Epidemic Adept III > Plauge Master I ?

[Baccalarium]

Epedemic  Adept 3 221 disease damage / tick  for 106 power 29% harder to resistPlague  Master 1  211 disease damage / tick for 92 power 33% harder to resist.Is resistability tied to spell level versus opponent level?Otherwise other than soloing,  the 10% increase in power vs.  the 5% increase in damage I'd reather save the power for heals.I know, I know,  I'm the only mystic that cares cause I have not converted this to a CA.    And I'm not overly concerned at that since the change is small and I don't use this spell much other than soloing anyway.   Just curious  about the resistability numbers mostly.

[Banditman]

Not at all tied to spell level.Remember Umbral Trap?  Mine lands just fine on L84 mobs . . . and it's a L35 spell.

[SonnyA]

<p>Basically, if your T7 version is Master 1, then don't upgrade to T8 Ad3. The gain is minimal, but the power cost will rise.</p><p>My single target ward, "Ethereal Aegis M1" wards 2087 for 185 power = 11.28 hp per power cost.</p><p>The T8 version, "Ancient Aegis Ad3" wards 2137 for 211 power = 10.13 hp per power cost.</p><p>So I prefer my old Master 1.</p>

[Baccalarium]

Thanks,   drat I already wasted the fire emerald on Epidemic.   Ancient Aegis though I'm still using the upgrade as I want the extra heal per second, despite the lower power efficiency.

[Finora]

lol Sonny I was wondering if I was the only one who looked at the ad3 of the ward and was thinking " Oh please tell me they didn't think that was an upgrade."

[Urgol]

ive got melee build to save plat on getting new ad3 and highly recommend doing the same...unless they give us another viable option

[Banditman]

This is an interesting point, and I'm not sure what I really think about it yet.  I'll point it out and you tell me.Let's say that I'm in a raid with another Shaman, Defiler or Mystic, doesn't matter.  I'm using my T7 Master Ethereal Aegis, and the other Shaman is using the T8 Adept III single target - again - doesn't matter if it's Mystic or Defiler.If his Ward is on the tank, when I try to cast mine, I get the "Would not take effect" message.  Basically, his T8 Ward takes precedent over my T7 Ward.Pros:  Because of this, power efficiency goes up.  I can't waste power putting a Ward on the tank while his is there.  Coordination is a lot easier.Cons:His Ward might be sitting there with 1 HP on it and I can't replace it with a full Ward.  That can be a problem with the way the RoK raid mobs hit.  You definitely want full Wards on your tank.

[SonnyA]

<cite>Banditman wrote:</cite><blockquote>This is an interesting point, and I'm not sure what I really think about it yet.  I'll point it out and you tell me.Let's say that I'm in a raid with another Shaman, Defiler or Mystic, doesn't matter.  I'm using my T7 Master Ethereal Aegis, and the other Shaman is using the T8 Adept III single target - again - doesn't matter if it's Mystic or Defiler.If his Ward is on the tank, when I try to cast mine, I get the "Would not take effect" message.  Basically, his T8 Ward takes precedent over my T7 Ward.Pros:  Because of this, power efficiency goes up.  I can't waste power putting a Ward on the tank while his is there.  Coordination is a lot easier.Cons:His Ward might be sitting there with 1 HP on it and I can't replace it with a full Ward.  That can be a problem with the way the RoK raid mobs hit.  You definitely want full Wards on your tank.</blockquote><p>Solution:</p><p>Get the Master 1 version of the Tier 8 spell <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>But seriously. That's interesting. When I'm raiding I'm usually in the MT group, and I let the defiler ST ward. But if it's a tough mob, I'll sometimes toss a ST ward in there to assist. I wouldn't want it to not stick.</p><p>So I might be forced to "upgrade" to T8. But to begin with I'll stick with my T7M1.</p>

[Banditman]

Well, it's not that it doesn't stick.  It never casts at all.  You get the message as soon as you try to cast, no cast time or power wasted.Yea, it's a real close call and I could argue for either it being a good thing or a bad thing.