destro macros once again

[Gadzooks]

You guys keep arguing, every time you do, I learn something new.

[Fursphere]

You guys keep arguing, every time you do, I learn something new.

You're welcome?

[daviddoran]

The only difference with the lvl of the dummy relates to hit rating

[Niley]

The only difference with the lvl of the dummy relates to hit rating

and partial resists.

[warbringer]

Niley,

even though your main shaman is heavily overgeared compared to my own (/drool), the rest of your shamans are quite similarly geared as mine. However, I'm not outputting nearly the same DPS numbers with my /click system than you are. What's your secret? How do you time your castsequence per spell? Do you like, count how often you mash a button and multiply it by the seconds you want to have that spell on rotate.

For instance, you want Lava burst to be cast every 8 seconds, so if you mash your DPS button 3 times per second, you'd put 24 comma's (,) in the castsequence macro for Lava burst? Same for chain lightning but then it's 3x6=18 comma's to time it properly? Or doesn't it matter? care to share?

[Niley]

Niley,

even though your main shaman is heavily overgeared compared to my own (/drool), the rest of your shamans are quite similarly geared as mine. However, I'm not outputting nearly the same DPS numbers with my /click system than you are. What's your secret? How do you time your castsequence per spell? Do you like, count how often you mash a button and multiply it by the seconds you want to have that spell on rotate.

For instance, you want Lava burst to be cast every 8 seconds, so if you mash your DPS button 3 times per second, you'd put 24 comma's (,) in the castsequence macro for Lava burst? Same for chain lightning but then it's 3x6=18 comma's to time it properly? Or doesn't it matter? care to share?

I posted my rotation and whatnot here:
http://www.dual-boxing.com/showthread.php?t=27485

[Iceorbz]

Niley,

even though your main shaman is heavily overgeared compared to my own (/drool), the rest of your shamans are quite similarly geared as mine. However, I'm not outputting nearly the same DPS numbers with my /click system than you are. What's your secret? How do you time your castsequence per spell? Do you like, count how often you mash a button and multiply it by the seconds you want to have that spell on rotate.

For instance, you want Lava burst to be cast every 8 seconds, so if you mash your DPS button 3 times per second, you'd put 24 comma's (,) in the castsequence macro for Lava burst? Same for chain lightning but then it's 3x6=18 comma's to time it properly? Or doesn't it matter? care to share?

Are you getting the 13% increased damage that the warlock or dk would be bringing to the table? if were you were doing 6k that would be 780 more damage done guestimate.

[Ualaa]

With click, it is entirely two factors.
a) the rotation used; and
b) the timing of the clicks.

I cannot answer to his rotation.
But you can tweak your own; with click this is relatively easy. Just drag your castsequence macros around, and the order changes.
You could even get extremely convoluted ordering by going:
spell 1, Null
spell 2, Null
spell 3, Null
Then sequences thereafter, so the first iteration of spells can be one order, but then due to the Null arguments they are not repeated until they reset (reset=combat), and then the normal sequences kick in, in the secondary (repeating) order.



As to (b), this will depend on a consistent click spam speed.

You should periodically check your speed, by using a clock/watch and something like Notepad. Spam away, as you do during play, to determine your clicks per second.

Also, periodically visit a target dummy and check your macro. You would want to drag each (base) spell from the spell book, and verify it recasts as soon as the dot type component has expired, but not before then. And the same for spells with recast delays; you'll want them to recast within a GCD of coming off of cooldown -- the only exception being if two become available at once, then the first should cast in GCD 1, and the second in GCD 2.