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I'm a warrior and I don't like it. If i'm not CTC capped i'd rather be having passive mastery than passive stam. And if i am CTC capped the mastery proc is not great. Prolly good for DKs though
I just got this like 2mins ago. I tried it out and it like doubled my mastery when it proc'd. I didn't really lose all that much from my CTC cap either, one or two more pieces and I can use it, but once I'm CTC capped I'm thinking its not that good since I'm a pally.
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I'm a warrior and I don't like it. If i'm not CTC capped i'd rather be having passive mastery than passive stam. And if i am CTC capped the mastery proc is not great. Prolly good for DKs though
I'd rather have more parry/dodge/stamina than more crit block.
Well there's no stamina/stamina trinket out there so you'll have to live with that or use Sadly dodge/parry are just to expensive to stack them far behind 2500 rating unbuffed, we could easily push for another 1000-1500 avoidance rating (that dodge trinket alone grants us 780-980 dodge rating).
Alternatives? Heroic Scales of Life (+650) is okay i guess, but it's 125 stamina behind heroic pride/vortex (a 2200 hitpoints deficit). Heroic Vial (+544) is another 100 stamina behind, the real question should be: do i have enough/to much mastery thus i can use stamina gems, souldrinker and two stamina trinkets? If not i can use mirror/spindle/vp one + pride and swap around depending on the fight.
well, for the normal version 2904 mastery rating. 179.28 rating per point of mastery, 1,5% crit block per point of mastery.
2904/179,24 * 1,5 = 24,3 percent chance of a critical block.
That is actually way better than I had initially thought it would be. (Warrior POV, obviously...)
Interestingly, the trinket procs on attack, meaning that it *could* proc during periods where you're not taking damage.
One *could* also use a such situaion to not do damage, and then try timing the proc to occur approximately when wanted (say you're not hitting a boss while offtanking, internal cd runs out and it procs within moments of you tauning). As a 10 man tank, I find this scenario unlikely, the raid frankly needs my dmg.
What's more interesting to me is how this matches up against the other stamina trinket, with the absorbsion shield (there is a thread below this one), as I sincerely doubt I will ever be able to cap ctc with 2 stamina trinkets.
Answer is probably gonna end up being "it depends on the fight" again though...
Trinket is atrocious, I'd use Scales over it any day.
Indomitable Pride is the way to go for a stam trinket. You can see my conclusions in the thread about that trinket. The proc mastery is nice for 60% blocks, but everyone should be aiming for passive CTC cap at this gear level, so relying on it to get CTC cap is a poor choice. Don't get me wrong depending on what trinket options you have available this could be the way to go till you get something else, but given the choice others are much better.
Basically I'm seeing that Idom Pride, Fire of the Deep, and Mirror are the only trinkets I will need. Swapping Fire for Mirror when a resist would prove better than and on use dodge.
There is something so appealing about backhanding someone across the face with a shield.
Are you forgeting or purpousfully leaving out the one from spine? Imho the 900 dodge (~3.5%) beats all.
I think the problem is it only has slightly more CTC than a mastery trinket and has no use/proc. Another problem many of the big hits in fights you can't dodge, but I do agree it is ton of dodge.
for me, it's actually less ctc than the trinket from heroic beth (warrior PoV). (spine trinket)
Unless I fucked up my excel again....
To stay on topic, it's not terrible, but I'd go with Indomidable Pride if we're looking at stam trinkets.
I think one topic covering all the trinket choices is probably better than separate topics on each. By their very nature, you are always looking to 'pick 2', and also 'pick 2 that best suit this encounter'.
Given the nature of the encounters, stamina is often desirable and trinkets are a handy way to get it. Of the two stamina trinkets on offer, Indomitable Pride seems much better suited to warriors/paladins than Soulshifter Vortex. Indeed, I don't particularly like random proc survival, I much prefer the 'smart proc' or 'on use' variants. I can just about manage full CTC with 1 stamina trinket, not quite 1 stamina trinket + soul drinker yet. On some fights though, I'm preferring to run slightly below full CTC for the extra stam. In those situations, Soulshifter looks OK (especially if like me your next best stamina trinket is T11 Heroic).
I'm wearing it on my DK though, where I am ok with mastery fluctuating and less worried about particular stat caps. However I'm seriously tempted by the spine trinket for the DK - the raw avoidance is great in combination with bone shield, and the fact it's dodge works well with my imbalanced DRs.
So far, I've prioritized other gear upgrades over the VP trinket, but I think that'll be my next purchase. From what I've seen, dodge on use seems more applicable than resistance. Am I missing some good resistible damage?
I would take that over a stacking proc any day.
There is something so appealing about backhanding someone across the face with a shield.
I was considering using this one on Zon'ozz since there is high tankdamage without much breaks. Other fights all have tankswaps or breaks that would make indomitable pride better.
A bit off topic, but i was surprised that the "resolve of the undying" didint have a big fanbase. Ive alweys been one to like a nice stamina buffer to soak up damage spikes and have been vocal about it.
Still, when i got the normal mode version of the resolve a couple of weeks ago i tried pairing it up along with a stamina trinket (replacing the mastery one off beth) and reforged lots of dodge to parry to keep my avoidances close when i have the procs.
I hardly see it as a proc trinket, more as a static 880 dodge, since it takes like 3 gcds to get to max stacks and will remain up as long as i melee something every 10 seconds (cant recall any fight i have a hard time doing that). The amount of dodge was large enough to remain at ctc while droping my mastery trinket(i think i had to do a couple of reforges too, but nothing big), so the feel im getting is im trading off mastery for dodge in CTC coverage.
Im having a hard time figuring out why everyone looking at this trinket and think "meh".
Like, having a little bubble from beths trinekt is nice, or the dodge on use from the new VP trinket, but those are mastery trinkets and their procs/on uses can save your life, but also can be meaningless.
If you had a trinket that gave the same amount of CTC in avoidance, but without any fancy proc or on use, wouldent you take it just to reduce average damage income?
@Fetzie - I do understand the EH/worse case scenario model, but i dont view that i am dropping any stam for this trinket. If i subbed it for a stam one id be below CTC. Even if i had good enough gear to be at CTC with 2 stam trinkets, id surely have to have a heavy mastery gem set to pull that off. With this dodge trinket im going to be able to swap my gems for more stamina as i get new drops.
The only downside i see is that for 10 seconds at the start of the fight im 3% below CTC. What am i missing?
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If I needed the trinket to get my CTC completed, then I would use it over a mastery trinket. But if I was already at full CTC and had the choice between this trinket and a stamina trinket, I would prefer a stamina trinket.
Of course there is the problem that the "few seconds" it takes to stack up are long enough for a boss to get two unblocked swings in, which is when things get dangerous.
I gain 0.04% ctc when that thing is fully stacked versus normal Spidersilk spindle. I'm more than happy to trade that small CTC gain for a 17k absorb when i'm low.
There is no justification for using the Spine Dodge Trinket unless you do not have access to other options. Its not a horrible trinket, its just inferior to other options. Being CTC capped and using Fire of the Deep, Indom Pride, Spindle, or Mirror are all better options.
There is something so appealing about backhanding someone across the face with a shield.


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On waking, I staggered out into the town with Bruce in search of nourishment. We were both starving, as our body clocks are all over the place, so ended up in a nice little cafe, each of us ordering both an omelette and a Croque Monsieur. The waitress did do a double take, but delivered our order nonetheless. It turns out that both of these items are full-meal sized orders, so the table was heaving with food, bread, chips, buckets of mayonnaise, etc. A little daunting straight out of the sack, but we gave it our best shot.
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Round Nine continues on Saturday with some crunch Super Rugby clashes that could determine a potential new tournament leader.
The Chiefs (31 points) currently lead the race, but could be knocked off top spot if they lose to the eighth-placed Sharks and either one of the Stormers (28), Bulls (28) or Highlanders (26) win their respective clashes against the Reds, Brumbies and Blues.
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Hurricanes v Crusaders
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
The Hurricanes will hope to pick up where they left off a fortnight ago when they return from their bye to tackle the Crusaders in the New Zealand capital.
Two bonus points separate the sixth-placed Hurricanes and the seventh-placed Crusaders on the Super Rugby ladder and victory this weekend would be vital for either side.
The hosts have suprised everyone but themselves having proved their pre-season critics wrong with four wins and three losses thus far this season, but their leaky defence cost them a potential win over the Cheetahs in week six.
They're well rested after demolishing the Sharks in Round Seven, but will be without in-form rookie scrum-half TJ Perenara (ankle) and Jack Lam (concussion) for Saturday's crucial derby clash.
The Hurricanes take on a buoyant Crusaders side that tipped over the previously unbeaten Stormers in Christchurch last Saturday, with Tom Taylor scoring all his side's points in the seven-time champions' 31-24 win.
Although the Crusaders have lost three games this year, the Christchurch-based side have carved out a niche of peaking at the right time in the Super Rugby competition and will be a tough nut to crack come kick-off at the Cake Tin - a venue the Hurricanes are yet to taste victory this season after they were beaten by the Highlanders (19-17) and the Cheetahs (47-38).
To beat the Crusaders, Hurricanes fans will be hoping for more of the same attacking rugby from their team that they've produced to date. So far, just the fourth placed Bulls (234 points) and the 11th placed Cheetahs (227 points, in eight games) have scored more points than the Hurricanes (225).
The Hurricanes and the Bulls have scored the joint most tries (26) so far, while the Crusaders have scored 174 points and scored 13 tries.
To continue their collective electric streak further out, the forwards will need to match the Crusaders pack that had seven of its eight starting members against the Stormers as All Blacks plus Owen Franks on the bench.
The match will also be a special milestone for Crusaders pivot cum centre Dan Carter, who runs out for his 100th game for the franchise.
Prediction: Home ground advantage hasn't proved very helpful for the 'Canes at Westpac Stadium this season, but they should put up a decent fight only to lose their way at the end. Crusaders by six!
The teams:
Hurricanes: 15 Andre Taylor, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith (c), 12 Tim Bateman, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Chris Eaton, 8 Victor Vito, 7 Karl Lowe, 6 Faifili Levave, 5 Jeremy Thrush, 4 Jason Eaton, 3 Jeffery Tooamga-Allen, 2 Dane Coles, 1 Ben May.
Replacements: 16 Motu Matu'u, 17 Michael Bent, 18 James Broadhurst, 19 Mark Reddish, 20 Frae Wilson, 21 Tusi Pisi, 22 Alapati Leiua.
Crusaders: 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Adam Whitleock, 13 Robbie Fruean, 12 Dan Carter, 11 Zac Guildford, 10 Tom Taylor, 9 Andy Ellis, 8 Kieran Read (c), 7 Matt Todd, 6 George Whitelock, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Tom Donnelly, 3 Ben Franks, 2 Corey Flynn, 1 Wyatt Crockett.
Replacements: 16 Quentin MacDonald, 17 Owen Franks, 18 Luke Romano, 19 Luke Whitelock, 20 Willi Heinz, 21 Ryan Crotty, 22 Tom Marshall.
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Waratahs v Melbourne Rebels
Sydney Football Stadium
Saturday's second game pits the 'Tahs against the Rebels in a game doubters are predicting could be an under-whelming affair at Sydney Football Stadium.
Let's face it, the Rebels cannot get much worse than their 37-6 reverse at the Brumbies last week. They were a team lacking in cohesion, hunger, ideas; you name it they were falling short. Such was the showing that it added weight to talk that one cannot throw individuals together expecting greatness.
Wallaby back James O'Connor was arguably the only one of the Danny Cipriani and Kurtley Beale triumvirate that offered any real threat in Canberra as Jake White's side made easy work of their opponents, who failed to cross the whitewash or in fact make it even close to threatening for a five-pointer.
Now the big question is, could that epic low be the springboard to right some wrongs - note the sugar-coating of things and adding the positive spin. Changes to the line-up that lost last weekend sees Lloyd Johansson and Michael Lipman given starting positions ahead of Mitch Inman and Al Campbell. Lipman will add more grunt to the pack alongside Jarrod Saffy and Gareth Delve while Luke Jones' shift back into the engine room may help Hugh Pyle.
They face a side this week that will undoubtedly have an eye on topping the Australian conference. The Waratahs will be buoyed by their most recent showing, when they defeated Western Force 23-18 in a result that moved them level with the Reds and just three points off the pace-setting Brumbies.
It has been their flankers who have stolen the show thus far this term as Chris Alcock continues to impress on the openside while converted lock Dave Dennis was superb against the Force, fully deserving his try. If they, like the Brumbies, can attack the Rebels' pack then it may be another home win.
A boost for them is that former Wallabies captain Rocky Elsom has been named on an eight-man bench for what could be his first 'Tahs game since 2008,
Prediction: Waratahs will be too strong and savvy. Home win by 7!
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Waratahs: 15 Bernard Foley, 14 Tom Kingston, 13 Rob Horne, 12 Tom Carter, 11 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 10 Berrick Barnes, 9 Brendan McKibbin, 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 Chris Alcock, 6 Dave Dennis, 5 Kane Douglas, 4 Dean Mumm, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Benn Robinson (c).
Replacements: 16 Rocky Elsom, 17 Daniel Halangahu, 18 Jono Jenkins, 19 Sarel Pretorius, 20 Paddy Ryan, 21 Lopeti Timani, 22 Sitaleki Timani, 23 John Ulugia.
Melbourne Rebels: 15 Kurtley Beale, 14 Lachlan Mitchell, 13 Lloyd Johansson, 12 James O'Connor, 11 Mark Gerrard, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Gareth Delve (c), 7 Michael Lipman, 6 Jarrod Saffy, 5 Hugh Pyle, 4 Luke Jones, 3 Rodney Blake, 2 Ged Robinson, 1 Nic Henderson.
Replacements: 16 Luke Holmes, 17 Jono Owen, 18 Al Campbell, 19 Tim Davidson, 20 Richard Kingi, 21 Julian Huxley, 22 Cooper Vuna.
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Sharks v Chiefs
Kings Park Stadium, Durban
If the Sharks beat the Chiefs, they will manage what only the Highlanders could achieve in this season's competition. The Hamilton-based franchise are on a six match unbeaten run since their 23-19 loss to the men from Dunedin in their season opener which has pushed them to the top of the standings.
Sharks coach John Plumtree knows the importance of this match and has already identified as Chiefs and All Blacks centre Sonny Bill Williams as one of the players his troops will have to stop if they want to secure a victory.
Plumtree has demanded more consistency from his team in their quest to make the play-offs.
"Winning is a habit and once the ball is rolling, so the victories become 'easier' (or teams know how to find ways to win close games)," said.
"For The Sharks, three of their four losses have been by a heart-breaking seven points or less, suggesting that the bounce of a ball, a missed tackle or an incorrect decision may well have been the difference between one log point and four," added Plumtree.
The Sharks, who returned from their to Australia and New Zealand, earlier this week will try to build last week's 29-23 win over the Blues in Auckland.
Captain and number eight Keegan Daniel, who is in the form of his life, impressed in that match with his attacking play and if the Chiefs want to win this encounter they will have to stop this player from gaining momentum.
The Chiefs' main attacking threat will come from an unlikely source in the form of prop Arizona Taumalolo who is the tournament's leading try scorer at the moment with six tries.
Taumolo has proved unstoppable when he gets to within a few metres of the try-line and illustrated this twice during his side's 39-33 win over the Cheetahs last week.
But apart from Williams and Taumololo, the Chiefs have several other key players who will keep the Sharks defenders busy. Especially amongst their backs, where Aaron Cruden, Tawera Kerr-Barlow, Lelia Masaga and Richard Kahui are all capable of changing the course of a match with moments of brilliance.
Prediction: These sides have met on 14 previous occasions in the tournament and have sevens wins apiece. Although the Sharks are always competitive in their own backyard this Chiefs team will have too much class for them. Chiefs by six!
Sharks: 15 Riaan Viljoen 14 Louis Ludik, 13 JP Pietersen, 12 Tim Whitehead, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Patrick Lambie, 9 Charl McLeod, 8 Keegan Daniel (c), 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Jacques Botes, 5 Anton Bresler, 4 Steven Sykes, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Dale Chadwick.
Replacements: 16 Craig Burden 17 Wiehahn Herbst 18 Pieter-Steph du Toit 19 Jean Deysel 20 Marcell Coetzee 21 Frederic Michalak 22 Meyer Bosman.
Chiefs: 15 Andrew Horrell, 14 Lelia Masaga, 13 Richard Kahui, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 11 Asaeli Tikoirotuma, 10 Aaron Cruden, 9 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 8 Alex Bradley, 7 Sam Cane, 6 Liam Messam, 5 Brodie Retallick, 4 Craig Clarke (c), 3 Ben Tameifuna, 2 Mahonri Schwalger, 1 Arizona Taumalolo.
Replacements: 16 Hika Elliot, 17 Josh Hohneck, 18 Michael Fitzgerald, 19 Tanerau Latimer, 20 Augustine Pulu, 21 Jackson Willison, 22 Robbie Robinson.
Referee: Garratt Williamson (New Zealand)
Bulls v Brumbies
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Former Bok coach Jake White heads into his first match with the Brumbies in his homeland when the Aussie conference leaders take on the rampaging Bulls.
Despite impressing thus far this season, victory for this rejuvinated Brumbies outfit will be a tough ask. White's troops have the travel and jet lag battle to contend with as well as a poor record at Loftus Versfeld, given their last recorded win at the Bulls' fortress was six years ago.
The Brumbies led the Bulls 21-20 at half-time in their last match In Pretoria early in the 2010 season, before being overrun in the second half to lose 50-32.
However, the men from the Australian capital will be brimming with confidence after their 37-6 thrashing of the Melbourne Rebels at Canberra Stadium last weekend. It was their fourth win in seven matches, and allowed them to retain a narrow lead atop the Australian conference.
Facing the Bulls - currently the joint South African leaders with the Stormers - on enemy territory in front of a hostile crowd is a much tougher proposition though.
"The reality is quite simple and that's that even in the glory days of the Brumbies they couldn't win in South Africa, let alone at Loftus," White told AAP.
"So no one is under any illusions about how tough it will be.
"We'll do our best and make sure we prepare like we know we can and give ourselves a fair chance."
Prediction: The Bulls have not lost to any Australian team at home for the past 10 matches, and we expect that streak to stretch to 11. Bulls by nine!
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Replacements: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Frik Kirsten, 18 Gerrit-Jan van Velze, 19 Arno Botha, 20 Jano Vermaak, 21 Louis Fouche, 22 Johann Sadie.
Brumbies: 15 Jesse Mogg, 14 Henry Speight, 13 Andrew Smith, 12 Pat McCabe, 11 Joe Tomane, 10 Christian Lealiifano, 9 Nic White, 8 Fotu Auelua, 7 Michael Hooper, 6 Ben Mowen (c), 5 Sam Carter, 4 Scott Fardy, 3 Dan Palmer, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Ben Alexander.
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The combined results have been published for those athletes who have completed both the Old Mutual Two Oceans Ultra Marathon and the Pick 'n Pay Argus Cycle Tour for 2012.
Half Marathon entry changesPosted 28 August 2012
2013 - Thank you for your ideas - you spoke and we listened
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My subsequent work to authenticate the work as a composition by Vivaldi soon established that all of these hunches were correct. (Those who are interested can read an introductory article on it in the first issue of the new journal Eighteenth-Century Music, scheduled to appear in spring 2004.) This was indeed the last of the group of five Psalms for which Vivaldi was paid in 1739 to be identified (the other four are RV604, RV609, RV795 and the incompletely preserved RV789).
And what a work! Vivaldi scores it for three solo voices – soprano, contralto and 'tenor' (actually, a contralto whose part is written in the tenor clef) – and five obbligato instruments (in addition to the three mentioned above, solo cello and solo organ appear), with the usual strings and continuo. The setting allots a separate movement to each verse (of which there are six, plus the two for the Lesser Doxology). Its structure is almost perfectly symmetrical. The outer movements, based on common material, employ all three voices with orchestra. The second and sixth movements are for solo voice, one obbligato instrument (viola d'amore and cello, respectively) and continuo. The third and fifth movements are for solo voice and orchestra (with the 'violino in tromba marina' added in the latter case). The sensational fourth movement, the 'calm at the heart of the storm', is for one voice, obbligato chalumeau and a bass alternating between unison violins and unharmonized continuo. Even the key scheme, A–D–G–C–G–D–A, is symmetrical. This tidy order is broken, however, by the seventh movement, which is in a minor key (E minor) and is scored, like the fifth movement, for a solo voice, orchestra and an obbligato instrument (organ). The solo voices 'progress', as the composition unfolds, from alto (movements 2 to 4) to 'tenor' (movement 5) and finally soprano (movements 6 to 7).
This 'second' Nisi Dominus by Vivaldi (the first is the familiar RV608, in G minor) is easily the most attractive work in the 1739 set. It shows how thoroughly Vivaldi was influenced, during the 1730s, by the dominant galant style, and how enterprising he continued to be, even at the very end of his career, in his choice of instrumental colours. This is truly his 'swan song' for the Pietà.
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We're sure you know by now that here at Grazia Daily we have a little obsession with Ms Jennifer Lawrence. This year she landed a Dior campaign, bagged an Oscar, and gave us lots of GIF-able red carpet moments, so it's hardly surprising that she made the cut for the year's 100 most influential people.
Jodie Foster wrote about the Academy Award winning actress in her profile inside the magazine: 'You'll remember where you were when you first felt it, how you were stuck to one spot like a small animal considering its end. The Jennifer Lawrence Stare. It cuts a searing swath in your gut. A reckoning. I remember going to the cutting rooms of 'Winter's Bone'.' Foster who directed JLaw in her film The Beaver added 'I thought, Sure, this girl can act. But, man, this girl can also just be.'
J Law also made the cover slot, as her beautiful black and white portrait cover is one of the seven special 100 most influential people covers. But who else made the cut? Michelle Obama alongside Barack Obama and in the feature it writes that 'she would dare to wear clothes off the rack.' From one high street ambassador to another, Kate Middleton also made the list but her sis Pippa didn't make the cut this time around unlike last year.
Jay Z and Beyoncé are the ultimate power couple as they both made the list. Michael Bloomberg wrote in his profile 'Jay Z embodies so much of what makes New York, New York. In nearly everything he's tried, he's found success (he even put a ring on Beyonce.) and in doing so he's proved that the American Dream is alive and well.'
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Lena Dunham made the list and her profile was written by Claire Danes who said 'Lena's unique lack of vanity or shame allows us to consider that we may also be able to accept and express ourselves fully. This is not only impressive, it's important. Because it turns out that girls don't just want to have fun. They also want to be known for who they really are.'
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Elsewhere in Celebrity Instagram Land Rihanna has shared even more behind the scenes pictures from a recent shoot with Terry Richardson. The singer and the photographer looked like they had a right giggle, with RiRi even borrowing Terry's glasses to channel geek chic teamed with her leather floral embellished jacket and white shirt.
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off-peak period price was only 15-percent lower than the standard rate, yielding a ratio of 1.3:1 between peak and off-peak rates. Such minor rate differentials make it difficult for customers to achieve sufficient savings in their utility bills, de-motivating them from making behavioral changes necessary to shave peaks or transfer them to off-peak periods.
Many pilots with real-time pricing also suffer from this weakness because they don't allocate capacity costs during the critical hours of the peaking season and spread them out uniformly over all 8,760 hours of the year.
Many pilots suffer from another weakness: They offer only a single dynamic price to customers in the treatment group. This makes it difficult to derive price elasticities with any degree of precision. This can become a serious problem if the utility or load- serving entity wants to engage in price-responsive demand bids to the wholesale market. In addition, by limiting themselves to a single price, all they are able to do is estimate the impact of that specific price by using analysis of variance or analysis of covariance. They aren't able to estimate demand curves, which would allow them to predict future responses to alternative price levels. This capability is critical for making long-term forecasts under conditions of price uncertainty.
A few pilots don't have any control group at all. It becomes difficult to predict the behavior of treatment group customers on treatment days since such behavior can be inferred only with reference to a comparable group of customers who weren't on the treatment— i.e., a control group. Such pilots have limited internal validity. The best they can hope to do is to compare the behavior of treatment group customers on treatment days to their behavior on non-treatment days— i.e., the treatment group becomes its own control.
The lesson for those who have done their own pilot is to make sure it's consistent with the scientific principles of experimental design. If it doesn't hold up to these principles, they should consider conducting a new pilot that does.
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So what does the policy analyst do who has never carried out his or her own pilot? The analyst could decide to rely on the FERC results. However, there is significant variation in a key analytical parameter—the elasticity of substitution—across the pilots. This elasticity measures the extent to which customers are likely to curtail peak usage in response to higher peak prices, and provides a summary measure of the ability of customers to curtail peak loads or shift them to off-peak periods.
The variation in elasticities is illustrated in Figure 7 using information from the pilots that reported this parameter. The results being shown are for customers who are offered dynamic pricing rates but not offered enabling technologies. The lowest elasticity in the figure has a value of -0.073 and the highest one has a value of -0.13. 15 The impact of this variation in elasticities on the magnitude of DR enabled by dynamic pricing is significant. For example, if a dynamic pricing rate were to be offered where


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Anyone know of some good strats for the Commanders? My guild couldn't get past them ><
We'll be porting Spiritus' written guide into this thread in the future, but until then we recommend reading it here.
Hello, and welcome to Tankspot's written encounter guide for the Halion Encounter in Ruby Sanctum. My name is Spiritus and I will be going over the abilities or this fight, as well as some basic strategy on how to approach your first attempts.
Environment, Positioning, and Pull:
(1) After clearing the mini-bosses, you will travel to the center of the room and engage Halion. While it may seem like you have a wide area to work with, shortly after Halion activates he will put up an impenetrable circular flame wall that mirrors the circle you will see on the ground. So we encounter our favorite environment shape: the circle.
(2) Because of several abilities [notably his flame breath and several "void" mechanics], you will want to create as much space to work with as possible by tanking Halion parallel to the outside of the circle, right up against the flame wall [See Figure 1].
(3) Halion has both a tailswipe and a cleave. Position accordingly.
(4) This fight requires two tanks.
(5) Starting positioning is simple enough. In fact, positioning is rather easy for the entirety of the encounter.
Halion Abilities:
Halion has three phases: Physical Realm, Twilight Realm, & Split Realm. He has a total of 45.3m HP. Enrage timer unknown [Note: this shouldn't come into play as the Halion encounter is more about control than DPS]. I will break down each phase and the abilities there-in:
Twilight Precision
Persistent Aura.
Halion's insight into movement between phases allows him to deal unexpected strikes, increasing his chance to hit by 5% and reducing the enemies' chance to dodge his attacks by 20%.
Halion's version of the ICC debuff. Take that gear inflation!
Tail Lash
Instant. 20yd Range. Frequency Unknown.
A sweeping tail strike hits all enemies behind the caster, inflicting 3063 to 3937 damage and stunning them for 2 sec.
Don't stand behind the boss.
Instant. Melee Range. Frequency Unknown.
Inflicts 75% weapon damage to an enemy and its nearest allies, affecting up to 10 targets.
Don't stand in-front of the boss unless you are the tank.
<---Phase1 [Physical Realm]--->
Phase one is a fairly straight forward DPS burn with spread out mechanics.
Flame Breath [25][10]
2sec cast. 30yd Range. Cone angle unknown. 10-15sec Frequency.
Inflicts 26250 to 33750 [10s: 17500 to 22500] Fire damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster [Note: Exact damage figures subject to change].
A standard conical breath attack directed towards the highest aggro target. Don't stand in-front of the boss unless you are the tank.
Fiery Combustion, Mark of Combustion, & Combustion "Void Zone" [25][10]
Instant Cast. 30sec Duration. 20sec Frequency. Cleansable by magic or curse removal spells.
[Combustion "Void Zone": 40sec Duration. Variable Radius]
Engulfs an enemy target in flame, dealing 4000 Fire damage every 2 sec. Every time Fiery Combustion deals damage, it generates a Mark of Combustion charge on the target. When Consumption fades or is dispelled, it unleashes a patch of fire [25][10] [read void zone] proportional to the number of charges present at the time. Either curse or magic removal may cleanse this affliction.
Though the description of this mechanic may seem confusing at first, its execution is rather simple. Every 20sec a raid member [possibly ranged only, but unconfirmed] is given the Fiery Combustion debuff which deals damage every 2sec as well as building stacks of Mark of Combustion. When the debuff is removed via magic or curse removal a void zone is created proportional in size to stacks of Mark of Combustion. The coefficient on this is unknown.
Therefore it is important for the debuffed raider to quickly move away from all players where he will "drop" the void zone via a cleanse [magic or curse]. I will go over my recommendation for void zone placement at the end of this section. NOTE: It also appears the the "dropping" of the "void zone" has a significant knockback [unconfirmed 100yds] for all those who are in range at the time, making placement even more important.
Meteor Strike & "X" Fire Patch
Instant Cast. Approx 6sec "travel time." 35sec Frequency. ["X" Fire Patch: Duration approx. 30sec]
Deals 18750 to 21250 Fire damage to enemies within 12 yards.
Metoer Strike is cast at the location of a random raid member [melee & tanks can be hit by this, but it is unclear if that is always active or based on the number of raiders at range]. Upon casting, the area which the target was standing will be hit with Meteor Strike, causing the damage shown above. After the Meteor Strike hits, an "X" Fire Patch will spawn which will send out four lines of fire emanating from the epicenter all the way to the outer "fire wall." Note: This is not a "perfect X" like Coldflame during Marrowgar's Bone Storm [see video]. Damage while standing in the "X" Fire Patch is unknown, but not instantly lethal [damage seems to be comparable to Coldflame, if not slightly more aggressive].
Simply put, move out of the 12yard radius and avoid standing in fire. Melee should be ready to adjust if one of the fire "tendrils" meanders to their position. Tanks must also be ready to adjust the boss if it is cast on them. Moving 12yards back should alleviate any problems.
Phase1 Positioning Strategy Overview
(1) This is my recommendation for handling Meteor Strike and Fiery Combustion. As always, the best strategy is the one that works, so feel free to adjust this to your guild's playstyle. To start, have all ranged stand at max range against the fire wall like so:
Figure 1. Initial Phase1 Positioning
(2) The first type of ability you will encounter is Fiery Combustion. Simply have the infected raider move away from the raid like this:
Figure 2. Fiery Combustion Positioning
(3) The second ability you will encounter is Meteor Strike. If cast at ranged, have the range group shift 15 yards to the right like so:
Figure 3. Meteor Strike & "X" Fire Patch positioning for Ranged/Healers
Melee should be situated on the hind leg. If cast on melee, shift to the front leg like:
Figure 4. Meteor Strike & "X" Fire Patch positioning for Melee/Healers
If cast on the tank, simply walk back 15yards out of the range of Meteor Strike. Raid adjust accordingly:
Figure 5. Meteor Strike & "X" Fire Patch positioning for Tanks
At 75% Halion will enter Phase2 and will summon a portal that the entire raid save one tank and one tank healer must take to enter the Twilight Realm. The tank and tank healer left in the Physical realm will be responsible for holding the physical manifestation of Halion in position for Phase3.
<---Phase2 [Twilight Realm]--->
As stated, at 75% Halion will begin Phase2 by entering a portal to the Twilight Realm that all raiders save one tank and one tank healer must enter. Its a good idea to leave your initial tank in the Physical Realm, while your "OT" picks up Halion in the Twilight Realm. During this phase, Halion cannot be damaged in the Physical Realm.
"Twin Shadow Pulsars"
Beam Duration 10sec. Frequency 30sec.
The "Twin Shadow Pulsars" periodically link, creating a beam of dark energy [Twilight Cutter] between them, causing those who cross its path to take 13,875 to 16,125 Shadow damage every second.
The first thing you should notice when entering the Twilight Realm are the two shadow orbs [which have the same model as the orbs from BPC in ICC] rotating on the outside edge of the room. 30sec after the activation of Phase2 [NOTE: not when you enter the portal], the "shadow pulsars" will link creating a beam that spans the diameter of the "room." The beam lasts for 10sec and is cast every 30sec. Basically 10sec of beam and 20sec without the beam.
Dusk Shroud [25][10]
An aura of twilight energy emanates from the caster, causing nearby enemies to suffer 4500 [10s: 3000] Shadow damage every 2 sec.
Everyone's favorite damage aura mechanic. Gogo gadget raid blanket.
Dark Breath [25][10]
2sec cast. 30yd Range. Cone angle unknown. 10-15sec Frequency.
Inflicts 26250 to 33750 [10s: 17500 to 22500] Shadow damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster [Note: Exact damage figures subject to change].
Same mechanic as Fire Breath except more shadow-ery.
Soul Consumption, Mark of Consumption, & Consumption "Void Zone" [25][10]
Instant Cast. 30sec Duration. 20sec Frequency. Cleansable by magic or curse removal spells.
[Consumption "Void Zone": 40sec Duration. Variable Radius]
Engulfs an enemy target in dark energy, dealing 4000 Shadow damage every 2 sec. Every time Soul Consumption deals damage, it generates a Mark of Consumption charge on the target. When Consumption fades or is dispelled, it unleashes a dark explosion [25][10] [read void zone] proportional to the number of charges present at the time. Either curse or magic removal may cleanse this affliction.
Almost the same as the Fiery Combustion, except more shadow-ery. The one functional difference is those caught in the radius of the "void zone" when it is dropped are sucked to the middle instead of getting knockbacked.
Phase2 Positioning Strategy Overview(1) This is my recommendation for handling the "Twin Shadow Pulsars" & Soul Consumption. As always, the best strategy is the one that works, so feel free to adjust this to your guild's playstyle. To start, have your tank set up Halion so he is behind the path of Pulsar1 all range and melee gather behind the path of Pulsar2 like so:
Figure 6. Phase 2 Initial Positioning
(2) Have the raid follow behind the path of the orb until it activates the beam. At this time you should have everyone go flat footed & pop heroism/BL. If executed properly, this is what your raid should look like at the beginning and the end of heroism/BL [Note you will most likely need to move a little bit counter-clockwise towards the end of heroism/BL]:
Figure 7a. Start Heroism/BL [0sec]
Figure 7b. End Beam [10sec]
Figure 7c. Pulsars pass by "un-beamed" [17sec]
Figure 7d. Pulsars begin 2nd Beam [30sec]
Figure 7e. End Beam. End Heroism/BL [40sec]
If I am correct with this positioning and timing, you will only need to "strafe" a little in the beginning to set up heroism/BL, and then once again towards the end of heroism/BL. At the end of Heroism/BL, reset back to Figure 7a positioning and repeat if you need more time to activate Phase3 [50%]. Smoke flares and the like will make this easier. UPDATE! NOTE: When executing this strat, make sure to rotate Halion far enough clockwise so the dps/healer groups avoid crossing the Tail Lash area.
NOTE: If you are uncomfortable using this strategy you can always just continually strafe around the room clockwise.
(3) Soul Consumption should be dropped by the wall like so:
Figure 8. Soul Consumption Positioning
At 50%, Halion enters Phase3 and will summon two portals to the Physical Realm that a few healers and half of your DPS should take. The remainder of your raid stays inside the Twilight Realm.
<---Phase3 [Split Realm]--->
As stated, At 50% Halion enters Phase3. Half of your raid will be in the Twilight Realm while the other half will be in the physical realm. It is a good idea, if your raid is balanced, to have ranged take the portal and melee stay in the twilight realm as ranged will have more flatfooted time in the physical realm. The key mechanics are the same for those in their respective realms save one change:
Phases the caster between the physical and Twilight realms, altering his damage dealt and received in each realm according to his corporeality there.
Depending on how much damage is done to Halion in each realm alters the percentages of his damage done and received. This can range from equal damage done and received in both realms to 200%/400% increase in damage taken/received in one and 70%/100% decrease in damage taken/received in the other. Basically, your goal is to maintain equal DPS in both Realms by having Coporeality buff read this.
For the more visual learner, this is how the mechanic generally works [numbers not exact]:
(1) Phase3 begins. Halion at 50%.
(2) Halion at 40%. Both Physical Realm and Twilight Realm responsible for 5% damage of the total 10%. Halion receives and deals normal damage in both realms.
(3) Halion at 30%. Physical Realm dealt no DPS and Twilight Realm deals all 10%. Damage done/received increased in Physical Realm, while damage done/received decreased in Twilight Realm.
(4) Halion at 20%. Physical Realm dealt all 10% while Twilight Realm stops DPS. Damage taken/received normalized in both realms.
Again, the goal is for balanced DPS in both realms. NOTE: The Corporeality buff does not "slide" on health or time benchmarks, rather on damage done ratios. I am not certain what these exact ratios are, but, for instance, when Twilight reaches 2% more total damage done than Physical, the first "phase slide" will occur regardless of time and boss health.
When Halion's health reaches 0, you win. Collect your purples and rejoice.
(1) The key to this fight is raid positioning and proper DPS balance in Phase3 between the two realms.
(2) Make sure to leave one tank and at least one tank healer outside the portal for Phase2.
(3) Use heroism/BL in Phase2 as described above.
(4) Have Fire Aura/Totem running in the Physical Realm.
(5) Balance! Balance! Balance! Phase3 is not a DPS race, but a test on how well you can control your DPS. If one realm is dishing out more damage than the other, simply have them throttle back to maintain equilibrium on Corporeality.
(6) Corporeality "slides" based on damage done ratios, not at time or health benchmarks.
There are some interesting mechanics in this fight that make it a lot of fun. Besides, who doesn't like a little sneak peak into some Cataclysm lore?
As always, feel free to add info to this post that will further everyone's understanding of the fight.
Good luck on the Halion Encounter and clearing Ruby Sanctum!
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Check out this video which nicely shows the mini-boss abilities. Tactically, they're not very difficult, but its always good to have advanced information:
Special thanks to Lulia for the video!
Last edited by Spiritus; 07-12-2010 at 12:51 PM.
Anyone know of some good strats for the Commanders? My guild couldn't get past them ><
Yea checkout the pre-release guide by Spiritus, it has a video with mini-bosses
Thank you
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Attempted this last night with a pug group and got to Halion, but could not get past phase 2. This instance may look like it is the same concept as OS, but its not. The trash mobs are a lot harder to kill. The Commanders have to be moved away from the rest of the group and be dpsed down first. The group I was in had trouble with Warborne, but had little trouble with the other 2 mini bosses. I am really looking forward to taking on RS with my guild.
This is the first time i've ever had to comment on a video, I love the new tankspot intro. I also nedd to correct what Aliena said, Phase 2 starts at 75% not 70%. I will also provide some tidbits for people on information regarding 25man Heroic.
Phase 1:
Meteor Strike will spawn a Living Inferno, and multiple Living Embers will spawn, You need to have a 3 tanks for this phase. 1 Tank will pick up Halion, 1 tank will be dedicated to picking up the Living Inferno, and getting it away from everyone as quick as possible, and your final tank is responsible for the Living Embers. We found the easiest way to do this is to have a Holy Paladin using Righteous Fury, and having a DK tank, or Prot paladin stand ontop of them and use DnD, or Consecrate when the strike hits to gather up all the adds.
The Living Inferno needs to be burned down by ranged asap, it has an aura on it that does 6k-8k fire damage to everyone within 15 yards, and any Living Embers within 15 yards will continually gain a stacking buff that increases their attack speed, and damage done, as well as their health pool. So it is extremely important that they stay seperated until death.
Phase 2:
Just like normal mode, you will have floating orbs that become connected with a shadowy beam. However on heroic mode you have 4 orbs, equally spaced apart from each other. When they connect it forms a cross, basic physics here, the closer you are to the center the easier it is to avoid getting hit by the beams. While avoiding the beams, you still need to deal with Soul Consumption.
Phase 3:
cannot comment, still wiping at 55%
Most likely during all phases, the zones caused when dispelling Fiery Combustion, or Soul Consumption, are visible and affect players in both realms. So you need a coordinated placement of them so you don't inadvertantly wipe your raid.
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We didn't encounter any Living Inferno's or Embers in 25 man Khilbron are you basing this on PTR testing?
edit: ahh, heroic 25 man. okay, regular 25 man does not have embers. GG for reading comprehension...
I thought the trash was more fun than the boss. =]
Looking forward to trying out Heroic after reset!!
yeah we spent 2 hours in there, 1 hour of which was on trash, the bosses were largely 1 shots, halion being 3 shot because we needed to explain the mechanics better, and people needing to see it for themselves. Fun fight though, can't wait till heroic.
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curzy! looks fun ;D
What would be a strat for Ragefire mini boss if you don't have a hunter or rogue in your group?
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For phase 2, why does the MT stay in the physical realm if Halion disappears? Can't he/she just jump back through first?
Trash is not faceroll, big plus. Took them long enough. Halion is overall a well designed encounter, even if we did 20 man it due to patch day woes. (we had 8 people signed not being able to install the patch for whatever reason)
The physical realm tank can stay in there to make sure he is the sole target of the newly aggroed halion in P3. don't want a healer or two having a faster PC than the tank and aggroing the boss before the tank has got the boss on his screen.


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Gary Plana was there, providing information and background. His knowledge of the Prime Directive RPG games and their history was invaluable.
Steven Petrick had to answer many phone calls and questions. What's that square thing on the SSD? How do I know if this is a K refit thing or not? What year did this ship really come out? HELP! I can't find an SSD for this ship!!!!! Without his help I could not have checked the entire chapter on the starships. With his help I learned far more about the Klingon starships than I ever knew and realized that each change in design was logical and had a purpose.
Steve Cole was absolutely essential in getting this book to press. He did the layout and all the corrections to the text. He had the unenviable chore of making larger files fit into the same space and he did it seamlessly. He capitalized phrases and changed capitalized phrases into lower case (per ADB, Inc.'s "Capitalization Guide") without much protestation. He has been understanding when Real Life issues prevented me from working on the book as much as I would have liked to have done. And of course, he's the one who brought us the original book!
Thanks also go to Leanna Cole and the Coles's furkids (Ramses and Isis, two beautiful Bengal cats) who let Steve work late, late nights in order to get this done.
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 5:38 pm
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Thanks Jean !
Could the updated material in Klingon PD20M perhaps be made available for Gurps-edition owners ?
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 5:56 pm
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There is no "updated material" in the Klingon book.
(Some typos, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and so forth was fixed.)
The "updated" stuff is converting the PD20v3.5 rules to PD20M, which is meaningless to GURPS players.
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 6:05 pm
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Oh ! I could have sworn I saw some post somewhere that said that there was some new source material (I think about one of the subject races) in the Klingon PD20M release.
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 6:59 pm
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Gary: I believe the additional race data was in GURPs, but never made it into the PD20v3.5 book...
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 9:09 pm
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Gary, there are some corrections that Gary Plana and I want to make to the Bargantines, but those are in the future when I have time to breathe.
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Quote:Was I missing something or does the second pitch of Snooky's have really bad gear?
Quote:The question is: does Snooky's really have a second pitch? And if so, are any two people out there doing the same one?
Quote:my p2 of snookeys went as follows:from bolts head up and left a bitwhen you get to a left facing cornerish area , stop and try to clip a quickdraw intoa piece but somehow unclip half of it from that rubber thingy that is suposed to clip it orientated and have it nearly nail phlan and peter sitting at the base. then head more left and up til you hit the lichen before which you head straight up to the top