🚀 go-pugleaf

On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:06:54 -0400, IYM wrote:
>  Urbin wrote:
> > On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 02:50:13 -0500, Shiflet wrote:
> >>  "Shiflet" <rshi...@charter.net> wrote in message 
> >>  news:io0vm5$cso$1@dont-email.me...
> >>> There's 1 other factor you omitted:raid makeup.
> >>>
> >>> Depending on raid composition, you can theoretically be getting ALL the 
> >>> boosts that affect your DPS, especially if it's a 25 man. If you're a 
> >>> caster for example, and you have somewhere in your group a pally or druid, 
> >>> an arcane mage or BM hunter, a lock specced into Shadow and Flame, and an 
> >>> ele shaman, you'll have:
> >>> BoK/MotW(5% more int=more SP and spell crit=more damage)
> >>> Totemic Wrath(10% more SP=more damage)
> >>> Curse of the Elements(8% more spell damage)
> >>> Shadow and Flame(5% increased spell crit=more damage)
> >>> Arcane Tactics/Ferocious Inspiration(3% more damage)
> >>> Wrath of Air Totem(5% spell haste=more damage)
> >>> Elemental Oath(5% more crit=more damage)
> >>>
> >>> Also, the warlock can possibly give you 3% spell haste and dot damage 
> >>> boost > via Dark Intent, if you're the raid member who gains the most 
> >>> benefit from it(or if you're the warlock). Likewise, if you're not the 
> >>> arcane mage, you could possibly be given Focus Magic for another 3% crit 
> >>> boost. If the mage wasn't arcane and you didn't have a BM hunter, you 
> >>> could still get the 3% damage buff from the pally provided he was ret. 
> >>> Plus of course, with a shaman/mage in your group, you'd have 
> >>> Bloodlust/Heroism to boost your damage way up for a time as well.
> >>  Also, in a raid you'll also be more likely to have buff foods and flasks up 
> >>  than elsewhere too, adding a little bit more DPS via that way as well.
> > 
> > Thanks, that makes sense. So I guess I shouldn't compare myself to the 33k
> > burst damage IYM mentioned but instead to the 12-13k dps my other group
> > members dealt and I guess that can be explained by gear and rotation quite
> > well.
> 
>  Correct.... I don't get 33K in a heroics. Hell, I don't usually get in 
>  in a raid.  The stars were aligned, crits were going my way and the 
>  such.  I was just jazzed to see the 30K barrier break, even if it was a 
>  25 second burst on a burn phase.
> 
>  On a 5 man, I only run arcane now, and usually end with a 14-19K 
>  average, depending if I'm cc'ing for any reason. (ie - keeping the 
>  purple trogg sheeped during the first boss in H Grim batol)  There are 
>  two hunters in my guild, with lower gear than me who still usually out 
>  dps me though. 12-13K is really pretty good in heroics an nothing to 
>  sneeze at  :)

Of course 12-13k is nothing to sneeze at. The problem is, I'm not getting
it, I am stuck somewhere in the low 9k and was wondering if that is just
gear dependent or if I can improve my rotation.

Cheers
Urbin

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