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ColdFyre · December 12, 2007, 09:41 PM

Heya folks. New to the boards here and glad to be a member.

I have a 2 part question. So please, bear with me :P

1) Trinkets: I have 4 now that I think are good (please, don't tell me what I -should- get. :P I KNOW I should have quag's eye at least and the icon of silver crescent... I just don't run enough heroics to get 'em.) Anyhow, they are:
1)Scryer's Bloodgem
2)The Lightning Capacitor
3)Xi'ri's Gift
4)Void Star Talisman
To increase my overall DPS, what 2 are optimum?
(I use the following macro with my shadowbolts to pop the trinkets whenever they are up too.

#showtooltip
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Shadow Bolt

I'm thinking that 3/4 is the best combo... I'm just not sure. I guess if I have a lotta crit (which I don't really) then the capacitor may be better, but until then...

2) Lack of DPS on bosses. It seems my dps has been suffering of late and I don't know why. I am NOT a lazy loc nor do I consider myself unknowables about my class. I have dotTimers and keep 'em up 90%+ of the time (last few times we killed Void Reaver, my dps ranged from 624 to 731 (thank you WoW Web Stats!) but with my gear and cast order I think I should be above that)

My cast order is (typically):
Cos/CoE
trinket
UA
Corr
Siphon Life
Shadowbolt (with above trinket macro) until UA has 2 sec or less left

I have 1092 spell damage unbuffed (well, with fel armor, but that's a self buff so it doesn't count :P). That's more than any of our other locs, but yet I seem to lag behind 'em (and some have some odd looking builds) and other dps classes a bit too much for my taste. I don't mind taking a hit on my personal DPS to increase the raid's overall damage, that's why I took Malediction, but I just know I can perform better. I just don't know how.
I've asked a similar question on the 'official' forums but the only advice I got was 'drop immolate' from your cast order." I did and saw a slight increase, but not significant imo.

Please take a look at my armory and build. ANY tips or advice or questions would be more than welcome.

December 12, 2007, 09:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
ColdFyre Registered Character Info ColdFyre 70 Human Warlock FrostWolf US PvP Guild: The Brotherhood Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 42/2/17	Puzzled Warlock Heya folks. New to the boards here and glad to be a member. I have a 2 part question. So please, bear with me :P 1) Trinkets: I have 4 now that I think are good (please, don't tell me what I -should- get. :P I KNOW I should have quag's eye at least and the icon of silver crescent... I just don't run enough heroics to get 'em.) Anyhow, they are: 1)Scryer's Bloodgem 2)The Lightning Capacitor 3)Xi'ri's Gift 4)Void Star Talisman To increase my overall DPS, what 2 are optimum? (I use the following macro with my shadowbolts to pop the trinkets whenever they are up too. #showtooltip /use 13 /use 14 /cast Shadow Bolt I'm thinking that 3/4 is the best combo... I'm just not sure. I guess if I have a lotta crit (which I don't really) then the capacitor may be better, but until then... 2) Lack of DPS on bosses. It seems my dps has been suffering of late and I don't know why. I am NOT a lazy loc nor do I consider myself unknowables about my class. I have dotTimers and keep 'em up 90%+ of the time (last few times we killed Void Reaver, my dps ranged from 624 to 731 (thank you WoW Web Stats!) but with my gear and cast order I think I should be above that) My cast order is (typically): Cos/CoE trinket UA Corr Siphon Life Shadowbolt (with above trinket macro) until UA has 2 sec or less left I have 1092 spell damage unbuffed (well, with fel armor, but that's a self buff so it doesn't count :P). That's more than any of our other locs, but yet I seem to lag behind 'em (and some have some odd looking builds) and other dps classes a bit too much for my taste. I don't mind taking a hit on my personal DPS to increase the raid's overall damage, that's why I took Malediction, but I just know I can perform better. I just don't know how. I've asked a similar question on the 'official' forums but the only advice I got was 'drop immolate' from your cast order." I did and saw a slight increase, but not significant imo. Please take a look at my armory and build. ANY tips or advice or questions would be more than welcome.