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April 27, 2009, 02:23 PM

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Mordru

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Mordru
80 Gnome Warlock
Alexstrasza US PvE
Guild: Dragon Army
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Talent Spec: 0/52/17

Re: Number of Shadow Bolts Too Low

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Originally Posted by Ciboire

Look at the global number of cast. He cast 18 more shadowbolts, but you cast 7 more haunts and your UA ticks are 3 times maybe ~5 more UA cast than him. You dps time is like 7 secs less than him and he life tap 1 time less than you. Addition all this casting time and no dps time and you will be close to your 26 secs ==> additionnal 13 SB.

Can put the other 5 SBs to lag or something else.

I think they need to change WWS a bit to show total hits (hit+crit) because the crits get hidden if you dont change the columns. (This is especially complicated because Bulch got 2 Fungal Creeps that I missed out so he has more UA and haunt crits hidden).

I cast 23 haunts to his 22. I cast 16 UAs to his 14. We each had 8 CoAs.

We both had Moonkin Aura and also Spellstones. If I do the math right, he has ~16% haste compared to my 14% (301+60+98)/32.79 = 14% for me.

If I continue to plod through the math, I get 39 SB = 86s; 7DS = 18s; 16UA = 21s; 23 haunts = 30s; 8 Curse of Agony=8s; 9 LT = 9s; and 1 corr= 1s. That adds up to 173s for a fight that I DPSed for 239s. So, something seems very wrong to me.

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April 27, 2009, 05:37 PM	#12 (permalink)
Ciboire Character Info Ciboire 70 Orc Warlock Gorganash US PvP Guild: Horde Nation Talent Spec: 53/13/5	Re: Number of Shadow Bolts Too Low did a shammn BL or something? Increase casting speed effect will benefit more on long casting spell that instant.

April 27, 2009, 07:00 PM	#13 (permalink)
Obakemono Character Info Obakemono 80 Undead Warlock Detheroc US PvP Guild: Arch Overseers Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 53/1/17	Re: Number of Shadow Bolts Too Low At least part of the problem may well be latency issues. Say you're casting, and wait till the cast is done, then press the button for the next cast. You now have a pause in between spells where you aren't doing anything, and latency makes this much more pronounced. Instead, always know what you'll be casting next, and start spamming the button before your previous cast/GCD is up to be sure you start your next cast as soon as possible. I don't know that this makes up for anywhere close to 18 shadow bolts, but it won't hurt.

April 27, 2009, 07:14 PM

#14 (permalink)

SINisterW

Status: Darkbinder

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Aily
80 Human Warlock
Doomhammer US PvE
Guild: Arisen
Profile: Blizzard Armory
Talent Spec: 53/1/17

Re: Number of Shadow Bolts Too Low

Quote:

Originally Posted by Obakemono

At least part of the problem may well be latency issues. Say you're casting, and wait till the cast is done, then press the button for the next cast. You now have a pause in between spells where you aren't doing anything, and latency makes this much more pronounced. Instead, always know what you'll be casting next, and start spamming the button before your previous cast/GCD is up to be sure you start your next cast as soon as possible.

I don't know that this makes up for anywhere close to 18 shadow bolts, but it won't hurt.

Quartz wins for that, displaying a latency area in the casting bar where you can begin casting the next spell before the current one is over, though really you're just casting as soon as the current one is over due to lag.

April 28, 2009, 10:38 AM	#15 (permalink)
Mordru Character Info Mordru 80 Gnome Warlock Alexstrasza US PvE Guild: Dragon Army Profile: Talent Spec: 0/52/17	Re: Number of Shadow Bolts Too Low I think the next step for me is quartz. I appreciate all of the advice.

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