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#1 Jun 22 2011 at 9:51 AM Rating: Decent
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So I was wondering whom you folks routinely target for Focus Magic? I was thinking the healer as they would be casting fairly consistently. What do you think? Whom do you target?
#2 Jun 22 2011 at 10:21 AM Rating: Good
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List of FM options and their relative value, compliments of EJ.
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#3 Jun 22 2011 at 10:35 AM Rating: Good
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Note that the list I linked doesn't link healers. This is for two reasons.

For one, it's assumed that all of those classes (at least at the top of the list) will have at least one crit per 10 second period. So your own DPS shouldn't change regardless of who you put it on. The only place this is really questionable is with the melee casters (Paladins and DKs, specifically). Pallies, assuming Ret, only have a few abilities that count as spells. And they are all proc based, besides Judgement. It's feasibly you won't see complete uptime.

Same with DKs. Unholy will only proc it off of Icy Touch, which in a best case scenario they only use once a fight, and Death Coil, which they avoid using while their Ghoul is transformed, so as to save RP for when he switches back. You'll only get DCs from Sudden Death in the meantime.

Shaman, though, should give you 100% uptime.

As such, you really are looking to maximize your dps contribution by looking at the damage of the other player. The higher their potential damage, the greater the boon for the party. A healer's potential damage increase is 0.

Now, that's not to say giving one to a healer is necessarily bad, only that doing so on the assumption that they'll give you high uptime is. You need to balance it around what your group needs. Personally, I'd avoid giving it to the healer if possible, since it actually IS feasible that they won't give me the buff within a 10 second period, especially if they are using their slow-cast spell.

Though, at the same token, if your group is struggling with survivability, I'd say it's better to give them the crit.
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#4 Jun 22 2011 at 2:20 PM Rating: Good
Being a shadow priest is awesome... we're the best target for Dark Intent, and Focus Magic. Smiley: grin Now if only my raid group had a mage in addition to the lock...
#5 Jun 22 2011 at 3:02 PM Rating: Good
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No mage? BLASPHEMY.
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#6 Jun 22 2011 at 3:15 PM Rating: Good
Yeah I know. =/ And we have 3 priests!!! And no shaman... so our lone hunter gets to be BM and use a core hound so we can have bloodlust. =x Our group make up is kinda goofy, but that's what happens when you put together a raid and invite the people you want to raid with, with no thought to the composition of said group. But at least the guy who put the group together admitted that. Smiley: smile
#8 Jun 25 2011 at 8:50 AM Rating: Good
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Make someone reroll. >:(
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#9 Jun 26 2011 at 10:12 PM Rating: Good
So we have a mage now. =x Or at least we did this week. New guy in the guild, don't know if he's going to be a regular or was just a one time thing. He kept giving FM to the lock though! Even though the lock gives me DI. Weirdness.
#10 Jun 26 2011 at 11:01 PM Rating: Good
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You could have asked for it. :P
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#11 Jun 26 2011 at 11:21 PM Rating: Good
Yeah, if he stays in the group I probably will. I just don't want to look like a buff *****, even if me getting the buffs is most beneficial for the group. =x
#12 Jun 27 2011 at 12:19 AM Rating: Good
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Simple, ask the raid leader to intercede on your behalf.
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#13 Jun 27 2011 at 12:27 AM Rating: Good
Hmm, good point. I'll do that.
#14 Jun 27 2011 at 12:36 AM Rating: Good
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Why deal with issues yourself when you can make other people do it? Smiley: schooled
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#15 Aug 25 2011 at 6:44 PM Rating: Default
That list is a chart of how much increase, it doesnt give the answer to the op of who he should use fm on. A healer is your last resort. I usually go in priority: Arcane Mage, Warlock, Spriest, Ele Shaman, Boomkin. This is if I happen to be in a pug. In our 25 we run 2 mages, we switch fm, this is the best thing to do if you run with another mage, other than that DoT classes are all viable choices and only differ by around 225 dps from best to worst class.

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#16 Aug 25 2011 at 6:55 PM Rating: Good
Obviously, he should give FM to the person who gets the biggest bonus from it. Duh. WINNING!

Sorry, couldn't help myself. =x
#17 Aug 25 2011 at 8:28 PM Rating: Default
If I'm on my mage and in a pug I'll find the ele shammy and be 100% crit all the time or another arcane mage.. if there are non of them then i go norm mage, moonkin ( crit chicken), lock, sp, and finally healer....
#18 Aug 27 2011 at 10:17 AM Rating: Good
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The point is that you should give it to the person who would give you the best raid dps increase. That includes your increased damage as well as theirs. Generally speaking, your uptime should be high enough across all the top classes (at least at this point) that you should just choose based on their increased dps.
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#19 Aug 27 2011 at 11:47 AM Rating: Good
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idiggory, King of Bards wrote:
The point is that you should give it to the person who would give you the best raid dps increase. That includes your increased damage as well as theirs. Generally speaking, your uptime should be high enough across all the top classes (at least at this point) that you should just choose based on their increased dps.which is willing to bribe you more.
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#20 Aug 31 2011 at 8:58 AM Rating: Decent
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LOL Poldy!
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