Comments on: The Leaves are Back http://www.permanentlylost.com/2009/04/08/the-leaves-are-back/ I'm just taking the scenic route... Sat, 01 Oct 2011 07:39:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tiniane http://www.permanentlylost.com/2009/04/08/the-leaves-are-back/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Tiniane Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:29:44 +0000 http://www.permanentlylost.com/?p=94#comment-73 Thanks for the supportive comments. With 3.1 hitting today, I'm sure I'll get more chances to get into it, and work on my rotation :) Thanks for the supportive comments. With 3.1 hitting today, I’m sure I’ll get more chances to get into it, and work on my rotation :)

]]> By: Psynister http://www.permanentlylost.com/2009/04/08/the-leaves-are-back/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Psynister Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:45:13 +0000 http://www.permanentlylost.com/?p=94#comment-72 DPS is a hard role to just jump right into and expect great results. There may be a ton of DPS players out there, but that doesn't mean that all of them are good. The one thing that I have seen cause the largest impact on a person's DPS is their rotation. All of the other usual factors play a role too of course (gear, enchants, gems, etc.), but if you have a crap rotation or you don't take advantage of your procs, then you aren't going to perform as you should. I have put out more DPS with my sad excuse for gear than other mages with more than 50% epic gear, simply because they "think" they know how to play their class. Sometimes spamming a single spell works wonders for you, but if you really want to hit high on the DPS, then you need to be a little more on top of things than that. What all that's supposed to be saying to you though, is that you can't judge your skill in DPS with just a few random shots at doing it. It takes time to get into the habit of casting the right spells at the right times to make sure that you are always maximizing your DPS and not just throwing your mana away. So keep it up and give it some more practice. I know my mage rarely stands a chance at topping the DPS charts when a moon-chicken is in the raid. DPS is a hard role to just jump right into and expect great results. There may be a ton of DPS players out there, but that doesn’t mean that all of them are good.

The one thing that I have seen cause the largest impact on a person’s DPS is their rotation. All of the other usual factors play a role too of course (gear, enchants, gems, etc.), but if you have a crap rotation or you don’t take advantage of your procs, then you aren’t going to perform as you should.

I have put out more DPS with my sad excuse for gear than other mages with more than 50% epic gear, simply because they “think” they know how to play their class. Sometimes spamming a single spell works wonders for you, but if you really want to hit high on the DPS, then you need to be a little more on top of things than that.

What all that’s supposed to be saying to you though, is that you can’t judge your skill in DPS with just a few random shots at doing it. It takes time to get into the habit of casting the right spells at the right times to make sure that you are always maximizing your DPS and not just throwing your mana away. So keep it up and give it some more practice. I know my mage rarely stands a chance at topping the DPS charts when a moon-chicken is in the raid.

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