In defense of gear simulations

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2-04-2011 @ 7:41PM

Jebediah54 said...

If you want to test movement and other dps impairing phases, you can download SimCraft. In the options tab you can choose for the fight to be either Patchwerk or Helter Skelter, as well as many other options.

For example, on my fire mage if I choose helter skelter it will take into account that when I'm moving I have to cast scorch instead of the higher dps fireball. It will also introduce using counterspell on cooldown to interrupt spells. If I go over to my arcane spec though, it will use the movement capabilities of arcane (very limited) instead.

Really, for anyone that wants to get into the "simming" part of the game, I would highly recommend SimCraft. I also use Rawr to optimize my gear, which is really handy so you can say "I want to change to this piece of gear, but how would I have to reforge my gear to stay at the hit cap?" as well as just to maximize your mastery/haste/crit numbers according to their priority for your spec.

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