Comments on: The End of An Era http://www.hotsdots.com/2009/10/the-end-of-an-era/ A Restoration Druid and Shadow Priest Wed, 22 May 2013 06:14:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Heavyweight Champion of Dalaran http://www.hotsdots.com/2009/10/the-end-of-an-era/comment-page-1/#comment-546 Heavyweight Champion of Dalaran Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:12:14 +0000 http://www.hotsdots.com/?p=1964#comment-546 [...] my recent vow to gear up a bit more quickly I started to accumulate a significant number of gems from honor and [...] [...] my recent vow to gear up a bit more quickly I started to accumulate a significant number of gems from honor and [...]

]]> By: Cassandri http://www.hotsdots.com/2009/10/the-end-of-an-era/comment-page-1/#comment-524 Cassandri Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:20:01 +0000 http://www.hotsdots.com/?p=1964#comment-524 It's not uncommon (especially when we scale back on healers for Ulduar) to have a healer with me in Shadowform as their offspec. That's never bothered me. Well actually, hearing Mind Flay when it's not my own, does confuse me a little bit. Just a little. I guess I always try to one-up myself. I know when my timing is a bit off and I reapply VT too soon, or when not one of my targets has had Dev Plague applied for quite some time... And I know when I've done everything just right and every DoT has rolled on/off seamlessly. But now the Damage Meter has real significance post-encounter. I don't like that part at all. It’s not uncommon (especially when we scale back on healers for Ulduar) to have a healer with me in Shadowform as their offspec. That’s never bothered me. Well actually, hearing Mind Flay when it’s not my own, does confuse me a little bit. Just a little.

I guess I always try to one-up myself. I know when my timing is a bit off and I reapply VT too soon, or when not one of my targets has had Dev Plague applied for quite some time… And I know when I’ve done everything just right and every DoT has rolled on/off seamlessly.

But now the Damage Meter has real significance post-encounter. I don’t like that part at all.

]]> By: Zahrah http://www.hotsdots.com/2009/10/the-end-of-an-era/comment-page-1/#comment-521 Zahrah Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:32:35 +0000 http://www.hotsdots.com/?p=1964#comment-521 I like having competition because It makes me non complacent, and wanting to be better. I get the occasional challange with a holy priest that has shadow offspec, I have to contend with beating our mages, warlocks and Shammys though in the interim. Having gone from one of three sp's though to now the only one that raids as Shadow fulltime, I do admit that being the only has been nice.. and even nicer when I can kick the other classes butts on the metres - Shadow power! I like having competition because It makes me non complacent, and wanting to be better. I get the occasional challange with a holy priest that has shadow offspec, I have to contend with beating our mages, warlocks and Shammys though in the interim. Having gone from one of three sp’s though to now the only one that raids as Shadow fulltime, I do admit that being the only has been nice.. and even nicer when I can kick the other classes butts on the metres – Shadow power!

]]> By: cubby http://www.hotsdots.com/2009/10/the-end-of-an-era/comment-page-1/#comment-502 cubby Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:43:26 +0000 http://www.hotsdots.com/?p=1964#comment-502 cass you are irreplaceable!! cass you are irreplaceable!!

]]> By: Kithain http://www.hotsdots.com/2009/10/the-end-of-an-era/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Kithain Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:14:28 +0000 http://www.hotsdots.com/?p=1964#comment-494 Not sure if you already know this, but try to bribe the raid leader to make sure you're on dark essence most of the time so you get powerups from your SWD self-damage. Depends on the strat you'll be following I guess. Not sure if you already know this, but try to bribe the raid leader to make sure you’re on dark essence most of the time so you get powerups from your SWD self-damage. Depends on the strat you’ll be following I guess.

]]> By: Adgamorix http://www.hotsdots.com/2009/10/the-end-of-an-era/comment-page-1/#comment-492 Adgamorix Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:32:28 +0000 http://www.hotsdots.com/?p=1964#comment-492 Aye - that's why I said to just cast it at the start....but... Let's say you have the white aura and you put SW:P and whatever other DoT you can on the Dark Twin. Then you switch to the Dark Aura and go full tilt boogey on the Light Twin. I don't know for sure, but I believe that if you refresh the SW:P (Doesn't one roll of Mind Flay refresh the DOT?) it keeps ticking at the original potency - not at 1/2 damage. Then again - it may be just not worth the pain. Don't spend a lot of time running around for orbs - otherwise you'll wind up like this Ele shaman in our PUG last night - you spend so much time trying to buff your DPS, that you do less DPS than the tank. All in all - it's a fun fight. Enjoy! .-= Adgamorix's last blog ... <a href="http://paladindivineplea.blogspot.com/2009/10/divine-sacrifice-nerfbufffix.html" rel="nofollow">Divine Sacrifice Nerf/Buff/Fix</a> =-. Aye – that’s why I said to just cast it at the start….but…

Let’s say you have the white aura and you put SW:P and whatever other DoT you can on the Dark Twin. Then you switch to the Dark Aura and go full tilt boogey on the Light Twin. I don’t know for sure, but I believe that if you refresh the SW:P (Doesn’t one roll of Mind Flay refresh the DOT?) it keeps ticking at the original potency – not at 1/2 damage.

Then again – it may be just not worth the pain.

Don’t spend a lot of time running around for orbs – otherwise you’ll wind up like this Ele shaman in our PUG last night – you spend so much time trying to buff your DPS, that you do less DPS than the tank.

All in all – it’s a fun fight. Enjoy!
.-= Adgamorix’s last blog … Divine Sacrifice Nerf/Buff/Fix =-.

]]> By: Cassandri http://www.hotsdots.com/2009/10/the-end-of-an-era/comment-page-1/#comment-490 Cassandri Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:25:25 +0000 http://www.hotsdots.com/?p=1964#comment-490 Well aside from Shadow Word: Pain you have to recast your other DoTs. The others last 15-20 sec. So if I swap to cast Vamp Touch on Lightbane chicky with Light Essence wouldn't it only do half damage for the next 15 sec? In that time I could be casting more spells on the dark twin. Well aside from Shadow Word: Pain you have to recast your other DoTs. The others last 15-20 sec.

So if I swap to cast Vamp Touch on Lightbane chicky with Light Essence wouldn’t it only do half damage for the next 15 sec? In that time I could be casting more spells on the dark twin.

]]> By: PapaNasty http://www.hotsdots.com/2009/10/the-end-of-an-era/comment-page-1/#comment-489 PapaNasty Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:11:33 +0000 http://www.hotsdots.com/?p=1964#comment-489 Cass, don't your dots stay at the +% dmg increase which you have when you first put them up? (Even if the +% increase drops off later on) I might have misinterpreted this tho when schadow told me tho (I asked him for a 2min description on how to play shadow for my priest before I started lvling to 80 lolz) Cass, don’t your dots stay at the +% dmg increase which you have when you first put them up? (Even if the +% increase drops off later on)

I might have misinterpreted this tho when schadow told me tho (I asked him for a 2min description on how to play shadow for my priest before I started lvling to 80 lolz)

]]> By: Cassandri http://www.hotsdots.com/2009/10/the-end-of-an-era/comment-page-1/#comment-486 Cassandri Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:34:48 +0000 http://www.hotsdots.com/?p=1964#comment-486 At the moment I keep SW:P & Vamp on both twins regardless of my own debuff... but that's wasting 3.5 seconds or so each ... 15 seconds or so ... for half returns. @Papa There's no way I can capture, let alone edit, a video to turn out that good. At the moment I keep SW:P & Vamp on both twins regardless of my own debuff… but that’s wasting 3.5 seconds or so each … 15 seconds or so … for half returns.

@Papa There’s no way I can capture, let alone edit, a video to turn out that good.

]]> By: PapaNasty http://www.hotsdots.com/2009/10/the-end-of-an-era/comment-page-1/#comment-482 PapaNasty Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:12:55 +0000 http://www.hotsdots.com/?p=1964#comment-482 those videos you linked were epic, if you ever want to make one up yourself and need a hand, just give me a yell, and I'm sure that our 10man group would all help out if you wanted to make one, might even be enough keen that we could do a 25man of it. Although of course, any movie needs a star, someone who is a Champion of the Light, a Crusader against the Dark and a Protector of Virtue. As it so happens, I know someone who fits the build :) But yeah, having the other shadowpriest in there will be good, if you work as a team on how to maximise your dps for each fight, you should be able to push the pure dps classes a bit harder. Hehe and you have almost as much dkp as random, so if you want gear I'm sure it won't be a problem :) Although you'll get decked out without spending any dkp just from 10s probably anyway :) Keeping both SW:P on twins sounds like it'd be pretty mad too so long as you remember to keep it refreshed. those videos you linked were epic, if you ever want to make one up yourself and need a hand, just give me a yell, and I’m sure that our 10man group would all help out if you wanted to make one, might even be enough keen that we could do a 25man of it.

Although of course, any movie needs a star, someone who is a Champion of the Light, a Crusader against the Dark and a Protector of Virtue. As it so happens, I know someone who fits the build :)

But yeah, having the other shadowpriest in there will be good, if you work as a team on how to maximise your dps for each fight, you should be able to push the pure dps classes a bit harder. Hehe and you have almost as much dkp as random, so if you want gear I’m sure it won’t be a problem :) Although you’ll get decked out without spending any dkp just from 10s probably anyway :)

Keeping both SW:P on twins sounds like it’d be pretty mad too so long as you remember to keep it refreshed.

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