🚀 go-pugleaf

On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:10:30 +0000 (UTC), John Gordon wrote:
>  In <invm27$jen$1...@dont-email.me> IYM <"S U N risr"@optonline.net> writes:
> 
> > dps drops during my conservation phase....But my initial burn phase for 
> > the first 30 seconds or so was 33,000 dps on the Slate dragon...enough 
> > for the tank to say "holy frikin crap!!", which was the highlight of my 
> 
>  I've always been curious exactly what makes a good DPSer.  I'm rarely in
>  the top ranks myself and would like to improve, but I look at numbers like
>  33K and just shake my head.  How can I ever do that, I wonder?
> 
>  Breaking it down logically, there would appear to be four main factors:
>  Gear, rotation, cooldowns, and fight mechanics (movement).
> 
>  Gear is obvious: better gear means more DPS.  Not much to say here.
> 
>  Fight mechanics are more or less out of your control.  If you have to
>  move a lot then dps will suffer, although there is still room for some
>  skill (i.e. melee dps can circle-strafe around the boss and keep dpsing,
>  fire mages can cast Scorch while moving, spriest can refresh dots, etc.)
> 
>  Rotation and cooldowns are, I would think, where skill really comes into
>  play.  But 33K is a lot of skill.  Do rotation/cooldowns really play that
>  big a role?  What do you estimate your DPS would have been with poor
>  rotation/CD management?

I'm wondering the same thing. On the few heroic runs I've been doing lately
I managed something like 8.8-9.5k. I don't know the exact iLevel average but
I think most of my items are level 333 with some 346 and a few 359.

I checked my talent spec and with a variance of 4 talent points I seem to
have a SV spec that is pretty close to the one suggested on most sites.

I have reforged for heroic hit cap and have about 13% mastery, 21% crit and
about 20% haste. I know I have subpar enchants on my stuff but I'm not
paying 500g for an enchant on an item likely to be replaced again soon and
frankly I don't think the enchants will make a 20k difference in dps.

While I am sure that DPS will increase as my gear does, I fear that the
biggest factor will be my rotation and am not sure what to improve there. If
anyone has suggestions hit me with it!

I usually do:
(1) Hunters mark + Pet attack
(4) Serpent Sting
(5) Black arrow
(5) Explosive Shot
(6..) Cobra Shot until I have enough focus for something else
(7) refresh Black arrow if its cooldown is up
(8) Explosive Shot
(9) Kill Shot if mob is below 20%
(10) go back to 6..

Are my priorities wrong? I seem to be constantly out of focus, basically I
manage to get off one Explosive Shot a little slower than every CD.

On trash pulls I usually replace Explosive Shot with Multi Shot (modulo CC,
though that is already becoming rarer).

All information to armoury my character can be found in my sig.

Cheers
Urbin
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