by Kannkor » 02 Sep 2016, 04:12
I got done not getting any ethereal runes from this event, so thought I would buy all mine. So here is a before/after equipping them.
Group make up:
Guardian, Dirge, Swashbuckler, Coercer, Defiler, Templar. (MT group, max max defensive).
Troubador, Brigand, Illy, Warlock, Fury, Mystic.
I've noted if anyone has an ethereal (AoM old weapon). Since that is likely worth while to note as it won't change things much when I switch it to a rune.
Warlock - Hammer + Ethereal Ranged (reset)
Defiler - Ethereal primary (reset)
Well.. that was a short list.
TDx1:
(05:29) training dummy: 1660006669 Warlock-Plaguebringer-1,111,980,305
Warlock | 556819544
Illy | 280458202
Swash | 222460723
Brigand | 164001931
Coercer | 125569398
Troubador | 66854768
Guardian | 58158534
Dirge | 52763340
Fury | 43408497
Mystic | 40811549
Defiler | 25520769
Templar | 23179413
TDx8:
(05:30) Before-TDx8: 3892101749 Warlock-Rift-1,090,029,411
Warlock | 1517965689
Swash | 870457207
Illy | 371433428
Brigand | 295178653
Coe | 225381433
Guard | 127348995
Troubador | 117063052
Dirge | 101339922
Mystic | 100740601
Fury | 88097018
Templar | 38738634
Defiler | 38357118
I now have the following ethereal RUNES (got rid of any ethereal weapons).
Guardian - Primary (Fervor)
Dirge - Primary (reset), Ranged (Fervor)
Swashbuckler - Primary (reset), Ranged (Fervor)
Coercer - Ranged (reset)
Defiler - Primary (reset)
Templar - Primary (reset)
Troubador - Primary (reset), Ranged (Fervor)
Brigand - Primary (reset), Ranged (Fervor)
Warlock - Hammer + Ranged (reset)
Illuisionist - Ranged (reset)
Fury - Primary (reset)
Mystic - Primary (reset)
Keep in mind, I did 0 other changes between these parses. Because of all the resetting, I'll need to tweak my cast stacks, specifically the priests.. but I wanted to do two decent comparison tests first.
TDx1:
(05:31) After-TDx1: 1651479981 Warlock-Ethernere Chains-682,424,872
Warlock | 504201521
Illy | 267187087
Swashbuckler | 255726100
Brigand | 200379414
Coercer | 103436729
Troubador | 77219027
Guardian | 61315721
Dirge | 53238085
Fury | 44756842
Mystic | 41531180
Defiler | 23311191
Templar | 19177084
TDx8:
(05:32) After-TDx8: 4164519661 Warlock-Rift-620,966,202
Warlock | 1508198658
Swash | 1054485779
Brig | 388350056
illy | 355946563
Coe | 205186749
Guardian | 140876963
Troubador | 133666097
Dirge | 112058534
Mystic | 98933302
Fury | 89835558
Templar | 40004612
Defiler | 36976791
Okay.. so lets break it down.
TDx1 difference: (Positive is better)
Warlock -10% * Lost a few Truespirit legacies, and we can call this margin of error. Almost nothing changed on this toon.
Illy -5% * Mimicry did a bit less which would account for most of it. We can call this minimal, but I think with some profile changes this will end up a net positive.
Swash 13% * No surprise here, fervor and reset.
Brigand 18% * No surprise here, fervor and reset.
Coercer -21% * Much worse mimicry the second time. Lost 7% of his parse over this. So it's really -14%. Nothing jumps out on ACT, will need to look more. Quite possibly a profile update required.
Troubador 13% * No surprise here, fervor and reset.
Guardian 5% * Not as high as I expected with the fervor proc. ACT just shows everything did a "bit" more.
Dirge 1% * This is actually a pretty big surprise. But looking at his parse, almost all of his damage is proc's. So the gain wasn't real big. I also think a profile update is required here.
Fury 3% * This is likely margin of error. I'm surprised his parse didn't go down from random resets and healing extra. He's set very high on healing.
Mystic 2% * This is likely margin of error. I'm surprised his parse didn't go down from random resets and healing extra. He's set very high on healing.
Defiler -9% * This is more what I expected from all the priests. My MT group has most of their heals etc set as [ID], so they will spam them as much as they can. Profile update required for sure.
Templar -21% * This is more what I expected from all the priests. My MT group has most of their heals etc set as [ID], so they will spam them as much as they can. Profile update required for sure.
TDx8:
Warlock -1% * This is more of what I expected. Basically no change since his items basically didn't change.
Swash 17% * No surprise.
Illy -4% * Mimicry did 16m DPS less the second time. Same response as the tdx1.
Brigand 24% * No surprise.
Coe -10% * Mimicry did 16m DPS less the second time. After seeing the loss from TDx1, this was expected. Some more investigation/profile updates definitely required.
Guard 10% * This is more like it! Get em tiger.
Troubador 12% * No surprise.
Dirge 10% * This is more expected than what happened on TDx1.
Mystic -2% * Same answer as TDx1
Fury 2% Same answer as TDx1
Templar 3% * No idea why his parse didn't go down... but most of his damage is based on auto's and procs. So quite possible the TDx1 parse is a one off.
Defiler -4% * Surprised it didn't go down more here also.
Some thoughts:
I forgot to check [x] Force Named CA (but I forgot on all 4 tests). So there were no VC's and some other things in there. Whatever, it was a comparison test anyways.
The priests all being very close to the same on the TDx8 fight is likely from AE auto attack. They all have 100% and most of their damage comes from auto's + procs. So it would make sense it would be more difficult to notice a change on a tdx8 vs a tdx1 where the abilities make up more of it.
Overall, I'm quite happy with everything overall. A few toons I need to sit down and have a look at (Coercer, I'm looking at you).