My DPS is too lowFollow

So I respec to demo (0/41/30 fg/emb) from destro (0/14/57) for increased raid dps. For whatever reason, with hit almost capped(13.59% with Cataclysm maxxed)and 2 pieces of T7, I am putting up sub 2k dps? I am following the recomended rotation(Corruption, CoA, Immo, Incin, rinse and repeat with the occasional life tap), pretty geared according to WoW-Heroes, and working on the dagger from Kirin Tor rep. What gives? I keep hearing about great lock dps...but I am lacking.

Appreciate your thoughts.

Jaydinn
Level 80 Warlock
Gnomeregan

in terms of rotation, drop corruption for most of the time. you only want to use corruption if molton core hasn't proc'd (once it has proc'd, and it is still up when corruption runs out, don't bother renewing it)
rotation ways it's simple. have demonic empowerment macro'd to your incinerate key and just do immolate > incinerate and then just renew immolate and CoA whenever needed.

for glyphs you should be using:

glyph of felguard
glyph of immolate
glyph of curse of agony

finally... when you say you're doing 2k dps... is this in 10/25man raids or 5man heroics? if it's in heroics then that sounds about right (it's tough to get up to max damage in a 5man, if it's in a raid.. something is wrong...


POST EDIT

just checked your gear.. 2k dps is actually probably about right looking at your +spell power and stuff.. maybe you could hit 2.5k dps but honestly.. it's your gear that's holding you back... MASSIVE lack of spell power

Edited, Mar 28th 2009 5:39am by Jenovaomega

Have you checked out your gear on http://be.imba.hu/ it gives you a good idea of the best enchants, gems, etc to make the most of the gear you have.
Autumnmoon
Level 80 warlock
shadowsong

holy crapoly! You edited your post twice, but you still can't spell "you"? Why should I trust a post made by someone who is only semi-literate?

Actually, there IS a difference. It's in how you put yourself across, not necessarily whether you are correct or not. When you use leetspeak, improper capitalization, and poor sentence construction, you look like an uneducated dweeb who doesn't know much. Since that's how you put yourself across and you "dont care", that's got to be exactly what you are.

caps are there to be abused, CAPSLOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL

and ya, grammar really doesn't matter that much. i almost never use capital letters how they're meant to.. though in terms of spelling and correctly spelling slang words (like " 'tis " for example) is generally prefered... but not needed seeing how many people don't speak english as their primary language on here

oh and finally... you might want to change your post dimick.. 202 hit was at level 70, at 80 it's alot more :P

Change that gem in your belt to like +19 spell damage or a hit gem. You're piling on MP5 with your rings, I'd suggest getting the valor ring for DPS and something else (10 man Naxx rings are at least on par with those healer rings). Spell Pen on your cloak? Drop that. Get 23 haste. Chestpiece go either 8 stats or 10 stats. Pants go 50 spell 20 spirit if you can, if not get the 35 spell 12 spirit. Get more out of spell damage from spirit/LT then stamina. Shoulders get grinding Sons of Hodir dailies. Tailoring will help a lot with the pants if you PL it, only takes one eternium thread to improve it. The cloak improvement is really good, I got it recently and love it as it procs regularly. Neckpiece ick, there are several other good ones (you can drop a hit gem and get the one for emblems of heroism). Gloves would probably be best for dropping and putting a 19 spell in, with the socket bonus it's better then hit. Chest it's your choice, hit is probably better. I generally only gem for hit when I have other pieces that are better when the hit on the previous piece is useless (and for socket bonuses).

Concerning Afflic vs Demon, it's up to the player as others have said. Afflic is dumb easy now. SB, Haunt, UA, Corruption, Curse, SB spam until you refresh. Maintain your DoTs, time your casts so you don't cut off the previous DoT and don't have too much downtime. If you can, get the LT glyph, combined with the T7 bonus it is so awesome. I've got a downranked LT on my bar now so I can open a fight with the proc as well as maintain it since Afflic isn't nearly as mana demanding anymore.

By the way, Ven's right. As much fun as it is to mutilate a language and to make people who read it suffer, you come across as a complete dolt. It's a forum, you've got all the time in the world to learn how to spell. There are online dictionaries. I know, I know. How else will english teachers fall asleep at night if not for crying themselves out after reading your brutal post? So because we're talking about a game, you can look like an uneducated windowlicker?