so i broke down and installed linux on an old desktop and im trying to figure out how to get wow to run on it ive downloaded wine now what do i have to do?    sorry to sound stupid but yea never used linux b4

Xendu/Pumas

couple years ago

Edited for smile (sort of)

I've been pouring over parses for a while now, and this is what I found.

There are a few key things to a moonkin's dps rotation.

Q 1) Proper dot management, when do you renew the dots? When do you let them fall of completely?

A 1) For moonfire, there generally isn't a time where you'd rather let moonfire fall off and not renew it immediately afterwards. The only example that comes to mind is a boss fight you know you're going to move momentarily, within the next few seconds, and moonfire is just about to fall off. That way you can do something useful while you move.

Prime example is Grobbulus. You know he'll be moved in a moment and your dots are just about to fall off. If you dot now, you'll move and do nothing, if you dot when you move your damage will go up. That seperates a "good" caster dps from the "average", ability to think ahead on rotations.

My Results: I've been going through the parses logfiles to check how my applications on dots, particular moonfire, were doing. I'm generally within less than a global, my moonfire dot times are quite good. Checking over parses the possible # of ticks for our last patchwerk kill was about 51 and I had 48 which is excellent.

A moonkin of my gear will not renew a insect swarm in any haste buff or eclipse scenario, but they will renew moonfire. So if you get a Power Infusion, Haste Pot, Trinket Haste Proc, Eclipse proc, or even heroism... do not renew insect swarm.

Q 2) Eclipse, how do I manage eclipse.. which eclipse proc do I want?

A 2) Currently the preferred Eclipse proc is the starfire 30% critical strike chance. A lack of crit on gear/raid buffs can make getting said proc a pain but it's still in the end more dps than the wrath proc unless you have absolutely zero haste and can make full benefit of nature's grace on wrath..

My Results: I've been within 4 seconds and rarely 5 seconds on my eclipse procs it seems. (This is from when I gain eclipse, to when I land my starfire.)  That's actually very good. Anything short of 4 seconds is either luck or, like myself, you watch for a natures grace proc when you're casting wrath and immediately switch to starfire. If it didn't proc, you hope your starfire didn't crit. (Next patch this will be more doable as the wrath eclipse isn't as bad as before.)

Q 3) Treants, /sigh.

A 3) /sigh.. They're a large dps increase if used properly. They recieve buffs such as battle shout(yes it ups their dps rawriors battleshout when you see those trees!) and most notable heroism. If your raid heroisms at a specific time and your pets will live the duration, summon them right before heroism directly behind the boss and you'll be good to go.

My Results: If we call heroism, my treants rape face :<. They'd kill 4-5 of our squishier raid members if I could sick them on them muahahaha.

My overall dps recently has been about 5750. What my rotation primarily is (note don't do this) is IS MF Wrath SF during eclipse/haste procs. I'll be -trying- (do this) switching to the starfire idol, and -only- casting wrath when it can proc eclipse, starfire period otherwise. Going off parses that should zoom me up past 6k. We shall see.

So tonight on Patchwerk, I'm hoping to break 6k. Warriors that aren't doing commanding please throw up a battle shout if you have the global when we heroism for treant raping goodness. And if we could count down the heroism that'd be excellent.

I've been buying / milling / crafting / and qqing as the massive lack of nobles cards in thousands worth of herbs. After 6-7k and 3 nobles cards later I've given up on my luck and posting this to guild. I'd like the deck for PvP purposes, if I don't use it, my arena partner will but will owe me big time ;p. (Either running Resto / Ret , or Feral / Holy, preferrably the latter stronger comp.)

I currently need:

Ace of Nobles

Eight of Nobles

I also have a four of nobles I'd trade straight up for another noble, I'll pay for the cards but please don't gouge me with a 4k card or something D:. I'm not made of money XD.