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happy birthday buddy have a good'n

fixed my problem but my pc just havin real trouble (fps with this game)plus using mouse and keyboard so mybe a waste of 9quid til i get a new pc
here is the fix if anyoneelse has probs http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1308526

do u need to have nvidea to play this i bought and downloaded i keep getting error to update driver for the physx driver , which i have done still dont work but i have an ati gfx card ?

gratz on the epic loot m8 ,sorry legendary loot ,thats brilliant news my friend oooh you better get used to this then
 
 http://www.funnypics4all.com/pics/0/0/62_6.html
 
couldnt work out how to put the pic up so you have to go to URL
Big gratz again m8            
                         aka dillinja

still finding it hard to get there for one or any day with the 11week old boy,I've been with dMw before 2002 as i used to play CS on meathook b4 i got the tag but im not going anywere ,think it was 6 or 8 months when i got back raiding when my daughter Eve was born ,ill keep you posted and if im am about im always willing to raid

hi ive not yet encountered the LK but have killed pretty much every boss (except agalon)in wow but anyway i found this a really helpfull guuide in killing the lich king  (25man)because thats our main priority killing LK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0zh0-bnuKY&feature=player_embedded PART1
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02jnQIRdwHw&feature=related PART 2
 
hope u all enjoy AKA DILLINJA
 
 
"You do know why locks have Unending Breath, right ?
 
So we dont drown in mage tears."

happybirthday for yestaday m8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgnMpOU1LNQ&feature=player_embedded#!
i like the go go go go go go go go go go part
well i like it all great video even though gayscore sux donkey ballz  
                                    aka DILLINJA

[INDEX:]

Although the thread title might have bit of a hint of role-playing, that's really not what this thread is about at all. Instead, this thread is aimed to detail the nuances of corruption (The spell), and how to get the most out of this spell as an affliction Warlock. Why does this subject need a separate thread? Don't you just cast it and keep it up? Unfortunately, no. There's a lot more that goes into ideal use of this spell- for the most part due to a bug in the way everlasting affliction works.

You might think, a bug? We'll I'm not going to exploit it! That's really a shame, because you'll be missing out on a ton of DPS, and it's a bug that Blizzard has openly stated they do not consider a real problem / will not fix. Oh and, they also said they wouldn't ban you or anything like that for using this "bug". So really, there's not a lot of good reasons for not making use of this other than not caring too much about your DPS to begin with.

Whether you decide to use this bug or not, know this: Affliction is and will be balanced around how well it performs in the real world. That is, affliction will be balanced around the fact that people do in fact make use of this bug. Blizzard knows about the bug, and they consider the existance of the bug for balance purposes.

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INDEX:
[1] How does it work
[2] Which buffs / debuffs do / don't work
[3] Tips and tricks
[4] Test results / Hard data

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HOW DOES IT WORK:

The basic principle is fairly easy: When you cast a spell, the attributes you had at the time that you casted that spell will be used for that spell until it expires or is replaced by another spell, or even the same spell. The talent "Everlasting affliction" does not replace the corruption you have on a target (if it did then it would also reset the ticks). What everlasting affliction does however is take the existing corruption and change the time left on your current corruption to it's full duration.

Now this has lead to some pretty big issues, and the biggest issues that it lead to have since been resolved. IE: Spellpower and Haste have been "fixed" with some band-aids, the reason I call them band-aids is because it was never a proper fix, if it were then it would've worked for all stats/buffs etc, but it doesn't. So as a result, currently mostly anything other than spellpower and haste will "roll".
 
WHICH BUFFS / DEBUFFS, DO / DON'T WORK:

General rules:
- Buffs/debuffs on self roll
- Buffs/debuffs on target update

Exceptions:
- Spellpower / haste update
- Crit % on target does not update
- Certain encounter specific damage % buffs update

Specifics:

Code:
- Shadow Embrace:        Updates.
- Curse of the elements: Updates.
- Haste rating:          Updates.
- Haste % player buff:   Updates.
- Spell power:           Updates.
- Crit rating:           Rolls.
- Crit % player buffs:   Rolls.
- Crit % target debuffs: Rolls.
- TotT:                  Rolls.
- Death's Embrace:       Rolls.
- 4pc Tier 10 proc:      Rolls.
- Spellstone damage:     Rolls

Things I have not personally tested / do not have test data from:

Code:
- [Ulduar] Hodir, Storm Cloud:                   Updates.
- [Ulduar] Flame Leviathan, System overload:     Updates.
- [Ulduar] Mimiron, Magnetic Field:              Updates.
- [TotC] Northrend Beasts, Staggered Daze:       Updates.
- [TotC] Twin Valkyrs, Empower light/Darkness:   Updates.
- [Naxxramas] Loatheb, Fungal Creep:             Rolls.
- [Naxxramas] Thaddius, Polarity charges:        Rolls.
- [Ulduar] Yogg-Saron, Sara's Fervor:            Rolls.
- [TotC] Twin Valkyrs, Light/Dark Essence:       Rolls.
- [ICC] Blood Queen, Essence of the Blood Queen: Rolls

Source for the things I did not test / do not have test data from:
http://shadowpriest.com/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=23642
 
TIPS AND TRICKS:

Nevermelting Ice Crystal:
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50259

Depending on the fight, this trinket can out-perform Icecrown Citadel 25 man heroic trinkets. You can get it in Pit of Saron Heroic. This is a very big one.

Weapon swapping:
If the fight is reasonably 'tank and spank', you're unlikely to let corruption drop off, and your weapon does not have a lot of crit- it might be an idea to eep a weapon in your bags with a lot of critical strike rating, use it until you've casted corruption, and then swap to your normal weapons.

Tricks of the Trade:
We all know that rogues will want to TotT eachother, after all- they get TotT from eachother in return. However if you can coaxx one of your rogues to give you just 1 TotT early during the fight, you should be able to get 15% extra damage on corruption throughout the entire fight. I highly recommend power auras or alike to notify you of this buff. Affliction DPS takes a short while to build up, so unless your tanks are terrible this shouldn't lead to theat issues. Note: You'll have to be somewhat near the rogue for this to work.

Pre-combat Potion:
If you use a potion before combat starts, it won't trigger potion illness. Essentially that means you'll be able to use another potion during the fight. So use a wild magic potion as the pull is about to be done, and try get corruption casted while your potion buff is still action.

4pc Tier 10 proc:
If you have this setbonus it might be worth delaying your full corrupted wrath until you get a proc, this will make it harder to synch up with a pre-combat potion- but it's another 10% damage for corruption, which isn't minor. If you'd like to add this to your corruption you might want to consider not popping a pre-combat potion, and instead simply popping the potion before you use corruption. Reason being that although out of combat potions don't trigger potion illness (preventing you from using another potion until combat ends), they do still have a cooldown- meaning that popping a pre-combat potion could well result in not having the buff while potions are on cooldown when you get your first 4xT10 proc.

Focus Magic:
This is a very minor one, so don't worry about it too much if you don't get it (Or don't worry about it at all really); however mages typically trade out focus magic amongst eachothers (Which frankly is silly if they're arcane). If you can get focus magic for long enough to put corruption up you gain a tiny bit extra DPS.

Removing corruption:
Sometimes when you're trying to re-cast corruption (because your current one isn't very powerful and you have some buffs available or whatever), you'll run into "A more powerful spell is already active", this is a huge pain in the ass- however if you really want to, you can remove your currently active corruption by casting seed of corruption instead. This will wipe off your current corruption allowing you to cast a new one.

Let your guild / raid leader know:
If you're going to be doing half of this stuff, you'll need to fairly accurately know when combat is going to start. Make sure you know this, and don't waste 4 potions and a trinket /use just because the raid leader is shooting blanks.

Macro's:
#showtooltip
/cast [btn:2,@focus][mod:shift,@focus][]Spell to refresh corruption
/stopmacro [btn:2]
/focus

#showtooltip Corruption
/use [btn:2]Nevermelting Ice Crystal
/use [btn:2]Potion of Wild Magic
/cast Corruption
 
 
TEST RESULTS & DATA:

General modifiers:

CoE: 13%, Imp Corr: 10%, Shadow Mastery: 15%, Contagion: 5%, Siphon Life: 5%
Emp Corr: 36% spellpower (6% per tick), Everlasting affli: 30% spellpower (5%  per tick)

General test setup:
Spellpower: 2763 sp
Base damage: 1080 (180 per tick)
Base Co-efficient: 120% (20% per tick)

Expected damage per tick:
180 + (2763*0.31)=1036.53 (Base damage + spellpower scaling)
1036.53*1.13*1.1*1.15*1.05*1.05=1633.53876 (CoE, Imp Corr, SM, Cont, SL)

Modifiers to test:
- Shadow Embrace, 5% dot damage, 2 stacks
- Death's Embrace: 12%
- Tricks of the Trade, 15% damage
- Crit rating / %

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Corruption does not have a damage range for it's base damage, which makes the calculations pretty simple. The damage we're going to see is either full damage, or full damage -10%, or -20%. That is because magic resistance happens in steps of 10%, the level 83 boss training dummy has a chance to either resist 10% or 20% of a spell. In our actual test results you'll find that damage is typically about 5 damage away from what we'd expect, I attribute this to the server simply rounding the numbers a few times down the line- either way the results are consistently extremely close to what makes sense- so it's not a real issue.

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Shadow embrace:

[ Expected results ]
-- Normal Max dmg: 1634, dmg 10%: 1470, dmg 20%: 1306
-- 2x Shadow Embrace: Max dmg: 1798, dmg 10%: 1617, dmg 20%: 1437

[ In-Game results ]

-- Normal:
Max dmg: 1629
Min dmg: 1302 (=20% resist)

-- Apply corr as SE is about to drop off:
Max dmg: 1629
Min dmg: 1466 (=0xSE 10% resist)

-- Apply 2xSE after Corr:
Max dmg: 1792
Min dmg: 1302 (=0xSE 20% resist)

Conclusion: Corruption's damage will increase even if Shadow Embrace isn't applied until after corruption is.

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Death's Embrace:
Casted Corr above 35%, max tick: 1629
Casted Corr below 35%, max tick: 1824
Casted corr above 35%, refreshed below 35%, max tick: 1629

Conclusion: Corruption does not benefit from death's embrace until really refreshed.

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Tricks of the Trade:

Gained TotT, Casted Corr, Refreshed corr, 0% resist tick damage: 1873
Casted Corr, Gained TotT, Refreshed corr, 0% resist tick damage: 1629

Conclusion: Tricks of the trade rolls through when corruption is refreshed.

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Critical strike rating / chance:

These tests were done naked, or started as naked. This is because you need a much smaller sample size to be confident with your results this way.

General naked crit % test: Naked: 100 ticks, 5 critical ticks.

Started naked, swapped gear in after applying corruption, refreshed corruption continuously using drain soul:
100 ticks, 5 critical ticks

Started with gear, swapped to naked after applying corruption, refreshed corruption continuously using drain soul:
100 ticks, 41 critical ticks. (Critical strike rating definitely rolls.)

Naked, Apply improved shadow bolt, wait until it's about to drop off, apply corruption- keep corruption rolling:
400 ticks, 41 critical ticks (10.25%)

Naked, apply corruption, apply improved shadowbolt immediatly after corruption, keep corruption rolling:
400 ticks, 19 critical ticks (4.75%) (Improved Shadow Bolt crit % debuff also rolls.)

Conclusion: Crit rating and chance buffs/debuffs both roll.

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4 piece Tier 10 proc:

I currently do not have this set bonus yet, so I can't provide you with test data. It however has been fairly obvious through other people having this set bonus aswell as a general trend in this type of mechanics that this will roll. If someone could provide some actual data for this that would be great. The data I need is basically: CoE on target, no spellpower procs or gains, a difference of 20% damage between min and max damage on both, with and without 4 piece data sets.
 
hope this is helpful

looks like cs to me

http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/motorcycle-merry-go-round/1j4mqjos7
:roflmao:not laughed like that for ages

Happy birthday m8 have a good one

happy birthday you 2 ,its also my mums birthday today and my sister inlaw had a boy today theres birthdays everywere yoday

lol sounds like m8y needs to reroll a lock hahahahaha:roflmao:

i see that vid about 6 months ago very good video and spent 2 days customising my poweraura's for life tap ,meta, spell/firestones,molten core , decamation well basicly all 3 specs some really good exports here http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=22050167905&sid=1&pageNo=1
you might want to customize them once u have imported them to your own liking ,good one for imp shadowbolt timer so u can keep up the buff during decamation for the 5% crt for raid ,well there all good
u will find exports for all 3 specs here very easy to turn on and off to with /powa shift left click wot u want on or off if u dont use powa aura then these will help loads and are easy to customize like i said b4 ,also good for letting u know when ya trinkets proc setting with a sound also helps when dfo and 35% decamation are activated
also i noticed he was using a meta glyph i think u will find immolate glyph is better dps choice
hope this helps too
                            DILLINJA