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Forum: The Dung Heap 05/19/10, 2:22 PM
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Posted By Bloch
On a slightly unrelated topic, does anyone...

On a slightly unrelated topic, does anyone currently on the PTR have information on the new healing trinket (Glowing Twilight Scale)? I'm especially curious if it procs off of every bounce of CH--if...
Forum: Shamans 05/06/10, 9:15 PM
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Posted By Bloch
I think the "optimal" rotation depends on your...

I think the "optimal" rotation depends on your personal haste rating. For instance, I run a full haste set with 2pc T10 (chest and helm) with the heroic Flesh Epaulets and the Unclean Surgical...
Forum: Shamans 03/30/10, 5:02 PM
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Posted By Bloch
Here's one way we might be able to make a more...

Here's one way we might be able to make a more accurate assessment of the two glyphs (from HEP Logs, #328):



From the last two lines of the above quote, we can see that an increase in EHPS of...
Forum: Shamans 03/30/10, 2:38 PM
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Posted By Bloch
Yes, you're correct. I forgot to put that in the...

Yes, you're correct. I forgot to put that in the "limitations" section. As far as the overhealing goes, I'm not convinced that the "method" the HoT is applied is particularly relevant--I think it is...
Forum: Shamans 03/23/10, 6:16 PM
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Posted By Bloch
There was an interesting theorycraft post on this...

There was an interesting theorycraft post on this very topic I believe somewhere in this thread (I can't find it at the moment, but I'm nearly positive I saw it on these forums). Anyway, here is a...
Forum: Shamans 03/10/10, 3:23 PM
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Posted By Bloch
I do the same thing as you, and I can regularly...

I do the same thing as you, and I can regularly compete with our Paladin at around 28k HPS. We b-lust at around 3:20 of the fight, start it by blowing all our CDs (PI+Berzerking+NS+TF), then take 3...
Forum: Shamans 03/08/10, 3:14 PM
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Posted By Bloch
I agree 100% with this-- but I have been using HW...

I agree 100% with this-- but I have been using HW in conjunction with T102P more than I ever have in the past--having a 15-20k+ heal on a 1s cast is amazing, not to mention the 30% additional "smart"...
Forum: Shamans 03/05/10, 2:55 PM
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Posted By Bloch
This is slightly off the current topic, but does...

This is slightly off the current topic, but does anyone have an update as to whether or not Glyph of Earthliving Weapon is finally working as intended in 3.3.2?
Forum: Shamans 03/03/10, 4:07 PM
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Posted By Bloch
It could just be that heroic trauma now benefits...

It could just be that heroic trauma now benefits from purification + ToL aura. My normal version ticks for ~253, which is ~116.59% more than the tooltip. Mathematically, 10%*6% = 16.6%, which would...
Forum: Shamans 02/26/10, 1:57 PM
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Posted By Bloch
I'm not sure I agree with this statement. I...

I'm not sure I agree with this statement. I personally had no mana issues whatsoever through the first couple of wings in Heroic ICC 10--the fights are pretty similar. The first thing I'd ask is...
Forum: Shamans 02/19/10, 12:05 PM
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Posted By Bloch
Couple quick questions: 1. Crit/haste gems? Do...

Couple quick questions:
1. Crit/haste gems? Do you mean +sp/+crit gems in place of +sp/+haste gems OR +crit gems in place of +haste gems
2. 10% more crit at the cost of only 200 sp?

That being...
Forum: Shamans 02/17/10, 12:22 PM
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Posted By Bloch
I believe the HEP values used in the TTT are...

I believe the HEP values used in the TTT are based on T9 content. However, with 4Pc T10 and higher iLvl gear, crit seems to increase in value quite a bit. My personal HEP for crit is about ~1.2 with...
Forum: /LFGuild 02/16/10, 3:57 AM
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Posted By Bloch
[Horde][Archimonde]<Final Destiny> 11/12 Heroic ICC25 Recruiting Holy Priest!

About Us:

Final Destiny is an established end-game raiding guild founded in 2006. We have evolved over the past 3 years into a serious, mature guild with an exclusive focus on PvE progression. Our...
Forum: Shamans 02/12/10, 12:49 AM
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Posted By Bloch
I've been playing with the new totem + 2PcT10 for...

I've been playing with the new totem + 2PcT10 for raid healing (with RT glyph), with very positive results. I've actually made this my normal set-up for most fights, since on those with "spike" raid...
Forum: Shamans 02/08/10, 1:57 AM
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Posted By Bloch
Can you post a log/parse of this? And were you...

Can you post a log/parse of this? And were you using T10 4pc/Althor's Abacus? If the 11.4% was without 4pc, I think its safe to say you could expect a significant increase (perhaps 2-5%, considering...
Forum: Shamans 02/03/10, 11:33 AM
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Posted By Bloch
The only AoE healers who have a stronger claim to...

The only AoE healers who have a stronger claim to Trauma are Resto Druids, who can (for all intents and purposes) have HoTs rolling on ~90% of the raid at a given time. With 4PT10, Resto Shamans are...
Forum: Shamans 01/27/10, 5:53 PM
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Posted By Bloch
You asked if the gains from the 2T8/2T10 synergy...

You asked if the gains from the 2T8/2T10 synergy would be able to offset the stat lost from putting on 226 gear. The results is, AT BEST, 17% more hasted casts from 2T10. There is no magical...
Forum: Shamans 01/27/10, 2:19 AM
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Posted By Bloch
This is very good news indeed--the bonus should...

This is very good news indeed--the bonus should be quite good if it works in this manner (which sounds like the way the Val'anyr proc works, stacking with itself). I'd imagine the HEP value of it...
Forum: Shamans 01/27/10, 2:12 AM
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Posted By Bloch
No. The whole point of having consistently higher...

No. The whole point of having consistently higher output and more overhealing is that the likelihood of someone getting dangerously low is minimized, the usage of CDs (NS, Tidal Force, Berzerking if...
Forum: The Dung Heap 01/25/10, 2:10 AM
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Posted By Bloch
What type of healing setup were you running on...

What type of healing setup were you running on your kill? We've been trying to do disc priest, H paladin, R shaman, R druid...healing seems fine, but I'm wondering if another healer would be worth...
Forum: Shamans 01/25/10, 1:59 AM
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Posted By Bloch
Well, assuming you're using riptide on every CD...

Well, assuming you're using riptide on every CD for a 5 minute fight (seems to be about the average for ICC 10Ms). So, theoretically, you'll be casting riptide about (60*5)/6 or about 50 times during...
Forum: Shamans 01/18/10, 4:55 PM
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Posted By Bloch
I'm not sure why you wouldn't want another ~4%...

I'm not sure why you wouldn't want another ~4% extra healing done. I too have heroic solace and Althor's Abacus, and those two are my trinket setup for most encounters (I sometimes go double solace...
Forum: Shamans 01/14/10, 5:21 PM
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Posted By Bloch
His point is this: you are calculating OVERALL...

His point is this: you are calculating OVERALL HEP values. This determination is made by summing all of the HEP values for all equipped items (Head+Neck+......+Trinket#2).

Now, assume you have two...
Forum: Shamans 01/07/10, 4:11 AM
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Posted By Bloch
I wonder if this is an error Zorick. From what...

I wonder if this is an error Zorick. From what you've said:

1. Procc'd 14 times in total
2. Did 7148 total healing
3. Proc heals target+friendlies for 217/s for 6s or does a total of (217*6=1302)...
Forum: Shamans 01/04/10, 3:37 AM
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Posted By Bloch
The crit enchants are better as long as you don't...

The crit enchants are better as long as you don't go oom.
Forum: Shamans 01/02/10, 2:49 AM
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Posted By Bloch
Has anyone done any rough theory-crafting on the...

Has anyone done any rough theory-crafting on the relative values of crit to haste with T10 4pc? I've been thinking about this since I just hit the soft cap (1269) and I'm not trying to figure out...
Forum: Shamans 12/24/09, 4:46 PM
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Posted By Bloch
The proc on Black Magic is 250 haste for 15...

The proc on Black Magic is 250 haste for 15 seconds, with a 45 second ICD and a ~50% chance to proc. This gives:

(250*15)/(45+1.5)= 80.65 static haste = 120.96 HEP (@ 1.5 HEP value for...
Forum: Shamans 12/23/09, 1:16 PM
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Posted By Bloch
I'm curious what healing setup you run (and, by...

I'm curious what healing setup you run (and, by extension, what you're asked to do/heal in raids). The ele relic just doesn't seem that appealing TBH in light on our T10 2pc and the insane amounts of...
Forum: The Dung Heap 12/21/09, 10:04 PM
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Posted By Bloch
If you want information on which glyphs provide...

If you want information on which glyphs provide the greatest HEP value, please see the TTT. There is an entire section devoted to explaining the values and why certain glyphs are ranked above others....
Forum: Shamans 12/21/09, 5:50 PM
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Posted By Bloch
It was decent until Blizz came along and beat it...

It was decent until Blizz came along and beat it with the nerfbat.

"The Ephemeral Snowflake trinket now has a very short cooldown to prevent it from restoring inappropriately large amounts of...
Forum: Shamans 12/20/09, 7:54 PM
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Posted By Bloch
I still don't understand why you seem to think...

I still don't understand why you seem to think that draining your mana pool is somehow correlated with increasing the mp5 value of this trinket. If you're talking about mp5 having a lower HEP value...
Forum: Shamans 12/19/09, 11:33 PM
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Posted By Bloch
I'm really not sure what you're talking about...

I'm really not sure what you're talking about here. This topic has already been discussed previously in this thread. The MINIMUM mp5 value of this trinket is 68 mp5, provided you use it every CD...
Forum: Shamans 12/17/09, 1:50 PM
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Posted By Bloch
The heal is smart in the same way your AA proc or...

The heal is smart in the same way your AA proc or chain heal bounces are smart-- it heals the lowest % health raid/party member within 40 yards of you for about 7k (it benefits from purification and...
Forum: Shamans 12/16/09, 2:32 PM
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Posted By Bloch
Is there any additional data on trinket setups...

Is there any additional data on trinket setups for throughput? I'm thinking of running Solace of the Fallen and Althor's Abacus. Preliminary testing in this thread puts the proc on Althor's Abacus at...
Forum: Shamans 12/16/09, 2:17 PM
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Posted By Bloch
This is part of what I was referring to. Of...

This is part of what I was referring to. Of course, the advantage does decrease over time as you mentioned, but it is an advantage nonetheless, and for hardmode content, I'd prefer to have every...
Forum: Shamans 12/16/09, 10:52 AM
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Posted By Bloch
Mana is pretty much a non-issue in ICC, no...

Mana is pretty much a non-issue in ICC, no shocker there.

The only fight it got a little rough on for us with Deathbringer, when our ranged were complete idiots and thought it would be a good idea...
Forum: Shamans 12/13/09, 11:20 AM
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Posted By Bloch
Your math looks correct. The thing with trinkets...

Your math looks correct. The thing with trinkets like the sliver is that you're not getting mp5, you're getting a "lump sum" of mana back, which is great for those "oh OOM" moments. The other thing...
Forum: Shamans 12/10/09, 3:54 PM
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Posted By Bloch
If anything, I think having a totem like this...

If anything, I think having a totem like this will give us more flexibility to "play to the encounter" or play several different raid roles. I agree that there are some fights where chain heal isn't...
Forum: Shamans 12/10/09, 3:20 PM
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Posted By Bloch
I'm tending to agree with this. I don't see how...

I'm tending to agree with this. I don't see how an extra 220 haste is going to be that big of a deal after seeing the stat allocations on T10/ICC gear. Right now, I play at about 1200 haste in mostly...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/07/09, 12:23 PM
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Posted By Bloch
This is where you are 100% wrong. On my server...

This is where you are 100% wrong. On my server (or, rather, just use average prices across all realms), 1 stack of icethorn sells for 19g. 1 Snowfall ink sells for 20g*. Most glyphs cost 1 ink (a few...
Forum: Shamans 12/05/09, 4:27 PM
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Posted By Bloch
I'm not sure about this. Most shamans (at least...

I'm not sure about this. Most shamans (at least in 25M content) are not asked to tank-heal-- if anything, we're asked to spot-heal tanks and keep the melee. Haste allows us to get our heals off...
Forum: Shamans 12/04/09, 12:36 PM
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Posted By Bloch
That simulator is actually incredibly helpful if...

That simulator is actually incredibly helpful if you are struggling to find/heal your target in time. Not bad for facebook. The other thing I'd advise is to put your spell cast time +your average...
Forum: Shamans 12/03/09, 3:57 PM
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Posted By Bloch
Even if neither LHW crits, you shouldn't run into...

Even if neither LHW crits, you shouldn't run into a problem. Personally, I switch to Relentless Gladiator's Totem of the Third Wind for this fight, which puts my non-crit LHW at about ~5800. With the...
Forum: Shamans 11/30/09, 12:10 PM
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Posted By Bloch
For raiding shamans, most of us have 1000+ haste...

For raiding shamans, most of us have 1000+ haste to begin with (resulting in LHWs that are at ~1.06s casts raid buffed). When the trinket procs, it sends the cast time below the GCD hard floor (1s)...
Forum: Shamans 11/30/09, 11:26 AM
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Posted By Bloch
I'm not sure about how well this actually works...

I'm not sure about how well this actually works with your current setup. Looking at your logs, your overheal % on HW was 80%+ (83.9% I believe)-- that is a LOT of wasted healing. By contrast, when...
Forum: Shamans 11/24/09, 9:45 PM
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Posted By Bloch
You are absolutely right. I honestly didn't have...

You are absolutely right. I honestly didn't have the time to actually model all of the effects out (I'll be working on it a bit this evening), but I was just trying to guesstimate the effect to see...
Forum: Shamans 11/24/09, 3:40 PM
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Posted By Bloch
I think there is a lot right about this idea. I...

I think there is a lot right about this idea. I will be trying this out on our next ToGC run, so hopefully I'll be able to get some concrete values.

I think we can get a very rough idea of the net...
Forum: Shamans 11/20/09, 3:18 PM
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Posted By Bloch
I'm tending to agree with this suggestion....

I'm tending to agree with this suggestion. Although I do like the 9s HoT feature when healing melee, since they tend to take periodic AoE damage. I'm still not sold either way, but I think we will...
Forum: Shamans 11/20/09, 12:43 AM
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Posted By Bloch
I would agree with all of this except for the...

I would agree with all of this except for the ranking of BS lower than JC. I absolutely love the stat flexibility that comes with having the extra sockets (a flexibility which isn't afforded to a...
Forum: Shamans 11/17/09, 4:22 PM
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Posted By Bloch
There is a discussion of the effects of player...

There is a discussion of the effects of player resistances on boss healing here:

ThinkTank: [General]Nature Resist for Anub'arak ToGC25...
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