Haste good for Ret?

[Slade]

I had read a post with someone claiming that haste affects SoCommand adversely, and haste isnt very good for ret... is that true? If so, why and how? It seems to me that haste is nothing but good, as it would enable more swings, thus more SoC procs in a given fight time. This person in the post was saying it works somehow to lower SoC procs?

I only know that faster-speed weapons make SoC procs hit weaker, because it's the single-hit dmg of the weapon that matters there, and generally the slower it swings, the more dmg each hit does. But haste doesnt reduce the swing dmg of a weapon, it just makes the attack speed faster... correct? Is this person misled?

[Sevira]

http://elitistjerks.com/f31/t17193-p...s_theorycraft/


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[skoging]

Seal of Command always procs 7 times per minute, hence haste does not increase the amount of procs, and the max/min damage from autoattack isn't affected by haste so it doesn't decrease the damage either.

Haste has no effect on Seal of Command AFAIK.

As alliance the only thing that haste increases is auto-attack damage, which is normaly around 50% of your damage (not 100% sure.)

Seal of Blood (and Seal of the Martyr in wotlk) scales well with haste though.

[Ordius]

Haste is good for Horde Ret paladins using Seal of Blood since it's not based on ppm

[Hooch]

What they all said

[Slade]

Alright, thanks. I guess that answers my question... If SoCommand can only proc 7 times a minute max, then haste is still good because normal damage is still the single largest source of ret dmg. I assume windfury procs increase as a result of haste, however... or is there a limit to those procs per minute as well?

[ikillbigppl]

Alright, thanks. I guess that answers my question... If SoCommand can only proc 7 times a minute max, then haste is still good because normal damage is still the single largest source of ret dmg. I assume windfury procs increase as a result of haste, however... or is there a limit to those procs per minute as well?

haste can give more ppm on wf however it has a 3 second cd.. all u would realy be doing with haste is giving more attacks and there for giving more chances at that 30% - wf can prock up to 20 times a min... if it procked every time the cd was up

[Xs]

haste can give more ppm on wf however it has a 3 second cd.. all u would realy be doing with haste is giving more attacks and there for giving more chances at that 30% - wf can prock up to 20 times a min... if it procked every time the cd was up

thats the shaman version
totem has no internal CD

[StormScion]

Haste is best friend for seal of blood and will be best seal for pve dps no matter what anyone say.
Aliance got seal of blood as well in wotlk.

Only thing what will change atm is that u will try to keep seal of vengance or coruption going on the boss and ticking. Something like that. Start on the boss and get 5 stacks ( will be realy fast couse it is 100% proc and divine strike and crusader strike proc it now as well ). After that use seal of blood , after 13 14 sec use strike and normal attack to refresh seal of vengance and get back on blood.

WF is beeing changed to be 20% haste as well so thats good from pve point of view.

[skoging]

Alright, thanks. I guess that answers my question... If SoCommand can only proc 7 times a minute max, then haste is still good because normal damage is still the single largest source of ret dmg. I assume windfury procs increase as a result of haste, however... or is there a limit to those procs per minute as well?

SoC can proc more but the average is always 7 times a minute (its not 7 procs max).

Wrong choice of words from my side.

[Samiel]

Alright, thanks. I guess that answers my question... If SoCommand can only proc 7 times a minute max, then haste is still good because normal damage is still the single largest source of ret dmg. I assume windfury procs increase as a result of haste, however... or is there a limit to those procs per minute as well?

Haste is good, but STR is better than Haste DPS-wise, because of the 7 PPM rule of SoC.

However, with WotL Alliance will have access to Seal of Blood, making a haste a staple DPS stat, with Str and Armor Penetration coupled into that, I'm looking forward to seeing how it all pans out.

Atleast, so far, My guess is Hit -> Expertise -> Str (With Seath of Light) -> Haste/Armor Penetration

[Deleted]

Haste with SoMartyr and STR with SoCommand, simple.