Overlord Norellicus wrote:
While it's probably not going to send your dps into the realm of 5 digits, the fact that you're using Thunderstrike instead of Shadowstrike probably isn't helping either.
Also, DMC:G or Banner would be much better than Mirror. NES too, crappy as it is.
Yeah, I thought about getting the Banner, but some 20 runs and I haven't seen it drop once. With my loot luck, the moment it drops, everyone will roll on it and I'll roll 1.
I'm using Thunderstrike simply because it has more FAP (lol) than any other weapon I have available. Hoping we'll soon down Blood-Prince Council so I can get my polearm. That'll give me some ArP and hit rating, allowing me to switch out my helmet for T10 which has more crit and ArP. Should help with the DPS a little.
The reason I don't have Shadowstrike is because a brilliant RL in a PUG decided to give it to a Hunter. I managed to convince him to lend it to me so I could at least get the Thunderstrike (this was back when I was tanking).
Getting my ring upgraded soon means another 20 ArP and a small DPS increase. I'm just angry I lost the leather bracers to some nutjob Hunter. Armor priority apparently wasn't a concept the RL had heard of before. Figures.
Also, as for my DPS, I'm assuming I'm doing something wrong. I've had a bad tendency to clip Rake and Rip, refreshing at 1s instead of 0s. But this time on Saurfang, I did everything by the books, keeping Rake and Rip up, without Savage Roar dropping. I did make a *****-up around the beginning because our Prot Paladin kept using Consecration and I had to tell him to stop, but Rip wasn't down more than 2-3 GCD before I got it up again and Recount didn't show much of a DPS drop.
Still, if I'm at 8k DPS and some spreadsheet tells me I should be at 8k without the 20% buff, it seems like I'm doing something wrong. 20% of 8k is a decent chunk (1600 DPS).
Edit: One explanation might be my timing of Berserk. EJ tells me to pop it as soon as possible (though not at low/high energy and not directly after Tiger's Fury), so that's what I've been doing. Perhaps applying a 5p Rip and 5p Savage Roar would be better. Then I can pop Berserk and spam Shred for 15 seconds (well, when I don't have to refresh Rake - seriously hate that ability). With a timed Tiger's Fury, I should be able to refresh Savage Roar and Rip before they run out after Berserk fades.
Hmm, going to have to try this next run.
If I was cool, I'd time that Berserk to go with the Mirror proc, but I'm not a god and I'd probably break down crying if I tried to keep track of all that **** plus trinkets.
Edited, Jun 6th 2010 7:45am by Mazra