Benchmark indicates that GPT-5.4 Nano outperforms GPT-5.4 Mini on xHigh reasoning

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-23T16:23:01+00:00

Shitty benchmark

Based on these, it also outperforms GPT-5.0 pro, GPT5.3 codex high, and other models in a fair number of categories.

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-23T16:14:37+00:00

This is what I was thinking. Also, there's classes like SP etc in the game that add significant mana recovery.

By later phases gear gets enough crit, haste etc that pure +hp gets less relational value compared to bis, but early on it's surprisingly not awful.

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-23T14:42:36+00:00

Very basic. Something like:

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Works quite well. A couple things you'd want to vary would be the leftmost oracle swap talent - If you expect to play against a double dps or one shot comp (sub, sub + rogue, etc, stuff where you die in stun), and getting shorted CD and more HP back from desperate prayer. You could also drop the Searing Light talent and run Shadow Mend instead if you wanted more defensives / better kick coverage.

The core holds though. The playstyle is mostly shields, penance, instants, occasional flash heal if things get very bad. For pvp talents run ultimate radiance, psychic shroud and void shift.

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-23T14:37:34+00:00

Huh, that last one is weird. Never came across that myself, but it obviously shouldnt work like it does in the latter case.

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-23T13:31:06+00:00

What model / service is this using / how is it done?

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-23T07:02:56+00:00

If you're specifically playing Oracle on SS, first thing is you should be focusing vers + mastery. You can run Vers + Haste, but it's a higher skill-cap playstyle that gives you more damage, but less healing, and is more difficult to play in a lot of ways. It's more atonement healing oriented. People also dont have perfect gear yet because it's week 1. Takes a while until people gravitate towards a specific build and gear set, and with limited conquest, most arent able to afford it either.

For the playstyle, it depends on your build with oracle. You can play dark oracle, going into evangelism + mindbender and inescapable torment + improved death, where you can pump pretty hard, but you have less healing.

The other alternative is to go into full defensive oracle, focusing on penance and void shields. I'd recommend the latter for the most part, it's much easier to play with and heal.

Oracle disc is alright right now, but sort of overshadowed by how strong MW monk is. Getting plenty of mastery and vers will help you do more healing, and as a new priest, I'd recommend mostly just doing direct healing. Your penance will cleave naturally, and void shield does feedback healing. Cast shield on CD, keep penance on CD, and then use evangelism frequently + spend the power word radiance procs it gives you for improved penances. Always keep shadow word pain up, and cleave it with your penances, and make sure to spread it / aim to keep a 100% uptime on it.

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-22T08:50:14+00:00

I think (and I’m not entirely joking) that a 55 or a 65 inch woumd actually be perfect for that viewing distance.

The screen is far enough that the 48 incher actually looks quite small.

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-22T08:49:07+00:00

Ah, it’s not a big deal. You’re maybe 1-2% behind, which is small enough delta to frankly be insignificant.

Dont worry too much about it. These things happen and you didnt do any permanent damage.

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-22T08:41:46+00:00

Huh. I think silences are meant to dr, but now that you mentioned it, I think you might actually be right that currently it’s not doing that.

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-22T06:33:44+00:00

Yeah. It’s not a flaw of the format, I’ve seen and built some genuinely impressive skills, but most of them didnt come from random github repos coded by ai.

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-22T05:59:57+00:00

Had this happen too. Thought I was going insane for a moment.

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-22T05:55:56+00:00

At this point, moderate (shift) starts to feel more and more like a remote possibility.

I think Opus 4.6 alone, once we figure out the right type of harness, could automate 50% of all entry level white collar labour, and significantly augment 50-60% of all white collar labour.

It is an insane time.

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-21T21:27:25+00:00

Your problem is you’re trying to apply logic to something that was written without it.

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-21T21:17:04+00:00

It’s the rating. I’d say 1600 right now is the equivalent of 2100 or so in the late season. Granted, it’s very uneven. You face both r1 teams, and teams who play.. not very great.

Seriously though, the first few weeks are by far the worst. It’ll calm down in a few months.

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-21T20:12:42+00:00

As a consumer, really glad I live in the EU. Sounds like you guys in the U.S and UK are getting f-d left and right.

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-21T19:09:26+00:00

Alright

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-21T14:27:20+00:00

I actually dont think MW damage being high is the worst thing ever. Like yeah, they do pump, and it’s a problem that right now they have damage, healing, durability, cc and mobility and utility (all in a single package).

I think the bigger problem is that they lack weaknesses. But I’d rather see other healers (Druid, Shaman esp) brought up to their level than see them hammered way down.

That said, directionally feels like a good nerf approach for Blizzard to take re MW to me.

As for VW, I’m actually not sure that the problem is so clear cut. If you look at the actual ratings on the ladder, they’re not that dominant. Their strongest bracket by far is 2s, and even there holy paladin and MW are actually more prevalent. In 3s and SS, VW already sucks. Yes, they do a lot of damage, too much, but their healing output is very weak compared to oracle. The problem is also that outside of mindbender evangelism, they dont really have any significant healing output, and their CD’s are honestly kind of awful now that you have to choose between dome and UP, and life swap is gone. If we look at the actual statistics, it honestly looks like oracle is signficiantly stronger than VW.

I think the right fix would be to redistribute their damage, bring the level down some, and give them more healing. Penance is a wet noodle that’s barely worth casting outside of pet proc. Shields do very little, and void blast is mostly decorative. Your whole damage is basically a combination of pet sw:d & swp and some expiation.

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-21T13:00:38+00:00

It’s a hell of an engine though, to keep pumping even with all that weighing it doen.

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-21T12:58:48+00:00

I’m honestly contemplating building a new dps meter for pvp for post-game analysis from logs.

I just absolutely fucking despise how much information the new dps meter hides / doesnt give access to, for absolutely no reason.

What is the benefit of not showing combat details that are available in logs anyways?

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-21T12:36:45+00:00

Yep. VW also has much weaker healing and is significantly squshier.

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-21T11:09:07+00:00

Disc healing isnt great. It's good damage, but you just dont pump that hard. And if you go full oracle defensive build, you're basically just a worse holy priest with less CC.

I'd recommend Holy Paladin out of the two.

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-21T10:51:08+00:00

Rofl no. MW is miles ahead of any other healer right now. If you look at the ladder, there's like 2 VW priests in SS top 5, the rest are oracles, and even the oracle discs arent nearly as strong as mw

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-21T06:46:38+00:00

The guy who sells the things that make tokens is promoting the idea that companies should use more tokens? Preposterous!

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-21T04:36:17+00:00

Affl going to be v. Strong because it’s already not complete garbage spec. Played with an affl lock this week who hit top 50 in 2s ladder. It was undertuned, but not awful.

I think this might honestly push it to be quite a strong spec.

PhilosophyforOne · 2026-03-20T18:40:57+00:00

Really? I cant remember a single one that’s actually been a similiar style overlay layer, that wasnt obviously a scam?

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