Originally Posted by
Xahz
This is a very misleading comment; PS and EE are roughly equal with the advantage being given to EE based mostly on flexibility and energy generation. Simcraft shows the difference between PS and EE as less than 1.3% in favor or EE (about 5000dps in my case), and that's with perfect simulator usage. To get into the numbers, over the course of a 300 second fight EE generated 357 energy and 22 Chi, which means an average of ~66 energy per use, and 4.12 Chi per use (simcraft averages). Which makes sense, if you think about situations where you would actually need to use EE (1 Chi, <50 energy and FoF coming off cooldown, 2 Chi <50 energy and SotWL coming off cooldown, or just being completely out of Chi and low on energy would be in line with those averages). For comparison, PS generated ~20 Chi in that same timeframe. So we can see that the Chi generation is very similar, with the big outlier being the extra energy generated from EE. But the question is, where is that energy going? Simcraft shows about 3.3 extra Tiger Palms on the side of EE and 1 extra Chi generated from Serenity, however the energy regen overflow is FAR higher - 497.15 with EE vs 309.55 with PS. So other than generating a few extra Tiger Palms, a lot of that energy is wasted. Once again, this makes sense since when you use EE, you are going to be using your Chi dumpers for the following handful of GCDs, meaning any energy generated during that time period is wasted. The amount of energy you get from EE is misleading, since if it simply gave you 5 Chi you would actually regenerate most of that energy anyways while you are spending Chi, which is what the simulations show.
The problem with EE is that in order to get 5 Chi out of it, you have to dump all your Chi, which means either using EE suboptimally for less Chi or delaying it. So the "ideal" situation where you gain 100 energy and 5 Chi is not worth mentioning at all to make since it is impossible for that situation to ever occur. In practice, you will generate an average of 4 Chi and an average of about 20-30 energy if you consider energy regen overflow. Then you have the benefits of having those resources on demand as opposed to at specific intervals vs. the convenience of not having another cooldown to worry about and potentially misuse. So it is definitely the superior talent choice if you can use it well, but by a small margin. Your comment seriously exaggerated the difference between the two.