APPROVED - App: Bowaflex - by Astuur

[Bowaflex]

The application submitted by Bowaflex is as follows:

[Baihu]

Hey thanks for your application!

We looked over the logs you linked and we have some concerns about your speed in switching targets quickly on Omnotron, we saw several instances where several abilities in a row were used on the boss with the shield, to the point of exploding their shields which is usually a wipe scenario with 346ilevel healers. We also see you got hit by Massive Crash on Magmaw.

Obviously raid awareness is very important with the difficulty level of the content, especially unforgiving fights like Cho'Gall & Nefarion, and we need to know DPS can sustain high damage while also paying attention to fight mechanics. Ranged DPS have the easier job in a raid in almost every instance, so we take mistakes like that rather seriously.

Is there anything you would like to say in defense of those observations? Your damage looks good in most of the WoL reports I found with you in them, but we'd have to be comfortable with your awareness for this application to move forward!

Thanks! =)

[Inune]

Hey man,

Resident hunter officer here. Most of your hunterism (that's a word) checks out mechanically, but I did have a a couple questions that I just wanted clarification on. First, why the Agi/Mastery gem and the reforging to mastery? Could you explain your stat strategy for gems and reforging?

Second, do you find yourself using arcane shot often enough in a raid to warrant glyphing it over glyphing Serpent Sting?

Thanks in advance,
-Inune

[Bowaflex]

[Inune]

Bowaflex wrote:

I knew this question was coming. I'm at 15.05 Mastery, with a total of 1264 mastery rating. Now if I was at 1244 mastery rating, that would take me below 15 Mastery, somewhere around 14.95 or so. Each point of mastery corresponds to 1% extra elemental damage. 14.95 mastery = 14% increased elemental damage. It always rounds down. Therefore we must balance our mastery to be just above the percantage we wish to sit at, in order to not have wasted stats sitting on our gear giving us no bonus. As for my haste rating, hunters require a 1.67 second cobra shot cast in order to fit exactly 3 cobra shots in between explosive shots, which is 757 haste rating. This is under perfect latency free conditions however, and I have hasted my cobra shot down to 1.65 second cast in order to account for my latency. So with my targets of 15% extra elemental damage and a 1.65 second cast cobra shot, I have balanced my gear to make it happen.

Okay, the haste thing makes sense, I hadn't checked your haste rating against the 3-cobra-shot plateau.

I'm not sure on mastery. I imported your hunter to femdwarf and messed with that mastery reforging and gemming and got a couple hundred DPS increase by not favoring mastery.

Regardless, you're clearly putting thought into your gear, which I suppose is the ultimate point.

Bowaflex wrote:

Absolutely. Heroism and rapid fire (or roar of recovery if using a cunning pet)provide a lot of extra focus which warrants the use of arcane shot to dump that extra focus. Even without those buffs, you should be able to squeeze out the occasional arcane shot without delaying explosive/black arrow. It is beneficial occasionally for small movements when you dont wanna swap to fox and explosive is on CD. It is used most lock n load procs for the tail end of the proc after you've spent your 2 free explosives. The bonus from serpent sting glyph is surpassed after only ~11 glyphed arcane shots cast on a 5 minute boss fight.

Hmm, I can see where you're coming from, but I think I still side with Frostheim on the use of arcane shot (may change next patch with its buff), which would subsequently make me believe serpent sting is the more reliable choice in a non-idealized raid environment (where you don't necessarily have the focus management due to latency and what have you to squeeze out AS while keeping ES on CD). And AE fights, of course.

Again, though, a personal preference is a personal preference, I suppose; the important part is the thought behind it.

Bowaflex wrote:

By Massive Crash I'm assuming you mean Pillar of Flame.

I think she meant the damage done when Magmaw slams the ground after eating a tank.

[Bowaflex]

[Bowaflex]

Well just to clarify, obviously world of logs doesnt lie, but I dont recall getting hit by that the 1 time it happened on our 3rd attempt.

[Inune]

Hey,

We've talked over your app some more and would like to invite you on vent for an interview. Would some time like 5 server on Monday work for you(I'll get the vent info PM'd to you)?

[Bowaflex]

That time works for me, see you on monday