tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790585862105741822.post5484316347706222236..comments2010-06-15T07:13:36.903-07:00Comments on Ancestral Knowledge: The Enhancement Experience: Priority QQMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09024178082042301533noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790585862105741822.post-3721522217167697532010-04-29T14:25:40.625-07:002010-04-29T14:25:40.625-07:00On my shaman alt I chose enhance as my mainspec, a...On my shaman alt I chose enhance as my mainspec, and I love it. I do agree with it being a very punishing rotation, but I've read that the difference between the perfect rotation and just hitting things randomly is pretty small, so if I get into a situation where I need to focus on something else I try to just keep high priority on ES, Stormstrike and Maelstrom and hit the rest randomly.<br /><br />I've also spent a lot of time at the training dummies getting used to my keybinds, I've probably reached the 2hr marks of standing there testing my rotation, I definitely didn't need this kind of practice for boomkin which is my main's offspec.<br /><br />The other frustrating thing about this spec is that if you get absolute BIS gear and do your rotation perfectly, the max dps you'll ever do is about 12K, where some other classes can hit 12K in worse gear and with much easier rotationsLemontreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022490659878218751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790585862105741822.post-23443126535281554742010-03-11T03:59:43.604-08:002010-03-11T03:59:43.604-08:00I'm a resto main with enhancement offspec and ...I'm a resto main with enhancement offspec and I actually tend to play 50/50 these days and regularly swap between bosses (yay flasks :/) due to lack of other people willing to provide Imp WF/Imp SoE/AP etc.<br /><br />I have to agree with most of what you wrote. On fights like Saurfang or Festergut I do very competitive damage as I can concentrate completely on my rotation. On Putricide and even Rotface I find my dps dropping massively. <br /><br />What's worse though is that I have less health and no decent abilities to negate/avoid damage like all other melee. On Putricide this week we encountered some fairly nasty lag and at several points we had green puddles drop on the melee but not actually show. The other melee would drop very low but survive where as I'd just die.<br /><br />I'm also actually glad that Magma Totem is better than Searing Totem in all cases as I've got enough spells keybound as it is. I already don't bother with Chain Lightning on multi-mob fights as it's another cooldown and keybind I don't want to have to deal with.<br /><br />I'd definitely welcome the removal Lava Lash and some changes to Fire totems though - increased Magma duration or perhaps just reduce Fire Elemental cooldown to 2 minutes so you can have it up almost all the time (might require a small nerf to damage I guess).<br /><br />I can't see myself sticking with enhancement offspec in the expansion though. Although I prefer it for levelling, I've never got on with melee classes in raid environments.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15663708569223620421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790585862105741822.post-67585181926574928072010-03-05T13:46:40.182-08:002010-03-05T13:46:40.182-08:00I was enhancement for a good portion of my level 8...I was enhancement for a good portion of my level 80 career, and I absolutely loved it. I still do. It's a spec that all but requires addons and macros to be effective, but once you have them, it's not too terribly difficult with a bit of practice.<br /><br />The reason they added Lava Lash into the game is to combat the very thing you dislike about it: Lava Lash is an 'alternative' spell - you jab that button only when you have nothing else to jab.<br /><br />I definately agree with you, though, that searing totem should be the totem of choice for single-mob encounters. As it stands, Shamans have very few options for fire totems - Resto=flamteongue, ele=wrath, enh=magma. There are several completely pointless totems in our arsenal, and searing is one of them. Make it a cheap alternative to single-target DPS.Nim (Ankh)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15124955669242795372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790585862105741822.post-91155159744438606882010-02-24T06:38:09.398-08:002010-02-24T06:38:09.398-08:00Although my shaman is not my main, but an alt, it&...Although my shaman is not my main, but an alt, it's an alt I dearly love. I often say he's the alt I use to test my limits and to push my gameplay. I agree with everything you've said: the priority system is complicated, and could probably use some semplification. It is also extremely satisfying, though, and it DOES get better with practice. I now (mostly) get the priorities right without Shockandawe, and use it mainly to warn me about maelstrom 5-stacks. To be fair, though, I gave up on resto completely: the lack of "oh shit" buttons, and the mindless spamming style is too much of a shock from my native priest. So maybe it's a question of personal preference: I like having many buttons and having to learn them all....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790585862105741822.post-48261590731233679542010-02-24T03:41:46.953-08:002010-02-24T03:41:46.953-08:00gah i dont want enh gear cluttering up my bank slo...gah i dont want enh gear cluttering up my bank slots/bag space. yes enh is far too awkward to use on real moving bosses, i love the wolves but think i'll pass.....Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01088474087480805450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790585862105741822.post-67269103344211455322010-02-23T17:28:41.710-08:002010-02-23T17:28:41.710-08:00/throws more Enhance gear at Rul. :D/throws more Enhance gear at Rul. :DKaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164718601021220108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790585862105741822.post-74605394302683688602010-02-23T02:52:17.098-08:002010-02-23T02:52:17.098-08:00For gear i'm using 4pc T9 ilvl232 stuff with s...For gear i'm using 4pc T9 ilvl232 stuff with some smatterings of ivl245 off spec things i've picked up off the hunters that don't need it. <br /><br />If its a fight like Saurfang where I have the better dps offspec then the rest of our normal healers I can do in the neighborhood of 5.5k dps. But that's a fight where he's pretty much a target dummy. I occasionally do dps in ToC10/25 and there I feel good if i get over 4k with all the moving and such.Blauhunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04306504333636507646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790585862105741822.post-10094879996684419372010-02-23T00:47:39.572-08:002010-02-23T00:47:39.572-08:00Yeah, that's exactly what ended up happening t...Yeah, that's exactly what ended up happening to me as well when I tried to actually pay attention to it. I finally felt like I was doing decent on the target dummy, but on an actual moving boss I was hosed. Not to mention trying to avoid environmental damage.<br /><br />I ended up just combining the 8 major spells into 4 macros with modifiers. Something along the lines of:<br />/cast [nomod] Stormstrike<br />/cast [mod] Lava Lash<br /><br />That seemed to help at least with the finger memory and I was having a better time hitting the right spell, but I still found myself just staring at the ShockAndAwe priority for the most part.<br /><br />How are your numbers as Enhancement? Part of the reason I got so discouraged was that after I simmed out what my DPS would be in similar level gear as what I'm using for Elemental, it was roughly the same as what I normally do and that's assuming I was doing the priorities perfectly. It just didn't seem worth it given how much more difficult and frustrating it was. Especially as an off-spec that I don't get to practice on a regular basis.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024178082042301533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790585862105741822.post-2806949499590720482010-02-22T22:38:48.035-08:002010-02-22T22:38:48.035-08:00I agree completly and my single target boss rotati...I agree completly and my single target boss rotation as devolved into mindlessly using 5 fingers to spam 5 spells with a bit of roaming in the event something on TotemTimers lights up funny. I mainly raid as resto.<br /><br />I have a spell rotation macro that times out my flame and earth shocks so I do 2 earth's and then a flame. I spam that<br /><br />I spam Shammy Rage as my trinkets and hyperspeed accelerators are macro'd to it<br /><br />I spam storm strike<br /><br />I spam lava lash<br /><br />If the malestrom bar on TT goes green (and i notice it) I spam my lightning button and stop spamming the others<br /><br />I spam fire nova if I notice there's nothing else to spam, and i spam magma totem in the event my spaming of nova does nothing and i forgot to watch that meter<br /><br />Power aura's tells me when to spam lightining shield<br /><br />I normally have the wherewithall to notice when my doggies are available<br /><br />I have done my best to practice actually following a priority, but normaly that just ends up in me doing a very good job at swinging at air as the mob I was hitting has already moved off 2 yards to the left while i was staring at my UIBlauhunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04306504333636507646noreply@blogger.com