{?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?} Riot Act Forum http://riotactguild.com/forum/ Riot Act Forum en Copyright 2010 2010-10-04T13:43:16-05:00 Feral DPS http://riotactguild.com/forum/viewthread/159/ http://riotactguild.com/forum/viewthread/159/#When:10:06:50Z <p>14528 DPS on a 300 second fight in Simcraft. No tricks, no hysteria, etc.<br /> This is the highest DPS Tauren setup I am aware of.<br /> Night elves can hit 14590 DPS according to EJ, the difference of 1% hit is 32.79 stat points, at 2.1586 DPS per point of haste, plus their racial +8 agility at 1.9223 DPS per point of agi, is 86.2 DPS… So this setup is likely higher DPS than any posted on EJ.<br /> DPS on a typical “real” fight (300 +/- 10% duration, various interruptions in DPS due to movement, stuns, etc): 12097</p> <p><br /> <b>Section 1 - Trinkets</b><br /> First trinket is obviously <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50363" class="purple">Deathbringer’s Will</a>.</p> <p>Second trinket:<br /> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50355" class="purple">Herkuml War Token</a> (with agility food): 14528 DPS<br /> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=47464" class="purple">Death’s Choice</a> (with haste food): 14524 DPS<br /> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50343" class="purple">Whispering Fang Skull</a> (with haste food): 14482 DPS</p> <p><br /> <b>Section 2 - Enchants</b><br /> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=27984" class="green">Mongoose</a>: 14528 DPS<br /> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=59621" class="green">Berserking</a>: 14487 DPS<br /> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=60691" class="green">Massacre</a>: 14464 DPS</p> <p><br /> <b>Section 3 - Spec and Glyphs</b><br /> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#0ZERMsfrz0eo0huAkbAczb:VpmVMz">http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#0ZERMsfrz0eo0huAkbAczb:VpmVMz</a></p> <p><br /> <b>Section 4 - Gear</b><br /> Head - <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=51296" class="purple">Sanctified Lasherweave Headguard</a>, <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=44149" class="gold">Arcanum of Torment</a>, <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=41398" class="blue">Relentless Earthsiege Diamond</a> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=42153" class="purple">Fractured Dragon’s Eye</a><br /> Neck - <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50633" class="purple">Sindragosa’s Cruel Claw</a>, <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40117" class="purple">Fractured Cardinal Ruby</a><br /> Shoulder - <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=51299" class="purple">Sanctified Lasherweave Shoulderpads</a>, <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=44133" class="gold">Greater Inscription of the Axe</a>, <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40117" class="purple">Fractured Cardinal Ruby</a><br /> Back - <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50653" class="purple">Shadowvault Slayer’s Cloak</a>, <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=47898" class="green">Greater Speed</a>, <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=42156" class="purple">Rigid Dragon’s Eye</a><br /> Chest - <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=51298" class="purple">Sanctified Lasherweave Raiment</a>, <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=60692" class="green">Powerful Stats</a>, <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40117" class="purple">Fractured Cardinal Ruby</a> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40125" class="purple">Rigid King’s Amber</a><br /> Wrist - <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50670" class="purple">Toskk’s Maximized Wristguards</a>, <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=44575" class="green">Greater Assault</a>, <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40125" class="purple">Rigid King’s Amber</a> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40117" class="purple">Fractured Cardinal Ruby</a><br /> Hands - <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50675" class="purple">Aldriana’s Gloves of Secrecy</a>, <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=44488" class="green">Precision</a>, <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40125" class="purple">Rigid King’s Amber</a> 2x<a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40117" class="purple">Fractured Cardinal Ruby</a><br /> Waist - <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50707" class="purple">Astrylian’s Sutured Cinch</a>, <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=49110" class="purple">Nightmare Tear</a> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40117" class="purple">Fractured Cardinal Ruby</a> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=42150" class="purple">Quick Dragon’s Eye</a><br /> Legs - <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=51297" class="purple">Sanctified Lasherweave Legguards</a>, <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=38374" class="purple">Icescale Leg Armor</a>, <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40117" class="purple">Fractured Cardinal Ruby</a> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40125" class="purple">Rigid King’s Amber</a><br /> Feet - <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50607" class="purple">Frostbitten Fur Boots</a>, <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=60623" class="green">Icewalker</a>, 2x<a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40125" class="purple">Rigid King’s Amber</a><br /> Finger1 - <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50618" class="purple">Frostbrood Sapphire Ring</a>, <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40118" class="purple">Precise Cardinal Ruby</a><br /> Finger2 - <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50402" class="purple">Ashen Band of Endless Vengeance</a>, <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40125" class="purple">Rigid King’s Amber</a><br /> Trinket1 - <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50363" class="purple">Deathbringer’s Will</a><br /> Trinket2 - <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50355" class="purple">Herkuml War Token</a><br /> Weapon - <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50735" class="purple">Oathbinder, Charge of the Ranger-General</a>, 3x<a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40117" class="purple">Fractured Cardinal Ruby</a><br /> Relic - <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50456" class="purple">Idol of the Crying Moon</a></p> 2010-02-28T10:06:50-05:00 Feral Tanking http://riotactguild.com/forum/viewthread/160/ http://riotactguild.com/forum/viewthread/160/#When:13:57:21Z <p>Work in progress…</p> <p><br /> Maximum Effective Health</p> <p>This is from Rawr… I’m working on a way to simulate probability of dying on a given encounter, since this is all that matters for a tank, not effective health. I suspect more avoidance and less hp/armor might be better in this regard.</p> <p>HP: 74060 (78476 with 10-stack of Unidentifiable Organ)<br /> Armor: 44087<br /> Effective Health: 359073<br /> Total avoidance, post-DR in Icecrown: 39.839%<br /> Savage Defense Uptime vs 1.75 attack speed single-target boss level mob: 93.347%<br /> Savage Defense Shield Value: 2527</p> <p>Hit rating: 114<br /> Expertise rating: 212<br /> TPS: 10895</p> <p>Switching to Heroic Oathbinder gives 355261 effective health and 11758 TPS, probably a good tradeoff if they become plentiful.</p> <p>All gems are Solid Majestic Zircon unles otherwise indicated.</p> <p>Sanctified Lasherweave Headguard, Helm Enchant, Austere Earthsiege Diamond<br /> Bile-Encrusted Medallion, Shifting Dreadstone<br /> Sanctified Lasherweave Shoulderpads, Shoulder Enchant<br /> Sentinel’s Winter Cloak, Armor<br /> Ikfirus’s Sack of Wonder, Powerful Stats, 3x Solid Dragon’s Eye<br /> Toskk’s Maximized Wristguards, Stam Enchant<br /> Sanctified Lasherweave Handgrips, Armor Enchant<br /> Astryllian’s Sutured Cinch<br /> Sanctified Lasherweave Legguards, Leg Enchant<br /> Frostbitten Fur Boots, Tuskar’s Vitality<br /> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50622" class="purple">Devium’s Eternally Cold Ring</a><br /> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=48027" class="purple">Band of Making Baby Jesus Cry</a><br /> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50344" class="purple">Unidentifiable Organ</a><br /> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50364" class="purple">Sindragosa’s Flawless Fang</a><br /> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=51432" class="purple">Wrathful Gladiator’s Greatstaff</a>, Mongoose<br /> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50456" class="purple">Idol of the Crying Moon</a></p> 2010-02-28T13:57:21-05:00 Color Coordination - IMPORTANT http://riotactguild.com/forum/viewthread/314/ http://riotactguild.com/forum/viewthread/314/#When:14:32:57Z <p>Remember to go black before next raid.</p> 2010-06-11T14:32:57-05:00 Cataclysm http://riotactguild.com/forum/viewthread/308/ http://riotactguild.com/forum/viewthread/308/#When:01:09:15Z <p>Thoughts?</p> <p>Cat: <a href="http://cata.wowhead.com/talent#0ZighfRsbtbbub0dMxobxctb">http://cata.wowhead.com/talent#0ZighfRsbtbbub0dMxobxctb</a><br /> Bear: <a href="http://cata.wowhead.com/talent#0Zi0IfRcotcfz0Gz0tobEctb">http://cata.wowhead.com/talent#0Zi0IfRcotcfz0Gz0tobEctb</a><br /> Leveling: <a href="http://cata.wowhead.com/talent#0Zi0hfofbtbrub0dhxobxctb">http://cata.wowhead.com/talent#0Zi0hfofbtbrub0dhxobxctb</a><br /> Resto: <a href="http://cata.wowhead.com/talent#0VGcsd00hZZf0ftfucxkAcoVo">http://cata.wowhead.com/talent#0VGcsd00hZZf0ftfucxkAcoVo</a><br /> Moonkin: <a href="http://cata.wowhead.com/talent#0vGcod0qIdhIkfzbZbgctbz">http://cata.wowhead.com/talent#0vGcod0qIdhIkfzbZbgctbz</a></p> <p>Not sure if it’s worth going that far into resto for nature’s swiftness as moonkin, or if something like this would be better:<br /> <a href="http://cata.wowhead.com/talent#0EGfsdMqIdhIkfzbZbxczb">http://cata.wowhead.com/talent#0EGfsdMqIdhIkfzbZbxczb</a></p> 2010-06-10T01:09:15-05:00 Druid changes! http://riotactguild.com/forum/viewthread/242/ http://riotactguild.com/forum/viewthread/242/#When:17:29:11Z <p>AoE sprint is kind of cool, mushrooms might be fun, the aoe bleed seems useless although I guess swipe will be affected by rend and tear, so thats a little more threat. Druids healing in caster form I think is nice. Will be good for 5man plow to 85, so will aoe sprint.</p> <p>But overall? Pretty boring.</p> 2010-04-10T17:29:11-05:00 Restoration Druid: BiS List http://riotactguild.com/forum/viewthread/52/ http://riotactguild.com/forum/viewthread/52/#When:02:35:17Z <p>With the gear available today there is no single definitive Best In Slot list for a resto druid, but there are some very good personal ones and a general guideline you can follow. No matter how you gear up, you should keep the haste rule in mind. </p> <p><strong>Haste Cap for 1 sec GCD. </strong><br /> 735 haste rating or 22.42% with 3/3 CF and full raid buffs.<br /> 856 haste rating or 26.09% without CF but full raid buffs.</p> <p>Right now the wishlist I have that does not include any heroic ICC gear, nor tribute cloak from togc. This is also under the assumption I’m aiming for 3/3 celestial focus in my build and under 800 haste.</p> <p>&gt;&gt;&gt; <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?profile=20745630">Resto BiS List</a> - Updated 1/25<br /> That list does not include any specfic profession-related gems or enchants for general usage.</p> <p>————————————————————————————————————</p> <p>&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?profile=20951554">Resto BiS List - 277</a> - Updated 3/12<br /> That list does not include any specific profession-related gems or enchants.</p> <p>The tricky part of making a updated list is due to keeping the haste cap each piece may or may not be a definitive upgrade until you can balance out the equation. The Royal Scepter from LK25 Heroic would actually be a higher upgrade due to the fact you could drop celestial focus, but this is more of a personal choice for me.</p> <p><br />———————————————————————————————————-</p> <p>Item comparison for chest/shoulders swap: Sticking with armor level of leather (and for aesthetic sake of your tier set) Badge chest &amp; Tier 277 shoulders vs. Tier 277 chest and Princes Shoulders:<br /> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?compare=50973:5130450715:51300">Item Comparison</a><br /> Almost identical, more of a haste vs crit with a sprinkling of other stats.</p> 2010-01-26T02:35:17-05:00 Feral Druid Preliminary BIS Lists http://riotactguild.com/forum/viewthread/17/ http://riotactguild.com/forum/viewthread/17/#When:10:46:05Z <p>Preliminary, work-in-progress, etcetera.</p> <p><br /> Tanking, not including hard-mode loot, not including Arthas loot.</p> <p>Weapon: Season 8 Gladiator’s Staff (Mongoose)<br /> Chest: Ikfirus’s Sack of Wonder (Powerful Stats)<br /> Head: T10 (Stam/Defense)<br /> Shoulders: T10 (Stam/Resil)<br /> Hands: T10 (Armor)<br /> Legs: T10 (Armor/Agi)<br /> Back: Sentinel’s Winter Cloak (Armor)<br /> Neck: Bile-Encrusted Medallion<br /> Wrist: Season 8 (Stam)<br /> Waist: Season 8<br /> Feet: Season 8 (Tuskar’s Vitality)<br /> Finger1: Ashen Band of Endless Courage<br /> Finger2: Devium’s Eternally Cold Ring<br /> Trinket1: Juggernaut’s Vitality<br /> Trinket2: Unidentifiable Organ (on fights where the stack will not drop. Not clear which is best otherwise, possibly Sindragosa stam trinket)<br /> Relic: Idol of the Crying Moon</p> <p>All +30 stam gems except for one +15 stam +10 agi gem where the socket bonus gives the largest amount of stam.</p> <p>DPS, including hard mode loot, not including Arthas.</p> <p>Weapon: Distant Land (Berserking)<br /> Chest: T10<br /> Head: T10 (hit/ap)<br /> Shoulders: T10<br /> Hands: Aldriana’s Gloves of Secrecy (+20 hit)<br /> Legs: T10<br /> Back: Sylvanas’ Cunning (+23 haste)<br /> Neck: Sindragosa’s Cruel Claw<br /> Wrist: Toskk’s Maximized Wristguards<br /> Waist: Astrylian’s Sutured Cinch<br /> Feet: Frostbitten Fur Boots<br /> Finger1: Ashen Band of Endless Vengeance<br /> Finger2: Frostbrood Sapphire Ring<br /> Trinket1: Deathbringer’s Will<br /> Trinket2: Herkuml War Token<br /> Relic: Idol of the Crying Moon</p> <p>Gemmed to reach the expertise, hit, and arpen caps, getting good bonuses when possible without using more than 1 blue gem. Rest into agi until the hard cap which occurs at some point… Then haste.</p> 2010-01-23T10:46:05-05:00