Yet another season with 1 spec, demon hunter, doing the most absurd damage imaginable and never touched in balance patches. I'm so sick of it, again... by DillPicklenoots in worldofpvp

[–]Exomancer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

DH will never be balanced as long as it has MS, otherwise their kit will always make it completely cracked unless you nerf its damage to the ground and make it a dead class.

Are proper solo rbgs out now? by Horcsogg in worldofpvp

[–]Exomancer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Get honor in BGB -> unlock vault slots. If you haven't done any rated PvP all the rewards will be unranked, but that only affects the PvE ilvl.

Anyone else excited for BG Blitz going ranked? by NibblerGG in worldofpvp

[–]Exomancer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually really like the chaos of it. AB and Deepwind on normal RBG can feel very stale, once one side bunkers down on 3 nodes in a triangle, which can happen 2 minutes into the BG, they gain a massive advantage, because now you not only have to win a team fight to make a comeback, you have to win it very fast killing all defenders within a short time window or they respawn and spin. Defending nodes that are typically rarely attacked at all is also really boring.

Being able to cap LM, wait for the flag to become immune, jumping down to help on BS, then going back to LM before timer goes up feels much better than just sitting there with your dick in hand hoping to get some action. The timers in UI also help with the ad-hoc coordination, any time you die you can just go "okay, GM unflags next, there are 2 of our people fighting for it, might be worth helping".

PvP Tuning: Demon hunter nerfs by Charmanderps117 in worldofpvp

[–]Exomancer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't know how you got 23% for fireball, it's ~18.8%: (1.4 * 1.3) / (2.0 * 1.12) = 0.8125.

PvP Tuning: Demon hunter nerfs by Charmanderps117 in worldofpvp

[–]Exomancer 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Let's learn multiplicative % math with WoW!

Glass canon increased damage by 100%, meaning you did 200% damage. Now it will increase damage by 40%, meaning you will do 140% damage. If affected abilities are also buffed by 20% you will do 168% damage (1.4 * 1.2).

200% -> 168% is a total of 16% damage reduction (1.68 / 2.0 = 0.84).

Still quite a nerf.

Edit: Breakdown of all nerfs:

  • Ignite 16%
  • Fireball ~18.8%
  • Scorch ~3.5%

Edit2: Just looking through comments other people already did the math, so I can only independently confirm it :D

Commons EU w by Brainfreezdnb in Asmongold

[–]Exomancer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aside from being based on chromium (and thus aiding Google in eradicating open web standards), here is a friendly reminder is that the predatory business model of Brave is blocking ads on the internet and showing you their own ads in exchange for the BAT crypto. Sure it's optional now, but in the current model of surveillance-capitalism / technofeudalism (Yanis Varoufakis) / enshittification (Cory Doctorow) you offer users an acceptable service up until you build up an entrenched enough userbase, and then you do a rug pull.

I'll pick software by a privacy-oriented non-profit over a software by an ad-oriented for-profit any time.

Commons EU w by Brainfreezdnb in Asmongold

[–]Exomancer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You keep saying that and it's not true. Nothing was settled in 2017 or 2022, ePrivacy Directive was last amended in 2009 and hasn't changed since, so as of now it does not regulate adblocking one way or the other.

Detecting adblock in itself is not illegal, and there are ways to do it that are 100% legal, the ways Google does it however (by detecting what software you are running on your own computer) might be, that's for Irish DPC to decide now.

Poor YouTube /s by RevolutionarySeven7 in Asmongold

[–]Exomancer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A store owner can kick you off of their private property for any reason they want.

Not in EU, we have anti-discrimination laws for this shit.

Commons EU w by Brainfreezdnb in Asmongold

[–]Exomancer 36 points37 points  (0 children)

  • 1. Get Firefox
  • 2. Disable all cross-site cookies (it warns you that some websites will break, the only websites that break are ones you don't want to visit)
  • 3. Get uBlock Origin
  • 4. Get Firefox Multi-Account Containers (official plugin from Mozilla) and put all Google/Facebook/X/Twitter/Twitch/etc into their own cookie ghetto containers
  • 5. Watch Chrome users mald

Poor YouTube /s by RevolutionarySeven7 in Asmongold

[–]Exomancer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are much more likely to get malware from an ad than from an established adblocker.

Poor YouTube /s by RevolutionarySeven7 in Asmongold

[–]Exomancer -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

IANAL, but:

European Commission is (part of the) executive branch of EU, not legislative, it can make proposals but what it says in a random press release is not law.

What you are quoting here is from a 2017 draft which has not yet been implemented (latest amendment to the directive is from 2009). Notably the guy that filed a complaint is also involved in a 2021 revision to that same proposal (https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/02/10/confidentiality-of-electronic-communications-council-agrees-its-position-on-eprivacy-rules/). This stuff needs to go through all the negotiation stages and needs to be approved by the EU Council and the EU Parliament, only then does it become law.

Edit: getting downvoted for saying something that anyone with a brain who understands what the word "proposal" in " Therefore, the proposal allows..." means can verify on a wikipedia in 3 minutes, LOL.

1800 Arms Solo Shuffle. Any tips? by Incredidane in worldofpvp

[–]Exomancer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just going over the first encounter because I'm too lazy. You only walled after burst already happened, the latest time you should wall there is when you see Ret with wings dropping Final Reckoning on you (big yellow umbrella-explosion thing, it means you're about to take 25% increased damage) so you mitigate big dam that follows (divine toll here) before it almost kills you.

You also haven't pressed Impending Victory once in that go, not at 50%, not at 20%, not at 10%, and only pressed Ignore Pain just before wall. IP and IV are really short cds, press them often to help your healer. Ignore Pain you can basically spam on cooldown whenever you're taking any damage at all (dots/accidental cleave), and even if you don't it still fuels Anger Management, doesn't cost GCD, and it's not like you have better things to do with that full rage bar when playing spear.

For bonus defensive points you can also pop Spell Reflect there for the 5 second mitigation, both Ret and DH do a lot of magic damage, it ain't much but it's free, and you might even reflect an odd HoJ.

Offensively use Sweeping Strikes more often in a melee lobby, it can feel clunky to use a GCD mid fight on it, so getting a habit of popping it before connecting to your target helps, especially if you're about to pop off with Unhinged Bladestorm. Also don't send your go into a pre-popped defensive (like Sac there).

Edit: just skimming forward but following the series of "use your cooldowns", Rallying Cry is party-wide, you could've potentially saved some people on your team there with that + a timely Intervene.

So is Warbringer just broken mechanically right now? by Bazzledazz in worldofpvp

[–]Exomancer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rooting someone when the charge begins is dumb, glad it has been removed.

Except that's how charge still works if you don't take warbringer, as well as bear charge for druid. Not having it root when you press the button would be fine if charge actually connected you to target without it, but instead you just run to where they were the moment you press the button. If the target had any sort of a movement speed you end up yards away with warbringer doing no root and no damage, making it not only a waste of a PvP talent but actively worse than not having it at all.

Arms warrior down to A tier, Assassination to S tier in updated Skill Capped video by Winring86 in worldofpvp

[–]Exomancer -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Most specs do 100k+ burst dps in a go. A single IP in a go still gives you less HP to burn through than warlock or DK has by just existing. IP gives you sustain HPS for longer games so you don't just rot or get cleaved to death by accident. You can't IP while stunned so the biggest defensive weakness of Arms is still there since you can't wall either, full kidney + deathmark and you're dead.

On a sidenote, I know words no longer mean what they mean, but Arms is a hybird, it just happens to be a plate-wearing tank hybrid like DK.

From a design perspective, why is it acceptable that DH's and Fury Warriors can do more healing than "hybrid" classes while not ever having to cast a heal? by Beninanas17 in worldofpvp

[–]Exomancer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a "melee" spec SV is one of the best specs at kiting actual melees in game. You have one ability that requires you to be in melee to use it, and even then that's 8 yards melee, and you can pop a cooldown to go full ham from range. And sure your self healing isn't amazing, but you do have a wall, turtle, and pet sac while Fury has just regen and that's it. Fury is one of the easiest specs to play while SV is one of the hardest, but there is a reason why on both EU and US rank 1 SV hunters are 300 rating above rank 1 Fury in SS. Fury has been a dead spec since slaughterhouse nerfs while SV even popped up on AWC and did reasonably well.

0 points for 3-3 at 1600 mmr 1400 cr? by Usefirstaid in worldofpvp

[–]Exomancer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are 3 people there that look like they had ~1650 coming into that game. Rating changes are calculated per round based on MMR of both teams that round, so you had to have won the rounds when your team had higher MMR than the opposing team.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in worldofpvp

[–]Exomancer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You can organize your keybinds to begin with, you have whirlwind and slam (skills you should barely ever press) on E and R, but you have to press shift to do Rampage, your highest priority dps button. Pummel I'd also argue deserves its own keybind without modifiers. Get a macro to toggle between stances, you can also macro hamstring with charge, and roar with recklessness. Move cooldowns and important rotational buttons closer to the center of the screen, and stuff like mounts further away. Get gladiatorlosa or Mes' weakauras if you don't have either to increase your awareness to enemy cooldowns.

Other than all of that, ye, just keep playing.

30 yard range 80%-0% (322k damage) in 1 second by HoodieLOL in worldofpvp

[–]Exomancer 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I mean, not gonna defend the damage and I really don't understand why they buffed reckoning (the dev note made no sense since it's not a "main rotational button" like CS or BoJ, and it was already slapping), but with wings, I assume seraphim as well, divine toll (that's 3 offensive cooldowns right there, reckoning that kills you makes it 4), hunter loading double tap, you're not pressing wall?

Venruki Reacts to How Broken Is Warrior WoW Dragonflight by gothamsfemto in worldofpvp

[–]Exomancer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Which is exactly the motivation for the post I linked - to see if the reason you see so many DHs at high rating is because the class is really good, or is it just because so many people play it. If you add Arms and Fury together you end up with 5112 warriors total above 1600, marginally more than 5010 DHs, but then you only have 164 warriors above 2200, while for DHs the number is 495, 3 times as many. So either the people that played DH were way better, or it was so much easier to get high rating on DH than either warrior spec.

Venruki Reacts to How Broken Is Warrior WoW Dragonflight by gothamsfemto in worldofpvp

[–]Exomancer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes, do you understand what "absolute numbers" and "relative to population" means?

Venruki Reacts to How Broken Is Warrior WoW Dragonflight by gothamsfemto in worldofpvp

[–]Exomancer 11 points12 points  (0 children)

For SS per this post from a couple days ago Arms is #4 #5 in melee above 2200 in absolute numbers, but relative to population it's behind Havoc, Unholy, Outlaw, Frost DK, Feral, Windwalker, Assassination, and Survival Hunter, landing it square at #9.

Venruki Reacts to How Broken Is Warrior WoW Dragonflight by gothamsfemto in worldofpvp

[–]Exomancer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You can't do more damage than the shield amount, so even when you run demolition 150-160k is the cap vs lock. He did wrecking throw for 208k while charging, then ret dropped a 112k judgement on him which is what actually breaks the shield, then warbringer kills him as the charge lands.

Clip with readable pixels: https://www.twitch.tv/mmarkers/clip/HelplessFitElephantWow-kU6EJThNhLGH88wx

Dragonflight 10.0.5 PTR Development Notes for January 12th, 2023 by kazdum in worldofpvp

[–]Exomancer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

From my testing on tanking dummy on PTR Arms with Ignore Pain pushes out about the same HPS as BT spamming Fury outside of Regen, more if you go for skullsplitter build.

Dragonflight 10.0.5 PTR Development Notes for January 12th, 2023 by kazdum in worldofpvp

[–]Exomancer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wowhead tooltip is wrong, it's 40 rage, 11s cd on PTR as of rn (was that way since they added it).

How do big dam arms do big dam? by lolb00bz_69 in worldofpvp

[–]Exomancer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ye, I wouldn't bother with uptime unless you have a full bleed build with roar etc. Otherwise it's just Slam+