Originally Posted by
CallMeKitty
Here is something I've noticed that I felt I should bring up: I noticed that my FB, when I had spare combo points and nothing to reapply anytime soon, was hitting like a wet noodle. 20k+ crits--and yes, with bare minimum energy. While sitting around and pooling energy (while making sure nothing was about to fall off) I could hit that 40k+ mark... but I began to think, is it worth it?
I can easily get over 30k damage with two shreds instead of that noodley around-minimum energy FB, and along the same line of thinking, I'm sure the shred damage would be over 40k by the time the energy was ready for the maximum damage FB.
So, I changed my rotation. I only FB'd when 1) Berserk was up for maximum FB damage, and with the rate of combo point generation up from decreased energy, well, was a gain, or 2) when blood in the water was up. Obvious reasons. 3) Because my brain still hasn't quiet gotten into this new rotation mindset I was trying, and seeing five combo points and notihng to spend them on, I'd FB (whoops, oh well). Granted, I only got to do the second part once last night since we were doing H LK. And I noticed a fairly large gain in dps.
...my question is, am I just doing something horribly wrong to undervalue ferocious bite, or has it seriously changed so much with the lack of ArPen that I shouldn't be surprised?
And, not related to the FB question, since we don't really go for hit and exp anymore and since agility gives more ap now, might it be more valuable to drop the Ashen Band (currently my only source of hit), and instead put on a 277 ring with more agility? I'm not sure what the overall value of the ashen band's proc is (how much of a static gain it would be overall) compared to that provided by extra agility.