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Forum: Paladins 12/12/11, 10:08 AM
Replies: 1,289
Views: 2,508,114
Posted By thedudeabides
Seal of the Seven Signs

I recently acquired (normal) Seal of the Seven Signs and replaced my (normal) Jaws of Defeat with it, purely for the static intellect boost. However, RNG being what it is, I cannot utilize the haste...
Forum: Paladins 12/08/11, 4:40 PM
Replies: 198
Views: 80,107
Posted By thedudeabides
There is a lot here, but I will mention the two...

There is a lot here, but I will mention the two big elephants:

1) Your judgement of the pure (9% haste and 30% more spirit regen) up-time is very poor. It should be >95% up-time, without excuse. ...
Forum: Druids 10/30/11, 12:03 PM
Replies: 201
Views: 225,294
Posted By thedudeabides
If I cast tranquility during the last 1-2 seconds...

If I cast tranquility during the last 1-2 seconds of Tree of Life, will the entire channeled spell benefit from +15% healing buff or does it recalculate my healing coefficient each tick? I assume...
Forum: Paladins 01/03/11, 6:47 PM
Replies: 1,289
Views: 2,508,114
Posted By thedudeabides
Synergies

Elvez, I'm pleased we are moving toward more concrete values for our stats. This has been stated before, but a large part of what is missing in your evaluation of Crit rating is the "mana-free"...
Forum: Death Knights 02/17/10, 1:32 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,265
Posted By thedudeabides
Socket Bonus

Socket bonuses, like many of our gear choices, should be evaluated individually.

For a single non-blue socket, a bonus of +9 stamina or more is generally worth it. The following concerns gemming...
Forum: Death Knights 02/15/10, 12:56 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,265
Posted By thedudeabides
4/5 Tier 10

The OP clearly notes that 4/5 T10 is strongly recommended, with the offset piece being Pillars of Might. However, RAWR is showing Cataclysmic Chestguard and Gauntlets of the Kraken as BiS, even when...
Forum: Paladins 02/11/10, 11:45 AM
Replies: 748
Views: 1,257,833
Posted By thedudeabides
Valithria

Clearly Holy Paladins are the preferred healer class for acquiring Dream Cloud stacks during the Valithria encounter. I would like to hear your strategy for keeping the stacks up, and your approach...
Forum: Death Knights 12/02/09, 2:36 PM
Replies: 2,021
Views: 1,496,082
Posted By thedudeabides
Hit: Spell, Melee

First, can you please explain how you verified this.

I understand the implications of spells missing in regards to altering our rotation or the DPS loss from a HB+KM+Rime missing. Given that our...
Forum: Paladins 09/28/09, 7:06 PM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 808,089
Posted By thedudeabides
Check the Arcane Mage thread. Arcane has...

Check the Arcane Mage thread. Arcane has arguably been the top or at least equal to Fire for a while now and end game raiding talents DO NOT include any points in Arcane Stability. This has been...
Forum: Paladins 09/24/09, 12:21 PM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 808,089
Posted By thedudeabides
I'm sorry, but this just doesn't make sense....

I'm sorry, but this just doesn't make sense. "Improved longevity" I assume means you can straight spam more HL's, but what 7 min fight that requires HL spam "longevity" is "easily handled without...
Forum: Death Knights 09/22/09, 6:10 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,265
Posted By thedudeabides
Anecdotal

I realize this is anecdotal, but our guild has been having the same issue with our DK tanks. From a healers perspective (my main), our DK off-tank (blood, 35k unbuffed health, most gear 226 or...
Forum: Paladins 09/14/09, 9:06 PM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 808,089
Posted By thedudeabides
51/20/0 or 51/17/3 is better

This has been discussed, possibly in the 3.1 thread. but, 51/20/0 or 51/17/3 is superior because:

1) Divine sacrifice: this alone makes the prot subspec worthwhile. 40% raid wide damage reduction...
Forum: Paladins 09/14/09, 12:34 PM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 808,089
Posted By thedudeabides
"Stacking SP"?

Let's put some numbers to the discussion on FoL, HL, spell power and intellect.

As far as "stacking" options, we have only gem slots, few enchants, and trinket choices. the t9 set has 7 slots, add...
Forum: The Dung Heap 08/31/09, 1:31 PM
Replies: 30,103
Views: 1,885,570
Posted By thedudeabides
Gearing

Some quick questions, which i think should be answered in the first post:

Recent 80, I picked up FFB as my spec (lower mana cost, better hit, and good AOE for faster badge farming). As i gear up for...
Forum: Paladins 08/26/09, 1:12 PM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 808,089
Posted By thedudeabides
3/3 Righteous Fury

I believe it was determined that 3/3 righteous fury was worthwhile, due to the damage reduction. based on these:

1) obviously the 6% damage reduction
2) you should "almost" never pull threat off a...
Forum: Death Knights 08/20/09, 12:17 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,265
Posted By thedudeabides
I am under the impression that the HB glyph...

I am under the impression that the HB glyph greatly improves snap aggro on adds, and if that is your job as OT, you should definitely have it. By instantly infecting the whole group with FF, your...
Forum: Paladins 08/14/09, 3:57 PM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 808,089
Posted By thedudeabides
I very much disagree, for these reasons: 1) SS...

I very much disagree, for these reasons:

1) SS should be on the tank anyways
2) with SS on tank, s/he has a 50% increased crit chance for FoL (which everyone knows)
3) the tank is taking constant...
Forum: Death Knights 08/14/09, 12:55 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,265
Posted By thedudeabides
Frost Tank: Glyph HB

I have been a blood tank from day 1, but am looking at frost to reduce high damage spikes. This is my alt, so his gear isn't BiS, but suitable for most raid fights.

The World of Warcraft Armory...
Forum: Paladins 08/12/09, 4:27 PM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 808,089
Posted By thedudeabides
Maximize Mana

From 3.1 to 3.2, our purpose remains mostly the same: keep the tank alive. however, our method of doing that is quite different: constant raid healing w/ beacon on the tank. With Ulduar 10/25 gear,...
Forum: Paladins 07/16/09, 12:33 PM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 693,472
Posted By thedudeabides
My understanding of HoP: 1) Only protects...

My understanding of HoP:

1) Only protects against Physical Damage (so said priest might die anyways)
2) Only prevents attacks and physical abilities (so the priest can still cast spells)

To be...
Forum: Paladins 07/16/09, 12:05 PM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 693,472
Posted By thedudeabides
I would agree with this. Yes your main job is to...

I would agree with this. Yes your main job is to dps, but melee dps are easily replaced. You bring Imp Ret Aura, 1 pally buff, and 3% crit on boss in a purely dps sense and JoL actually does a...
Forum: Paladins 07/15/09, 3:22 PM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 693,472
Posted By thedudeabides
Shockadin

Simply for fun, has anyone run the numbers on the total possible dps from a Shockadin build? i realize that this is in no way viable for any legitimate endgame dps.

Perhaps this...
Forum: Death Knights 07/15/09, 1:42 PM
Replies: 2,880
Views: 1,257,866
Posted By thedudeabides
What constitutes a DD spell?

Thank you for the reply. For my understanding, can you give me a few examples from Naxx and Ulduar of what constitute a DD spell and what does not (even though you take spell damage?)

ie. blizzard...
Forum: Death Knights 07/15/09, 1:25 PM
Replies: 2,880
Views: 1,257,866
Posted By thedudeabides
Blood Tank: 3/3 Spell Deflection

Just getting into tanking on my DK, and i specced the Blood build from Suno's Endgame Tanking Thread here. This build picks up 3/3 Spell Deflection (in my build i drop hysteria and mark of blood for...
Forum: Paladins 07/09/09, 12:04 PM
Replies: 1,055
Views: 569,839
Posted By thedudeabides
First off, healing meters are not the same as a...

First off, healing meters are not the same as a DPS meter, simply because of overhealing. The important thing is not how much healing is done, but whether the tank is kept alive, Divine Sacrifice is...
Forum: Paladins 07/01/09, 11:48 AM
Replies: 1,055
Views: 569,839
Posted By thedudeabides
Righteous Fury

For the 52/17/2 (or 51/20/0) spec why do you spec 3/3 Righteous Fury (6% damage reduction) versus 4/5 Toughness. Do you heal with Righteous Fury on or do you pop righteous fury 30 sec or so before...
Forum: Mages 06/23/09, 12:10 PM
Replies: 2,838
Views: 1,235,414
Posted By thedudeabides
Leveling

This is my third toon to level, after my paladin (main) and DK. With both my paladin and DK, killing mobs was non-stop pull, thrash kill, even if they were 2-3 levels higher or elites, with almost...
Forum: Paladins 06/22/09, 7:48 PM
Replies: 1,055
Views: 569,839
Posted By thedudeabides
3.2 - BoL and Latency

I sit at 250-300ms latency almost always. If we are to heal the main tank by HL/FoL + Beacon, will latency be an issue?

I have noticed a delay from when i cast a spell until the beacon receives...
Forum: Paladins 06/18/09, 3:24 PM
Replies: 1,055
Views: 569,839
Posted By thedudeabides
Assumptions

No. This patch appears to be implementing a new play style into the paladin healing mechanic. Currently, we stack int and spam HL, where illumination/crit refunding 60% of the crits results in a...
Forum: Paladins 06/12/09, 1:27 PM
Replies: 1,055
Views: 569,839
Posted By thedudeabides
SoW proc strategy in Ulduar

I am trying to maximize the ability to SoW proc during Ulduar bosses, as i am having some mana trouble after about 3 min of straight HL spam (until my gear is better). I typically try to limit the...
Forum: Paladins 05/27/09, 3:01 PM
Replies: 1,055
Views: 569,839
Posted By thedudeabides
Spell Power Soft Cap

There were some hard numbers on this debate, but i cannot find the exact post using the search tool. From what i remember, divinity (51/5/15) barely eeks ahead of crit (51/0/20) for HPS. However,...
Forum: The Dung Heap 05/22/09, 11:39 AM
Replies: 30,103
Views: 1,885,570
Posted By thedudeabides
mp5

Quite simply the way to fix mp5 is to have it scale with haste, in a balanced way of course. done.
Forum: Paladins 05/18/09, 1:36 PM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 693,472
Posted By thedudeabides
Macro Assistance

I use Healbot and have one issue:

My macro for insta crit Holy shock:
/cast divine favor
/cast holy shock

in healbot always casts divine favor and then holy shocks me instead of the target i want...
Forum: Paladins 04/14/09, 1:16 PM
Replies: 2,260
Views: 1,846,640
Posted By thedudeabides
From p79 on Crit vs Healing

In response to 51/0/20, there is a discussion on p79 covering Crit vs. Heal and the topic of overheal. Either appears "viable" and neither is "wrong".

It's a personal choice to get improved BoW, as...
Forum: Paladins 04/14/09, 12:55 PM
Replies: 2,260
Views: 1,846,640
Posted By thedudeabides
aura mastery

I was under the impression that aura mastery only improved the "base" effect of other auras. so, it won't add extra healing to 3/3 Dev aura. as the 3% damage increase in Ret is an "improved" aura,...
Forum: Paladins 04/14/09, 12:17 PM
Replies: 2,260
Views: 1,846,640
Posted By thedudeabides
Alright, 3.1 is live today. My understanding...

Alright, 3.1 is live today. My understanding after reading this thread is that we have several options:

51/20/0...
Forum: Paladins 03/30/09, 1:34 PM
Replies: 2,260
Views: 1,846,640
Posted By thedudeabides
HS glyph, Hand of Sacrifice Usage

Thrree Questions:

1) If you are raid healing, would a 1 sec fast Holy Shock help you anywhere near as much as the Glyph of Holy Light? I have not run Uldaar on the PTR, but i find myself using HS...
Forum: Paladins 03/10/09, 3:44 PM
Replies: 2,260
Views: 1,846,640
Posted By thedudeabides
Are my eyes deceiving me, or did they change...

Are my eyes deceiving me, or did they change Infusion of Light to not allow instant FoL? It seems to only reduce the cast time of HL by 1 sec. I searched this thread but did not find a comment on...
Forum: Paladins 02/09/09, 11:43 AM
Replies: 2,260
Views: 1,846,640
Posted By thedudeabides
Beacon Strategy

Hi everyone, there is a ton of great information here. To change topics from the int/crit/mp5:

What Strategy do you use when deciding when/who to cast Beacon on and why?

I usually end up casting...
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