tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232240169123589462.post7521975891195524713..comments2023-12-13T05:38:56.001-06:00Comments on Gray Matter: Blue Post: Ok, GC Has Pissed Me OffGraylohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12928540421337175942noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232240169123589462.post-40047968159053072432009-05-24T23:20:44.979-05:002009-05-24T23:20:44.979-05:00Hi Graylo, I absolutely love your blog. I was watc...Hi Graylo, I absolutely love your blog. I was watching this forum post and I thought this might cheer you up about our T8 (at least in part):<br />"Blogs like Graylo's had a lot more influence than this thead (even if I did piss him off). :)<br />Ghostcrawler<br />Lead Systems Designer"<br /><br />blue response to the "Any news on moonkin 4pcT8"<br /><br />Well-deserved fame :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232240169123589462.post-81571918408789220462009-05-22T12:57:14.883-05:002009-05-22T12:57:14.883-05:00Vy; What you're talking about with the dots is due...Vy; What you're talking about with the dots is due to how the game calcs these effects. It used to be that no recalcs were done mid-uptime since it's not something that makes sense to do for normal damage spells. However, this was later updated so changes in +dmg effects were recalced during the uptime of DoTs. The problem is this still excludes percentage-based procs and talents, which has lead to interesting effects such as the SPriest exploits of refreshable SW:Pain that maintains a specific dmg effect bonus through refreshes, giving the interesting exploits such as seen on maly phase1 with spark buffs being maintained for the whole phase.<br /><br />For some reason the seemingly simple and obvious fix of having dots recalc % based modifiers in realtime has yet to be seen.Shamadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18412957246927291161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232240169123589462.post-13847180203703292382009-05-22T12:52:52.335-05:002009-05-22T12:52:52.335-05:00I don't know much about Warlocks. How likely is i...I don't know much about Warlocks. How likely is it that they will be casting SB when they get a nightfall proc? If they're not spamming SB the way we do SF, it may affect them the same way, they just would never notice.<br /><br />Vy, your DoT damage doesn't increase until you recast them because damage is calculated when the spell is cast, not with each tick. You can also cast a DoT at the end of your trinket buff, watch the buff fall off and your DoTs don't lose damage.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04888957510507238465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232240169123589462.post-16038679370821578012009-05-22T09:17:45.129-05:002009-05-22T09:17:45.129-05:00Programming fixes for anything is actually really ...Programming fixes for anything is actually really time consuming for them. There is a huge team involved with a ton of code and you can't just make one change to the code without having really strange and dumb problems pop up somewhere else. <br /><br />I think their internal testing builds are at least a month ahead of what is on the live servers, or even the PTR...<br /><br />That said, sometimes the developers just don't understand what problem we're having...Lissannahttp://restokin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232240169123589462.post-74072020399507231322009-05-22T08:00:12.692-05:002009-05-22T08:00:12.692-05:00So the solution is using a Solar Eclipse instead o...So the solution is using a Solar Eclipse instead of a Lunar's one and cast the istant Starfire when it procs? :Ppasqoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01118225139691519213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232240169123589462.post-91836318082151629812009-05-22T07:36:18.905-05:002009-05-22T07:36:18.905-05:00Looks like GC can't find in his dictionary word 'c...Looks like GC can't find in his dictionary word 'current' :/<br /><br />I wander how they plan if their next Friday is today :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232240169123589462.post-36193345601883824322009-05-22T05:46:44.554-05:002009-05-22T05:46:44.554-05:00if blizzard would produce cars, we would have a lo...if blizzard would produce cars, we would have a lot of fun with our brakes. sometimes they brake, sometimes not.<br />BUT BLIZZARD HAS A FIX !!!<br />just get ur car to their garage, wait 3 month and get ur fixed car with 2 or 3 brake pedals, so at least 1 should work in a case of emergency...............<br /><br />i play for 3 days now with the 4p bonus and i see myself up in the dmgmeters again, BUT i believe thats the benefit of the new spirit buff. Cause most of my 4p procs were eaten by the casted SF.<br />in some fights, i.e. ignis, i had some lucky procs while moving or while thrown up by ignis flame jet.<br />in those fights i insanely topped the meters.<br />sadly i have no reliable solution on this and i think the mechanic of the 4p bonus isn't a good one. i estimate that some moonkins will take 4pT8 in arenas and hope for a fast proc with a crit following.Raysanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232240169123589462.post-29818574926651571992009-05-22T04:22:24.184-05:002009-05-22T04:22:24.184-05:00I don't get his later comment with his definition ...I don't get his later comment with his definition of next. Both Nightfall and the 4T8 look to have the same meaning from the ingame description?<br /><br /><B>Nightfall</B>Gives your Corruption and Drain Life spells a 4% chance to cause you to enter a Shadow Trance state after damaging the opponent. The Shadow Trance state reduces the casting time of your <B>next</B> Shadow Bolt spell by 100%.<br /><br /><B>Balance 4T8</B>(4) Set: Each time your Insect Swarm deals damage, it has a chance to make your <B>next</B> Starfire cast within 10 sec instant.Frenzynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232240169123589462.post-65566554258771866352009-05-22T02:14:24.346-05:002009-05-22T02:14:24.346-05:00So... basically... now it can only be used once (i...So... basically... now it can only be used once (if procced) in rotation with the Wrath->Starfire-Eclipse? Or am I missing something?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232240169123589462.post-66192999041735713542009-05-21T21:15:11.913-05:002009-05-21T21:15:11.913-05:00Yeah have had the 4p for awhile now. 2p of it stil...Yeah have had the 4p for awhile now. 2p of it still sits in my bank. It's frankly unusable even at 15% chance on IS tick. I just get to watch as every other class increases dps and I fall behind waiting for who knows how long. I don't understand the problem. I do know that the bug was brought up in 3.1 beta testing. That's a long time to go unfixed. My frustration grows daily.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232240169123589462.post-53980918337175520852009-05-21T20:31:31.775-05:002009-05-21T20:31:31.775-05:00Well, I play a warlock and... warlock skills, tale...Well, I play a warlock and... warlock skills, talents and procs have been buggy or weird for aeons. Like when your trinket procs, your dots dont use to get stronger, you need to recast. Like the drain soul execute. And those death embrace talents which increases damage when target is below X% of health. The dumb thing is. Existing dots do not do more damage when target falls below X%. Instead, when you cast your dots and it lands on target with HP below X%, then the talent kicks in and you get the extra damage.Vynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232240169123589462.post-90857412058703707822009-05-21T18:34:45.266-05:002009-05-21T18:34:45.266-05:00how they would just have it cast instant starfire ...how they would just have it cast instant starfire as bonus when your next cast finishes. like with the shammytalent Lightning Overload.rinkunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232240169123589462.post-8037558040775613542009-05-21T16:32:19.982-05:002009-05-21T16:32:19.982-05:00hahaha i actually noticed this with my 4 set bonus...hahaha i actually noticed this with my 4 set bonus i just started testing out last night. its an awesome proc provided it doesn't proc during a cast. its ridiculous but i'm glad its been noticed and i'm just not crazy. blizzard tards...<br /><br /><br />datta- chromaggusUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08199494251318534575noreply@blogger.com