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Hi I'm Culex and I have questions
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Post by
Coronado
Ok, so I've been playing for a couple years (took a 3 month break) and got back since Jan.
At the moment I have a solid 3.5k dps up to 5k in single target (boss) fights.
My questions (which I've always tried to figure out) are:
Rotation:
CS > Judgement > DS > Exorcism (with AoW) > CS and so on...
(Pop a Consecration around there when rest is on CD)
Am I getting this straight? Because sometimes I get all my stuff on CD and it messes up my DPS.
Gear:
Please check my armory
Link
Don't mind the back, I know it doesn't fit lol
Pretty much improved everything in a couple of weeks, I know I'm not that awesome, but I've been working hard to get my stuff right.
Let me know what you think of my gemming and enchanting choices.
Talents:
See above, I designed my spec as pure PvE DPS.
Please comment on choices and stuff you think would improve me.
Other:
- Is everything labeled as Holy damage (i.e. Seal of Corruption damage) improved by my AP or my SP?
- I've heard my Hit Rating is capped and my Crit % is ok. Should I focus on stacking anything else?
- I've noticed (with the latest patch changes) that my Haste Rating is really pumping up my DPS, does it fit me as a melee DPS class (and a Paladin at that)?
Any advice is welcome, seeing that I'm really trying to get better and you guys probably know a lot more about that than I do. If you need aditional data, I'll be glad to provide.
My sincere thanks, Culex.
Post by
PureGold
*cracks knuckles* Let's do this.
Rotation
: Wrong, sorry. We go by a first come first serve style of "rotation" meaning we use our best ability no matter WHAT else is off cooldown the list is as follows. (in case you are wondering ">" literally means the spell is greater than the one following it)
Hammer of Wrath (when boss is less than 20%) > Crusader Strike > Judgement of Wisdom > Divine Storm > Consecration > Exorcism > Holy Wrath (on undead/demon mobs)
This link within the stickies should explain this further based on gear, situation, blah blah etc.
Gear
: You are WAAAAAAY over hit cap. Like a mile and a half over, fix this. The cap is 8% 2xx rating, I forget the exact number.
I don't believe this....0 expertise...Zero? How you pulled this off is freakin' amazing to me...
Expertise is very important, don't gem for it just get some from gear. In fact (though this bleeds into your talent spec a little) you can get 10 expertise JUST from a glyph slot change to
Glyph of Seal of Vengeance
not 10 expertise rating 10 EXPERTISE. You need this, which leads me to your spec....
Talents
: I'm assuming the Ret spec with
Divine Intellect 5/5
is your pve spec. This spec is wasting 5 points in the talent I just linked. It is wasted, period. No ifs, ands, or buts. Change these points into some utility like...
Vindication
.
Your glyphs...ohhh your glyphs. Glyph of Seal of Command is garbage, now in your defense I don't remember which one the Glyph of Seal of Blood changed into but I'm pretty sure it wasn't this one...
You have a few choices on your glyphs which are again in the sticky link I posted early on.
My opinion: Replace glyph of salvation and glyph of seal of command with
this
and
this
. Not 100% on how much better Exorcism's glyph is over consecrate's though.
I'm going to stress AGAIN how important
THIS GLYPH IS!
Other
: I'm going to list these in the order you asked the question.
Both AP and SP play a role in the damage our spells do. I don't know which ones don't have a SP coefficient and which ones do but know that stacking AP gives you more SP so don't bother stacking SP.
You need more crit. Why? Because you always need more crit. I already adressed your hit and what you should focus on earlier.
Your haste isn't doing as much as you think, ARP is better than haste...so I think you know what I mean by saying that.
If you can think of anything I left out let me know.
Also: I'm not the end all be all of Ret, I just pay attention around here.
TL;DR- Get some $%^&ing expertise and better glyphs.
Edit: Did I just make a post longer than the original post? I think that is a first for me....
Post by
Coronado
My good man, thank you for your rather long advice. It has helped me noticed the flaws of my rushed gearing (I hadn't thought of the glyphs ffs), it's just that I haven't played in 3 months and I'm sort of rusty.
I welcome further advice and thank you on your insight.
Post by
PureGold
My good man, thank you for your rather long advice. It has helped me noticed the flaws of my rushed gearing (I hadn't thought of the glyphs ffs), it's just that I haven't played in 3 months and I'm sort of rusty.
I welcome further advice and thank you on your insight.
Unfortunately that is all I can think of without further questions. If you think of any more I will check back every now and then.
Oh shi- I didn't look at your gems..Haste gems...crit gems...ap gems...Fix that. Strength is your BEST gemming option. For a more descriptive post I am going to link
Quest's
post...
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424512
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Post by
Squishalot
Glyph of Consecration is a mana saving tool, not a DPS tool (primarily), unless it somehow miraculously solves your GCD clash resolutions (which I didn't think it did).
I generally prefer Glyph of Judgement, since 10% extra damage on a better attack every 8 seconds is better than 20% extra damage on a worse attack every 15 seconds.
Post by
blademeld
It helps with the GCD clash, especially with T10 2P
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424512
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Post by
PureGold
Well, I thought Glyph of Judgement was a given
but for 2nd/3rd place, I would take Cons over Exo
Depends...it seems almost all the ICC fights require some form of moving the boss and a 10 second consecrate ticking all over an empty space seems kinda pointless.
Post by
pezz
Talents
: I'm assuming the Ret spec with
Divine Intellect 5/5
is your pve spec. This spec is wasting 5 points in the talent I just linked. It is wasted, period. No ifs, ands, or buts. Change these points into some utility like...
Vindication
.
Just to be clear: If you decide to make a build with some utility, you're going to have to put five less-than-useful points into holy
somewhere
to come up with enough to get to Aura Mastery. I personally do put my 5 extra points into Divine Intellect because it gives you a little bit of breathing room to throw some raid utility spells around and move DP into more convenient parts of your rotation.
But, if you don't have Aura Mastery, 5/5 Divine Intellect is a very bad thing, as Pure said. You go eleven points into holy, or you go five points into holy. Any other number of points is wrong.
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