So guys, I got whispers in the dark from timewalking chest (warforged 885) and I was so hyped about it as some sims showed that its a bis by a mile. I also got 890 erratic metronome but will talk more about it later.
So basically I was rather disappointed Whispers of the Dark (WitD in future) because it's just not fun to play with at least for me. You have 3 possible outcomes:
a) it procs while outside of void form (even with lotv) - this happened to me most of the times and it kinda helps u get in next void form faster you dont get much dps boost from it,and then slow kicks in when you are high on insanity so you are ok in terms of voidform duration but the trinket is just dead until next proc
b)it procs in early/ mid voidform (1-10 seconds) - this is kinda tricky one, the earlier it procs, the less dps boost,and sh*t part is that if it procs at 1-5 stacks, it will last for 12 seconds so until 13-18 stacks and you get a nice dps boost till that point and then slow part kicks in and your voidform is gonna fade alot quicker and you lose kinda alot dps at this part as you get less lingering insanity and stuff
c) it procs in late voidform 13-25 seconds/stacks) - this is where this trinket shines,the dps boost is insane,but for a week that i have it and i cleared 8/10 hc and had a couple of shots on elisande and 10/10 normal, this scenario happned to me ONLY 3 times, and 0 times when i had PI up. (PI + trinket proc happaned to me like twice in a m+ dungeon and dps was isnane because key was pretty high,and it was week with fortified).
And thats not even the worst part, on average it proced me ONCE every 2 MINUTES, and that's the absurd part. I was just looking at logs, and for example our fight vs Star Augur (kill) lasted for 7 minutes and 12 seconds, and for that duration it only proced TWICE, so basically from it I had a flat 1700 intellect boost and that's it was just dead.
On the other side I have Erratic Metronome that procs constantly, on average it had 75-80% UPTIME. Ofcourse the proc isn't nearly as powerful as WitD,and it has it's own downsides as sometimes it just wont stack further from 2-3 stacks,but you dont get punished after the proc has gone, and I guess it isn't as ''clunky'' as WitD.
Keep in mind that I don't have 2set and 4set bonuses,and my gear levels are currently at 11k haste,5k crit, ~9k mastery.
what are your experiences and what do you think about these two?
P.s. is it just me or shadow single target damage feels a bit underwhelming at the moment?