04-11-2009, 05:15 AM
Quote:In addition, ffb specs are very competitive to arcane specs. Instead of focusing on how you can change your spec to increase your dps, time will be better spent trying to improve your rotation for dps. I have added a TareekPractice wiki page in lurkersimcraft so you can get an idea of what dps you should be able to achieve on a practice dummy. You can then get recount and practice your rotation till you are getting near what the simulator says you should get on stationary targets. Simulation craft will also generate weights for your character as well as links to wowhead and lootrank to help you identify the best upgrades for your character.
I'll take a look at that sim. I can't seem to link directly, but assuming the 'optimal' ffb rotation of 1 scorch, 7 ffbs, then living bomb, the theorycraft-o-matic site I linked to earlier estimates my dps at around, which is about right for recent 5 & 10mans. I'll check out PapaSmurf's sim site as well and play around with the target dummies.
Concilian, you made some good points about raid vs pve and constant DPS versus total damage per full mana. After I posted this, I saw the same tradeoffs on the EJ forum as well.
Anyway, thanks for your feedback. Any other mages want to weigh in?
(for reference, here are the numbers from TCOM - I'll check out the google code sim and see how they compare to these and to different target dummy rotations)
For current spec:
Single Target Rotations
Rotation DPS DPM MPS
1 LB + 5 FFB: 2057.99 11.22 183.47
1 LB + 7 FFB + 1 SC: 2017.53 11.27 178.96
Frostfire Bolt Spam: 1954.13 13.44 145.4
8 FFB + 1 SC: 1940.02 13.06 148.51
For arcane spec (with IV):
Single Target Rotations
Rotation DPS DPM MPS
Arcane Blast Spam: 2585.14 4.48 576.65
4 AB + 1 ABar: 2551.97 4.61 553.48
2 AB + 1 ABar: 2545.87 4.75 536.36