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http://www.leulier.com spreadsheet used for all theorycrafting numbers

Gem Postmortem

So I recently took the plunge and regemmed my gear for all haste.

• New slots choices:
• Yellow Slot: Quick Lionseye,
• Red Slot: Reckless Pyrestone,
• Blue Slot for meta: Forceful Seaspray Emerald
• Old slot choices:
• Yellow Slot: Reckless Pyrestone
• Red Slot: Runed Crimson Spinel
• Blue Slot for meta: Glowing Shadowsong Amethyst

My spell dmg went down 76 but I gained 74 haste.

This new haste gave me a better Raid ISB uptime from 62.99% (dmg gems) to 63.14% (haste gems) difference of 0.15%

I think this mainly increased my effectiveness in my role as Warlock DPS since my targets for the real challenging fights don't live long (Void Sentinels, Void Spawns, Shield Orbs, Reflections) and I have to move so much in Sunwell. I also contributed to the Raid Shadow DPS by keeping ISB up for a longer duration.

My personal DPS has a difference of 1 DPS (raid buffed with second drummer and elem shaman. Very minor change, but I think it was worth it.

Gear postmortem: 

I also made some gear changes since I'm well beyond hit cap. (These calculations are separate to the gem study above) 

Gear in question since I have it available to me:

• Nethervoid Cloak and Translucent Spellthread Necklace 
• 27 stam 18 int 33 hit 24 crit 99 damage (53 shadow damage from cloak can be rolled into overall damage since as destro lock we only cast shadow spells generally)
• Shadowcaster's Drape and Loop of Cursed Bones
• 41 stam 40 int 52 haste 59 damage

So the question then becomes is a difference of 14 Stamina 22 Int and 52 Haste better than 24 Crit and 40 spell damage

The spreadsheet reported an 8 DPS increase and a Raid ISB uptime difference of .26%

Conclusion

I like haste, your mileage may vary, I like to be able to cast more often and better dps when I can't stand still for long. (Running from meteors, fire blooms, back into shield, away from gravity ball, away from dark fiends, etc.)

Good post Shy.  Even if there was a slight DPS loss on the move to haste.  Quicker is still better on mobile fights.  KJ is a great example of a fight were you at any given moment will need to up and run or change targets.  The more casts per minute mean more oppertunites to not having to lose a SB cast to move out of whatever danger there is.

How much time did it actuall take off your SB cast and GCD?

I actually found that the coefficient Leulier uses with calculating ISB uptime typically isn't accurate due to ISB overlap from multiple locks.  Also, when we all shoot SB's at the same time, the ISB debuff immediately fades and this scales with haste.  I changed the VBA code a bit and found it to be a little more accurate.  Leulier used linear regression to describe the behavior of ISB when it should be very nonlinear due to multiple locks casting SB at the same time.

I can't do too much since I'm at work and need to attend some meetings, but I put in Shy's new gear and stat info into my ISB uptime along with the rest of us and it went up to 65.22% uptime (best case).  When I get the chance, I'll upload my spreadsheet to my ftp site and share it with you guys.

 Good thinking Shy, I might have to do the same when I have enough badges :-p

minathia:

How much time did it actuall take off your SB cast and GCD?

Since I'm at work I'm doing this from memory:

My sbolts before my gem change were 2.33 and immolate (base cast of 1.5) was 1.43

After the change sbolts are 2.13 and immolate 1.28.

Tonight I'm gonna play around with using my Translucent Spellthread Necklace in place of the Loop of Cursed Bones since it has added crit and dmg. According to the spreadsheet it should give me a gain of .35% in Raid ISB uptime but decrease my personal dps by 3.

This changes my sbolt cast time to 2.17 from 2.13 and my immolate to 1.3 from 1.28.

Please state the complete before and after...

Spell hit rating:
Spell crit rating:
Spell haste rating:
Spell damage to shadow spell:

Shylugh:

Tonight I'm gonna play around with using my Translucent Spellthread Necklace in place of the Loop of Cursed Bones

I like this change. I think this will be the best combo for me gonig forward until I get sunwell gear to replace items. I noticed the improved crit over last night's attempts and I was still gatlin' bolt on the adds. This helped me be better at topping the meters on the adds and be able to dps on the move during entropius.

Tonight's wws of fights that went into phase 2 M'uru (who hit whom linked with dmg done listed): (Edit: added total sents and spawns and casts on entropius)

(using Quagmirran's Eye, Translucent Spellthread Necklace, and Shadowcaster's Drape)

1. http://wowwebstats.com/ksrksctxuhhag?s=86941-123715&whtw
• Void Sent - 11 total mobs and 427,142 dmg
• Void Spawn - 60 total mobs and 722,552 dmg
• Entropius - 994 dmg (1 cast) - looks like this was a very short phase 2 before the raid wiped
2. http://wowwebstats.com/ksrksctxuhhag?s=212854-248212&whtw
• Void Sent - 13 total mobs and 525,976 dmg
• Void Spawn - 68 total mobs and 728,582 dmg
• Entropius - 0 dmg (Apparently Entropius didn't spawn. I think this is where we had prolonged a wave and held M'uru at 1% for a longer period than we usually do)
3. http://wowwebstats.com/ksrksctxuhhag?s=296207-328858&whtw
• Void Sent - 9 total mobs and 407,920 dmg
• Void Spawn - 50 total mobs and 644,108 dmg
• Entropius - 71,239 dmg (17 casts)
4. http://wowwebstats.com/ksrksctxuhhag?s=416362-452965&whtw
• Void Sent - 11 total mobs and 491,988 dmg
• Void Spawn - 62 total mobs and 676,290 dmg
• Entropius - 99,989 dmg (18 casts)

last night's wws of fights that went into phase 2 M'uru (who hit whom linked):

(using Quagmirran's Eye, Loop of Cursed Bones, and Shadowcaster's Drape)

1. http://wowwebstats.com/aw5mqg5xqel2w?s=99029-136074&whtw
• Void Sent - 9 total mobs and 198,744 dmg
• Void Spawn - 49 total mobs and 211,597 dmg
• Entropius - 84,711 dmg (27 casts)
2. http://wowwebstats.com/aw5mqg5xqel2w?s=159619-198056&whtw
• Void Sent - 12 total mobs and 241,287 dmg
• Void Spawn - 66 total mobs and 307,754 dmg
• Entropius - 0 dmg (I think this was one attempt where we had a late Void Sent spawn while transitioning into Phase 2 and I ended up staying on the spawns the entire time until i died. looks like I died to negative energy and singularity which means I wasn't watching where I was stepping /cry. Death replay)

So yeah I like wearing the souls necklace over the ZA necklace. I'll do a similar breakdown analysis of my previous M'uru attempts in my old gear to follow... but time for sleep now.

Meh I'm awake and excited to look at numbers.... so posting now lol

last week's M'uru attempts: with dmg gems (using Nethervoid Cloak, Translucent Spellthread Necklace, and Hex Shrunken Head)

1. http://wowwebstats.com/sif3zl3u1cub1?s=95317-129399&whtw
• Void Sent - 10 total mobs and 423,804 dmg
• Void Spawn - 55 total mobs and 569,512 dmg
• Entropius - 11,355 dmg (3 casts)
2. http://wowwebstats.com/sif3zl3u1cub1?s=130168-171698&whtw
• Void Sent - 11 total mobs and 424,072 dmg
• Void Spawn - 62 total mobs and 708,336 dmg
• Entropius - 88,465 dmg (20 casts)
3. http://wowwebstats.com/sif3zl3u1cub1?s=201674-238096&whtw
• Void Sent - 9 total mobs and 352,366 dmg
• Void Spawn - 50 total mobs and 491,316 dmg
• Entropius - 147,232 dmg (31 casts)

zathrus:

Please state the complete before and after...

Spell hit rating:
Spell crit rating:
Spell haste rating:
Spell damage to shadow spell:

zathrus:

Please state the complete before and after...

Spell hit rating:
Spell crit rating:
Spell haste rating:
Spell damage to shadow spell:

Accoding to spreadsheet 

before:

• Spell hit rating: 246
• Spell crit rating: 316
• Spell haste rating: 153
• Shadow spell damage: 1401+107

after:

• Spell hit rating: 230
• Spell crit rating: 316
• Spell haste rating: 243
• Shadow Spell damage: 1352+54

The ratings you state should be only on you gear and gem choices.  Please confirm (no shaman totems, no drums factored in, no raid level buffs, etc.)

zathrus:

The ratings you state should be only on you gear and gem choices.  Please confirm (no shaman totems, no drums factored in, no raid level buffs, etc.)

Correct. The numbers listed was just me without using my drums and without raid buffs.