Sorcerer DPS BIS discussion

[Saros]

Long time visitor, first time poster.

I'm a Lightning/Madness Hybrid DPS (1/12/28) trying to min/max my gear like many others here. I'm in full 61's.

Here is a link to my current gear: http://swtor.askmrrobot.com/character/00...c0225433eb

I've been stacking Power at the expense of Crit (currently 666 power), but I am afraid my crit has gone too low (174 crit, 32% buffed). My surge is healthy (342 surge, 77%).

I've debated swapping out my 3 Aptitude/Mettle 26A mods for the 26 version - sacrificing 11 willpower for 29 power-or-crit each as discussed in another thread. I'm curious what others think - continue stacking willpower and power at all costs, or bump my crit up 58 (or 97) at the expense of 22 (or 33) willpower?

[Kaedis]

Definitely sac the 26A mods for 26 versions, that's a universal DPS gain. I would recommend you swap all 3 to Crit. That'd bump your crit rating to 273 and drop your Power to 654.

At that point, you could drop another 41 Power for Crit by swapping one of your Aptitude mods to Mettle, putting you at 603 Power and 324 Crit. I'm not sure off the top of my head if this would be a DPS increase or not, but my gut says it would be. I'd have to run it through SimC to know for sure, though.

[Archie]

(06-04-2012 04:43 AM)Lhokz Wrote:  

(05-24-2012 06:45 AM)Archie Wrote:  What about the imps? I haven't seen a crit black hole imp yet. I don't want to waste 35 marks for nothing.

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/5315/...320524.jpg

thx

(06-09-2012 07:42 AM)Kaedis Wrote:  Definitely sac the 26A mods for 26 versions, that's a universal DPS gain. I would recommend you swap all 3 to Crit. That'd bump your crit rating to 273 and drop your Power to 654.

At that point, you could drop another 41 Power for Crit by swapping one of your Aptitude mods to Mettle, putting you at 603 Power and 324 Crit. I'm not sure off the top of my head if this would be a DPS increase or not, but my gut says it would be. I'd have to run it through SimC to know for sure, though.

Hmm I don't know. I think ~ 32% crit (full buffed) its enough. If you want you can check out my bis gear list. Its similiar to Saros one but not equal. I changed a little bit.

http://swtor.askmrrobot.com/character/f8...535ec4393d

Just imagine the legs and feet armoring is still the set boni armoring. Maybye I did something wrong but mr. robot didn't allow me to choose the right ones there.

[pichon]

I think I have developed a good combination for sorc BiS. Of course, I arranged it so none of the pieces had an augment slot in it, since in 1.3 all will be able to be augmented and all you'd have to do is add a slot in-game.

http://swtor.askmrrobot.com/character/e8...0ff0664f1c

Only change I could see would possibly change the off-hand for the Campiagn Foce-mystics.

[Raist_BlackRobe]

What about the new relics?

Is it worth the "nerf" they have suffered for the increased duration?

[Darth_Nihilus]

(06-10-2012 06:11 AM)pichon Wrote:  I think I have developed a good combination for sorc BiS. Of course, I arranged it so none of the pieces had an augment slot in it, since in 1.3 all will be able to be augmented and all you'd have to do is add a slot in-game.

http://swtor.askmrrobot.com/character/e8...0ff0664f1c

Only change I could see would possibly change the off-hand for the Campiagn Foce-mystics.

All Force-Lords can't be BiS. Some of those Force-Mystics stats look tempting.

[frmorrison]

(06-12-2012 03:11 AM)Raist_BlackRobe Wrote:  What about the new relics?

Is it worth the "nerf" they have suffered for the increased duration?

The the relic change, it really affects burst damage. You get the same damage over time. So the order of relics would not change.

[Lhokz]

(06-10-2012 06:11 AM)pichon Wrote:  I think I have developed a good combination for sorc BiS. Of course, I arranged it so none of the pieces had an augment slot in it, since in 1.3 all will be able to be augmented and all you'd have to do is add a slot in-game.

http://swtor.askmrrobot.com/character/e8...0ff0664f1c

Only change I could see would possibly change the off-hand for the Campiagn Foce-mystics.

Black hole wrist/belt are not BiS, you should go legacy stuff.

Althought, for my part, I tested it with Simcraft. You have too much crit and not enough alacrity

[Kaedis]

Well, yes and no, Frmorrison. You have to consider cooldown layering. Previously, stacking the relic with a damage done cooldown (like Polarity Shift) and Recknessless would provide more benefit per charge or per second of the cooldown. Since the relic durations lasted longer than the charges/duration of both of those effects, reducing the magnitude and increasing the duration actually decreases the total dps benefit of the relics.

[nish]

Heyas,

I was led to believe that rakta boundless ages relic augmented was better than matrix. Then augments changed but no update. Then campaign relic of boundless ages came out and can be augmented. Now matrix cubes have their stats increased (and can be augmented currently on pts but not sure if that will carry over to live). Which is bis now along with an internal/energy proc relic?

-Nish