Couple Questions Please :)

Couple Questions Please :)

Post 09 Sep 2010 18:20

Avatar Lailyne
 
Posts: 12
Few questions, do you macro steady shot to all your shots? The other hunter in my guild did this and Im not entirely sure if its worth it. I know you said you have silencing macroed to aimed correct? Cause at the moment I have silencing macroed to steady cause I was concerned about silencing having a 20 sec CD and aimed having a 10 sec CD. Didnt want to miss out on a possible shot. Im sure Im missing a completely simple answer that and something with the GCD's but I never fully understood that part lol.

Just trying to correct any mishaps I have with my rotation, cause while I am in the top on the dps meters, I am still not where I want to be. The other hunter and I are geared relatively the same outside of our neckpieces (Im still trying to get the Sindy neck to replace Wodin's :( and he has it. Bastard. =P) and he is at times pulling a LOT higher dps then me. I do have some minor lag issues that I have to work out so I know that is a minor issue, but not the whole thing. There are things I have to change. Also, when you see you have 1 second left on chimera or aimed CD, do you just auto shoot and not attempt to fit a steady in so you get it right off CD?

And finally - once I get the 25m Sindy neck, Ill be at 1383 ArP without the food buff. Should I still eat that instead of the fish feast to get my completely hard capped even though itll push me over 1400?

Thanks!

P.S. And just in case, here is my armory: http://www.wowarmory.com/character-shee ... cn=Lailyne

Re: Couple Questions Please :)

Post 10 Sep 2010 19:24

Avatar Millenwow
 
Posts: 7
do you macro steady shot to all your shots?

I wouldn't suggest it.

silencing macroed to aimed correct?

Like you said, aimed is 10 seconds, silencing is 20 and triggers no GCD, so every second aimed shot includes a silencing.

Should I still eat that instead of the fish feast to get my completely hard capped even though itll push me over 1400?

I'd suggest replacing a +20 ArP for a +20 Agi and still eat the +40 ArP food.

BTW move your nightmare tear from your cloak's slot to your chest.

Re: Couple Questions Please :)

Post 13 Sep 2010 08:55

Avatar Kruf
 
Posts: 473
Lailyne wrote:Few questions, do you macro steady shot to all your shots?


Why would I? You can't cast 2 spells (abilities are internally handled as "spells" by the game no matter if they actually use mana or not) from one buttonpress anyway, so what would you gain from macroing Steady Shot to everything else?

Lailyne wrote:I know you said you have silencing macroed to aimed correct? Cause at the moment I have silencing macroed to steady cause I was concerned about silencing having a 20 sec CD and aimed having a 10 sec CD. Didnt want to miss out on a possible shot. Im sure Im missing a completely simple answer that and something with the GCD's but I never fully understood that part lol.


Since the Silencing Shot CD is exactly twice that of Aimed Shot, it fires together with every other Aimed Shot. As it's completely off-GCD the rule above about "one spell per button press" does not apply.

Lailyne wrote:The other hunter and I are geared relatively the same outside of our neckpieces (Im still trying to get the Sindy neck to replace Wodin's :( and he has it. Bastard. =P) and he is at times pulling a LOT higher dps then me.


Check the shotcounts and critrates when you compare dps with someone in the same fight - high crit rates do happen especially when fights are short and can seriously push the numbers up. Shotcount gives a much better idea what the real difference between you is.

Lailyne wrote:Also, when you see you have 1 second left on chimera or aimed CD, do you just auto shoot and not attempt to fit a steady in so you get it right off CD?


Depends on the situation, since you cannot cast Steady Shot while moving but you can cast Chimera Shot since it's instant. So if you think it's likely you have to move you can push the Chimera a bit. In pure standstill, I think about 0.8sec is my cutoff, but I'm not sure how optimal that is - optimizing for the absolute last few dps increase isn't all that interesting given how random the dps is with all the procs and short fights where luck with crits dominate.

Lailyne wrote:And finally - once I get the 25m Sindy neck, Ill be at 1383 ArP without the food buff. Should I still eat that instead of the fish feast to get my completely hard capped even though itll push me over 1400?


You eat arpen food and replace arpen gems with agi (or agi/crit) so that you're always hardcapped but as little over the cap as possible.

Lailyne wrote:P.S. And just in case, here is my armory: http://www.wowarmory.com/character-shee ... cn=Lailyne


Might want to consider moving that Nightmare Tear to some other item where you can get a bigger socket bonus, especially once you can start using agi/crit gems in yellow sockets while staying arpen capped.