Post by echo808
I know that most use single-target to figure out the DPS, but what's the number usualy when the instance is all said and done?
By the end of the instance, my DPS will usually be between 2100-2300 (dunno if that says anything though). Just wanted to see where i fall (good or bad)
Damage i'm usually top two (if this helps too)
Here's my armory:
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Skywall&n=LightlockeI'll have the Ret Aura, BoM, Dragonfin food buff, and Sense Undead up. Rotation is CS, Judge, DS, Conc, Exo, Holy Wrath, then whichever CD first.
I'm able to buy one Naxx gear (chest and gloves i think it was) with the amount of EoH I have but I really want to do Naxx itself and get it there instead...just waiting to finish building my new computer.
Post by svirve
The Basic Rotation
3.1 clash resolution is as follows: CS > HoW > Judgement > DS > Consecration > Exorcism > Holy Wrath
During the beta it was agreed upon that because of vastly changed mechanics, our rotations should be thrown out and thus came to be known as FCFS (First Come First Serve) - and this is still true in 3.1. Not much to explain about it, just use whatever is off cooldown, whenever you can (watch your mana bar). See below for clash resolution (when 2 skills are off cooldown, which one do you use?). Be sure to use AW and Divine Plea as much as you can, as both provide a nice boost in damage/mana. In a situation with AoE, say trash for example, Consecration and DS should be prioritized. Yes, even with the exorcism changes, it still ranks behind all of our strikes and consecrate due to a longer cooldown and higher miss rate. You can often open on bosses with an exorcism or judgement while running into melee range, and then once you are in melee range FCFS takes over.
The reasoning behind FCFS courtesy Avitus:
There are two elements to our "rotation": FCFS and clash resolution
FCFS: Was chosen very simply due to the fact that due to the cooldowns our abilities have, you can't repeat any reliable short term pattern (for example: "1" "1" "1" "3", repeat) that would maximize DPS. The only patterns that repeat are several minutes long (containing several dozen of casts) and therefore not realistic to offer as a "rotation". Therefore FCFS is the only way to go.
Clash resolution: It was argued back and forth what the optimum way to resolve a clash of two abilities coming out of cooldown at the same time, the result was "highest DPS first": CS > HoW > Judgement > DS > Consecration > Exorcism > Holy Wrath
From EJRead and understand that and you'll see an increase of maybe ~300 DPS.