hey everyone, i started a new job last month and the working hours are much longer than my previous job! this is unfortunate for raiding because it does not make sense for me to continue raiding when i will be late for every single raid, in fact i haven't been able to raid much with my guild last month.
i worked as a programmer and the new job has an interesting job scope so i don't actually feel the hours long. however, i do feel my gaming hours much shorter nowadays. and based on the current situation of working late, i will have no choice but to stop raiding. that does not means i stop gaming... i will still continue to play the game and definitely going to play Legion as well, just that i can't join my guild raids anymore.
i'll be a casual gamer, taking the back seat, and looking at my guild mates fighting at the front line :)
Thursday 7 April 2016
Thursday 17 March 2016
Dps role vs Healer role
I am not very active in blogging these 2 months since everyone is just waiting for Legion while WOD slowly rest in peace. For the sake of keeping this blog alive, today I’ll just rant about random stuffs =)
Time really fly, we have already play this game for 12 years. That’s a decade! I remember starting WOW as a tank for 1 year, switch to healing for the next 8 years, and finally a DPS for the most recent 3 years. Although I still off-spec heal and tank once in a while, my main focus is DPS nowadays.
Tank Role (2004)
nah, there is nothing relevant to talk about here. i am just a noob, doing 5-man dungeons and having fun :)
Healer Role (2005 to 2013)
I started raiding as a healer because back then it is very easy to join a guild if im raiding as a healer. At that time, all healers wear cloth (it is quite funny that many players don’t understand why my paladin is still a tailor today) back in classic wow because the best healing stats are usually found in cloth.
Healer role is quite stressful because we have to look at the HP bars of everybody and also respond to boss mechanics and re-positioning, etc. In addition, I often find myself at the mercy of other players too. What I mean is the stress of healing is greatly affected by the performance of the DPSer and the tanks. Many things will make a healer job tougher. For example:
- when the tank is not using proper gears
- when players make mistakes / stand in fire
- when DPSer/Tanks are not using their own defensive CD to ease damage-taken
- when everyone is under-geared and boss takes longer to kill
- when players did not research / min-max their class potential
Naturally, most of these usually happen during progression when everybody is not ready to tackle the challenge. Due to all these difficulties, it can be very rewarding for a healer when the boss is finally down the first time.
I specifically mention (the first time) because on subsequence kills, the job of a healer will be significantly easier as compared to the first time it is down. And then it became relax for the healer once the bosses are on farm mode (assuming it is still the same team of players/characters). This will also become the ceiling heal cap for the healer because in most encounters, once you managed to out-heal the damage, there is only so much to heal and the next efficient way is to reduce the number of healers in the raid, which is kind-of weird.
DPS Role (2013 to 2016)
My guild took a long time to accept the reality that I finally decided to switch to a DPS role. Well, I did heal for 8 years after all. Eventually, everyone will get used to me as a DPS.
At first, I thought DPS role would be easy because I only need to take care of our own position, and then I just focus on my DPS rotation, like a solo job. I was wrong of course, as the more I played, the more I realized how dynamic DPS role can be.
Blizzard principle of “easy to learn, hard to master” really shines in a DPS role.
For example, 2 players with the same gears can have very different DPS result. The one with a better DPS rotation is the main factor why he is better. Talking about our own class, Ret paladins have single-target rotation, 2-target rotation, 3-target rotation and the AOE rotation. In addition, our rotation changes again during the uptime of a major CD or talents (AW / HA / DP). And once we acquire tier set bonus, our rotation will change again.
Even when 2 players are equally geared and equally skilful in our DPS rotation, the player who spends more time to research is still capable of pulling quite a margin ahead. There are many creative ways to do higher DPS. For example, if you know the timing of events in the fight, such as the timing when a wave of Adds appear for you to AOE, or a timing period when you will receive a buff to double your DPS, or when the boss is weaken for you to max DPS, etc.
Unlike a healer role, there is no ceiling healing cap. As a DPS, we always strive for more DPS. We will min-max every possible advantage to deal more DPS.
Thursday 3 March 2016
Ret Solo Terrance of Endless Spring Heroic 10m
i am busy playing diablo 3. for those who doesn't know, playing d3 season 5 will provide you an extra stash space. that's something you definitely wouldn't want to miss. the game itself is very fun to me so i decided to complete the season 5 guardian journey as well.
anyway for today, i like to try solo heroic TOES 10man as a ret pally and it turns out to be very challenging.
Terrace of Endless Spring - Heroic Mode, 10 man
1 Protectors of the Endless
2 Tsulong
3 Lei Shi
4 Sha of Fear
Protectors of the Endless - Heroic Mode, 10 man
seal choice: SOT
talent choice: AW, ES, FV
trinket choice: EDH, Vial
although this is a 3 boss fight, it is not meant to be an AOE fight. you have to focus on single-target dps only because when you kill 1 boss, the remaining boss will be restored to full hp. this make cleaving / AOE practically useless here.
the kill order for solo-ing is going to be different from raiding. for raiding, the most dangerous boss abilities are raid-wide damage. however for solo, the most dangerous boss abilities are those that stun us. for example, regail can cast Lightning Prison and i decided to kill him first
kill order: regail > kaolan > asani
this kill order is easiest for me to solo. immediately on pull, i pre-pot and use all major CD to nuke regail down. while fighting kaolan, you will notice Minion of Fear spawn constantly. be happy because these adds are very important to our survival. when we kill this add, we gain a buff Supplication that allow us to top up our hp in a single flash of light.
Tsulong - Heroic Mode, 10 man
seal choice: SOT
talent choice: AW, ES, Sera
trinket choice: EDH, Vial
this is the easiest boss for us to solo.
simply stand inside the pillar of light (to reduce our damage taken) and dps the boss with all your major CD
Lei Shi - Heroic Mode, 10 man
seal choice: Seal of Insight (this seal help me a little bit in survival)
talent choice: AW, ES, Sera
trinket choice: EDH, Vial
this is the most difficult boss that is almost impossible to solo as a ret paladin.
but we can still bet our luck on RNG and defeat heroic lei shi.
Strategy part 1
pre-pull, i cast scared shield, then ate a strength potion while running in.
on pull, i build up to 4 holy-power, during the 1 sec idle down-time, i refresh scared shield on myself. yes, i really recommend any opportunity to max survival on this fight.
at 0:10 minute, when i have 5 holy-power, i use all major CD (ES, AW, Sera, Ring, Vial) together. within a couple hits, the boss will enter the first intermission phase at 80% hp, find and kill 1 water-elemental asap to end the first intermission phase before our ring expire.
at 0:25 minute, my legendary ring explode on the boss, bringing it down below 60% for the next intermission phase. find and kill 1 water-elemental asap. at this time, you already have 20+ stacks of debuff and around 50% hp.
at 0:40 minute, the boss will either cast (Hide) or (Go Away!) this is the RNG i previously mentioned. if the boss cast (Hide), simply run away from the boss and go out of the instance to reset the fight. if the boss cast (Go Away!), you stand a chance to win so make use of this opportunity.
what you need to know about (Go Away!)
(Go Away!) last for half a minute (30 second).
do not hit the boss at this time! if the boss lose 3% hp, she will stop (Go Away!) and continue the fight. we don't want this to happen! we prefer the boss to waste time in this phase as we are waiting for our major 2-min CD to be up again at a later part of the fight.
another reason you definitely want the (Go Away!) to last the full duration is because this is the only part of the entire fight where you have the opportunity to heal yourself to full. how to heal? you move forward against the wind, then cast a flash of light. repeat and move forward, etc. in this way, you will not take damage debuff stacks and easily maintain 100% hp.
get up to 5 holy-power in this phase too.
Strategy part 2
at 1:20 minute, boss starts to fight again. use AW and Sera and push the boss hp as much as you can.
at 1:30 minute, boss will do a (Hide). there is nothing much we can do here except to survive. keep using flash of light to top up yourself. when i am oom, i use a divine-shield, follow by execution-sentence on myself, trying to top up my hp as much as i can.
at 2:00 minute, i have around 20+ debuff stacks again and boss reappear. boss is already around 40% hp, so it will enter intermission phase immediately. find 1 water-elemental to kill asap.
at 2:10 minute, all my major CD is up again, and i use it straight away. im around 30 debuff stacks at this time so a LOH is necessary here.
at 2:20 minute, boss enter the last intermission phase 20%. this is the most crucial! i must kill the water-elemental before my ring explode.
at 2:25 minute, ring explode and boss die.
Sha of Fear - Heroic Mode, 10 man
seal choice: SOT
talent choice: HA, ES, FV
trinket choice: Vial, EDH
this boss is quite easy, as compared to Lei Shi.
on pull, use all major CD. when the ring explode, it will bring the boss down to 65% and we will enter the next phase, the dread waste.
once the boss return from his 1st submerge, look around the room for an add, Dread Spawn. this add will spawn somewhere far, and move slowly to the player with the pure light, which is you. do not let this add touch you because it will immediately end your life.
when the add is near enough, use AW and throw your hammer and judgment at it. once you kill the add, continue dps the boss until the 2nd submerge. heal yourself to full while waiting.
when boss return from 2nd submerge, prepare to use AW. keep a look out for two Dread Spawn this time. it is very crucial to kill the nearest one asap, so that you have time to react to the second add. when both adds are down, your major CD should be almost up.
once your major CD is up, cancel away your current AW (yes, just cancel it) and pop all major CD together and burst the boss down asap! you should be able to kill the boss before the 3rd submerge, otherwise you have to pray to god for a FVEDS to handle the three Dread Spawn.
if you are interested, i can upload my video on these bosses.
Monday 15 February 2016
Paladin Gold Transmog Glorious Set
as i was playing Legion alpha, i find that paladin has quite a few new abilities and animation changes, and some of them looks pretty fancy with shiny effects.
a simple thought came to my mind is to match my character transmog with a bright gold color theme. that should match the overall feeling very well i believe.
there are 2 popular "gold theme" transmog, and they are known as the glorious set and the conqueror set.
both transmog are bright colors although conqueror is more towards orange and glorious is more towards yellow.
conqueror set is quite cheap, around 300g to 700g per slot, and you can acquire the whole set around 5k gold. but for glorious set, because it is so rare and thus, very expensive too, it cost around 300k gold to acquire the whole glorious set.
while looking for alternatives, i found several off-pieces transmog that looks golden too but eventually i came across 2 items in particular that shine out from the rest. the 2 items are the heroic SOO tier set helm and shoulders. although the SOO tier set is not design based on a gold color theme overall, the helm and shoulders is very shiny, and definitely good enough to achieve the bright gold transmog that i have in mind.
so i decided to use the helm and shoulder as the base theme for my upper body transmog. and then i slowly brought out the entire conqueror set and glorious set from the AH. after some mix and matching, i decided to settle down on using glorious set because it matches the SOO tier helm and shoulders better than the conqueror set.
and there is a matching shield from TBC rep
my list of items:
Head - Helmet of Winged Triumph - heroic SOO
Shoulder - Pauldrons of Winged Triumph - heroic SOO
Chest - Glorious Breastplate - 4000 gold on AH
Wrist - Glorious Bindings - 6000 gold on AH
Hands - Glorious Gauntlets - 7000 gold on AH
Waist - Glorious Belt - 7000 gold on AH
Legs - Glorious Legplates - 220000 gold on AH
Feet - Glorious Sabatons - 25000 gold on AH
Back - Brightcloth Cloak - Tailoring
Shirt - Bright Yellow Shirt - Tailoring
Shield - Sunward Crest - TBC reputation (Shattered Sun offensive)
Weapon - Brutal Gladiator's Greatsword - 800 honor points in Origrimmar
however, i can't seems to find a good weapon to match with my transmog. all the gold weapons i tried looks pretty dull when compared to the shiny armor. the pvp sword managed to catch my attention because it has a bright glow on it. unfortunately, only the top half of the sword is glowing.
anyway, there are 2 gold mount that matches my color very well.
a simple thought came to my mind is to match my character transmog with a bright gold color theme. that should match the overall feeling very well i believe.
there are 2 popular "gold theme" transmog, and they are known as the glorious set and the conqueror set.
conqueror set
glorious set
both transmog are bright colors although conqueror is more towards orange and glorious is more towards yellow.
conqueror set is quite cheap, around 300g to 700g per slot, and you can acquire the whole set around 5k gold. but for glorious set, because it is so rare and thus, very expensive too, it cost around 300k gold to acquire the whole glorious set.
while looking for alternatives, i found several off-pieces transmog that looks golden too but eventually i came across 2 items in particular that shine out from the rest. the 2 items are the heroic SOO tier set helm and shoulders. although the SOO tier set is not design based on a gold color theme overall, the helm and shoulders is very shiny, and definitely good enough to achieve the bright gold transmog that i have in mind.
so i decided to use the helm and shoulder as the base theme for my upper body transmog. and then i slowly brought out the entire conqueror set and glorious set from the AH. after some mix and matching, i decided to settle down on using glorious set because it matches the SOO tier helm and shoulders better than the conqueror set.
and there is a matching shield from TBC rep
my list of items:
Head - Helmet of Winged Triumph - heroic SOO
Shoulder - Pauldrons of Winged Triumph - heroic SOO
Chest - Glorious Breastplate - 4000 gold on AH
Wrist - Glorious Bindings - 6000 gold on AH
Hands - Glorious Gauntlets - 7000 gold on AH
Waist - Glorious Belt - 7000 gold on AH
Legs - Glorious Legplates - 220000 gold on AH
Feet - Glorious Sabatons - 25000 gold on AH
Back - Brightcloth Cloak - Tailoring
Shirt - Bright Yellow Shirt - Tailoring
Shield - Sunward Crest - TBC reputation (Shattered Sun offensive)
Weapon - Brutal Gladiator's Greatsword - 800 honor points in Origrimmar
however, i can't seems to find a good weapon to match with my transmog. all the gold weapons i tried looks pretty dull when compared to the shiny armor. the pvp sword managed to catch my attention because it has a bright glow on it. unfortunately, only the top half of the sword is glowing.
anyway, there are 2 gold mount that matches my color very well.
Sunstone Panther (jewelcrafting mount)
Heart of the Aspect (store mount)
Wednesday 3 February 2016
Tyrant Velhari and LOV
The Dilemma
today, i like to discuss about the last phase of tyrant velhari. for farming mode, we always save up our AW charges for phase 3, nowadays we also save our strength potion for p3 to sync with the Aura of Malice damage buff.
when we bring the boss down to 30% hp, the Ancient Sovereign will be spawned. shortly after that, he will cast a Sovereign's Ward on the boss, reducing all damage on the boss by 90% and he will keep re-applying it on the boss while alive. every time the Ancient Sovereign comes, i always have a dilemma in my mind.
choice A-
should i continue to focus macro crusader strike on tyrant to maintain 3 stacks of LOV? the good thing is that all our attacks on the Ancient Sovereign will be stronger due to the 3 stacks of LOV. however, that means crusader strike damage will be gone to waste due to the 90% reduction Sovereign's Ward on the boss.
choice B-
another way is to do a hard target switch to attack the soverign so that our crusader strike damage will not be wasted. in this case, we have to rebuild our 3 stacks of LOV. but the question is whether this is a dps gain or a dps loss? should we really care about crusader strike since it is our weakest ability during AW.
so let's find out which choice is better!
Character Stats
the damage in my spreadsheet is being calculating using these stats:
8500 strength
80% mastery
11% haste
80% mastery
11% haste
3% versatility
3.6 weapon speed, 2522 to 3785 damage
a mythic BiS 2/2 upgraded geared paladin should have similar stats
Some Additional Notesa mythic BiS 2/2 upgraded geared paladin should have similar stats
11% haste, unbuff
16% haste, after raid 5% buff
normal GCD = 1.5 ÷ 1.16 = 1.29 second
27.11% haste, raid 5% + seraphim (1000 ÷ 90)% buff
during seraphim, GCD will be 1.5 ÷ 1.2711 = 1.18 second
- auto-melee damage and SOT damage will be apply every GCD
- all abilities damage are calculated as "average"
How Aura of Malice works in phase 3
once the boss hp reach 40%, you will get this damage buff Aura of Malice, which begins at 20% damage. every 5 seconds, the buff increase by 10%.
for example, in my guild, we took around 30 seconds to bring the boss from 40% hp to 30% hp. then the ancient sovereign spawn and took 11 seconds to walk to us.
damage multiplier
p3 begins = 1.2
5 seconds later = 1.3
20 seconds later = 1.6
40 seconds later = 2.0
60 seconds later = 2.4
by the time you get to dps ancient sovereign, at 40 seconds, the buff is already high enough to double your damage at this point.
Assume Worst Case Situation
i prefer to assume the worst case situation for choice B here.
let's say you are being forced to switch to ancient sovereign just when you activate AW and Sera. that means you have to rebuild LOV in the midst of ES + AW + tier set WOL + Sera. yes, i know this is bad luck, but it may happen.
then let's assume we kill the ancient sovereign exactly at 30 seconds lol, and then we are forced to switch back to boss in the midst of another fresh AW.WOL + Sera.
Choice A - Focus macro CS on Tyrant
| Choice A - Maintain 3 LOV | |||||||
| Seconds | Rotation | HP | AW | WOL | LOV | Coefficient | Damage |
| 0.00 | ES | 325358 | |||||
| 1.18 | hammer | 1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 3 | 2 | 201002 |
| 2.36 | crusader | 2 | 1.2 | 1.15 | 3 | 0.2 | 50043 |
| 3.54 | hammer | 3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 3 | 2 | 219275 |
| 4.72 | TV | 0 | 1.2 | 1.25 | 3 | 2 | 219003 |
| 5.90 | hammer | 1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 3 | 2.1 | 249425 |
| 7.08 | crusader | 2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 3 | 0.21 | 63968 |
| 8.26 | hammer | 3 | 1.2 | 1.45 | 3 | 2.1 | 278205 |
| 9.44 | TV | 0 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 3 | 2.1 | 275944 |
| 10.62 | hammer | 1 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.2 | 201002 |
| 11.80 | crusader | 2 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 0.22 | 47867 |
| 12.98 | hammer | 3 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.2 | 201002 |
| 14.16 | TV | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.2 | 192723 |
| 15.34 | hammer | 1 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.3 | 210139 |
| 16.63 | crusader | 2 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 0.23 | 50043 |
| 17.93 | hammer | 3 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.3 | 210139 |
| 19.22 | TV | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.3 | 201483 |
| 20.51 | hammer | 1 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.4 | 219275 |
| 21.81 | crusader | 2 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 0.24 | 52219 |
| 23.10 | hammer | 3 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.4 | 219275 |
| 24.39 | TV | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.4 | 210243 |
| 25.69 | hammer | 1 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.5 | 228412 |
| 26.98 | crusader | 2 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 0.25 | 54394 |
| 28.27 | hammer | 3 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.5 | 228412 |
| 29.57 | judgment | 4 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.5 | 108588 |
| 30.86 | hammer | 5 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.6 | 237548 |
| 32.04 | crusader | 1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 3 | 2.6 | 155425 |
| 33.22 | hammer | 2 | 1.2 | 1.15 | 3 | 2.6 | 273180 |
| 34.40 | judgment | 3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 3 | 2.6 | 135518 |
| 35.58 | hammer | 4 | 1.2 | 1.25 | 3 | 2.7 | 308356 |
| 36.76 | TV | 1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 3 | 2.7 | 307480 |
| 37.94 | hammer | 2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 3 | 2.7 | 345358 |
| 39.12 | crusader | 3 | 1.2 | 1.45 | 3 | 2.7 | 212759 |
| 40.30 | hammer | 4 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 3 | 2.8 | 383731 |
| 41.48 | TV | 1 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.8 | 245284 |
| 42.66 | hammer | 2 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.8 | 255821 |
| 43.84 | crusader | 3 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.8 | 152165 |
| 45.02 | hammer | 4 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.9 | 264957 |
| 46.20 | TV | 1 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.9 | 254044 |
| Total | 8049062 | ||||||
Choice B - Hard target switch to Ancient Sovereign and reset LOV
| Choice B - Reset 3 LOV | |||||||
| Seconds | Rotation | HP | AW | WOL | LOV | Coefficient | Damage |
| 0.00 | ES | 304720 | |||||
| 1.18 | hammer | 1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 3 | 2 | 201002 |
| 2.36 | crusader | 2 | 1.2 | 1.15 | 1 | 2 | 111623 |
| 3.54 | hammer | 3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | 2 | 195821 |
| 4.72 | TV | 0 | 1.2 | 1.25 | 1 | 2 | 195579 |
| 5.90 | hammer | 1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1 | 2.1 | 222747 |
| 7.08 | crusader | 2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2 | 2.1 | 151228 |
| 8.26 | hammer | 3 | 1.2 | 1.45 | 2 | 2.1 | 263327 |
| 9.44 | TV | 0 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2 | 2.1 | 261187 |
| 10.62 | hammer | 1 | 1.2 | 1 | 2 | 2.2 | 190253 |
| 11.80 | crusader | 2 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.2 | 119558 |
| 12.98 | hammer | 3 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.2 | 201002 |
| 14.16 | TV | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.2 | 192723 |
| 15.34 | hammer | 1 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.3 | 210139 |
| 16.63 | crusader | 2 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.3 | 124992 |
| 17.93 | hammer | 3 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.3 | 210139 |
| 19.22 | TV | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.3 | 201483 |
| 20.51 | hammer | 1 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.4 | 219275 |
| 21.81 | crusader | 2 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.4 | 130427 |
| 23.10 | hammer | 3 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.4 | 219275 |
| 24.39 | TV | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.4 | 210243 |
| 25.69 | hammer | 1 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.5 | 228412 |
| 26.98 | crusader | 2 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.5 | 135861 |
| 28.27 | hammer | 3 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.5 | 228412 |
| 29.57 | judgment | 4 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.5 | 108588 |
| 30.86 | hammer | 5 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.6 | 237548 |
| 32.04 | crusader | 1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1 | 2.6 | 138801 |
| 33.22 | hammer | 2 | 1.2 | 1.15 | 1 | 2.6 | 243961 |
| 34.40 | judgment | 3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | 2.6 | 121023 |
| 35.58 | hammer | 4 | 1.2 | 1.25 | 1 | 2.7 | 275374 |
| 36.76 | TV | 1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1 | 2.7 | 274592 |
| 37.94 | hammer | 2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1 | 2.7 | 308419 |
| 39.12 | crusader | 3 | 1.2 | 1.45 | 2 | 2.7 | 201380 |
| 40.30 | hammer | 4 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2 | 2.8 | 363209 |
| 41.48 | TV | 1 | 1.2 | 1 | 2 | 2.8 | 232166 |
| 42.66 | hammer | 2 | 1.2 | 1 | 2 | 2.8 | 242140 |
| 43.84 | crusader | 3 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.8 | 152165 |
| 45.02 | hammer | 4 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.9 | 264957 |
| 46.20 | TV | 1 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.9 | 254044 |
| Total | 8147792 | ||||||
Result & Conclusion
i understand this is not a perfect way to measure dps accurately, but i believe it is very close to the real thing, which is good enough to do some analysis.
anyway, the result:
choice A - 8049062
choice B - 8147792
choice B is the winner!
to be honest, i was expecting choice A to be "significantly better" since it requires more skill to perform focus macro CS. but from the result, even in the worst-ever situation for choice B, it looks like a hard switch with a LOV reset is still a 1.2% dps gain. therefore, we should not under-estimate crusader strike.
in general practise (as well as my own calculations), i believe choice B will do much better, maybe around 5% dps gain because:-
1) you won't be that unlucky all the time, being forced to reset LOV stacks right at the beginning of every AW-WOL Sera.
2) ancient sovereign may take longer than 30 seconds to be killed, which is a dps loss for choice A, for wasting more crusader strikes.
3) ancient sovereign does not always stack on the boss closely because he will stop to cast spells. this is another dps loss for the choice A player as you will find yourself sometimes out of range and forced to waste time running to CS the boss. on the other hand, a choice B player will find himself very comfortable doing a perfect dps rotation on the sovereign directly.
4) for choice B player, you can also minimize your loss by doing the hard target switch either before or after AW-WOL Sera. for example, if the ancient sovereign spawned when you just happen to activate AW-WOL Sera, you don't have to switch immediately. ancient sovereign takes 11 seconds to walk to us, and another 5 seconds to cast on the boss, which takes around 16 seconds. that is enough time for us to finish the most important 3 LOV Stacks AW-WOL Sera dps on the boss before the Sovereign's Ward is applied.
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