The Big Nukes

[sorinev]

Is it only me that has my Strike of Storms (and Strike of Thunder when I still used it) resisted about 40-50% of the time? I have both of these spells at Adept 3 and both of them (even at Adept 1) are resisted A LOT. And you know what's funny? Chill (adept 1) is only resisted about 1 in 20 casts. Same with all my dots. What's even funnier is the fact that this is even against T5 and high T4 mobs. I can understand if it was Chill that was resisted a ton of times by these mobs, because that's a heII of a level difference between the spell and the mob - low level noob spell against a big powerful high level mob. But this is sadly not the case, it seems for me. I rarely get Chill or dots resisted, but Strike of Thunder and Strike of Storms were/are resisted A LOT. I'm talkin they are resisted SO much that I count on them being resisted and always have a plan B ready. I wouldn't mind if they were those nice 3 second recast warden spells, but holy mother......9 seconds....... Is this just me? Does this happen to anyone else? Or do I just have absolutely fantastic bad luck?

Message Edited by sorinev on 04-17-2005 09:05 PM

[DragonRoll]

I have Strike of Storms Master 1 and it still gets resisted a LOT - even by lvl 30 stuff.  Prior to that I had AD3 and didn't see any real change in resistance on the upgrade to master.   The problem is its magic based.  And seems that if a mob is gonna have any kind of resist that is above average it tends to be magic.On the other hand, upgrading Dooming Swarm from AD1 to M1 made a change in resist rate - or at least it seems that way.  I don't have the parses to back that up.All we can do is hope priest balance does something about that.  Strike of Thunder/Storms sounds reasonable as a fire based spell to me which would probably help with the resists (minus some dragons/giants).

Message Edited by DragonRoll on 04-17-2005 11:24 PM

[Criteri]

I haven't had any problems with resist on Strike of Thunder

[jfo]

it's one of the few divine damage nukes out there, which isn't really something that can be debuffed, as far as i know. wardens, conjurers and wizards = elemental, warlocks = poison/disease.

it's why we should get an arcane debuff tied to our intimidation line, in place of wisdom as it is currently.

[DragonRoll]

..... bad info posted before.  ignore me. ....

Message Edited by DragonRoll on 04-18-2005 11:47 PM

[bunn]

Ok this thread caught my attention because of the title...  "the big nukes".  I was just curious how much your big nukes are nuking for? 

I was told Furies have the highest DPS of all priests and I was wondering if you guys could give me some numbers.  I have a druid with whom I'd like to follow the path of the Fury one day if she ever sees enough play time. 

Thanks for humoring me! 

[sorinev]

Strike of Thunder at level 24, and it's upgrade Strike of Storms at level 38 are the big nukes. They are 2 second cast I think, but *9* second reuse timer. At adept 3 Strike of Thunder hits for about 280-300+ and, and at adept 3 Strike Storms at my current level of 44 hits for 370-420 or so.

[Criteri]

Strike of Thunder does around 300dmg at l35 adept1(its a l24 spell).Starburst does around 200dmg to all mobs of the encounter at l35 adept1(its a l32 spell)Cyclone(dot) does 44dmg each 4secs at l35 adept1, it lasts for 20secs(i think) so it does around 250dmg(its a l22 spell)Deadly Swarm(dot) does somewhere around 30dmg(cant remember excactly) each 4secs at l35 adept1, it lasts for 20secs(i think) so it does around 150 dmg(its a l31 spell)Chill does around 100dmg at l35 adept1(l11 spells)(mainly use it for ho's)And with all the procs(nettleshield, bristlepelt, ferocity of the eel and fae fire(has a change to do 150dmg app1(l35 spell)) I think we furies rank pretty high in priest dps

[jfo]

i average around 70-80dps @ 45. solo healing, it's around 30dps. raid-time, heals off the hotbar and on full mana burn, against the bigguns... around 145dps or so.

we did torig about three weeks ago. i was level 41 at the time. she conned blue. i hit 240dps... in all fairness, she had the elemental resisting panties debuffed off of her (i think it's a troll woman... hard to tell) and the fight lasted all of a minute.

keep in mind about a third of our damage comes from proc's and buffs.

[mind|e]

was this solo or did you add in your procs that went off from your group jfood? Highest I can hit with straight nukes is about 70 and my guild was pretty impressed. 

[jfo]

the torig cakewalk? jerzeel's landed after earthquake and frostbite, so it went off for something like 400x3 + 50x5x3. landed that twice. the rest was just cycling through the dots, nuking and proc's.

the overall average is with the procs added in. it's our damage and we're *$%#&! well entitled to it 

[DragonRoll]

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bunnee wrote:

Ok this thread caught my attention because of the title...  "the big nukes".  I was just curious how much your big nukes are nuking for? 

I was told Furies have the highest DPS of all priests and I was wondering if you guys could give me some numbers.  I have a druid with whom I'd like to follow the path of the Fury one day if she ever sees enough play time. 

Thanks for humoring me! 

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Here are two of our best topped out at lvl 50:

Of course I've never seen Strike of Storms hit for the 727.  Mid 600's is the best I've seen on low lvl mobs (stupid lvl 16 undead from scrying stones).

Message Edited by DragonRoll on 04-18-2005 06:55 PM

[jfo]

ack... it is magic damage and illusionists do get an arcane debuff in thier nightmare/wither line. still, we should get something useful in place of the wisdom debuff.

[sorinev]

Indeed. At my current level of 44 with Strike of Storms at adept 3, myself and my regular duo partner (45 Berserker) grouped with a level 50 illusionist to kill a named group of level 38 shadowmen in the Obelisk of Lost Souls (he need it for access). Whatever he was doing (well I have an idea, as I have a Coercer) made my SoS hit for 455 on one of the non-named in the group, when normally it'd hit for about 390-405 in such an encounter. And I agree that it should be something like heat damage. Cause I tell you, if I get struck by a bolt of lightning in a thunderstorm, I'm sure as heII not thinking magic!

Message Edited by sorinev on 04-18-2005 08:25 PM

[bunn]

OOh that Strike of Storms just made me drool. 

 

[darkshm]

I've read many times that Wardens out DPS us with their smaller, but much more rapid-fire nuking.  Just what I'm told.