4pc T6 questionFollow

I just got my 4pc last night (yay shoulders replaced my nimble thought) and noticed that my crits are hitting for a bit more (about 6k on average, flasked/self buffed).

Do people do anything different to control their threat at the start? I feel like a nub asking, but I normally steadily move up the threat list, but I would wait about 10 seconds into phase1 before I started DPSing and next thing you knew I would be #2 or 3 (that is, of course, with a MD in there as well).



Oh, and this is also for Poldaran to be /jealous

Edited, Jun 5th 2008 1:58pm by Anobix

Haechoo.


How early do you start popping cooldowns? It might be worth waiting a bit longer, perhaps? Or if you're really fully threat capped, perhaps using a different food buff might be in order(Skullfish Soup) just because it'd mean a small drop in DPS in exchange for a bit more mana efficiency?


Also grats, ya *******.

Archimonde filled out my 4pc tonight also =), helm, shoulder, chest, glove, leggings of channeled elements.

BTW im wondering if anyone knows the rundown on numbers for haste, guildmaster is really pushing it over +dmg but I am wondering if I am getting too unbalanced with it. Unbuffed +fire damage is right about 1200, with 191 haste rating(12%). Does anyone know the numbers on the balance for this where damage once again becomes more valuable. I will run it on theorycrafting tomorrow if noone knows offhand. Thanks.
Sorry for second edit but just wanted to point out if armoried that i always have elemental shaman is why the 131 hit.

Edited, Jun 11th 2008 1:45am by Toxicityoh

Edited, Jun 11th 2008 1:47am by Toxicityoh

I believe that after 1100-1150 fire damage (unbuffed) that haste = 1.05dmg or something of that sort. It will be a bigger increase for you to stack some haste as long as you don't go down too much in damage. That and assuming you are not running oom in a fight.

oh and gratS!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/Filterspawn/shoulders.jpg

I made sure to open my character window to show you I also have my own to wear.


What you don't know is that the open ticket you see in that shot is for said token to be given to the correct person as our GM/ML last night screwed the pooch and gave me the wrong one by mistake.

Regardless, my rerolled warlock got his T6 shoulders before you did

You may now commence with the worship due to how totally awesome I am.

Ack, what I meant to type was my warlock got T6 MAGE shoulders before you, cause that's funny. The way it's typed above it sounds prickish, sorry if it came across that way.

We have a backup raid leader. No one listens to him, though.

And I knew what you meant, Filter. No worries.

*******.

I think the main issue with maxdps is that it doesn't take into account fight length at all, so it tends to go for haste as the best stat to get (to the point of suggesting all haste items for my balance druid that is currently at 600 +dmg).

Also I find it hard to balance upgrades, if you just go for the 'best' upgrade for each slot from maxdps then you'd probably end up with a set severely lacking in stamina and spell hit.

It's also not very smart sometimes. For example if you are say 17 points below the hit cap it would suggest something like Hood of Hexing with 3x Great Dawnstone. So your current helm would need 38 hit rating for that to be a logical upgrade (to not go over the cap).

Don't get me wrong, I think it's a good website and I really like the option to select upgrades from available instances, plus the handy item links so you can find out exactly where things drop from. But it's not a site you can just follow blindly and I find it less useful for planning entire gear overhauls (as you need to balance various stats in the process).

I've recently begun using magegraf but I don't know how it compares in reliability to other spreadsheets.

Actually on topic, grats and I have no advice unfortunately. I tend to start the fight off with R1 frostbolt to stack WC if I think I'm going to have threat issues and then just stop casting or switch to AM if my threat is getting too high and it's too early to consider invisibility. Obviously though I'm at a stage in content where I can lower my dps for a portion of the fight without it leading to failure.

i started using Rawr and love it. windows only, though.