Simulationcraft for Sage/Sorcerer

[CaseyTheRetard]

(03-04-2012 11:35 AM)Tacoman Wrote:  I had some trouble understanding your formula ( I stopped taking math at algebra 2 in high school ) Just to see if I am reading it right, did you mean to write:

n * 0.3 * (1980 - 880 / 1.5)?
I got n220 by dividing by 1.5

That formula is n * 0.3 * [additional damage we get from consuming one Wrath proc]. A Wrath proc lets us replace one GCD of FL (880 DPET * 1.5 seconds = 1320 damage) with a CL (1980 damage) so it adds (1980 - 880 * 1.5) damage vs. simply casting FL.

(03-04-2012 11:35 AM)Tacoman Wrote:  I am also having trouble with your values for CL and FL.

my spell numbers are a little different from yours:

I got my numbers by importing a 7/18/16 spec (Sith_Sorcerer_Suffusion) into Simulationcraft and replacing the talents with a spec that had no Lightning Barrage; I wanted to make sure LB wasn't throwing off the DPET of FL since there's no way it's better to interrupt an LB FL. That said, your numbers are within about 6% of mine.

For your numbers:

n*0.3*(1874 - 874 * 1.5) = n*0.3*(1874-1311)=n*168.9.

and half an FL tick is 2622 / 8 = 327.75.

n >= 2 is necessary to increase damage, so the same reasoning applies about not interrupting FL.