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Forum: Shamans 01/05/12, 12:37 PM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie Regarding crit versus haste and TC mana returns:... Regarding crit versus haste and TC mana returns: it depends on your point of view. If you're spamming LBs for an extended period of time (like Yor'sahj), then haste rating is, point for point, better...

Forum: Shamans 09/27/11, 7:08 PM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie Blizzard's version wasn't up when I checked, but... Blizzard's version wasn't up when I checked, but yeah. The pigeonholing may or may not happen depending on how the new AH mechanics work. If AH can stack up to its max and then be kept up by regular...

Forum: Shamans 09/27/11, 5:58 PM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie While this is a bit premature, there is currently... While this is a bit premature, there is currently one exciting change concerning Restoration Shamans tucked at the end of the preliminary list of spell changes for 4.3 that MMO-Champion datamined...

Forum: Shamans 08/28/11, 12:42 PM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie I fail to see how this is wasteful. Did people... I fail to see how this is wasteful. Did people die? No? Then the time spent LBing wasn't a waste. Unlike DPS classes, healers don't always know what's around the corner, and working a little harder...

Forum: Shamans 08/19/11, 2:33 PM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie It's not even a question of caps, really, but a... It's not even a question of caps, really, but a matter of metrics. DPS classes have a single metric to measure their performance: Damage Per Second. You evaluate gear and stat points based on how...

Forum: Shamans 06/06/11, 8:01 PM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie I just want to clarify the bolded part (my... I just want to clarify the bolded part (my emphasis). The Chain Heal glyph is actually only a gain if CH hits 3 or 4 targets (a minuscule sub-1% gain at 3 targets, and ~5% at 4 targets). However, it...

Forum: Shamans 06/06/11, 1:35 PM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie Your math is incorrect. Assume an initial heal of... Your math is incorrect. Assume an initial heal of 10K. No glyph: bounces heal for 70% of the previous heal. 10K 7K 4.9K 3.43K Total: 25.33K

Forum: Shamans 05/22/11, 5:55 PM

Replies: 370 [Elemental] Cataclysm Discussion - Patch 4.3 Views: 2,195,077 Posted By Amilie For one, Haste lowers the GCD, so in practice... For one, Haste lowers the GCD, so in practice you'll gain less than 0.5 second per shock cast -- and during Hero/BL the value of the glyph drops even further. (In fact, should you somehow end up with...

Forum: Shamans 05/21/11, 11:37 AM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie Something I just realized: since Improved Water... Something I just realized: since Improved Water Shield (http://www.wowhead.com/spell=16196) is becoming Resurgence (http://ptr.wowhead.com/spell=16196), Improved Shields...

Forum: Shamans 05/19/11, 7:35 AM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie Where was this "shown"? And you mean pre-hotfix... Where was this "shown"? And you mean pre-hotfix or in 4.2? Because before the hotfix, under TW, they were roughly equal in terms of HPM, but GHW pulled ahead (by ~10%) as far as HPS is concerned....

Forum: Shamans 05/18/11, 7:28 PM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie Wow. After testing it, that does indeed seem to... Wow. After testing it, that does indeed seem to be the case. The question is: why? HS is already a Shaman's worst direct heal. The only time you'd use it is if you don't have TW up and your target is...

Forum: Shamans 05/16/11, 3:47 PM

Replies: 223 Shaman: Simple Questions thread reboot -- new kinder gentler rule-7-free zone Views: 156,430 Posted By Amilie It's not mentioned because it's very simple to... It's not mentioned because it's very simple to calculate yourself and clearly mentioned in the tooltip: each bounce heals for 30% less than the previous heal, i.e. 70% of the previous heal. So,...

Forum: Shamans 05/16/11, 12:10 PM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie This new set bonus is also significantly better... This new set bonus is also significantly better for 10-mans. I assume that was part of Blizzard's decision in canning the old one (extra CH bounce). Moreover, it increases the reward for Shamans who...

Forum: Shamans 05/05/11, 7:45 AM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie That extra Chain Heal bounce is interesting too,... That extra Chain Heal bounce is interesting too, although it clearly favors 25-mans over 10-mans. Assuming the new bounce behaves just like the previous ones: No glyph 100% -> 70% -> 49% -> 34.3% ->...

Forum: Shamans 05/03/11, 1:58 PM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie It won't be much of a nerf for PvE. I can't think... It won't be much of a nerf for PvE. I can't think of a fight whose mechanics cause WS to proc repeatedly in a short amount of time. Smells like a PvP nerf to me.

Forum: Shamans 05/01/11, 5:20 PM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie Your CH spam rotation is correct. However, your... Your CH spam rotation is correct. However, your CH/RT and CH/UE/RT rotations use RT's HPCT instead of HPS. HPCT = healing per cast time HPS = healing per second For cast-time spells, the two are...

Forum: Shamans 05/01/11, 10:00 AM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie These posts need to stop. The point about UE/FI... These posts need to stop. The point about UE/FI being a HPS loss was only brought up because someone suggested using UE/FI on cooldown with Riptide or some other normal heal. In that situation, it...

Forum: Shamans 04/30/11, 11:24 AM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie Your conclusion is technically correct. But the... Your conclusion is technically correct. But the math is flawed on a couple of levels, and the results are a bit closer in terms of HPS than you'd think. 1) You shouldn't be casting Riptide once the...

Forum: Shamans 04/29/11, 10:19 PM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie That's a big part of the risk of running a FI,... That's a big part of the risk of running a FI, AA-less build. You're essentially trading a smart, automatical heal for the potential to do more on-demand healing, but the burden to use it...

Forum: Shamans 04/29/11, 12:05 PM

Replies: 85 Cataclysm Shaman bugs Views: 101,294 Posted By Amilie Someone posted in the Resto thread that using a... Someone posted in the Resto thread that using a /cast !Healing Rain macro fixes some of these issues. I use that macro, and have not noticed the targeting reticle changing size, so I`d advise...

Forum: Shamans 04/28/11, 11:21 PM

Replies: 85 Cataclysm Shaman bugs Views: 101,294 Posted By Amilie Healing Rain's first instant tick and any... Healing Rain's first instant tick and any additional ticks granted by Haste are currently (4.1) not affected by Focused Insight.

Forum: Shamans 04/27/11, 8:58 AM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie Unleash Life affects your next direct heal.... Unleash Life affects your next direct heal. Focused Insight affects your next heal, period. Working as intended.

Forum: Shamans 04/26/11, 6:28 PM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie A couple of interesting reports about patch 4.1... A couple of interesting reports about patch 4.1 thus far. First, the ICD on DMC:T has been decreased. It will now refresh every ~3 seconds or so. Not that uptime was a problem before, but a buff is...

Forum: Shamans 04/26/11, 2:33 PM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie Granted, the HW glyph isn't amazing. You only... Granted, the HW glyph isn't amazing. You only tend to use HW when there's little damage flying around... which means you probably don't need a tiny self-heal at that point in time either. On the...

Forum: Shamans 04/26/11, 9:56 AM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie The talent is not overlooked. You've just... The talent is not overlooked. You've just outlined the pros of the talent very well. (Although 30% more range means a 69% larger coverage area -- something most people do overlook.) The cons are...

Forum: Shamans 04/21/11, 7:45 AM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie I also got similar results. For some reason,... I also got similar results. For some reason, Unleash Life increases the Riptide direct heal by 24% while the HoT is increased by 16%. And it's not the glyph causing this, I tested both with and...

Forum: Shamans 04/20/11, 10:42 PM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie Well, for one, in terms of pure stat points, Int... Well, for one, in terms of pure stat points, Int consumables give 5% more stats than Spirit ones due to Mail Specialization -- at least Draconic Mind does, I haven't checked Severed Sagefish Head. So...

Forum: Shamans 04/16/11, 10:53 AM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie If they were missing 5K? Of course not. If... If they were missing 5K? Of course not. If someone's missing 100K, though, because they just got hit by the boss's Random Secondary Target ability, then I'd heal them, and anyone else who's assigned...

Forum: Shamans 04/15/11, 10:32 AM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie Again -- the conflict shouldn't be between Earth... Again -- the conflict shouldn't be between Earth Shield and Riptide, or Water Shield and Earth Shield. It should be between Water Shield and Earthliving Weapon. All those calculations you're...

Forum: Shamans 04/14/11, 12:58 PM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie I define efficiency as the amount of healing done... I define efficiency as the amount of healing done per Mana spent. In the case of Earthliving Weapon, it doesn't save you Mana, because the effect doesn't cost Mana in the first place. Of course you...

Forum: Shamans 04/14/11, 12:07 PM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie First, the patch notes don't say a 20% nerf to... First, the patch notes don't say a 20% nerf to ES's base heal. They say 20% nerf, period. This would imply a 20% nerf to the coefficient too, but since I'm not on the PTR, I can't test for sure. (And...

Forum: Shamans 04/13/11, 11:24 AM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie I specifically tested all occurences mentioned in... I specifically tested all occurences mentioned in my post. The only time HR was cancelled was when I had the targeting circle up. Firing up SG while casting HR did not cancel it.

Forum: Shamans 04/13/11, 7:43 AM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie That wording's a little vague and unnecessarily... That wording's a little vague and unnecessarily alarmist. The bug is that if you have the HR targeting circle up, casting SG will cancel the targeting circle. However, using SG before casting HR,...

Forum: Shamans 04/12/11, 9:41 AM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie According to my spreadsheet, using FI with HR... According to my spreadsheet, using FI with HR (for a Shaman at ~350 iLevel with low Mastery and 6 targets at 50% health) yields a bonus 4K HPS for HR. So over 10 seconds, you're generating 40K extra...

Forum: Shamans 04/10/11, 7:38 PM

Replies: 350 [Resto] Raiding 4.1 - updating for 4.3 Views: 1,447,129 Posted By Amilie A quick note about the spell coefficients. I... A quick note about the spell coefficients. I determined most of them by switching to my Elemental spec and varying my character's spell healing a few times. The tooltips seemed to match the observed...

Forum: Shamans 04/01/11, 7:26 AM

Replies: 366 [Resto] Cataclysm Raiding and Discussion Views: 1,182,247 Posted By Amilie Perhaps I haven't been clear enough yet in both... Perhaps I haven't been clear enough yet in both of my posts. Never once did I say that ICS and CW are required, which is the straw man people have been focusing on thus far. I have stated that its...

Forum: Shamans 04/01/11, 12:11 AM

Replies: 366 [Resto] Cataclysm Raiding and Discussion Views: 1,182,247 Posted By Amilie 1) If most of us "have to" dispel, then isn't a... 1) If most of us "have to" dispel, then isn't a talent that makes it cheaper and tosses a free heal on top of it strongly recommendable? I fail to see your point. It's just semantics. 2) Ancestral...

Forum: Shamans 03/31/11, 2:54 PM

Replies: 366 [Resto] Cataclysm Raiding and Discussion Views: 1,182,247 Posted By Amilie That would really depend on the fight. The Mana... That would really depend on the fight. The Mana cost reduction is going to be as effective as it is now, and for any fight with at least 6 seconds between dispels (e.g. Valiona ground phase) it's...

Forum: Death Knights 03/24/11, 7:22 AM

Replies: 179 Death Knight: Cataclysm Simple Q & A Views: 293,975 Posted By Amilie I haven't done Halfus on my Death Knight, but if... I haven't done Halfus on my Death Knight, but if you glyph Pillar, it looks like it should work. But remember that it's not usable while you're stunned, it will only protect you if you use it between...

Forum: Warriors 03/23/11, 6:46 PM

Replies: 1,077 Fury DPS: 4.0 and Cataclysm Views: 2,538,151 Posted By Amilie A couple of reasons, off the top of my head: 1)... A couple of reasons, off the top of my head: 1) Once you've reached a sufficient level of Rage generation, extra Rage gets dumped into HS, which has a particularly inefficient Rage-to-damage...

Forum: Warriors 03/22/11, 12:39 PM

Replies: 1,077 Fury DPS: 4.0 and Cataclysm Views: 2,538,151 Posted By Amilie Apologies, but the word "upcoming" in his post... Apologies, but the word "upcoming" in his post and my inability to find this option in 406-14 led me to believe this wasn't available to the public yet, hence my asking. I'm particularly interested...

Forum: Warriors 03/22/11, 11:43 AM

Replies: 1,077 Fury DPS: 4.0 and Cataclysm Views: 2,538,151 Posted By Amilie Any chance of getting those graphs for SMF too?... Any chance of getting those graphs for SMF too? That'd be much appreciated.

Forum: Warriors 03/21/11, 12:44 PM

Replies: 546 Sticky: [Cataclysm] Warrior: Simple Questions/Simple Answers Views: 726,112 Posted By Amilie Regarding Spell Reflection: listing all the... Regarding Spell Reflection: listing all the abilities that can be reflected would take a bit of time, but as a general rule of thumb for 5-mans, if a spell is directly targeted at you (e.g. Drahga...

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