tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post1881600435273789322..comments2023-07-26T06:20:01.981-04:00Comments on 4 Haelz: Guest Post: The Job of a Raiding MoonkinBellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850946760618331779noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-57589070104355740472008-12-05T13:14:00.000-05:002008-12-05T13:14:00.000-05:00@ Anonymous -- What's your spec? I'm not having a...@ Anonymous -- What's your spec? I'm not having any mana issues on 10 mans, and I just dinged 80 2 days ago.<BR/><BR/>2200 DPS wouldn't let me top the charts with the groups I run with, I was top 5 on my Naxx 25-man, pushing 2500+. I would have DPSed more, but Decursing without having any sort of addon to help really takes away your DPS.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure I agree with stacking spirit; I usually don't give a care in the world how much spirit I have, but I don't have mana issues on 10-mans so far. Glyph of Innervate helps; because I usually never Innervate myself, but I still get some nice mana regen from it.<BR/><BR/>I also vehemently disagree with no use of Starfire; IMO, you can do a lot more damage with it.<BR/><BR/>MacbookAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-3054196235369244622008-12-04T13:49:00.000-05:002008-12-04T13:49:00.000-05:00I'm a raiding Boomkin on Alexstraza, and have been...I'm a raiding Boomkin on Alexstraza, and have been through all the major raids. With the new set-up of group buffs on everyone, 25 man raids no longer poses a mana drain. Goes balls to the walls and show your friends why mages are only good for food now. However, boomers still need to be efficient in the 10 mans (Naxx). One way to eliviate this is to stock up on the new gear with high spirit. Spirit now adds to a Boomkins bonus damage, and it keeps our mana flowing forever. I'm at 600 spirit right now and rarely drink after boss fights. On trash I average over 4000 dps and boss fights around 2200 dps, even while giving healers innervate and BRing dead guildies. Top 3 dps? Bah! I'm number one with nobody even close.<BR/><BR/>Best DPS rotation = ISS, MF, FF, Wrath. repeat Skip Starfire unless you have alot of haste. Otherwise you're just slowing yourself down. On trash, hurricane your life away. <BR/><BR/>Hope this helps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-50459658184446943052008-11-20T13:08:00.000-05:002008-11-20T13:08:00.000-05:00Hey guys --Thanks for the comments :)The post was ...Hey guys --<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comments :)<BR/><BR/>The post was a little dated, I sent it to Bellweather before I actually even began using the Moonfire/Starfire Glyph combination, and since those Glyphs have been out, I keep Moonfire up on bosses unless its a mana-intensive fight.<BR/><BR/>She was just swamped at the time I sent the post, and I guess I didn't think of updating it! Maybe I'll rewrite the post with newer information, since I guess I forgot what I had initially written!<BR/><BR/>My Moonfires are ticking around 700+ per DoT, so yes, its a huge DPS increase and definitely nothing to scoff at, and it fits in perfectly with a SF spamming rotation.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the feedback :)<BR/><BR/>MacbookAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-88372567592206043802008-11-20T03:18:00.000-05:002008-11-20T03:18:00.000-05:00The idea with Moonfire is to use both the glyphs o...The idea with Moonfire is to use both the glyphs of Moonfire (lowers the initial damage by 90% and boosts the periodic damage by 75%) and Starfire (each Starfire extends the duration of Moonfire by 3 seconds). This way you only have to refresh Moonfire every now and then, and it provides a very decent boost to your damage.Pieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752862299488140067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-3081788933293679132008-11-19T18:56:00.000-05:002008-11-19T18:56:00.000-05:00This advice sounds rather dated given the new Glyp...This advice sounds rather dated given the new Glyph of Starfire. Even with the stealth nerf, getting an extra 9 seconds of periodic damage per Moonfire cast due to repeated Starfire spamming (which we'll be doing anyway) is nothing to sneeze at. I can't think of a raiding moonkin who won't be using Moonfire due to that glyph.<BR/><BR/>After Phil's post I checked out Mac's blog and he <I>does</I> use Moonfire in various rotations, and including with that glyph, which makes this post look even weirder.Hanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12020803566446071455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-74189554674510472922008-11-19T14:57:00.000-05:002008-11-19T14:57:00.000-05:00Hmm some interesting thing in this post. I have to...Hmm some interesting thing in this post. I have to admit that I am not a raider and new to the moonkin spec, but I had kind of a WTF? moment when you said you don't use moonfire in your rotation. I understand the point where moonfire is expensive, which I get it really is, but don't you think that with talents like Imp IS, and the Glyph of Moonfire, it makes it a little more worth it? This is kinda of my raiding plan for 80 http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=0xGbhicsIdhVkohZfxcub I know it is probably not optimal and more hodgepodge than anything else hehe :3 But this is what seemed best to me. So lemme know what you think, I'm interested to see if this would be a competitive style. :3noonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09596328512362115633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-61171114128794952272008-11-19T12:11:00.000-05:002008-11-19T12:11:00.000-05:00Not to sound like a jerk or anything, but the arti...Not to sound like a jerk or anything, but the article doesn't really tell you much new information. I leveled balance in BC and I could figure that out simply by looking at the talent tree. But as I looked at his site, it does show some more detailed work.Phil Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16617169205395145946noreply@blogger.com