Re: Casting order of CAs on Raids
Yeah stay away from macros man, the delay inherent in executing a macro outweighs the potential goodness you get from not delaying autoattack.
This is especially the case with berserkers, because we do not have a stable haste mod like many other classes do. You have to micromange with stuff like berserk procs, open wounds, acceleration strike.
Best way to go is to keep an open combat log on your screen. Or if you don't have the screen space for it, get a long delay weapon so its very obvious when your autoattack triggers. (Gotta turn friendly number spam off for this to be effective of course)
Don't bother with HOs, the fighter-started ones blow, the only ones worthwhile are scout HOs and even then the benefit from executing the HO only marginally outweighs screwing with your casting order.
Because I'm lazy, I love the Nathsar, I can spam CAs all day. If I hit a CA at the wrong time my autoattack goes from 6 delay to 6.5 delay for a maximum 8% decrease in autoattack damage, compared to a 1.5 delay weapon going to 2.0 for a 33% max decrease.
You gotta remember that most people have a reaction time of like 0.2-0.3 seconds at peak conditions anyway, and dropping to 0.4-0.6 in less optimal ones... even worse if you're actually paying attention to crap like voice communication, mob positioning, aggro, and health. So even though mathematically the best place to be is 1.0 or 2.0 or 3.0, reality is that human error is going to screw you over no matter what you do. I think a better approach is to minimize human error, rather than feebly trying to become a human stopwatch.
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Last edited by Mezelline; 03-03-2008 at 04:28 AM.
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