A Call to Arms - MoP Mechanics Testing

[Klaudandus]

Easiest thing is probably to get someone else to attack you with something that does more damage than the shield absorbs. Do that for a few different AP levels just so we can check the scaling. I'd offer, but I'll be traveling for the next week.

Currently have a lvl 84 camel hitting me, everything is getting absorbed - cept when the shield drops

[theckhd]

One big attack would be better though, since it would consume the entire shield at once (and thus every absorb would be the full amount of the shield, rather than having to sum over several attacks).

[Klaudandus]

the only way I can see that happening, in a controlled situation, is in a duel.

[theckhd]

Yeah, I was thinking a duel with a 2H-wielding class (Ret, UH DK, Arms Warr) would do the trick.

[Klaudandus]

Q:Is it still intended for block to have diminishing returns? I'm looking at some data this evening, and as far as I can tell we're getting exactly 1% block for every 1% mastery all the way up to around 38% block (which is as high as my data set goes). If there were any meaningful DR on block (i.e., a cap lower than 1000 or so), I should have seen some nonlinearity by that point. But it's perfectly linear.

The data set is gathered from the character sheet, so it's possible (though unlikely, in my mind) that the character sheet block percentage just isn't updating properly.

A:Nope, Block chance does not DR.

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic ... ge=97#1930

Well, that solves that.

No mention on whether Hammer of Wrath proccing Divine Purpose is a bug or not.

[KysenMurrin]

He posted that it was a bug left over from the Cataclysm version of Divine Purpose and will be fixed.

[Klaudandus]

Yeah, I was the one that asked him =P

[KysenMurrin]

Haha. The posts he quotes never include the name of the original posters. (Though I correctly guessed Theck as the one asking about DR on block.)

[Klaudandus]

Haha. The posts he quotes never include the name of the original posters. (Though I correctly guessed Theck as the one asking about DR on block.)

Yeah, I had to ask twice -- the first time around, the question went unanswered =P

[Ophilil]

Hello.
So I hit level 88 and was going to hit a dummy for a while for #29 but I cannot find a level 90 Dummy. Been through Org/Undercity/TB, but havent been to the new Mists capital, and all I find level 85 and ?? dummies but not level 90. Maybe I'm blind (or they arent in the old world) but can you point me to them? Or does the dummy even matter at this point?

[Klaudandus]

There are no lvl 90 dummies =(

It sucks, I know.

[Ophilil]

Well thats no fun. I guess I'll get back to leveling so I can test the level 90 stuff

[Klaudandus]

Well thats no fun. I guess I'll get back to leveling so I can test the level 90 stuff

you can help me out by killing me =P

[Klaudandus]

Eternal Flame logs
Naked, Set 1, 3, 5 and 7 -- ran out of time really but thanks to Gab for helping out by smashing me on the face

[Klaudandus]

Sacred Shield is a bitch to properly test... unfortunately, gab was too low lvl to consistently burst my bubble past set #2, plus we didn't have time for him to whack a dummy to get an idea of what his attacks do on average.

It only has the log for naked and set #2, in part because I forgot to record set #1, I suck