Block Cap macro, anybody care to test it?

[crabcrouton]

/script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Need 102.4 combined avoidance. Currently at:",0.8,0.8,1)
/script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(GetDodgeChance()+GetBlockChance()+GetParryChance()+5+(GetCombatRating(CR_DEFENSE_SKILL)*0.20333)*0.04,1,0.5,0)

So this is my amended uncrushable macro with the aim to check how close I am to the block cap. I removed the + 20 Defense from Anticipation. Then converted the old 150/355 (1/2.365 = 0.42283) skill:rating ratio at level 70 to the 1/4.918 (0.20333) ratio at 80.

Anyone doing raids want to give this a try and see if it matches their results?

[Kroda]

I'll compare numbers with the numbers I get from tankadin

[Dork]

77.3250 from your macro.
-25.11 from tankadin2

With out holy shield of course.

[crabcrouton]

Score! Thanks um... Dork.

[majiben]

DR on miss are not picked up macros or addons yet FYI, you'll need to have 1.5-2% more than the macro displays to be at the true cap.

[Janduin]

/script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Need 102.4 combined avoidance. Currently at:",0.8,0.8,1)
/script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(GetDodgeChance()+GetBlockChance()+GetParryChance()+5+(GetCombatRating(CR_DEFENSE_SKILL)*0.20333)*0.04,1,0.5,0)

So this is my amended uncrushable macro with the aim to check how close I am to the block cap. I removed the + 20 Defense from Anticipation. Then converted the old 150/355 (1/2.365 = 0.42283) skill:rating ratio at level 70 to the 1/4.918 (0.20333) ratio at 80.

Anyone doing raids want to give this a try and see if it matches their results?

You might want to replace:

GetCombatRating(CR_DEFENSE_SKILL)*0.20333

with

GetCombatRatingBonus(CR_DEFENSE_SKILL)

This eliminates dealing with ratings, which is good because WoW uses your integer defense skill to calculate the avoidance/block chance it gives, not floating point number you'd get converting your defense rating to skill through multiplication. Answers should be close though.

Edit: What Majiben said. Go 1% to 2% over to account for miss DR.

[KysenMurrin]

I've been using a macro for this for a long time now, and haven't changed it since 3.0, but I noticed that it's slightly different to the one in this thread, so now I'm not sure if it is right or not. The one I have is:

/script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(string.format("Need 102.4 avoidance. Currently: %s",floor((GetDodgeChance()+GetBlockChance()+GetParryChance()+5+(GetCombatRatingBonus(CR_DEFENSE_SKILL)+UnitDefense("Player")-5*UnitLevel("Player"))*0.04)*100)/100))

[Janduin]

I've been using a macro for this for a long time now, and haven't changed it since 3.0, but I noticed that it's slightly different to the one in this thread, so now I'm not sure if it is right or not. The one I have is:

/script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(string.format("Need 102.4 avoidance. Currently: %s",floor((GetDodgeChance()+GetBlockChance()+GetParryChance()+5+(GetCombatRatingBonus(CR_DEFENSE_SKILL)+UnitDefense("Player")-5*UnitLevel("Player"))*0.04)*100)/100))

Looks right. The macro I wrote down assumes your base defense skill is maxed out. Yours doesn't, but if you are level 80 and have base defense skill 400, you will notice that:

UnitDefense("Player")-5*UnitLevel("Player") = 400-5*80 = 400-400 = 0

So yours is identical. Note that the 100s at the end of it cancel out and do nothing.

[KysenMurrin]

Yeah, I was wondering about those 100s... I'd not looked closely at it before, just cut-and-pasted from somewhere (I think a thread on this site, but not sure, might have been wowwiki).
So, the differences just make it work whatever your base defense is at? Good to know.

[crabcrouton]

Makes sense. I'll be running Naxx soon so that'll give me a chance to gear up and see just how accurate the modified macro is (if it is 1-2% or wildly 4-5% for example). Thanks everyone.

[crabcrouton]

Janduin, I modified the macro like you suggested:

/script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Need 102.4 combined avoidance. Currently at:",0.8,0.8,1)
/script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(GetDodgeChance()+GetBlockChance()+GetParryChance()+5+(GetCombatRatingBonus(CR_DEFENSE_SKILL)*0.04,1,0.5,0)

It seems to not give an output for %. Could you take a look and see what's missing?

[majorwoo]

I've been reading more and more of these macros threads looking for one that includes miss% and works with DR. I've come to understand that DR doesn't get counted yet due to macro/addon limitations, and I understand that. What I'm trying to figure out is, is the base miss% included in these macros in the section dealing with defense? And it would also be impacted by DR? (I understand our defense values really suffer DR in miss% just from getting to 54))

Thanks!

[majiben]

Macros don't handle non linear equations well. Let me give you some points of reference.

At 810 defense rating you will have 6.59% miss from defense before DR and 4.59% post DR. A 2% lose.

At 690 defense rating you will have 5.61% miss from defense before DR and 4.11% post DR. A 1.5% lose.

Using those numbers you could create a macro that approximates the DR with a linear for people with defense rating between 690 and 810.

[steadypal]

OH GOD i am SOOOO freaking depressed right now, WTF arrgh,

i used a macro from a different post, got to 102.5, was all happy,, i tried adding it up with a pencil didnt add up right, looked for a new macro and now i see yours


and NOOOO im like barely 96%ish, /wrists,

wtf do i do now

[steadypal]

OH GOD i am SOOOO freaking depressed right now, WTF arrgh,

i used a macro from a different post, got to 102.5, was all happy,, i tried adding it up with a pencil didnt add up right, looked for a new macro and now i see yours


and NOOOO im like barely 96%ish, /wrists,

wtf do i do now

okay re adjusted, and QQ, i lost a bit of avoidance and alot of stam to get over 102.4, i've read to go 1-2% over, so im roughly a tad over 104%,,,


gave up 1340 HP

and about 1.3% dodge



is it worth that much to get over the unhit cap?