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Forum: The Dung Heap 02/17/11, 12:54 AM
Replies: 30,103
Views: 1,884,607
Posted By Qaenyin
Edit:Nevermind, I'm a fucking idiot.

Edit:Nevermind, I'm a fucking idiot.
Forum: Death Knights 01/29/11, 7:57 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 123,254
Posted By Qaenyin
Augh, sorry, I completely missed that field.

Augh, sorry, I completely missed that field.
Forum: Death Knights 01/28/11, 8:41 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 123,254
Posted By Qaenyin
Is it possible for people simulating 4.0.6 tests...

Is it possible for people simulating 4.0.6 tests that something could be uploaded to allow for either toggling to 15% death strikes or a DLL update could be uploaded that changes death strike to 15%...
Forum: Death Knights 01/28/11, 8:37 AM
Replies: 830
Views: 2,314,098
Posted By Qaenyin
Out of curiosity what settings did you use on...

Out of curiosity what settings did you use on BloodSim for this simulation, was the simulation applying diseases outside of with outbreak and if not was the simulation assuming someone else was...
Forum: The Dung Heap 01/25/11, 6:14 PM
Replies: 30,103
Views: 1,884,607
Posted By Qaenyin
Death's Advance doesn't do anything to movement...

Death's Advance doesn't do anything to movement impairing effects. It simply caps the amount you can be slowed to your base move speed, much like how the paladin seal of justice prevents move speed...
Forum: Death Knights 01/16/11, 7:22 AM
Replies: 830
Views: 2,314,098
Posted By Qaenyin
Yeah this is caused by the fact Blood Presence...

Yeah this is caused by the fact Blood Presence multiplies your healing threat in addition to your other threat, combined with Blood's innately high healing.

So, I've been running my own math on the...
Forum: Death Knights 01/13/11, 5:16 AM
Replies: 830
Views: 2,314,098
Posted By Qaenyin
Rolling blood shields leaves me with some...

Rolling blood shields leaves me with some concerns about fight specific mechanics it could break very easily. The one that springs to mind foremost being Magmaw. Although admittedly you'll be...
Forum: The Dung Heap 07/12/10, 11:47 AM
Replies: 30,103
Views: 1,884,607
Posted By Qaenyin
Honestly in my personal opinion DnD just flat out...

Honestly in my personal opinion DnD just flat out has too long a cooldown. The uptime isn't the problem, but the cooldown is, and in light of the change they made to consecrate I'm hoping they...
Forum: Death Knights 07/10/10, 11:23 AM
Replies: 345
Views: 424,614
Posted By Qaenyin
Well it depends. When you look at it Death...

Well it depends. When you look at it Death Strike is going to effectively heal for, what, 2.5x the amount it did in WotLK comparative to health pools(half of which is absorbtion and half of which is...
Forum: Death Knights 07/09/10, 1:36 PM
Replies: 345
Views: 424,614
Posted By Qaenyin
Ah, I feel stupid. I have spent this whole time...

Ah, I feel stupid. I have spent this whole time operating under the assumption that while only 3 runes come off cooldown at a time, net rune generation speed is the same(IE rather than gaining each...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/07/10, 2:16 PM
Replies: 351
Views: 58,768
Posted By Qaenyin
Out of curiosity an IRC channel I visit recently...

Out of curiosity an IRC channel I visit recently had a rather trustworthy member from New Zealand play a little game. Several of the members gave this person their first and last name. Said person...
Forum: Death Knights 07/06/10, 8:31 PM
Replies: 345
Views: 424,614
Posted By Qaenyin
My projected rotation atm is IT PS BB HS DS, DS...

My projected rotation atm is IT PS BB HS DS, DS HS HS DS, DS HS HS DS, repeat. Dumps where the commas are.

AFAIK Glyph of Disease is still in, to answer your question, although with the...
Forum: Death Knights 07/06/10, 11:41 AM
Replies: 345
Views: 424,614
Posted By Qaenyin
Well I'm not so much saying the talent is...

Well I'm not so much saying the talent is useless, I'm saying the talent is inefficient for its value. The utility is pretty marginal for even a 3 point talent, 5 points makes it drastically...
Forum: Death Knights 07/06/10, 10:57 AM
Replies: 345
Views: 424,614
Posted By Qaenyin
Yeah, I've noticed that. We also seem to be...

Yeah, I've noticed that. We also seem to be overbloated on glyphs for the blood tree now because of the movement of Bone Shield to the Blood tree. Since I presume Vampiric Blood and Bone Shield to...
Forum: Death Knights 07/06/10, 10:04 AM
Replies: 345
Views: 424,614
Posted By Qaenyin
Something that stands out to me is Blood Swarm,...

Something that stands out to me is Blood Swarm, the current implementation of the talent seems very inefficient.

Assuming 30 second diseases and Outbreak, you're only going to be plague striking...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/10/10, 2:39 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 24,434
Posted By Qaenyin
This is correct, there was no NDA on the WotLK...

This is correct, there was no NDA on the WotLK beta, only the alpha. The WotLK beta forums themselves were publicly accessible, in fact, so all information on them thus were easily accessible by...
Forum: The Dung Heap 01/08/10, 6:39 PM
Replies: 30,103
Views: 1,884,607
Posted By Qaenyin
This is mostly just nitpicking but it's worth...

This is mostly just nitpicking but it's worth noting that the sub of avoidance and stamina are not actually quite the same. Nerubian Carapace provides 13 defense per hand, unlike the stoneskin's 25...
Forum: Death Knights 01/03/10, 4:13 AM
Replies: 770
Views: 1,226,884
Posted By Qaenyin
This would make sense if runestrike were...

This would make sense if runestrike were spammable, but because it is triggered by avoided enemy swings, against single targets you're capped on how many runestrikes you can put out, especially using...
Forum: Death Knights 01/02/10, 9:59 PM
Replies: 2,880
Views: 1,257,824
Posted By Qaenyin
The arpen on T9 is considerably better than the...

The arpen on T9 is considerably better than the haste on legplates of ascension.
Forum: Death Knights 01/02/10, 9:56 PM
Replies: 770
Views: 1,226,884
Posted By Qaenyin
All next melee abilities will only activate on...

All next melee abilities will only activate on mainhand swings, this goes for heroic strike, raptor strike, and rune strike.
Forum: The Dung Heap 01/01/10, 9:20 PM
Replies: 30,103
Views: 1,884,607
Posted By Qaenyin
They're about equal. Stoneskin gives you 3%...

They're about equal. Stoneskin gives you 3% avoidance and 2% stam, Swordshattering gives 4% avoidance. Personally I prefer SSG for the extra EH but to each their own.
Forum: Death Knights 01/01/10, 7:30 PM
Replies: 770
Views: 1,226,884
Posted By Qaenyin
There's 3 significant issues with a death strike...

There's 3 significant issues with a death strike centric spec.

First, inability to proc rime relegates howling blast to aoe threat only, making it almost a waste of a talent.

Second, you don't have...
Forum: Death Knights 01/01/10, 7:23 PM
Replies: 2,880
Views: 1,257,824
Posted By Qaenyin
Arpen is the 2nd best uncappable dps stat, next...

Arpen is the 2nd best uncappable dps stat, next to strength. Provided you're hit softcapped and expertise softcapped, NES is considerably better.
Forum: Death Knights 12/28/09, 5:27 AM
Replies: 2,880
Views: 1,257,824
Posted By Qaenyin
Covering each point seperately. First point, yes...

Covering each point seperately.

First point, yes I realize EH is more important than avoidance, which is why I'm aiming for the pretty low level of 65-70% avoidance(considering my present avoidance...
Forum: Death Knights 12/27/09, 5:00 AM
Replies: 2,880
Views: 1,257,824
Posted By Qaenyin
So for the sake of my own guild's progression,...

So for the sake of my own guild's progression, I've been tossing around the idea, once I get my computer hardware updated(my processor is going out thus my PC at present cannot handle raiding), of...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/25/09, 8:09 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,584
Posted By Qaenyin
Only downside to the defense of orgrimmar route...

Only downside to the defense of orgrimmar route is the concern it'll just end up being hyjal 2.0 with an absurd amount of trash and a few boss fights.

Hopefully blizzard wouldn't make the same...
Forum: Death Knights 12/23/09, 3:54 AM
Replies: 110
Views: 93,298
Posted By Qaenyin
You may have meant a later release responding to...

You may have meant a later release responding to my previous comment, but it seems that my rawr xml files still won't import. Same error message.

Download DWGhoul.xml from Sendspace.com - send big...
Forum: Death Knights 12/22/09, 11:09 AM
Replies: 110
Views: 93,298
Posted By Qaenyin
Won't let me import using rawr files, which is...

Won't let me import using rawr files, which is rather problematic(for me) since I use rawr to piece together gearsets for testing.

simulationcraft: Unable to open Rawr Character Save file...
Forum: Death Knights 12/22/09, 10:26 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,198
Posted By Qaenyin
Another thing to note is that Blood doesn't...

Another thing to note is that Blood doesn't necessarily provide access to superior self healing compared to Unholy, it just means that you aren't sacrificing nearly as much threat to do so. Death...
Forum: Death Knights 12/09/09, 2:33 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,198
Posted By Qaenyin
I was more referring to that rather than...

I was more referring to that rather than unpredictable burst they're moving towards steady burst, I may have explained that poorly.

For example if a boss does 80% of your health every 4 seconds, but...
Forum: Death Knights 12/08/09, 1:29 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,198
Posted By Qaenyin
I find it more likely that rather than reduce...

I find it more likely that rather than reduce tank burst damage they'll simply maintain tank burst damage.

By that I mean they ASSUME that because they just cut your avoidance by half that you will...
Forum: Death Knights 12/01/09, 2:03 PM
Replies: 2,021
Views: 1,495,992
Posted By Qaenyin
Same state, if you want to apply diseases with a...

Same state, if you want to apply diseases with a higher AP then you need to reapply them manually.
Forum: Death Knights 12/01/09, 12:12 PM
Replies: 2,021
Views: 1,495,992
Posted By Qaenyin
Maybe he's using... IT PS BS OB BS IT OB OB...

Maybe he's using...

IT PS BS OB BS
IT OB OB Pest
OB BS OB BS
IT OB OB Pest
etc

Edit:For the record this would actually provide the same RP/20 as a standard rotation, which is 10 less than GoIT, as...
Forum: Death Knights 11/27/09, 11:57 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,198
Posted By Qaenyin
I'm talking about Icecrown drops, which thus far...

I'm talking about Icecrown drops, which thus far appear to have been itemized much more heavily favoring agility than stamina, unlike ToC drops. ToC weapons in general are more weighted towards...
Forum: Death Knights 11/25/09, 2:26 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,198
Posted By Qaenyin
It probably wouldn't be, provided there are DK...

It probably wouldn't be, provided there are DK usable ICC25 Hard Mode agility weapons. Without having the significant stamina advantage, the difference between strength and agility would make an...
Forum: Death Knights 11/25/09, 12:06 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,198
Posted By Qaenyin
Actually when I originally was discussing it I...

Actually when I originally was discussing it I was more pointing out the EH on the axe.

All of the agility weapons shown so far have been high agility low stamina. Assuming the itemization carries...
Forum: Death Knights 11/22/09, 4:03 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,198
Posted By Qaenyin
Valid point. However, none of the thus far...

Valid point. However, none of the thus far discovered agility weapons in ICC25 are 2h swords or polearms, they're all onehanded weapons and a staff. Unless a 2h agility non-staff appears on Arthas'...
Forum: Death Knights 11/20/09, 2:23 AM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,198
Posted By Qaenyin
While I agree a dpser should get Shadowmourne...

While I agree a dpser should get Shadowmourne first and foremost, I'd hardly say a tank DK using it is an abomination. The amount of stamina on that, especially with 3 gem sockets, is truly amazing,...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/04/09, 3:20 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,584
Posted By Qaenyin
Well keep in mind Arthas can't purely attack. He...

Well keep in mind Arthas can't purely attack. He has to keep up some level of defense.

If there was no Lich King, the undead would go berserk and all-out offensive, every single undead in the world...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/04/09, 4:52 AM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,584
Posted By Qaenyin
Regarding Putricide, I'm assuming the former is...

Regarding Putricide, I'm assuming the former is for normal mode and the latter for hardmode. Most likely Putricide in hard mode imbues himself with slime power or something and transforms in some...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/29/09, 9:05 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,584
Posted By Qaenyin
More or less it's a matter of the Blood Elves are...

More or less it's a matter of the Blood Elves are allied with the Forsaken, the Forsaken are allied with the Orcs, and the Orcs are allied with the Tauren and Trolls(and later Goblins).

Everything...
Forum: Warlocks 10/29/09, 4:06 PM
Replies: 1,178
Views: 1,395,351
Posted By Qaenyin
Something that doesn't appear to be discussed(or...

Something that doesn't appear to be discussed(or maybe I just missed it, sorry if that's the case):

Does the new Molten Core make weaving Incinerates pre-execute range ideal, or is it better to just...
Forum: Death Knights 10/27/09, 2:06 PM
Replies: 3,498
Views: 6,213,301
Posted By Qaenyin
I use a custom frost spec(45/26 GoG/MoG) which...

I use a custom frost spec(45/26 GoG/MoG) which includes perma ghoul, and can say for certain frost blast does not noticably damage my pet, if it damages it at all.

What you're probably noticing is a...
Forum: Hunters 10/16/09, 8:22 PM
Replies: 561
Views: 781,299
Posted By Qaenyin
Yeah error in my math, sorry, I'll just remove...

Yeah error in my math, sorry, I'll just remove that. Anyways suffice it to say WB's dps contribution is more or less insignificant. Which is really a shame.
Forum: Hunters 10/16/09, 8:25 AM
Replies: 561
Views: 781,299
Posted By Qaenyin
Ah, that's saddening then. That'd make Wolverine...

Ah, that's saddening then. That'd make Wolverine Bite scale worse than any other pet attack in the game if I'm not mistaken(your data suggests roughly 5% pet attack power scaling, all other pet...
Forum: Hunters 10/16/09, 4:05 AM
Replies: 2,816
Views: 1,940,291
Posted By Qaenyin
Abominable Might overwrites it too, tested it...

Abominable Might overwrites it too, tested it just 2 days ago.
Forum: Hunters 10/13/09, 6:49 AM
Replies: 561
Views: 781,299
Posted By Qaenyin
For WB to be worth 500 dps it would have to hit...

For WB to be worth 500 dps it would have to hit for an average of 3500 including crits(7 sec cooldown after Longevity). I agree, probably not happening. Unfortunately I can't seem to find any actual...
Forum: Hunters 10/12/09, 2:16 AM
Replies: 1,974
Views: 880,801
Posted By Qaenyin
I'm trying to run some theorycrafting on the...

I'm trying to run some theorycrafting on the Wolverine Bite changes for next patch for BM, however to the best of my knowledge no one actually has the attack power coefficient for Wolverine Bite...
Forum: Death Knights 10/11/09, 8:11 AM
Replies: 2,021
Views: 1,495,992
Posted By Qaenyin
Possible it's due to the proc not being...

Possible it's due to the proc not being considered? Weapon dps is a large factor but considering all that Vis'kag has on it _is_ weapon dps, I could see a weapon being considered inferior to...
Forum: Hunters 10/11/09, 5:28 AM
Replies: 561
Views: 781,299
Posted By Qaenyin
Wolverine Bite: This talent is now enabled when...

Wolverine Bite: This talent is now enabled when the pet lands a critical strike rather than from the target dodging the pet’s attacks. In addition, this talent no longer has a prerequisite.

From 3.3...
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