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Post by
Gnub
UPDATE (19th July 2009)
: This is outdated - alot. If you found this during a search, I'd suggest you pick another thread, as the information is that: outdated. I'm still getting alot of hits from this thread on my site, so I can only assume that's what's happening.
Again: This is outdated information!
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I felt like it was about time to do a write-up about the
Shaman Glyphs
, in regards to my own beloved spec, Elemental.
I'll be focusing a bit on whats best for all-out damage, what's the best of the 2 Mana-gaining Glyphs (
Lightning Bolt
and
Water Shield
)
Of course, I got carried away, and ended up doing a gigantic post, which I'm thinking of reposting in the Theory-crafting section.
Before that-however, I'd love some feedback from you guys :)
You can find the post here, on my site (and please, spare me with the "omg, keylogger" crap :P):
lightning does strike twice >> glyph-on
Enjoy the read.
Post by
Gnub
133 reads - and no comments? :O
Either people think it's perfect .. or, yeah, what?
Anyway, I changed the post above a bit to give a bit more information about what I'm writing about.
Every bit of feedback would be lovely :P
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Post by
Gnub
I think it's a great article that looks at the most important parts.
Thanks alot :) Glad to get some feedback (finally? XD).
I wish i knew how much mp5 1 percent critical chance was :)
That's a very tricky calculation, which is likely to be very loose. In short, it has to do with many factors; Are you casting ALL the time? How much haste do you have? ... etc. In the end, you'd likely do some of the same calculations I did when comparing the Water Shield and Lightning Bolt Glyphs. But, when you do, keep in mind that crit increases your DPS as well, mp5 doesn't (when not looking at the "oom"-part of it, that is).
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178827
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Post by
Gnub
Aye, I should probably redo the post completely at some point :)
But, anyway - as far as I can see now, the only obvious choice for Glyphs is 2fold:
Lava Burst focus (single target):
Glyph of Flametongue, Glyph of Lava and Glyph of Flame Shock.
Chain Lightning focus (semi-aoe):
Glyph of Flametongue, Glyph of Chain Lightning and Glyph of Elemental Mastery.
I'm going for the first :D
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230710
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Post by
Gnub
edit: since wrath is gone.. and I'm looking at the list right now, it seems the three I mentioned are the only viable elemental glyphs at all, wrath is gone, CL is gone... I can't find lava...
Wrath is getting removed, and Lava / new Flame Shock is added in the next patch (3.0.3).
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178827
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Post by
Gnub
Also, with the Minor Glyphs - keep in mind that you can now Water Walk while being Ghost Wolf, which is rather useful :)
We're far from Fire Mages though - Lava Burst is still on a 8 second cooldown, so there's still going to be quite a bit of LB/CL-spammage. Although, I do agree, quite a bit.
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