gdp's Comments

A Moonkin and His Blog : Patch 3.3 Squawk and Awe Fix

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:33:45 +0000

1) Yeah, looks like its already been updated on Curse and WoWInterface lol. Leave it to me to blog about old news xD 2) I didn't notice anything either. 3) Yeah, found that out today too, lol. Was mostly freaking out because I couldn't edit it before the raid, and I usually get home right as soon as our raid starts. Oh me :D

A Moonkin and His Blog : Patch 3.3 AGAIN - Eclipse Buffed

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 05:51:30 +0000

Lol I'm a tard. I keep thinking that they buffed it to 15% but its actually 10%. Disregard my comment xD

A Moonkin and His Blog : Patch 3.3 AGAIN - Eclipse Buffed

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 23:20:38 +0000

Well, it makes sense. I think it may have been you who brought up (when discussing the new resto druid glyph) how Blizz tests out certain things in set bonuses & glyphs; who knows -- maybe they thought that 15% extra crit/damage to Eclipse would make us OP (lol). Is that 1% increase from using 2pc T8? Because if so, I'd imagine that people like myself that had already made the change would experience a larger DPS increase. I was already getting used to DPSing in 4pc T9, so personally, I am not displeased that they at least decided to fix our 'nerf' in the same patch.

A Moonkin and His Blog : Moonkin Patch 3.3 Notes - Adios WiseEclipse

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 20:21:05 +0000

Yeah, but on paper, if I recall correctly, Solar was only a smidge ahead of a Lunar rotation.� And since I used to play with 300+ latency, I was a huge advocate of a Lunar Rotation.�

A Moonkin and His Blog : Moonkin Patch 3.3 Notes - Adios WiseEclipse

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 16:36:12 +0000

I honestly wish they would just buff Starfire damage constantly by 5% or something rather than give it more crit. If we were using pre-3.2 Eclipse, a Solar rotation would definitely be the way to go.

A Moonkin and His Blog : Moonkin Patch 3.3 Notes - Adios WiseEclipse

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 16:34:36 +0000

Well - I define a 'nerf' as any change from Blizz that negatively impacts our DPS. Although I expected this to happen, since WiseEclipse definitely increased moonkin DPS, I still consider this change, or 'fix' a nerf. But no use arguing over the definition of a nerf, as we both agree its going to lower our damage :(

A Moonkin and His Blog : Moonkin Patch 3.3 Notes - Adios WiseEclipse

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 16:33:30 +0000

Its up on MMO-Champion atm - time to blog about it!

A Moonkin and His Blog : Making Gold the 'Baller' (kin) Way

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:26:05 +0000

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A Moonkin and His Blog : Making Gold the 'Baller' (kin) Way

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:46:14 +0000

Yeah - they are 45g each today - I think it depends on day of the week you buy your stuff. Everything raid-related is super inflated on Tuesdays on my server.

A Moonkin and His Blog : Making Gold the 'Baller' (kin) Way

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:25:05 +0000

Thanks for this (btw testing this new 'reply to comments from email' feature I setup).� Transmuting has a CD though, right?

A Moonkin and His Blog : What I Expect from Icecrown Citadel

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:53:20 +0000

Grimsdel -- Your aggro issues will 100% be resolved when you pick up Nature's Reach. Drop 1 point from Moonglow, and 1 from Owlkin Frenzy, or Improved Moonfire (its only useful if you have 2pc T9), etc. And put 2/2 Nature's Reach. It's a must have for any boomkin. Moonkins running with tanks of equal gear should have no issues with aggro -- I can't pull in guild runs no matter how hard I try. PuGs, however, are a different story. Ballerkin

A Moonkin and His Blog : What I Expect from Icecrown Citadel

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:43:57 +0000

I 100% prefer hardmodes in the same instance and only by activating -- it seems lazy of Blizz to stop using creating mechanics to engage hardmodes and simply have one switch to activate all hardmodes at the same time. LAME

A Moonkin and His Blog : What I Expect from Icecrown Citadel

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:42:10 +0000

I was optimistic today, but I agree with you on -- I think its nearly impossible to expect Blizzard to make content difficult such as BT/SWP. Oh well :(

A Moonkin and His Blog : Swindled Out of 10k Gold!

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 16:58:55 +0000

Ahhh -- looks like they updated the detective (tried it when I thought he'd xferred, forgot to check it recently) Thanks :)

A Moonkin and His Blog : Hit Rating - My Bittersweet Relationship

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 23:38:10 +0000

Fair enough. Surprisingly enough, I don't move very much, even on heroic. I may play around with it, however, since its not a big deal to drop some points from Frenzy to mess around with it.

A Moonkin and His Blog : Hit Rating - My Bittersweet Relationship

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:22:56 +0000

I think you aren't entirely correct here. While Typhoon may have been 2% of your total damage, it doesn't necessarily mean it increased your total damage by 2%. A true 2% increase would be if you weren't losing anything by casting Typhoon. But, as casting Typhoon is replacing time you could have been spent casting something else, I suspect its less than a 2% increase. At any rate, OF seems to be proccing more for me. Had an uptime of above 4% which is pretty crappy, however.

A Moonkin and His Blog : Hit Rating - My Bittersweet Relationship

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:52:16 +0000

Good comment, some fair points in there. I think what it comes down to is Typhoon. Raid viable? Maybe. But do I think its a required talent for progression? Nah. While I don't even remember how much Typhoon will do on a single-target boss while talented, I still believe it is less damage than a Wrath cast, even a non-Eclipsed Wrath. I agree that it could be useful on single-targets if you are moving, but most of the time, and unless you strafe often, you won't be facing the boss while moving. So I'm not entirely convinced of its utility for single-target boss fights. Since my NG uptime is already 80-90% anyways, so the chance to have a slightly higher uptime is also not as valuable to me, personally. For multiple targets, its definitely worth the cast, but in my case, how many times in ToGC am I going to have the opportunity to hit multiple targets? - On the Northrend Beasts, (does Typhoon hit Snobolds? I know Starfall doesn't), on the Jormungar I think you could usually only hit one of them, and on Icehowl there are no adds. - On Jaraxxus Heroic, I can see some use with Typhoon to hit the nether portal + mistress of pain + boss (or the infernals + volcano + boss). - Faction Champions -- I wouldn't use it. Too much is being cc'ed/stunned and I wouldn't mess with it. - Valk'yr Twins - Maybe you could hit both, although I'm not sure its worth it. - Anub Heroic - Great usage here if you are set to AoE adds. However, I'm not, so I'd only use it on the burrow parts of the fight. I can see more use of it in T7/T8 content, but I haven't run any of that content since ToC came out. I agree with your point that my comparison can't be as easy as a 1:1 swap. Still, based on the fact that I don't value Typhoon as a talent I would like to have, and using your numbers as an example, I would prefer 104 spirit over 104 extra hit, and keep my 2/2 in Balance of Power.

A Moonkin and His Blog : Hit Rating - My Bittersweet Relationship

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:33:11 +0000

Thing is, with my talent build, I already have 2/3 Frenzy and have no need, at all, in any fights in the game currently, for Typhoon or Gale Winds. I am not even allowed to AoE on Heroic Anub, so I really mean it when I say I never Hurricane. Frenzy's proc amount is rediculously low (I setup my PowerAuras for a large warning when it procs -- I've maybe seen it proc like twice), and Typhoon is a mana burn and not really a DPS increase. So while I somewhat agree that it is not necessary to cling to the soft hit cap as if it were drawn in stone, but from a point investment strategy, 2/2 in BoP and using that itemization in other slots is more useful. I think of it like this - before you are capped, hit is worth more than spell power, point for point. Imagine then, that 2/2 in BoP is worth 4% extra spell power, instead of +hit. You would take it, for sure, no, especially over the leftover talents in our tree. Either way, I guess my main point was that I just wish hit wasn't overloaded on all the gear available.

A Moonkin and His Blog : WoTLK New Talents Raiding Moonkin Spec

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:25:51 +0000

HAHAHAHA! Yeah, the other day I was looking back -- I need to make the date stamp a little more noticeable, some people think my posts from last year are recent (when they come in from search engines) and contradict what I said. Eclipse has come such a looonnnnng way

A Moonkin and His Blog : Hit Rating - My Bittersweet Relationship

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:00:52 +0000

That would be awesome -- I wouldn't feel so bad if I had to go over cap if this was the case, and would probably only take true 'DPS' gear (+hit gear, lol) and leave spirit gear for the healers. I wouldn't even be angry if they sliced the value of hit and said, "hey, you need 400 hit to reach 10%". I seriously just hate being over cap.