tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post5737371013635174247..comments2024-03-27T07:57:48.010-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: Monday Random ThoughtsTheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-86352055053740681512012-11-13T10:06:59.788-05:002012-11-13T10:06:59.788-05:00I hate the whack-a-mole feeling it has now as well...I hate the whack-a-mole feeling it has now as well.<br /><br />As for burst, you should pay attention because in the end it really matters. For arguments sake a fellow hunter and I went against each other. He hit burst way over mine. 4 minutes later he was still above me. 6 minutes later we were even. By 8 minutes I well above him to stay and just kept extending my lead.<br /><br />See, in the end I was better at my rotation so I held up consistent DPS but it took 6 minutes for the burst he had to fall enough for me to pass him. If I used a potion like he did and did the burst like he did I would have been ahead of him the entire time.<br /><br />Now, being most fights will not last long enough for me to pass him, he will always seem better even if I am actually doing better, if you know what I mean. So using potions and mastering the burst is essential to being the best you can be.<br /><br />I saw that the other day and was thinking of taking a look and playing around with it to see if it is any different from what I do but monday is an alt day for me so I did not even log on to my hunter. I might play around today some.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-79564970012054634642012-11-13T08:54:02.326-05:002012-11-13T08:54:02.326-05:00I'm going to take a look into this for openers...I'm going to take a look into this for openers:<br />http://www.wowhuntershall.com/2012/11/12/arktem-beastmastery-opening-rotation-video/<br /><br />I haven't really been using readiness because it just seems that by the time I would want to reset cooldowns they've reset on their own... I use it more for 'oh shit' moments. But that may be how they're getting the extra burst at the beginning. I don't know. I really don't pay attention to burst dps. I only look at recount after the fight is over.<br /><br />Apparently, I can never get the 'super' crits though...<br /><br />I really wish I could macro Glaive Toss with Arcane shot or something though. I already switched from Dire Beast to Fervor and macro'd it to Cobra Shot to cut back on the buttons but it's still not smooth for me.<br /><br />-Give us a lvl 90 talent option that doesn't trigger a GCD<br />-Give us a lvl 75 talent option that doesn't trigger a GCD<br />-Take Focus-Fire back off the GCD so you can just mash it when its at 5 stacks without waiting for your shot to finish or consuming a global<br /><br />Do something! I don't like whack-a-mole.<br /><br />I'm tempted to finally finish lvling my 61 mage up just to try out their lvl 90 rotation. I could lvl my 85 DK up but melee ::shudders::... Maybe I'll try things on PTR if I get time, I think they have lvl 90 pre-mades. But it's disgusting that I'm talking about playing other classes... I'm a HUNTER, damn it!<br />Jaegernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-12514825536361283762012-11-13T06:39:47.495-05:002012-11-13T06:39:47.495-05:00I am so jealous that you got it down. I must have...I am so jealous that you got it down. I must have stuck around for 15 wipes and each time the group got worse when the better players left and were replaced by lesser ones. The fight is just not meant for random people and blizzard should have known better than you design a raid encounter that needed communication for 25 people that are not communicating.<br /><br />My DPS is still all over the place too, I know it is not where it should be. I can pull 60K on a boss one attempt and 45K the next. All thanks to those wacky random crits. I still think I am doing something wrong with the BM burst. I've seen other hunters in the same gear bursting at the start for 200K+ and I usually only burst 140K at best. So I know I am doing something wrong. It is all a matter of getting used to it, we both will in time I am sure.<br /><br />My guild was the same, we had 2 stable teams and a third that ran sometimes. Now we have about 14 players for 10 spots and it is the tricky time to keep everyone happy while we are trying to get that second team running. At the moment is okay because we have a group of team players but I can see it being an issue if people still have to keep rotating even after another month or two.<br /><br />A few of my guildmates and I teamed up, all made tons of cards, and tradeed. We got all our healers cranes, my tank an ox, most DPS the tigers and one caster a serpent just from mixing and matching what 5 people made. We also still managed to make at least 50K each selling the extras after we traded. The only way to cost effectively make cards is to do it as a group effort. An no, we did not charge anyone in the guild for the cards we gave them. Raiding is a team sport, you do not charge team mates. <br /><br />I do agree with you about buying one. I can afford 50K but I would never pay it on general principle. Raids drop 496 gear, so paying anything more than 3K for an item 20 item levels less is insane no matter how good it might be.<br /><br />I can see people trying to finish entire zones, just can't see that many. I swear my shaman went through the summit this weekend on her way to 88 and I was the only 87 I saw out of a possible 100 people I saw there. I would find it hard to believe they all wanted to finish the quest line. Most people just level as fast as they can and even people that like to finish it all in order only do that on one character.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-63235459252354633252012-11-12T23:50:13.910-05:002012-11-12T23:50:13.910-05:00Can definitely relate to LFR. It's just too h...Can definitely relate to LFR. It's just too hard for uncoordinated random groups.<br /><br />I was trying to do it this weekend. I know, "weekend LFR", bad idea, but anyway. I could not for the life of me find a fresh group. Every group was on 3rd boss, stuck on Garalon or Qin-Xi. I got in a group that downed Garalon but only after several wipes (not sure how many they had done before I got there). Personally, I think my DPS sucks; I just can't get a feel for all the new abilities. In LFR, I'm usually between 40-45K, when I feel I should be more like 50-55K, but I was still 5th on that Garalon fight...<br /><br />Just saw the comment that pets will benefit from weak points on Garalon after the hotfix, which is good.<br /><br />I haven't stepped foot in a normal yet; just don't feel the desire and I'm not satisfied with my dps anyway.<br /><br />Seems our guild can't fill full teams right now. We had 3 10-mans for DS but some people got poached into the top guild on the server, others quit playing, and seems quite a few are just burnt out (that's the category I fall in...).<br /><br />I've done SP dailies a couple more times now. They're OK as long as I don't get sabotaged by Protector Yi... he's definitely going to be the last one I do for that achievement... Hopefully, I'll be very over geared by then...<br /><br />Got 3 cards for the Tiger deck. Trying to snatch them up when they're cheap. I'm not paying 50K for the full deck/trinket; I can afford it no problem but that's just insane. TSM dealfinding lists combined with email notifications from the desktop app plus the mobile AH = Pure Awesome! I need to setup more lists for epic gear, rare mounts, pets, etc. Project for another day.<br /><br />I was probably one of those 88s in an 87 zone right after launch but I was doing it for the questing achievements and to get all the blues I could find. In Cata, I rushed through and only finished the zones much later so it wasn't as good of a lore experience. This time I decided to just complete them all sequentially. Then end of zone quest chains were good at least.Jaegernoreply@blogger.com