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#1 Dec 07 2011 at 8:59 AM Rating: Decent
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I have been playing a druid for at least 3 years and I just learned today that I had a way to dispell enrage effects. Had it not been for me switching UIs and going through my spellbook and dragging spells out I may never have.

Guess I should keep looking at see what other gems I've been missing out on.
#2 Dec 07 2011 at 9:19 AM Rating: Good
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You obviously aren't drinking enough beer. Drinking beer makes you a better druid.
#3 Dec 07 2011 at 9:38 AM Rating: Decent
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When did soothe change to a enrage dispell anyway?
#4 Dec 07 2011 at 9:40 AM Rating: Decent
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I think that Aethien is on to something. I actually found a way to increase my damage on my shadow priest rotation because I was drinking heavily and started to mess with my cast order.
#5 Dec 07 2011 at 9:51 AM Rating: Decent
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I used to drink alot when I tanked. I think the slightly slower reflexes helped me keep my rotation going better cause I put a little more thought into what button I was going to smash next.
#6 Dec 07 2011 at 10:32 AM Rating: Excellent
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xinaskin wrote:
When did soothe change to a enrage dispell anyway?


4.0 if I remember right. I suddenly found myself on enrage dispel on LK p1... Smiley: lol
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#7 Dec 07 2011 at 10:55 AM Rating: Decent
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Well I don't feel as bad then. If it had been a change in WoTLK or before I'd have really felt like an idiot.
#8 Dec 07 2011 at 2:00 PM Rating: Good
No where near as bad as a druid not knowing about hibernate and putting mobs to sleep...

On another note, I'm a completely fail boomkin and need help =(
#9 Dec 07 2011 at 2:08 PM Rating: Good
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xNocturnalSunx wrote:
On another note, I'm a completely fail boomkin and need help =(


Respec Feral.

You're welcome. Smiley: wink
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#10 Dec 07 2011 at 2:19 PM Rating: Decent
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I can raid heal as good as the next guy and I get more praise then complaints when tanking but thunder chickens leave me in a state of confusion. I just can't seem to play one remotely close to right.
#11 Dec 07 2011 at 2:36 PM Rating: Good
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Mazra wrote:
xNocturnalSunx wrote:
On another note, I'm a completely fail boomkin and need help =(


Respec Feral.

You're welcome. Smiley: wink


Because John ******* Madden is easier?
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#12 Dec 07 2011 at 2:43 PM Rating: Good
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IDrownFish wrote:
Mazra wrote:
xNocturnalSunx wrote:
On another note, I'm a completely fail boomkin and need help =(


Respec Feral.

You're welcome. Smiley: wink


Because John @#%^ing Madden is easier?
With enough beer in your belly, it is.
#13 Dec 07 2011 at 2:46 PM Rating: Excellent
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#14 Dec 07 2011 at 3:12 PM Rating: Good
Eh, I've already got a rogue. I'd rather not do the whole feral thing lol. Besides, I like my bubbly chickenbutt.
#15 Dec 07 2011 at 3:14 PM Rating: Good
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IDrownFish wrote:
Because John @#%^ing Madden is easier?


Anything is easier than the crap that is the Boomkin eclipse meter. That has got to be the most wonky mechanic I've ever had the displeasure of using. It's up there with Shadow Orbs.

*shudder*
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#16 Dec 07 2011 at 3:19 PM Rating: Excellent
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Mazra wrote:
IDrownFish wrote:
Because John @#%^ing Madden is easier?


Anything is easier than the crap that is the Boomkin eclipse meter. That has got to be the most wonky mechanic I've ever had the displeasure of using. It's up there with Shadow Orbs.

*shudder*


I dunno, OOC procs are pretty bad. By the time they show up on my screen I've usually pressed the next button. Oh looky I wasted my proc on some meaningless spell again! Smiley: rolleyes
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#17 Dec 07 2011 at 4:12 PM Rating: Decent
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I really feel like they need to change the duration of cast effects.

Example:
Arcane Blast, the buff makes it do more damage, so once you have a set number of stacks up, you don't want to switch spells and cast something else.

If the buff lasted for 20 seconds you could cast Arcane Missiles or whatever else.
#18 Dec 07 2011 at 4:34 PM Rating: Decent
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Dosn't the buff still end when you cast anything besides Arcane Blast?
#19 Dec 07 2011 at 4:54 PM Rating: Good
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Yeah, that's how it works.

Spam Arcane Blast to stack the cost and output. Switch to something else to break the stack. That's why there are burn and mp5 phases when playing an Arcane Mage. Your burn phase is where you just spam Arcane Blast and take the mana hit for maximum DPS. The mp5 (or hover/idle/whatever) phase is where you alternate between Arcane Blast and Arcane Missiles to prevent the buff from stacking too high.

Or so I've heard.
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#20 Dec 07 2011 at 4:58 PM Rating: Decent
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Mages have the most boring rotation I have played. I like my DK's rotation. I just smash whatever button happens to be glowing from a proc as fast as I can. There is probably a more efficient way to play them but the Whack-a-mole style still gets me more dps on him than any other character I have.
#21 Dec 07 2011 at 5:51 PM Rating: Good
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Well, that's because it's a Death Knight.
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#22 Dec 07 2011 at 6:34 PM Rating: Good
xinaskin wrote:
I can raid heal as good as the next guy and I get more praise then complaints when tanking but thunder chickens leave me in a state of confusion. I just can't seem to play one remotely close to right.


I play a feral druid. My twin brother plays a boomkin. We both stare at the other's mechanics in utter confusion, and watching us try to play the other dps spec is like watching an amateur pianist try to use his feet. To play the piano, not to walk.
#23 Dec 07 2011 at 6:57 PM Rating: Excellent
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Mazra wrote:
Yeah, that's how it works.

Spam Arcane Blast to stack the cost and output. Switch to something else to break the stack. That's why there are burn and mp5 phases when playing an Arcane Mage. Your burn phase is where you just spam Arcane Blast and take the mana hit for maximum DPS. The mp5 (or hover/idle/whatever) phase is where you alternate between Arcane Blast and Arcane Missiles to prevent the buff from stacking too high.

Or so I've heard.

Well, Arcane Explosion doesn't wipe your stacks, so you can stack the buff to 4 and get a few buffed AEs off.
#24 Dec 07 2011 at 7:00 PM Rating: Excellent
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xinaskin wrote:
I have been playing a druid for at least 3 years and I just learned today that I had a way to dispell enrage effects. Had it not been for me switching UIs and going through my spellbook and dragging spells out I may never have.

Guess I should keep looking at see what other gems I've been missing out on.


Patch 4.0.1, on 12 Oct 2010. I didn't catch it at first, either. I just wish it was castable in Feral forms, so I could use it when I'm tanking on my druid.
#25 Dec 08 2011 at 3:04 AM Rating: Decent
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Don't even wanna know how many abilities I don't use at all or not to the fullest across all my toons.

Just like yesterday I rediscovered Holy Shield on my pally, which I apparently managed to drag to a new spot on my action bars without ever noticing. Those golden/yellow icons all look the freaking same now.
#26 Dec 08 2011 at 8:45 AM Rating: Good
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Holy Shield?

That thing I macroed to some other thing because keeping track of a 30-second cooldown is a pain?
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