Comments for The Inconspicuous Bear http://theincbear.com Bares mostly like the taste of fase! Wed, 15 May 2013 05:29:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Comment on Monday Roundup – May 13, 2013 by Arielle http://theincbear.com/monday-roundup-may-13-2013#comment-24797 Arielle Wed, 15 May 2013 05:29:33 +0000 http://theincbear.com/?p=2041#comment-24797 See: http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/1296339-Armor-buff?p=21105234&viewfull=1#post21105234 See: http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/1296339-Armor-buff?p=21105234&viewfull=1#post21105234

]]> Comment on Monday Roundup – May 13, 2013 by Growlgrrl http://theincbear.com/monday-roundup-may-13-2013#comment-24795 Growlgrrl Wed, 15 May 2013 02:47:31 +0000 http://theincbear.com/?p=2041#comment-24795 With the Mastery buff, the datamined change is the one listed which suggests its just a buff to the base value of Mastery, while the offical PTR notes list that it is a full buff to scaling: Mastery: Nature's Guardian is now 33% stronger (2% per point instead of 1.5%). With the Mastery buff, the datamined change is the one listed which suggests its just a buff to the base value of Mastery, while the offical PTR notes list that it is a full buff to scaling:

Mastery: Nature’s Guardian is now 33% stronger (2% per point instead of 1.5%).

]]> Comment on TDR: Haste vs Mastery by Vorticose http://theincbear.com/tdr-haste-vs-mastery#comment-24730 Vorticose Thu, 09 May 2013 09:44:16 +0000 http://theincbear.com/?p=2031#comment-24730 The journal says "Talon Rake – Ji-Kun uses her talons to pierce through the armor of her current target. Talon Rake inflicts 175% weapon damage as Physical damage and increases the damage received by the victim from future Talon Rakes by 50% for 1 min." It sounded a little like it ignored armor, sorry for misleading people :-o ! The journal says “Talon Rake – Ji-Kun uses her talons to pierce through the armor of her current target. Talon Rake inflicts 175% weapon damage as Physical damage and increases the damage received by the victim from future Talon Rakes by 50% for 1 min.”
It sounded a little like it ignored armor, sorry for misleading people :-o !

]]> Comment on TDR: Haste vs Mastery by Arielle http://theincbear.com/tdr-haste-vs-mastery#comment-24729 Arielle Thu, 09 May 2013 07:00:08 +0000 http://theincbear.com/?p=2031#comment-24729 Why on earth does everyone think that Talon Rake ignores armor? It doesn't. I think people really mean Infected Talons (which is actually Nature Damage). Note that this does not include T&C, since that pretty much requires a sim to model correctly. Working on getting SimC up to snuff so I can do things like that. Why on earth does everyone think that Talon Rake ignores armor? It doesn’t. I think people really mean Infected Talons (which is actually Nature Damage). Note that this does not include T&C, since that pretty much requires a sim to model correctly. Working on getting SimC up to snuff so I can do things like that.

]]> Comment on TDR: Haste vs Mastery by Vorticose http://theincbear.com/tdr-haste-vs-mastery#comment-24728 Vorticose Thu, 09 May 2013 05:37:45 +0000 http://theincbear.com/?p=2031#comment-24728 So judging from the change in slope, mastery is roughly x3.5 times better from %DR standpoint? Do you have a more precise figure for that. I've always liked mastery/armor in theory, but I feel there is just too much ignoring armor at the moment for me to want any. I'm not 100% sure but I think the Meta (and therefore Haste-based DR) will apply to some armor-ignoring effects, such as physical DoTs, Talon Rake, and Snapping Bite. So judging from the change in slope, mastery is roughly x3.5 times better from %DR standpoint? Do you have a more precise figure for that.

I’ve always liked mastery/armor in theory, but I feel there is just too much ignoring armor at the moment for me to want any. I’m not 100% sure but I think the Meta (and therefore Haste-based DR) will apply to some armor-ignoring effects, such as physical DoTs, Talon Rake, and Snapping Bite.

]]> Comment on TDR: Haste vs Mastery by Arielle http://theincbear.com/tdr-haste-vs-mastery#comment-24694 Arielle Mon, 06 May 2013 17:31:18 +0000 http://theincbear.com/?p=2031#comment-24694 On the whole Haste is obviously a superior stat for a wide range of reasons. I was just comparing its effects on RPPM to a pure TDR stat like Mastery for fun. On the whole Haste is obviously a superior stat for a wide range of reasons. I was just comparing its effects on RPPM to a pure TDR stat like Mastery for fun.

]]> Comment on TDR: Haste vs Mastery by Ot http://theincbear.com/tdr-haste-vs-mastery#comment-24690 Ot Mon, 06 May 2013 15:28:01 +0000 http://theincbear.com/?p=2031#comment-24690 Since Haste is a pretty good stat for RPS as well, wouldn't the combination of RPS utility and TDR utility (plus T&C procs) make Haste a super stat for those with the tanking legendary meta? Since Haste is a pretty good stat for RPS as well, wouldn’t the combination of RPS utility and TDR utility (plus T&C procs) make Haste a super stat for those with the tanking legendary meta?

]]> Comment on TDR: Haste vs Mastery by Arielle http://theincbear.com/tdr-haste-vs-mastery#comment-24659 Arielle Sat, 04 May 2013 09:02:44 +0000 http://theincbear.com/?p=2031#comment-24659 It's measured in total percentage damage reduction. I realized afterwards that I should've labeled the graph (bad me!). But the gist is that the tanking meta does not give you significantly better TDR if you stack Haste. I kinda knew this already but just wanted to show others. It’s measured in total percentage damage reduction. I realized afterwards that I should’ve labeled the graph (bad me!). But the gist is that the tanking meta does not give you significantly better TDR if you stack Haste. I kinda knew this already but just wanted to show others.

]]> Comment on TDR: Haste vs Mastery by Arielle http://theincbear.com/tdr-haste-vs-mastery#comment-24658 Arielle Sat, 04 May 2013 09:00:40 +0000 http://theincbear.com/?p=2031#comment-24658 That's correct, yes. However it doesn't affect the relative uptime of the meta (that is, the uptime compared to when you are tanking) thanks to RPPM. That’s correct, yes. However it doesn’t affect the relative uptime of the meta (that is, the uptime compared to when you are tanking) thanks to RPPM.

]]> Comment on TDR: Haste vs Mastery by Arielle http://theincbear.com/tdr-haste-vs-mastery#comment-24657 Arielle Sat, 04 May 2013 08:59:46 +0000 http://theincbear.com/?p=2031#comment-24657 Yeah, most people will use the DPS meta anyway. I just did this for funsies. Yeah, most people will use the DPS meta anyway. I just did this for funsies.

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