Would you race change if it would improve your dps?

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Mah druid exports!

Just putting this up for a guildy for now - later I will make a real post on kitty exports.

Gali's export set for kitty:

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Aura[1]=Version:4.4; icon:Ability_Druid_SkinTeeth; buffname:Savage Roar; x:-803; owntex:true; mine:true; PowerType:0; spec2:false; groupOrSelf:true; size:0.21; y:250; timer.enabled:true; timer.cents:false; timer.Relative:RIGHT@
Aura[2]=Version:4.4; icon:Ability_Druid_Berserk; buffname:Berserk; x:-715; owntex:true; isResting:0; mine:true; tooltipCheck:Immune to Fear effects; PowerType:0; spec2:false; groupOrSelf:true; size:0.21; y:250; timer.enabled:true; timer.cents:false; timer.Relative:RIGHT@
Aura[3]=Version:4.4; target:true; icon:Ability_Druid_Mangle2; buffname:Mangle; x:-400; bufftype:2; owntex:true; mine:true; PowerType:0; size:0.21; y:205; timer.enabled:true; timer.cents:false; timer.Relative:RIGHT@
Aura[4]=Version:4.4; target:true; icon:Ability_GhoulFrenzy; buffname:Rip; x:-232; bufftype:2; owntex:true; mine:true; PowerType:0; size:0.21; y:205; timer.enabled:true; timer.cents:false; timer.Relative:RIGHT@
Aura[5]=Version:4.4; target:true; icon:Ability_Druid_Disembowel; buffname:Rake; x:-315; bufftype:2; owntex:true; mine:true; PowerType:0; size:0.21; y:205; timer.enabled:true; timer.cents:false; timer.Relative:RIGHT@
Aura[6]=Version:4.4; anim1:2; icon:Spell_Shadow_ManaBurn; buffname:Clearcasting; begin:1; x:-58; owntex:true; isResting:0; mine:true; off:true; PowerType:0; groupOrSelf:true; size:0.25; y:-200@
Aura[7]=Version:4.4; icon:Ability_Hunter_Pet_Cat; buffname:Predator's Swiftness; x:-533; owntex:true; mine:true; PowerType:0; spec2:false; groupOrSelf:true; size:0.21; y:250; timer.enabled:true; timer.cents:false; timer.Relative:RIGHT@
Aura[8]=Version:4.4; icon:Ability_Mount_JungleTiger; buffname:Tiger's Fury; x:-620; owntex:true; mine:true; PowerType:0; spec2:false; groupOrSelf:true; size:0.21; y:250; timer.enabled:true; timer.cents:false; timer.Relative:RIGHT@
Aura[9]=Version:4.4; b:0.0235; anim1:3; g:0; target:true; icon:Spell_fire_meteorstorm; r:0.9569; begin:1; bufftype:8; texture:33; threshold:25; spec2:false; size:0.91; anim2:2@

Recount doesn't love Skull Bash like I do

I've got a bigger post that I'm working on (mostly in response to a question about how2feral, so I'll be talking about timer addons and move suggesters), but just thought I'd post this quick fyi for now about interrupt data for kitties. It turns out that Recount doesn't track interrupt data for Skull Bash (either cat or bear form versions). Apparently it's something to do with how it's tracked in the combat log (it doesn't trigger a SPELL_INTERRUPT event) - it's handled differently from almost all the other interrupts in the game for some reason. So really, it's not just a Recount problem - most other addons which track/announce interrupts will not count Skull Bash either. It still very much works as an interrupt though (and I use it to good effect!) so don't go thinking your ferals suck at interrupting. We're just sneakier about it.

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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Cataclysm, Heroics and a Power Auras export

I've been too busy leveling and working on rep to post here the last couple of weeks.

My druid's 85, got there the Friday after launch. She's almost exalted with Therazane and Dragonmaw, which pleases me, then I can focus on Earthen Ring and eventually Ramkahen (do want camels! but gear comes first *sigh*).

I referred frequently to The Fluid Druid's gear list as I was leveling so I knew what I was specifically looking for. Not that it was really an issue as I planned on doing all of the new quests on her. I do highly recommend that guide (and his blog in general) for ferals - it's been very helpful!

I've done a few heroics though I've been frustrated by the lack of adequately geared guildies to run them with. I've alternated between queuing as a tank or dps - still learning the instances, once I feel more comfortable I'll probably be tanking more. I'm pretty happy with my threat/dps as bear, and mostly feel that my dps as kitty is appropriate to my gear level. Even better, I think my survivability as kitty is quite good (I've put points in Nurturing Instinct and Survival Instincts, both of which I highly recommend - Gali's build) and I've been enjoying having an interrupt finally. I definitely think the new instances are challenging but I also see things getting better as more people learn the fights and get the gear, so I don't think they're necessarily overtuned for the most part.

I also tanked my first Baradin Hold run yesterday - Argaloth is actually pretty easy and once everyone learned not to stand in the (green!) fire, we got him down without a hitch. The main challenge for me was watching Omen and balancing threat with my co-tank (a pally). If I kept up my full rotation I would pull him off her but if I eased off she would pull off of me. What seemed to work best was for me to pull first and pop Berserk, then I would keep my Lacerate stacks up while she was tanking him so I could pop Pulverize and Thrash after the switch. That seemed to give me enough of a boost to keep up with her but not overtake her either for the most part. I need to fix my macro for demoralizing roar though - I paired it with Lacerate in a lazy macro and I think I need to tweak it a little bit. It felt really good to kill a raid boss again, even if it's just the PvP guy.

Now I'm slowly working on leveling the priest next.

While in a late night guild run of H BRC, I made a Power Aura for tracking stacks of Evolution on the Corla fight, so here it is for you:
Version:4.4; icon:Achievement_Dungeon_Nexus80_Heroic; buffname:Evolution; bufftype:2; textaura:true; y:-32; stacks.enabled:true; stacks.y:-179; stacks.x:-2; stacks.h:6.15

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Troll cat druid forms

In case any of you were wondering what the hair color/forms correlation was for trolls, here it is:



Image taken from here with much appreciation to the creator.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Low Focus! (Setting up a new trigger in MSBT)

One of my new babies is a draenei hunter (level 53 already!!!) and I found myself wanting an audible alert for low focus. I knew I could probably do it in Power Auras but I thought it might be nice to set it up in MikScrollingBattleText instead, especially since I've started getting used to its low mana and health alerts. So I looked around and played with it a bit and this is what I figured out.