Anything Views: 6,213,461 Posted By JALbert Regarding double dipping, will the 5% buff aura... Regarding double dipping, will the 5% buff aura count for each part of the Scourge Strike? I did some searching and couldn't find any data on Luck of the Draw, which I assume would work the same as...

Forum: Death Knights 05/01/09, 2:50 AM

Replies: 152 Raid Tested uses of Army of the Dead Views: 162,462 Posted By JALbert It works if you have a permaghoul. AotD follows... It works if you have a permaghoul. AotD follows whatever commands you give the permaghoul. Regular ghouls are not controllable, thus you cannot give them attack/follow commands and AotD cannot copy...

Forum: Death Knights 04/29/09, 4:32 PM

Replies: 840 There Will Be Blood (DPS) - Meet the new thread/Same as the old thread Views: 708,460 Posted By JALbert Sorry, perhaps I wasn't clear. Missing... Sorry, perhaps I wasn't clear. Missing consecutively has a different impact than missing at seperated times, and thus the DPS loss of a miss is not independant of prior events, and making the best...

Forum: Death Knights 04/29/09, 1:32 PM

Replies: 840 There Will Be Blood (DPS) - Meet the new thread/Same as the old thread Views: 708,460 Posted By JALbert I believe you're missing his point. 2% miss on... I believe you're missing his point. 2% miss on white damage swings will directly and accurately be modeled by a 2% reduction in damage dealt. However, due to the DK resource system, misses on...

Forum: Death Knights 04/20/09, 7:19 PM

Replies: 1,333 Unholy Gains Shadow of Death (Unholy DPS Discussion now with more 3.2!) Views: 1,251,701 Posted By JALbert There was a post by Ghostcrawler stating that the... There was a post by Ghostcrawler stating that the tooltip is incorrect and that gargoyle is intended to be shorter than 40 seconds, and it is working as intended.

Forum: Death Knights 04/16/09, 6:39 PM

Replies: 2,880 Death Knight: Simple Questions/Simple Answers Views: 1,257,830 Posted By JALbert No. No.

Forum: Public Discussion 04/13/09, 4:24 PM

Replies: 877 WoW Performance Issues/Tweaks, Etc Views: 580,166 Posted By JALbert I'm using the same motherboard and processor, and... I'm using the same motherboard and processor, and a different branded 4850. I've built a computer for someone else with that case, it was an easy process and the power supply has held up for him for...

Forum: Public Discussion 04/10/09, 1:27 PM

Replies: 989 Automated Guild Progress Ranking Views: 250,737 Posted By JALbert Actually, his mistake is operating under the... Actually, his mistake is operating under the premise that a 25 man progression meter should care about 10 man Sarth. I checked his earlier posts in the thread. By all means, if you're recruiting...

Forum: Public Discussion 04/10/09, 11:05 AM

Replies: 989 Automated Guild Progress Ranking Views: 250,737 Posted By JALbert You were realm 23nd to kill Sartharion 3d, 31st... You were realm 23nd to kill Sartharion 3d, 31st to kill Malygos, although with the timing of the previous ones it could be off by a couple days. This is wrong because? I'm just curious why you feel...

Forum: Public Discussion 04/10/09, 10:57 AM

Replies: 877 WoW Performance Issues/Tweaks, Etc Views: 580,166 Posted By JALbert If you have a budget that big, I'd just build a... If you have a budget that big, I'd just build a new computer. I picked up a quad core Phenom 9850, cooler, PSU, Radeon 4850, 4 gigs of ram and a case off of Newegg for 500 bucks. Even factoring the...

Forum: Death Knights 04/02/09, 11:09 PM

Replies: 451 DW Unholy DPS Discussion Views: 360,783 Posted By JALbert That was a fairly interesting read. Regardless,... That was a fairly interesting read. Regardless, coming up with an amount of ArPen needed to be equivalent to Scourge Strike is a flawed situation because those item budget points could have been...

Forum: Public Discussion 04/02/09, 2:00 PM

Replies: 261 Raiding Theory Views: 76,222 Posted By JALbert Not everyone has perfect information, however. I... Not everyone has perfect information, however. I was a second stringer for a while due to being a latecomer to WotLK, and doing 10 3d Sarth for a few hours till we got it down made me a better player...

Forum: Death Knights 04/02/09, 1:18 PM

Replies: 451 DW Unholy DPS Discussion Views: 360,783 Posted By JALbert ArPen is a suboptimal stat. Stacking a suboptimal... ArPen is a suboptimal stat. Stacking a suboptimal stat is suboptimal. If you're stacking 200+ ArPen, you could instead have Scourge Strike and a ton more strength. You can't just blatantly ignore the...

Forum: Public Discussion 03/27/09, 3:01 PM

Replies: 989 Automated Guild Progress Ranking Views: 250,737 Posted By JALbert On the other hand, if a guild farming all content... On the other hand, if a guild farming all content disbands, forms under a new name and one shots everything, they are then better due to having spent the least time on it? No solution for measuring...

Forum: Death Knights 03/05/09, 8:42 PM

Replies: 2,880 Death Knight: Simple Questions/Simple Answers Views: 1,257,830 Posted By JALbert There's really nothing drastically wrong with... There's really nothing drastically wrong with coming just under 5k DPS with the gear you have, and the kill times your raid is probably putting up.

Forum: Death Knights 03/05/09, 6:47 PM

Replies: 2,880 Death Knight: Simple Questions/Simple Answers Views: 1,257,830 Posted By JALbert It's a fair question. The DPS compendium thread... It's a fair question. The DPS compendium thread is quite out of date with regards to Blood and Dual Wield. The FAQ is also a bit dated, but you can check the relevant threads to find post 3.0.8...

Forum: Death Knights 03/01/09, 5:09 PM

Replies: 2,996 Dual Wield Builds Views: 1,422,971 Posted By JALbert Here's my proof: The tooltips of your abilities... Here's my proof: The tooltips of your abilities and the patch notes. I don't need to go run tests on the PTR and screenshot them to tell you that melee hunter is inferior to a ranged spec. Strikes...

Forum: Death Knights 03/01/09, 5:44 AM

Replies: 2,996 Dual Wield Builds Views: 1,422,971 Posted By JALbert DW does not do appreciably better white damage.... DW does not do appreciably better white damage. DW does far less strike damage, and there is no way to completely obviate strikes from your rotation. Non-strike abilities are weapon agnostic. If...

Forum: Death Knights 02/24/09, 7:46 PM

Replies: 2,996 Dual Wield Builds Views: 1,422,971 Posted By JALbert Yes, you can try and find a way to make DW work.... Yes, you can try and find a way to make DW work. However, at this juncture, there's no build where you aren't better off using a 2Her, and the only possible way to design one that favors DW is going...

Forum: Death Knights 02/23/09, 6:34 PM

Replies: 2,996 Dual Wield Builds Views: 1,422,971 Posted By JALbert Why go dual wield? Because you're focusing on... Why go dual wield? Because you're focusing on casting damage, and not physical strikes. At the point where your important damage is comprised of entirely spellcasts and white damage, then dual...

Forum: The Dung Heap 02/21/09, 6:23 PM

Replies: 30,103 Thread of Ultimate Stupidity Views: 1,885,126 Posted By JALbert This has been gone over in the Simple Questions,... This has been gone over in the Simple Questions, Simple Answers thread but from a sheer "take less damage" standpoint, defense is a better stat than dodge. The avoidance difference is miniscule, and...

Forum: Death Knights 02/20/09, 4:44 PM

Replies: 2,996 Dual Wield Builds Views: 1,422,971 Posted By JALbert Blood tree is based on physical strikes. 1... Blood tree is based on physical strikes. 1 handers do much less damage with instant strikes, being faster and with much lower damage. There's no real reason Blood would favor DW unless they modify...

Forum: Death Knights 02/20/09, 4:41 PM

Replies: 63 DK Stat Weights: A Derivation (Now with more spreadsheets!) Views: 85,187 Posted By JALbert Haste seems quite undervalued for that DW number... Haste seems quite undervalued for that DW number crunch. I don't see in the initial formulas any way to model: A. increased DPS due to smaller GCD on spellcasts from Haste. B. increased Killing...

Forum: Death Knights 02/19/09, 5:19 PM

Replies: 2,996 Dual Wield Builds Views: 1,422,971 Posted By JALbert Comparing 2 runs of under three minutes of... Comparing 2 runs of under three minutes of fighting is going to tell you nothing conclusive. Napkin math says 1.6 speed weapon will have 2.66% chance per swing of proccing FC if it's one PPM....

Forum: Death Knights 02/19/09, 12:41 PM

Replies: 2,996 Dual Wield Builds Views: 1,422,971 Posted By JALbert Blood should be seeing a lot of FC procs, since... Blood should be seeing a lot of FC procs, since they're using a ton of instant cast strikes. Keep in mind that the only things besides autoattacks that we're doing are PS and BS. Diseaseless blood is...

Forum: Death Knights 02/18/09, 9:55 PM

Replies: 2,996 Dual Wield Builds Views: 1,422,971 Posted By JALbert The percentage uptime of the second Fallen... The percentage uptime of the second Fallen Crusader (FC2) will follow your first Fallen Crusader's uptime (FC1) as follows: FC2 = FC1(1-FC1). That is to say if your FC is up 30% of the time, your...

Forum: Death Knights 02/18/09, 2:47 PM

Replies: 2,996 Dual Wield Builds Views: 1,422,971 Posted By JALbert It makes no sense whatsoever when you're raiding... It makes no sense whatsoever when you're raiding bosses nobody in the party has to move for. Getting to melee range 15% faster is going to be a personal DPS increase versus filler talents you have....

Forum: Death Knights 02/18/09, 2:33 PM

Replies: 2,996 Dual Wield Builds Views: 1,422,971 Posted By JALbert There's not going to be a major difference, but... There's not going to be a major difference, but if you're the only DK in the raid pick up Unholy Aura for crying out loud. Also, this is assuming you have a Warlock or Boomkin available for the...

Forum: Death Knights 02/18/09, 2:27 PM

Replies: 2,880 Death Knight: Simple Questions/Simple Answers Views: 1,257,830 Posted By JALbert If you're a good player, you'll do fine DPS in... If you're a good player, you'll do fine DPS in blues with any spec. If you're Blood, you'll probably want to stick to a diseased rotation until you're geared enough for diseaseless. Other than that,...

Forum: Death Knights 02/16/09, 4:27 PM

Replies: 2,996 Dual Wield Builds Views: 1,422,971 Posted By JALbert You're still limited by the cooldown on Howling... You're still limited by the cooldown on Howling Blast. Short story is that cancelaura macros simplify rotations a lot, and cause a slight DPS decrease compared with perfect play and no macro....

Forum: Death Knights 02/11/09, 10:38 AM

Replies: 2,996 Dual Wield Builds Views: 1,422,971 Posted By JALbert As DW, having offhand Razorice will in most cases... As DW, having offhand Razorice will in most cases benefit your raid more than offhand FC/CG will. It doesn't look as pretty on the meters for you, but it's a great debuff if there's a FFB mage in...

Forum: Death Knights 02/03/09, 10:49 AM

Replies: 2,996 Dual Wield Builds Views: 1,422,971 Posted By JALbert Agility doesn't give spell crit, and expertise... Agility doesn't give spell crit, and expertise means little to a DW spec. Blizzard actually did a pretty good job of itemization for each armor class. If you were somehow still in a blue for that...

Forum: Death Knights 02/03/09, 2:13 AM

Replies: 2,880 Death Knight: Simple Questions/Simple Answers Views: 1,257,830 Posted By JALbert If you're worried about dying to a spike while... If you're worried about dying to a spike while off cooldowns, then avoidance isn't going to help you either. At that point you're looking at Stam being the best option.

Forum: Death Knights 02/02/09, 4:23 PM

Replies: 2,880 Death Knight: Simple Questions/Simple Answers Views: 1,257,830 Posted By JALbert I already said that Dodge will give better... I already said that Dodge will give better avoidance returns than defense at real world gear levels. What you said was "Dodge gives more avoidance per point/item budget than defense, until you have...

Forum: Death Knights 02/02/09, 3:40 PM

Replies: 2,880 Death Knight: Simple Questions/Simple Answers Views: 1,257,830 Posted By JALbert He said nothing about current gear levels. He... He said nothing about current gear levels. He said Dodge was better until you had 1k dodge rating. In an utter vacuum, ignoring the effect on crits, Defense is still better for avoidance. At the...

Forum: Death Knights 02/02/09, 3:31 PM

Replies: 63 A treatis on Weapon Speed Views: 61,238 Posted By JALbert This is incorrect. BCB still favors fast weapons... This is incorrect. BCB still favors fast weapons because all weapons get a normalized contribution from AP, even though fast weapons hit much more often. The difference pretty much negates any...

Forum: Death Knights 02/01/09, 6:14 AM

Replies: 2,880 Death Knight: Simple Questions/Simple Answers Views: 1,257,830 Posted By JALbert Actually, that's wrong. Defense gives better... Actually, that's wrong. Defense gives better avoidance per point... the thing is Defense is already hit by diminishing returns when you're stacking 600 odd rating to get uncrittable. The amount of...

Forum: Death Knights 01/31/09, 3:40 PM

Replies: 2,996 Dual Wield Builds Views: 1,422,971 Posted By JALbert That's pretty close to how the 2H Blood specs are... That's pretty close to how the 2H Blood specs are running. There's no reason to DW when your main damage is Heart Strike and Obliterate. Just hop on over to the 2H Blood thread and you'll find this...

Forum: Death Knights 01/31/09, 4:18 AM

Replies: 2,996 Dual Wield Builds Views: 1,422,971 Posted By JALbert Unholy doesn't give you 3x time casting speed to... Unholy doesn't give you 3x time casting speed to be pulling PS -> IT -> 1/2 a FS in the time that blood puts out a HB. The entire point of the Blood > Unholy argument is that you're cherry picking...

Forum: Death Knights 01/30/09, 4:19 PM

Replies: 2,996 Dual Wield Builds Views: 1,422,971 Posted By JALbert Two things. For one, this is about DW DPS. I'm... Two things. For one, this is about DW DPS. I'm not saying Unholy presence is worst for *all* DK specs, I'm saying it's suboptimal for the DW Frost/Unholy hybrids people have been talking about for...

Forum: Death Knights 01/28/09, 10:28 AM

Replies: 2,996 Dual Wield Builds Views: 1,422,971 Posted By JALbert Blood is the definitive answer. 15% more damage... Blood is the definitive answer. 15% more damage at the cost of having to clip out the worst abilities in your rotation. Also, Unholy fails to benefit as fully from haste on your gear since you're...

Forum: Death Knights 01/28/09, 9:45 AM

Replies: 1,448 Frosty DPS Discussion (no magic hat required) Views: 672,141 Posted By JALbert There is no internal cooldown on Killing Machine.... There is no internal cooldown on Killing Machine. The only danger you run is having one proc off a swing before you've used the previous one, but with a 2 Hander you should have plenty of leeway to...

Forum: Death Knights 01/28/09, 5:39 AM

Replies: 2,880 Death Knight: Simple Questions/Simple Answers Views: 1,257,830 Posted By JALbert Yes, in a gem situation X dodge > X defense. The... Yes, in a gem situation X dodge > X defense. The problem is morons running around with misinformation about defense being useless after 540. 20 defense is superior to 10 dodge on an item in real...

Forum: User Interface and AddOns 01/28/09, 4:42 AM

Replies: 724 Hardware Interface -- Keyboards and Mice Views: 360,912 Posted By JALbert Is there any way of altering the sensitivity of... Is there any way of altering the sensitivity of the thumbstick on the G13? I'm really comfortable with thumbstick movement in console games, but in WoW where it's bound to a digital method (WASD) I...

Forum: User Interface and AddOns 01/28/09, 3:44 AM

Replies: 294 Death Knight rune addons: How can we do better? Views: 210,156 Posted By JALbert If your goal is to make a true all-in-one DK mod... If your goal is to make a true all-in-one DK mod (and I like your concept) one thing I'd absolutely love is Killing Machine and Rime indicators. Having customizable reactive indicators (Runestrike,...

Forum: Death Knights 01/28/09, 2:11 AM

Replies: 2,880 Death Knight: Simple Questions/Simple Answers Views: 1,257,830 Posted By JALbert You couldn't be more wrong? Given that defense is... You couldn't be more wrong? Given that defense is barely below dodge in terms of avoidance, and IBF scales with defense, taking defense past 540 is not at all a bad thing. There's no reason to...

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