by Brohg » Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:28 pm
I rarely use any power source at all, but when I do it's Elemental. I also don't typically chow down on Halloween candy. That bit's just laziness, though, since I have Baking skill sufficient for a BBC.
I really do unload every spell for damaging ones. I've been PM'd already about the dps thing, so I'll just copy my response here:
Ur-Floxiz is one of those special situations where the group needs little-to-no support, so nearly all spell gems can be devoted to dps.
Number one, use everything you have. For the burn I cited, I had myself and doggie meleeing from behind with Cougar 3, zergdogs, Chain Bite, six dots. That's 8 of 10 spell gems. The only concession made to the continuing fight after the burn phase is Ancestral Intervention and Ancestral Harkening. Not even a heal, let alone HoT or Champ. To be very clear: canni's on the chopping block, I might run Vestax's there next time. The spell bar is ALL damage. For buffs, Docent of Toxicity is key, as is Tonic of Efficiency Affinity, and tribute Affliction Haste. And yes, I had Intensity running. Without Intensity, the same effort is around 24-2500 dps. I don't use the expendable AA much. I'll probably be more likely to when I finish the permanent ones, but the no-support burn fights are so rare that Intensity is always up anyhow.
On a compressed short duration burn, it's important to prioritize spells by damage and be aware of their duration. It's all about the total damage you can do with your casting time. That may sound dumb, but it's important because approaching the math wrong can lead to funny conclusions. If you started with the highest dps single spell, for instance, and then cast the highest dps single spell available when the gems came up again... you'd chaincast Vestax's till the cows came home, and cap out at ~1200dps for the fight. The spreadsheet I use I made myself, you can find it . It reflects my situation with regards to foci (Docent and Malosinatia are added in), hopefully you can figure out where to change the relevant bits for you. You'll have to add on your own if the table doesn't already have the ranks of spells you're using.
is the fight I pulled the number from, you can see how I cast from the parse. Basically, Bite-dot-dot-Bite-dot-dot- etc.
Bite
Turg AA
Rancor
Epic
Nectar
Intensity
Bite
dogs
Veng
Veng
Bite
Pocus
Juju
Bite
-is the opener
You'll notice my guild finishes significantly faster than yours. Our best time is closer to a minute than the 1:20 that parse shows off, but that run is more typical. That relieves the need for preserving folks from adds.