Originally Posted by
Burchoid
I did 2 20mil samples on a raid dummy the other day:
Test 1) Maniacal icd tracking placing lowest priority on 'clipping MF properly', casting dots early based on procs.
Test 2) Clipping MF 'properly' (waiting a split second for the 2nd tick before casting something else, or completing the channel if close; this is proper clipping, yea?), no icd tracking, no early dot applications.
The result: 48K DPS tracking icds and clipping MF whenever, vs 44K DPS, roughly a 10% difference. This is only 1 sampling, so take it for what its worth.
Anyone else actually try and compare in-game?
In regards to using DP right after MBx3, you are right, you don't have to do this, and there are many times that I don't. The message I was trying to convey is that you want to be ready to use something without delay the moment your MB hits, whether its the first or third one. DP fits very nicely as that 'something' to use as your 3-orb MB hits. Its a no-brainer 90% of the time, and I like no-brainers.
When it comes to prioritizing time for learning and practicing things for raid, this seems to work best for me:
Knowing raid mechanics>executing strategy>staying alive>tight rotation>maxing dps
I'd bet there are way too many people who go about this in the reverse order.