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Forum: Death Knights 12/14/11, 5:36 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
I suspect the problem you are having is due to...

I suspect the problem you are having is due to the healers looking at only damage taken and not healing done by you on yourself. I'm curious about how many healers are you using? Not sure how it goes...
Forum: Death Knights 12/14/11, 9:10 AM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
Neither does healing through beacon.

Neither does healing through beacon.
Forum: Death Knights 12/13/11, 2:02 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
All I was saying about the weights MRrobot uses...

All I was saying about the weights MRrobot uses are dynamic and it's not necessarily going to be a 20.8 point loss, it is going to be relative to how much parry/dodge you already have depending on...
Forum: Death Knights 12/12/11, 5:14 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
I have taken over 100k devastates on that fight...

I have taken over 100k devastates on that fight so I wouldn't exactly say that you cannot be burst-ed down. His average melee swing on 10 man is 74k with a 99.7k average devastate on our kill. Say...
Forum: Death Knights 12/11/11, 9:02 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
I'm sticking with the stacking mastery setup as...

I'm sticking with the stacking mastery setup as before. I tried to gem towards stamina at first but moved back away from it.

Stam stacking: 5:42 min fight
21.182 k damage taken per second. 6.9...
Forum: Death Knights 10/28/11, 12:46 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
Pretty sure they said it'll silence if it cannot...

Pretty sure they said it'll silence if it cannot stun.

My tank on talents: Tanking
Tier1: Outbreak single target. Corpse explosion for aoe unless heavy movement. Why? because it does the same as...
Forum: Death Knights 10/22/11, 6:06 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
Pretty sure to get AMZ you have to give up bone...

Pretty sure to get AMZ you have to give up bone shield. Also, as state it was only absorbing like 11k (obviously not set in stone). It'll be a decent personal CD maybe but a raid CD it is not....
Forum: Death Knights 10/22/11, 8:58 AM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
Saying tank dps isn't important is like saying...

Saying tank dps isn't important is like saying peanut butter is not vital to a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

How many 1% wipe have you had where the make our break could have been you landing...
Forum: Death Knights 10/19/11, 5:25 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
Yeah Horrific Dagger - Item - World of Warcraft...

Yeah Horrific Dagger - Item - World of Warcraft (http://ptr.wowhead.com/item=77189) doesn't even have a proc yet so I suspect there is still some work to be done but none have secondary stats right...
Forum: Death Knights 10/19/11, 4:02 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
Going over some of the preliminary weapon designs...

Going over some of the preliminary weapon designs on wowhead I find it very disturbing how much better the weapons are for every other tank.

Currently read
Druids: Chance on hit to give 500 agility...
Forum: Death Knights 10/13/11, 9:03 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
JC changes. They were up briefly on MMO and have...

JC changes.

They were up briefly on MMO and have since been taken down. (not sure why) but at the glance I got it seemed like JC is getting a buff come patch to make it stay above the epic gems...
Forum: Death Knights 09/29/11, 11:35 AM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
We'll see what they do, The "rotation" feels very...

We'll see what they do, The "rotation" feels very odd when playing on the PTR but overall I felt like I was hurt more by using DS on CD so I've started to focus a bit more on responding to damage...
Forum: Death Knights 09/28/11, 1:45 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
I have noticed recently that if a tank gets...

I have noticed recently that if a tank gets tricked at the start of a fight and you have to swap out it's almost impossible to hold threat until tricks/MD falls off the tank. To pick up rag second on...
Forum: Death Knights 09/06/11, 1:00 AM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
Instead of a change where DS "hits" all the time...

Instead of a change where DS "hits" all the time and HS is effectively useless outside of getting more RP I'd like to see this.

A successful HS on an NPC reduces the chance of DS to be...
Forum: Death Knights 08/24/11, 3:29 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
The numbers are just how WoL handles the numbers....

The numbers are just how WoL handles the numbers. We did mention that a good part of it was from blood shield. I think I normally end up at 10k hps on that fight without absorbs. It was more a fun...
Forum: Death Knights 08/24/11, 11:02 AM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
Eh our healers use an odd strat where they switch...

Eh our healers use an odd strat where they switch for healing every time someone new is eating a shard which I don't completely agree with. I also know some ten man strats involve having a dk eat...
Forum: Death Knights 08/24/11, 10:22 AM
Replies: 724
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Posted By Nevinyrral
It's funny you say that because I have a parse...

It's funny you say that because I have a parse where I out heal the healers.

World of Logs - Real Time Raid Analysis...
Forum: Death Knights 08/23/11, 8:56 AM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
Not really even if other heals went out I got it...

Not really even if other heals went out I got it off and it was enough to keep me alive which was more to the point. I didn't go back and look at the parse but I remember thinking "holy shit I'm...
Forum: Death Knights 08/22/11, 9:12 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
This. I can remember a situation while I was...

This. I can remember a situation while I was tanking Baleroc during Decimate blades and I had used all the self healing I could and I knew that within a GCD he was going to hit me and I was at about...
Forum: Death Knights 08/22/11, 4:19 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
Not a huge thing but I noticed that the...

Not a huge thing but I noticed that the profession portion lacks comments about alchemy. I for one don't use stam flasks outside of farm fights.

Typically I run 58148 and 58143 or 58093 depending on...
Forum: Death Knights 08/19/11, 12:58 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
I'm with Liar on this one for current content....

I'm with Liar on this one for current content. More health solves the issue without reducing are "mitigation."

As I said before. I think trying to find a future fix to this is really going to depend...
Forum: Death Knights 08/18/11, 5:43 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
I don't know. It's an extremely complicated...

I don't know. It's an extremely complicated system and comparison and I feel like no matter how we look at things there is always a variable that we are leaving out.

I am inclined to agree with many...
Forum: Death Knights 08/18/11, 5:23 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
I think what Riggins is saying is that there are...

I think what Riggins is saying is that there are times in there to fit "something" in, in order to survive and you are never left out in the cold without some kind of cooldown to help keep you alive...
Forum: Death Knights 08/18/11, 5:06 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
Probably not but for me using it would be a 29%...

Probably not but for me using it would be a 29% damage reduction which is better than a hit with boneshield up.
Forum: Death Knights 08/18/11, 4:42 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
The tooltip reads "The Death Knight takes less...

The tooltip reads "The Death Knight takes less damage equal to his Dodge plus Parry chance." Now I haven't really used this in a while (I've actually forgot about this one mostly because I do tens)...
Forum: Death Knights 08/18/11, 10:42 AM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
You are right it is a minimum 30. This is what I...

You are right it is a minimum 30. This is what I get for trying to think before my coffee. I think that still only ends up being a 5.4k gain at the low end of things.
Forum: Death Knights 08/18/11, 8:40 AM
Replies: 724
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Posted By Nevinyrral
If you go straight stamina gems you have to take...

If you go straight stamina gems you have to take into account any socket bonuses you are losing. Sure if you say you get that much stamina from gems it sounds good but it's really care by case. If...
Forum: Death Knights 08/17/11, 4:37 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
I'm conflicted. I feel like there are a few...

I'm conflicted. I feel like there are a few different ways they could handle this but at least the issue would be addressed.

Better armor will mean less self healing and a "nerf" to BS so we would...
Forum: Death Knights 08/16/11, 9:30 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
hey man all i'm saying is that's what it came up...

hey man all i'm saying is that's what it came up with for TTL on that spreadsheet I found. I'm not saying it's right and honestly haven't looking through that thing completely. It was just a gem that...
Forum: Death Knights 08/16/11, 7:24 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
http://elitistjerks.com/f15/t29453-combat_ratings_...

http://elitistjerks.com/f15/t29453-combat_ratings_level_85_cataclysm/

Rather long post about combat ratings and DR for avoidance can be found here if you want the actual calculations.

edit: Came...
Forum: Death Knights 08/16/11, 7:02 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
You know I was reading this and I remember...

You know I was reading this and I remember reading a long time ago about an "optimal" balance between avoidance and mastery for a given amount of DS. I am trying to find this post again with the math...
Forum: Death Knights 08/14/11, 9:34 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
That looks like what I more or less came up with...

That looks like what I more or less came up with the other day when I was messing around with my gems/gear. Go to Stoneskin Gargoyle, Reforge for mastery like we have been doing outside of working...
Forum: Death Knights 08/14/11, 7:34 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
I realizes it's not just shannox I just noticed...

I realizes it's not just shannox I just noticed that as a possible way to deal with the potential hit if the extra stamina is not quite enough for this particular situation but as you pointed out it...
Forum: Death Knights 08/14/11, 3:40 PM
Replies: 724
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Posted By Nevinyrral
So re-reading the ability as blizzard gives it to...

So re-reading the ability as blizzard gives it to us

Arcing Slash - "Shannox inflictes 125% of normal melee damage in a 120 degree cone up to 10 yards in front of him and inflicted Jagged Tear on...
Forum: Death Knights 08/13/11, 2:57 PM
Replies: 724
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Posted By Nevinyrral
I use the TTL as a very general statement of this...

I use the TTL as a very general statement of this was the original thinking of our survivability going back to the original question of when do we go for more stamina over mastery. Regardless of how...
Forum: Death Knights 08/12/11, 11:32 PM
Replies: 724
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Posted By Nevinyrral
You know what you are right I wrote down the...

You know what you are right I wrote down the wrong numbers doing it too fast without going back to double check the numbers. You are absolutely right about this I guess for now just tank the dog I...
Forum: Death Knights 08/12/11, 9:23 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
the numbers are from successful H 25 shannox...

the numbers are from successful H 25 shannox kills at a quick glance. I am sure there is high amount of variation in there it was more a matter of showing that we are comparable to other tanks and...
Forum: Death Knights 08/12/11, 6:30 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
Please delete messed up on my data collection.

Please delete messed up on my data collection.
Forum: Death Knights 08/12/11, 5:29 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
I can see the difference there and yeah you take...

I can see the difference there and yeah you take double damage but you can normally afford almost twice as many heals. It's a very complicated situation that without a simulation on every fight we...
Forum: Death Knights 08/12/11, 3:21 PM
Replies: 724
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Posted By Nevinyrral
I was more confused about your comment of BS...

I was more confused about your comment of BS helping to recover from a hit as opposed to "mitigating" the next hit. The bloodshield = block is a gross over simplification as bloodshield is more of an...
Forum: Death Knights 08/12/11, 2:19 PM
Replies: 724
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Posted By Nevinyrral
Honestly I haven't thought much into this outside...

Honestly I haven't thought much into this outside of maintaining ~1% hit and whatever expertise is on my gear because firelands gear is swimming in expertise and though not landing can be crap I find...
Forum: Death Knights 08/12/11, 1:45 PM
Replies: 724
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Posted By Nevinyrral
I am aware that it doesn't apply the debuffs....

I am aware that it doesn't apply the debuffs. Hence saying you should coordinate with your other raiders to see if it is needed. As I said I run with a warrior tank that keeps up demo shout and uses...
Forum: Death Knights 08/12/11, 1:31 AM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
I 100% disagree with you here. I can think of no...

I 100% disagree with you here. I can think of no fight where you need a major CD for that long if you are doing the fight correctly. The only time maybe is phase 2 of Heroic lord Rhyolith and even...
Forum: Death Knights 07/31/11, 4:44 PM
Replies: 515
Views: 1,786,912
Posted By Nevinyrral
A "few" pages back I believe someone posted that...

A "few" pages back I believe someone posted that if you had a high amount of mastery than Frost Pres could be better for you but overall in BiS gear and "stacking" haste then Unholy is better but...
Forum: Death Knights 07/09/11, 7:28 AM
Replies: 830
Views: 2,315,121
Posted By Nevinyrral
I've notice that I am taking a lot more Spike...

I've notice that I am taking a lot more Spike damage than I used to and find this is due to a Bug in Death Strike where it is not being used even though the runes are available. Overall however, I am...
Forum: Death Knights 07/04/11, 2:41 AM
Replies: 830
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Posted By Nevinyrral
Has anyone been getting a weird lock out of...

Has anyone been getting a weird lock out of abilities when you are trying to use them and the runes are up but you keep getting an error saying that abilities isn't ready?

Was doing rag tonight and...
Forum: Death Knights 07/03/11, 2:06 PM
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Posted By Nevinyrral
Honestly if you can spare the heals I highly...

Honestly if you can spare the heals I highly recommend getting another dps. Healers have a mana reset phase pretty much and 2 healing it on 10s meant my add was dead before going into the ultimate...
Forum: Death Knights 07/03/11, 3:25 AM
Replies: 830
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Posted By Nevinyrral
Honestly nothing really seemed to help when we...

Honestly nothing really seemed to help when we did this fight. I tried stacking stam to get more vengence, using some dps trinkets. We ended up 2 healing the fight and having the extra dps on my side...
Forum: Mages 01/11/11, 9:25 PM
Replies: 783
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Posted By Nevinyrral
I think the reforging does as close to 40%...

I think the reforging does as close to 40% without going over. I noticed this on my Sorrowsong trinket normal 285 Mastery and reforged to 171 mastery and 114 crit which is exactly 40% conversion....
Forum: Warlocks 07/27/10, 4:07 AM
Replies: 319
Views: 265,000
Posted By Nevinyrral
So I am curious about the under 25% as AFF and if...

So I am curious about the under 25% as AFF and if someone can confirm this for me.

Everlasting Affliction - Your Corruption and Unstable Affliction spells gain an additional [1%/2%/3%] of your bonus...
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