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Forum: Priests 01/27/12, 11:13 PM
Replies: 147
Views: 424,797
Posted By teiglin
I have essentially this same problem, using 403...

I have essentially this same problem, using 403 maw vs. 410 vagaries. I've essentially concluded that fights where the maw proc is at least decent (zon'ozz, yor'sahj, ultraxion, and madness), maw...
Forum: Priests 03/09/11, 11:34 PM
Replies: 654
Views: 2,244,281
Posted By teiglin
While haste is certainly better for a lot of...

While haste is certainly better for a lot of situations, I have to take strong exception to your example of Chimaeron; in fact, this is one encounters where mastery really shines. After non-feud...
Forum: Priests 02/15/11, 11:19 PM
Replies: 365
Views: 283,202
Posted By teiglin
Thanks for that analysis, napsilan. I've been...

Thanks for that analysis, napsilan. I've been playing with the two trinkets for the last week and have finally settled on FoM full time. Even though, as you note, it is possible to get higher regen...
Forum: Priests 02/12/11, 11:01 PM
Replies: 375
Views: 1,322,228
Posted By teiglin
As a normally healing-focused priest with minimal...

As a normally healing-focused priest with minimal shadow experience, I'm trying to understand the rotation used and have a few questions:

Is it really better to mind blast over refreshing dots? It...
Forum: Priests 02/10/11, 2:23 AM
Replies: 365
Views: 283,202
Posted By teiglin
Since feud can happen after consecutive...

Since feud can happen after consecutive massacres, and massacres come every 30s, entering Serenity even immediately after the massacre following a feud can result in being in Serenity with Chakra on...
Forum: Priests 02/09/11, 10:32 PM
Replies: 365
Views: 283,202
Posted By teiglin
With the nerf, a PoH is not a safe option between...

With the nerf, a PoH is not a safe option between caustic slime casts. After adding in mastery/glyph it will get people to 10k, but the caustic slimes come every ~4s, meaning you don't have time to...
Forum: Priests 02/05/11, 10:40 PM
Replies: 654
Views: 2,244,281
Posted By teiglin
Last I tried, human racial (and I assume pvp...

Last I tried, human racial (and I assume pvp trinkets) don't remove Maloriak's ice block. It's been a couple weeks since it hit me, though.
Forum: Death Knights 02/02/11, 9:34 PM
Replies: 179
Views: 293,976
Posted By teiglin
The standard solution is to "/use [@pettarget]...

The standard solution is to "/use [@pettarget] Claw" causing the pet only to attack if it already has a target (whether because you keep it on defensive or have already told it to attack something).
Forum: Priests 01/28/11, 6:21 AM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,946,612
Posted By teiglin
I don't see any reason to use smite spec on twin...

I don't see any reason to use smite spec on twin dragons. Engulfing Magic affects both damage and healing equally, and 90% of my casts in that phase are PoH anyway. Double strength PoH with...
Forum: Priests 01/27/11, 6:18 PM
Replies: 365
Views: 283,202
Posted By teiglin
It isn't really made clear, but I'm assuming he's...

It isn't really made clear, but I'm assuming he's referring to the point at which a single gheal crit's divine aegis would no longer benefit from mastery as the soft cap. For current gear, this is...
Forum: Priests 01/19/11, 3:41 AM
Replies: 365
Views: 283,202
Posted By teiglin
I use inner will on most aoe-heavy fights,...

I use inner will on most aoe-heavy fights, sometimes switching between phases when appropriate. Using CoH and ProM on cooldown and zero renews puts Inner Will at over 600 mp5. If you also keep...
Forum: Priests 01/12/11, 8:59 PM
Replies: 654
Views: 2,244,281
Posted By teiglin
With the PoH nerf and renew buff, I'll definitely...

With the PoH nerf and renew buff, I'll definitely be moving my point in SoM to Rapid Renewal. While renew certainly has some more difficulty in use--particuarly high chance of overheal--there are a...
Forum: The Dung Heap 01/01/11, 6:14 PM
Replies: 30,103
Views: 1,883,163
Posted By teiglin
I don't know why these have started surfacing...

I don't know why these have started surfacing again, but Rune Strike invokes a GCD and can't be used in a single macro with other strikes any more. I can only assume that people are blindly pasting...
Forum: Rogues 01/01/11, 6:07 PM
Replies: 886
Views: 4,022,717
Posted By teiglin
Last I checked vanish doesn't invoke a GCD so...

Last I checked vanish doesn't invoke a GCD so it's not a whole second, right? You're losing out on some autoattack damage while you wait for the client to recognize that you're vanished and actually...
Forum: Priests 12/30/10, 7:14 PM
Replies: 654
Views: 2,244,281
Posted By teiglin
My point about renew isn't that the duration is...

My point about renew isn't that the duration is refreshed and I understand that the refresh mechanics is meant to preserve ticks. Random was poor word choice on my part; it *appears* random to me...
Forum: Priests 12/28/10, 6:58 PM
Replies: 654
Views: 2,244,281
Posted By teiglin
Not sure exactly where you're looking, but you...

Not sure exactly where you're looking, but you did convert 750 haste rating correctly to 5.86% character sheet haste. The step you're missing is haste from additional buffs, presumably 3% from...
Forum: Death Knights 12/27/10, 2:32 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 2,022,220
Posted By teiglin
This is horrifically incorrect, though I suppose...

This is horrifically incorrect, though I suppose it's a common enough misconception. A 2 PPM enchant means that it would proc, on average, twice per minute if you were autoattacking with no haste...
Forum: Priests 12/27/10, 1:30 PM
Replies: 654
Views: 2,244,281
Posted By teiglin
Holy Word: Serenity and Binding Heal are also...

Holy Word: Serenity and Binding Heal are also direct heals that don't refresh renew. I just consider it a tooltip bug with Chakra; the Serenity description should just read ".., and causes your...
Forum: Death Knights 12/26/10, 12:12 PM
Replies: 830
Views: 2,314,040
Posted By teiglin
It isn't/doesn't. The relative mitigation of...

It isn't/doesn't. The relative mitigation of swordshattering increases as your pre-runeforge avoidance increases.
Forum: Priests 12/26/10, 5:49 AM
Replies: 654
Views: 2,244,281
Posted By teiglin
Since I never (and I assume no one else does...

Since I never (and I assume no one else does either) time my heals to coincide with renew ticks, the total time on a refreshed renew is pretty random and really doesn't benefit in any particular way...
Forum: Priests 12/21/10, 4:52 PM
Replies: 244
Views: 609,025
Posted By teiglin
No. Mind flay does not gain ticks at any haste...

No. Mind flay does not gain ticks at any haste level.

Crit does increase the chance of shortening shadowfiend cooldown, but so does haste, as you cast more mind flays. If you are having mana...
Forum: Priests 12/17/10, 10:29 PM
Replies: 244
Views: 609,025
Posted By teiglin
There's no way Dark Intent could be considered...

There's no way Dark Intent could be considered self-buffed, but certainly if you include Mind Quickening and Darkness, Stormraiser's 14.41% character sheet haste (from rating) is actually ~23.7%...
Forum: Rogues 12/04/10, 7:32 PM
Replies: 5,390
Views: 1,992,616
Posted By teiglin
I don't really agree that this is...

I don't really agree that this is self-explanatory. It may be obvious to those of us who have been using cloak of shadows for four years now, but the fact that Blizzard chooses to differentiate...
Forum: Death Knights 11/24/10, 3:27 PM
Replies: 365
Views: 736,619
Posted By teiglin
Try: /cast [@player] Death Coil Should do the...

Try:
/cast [@player] Death Coil
Should do the trick, and you won't stop autoattacking that way.
Forum: Death Knights 11/09/10, 3:07 AM
Replies: 365
Views: 736,619
Posted By teiglin
You make it sound as if there is a dearth of...

You make it sound as if there is a dearth of useful talents to pick up. I'd expect the base 31 points (http://wowtal.com/#k=YfqeYe6l.a7t.deathknight.) w/o crimson scourge would be fairly obvious,...
Forum: Rogues 11/01/10, 10:57 PM
Replies: 607
Views: 1,299,656
Posted By teiglin
Verelyse: I have a couple of points to add to...

Verelyse: I have a couple of points to add to Schmoopy's about kings/motw (both of which are only 5%, by the by).

First, you're overestimating the value of "poison" damage for the purpose of your...
Forum: Priests 10/24/10, 11:34 AM
Replies: 2,077
Views: 817,598
Posted By teiglin
You need the shift condition within the first...

You need the shift condition within the first brackets as well. So:
/cast [harm,nomod][nomod, @targettarget] Smite
/cast [harm,mod:shift][mod:shift, @targettarget] Holy Fire

If you have a series of...
Forum: Rogues 04/12/10, 2:13 PM
Replies: 5,390
Views: 1,992,616
Posted By teiglin
1. Hemo does hit harder with a slower weapon of...

1. Hemo does hit harder with a slower weapon of the same type. With 3.3.3, it has a higher damage multiplier on daggers such that a dagger will have roughly the same AP scaling as a sword/fist/mace,...
Forum: Rogues 04/11/10, 5:53 PM
Replies: 294
Views: 327,716
Posted By teiglin
Because the "handedness" of Manifest Anger...

Because the "handedness" of Manifest Anger procs--that is, which hand performs the attack--closely matches the distribution of mainhand/offhand attacks elsewhere, I don't find it surprising that a...
Forum: Rogues 04/04/10, 1:59 AM
Replies: 5,390
Views: 1,992,616
Posted By teiglin
ArP doesn't even affect 100% of feral/warrior...

ArP doesn't even affect 100% of feral/warrior damage, as a significant percentage is bleeds (15-20% for warriors, 20-25% for ferals), not really much different from rogues. The raw analysis is a...
Forum: Paladins 03/29/10, 11:13 PM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 693,406
Posted By teiglin
Just to clarify some numbers, the actual RF...

Just to clarify some numbers, the actual RF multiplier is about 2.57 for healing and holy damage. Other healers also have 15-30% healing threat reduction from talents. Even if the other healers...
Forum: Paladins 03/28/10, 1:30 AM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,358
Posted By teiglin
As I see it, the issue with Divinity is that it...

As I see it, the issue with Divinity is that it is the only talent not included the cookie-cutter build that provides any sort of defensive benefit. Even if pally single target threat is "bad," it's...
Forum: Rogues 03/25/10, 3:25 PM
Replies: 5,390
Views: 1,992,616
Posted By teiglin
In almost all situations, it's better to line up...

In almost all situations, it's better to line up cooldowns so they stack. Clipping envenom buffs is not that big a deal and can easily happen even outside cooldowns, especially with 4t10 bonus. ...
Forum: Rogues 03/21/10, 7:32 PM
Replies: 664
Views: 605,363
Posted By teiglin
The reason blade twisting can be applied to a...

The reason blade twisting can be applied to a target with a more powerful snare is that it is considered a "daze" effect, which has secondary implications for certain abilities (e.g. Heroic Strike...
Forum: Rogues 03/12/10, 7:54 PM
Replies: 1,647
Views: 5,169,735
Posted By teiglin
Just to clarify, when you see this it's usually...

Just to clarify, when you see this it's usually referring to people who have two weapons of unequal ilvl/dps. For example, if you had 264 Rib Spreader and 277 Lungbreaker, putting Lungbreaker in...
Forum: Druids 03/06/10, 3:42 AM
Replies: 420
Views: 680,840
Posted By teiglin
Just to add, there really is plenty of leeway in...

Just to add, there really is plenty of leeway in the interruption and healing. The first time my soul was harvested I missed the first cast like an idiot, and it dropped Menethil down to about 10%. ...
Forum: Paladins 02/06/10, 6:01 AM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,358
Posted By teiglin
That you experienced so few crits is hardly...

That you experienced so few crits is hardly surprising; at 531 defense, you're only going to be crit .36% of the time, and the pvp shoulder enchant drops that to roughly .2%. You were subjected to...
Forum: Rogues 02/05/10, 7:42 PM
Replies: 3,201
Views: 3,816,122
Posted By teiglin
I have a minor nit for the latest version of the...

I have a minor nit for the latest version of the sheet--the list of 3% damage buffs doesn't include arcane mages (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=31583), and FI claims to be from ferals instead of BM...
Forum: Rogues 02/05/10, 7:35 PM
Replies: 5,390
Views: 1,992,616
Posted By teiglin
I'm pretty sure the sheet makes "recommendations"...

I'm pretty sure the sheet makes "recommendations" based on white hit EP since, like expertise, it doesn't bother trying to juggle caps for you. Does your total dps number really drop when gem to the...
Forum: Rogues 02/05/10, 4:22 PM
Replies: 604
Views: 264,431
Posted By teiglin
For the record, I've had this occur several times...

For the record, I've had this occur several times on marrowgar after being spiked. I've just gotten in the habit of clearing and retargeting him after being spiked. I use a similar macro so it may...
Forum: Druids 01/15/10, 7:12 PM
Replies: 317
Views: 268,859
Posted By teiglin
He didn't say you lose effective healing with...

He didn't say you lose effective healing with rapid rejuv, but that it was "not particularly useful" because it doesn't increase the healing done by a single rejuv. The point is that, either way,...
Forum: Druids 01/10/10, 4:36 AM
Replies: 317
Views: 268,859
Posted By teiglin
Minor correction to my own math--I overestimated...

Minor correction to my own math--I overestimated the amount of rejuv time you lose by swiftmending w/o the glyph; you actually only lose on average half a tick's worth of rejuv time plus a GCD. In...
Forum: Druids 01/09/10, 11:31 PM
Replies: 317
Views: 268,859
Posted By teiglin
re: WG glyph in 10mans, I never run it myself. ...

re: WG glyph in 10mans, I never run it myself. Assuming the usual three ranged, three melee, two tanks, two healers, my usual WG targets the boss, thus hitting the melee and tanks but not ranged...
Forum: Rogues 01/09/10, 11:49 AM
Replies: 767
Views: 1,094,666
Posted By teiglin
Bear in mind that DKs have shadow damage that...

Bear in mind that DKs have shadow damage that also benefits from Savage Combat. Both Scourge Strike (shadow portion) and Necrosis will do more damage if the Scourge Strike (physical portion) and...
Forum: Rogues 12/04/09, 7:45 PM
Replies: 1,143
Views: 941,964
Posted By teiglin
For your warrior/feral/MM hunter numbers, I...

For your warrior/feral/MM hunter numbers, I didn't think bleeds were affected by Savage Combat. Was I wrong?

Also of note is that DKs--especially 3.3 Unholy DKs--do a significant amount of magical...
Forum: Death Knights 11/05/09, 5:54 PM
Replies: 2,880
Views: 1,257,797
Posted By teiglin
The term is usually implies keeping a higher...

The term is usually implies keeping a higher AP/crit on your diseases by applying them with str/ap/crit procs active, then refreshing them via Glyph of Disease so they keep the higher damage from the...
Forum: Death Knights 11/03/09, 5:34 PM
Replies: 2,880
Views: 1,257,797
Posted By teiglin
1. Boss armor was reduced in 3.1 (I think,...

1. Boss armor was reduced in 3.1 (I think, whenever sunder was nerfed). Base armor for bosses is now 10643.
2. The armor pen cap is based off _your_ armor coefficient, not the boss/lv83 coefficient....
Forum: Rogues 10/16/09, 7:44 PM
Replies: 3,201
Views: 3,816,122
Posted By teiglin
Just a quick note, your tests show it doing 247%...

Just a quick note, your tests show it doing 247% crit damage, which is exactly right for PotW+RED (2*1.2*1.03=2.472). So there's nothing "weird" about the crit multiplier.
Forum: Death Knights 10/16/09, 7:25 PM
Replies: 2,880
Views: 1,257,797
Posted By teiglin
Actually, you're the one confused on what linear...

Actually, you're the one confused on what linear means. Hit does provide a (very nearly) piecewise-linear--or more precisely, affine--increase to dps. That is to say, for a dual-wielder, increasing...
Forum: Death Knights 10/16/09, 6:33 PM
Replies: 707
Views: 1,587,674
Posted By teiglin
The t9 4pc uses melee, not spell crit. But you...

The t9 4pc uses melee, not spell crit. But you are correct that there is strong synergy between 4t9 and glyph of disease rotations, which is especially nice with dark matter.
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