Foulclaw 0 Report post Posted January 11, 2013 (edited) So I am at the stage now where I have 4 heroic bosses down in MV and 16/16 on normal. I can usually pull out some good/great DPS on most fights, however I feel for my current gear I should be pushing higher. I have tried using simcraft, and seen what I should be doing, but I feel I can only occasionally sustain that. http://www.worldoflo...2000/character/ My character's name is Foulclaw, feel free to take a look at the Combat Logs. I do not upload them myself, so therefore a couple of the phased fights are not normalised. For example last night I managed to burst 211k DPS on Gara'jal HC at the start (Which I'm sure most people do more in my gear), which I felt was a pretty good opener. However afterwards was only able to sustain a max of 96k on him. (According to my meter). Which is not good enough. What am I missing? Is my soul shard management bad? Should I go back to AV for that extra boost? Is my gear completely wrongly gemmed/reforged? Please help. I want to be ranking every fight, not getting 60%'s. I will answer any questions, if I haven't put enough information here. Edited January 11, 2013 by Foulclaw Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gravyspasm 70 Report post Posted January 11, 2013 http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/defias-brotherhood/Foulclaw/advanced maybe hit the haste threshold of 4717. i dont think i quite understand how you're not hitting that given your gear. or is it that you have a different trink besides that alchemist stone, and i just don't see it on currently? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foulclaw 0 Report post Posted January 11, 2013 I'm currently using AMR, maybe too blindly. That is my current trinket as it Sims far higher than anything else I've got. I could buy the shieldwall one, but I'm not sure if it's worth it over a few more upgrades on gear. I will try the haste threshold, but I'm not too sure if it would be that great a DPS increase. I just feel there is something I am missing....Maybe this is it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gravyspasm 70 Report post Posted January 11, 2013 (edited) I'm currently using AMR, maybe too blindly. That is my current trinket as it Sims far higher than anything else I've got. I could buy the shieldwall one, but I'm not sure if it's worth it over a few more upgrades on gear. a non-upgraded shieldwall trink is bad compared to alchemist stone, yes, but it can be upgraded twice. from the trinket thread http://www.icy-veins...ction-trinkets/ 18) Static-Caster's (upgrade2) = 7613 DPS 19) LFR Essence (upgrade1) = 7516 DPS 20) LFR Cosmos (upgrade1) = 7409 DPS 21) Static-Caster's (upgrade1) = 7225 DPS 22) LFR Essence (upgrade0) = 7200 DPS 23) LFR Cosmos (upgrade0) = 7189 DPS 24) Alchemist Stone (upgrade1) = 7121 DPS 25) Alchemist Stone (upgrade0) = 7093 DPS 26) Static-Caster's (upgrade0) = 6880 DPS edit: i also notice you don't have any tier. can anyone weigh in if there is an advantage to having a two piece/four piece bonus vs a higher item level piece? Edited January 11, 2013 by Gravyspasm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foulclaw 0 Report post Posted January 11, 2013 Ah brilliant, I'll take that into consideration. I was also wondering, what would be the best way for me to find out what the best gems are for me atm? I really don't trust AMR atm. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foulclaw 0 Report post Posted January 11, 2013 Just noticed your tier comment. I literally only have 1 piece from LFR. The rest has gone to healers. (Paladin and priest). I may find myself with some next week, but yet again I have a higher iLevel on most, but is the boost worth it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaboozey 16 Report post Posted January 11, 2013 I have to be honest - considering how far you are along content-wise and your ilvl, you my man have some god awful luck. No Cosmos. No 4-piece. Not even 2-piece! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gravyspasm 70 Report post Posted January 11, 2013 Ah brilliant, I'll take that into consideration. I was also wondering, what would be the best way for me to find out what the best gems are for me atm? I really don't trust AMR atm. From what i understand all your gem solutions are spot on. the only one i would take issue with is your gloves since the socket bonus is +crit but seeing as how you still need to pick up that 160 hit somewhere, may as well be there. i started to poke around at your reforges and gems if you were to hit the 4717 mark, but unlike some of the other solutions i've worked, your gear seems really....wonky. i don't usually see this kind of resistance in the math lining up so i dunno what's going on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaboozey 16 Report post Posted January 11, 2013 i started to poke around at your reforges and gems if you were to hit the 4717 mark, but unlike some of the other solutions i've worked, your gear seems really....wonky. i don't usually see this kind of resistance in the math lining up so i dunno what's going on. To be fair, it looks like he has 6 different armor pieces with crit built in. That makes it a lot harder. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gravyspasm 70 Report post Posted January 11, 2013 To be fair, it looks like he has 6 different armor pieces with crit built in. That makes it a lot harder. yeah, but i like that sometimes cause it gives me another stat to play around with. if it was all hit and haste/mastery then i'd be harder pressed for a solution. speaking of which, This was done with the idea of hitting 4717 haste and still maintaining your hitcap. changes are as follows Head, Hands, waist and legs got a new green gem (lightning) legs get new purple gem Accurate Imperial Amethyst head got a new reforge crit > haste ring 1 is now crit > haste doing this causes you to lose 1000 mastery, but pick that up in haste to take you to the threshold. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foulclaw 0 Report post Posted January 11, 2013 Yeah I have had pretty bad luck when it comes to the tier pieces. And even still trinket drops too. But I'll keep plodding along haha! Wow, that's a lot of effort there Gravy, thank you so much. I am going to test that out on Sundays raid to see if I can grab that extra boost with the Haste Cap. I will definitely report back here and let you know how I get along. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
