The Spirit Realm

While browsing the Bazaar earlier there was a vendor with a large stock of Regeneration Awareness V potions, priced at 45pp a pop. I bought a few and experimented....

Interestingly the results were the same for Spiritual Serenity, Quiescence and Stoicism with the potion - I didn't test Torpor and don't have BoT but it should have been the same for both. Now that the UI shows the buff duration it makes testing the HoTs much easier than in the old days!

Test one - SCRM + EE5
In theory: 4 * 1.50 * 1.15 = 6.9 ticks
In practice: 0:42 on the icon, 8 pulses of healing

Test two - SCRM + Zephyr of Brell
In theory: 4 * 1.50 * 1.20 = 7.2 ticks for Stoicism and Quiescence
In practice: 0:42 on the icon, 8 pulses of healing

Test three - SCRM + EE5 + RA5
In theory: 4 * 1.50 * 1.15 * 1.05 = 7.2 ticks
In practice: 0:48 on the icon, 9 pulses of healing

Test four - SCRM + Zephyr of Brell + RA5 for Stoicism and Quiescence
In theory: 4 * 1.50 * 1.20 * 1.05 = 7.56 ticks
In practice: 0:48 on the icon, 9 pulses of healing


(Picture taken during test three, using Talisman of Wunshi and Spiritual Channeling to full effect)

I was so astounded at getting an extra tick I tried it around ten times - and every time, even with just an EE5 item equipped I got an extra tick out of the HoTs.

So, to sum up - even though the maths doesn't suggust it, in my experience I was able to repeatedly get an extra tick out of my HoTs with a 15% extension item. I'd imagine most non-raiding shamans have either a 15% or 20% boost to their buffs, in which case they should benefit - I can't test 25% and 30% focus items though as I don't have any!

Sexy. I'll have to experiment with some of the other flavors of awareness potions at some point.

So it looks like maybe this just gives +1 tick regardless? If so, that's kinda cool, although (looks for a synonym for situational).

It works the same way with the efficiency potions on dots. I use them all the time when soloing. The extra tick helps a ton. Also the potions lasts like 3 hours or so. Those are the potions before the revamp, can you still make the awareness pots now? I asume you can just a different name/combine tho.