Shaeyla

I'm not sure if this has been posted already, so if it has then I apoligize. looking for some help, have a Warlock alt thats like 77 and wanted some help with casting order and what I should be parsing for different mobs. she is Adept III'd out For T8 Spells and fully mastered for T7.

Instances:
CoA -
Maidens -
Vaults -
Chelsith -

Raids:
EoF
MMIS - {Trash} / {Names}
EH - {Trash} / {Names}
FTH - {Trash} / {Names}
TnT - {Trash} / {Trash}
RoK

what I'm looking for is advice one what I should cast first and then so on and so forth. {Yes, I'm a noob to the class and Yes I'm asking for help} and what I should be parsing and how do I top the parse or stay up top consistantly. I know that getting Spell Crit Gear, spell Reuse Reduct, etc is key too. AA spec's will help a geat deal as well Thank you in advance.

Mezelline

There are plenty of threads on cast order, there's a search button at the top of the forum there...

As far as guidelines for parsing goes, I think what you should be looking at is your %total damage of a raids dps. Guilds decked out in RoK gear are going to blow EoF stuff out of the water, you can't really compare parses from two completely kind of guilds with two completely different group setups.

I think a good goal to shoot for is 8-9% of a raid's dps, ***assuming an ideal scenario*** Ie, 24 person balanced raidforce, no wipes, troub+fury+illy+you group setup, brigand debuffs, tank that never loses single-target aggro. If the zone has a lot of AE encounters in it, you could bump that up by two, and if the zone has 0 AE encounters in it you can bump it down two.

If you have more than 8-9%, it probably means either the rest of the raid is slacking or your raid setup is less than ideal. If you are doing truly exceptional you might be able to hit 10-11%, but I've found when I hit those numbers its more because I get a stacked group compared to everyone else. If you parse at less than 8%, it shows you could use some work compared to your peers.

Parsing in group instances is much the same, except more extreme. Depending upon how good or crappy the rest of the group is, I can swing between 20% of the groups dps (if its good) to 40% (if its crappy). And extdps will vary dramatically depending upon the time it takes to kill mobs; we parse our best in ~15second fights. If you have a good group killing stuff in 10s or a crappy group killing stuff in 20s that is going to disproportinately effect your parse.

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Udoaka

IMO Velizar should sticky an actual Official Warlock Parses Thread.

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Velizar

I'm not really a fan of that kinda stuff, though if you guys really want to do it i don't really mind.

Xaabag

If you sticky one I hope that the guilds DPS as a whole gets posted along with the Warlocks.


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Kabs

think my guild leader might have something to say if i go pasting raid parses in a public forum though :/ - at the end of the day just do the best you can, and if you're topping your raid parses then i guess you're doing ok

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Aralas

i think he means the total raid dps