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Forum: Paladins 10/17/11, 2:49 AM
Replies: 1,877
Views: 4,091,714
Posted By gcbirzan
A bit of nitpicking, but that doesn't apply only...

A bit of nitpicking, but that doesn't apply only to secondaries. As you get more strength, the relative value of other stats changes as well, because not all abilities scale the same with AP.

The...
Forum: Paladins 10/01/11, 4:18 AM
Replies: 1,877
Views: 4,091,714
Posted By gcbirzan
Exemplar's does. If you look in the DPS Calc tab...

Exemplar's does. If you look in the DPS Calc tab where the coefficients are, you'll see that when you use that, it changes CS' damage.
Forum: Paladins 09/30/11, 8:12 AM
Replies: 262
Views: 283,601
Posted By gcbirzan
Issue 825 - simulationcraft - Apparatus of...

Issue 825 - simulationcraft - Apparatus of Khaz'goroth timing. - World of Warcraft DPS Simulator - Google Project Hosting (http://code.google.com/p/simulationcraft/issues/detail?id=825)
Forum: Paladins 09/28/11, 7:53 AM
Replies: 1,877
Views: 4,091,714
Posted By gcbirzan
True, but there are times when you're just...

True, but there are times when you're just waiting for the next CD (outside of GCDs), so while minute, the increased chance to proc DP should be there.
Forum: Paladins 09/27/11, 4:06 AM
Replies: 1,877
Views: 4,091,714
Posted By gcbirzan
While I agree that 2xT13 will not affect the...

While I agree that 2xT13 will not affect the variance during Zealotry/AW, it will affect it outside, even though to a very small degree outside, because getting 2-3 more TVs between CDs will have a...
Forum: Paladins 09/26/11, 7:40 AM
Replies: 262
Views: 283,601
Posted By gcbirzan
Run speed means you get more time on the boss,...

Run speed means you get more time on the boss, which translates into increased DPS, and, to boot, there isn't anything else you can take into the ret tree that comes even close to being as...
Forum: Paladins 09/12/11, 4:13 AM
Replies: 1,877
Views: 4,091,714
Posted By gcbirzan
I modified exemplar's spreadsheet with the new...

I modified exemplar's spreadsheet with the new coefficients (0.014 for spell power, 0.02702 for AP), and it seems now the OP is correct, it is only better to use SoR at 4 targets or more, whereas...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 09/11/11, 6:23 AM
Replies: 5,688
Views: 1,066,461
Posted By gcbirzan
It could be the built in combat text, in...

It could be the built in combat text, in interface->floating combat text.
Forum: Paladins 09/10/11, 4:26 PM
Replies: 1,877
Views: 4,091,714
Posted By gcbirzan
Yes, but if before the buff the damage was 1200...

Yes, but if before the buff the damage was 1200 and now it's 1680: 1000 * 1.4 + 200 * 1.4, which is the same as 1.4 * (1000 + 200), This is just basic math, increasing the damage of an ability that...
Forum: Paladins 09/02/11, 7:40 AM
Replies: 1,877
Views: 4,091,714
Posted By gcbirzan
I was playing with Exemplar's spreadsheet, in my...

I was playing with Exemplar's spreadsheet, in my really crap gear, and aside noticing myself that the reforge option sometimes nets me worse dps, I wanted to mention that, at least for me and the...
Forum: Paladins 07/25/11, 7:14 AM
Replies: 1,289
Views: 2,507,911
Posted By gcbirzan
And he's saying that it's better to leave that to...

And he's saying that it's better to leave that to people who are building up their stacks, because not only do you not build stacks while you have the healing increase buff, but it will also halve...
Forum: Paladins 06/20/10, 5:44 AM
Replies: 748
Views: 1,257,707
Posted By gcbirzan
I'll admit, I didn't look over your numbers, but...

I'll admit, I didn't look over your numbers, but even so, you forgot to factor in Mana Tide and Hymn of Hope (whose effects you cannot count on, but still, if you manage to pull it off, say in the...
Forum: Paladins 06/03/10, 6:09 AM
Replies: 2,370
Views: 3,350,535
Posted By gcbirzan
That's not true. 13:07:17> [Ungulant] casts...

That's not true.

13:07:17> [Ungulant] casts [Holy Wrath].
13:07:17> [Reanimated Crusader] is afflicted by [Ungulant's] [Holy Wrath].
13:07:17> [Ungulant's] [Holy Wrath] hits [Reanimated Crusader]...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 05/12/10, 7:26 AM
Replies: 145
Views: 165,808
Posted By gcbirzan
It's definitely not keyboard ghosting, that would...

It's definitely not keyboard ghosting, that would just make his vent button/other key work or not work, not 'flicker'. It may be just that he needs to use the Sleep 1 mentioned, to tell the AHK...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 05/06/10, 5:48 AM
Replies: 201
Views: 132,861
Posted By gcbirzan
Grid - Page 304 - WowAce Forums...

Grid - Page 304 - WowAce Forums (http://forums.wowace.com/showthread.php?t=2525&page=304#3032)
Forum: Public Discussion 05/02/10, 7:45 AM
Replies: 374
Views: 75,330
Posted By gcbirzan
While I agree with most of the other things you...

While I agree with most of the other things you said, I don't agree here. If the reason for making 10/25 share lockout and gear is to battle burnout, they could've done it way better, without...
Forum: Paladins 05/01/10, 8:59 PM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,322
Posted By gcbirzan
You cannot go travel form indoors. They do,...

You cannot go travel form indoors. They do, however, get 130% movement speed in cat form.
Forum: Mages 05/01/10, 8:05 AM
Replies: 3,728
Views: 3,451,616
Posted By gcbirzan
I think you are misunderstanding the problem....

I think you are misunderstanding the problem. While it might or might not be possible to pre-queue spells in the server GCD*, that does NOT imply that you are losing the latency time on every cast....
Forum: Public Discussion 04/30/10, 11:03 AM
Replies: 374
Views: 75,330
Posted By gcbirzan
They didn't mention any such thing. They just...

They didn't mention any such thing. They just said that there will be more loot per raider in 25 mans than in 10 mans, not more loot than now. Even given that, 10 mans will get better loot than they...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/29/10, 8:02 PM
Replies: 374
Views: 75,330
Posted By gcbirzan
There was no safety net in TBC. Yeah, there was...

There was no safety net in TBC. Yeah, there was ZA, and you could consider BT the 10 man once Sunwell was released, but the concept of having a consolation raid is new in WotLK, and people lived with...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/29/10, 12:26 PM
Replies: 374
Views: 75,330
Posted By gcbirzan
But it does. Because they are encouraging...

But it does. Because they are encouraging retarded solutions like asking 15 people to step out and killing the boss on 10 man.
Forum: Public Discussion 04/29/10, 11:05 AM
Replies: 374
Views: 75,330
Posted By gcbirzan
On that note, 10 mans are generally more prone to...

On that note, 10 mans are generally more prone to stacking and trying to balance things to be as hard on 25 as on 10 will only make this even a bigger issue. If you needed 5-6 raid wide CDs on LK 10...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/29/10, 9:13 AM
Replies: 374
Views: 75,330
Posted By gcbirzan
Yes, you are right in that Blizzard could've...

Yes, you are right in that Blizzard could've tuned those encounters to be closer in difficulty (or at least those mechanics), but they didn't, which doesn't give one too much confidence for...
Forum: Mages 04/29/10, 8:56 AM
Replies: 3,728
Views: 3,451,616
Posted By gcbirzan
You are wrong. While your cast time MIGHT be...

You are wrong. While your cast time MIGHT be that, from when you press the button until you get the result of the spell, you don't LOSE that latency. You just carry it over in all your casts, as you...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/29/10, 8:01 AM
Replies: 374
Views: 75,330
Posted By gcbirzan
But not everything scales so nicely. To give you...

But not everything scales so nicely. To give you just two examples, Val'kyrs on the Lich King and Penetrating Cold on Anub'arak. Both are the same ability, scaled upwards quantitatively. The 10 man...
Forum: Death Knights 04/23/10, 10:30 AM
Replies: 1,800
Views: 2,520,770
Posted By gcbirzan
I was looking at parses of my guild and even on...

I was looking at parses of my guild and even on fights we take two druids to, the energy gain on rogues is about .5 energy per second (which would be 1 RP/s for DKs), with ~30% uptime on WG at best....
Forum: Death Knights 04/23/10, 8:57 AM
Replies: 1,800
Views: 2,520,770
Posted By gcbirzan
I was mostly talking about having rejuv from...

I was mostly talking about having rejuv from every druid, as WG is a smart heal anyway which might not even heal the person you cast it on.
Forum: Rogues 04/23/10, 8:21 AM
Replies: 1,422
Views: 606,239
Posted By gcbirzan
I cannot see your mutilate gear on your armoury,...

I cannot see your mutilate gear on your armoury, as you're in combat gear/spec, but I can assume you have at least some armour penetration on your gear. That armour penetration will disappear in...
Forum: Death Knights 04/23/10, 8:13 AM
Replies: 1,800
Views: 2,520,770
Posted By gcbirzan
The way you should look at it, though, is whether...

The way you should look at it, though, is whether it's better for the druid to cast WG/keep rejuvenation on you, so you can do the same damage you did in Blood Presence, or if they should put it on a...
Forum: Mages 04/21/10, 1:07 PM
Replies: 3,728
Views: 3,451,616
Posted By gcbirzan
That's not true. Your command gets sent to the...

That's not true. Your command gets sent to the server 1s (or whatever your GCD is) after the first one, and by the time it reaches it (ignoring jitter), the GCD will have finished there as well....
Forum: Hunters 04/21/10, 1:00 PM
Replies: 774
Views: 789,386
Posted By gcbirzan
No, for at least 3 reasons. You cannot check if...

No, for at least 3 reasons. You cannot check if an unit's targeting you in particular, you can only check conditions on a particular mob (your target, your focus, whatever), not on any mob around,...
Forum: Rogues 04/19/10, 9:47 PM
Replies: 1,143
Views: 941,961
Posted By gcbirzan
The script you're talking about removes this buff...

The script you're talking about removes this buff (http://www.wowhead.com/spell=59628), which is the one that transfers threat. The damage increasing buff (http://www.wowhead.com/spell=57933) has a...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 04/19/10, 6:02 PM
Replies: 5,688
Views: 1,066,461
Posted By gcbirzan
ForteXorcist - Addons - Curse...

ForteXorcist - Addons - Curse (http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/fortexorcist.aspx)
Forum: Public Discussion 04/19/10, 6:00 PM
Replies: 120
Views: 86,353
Posted By gcbirzan
They didn't, though. We had someone DC in the...

They didn't, though. We had someone DC in the middle of the room, they got the debuff, died and the add didn't spawn.
Forum: Mages 04/19/10, 10:02 AM
Replies: 932
Views: 1,728,776
Posted By gcbirzan
You get 12% from 2pt10, 3% and 5% from raid...

You get 12% from 2pt10, 3% and 5% from raid buffs, the rest you need to make up with gear.

((1.5 / (1.12 * 1.03 * 1.05)) - 1) * 32.79 * 100 = 781.580543

You need 23.8% haste to have your GCD at 1...
Forum: Paladins 04/19/10, 6:58 AM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 693,385
Posted By gcbirzan
You will have to manually go back to...

You will have to manually go back to concentration aura. You also might want to use /cast !Shadow Resistance Aura, so spamming the macro won't remove your aura.
Forum: Mages 04/18/10, 1:48 AM
Replies: 3,728
Views: 3,451,616
Posted By gcbirzan
Edit: My original post was caused by lack of...

Edit: My original post was caused by lack of caffeine. First of all, if your latency is 200ms, the spell cast gets at the server at 0:100ms, or thereabouts. Secondly, while the GCD is triggered...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 04/16/10, 9:06 AM
Replies: 5,688
Views: 1,066,461
Posted By gcbirzan
I downloaded the one in the link you gave me, but...

I downloaded the one in the link you gave me, but it doesn't do anything of the sort (and by looking at the code, it couldn't, either).
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 04/15/10, 10:18 PM
Replies: 5,688
Views: 1,066,461
Posted By gcbirzan
I am looking for an addon that announces (or at...

I am looking for an addon that announces (or at least prints in my chat frame) who marked whom with what raid icon. Until last night, it used to just work and I cannot figure for the life of me what...
Forum: The Dung Heap 04/15/10, 10:03 PM
Replies: 30,102
Views: 1,882,013
Posted By gcbirzan
Conclusive information could be someone receiving...

Conclusive information could be someone receiving the drop twice.
Forum: Druids 04/14/10, 1:17 AM
Replies: 355
Views: 92,441
Posted By gcbirzan
While they haven't yet disclosed the exact...

While they haven't yet disclosed the exact mechanics of Eclipse (just said it will buff your nature/arcane damage), they have repeatedly stated that they will changed combat ratings in such a way...
Forum: Druids 04/11/10, 8:18 PM
Replies: 355
Views: 92,441
Posted By gcbirzan
That's wrong. Refreshing 1% late will drop DPS by...

That's wrong. Refreshing 1% late will drop DPS by more than 1%, based on your haste, since you will lose any 'fractional' ticks that you might've had. Refreshing early will drop DPS as well, number...
Forum: Paladins 04/09/10, 3:26 PM
Replies: 659
Views: 1,240,315
Posted By gcbirzan
This is simply not true. I got naked and made a...

This is simply not true. I got naked and made a macro on my g13 to press 1, wait 1.495s then press 2. I got a message saying "spell is not ready yet". Yes, it did work once out of every 5 attempts,...
Forum: Paladins 04/09/10, 12:01 PM
Replies: 659
Views: 1,240,315
Posted By gcbirzan
I've not been able to replicate this behaviour,...

I've not been able to replicate this behaviour, and as far as I know, if an ability is on CD, it's not sent to the server (and that includes the GCD).
Forum: Paladins 04/09/10, 11:28 AM
Replies: 748
Views: 1,257,707
Posted By gcbirzan
Light's Grace is a 25% haste buff. 2.5 / 1.25 =...

Light's Grace is a 25% haste buff. 2.5 / 1.25 = 2. Considering it a flat reduction before any other haste or a 25% haste is the same thing: 2.5 / 1.25 / X = (2.5 - .5) / X, where X is your other...
Forum: Paladins 03/25/10, 7:36 PM
Replies: 666
Views: 292,616
Posted By gcbirzan
That's not true. I don't have a legendary to...

That's not true. I don't have a legendary to test, but it works for any other buff in the game:

local frame = CreateFrame("Frame")
frame:RegisterEvent("UNIT_AURA")

frame:SetScript("OnEvent",...
Forum: Paladins 03/25/10, 12:21 PM
Replies: 666
Views: 292,616
Posted By gcbirzan
You can cancel buffs from an addon, so you don't...

You can cancel buffs from an addon, so you don't even need to macro it.
Forum: Public Discussion 03/25/10, 11:54 AM
Replies: 223
Views: 119,527
Posted By gcbirzan
The healer rep ring's buff was changed to...

The healer rep ring's buff was changed to Chilling Knowledge, caster DPS one is Frostforged Sage, melee ones now trigger a buff called Frostforged Champion and tanking one Frostforged Defender.
Forum: Druids 03/25/10, 6:14 AM
Replies: 173
Views: 132,816
Posted By gcbirzan
You're not. I'm getting something similar, see...

You're not. I'm getting something similar, see issue 278 (http://code.google.com/p/simulationcraft/issues/detail?id=278) and a few others.

Edit: It's fixed in the latest trunk (or at least, it works...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/24/10, 10:11 PM
Replies: 223
Views: 119,527
Posted By gcbirzan
The debuff in the room before Putricide has...

The debuff in the room before Putricide has finally been fixed. Hilarity ensued.
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