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Yamaha Factory Racing's Jorge Lorenzo won an intriguing Australian Grand Prix ahead of Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa and his factory Yamaha stablemate Valentino Rossi.
The new Phillip Island track surface proved to be unexpectedly harsh on tires, particularly at the rear, resulting in a decision by race direction – following discussions with Bridgestone – to reduce the race distance to nineteen laps and mandate a pit stop where riders were required to change bikes equipped with a fresh set of tires.
Q&A with Shinji Aoki – Manager, Bridgestone Motorsport Tire Development Department
Last Sunday MotoGP witnessed its first flag-to-flag race in dry conditions. Can you explain what happened at Phillip Island?
"Basically, due to the much improved track surface at Phillip Island this year, the rear slick tire allocation we supplied for the Australian Grand Prix experienced extreme temperatures which affected their durability. The very high levels of traction offered by the tarmac resulted in some tires having their tread torn off and cracked – a situation we definitely did not anticipate. When it became apparent that doing the full race distance on a single rear tire was not feasible, we engaged in discussions with Dorna, the FIM and IRTA, who worked together to find a solution for the race. Considering the tire allocation we had to work with, I am pleased at the outcome on Sunday as the crowd at Phillip Island, as well as fans around the world got to witness a safe and exciting race. The teams and riders showed great flexibility and professionalism in adapting their programme for a flag-to-flag race and for this they should be congratulated."
The original announcement of the flag-to-flag race was for a twenty-six lap race, then on Sunday this was revised to nineteen laps. Why was the duration of the race changed?
"The decision by race direction to make a twenty-six lap race came after our advice that the maximum stint on a rear slick tire must be fourteen laps, following our tire analysis on Saturday. With our mind on the safety of the riders, we asked the riders to do long runs on the harder option rear slicks In Sunday's warm up session to see if running conditions were different compared to the day before, which could have a result on tire longevity. The analysis of the tires from warm up showed that on Sunday, ten laps was a safer distance on a single rear tire so for a one stop race, nineteen laps was deemed the best race distance. It seems that the improved setup of the bikes in Sunday warm-up yielded better performance for the riders and hence increased the stress on tires even further compared to Saturday."
What was it about the track surface at Phillip Island that caused problems with the tires
"We knew that the track had been resurfaced at Phillip Island resulting in the track being more severe and despite having special extra-hard rear slicks delivered to the circuit to address this change, the improvement in the condition of the track surface caused us problems. Although we have to investigate our used tires and look at telemetry data from the teams to reach a conclusion on all the contributing factors, the overall problem was sustained periods of very high tire temperature that before this weekend, were unprecedented at this circuit. Our initial findings suggest it wasn't just the vastly increased grip of the tarmac itself that caused the problem. The lack of bumps in the corners meant the tires maintained more constant contact with the tarmac and this drove tire temperatures even higher. When you look at the best race lap time from this year, it is over two seconds quicker than last year, which shows just how much extra traction – and potential for higher tire temperatures – the new tarmac offers. We expected an increase in tire temperatures this weekend and prepared for this, but the extreme temperatures that occurred were far beyond our expectations."
An extra-hard rear slick was tested by the twelve works riders in Free Practice 4, but wasn't used for the race. Why?
"The extra-hard rear slicks used in FP4 offered no benefit compared to the hard compound slick that was originally allocated to riders. The extra-hard rear slick suffered from the same heat problems and also offered less grip than the hard rear, so it was withdrawn as a race option. Generally, harder rubber compounds offer better heat resistance, yet this wasn't the always the case last weekend. Our hard compound rear slick fared better than our medium compound rear, but the extra-hard rear slick didn't cope as well as the hard option. This seems to be another peculiarity with the new Phillip Island track surface and this is something our engineers are currently investigating."
How will Bridgestone ensure such problems at Phillip Island are not experienced in future races?
"It is evident from what we now know about the condition of the Phillip Island circuit that we will need to undertake testing here before the race in October next year. As Phillip Island isn't currently used for any IRTA group tests or private team tests, we are currently negotiating a way by which we can test here next year with some MotoGP riders before the next Australian Grand Prix in October. This way, we can use the data obtained to develop tires that better suit the new track surface."
Are you confident that with testing, Bridgestone will be able to make tires that last a full race distance for next year's Australian Grand Prix?
"Yes, everyone at Bridgestone is confident that if we test next year with factory riders at Phillip Island early next year, we can develop tires for this circuit that will last the full race distance of twenty-seven laps. It will be a big challenge for us, but one we will pursue diligently. Creating new slick tires that will have enough durability and heat-resistance on the new surface, yet still deliver the grip levels and warm-up performance that is required at Phillip Island will be made a priority for the engineers at Bridgestone's Technical Centre in Japan."
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Maybe it time to have more than 1 tire manufacture support the series. Frankly I have never had good luck with Bridgestone on my bikes. my .02 now yours
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CARY, NC (10 okt. 2013) – Know someone who regularly works magic managing the complexities and intricacies of your organization's data? While it may not be as glamorous as pulling a rabbit from a hat or making the Statue of Liberty disappear, SAS is once again acknowledging the unsung heroes who make your organization's data a true asset with the third annual Data Stewards Day. Nominations for the annual Data Steward of the Year Award are now open, and winners will be announced Nov. 19.
Often referred to as the "moderately sung heroes" (they don't get a great deal of credit, but they make a decent salary), data stewards work the magic of bridging IT and business without the benefit of smoke and mirrors. For the third year, SAS and The Data Roundtable, the industry's pre-eminent minds in data management, have come together to celebrate the world's greatest "data stewards" – literally, the keepers of the data.
Data stewards work virtual (and in some cases, near-literal) magic with vast volumes of organizational information – with the industry's highest honor, the Stewie. Previous winners include Sallie Mae's Barbara Deemer (2011) and iJet's Falguni Sanghani (2012). With the recognition comes automatic entry into the Data Stewards Hall of Fame alongside historical figures as Zenodotus and Thomas Jefferson.
"Do they have a magic wand or even a top hat? A cape? I can't really say," said Jill Dyche, Vice President of SAS Best Practices. "Maybe they do, but they don't usually bring it to the office. But what I can say is that our past winners have been nothing short of magic in their work managing the complex data of major organizations such as Sallie Mae and iJet. They have awed audiences – in this case, their coworkers – with the ability to bridge the business and technology sides of the organization.
"We are looking to again honor these spellbinders who dazzle us all with their ability to use amazing skills – and yes, maybe some sort of magic, but not the dark arts kind; the benign, fun kind that everyone enjoys watching – to both manage data and act as a liaison between IT and business."
Nominations can take any form – colleagues and data admirers have submitted everything from videos and PowerPoint presentations to heartfelt poems and letters. In addition to previous winners Deemer and Sanghani, judges for this year's event include some of the greatest minds in data, members of The Data Roundtable such as Jim Harris, David Loshin and Joyce Norris-Montanari. You can keep up with the magic on Twitter at @sasdataflux, hashtag #DSD13.
Nominations must be submitted by Nov. 4, 2013, using the magic of the Internet. For more information, visit datastewardsday.com.
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Awesome collection yoy have going, keep up the good work.
Btw, does anyone have an idea on how much the Ceremonial Daggers and Ungues Of The Oni cost? If you could tell me, that would be nice...
My First Post! w00t... Lol...
I like the collection, but I was wondering are the Starter Daggers the only ones with that skin?
Lol, my first post too... =)
The starter daggers have the same skin as the dirks, which can be seen at the bottom (middle) of the third picture.
Could someone say how and where getting the +15 bonus while life is above 50 ? Must buy it from an other ? Can I apply it on a weapon that is already tuned ?
I must admit I don't know a single thing about weapon tuning.
Ya I just noticed that the 5th time looking through the collection......Originally Posted by Jhadur
I really really want the Shiro's Blades, and maybe the Darkroot's Daggers too. Where did you get Shiro's Blades, and Darkroot's Daggers?
Shiro's blades are an endgame set that you can get upon beating the last mission. Use the pendent and go up to the shadow adept. He will give you a choice between the ceremonial daggers and shiro's blades.
I too would like to know where Darkroot's Daggers drop as well as Arius' Sai. Please. :)
I believe the +15 while - health is above/below/enchanted/etc are passive elements on weapons. This means you cannot get rid of them without destroying the dagger completely. The two pieces you can add onto a dagger are handles and tangs. Tangs give effects such as boosting an attribute or adding extensions to affects delt through your attacks. Handles on the other hand can give plus hitpoints as well as zealous and vampiric mods.Originally Posted by vento
Correct me if I'm wrong of corse. I've been gone for a while. :)
So anywho, to answer your question. You can probably find some one out there with what you seek. But in the end these daggers can be found out there in the world. The setup are random so good luck if you decide to go looking.
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Arius's Sai drop from Arius Dark Apostle in Rhea Crater(outcast boss), Darkroots Daggers are from Darkroot Entrop in Mourning Veil Falls(undergrowth boss).
The 15% while over 50% heath mods (and other damage mods) on weapons is a mod that you cant add or remove. The 15>50 can only be got on gold or green items and is quite hard to get.


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Pequot Avenue Lighthouse
..or the New London Harbor Light. When I read the description of how to get there, I did not think I would visit this lighthouse.
Lighthouse Friends page says "The keeper's residence is privately owned, and the grounds are not open to the public. In fact, during our visit, there was a "No Trespassing and No Photographs Sign" at the entrance to the property. I'm not sure how they can prohibit photographs..."
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New London Harbor Lighthouse is Connecticut's oldest and tallest lighthouse and provides an interesting architectural counterpoint to its much newer and flashier neighbor, the New London Ledge Lighthouse. It's also a reminder of the glory days early in the country's history when New London was the third busiest whaling port, behind New Bedford and Nantucket. The busy port also attracted several immigrants, leading to the beach area near where the lighthouse stands being used as quarantine ground in the 1750's for recent arrivals to the New World infected with smallpox, a recurring problem at the time.
In 1760, the colonial legislature of Connecticut passed an act creating a committee to pursue the funding, construction, and staffing of a new lighthouse for the harbor entrance at New London. The following year, thousands of lottery tickets were sold to pay for the lighthouse (a popular method of raising funds for construction projects in those days). The lighthouse, a 64-foot stone tower with a wooden lantern at the top, was finished that same year at the west side of the harbor entrance. It was the first lighthouse in the harbor and only the fourth to be built in the American colonies.
By 1800, the New London Lighthouse had a crack extending ten feet down from the lantern. In addition, the light was so dim as to often be indistinguishable from the lights of the surrounding homes, and from the west the beacon was completely obscured by a point of land. Congress allocated funds for a replacement light, and in 1800 a New Londoner by the name of Abisha Woodward began construction on the current octagonal, tapered 80-foot tower. Sitting on a foundation of a mixture of granite, brownstone, and native stone, the tower was built of freestone, hammered smooth and laid in courses. The walls were nine inches thick and lined with brick inside. A wooden spiral staircase led up to the lantern room. Since construction of the tower, various renovations have been affected such as installing a new lantern with a copper dome, repainting the exterior walls with hydraulic cement and whitewash, and replacing the interior stairway.
When the new station opened in 1801, its flashing light was produced by oil lamps and an eclipser. This apparatus was replaced in 1834 by eleven lamps with 14-inch reflectors. Finally, a fourth-order Fresnel lens, which remains in the lighthouse today, was installed in the late 1850s. The first keeper's house deteriorated quickly and was replaced in 1818. The current gable-roofed, 2 ½ story keeper's residence was built in 1863.
During the War of 1812, the New London Harbor Lighthouse was extinguished. The British did not attack the station during the conflict, as it was guarded by colonial troops, but instead invaded the undefended Little Gull Island Light, taking all of its lamps and reflectors.
Click to view enlarged imageNew London was not the first town where landlubbers found themselves at odds with the maritime community. In 1904, the thorn in the town residents' side was the fog siren newly installed in the New London Harbor Lighthouse. The sizable number of seasonal summer residents was especially dismayed after arriving for their annual period of rest and recuperation from big-city stresses only to have the new fog signal prevent any possibility of a good night's sleep. While city residents complained about the "horrible groaning and shrieking," local ship captains found the sound of the long-requested signal to be sweet music to their ears indeed when attempting to navigate the harbor through a typical pea-soup fog.
The problem was finally resolved in 1906 when a Daboll trumpet replaced the maligned fog siren. The whole issue became mute in 1911 when the New London Ledge Lighthouse was activated, and the Harbor light's fog signal was turned off for good.
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Mariners and other local residents begged and pleaded for over a century and a half for a lighthouse somewhere near the mouth of the Thames River and the harbor of New London, Connecticut. As early as 1794, the Connecticut Legislature passed a resolution that four buoys be placed in the harbor, but these small markers proved sorely inadequate. The New London Harbor Lighthouse was finally completed onshore in 1801, but it failed to adequately mark the ledges located offshore. Both citizens and ship pilots presented petitions in 1845, 1854, 1865, and 1890 demanding an offshore lighthouse. These petitions were fruitless until the Lighthouse Board detailed the inherent dangers to maritime traffic at New London to Congress in 1902 and 1903 and requested funds for constructing a lighthouse.
Click to view enlarged imageAfter a few more years of further debate, planning, design, and construction, the new lighthouse finally began operation in 1909. At first the new station was going to be placed on Black Ledge, but that would have left Southwest Ledge standing as an unmarked hazard between the new lighthouse and the shipping channel, so Southwest was finally chosen as the site. In 1910, the name of the new light was changed to New London Ledge, to avoid confusion with the identically named Southwest Ledge light at the New Haven breakwater.
To provide the foundation for the New London Ledge Lighthouse, a timber crib made of southern yellow pine and held together with nine tons of iron and steel, was first constructed on shore at Groton. Four tugboats towed the crib to Southwest Ledge, a short journey that took eight hours, and the wooden crib was then filled with concrete, gravel, and riprap and sunk into place in 28 feet of water. A concrete pier, rising 18 feet above low water, was constructed on top of the crib foundation, and the lighthouse, 52 square feet and 34 feet high, was constructed of brick on top of the pier. Every thirty seconds, the station's fourth-order Fresnel lens, crafted in Paris by Henry Lepaute, repeated the distinctive signature of three white flashes followed by one red flash.
Playwright Eugene O'Neill lived in New London for many years, and his famous play Long Day's Journey Into Night was set in the town. During one scene in the play, the characters refer to the fog signal at New London Ledge, a sound familiar to residents of New London.
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Sir Paul Mccartney was so desperate to find success with his band Wings in the early 1970s he would drive up and down Britain hoping to find colleges where he could perform.
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The Beatles' second feature film, 1965's Help!, is on the way on Blu-ray. On June 24 (June 25 in North America), Help! makes its eagerly awaited Blu-ray debut in a single-disc package pairing the digitally restored film and 5.1 soundtrack with an hour of extra features, including a 30-minute documentary about the making of the film, memories of the cast and crew, an in-depth look at the restoration process, an outtake scene, and original theatrical trailers and radio spots
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Being 70 years old hasn't stopped Paul McCartney from continuing to explore new musical sounds and styles. Several months after collaborating with the surviving members of Nirvana on the noisy rock tune "Cut Me Some Slack," the ex-Beatle is set to appear on a new single by punky electronica artist Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo, who records under the name The Bloody Beetroots.
Retired nurse Jackie Marsden is on track for a windfall today when a Beatles LP she has cherished for 50 years goes up for auction.
In 1963, all four members of the group signed her album With the Beatles. Today it is expected to fetch at least £3,000 at Boldon Auction Galleries in South Tyneside.
Bermuda Motors is pleased to announce that MINI will be one of the sponsors of the forthcoming John Lennon Bermuda Peace Day Concert at the Botanical Gardens on September 21.
The 2nd Annual concert will celebrate World Peace Day by honouring the music of John Lennon and Bob Marley with performances by local and international artists.
Ringo Starr stopped into the Grammy Museum in L.A. on Tuesday to give the media a preview of the new exhibition "Ringo: Peace & Love," which opens Wednesday. The first major exploration of the life and career of the man born Richard Starkey, it's also the museum's first exhibit dedicated to a drummer, one described Tuesday by museum executive director Robert Santelli as "the most important drummer in the history of rock 'n' roll."
Donnie Lyons, 59, of Racine, has been collecting Beatles memorabilia for close to 50 years. He has Beatles tattoos on his arms, a dozen Beatles shirts he wears daily, and memorability covers his walls. But after recently having a stroke he is trying to sell it to raise money and give it a good home in the future.
Ringo Starr is writing a children's picture book based on his Beatles hit Octopus's Garden.
Ben Cort, the illustrator of Aliens Love Underpants and a Beatles fan, has been signed up to illustrate the book, which will be published in October.


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Salaries in India aren't that cheap any more. Add to that the costs of us flying out there, hotels and software, and the costs are at an absolute parity.
In the UK we will pay workers the minimum wage. Given the current economic environment, we will get good "sticky" employees who will also receive bonuses linked to performance.
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#4401434 AT Cata is back
Posted Bestpriestjk on 17 March 2015 - 11:06 AM
Posted Revolol on 07 February 2015 - 08:14 AM
#4380428 3v3 Boomer
Posted Knaittiz on 05 February 2015 - 06:07 AM
rincent, on 05 February 2015 - 04:24 AM, said:
Godcomp: 2-2, all games vs Sadstory's teams, not counting one of our loss where our monk was DCed for half a minute which twitch chat called a "fake dc Kappa".
Faced godcomp a million times as paladin shadowcleave and I found that drain life is the key to staying alive as a warlock. Glyph and talent that shit and it will tick for over 20k. Granted, he will be stuck in a disarm+bash and maybe even a silence unless they want to use it on you since druids can't be dwarves. After that combo he can fake cs if it's ready and spam drain life to full lololol then they will not go on him for the rest of the game and maybe even tweet at Holinka to fix that shit.
Burning rush should be awesome with 2 druids. Your whole team can be immune to polys outside of deep+poly on your restodruid.
Just stop the clones from happening. And the deep poly/ring if possible. It takes a bit of practise but when your warlock can break polymorphs he should be able to help you stay alive.
After 10 minutes the dampening makes it possible to kill a resto druid team as LSD. Surviving that long seemed to be our only way to win! edit: faced 3 more godcomps today and won all, just survive into dampening and gg!
TSG: 1-0, the only tsg (monk) we faced was on Blade's, so they went on my boomkin, I was standing close the monk the whole game spamming fears and shit while melting warrior... The game ended in 1 minute 10 seconds. If they went on me, I would still manage to get dots on all three with the help of double shadowfury and a soulswap to the healer. Boomkin should be free to run at the enemy healer and harass him with root beam, clones and whatever moonkins usually do.
WLS: 3-0, Maybe monk lsd is better vs WLS? All games lasted 10-15 minutes. Dot em all. I use almost every cs defensively on the lock. Swap to shaman with bashes to create pressure, force him to cast and get locked, force cds, repeat. They will probably still survive to deep dampening. They will probably sit on lock, port sprint is a lifesaver in these situations, shadowfury/clone on the warrior when your portrait starts flashing red. So just survive until it's possible to kill them, kite warrior when needed, lock haunts and stuff, do more damage and hit one cs on shaman to end the game at 30% dampening. gg.
#4377562 I don't understand
Posted Absolutely on 31 January 2015 - 01:53 AM
so you basically called the game bad for being able to play 3 tanks to 2.6k mmr on EU then tanks get nerfed now you "dont understand" why your specific class/spec got nerfed.. o_o interesting topic
in other words, I think you basically got yourself nerfed even though your class/spec is under-represented on ladder.
P.S I like ur music tho!
#4376826 Unpopular opinions thread
Posted Shunai on 30 January 2015 - 08:07 AM
I hate that everyone always seems to hate the current content.
During wotlk: "Wotlk is worse than bc"
During cata "wotlk so much better than cata"
During mop "i wish we were in cata"
During wod "last season of mop was actually balanced apart from some minor issues"
Ppl never seem to be satisfied, and something that was bad before always suddenly is good afterwards.
2nd opinion:
Enhancement (apart from 1shot-bot in late mop) always is a rly high skill cap class which is really enjoyable and rewarding to win as when you're playing vs populair comps.
#4367144 Have some fun why not ?
Posted Shock1911 on 21 January 2015 - 11:09 PM
I am talking about blues / epics with retarded procs like
Dark Iron Pulverizer Chance on hit: Stuns target for 8 sec. low proc
Dazzling Longsword Chance on hit: Decrease the armor of the target by 952 for 30 sec. While affected, the target cannot stealth or turn invisible. procs alot
Bloodrazor Chance on hit: Wounds the target causing them to bleed for 1000 damage over 30 sec. procs alot
Those are the ones i found in front of me , I am sure i am forgetting a lot more retarded items . Feel free to post yours. It is super fun leveling with in bgs / skirmishes with items like those.
Malown's Slam Chance on hit: Knocks target silly for 2 sec and increases Strength by 50 for 30 sec.
( No DR procs ALOT )
Earthshaker Chance on hit: Knocks down all nearby enemies for 3 sec. ( No DR procs ALOT but i haven't tested this one )
Pendulum of Doom Chance on hit: Delivers a fatal wound for xx damage. ( Speed 3.90 Slowest weapon in the game i believe )
Ravager Chance on hit: You attack all nearby enemies for 9 sec causing weapon damage plus an additional x every 3 sec. ( 2x these and you have bladestorm 24/7 on fury , the item is from old SM removed from the game atm )
#4373897 RBG Tournament: Battle of the Atlantic Worlds Reveal Show
Posted Bigmoran on 27 January 2015 - 05:30 PM
For one thing, RBGs are significantly more complex than arenas. Team fights involve the exact same mechanics that are used in 3v3. There is cross CC, swapping, peeling, pulling back, pushing in, etc. Meanwhile there are multiple smaller game decisions being made on spot--who to send to what base, who is going to float where, when are we going to push O, and so on. It is really a mentally engaging experience. When two top teams face each other, it is literally a battle of wits for 20 minutes straight.
I don't know why there is such a stigma in this community against them. DDOSing is as common in RBGs as it is in 3v3 arena. DDOSing and exploiting at the highest levels is almost nonexistant.
Stop being so toxic and help promote an event that the community en mass can actually enjoy.
#4374494 dancing with the stars (melby&alessia) vs lsd
Posted Mehhx on 28 January 2015 - 06:00 AM
raw gameplay, zero editing
skype included
video had to be uploaded in 2 parts unfortunately ;
part1: https://www.youtube....h?v=2oTmiTba6Tg
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#4319163 Frost DK Research and Stat Facts
Posted Flakkar on 26 December 2014 - 10:05 PM
I've been trying to figure out the optimal way to gear my 2h Frost DK (I tried DW and it seems worse), but I've found so much misinformation online that I decided to do some in-depth research and testing. I will outline what I found here, and the conclusions I am drawing. Check it out and let me know if I missed something, or tested something incorrectly. I will keep this updated with corrections as much as I can. Thanks for reading!
TLDR: See my stat priority and gear suggestion at the bottom.
Change History:
Jan 13, 2015 - Haste rating effect buffed by 11.1%, Icy Talons buffed to 20% haste, up from 5%. Note that tooltips in the game are not updated yet (possibly requires a client patch), but I can confirm the changes are live due to seeing them on my stat sheet. See edits in green throughout the post.
Special Notes:
(*) means I assume it's correct if not bugged but I didn't test it. I'll put this next to things I take for granted.
(**) means I actually tested this to prove that it is indeed this way. For brevity, I didn't outline how, but I can if requested.
(?) means I'm not sure, but if someone could test this somehow, it would be great
Let's start with seconday stat ratings and how much damage they contribute.
Rating points required for 1% increase (** tested this myself):
Crit 110
Multistrike(MS) 66
Mastery(MA) 55
Versatility(Vers) 130
Let's take a realistic but nice looking number of how much of each stat you could stack, say 1000 rating points.
For 1000 rating points you would get:
9.09% Crit
7.69% Vers
In addition, stats scale linearly. So adding 11.1% Haste when you have 40% has the same impact as adding it when you have 0%, assuming you don't hit a cap.
NOTE: Crit and MS are nerfed in PvP! This may be obvious to some, but a lot of people don't take this into account when calculating stat priorities! Each Crit does 150% damage instead of 200%, and there is only one chance at a 30% MS instead of two chances. This also applies to heals!
Taking the nerfs into account, let's do an average damage increase you would get from each stat if you stacked 1000 rating worth. I will not account for burstiness here, because getting a string of lucky crits of multistrikes can always happen, but it will even out in the end, and you don't want to rely on pure luck to win arena matches.
Haste (
Haste is really good, and was recently buffed. Here's why.
EDIT: Since Icy Talons(10% and 20%) and Unholy Aura(5%) apply multiplicatively, all haste you equip is getting multiplied by 1.1*1.20*1.05 = 1.386.
Let's take an example:
I have 15.50% base haste with nothing equipped. Icy Talons gives 10% flat, plus an additional 10% modifier on every other haste effect except Unholy Aura for some reason. Unholy Aura gives 5% flat, plus an additional 5% modifier on every other haste effect. This gives 10 (icy talons) + 5 (unholy aura) + 10*0.05 (unholy aura bonus to icy talons base 10%) = 15.50. I am an NE so I get 1% Haste at night, but I did this test during the day where I did not have that 1% buff to Haste. I also did the test at night and the numbers I see are consistent.
Icy Talons (recently buffed) also adds 20% more of the equipped haste stat.
When you add Unholy presence on top, it adds yet another factor, multiplying (not adding to) every source of haste by another 10 or 20% (depending on spec), as well as adding its own 10 or 20% base amount.
1000 Haste rating / 90 pts per % rating * 1.386% extra for Frost DKs = 15.4% Haste, but let's use 15% for the sake of example since it's a nicer number.
- 15% haste means 15% faster attack speed, which means 15% more auto-attack damage (**).
- 15% haste also means 15% more Killing Machine (KM) procs (**) due to increased attack speed.
- 15% haste also means 15% faster rune regeneration (**), meaning that (for ex) over 100 seconds, a rune would fully cycle 11.5 times instead of 10 if you depleted it instantly every time it came back.
- Haste does NOT affect the GCD because it's already capped at 1 second (**).
- Haste does NOT affect any of our diseases (**).
- Haste does NOT affect Conversion, or Breath of Sindragosa (BoS), or any skill that says it ticks "every X seconds".
- Haste does not fully kick in immediately once you start attacking. At first you will get faster auto-attacks, so about 2.6-3 seconds after you attack, you will get a second auto-attack that will be sooner with more haste. But after that, it will take around 7 seconds for runes to start coming back due to higher haste. This is improved by Runic Corruption, which seems to have a nice smoothing effect on rune availability at high haste. In my tests I find that I wait 1-2 seconds less for an Oblit to become available after unloading RP when using 14% haste. Blood Tap will have an even stronger bursting effect due to on-demand Death Runes, but Runic Corruption can proc repeatedly and tends to give smoother rune availability with less waiting in general. This is great if you run Breath of Sindragosa.
- Haste does not affect diseases. From my tests, diseases seem to compose at most 10% of my DPS. (?) Needs more testing.
- Haste does not affect the GCD.
- Haste does not affect Breath of Sindragosa while it's up, so it will not make it burst faster. However, it will make your runes come back faster, which might allow BoS to stay up longer (?) due to the extra runic power you will have.
- Haste can at most affect the recharge of 3 runes simultaneously. If you don't have one rune of each type depleted, then Haste's contribution is being reduced. If you have 2 runes recharging, then you're getting 66.7% of Haste's effect. One rune is 33.3% etc.
- Haste is uptime dependent. (EDIT: See the blue text below for uptime explanation) This means that if you can't keep one of each rune type constantly on cooldown, then you won't get all of its DPS increase.
Haste also has a bit of defensive utility because it gives you more runes to Death Strike when in trouble. I personally find that I have very good uptime running PHD and in RBGs, so maybe some comps benefit more from it as well. If you find yourself sitting on two unused runes of the same type, then haste is not the best for you. You should go with Versatility instead (see below)Due to the recent Haste buff, it's even harder to not get more overall DPS out of Haste than Versatility. You now need to be sitting on 2 pairs of unused runes in order for Vers to be higher DPS. Vers will still offer higher burst though.
- Haste also adds some utility because you will be able to use Icy Touch more often for purges, plus more uses of Chains of Ice, and you will have more RP for interrupts, Conversion, and Dark Simulacrum.
- I also see a lot of people saying that if you have a crappy connection, Haste is worse. This may be real if you lose some time after runes come off cooldown. Try switching to Unholy presence and feel the effects of 10% more haste. Imagine that effect in Frost presence where you don't lose the RP gen, and see if it would be better for you.
- There is concern that there's such thing as too much haste because past a certain point network lag and uptime start really hurting. I am currently sitting at 35% Haste (15% from gear) and I feel like I could use even more. You can't get much past 19% from gear with the current gear available, so I don't think it will become an issue this season. For those wondering, I did some calculations, and you would need to stack 2240 Haste as Frost in order to hit the cap. By my count, the most you can reach right now with the current gear is 1396, so we are far from the cap. I was previously wrong in thinking that Unholy Presence will make you hit the cap. It doesn't. I'm at 51% in unholy presence right now. I think only the base haste is capped at 50%.
Crit (3.64% DPS increase per 1000 rating points):
Yes, Crit is really bad, and probably the worst stat for Frost. Here's why.
1000 rating / 110 rating per % = 9.09 Crit chance for 1000 rating.
So we are adding a 9.09% chance to do 50% additional damage, meaning on every attack that can crit we are adding 4.545% damage.
- Diseases can Crit! Actually all damage a DK does can Crit! (*)
- But there's a catch: Killing Machine. KM guaranteed Crits means the your Crit is useless when KM procs! Based on my tests, about half of my obliterates or more are used when KM is up. If you are really good at managing your runes, it might be more than half, but let's assume half for now. On my tests, my obliterates do between 40-50% of my overall damage no matter if I'm bursting, or just normally DPSing. So that means that if half my oblierates don't use KM, then my Crit is not being used half the time on my Oblits, so the real Crit contribution is more around 4.545% * 80% = 3.64%.
As Blizzard themselves have said, Crit and MS are equal, even in PvP.
1000 rating / 66 rating per % = 15.15% MS chance for 1000 rating.
So we are adding an 15.15% chance to do 30% additional damage, so by simple math: 15.15% * 30% = 4.545% damage increase.
- Every attack can MS, including diseases. I am not sure if Death Strike healing can MS (?), but I am pretty sure that Conversion cannot (?).
- Multistrikes can crit! And KM procs (if they proc MS), will automatically Crit on the MS proc.
- I see some sites saying MS is the best stat, but I just don't see it in the math; far from it in fact. Maybe they are forgetting it only procs once in PvP? Maybe I missed something?
This one is a bit fuzzy because it highly depends on how much Frost is contributing.
1000 rating / 55 rating per % = 18.18% Mastery for 1000 rating.
- This means 18% increased Frost and Shadowfrost damage (**). But how much of our damage is actually Frost or Shadowfrost?
- According to my tests, I get between 25-40% Frost damage (when doing regular dps), averaging around 33%. Strangely enough, this applies even when doing crazy burst with BoS, because you are not using Frost Strike.
- So therefore 18.18% * 33% = ~6% damage increase per 1000 Mastery. This beats Crit and MS assuming at least 25% of your damage is Frost or Shadowfrost, which is a pretty safe assumption.
- I'd like to see more discussion on Mastery because I'm not sure where it will sit in the priorities.
This is the easiest one to calculate. This is a great stat because it offers healing and defense bonuses.
1000 rating / 130 rating per % = 7.69% Versatility for 1000 rating.
- 7.69% Versatility means 7.69% more damage across the board on all damage DKs do (*).
- 7.69% Versatility means 7.69% more healing on Deathstrike, and other heals that are not %life based. Versatility does not increase Conversion healing!(**) Death Pact (?)
- 7.69% Versatility also means 3.85% less damage taken from all sources (*).
- The 4pc Frost DK PvP set bonus does not work on Shadowfrost damage. BoS and Necrotic Plague do the same damage regardless of you activating the 4pc bonus (I didn't test reaper since target dummy can't go below 35% hp). This is probably a bug, and I have reported it. I was doing 2v2 with a Frost Mage and was running it, but I'm not sure if the Frost Mage is getting any benefit (?).
- The PvP target dummy at the Glad Sanctum takes double damage from crits instead of 50% more - probably a bug. Multistrikes are also causing 2 strikes instead of 1.
I didn't test anything for Strength, but it almost never overlaps with secondary stats, so not much to discuss here. Even if it does, Str gets so many insane %-based bonuses from DK passives and procs that it easily outdoes the other stats (*).
Putting it all together:
- All the numbers are for 1000 rating in isolation. Some may wonder if it changes when you throw all the stats together and in different amounts. I would say that in most cases it does not because stats do not interact in any way that provides a faster or slower damage increase than each stat would on its own.
- Strengh is most likely the best stat in all cases, unless someone can prove otherwise.
- Haste and Versatility are both really good. Haste is better in terms of pure math, but Vers benefits your early burst more (i.e. the first 7-8 seconds of DPS after starting with full runes). We are looking at 13.86% more DPS (but not in the first few seconds of damage) vs 7.69% more DPS (active at all times). Haste's benefits will only fully start showing up after runes start coming off cooldown. During the initial burst, you will only gain the increased auto-attacks and KM procs. Versatility does have the healing and damage reduction benefits, though they are less important for DKs compared to the damage benefit, and Haste has some built-in survivability too due to the rune regen for Death Strike, and extra RP for Conversion. This could make a great discussion to see which is better, Haste or Vers. Looking at the DK gear though, it looks like you can usually get them both together. If your connection sucks, or you think that Haste feels worse when you play, go for Vers since it is by far the best other choice.
- EDIT: I have been studying the uptime requirements of Haste and here's what I see: you are getting 100% of Haste's effect if you constantly have at least one rune of each type on cooldown. That is, you must have at least 1 death rune, 1 frost rune, and 1 unholy rune on cooldown. Haste also increases autoattack speed, but most of the benefit is in the runes, not the autoattack. It's probably common knowledge that only one rune of each type can be recharging at a time (if not, see Haste section above). Haste DPS is only worse than Versatility if you are sitting on
two runes of the same typetwo rune pairs for a significant period of time. I have been checking my runes for a few weeks now, and I am almost never sitting on two rune pairs while in combat (except at the beginning when all runes are up, but it takes only 1 GCD to put enough runes on cooldown). Even if you're kited, you are still using icy touch for purges (thanks Scoot), chains of ice, howling blast, etc and using up those runes.
- There is no doubt that Vers is better for bursting. Haste doesn't help you much if you're blowing ERW and Plague Leech.
- From my own experience playing with various levels of Haste and Vers, I think the magic number for Haste is 33%. At 33% I feel that I get the smoothest rune availability. However, you have to give up some Vers to get 33% Haste because with my recommended gear set below you will only reach 30.4% Haste. 33% vs 30.4% is actually noticeable for me, so it's really tough deciding if I want that rune smoothness versus the extra burst, but in the end I have decided to go with burst.
- Crit is flat out the worst from the numbers.
- MS and Mastery are an interesting discussion. Mastery seems to be better if you can have more than 25% of your damage as Frost or Shadowfrost, but MS can be more bursty. I tend toward MS because I like seeing numbers, and because Mastery seems really boring, but gearing into Mastery might serve you well if you also play Unholy.
So the stat prio in my opinion (and after much experimenting) is the following ('>>' means much better). Although Haste offers higher long-term DPS, Vers is better for bursting and for surviving damage dealt to you in 3v3. Because of this, Vers should be the way to go.
Str >> Vers > Haste > MA >= MS >> Crit
Gear Selection:
Here is my best attempt at putting together a gearset that satisfies the above. I would take the 2pc set bonus (since you gain very little by dropping it, and it's actually pretty good), but not the 4pc. I will adjust this based on any new data though.
NOTE: Some Vers pieces require Revered with the Ashran faction. This might seem annoying, but it's actually extremely easy. Go to Ashran, but don't group into a raid. Run solo, and loot as many enemy corpses as possible. Occasionally you will get a blue item that you can hand in at your home base for 2750 rep. I got to revered in 1 hour doing this.
Helm: MS/Vers
Chest: MA/Vers
Shoulders: MS/MA Set piece shoulders. The MS/Haste shoulders are better, but need the 2pc bonus.
Gloves: Vers/Haste
Legs: MA/Haste Set piece pants.
Boots: Vers/Haste
Belt: Vers/MA
Bracer: MA/Haste
Neck: MS/Haste
Cloak: MA/Haste
Ring1: MS/Haste
Ring2: MA/Crit (or take MS/Crit if you like MS more. Very minor difference.)
Trinket1: Vers with proc Str
Trinket2: Str with on use Vers
Enchants: Vers (you can change some of them to Haste if you feel you're too rune-starved)
Final projected bonuses:
+10.3% MS (11.8% if you took the MS ring over MA)
+18.5% MA (16.7% if you took the MS ring over MA)
+9.0% Vers
+2.8% Crit
+14.9% Haste
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Colorful Craig Sager shines on bobblehead night with Miracle
FORT MYERS — Veteran Turner Sports NBA sideline reporter Craig Sager is nearly as well known for the colorful suits he wears as he is for his insightful interviews with the stars of the game.
Sager, who turned 64 on Saturday, didn't disappoint on Craig Sager Bobblehead Night at the Fort Myers Miracle's 12-2 win over the St. Lucie Mets at Hammond Stadium. The Batavia, Ill. native was resplendent in an lime green sports coat, pink tie and maroon pants, matching the sartorial splendor of his bobblehead.
"I saw the artist's bobbleheads and they have these primary colors,' said Sager, who served as WINK-TV's sports director from 1976 to 1979. "That's not what I normally wear but I said 'I bet I have something in the closet to match it.' I'm a dead-ringer for my own bobblehead."
Sager just finished his 17th season covering the NBA for TNT. Saturday provided a much needed respite for Sager, who has been home rarely the past two months as he covered the NBA playoffs and the league draft.
It also provided him an opportunity to catch up with old friends he made during his days on the Southwest Florida sports beat.
After he signed autographs and posed for pictures with fans, Sager was regaled with "Happy Birthday" as he entered the owner's suite, filled with family and local sports notables, including former Edison Community College basketball coach Hugh Thimlar, his son Terry Thimlar, and Margaret Siriani, widow of former Fort Myers football coach Sam Sirianni and mother of current Green Wave coach, Sam Jr.
"Craig is like my other son," Margaret Sirianni said.
Sager, who was teammates at Batavia High with NBA great Dan Issel and former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Ken Anderson, initially scoffed at the opportunity to cover sports for WINK. At the time, he was doing weather in Tampa and had never heard of Fort Myers.
Eventually, he had a change of heart. Sager said it was a critical career move.
"Everything I know, I learned here in Fort Myers," Sager said. "How nice it is to come back for a joyous occasion."
As he admired his bobblehead, Sager remembered the first time his flashy dress gained attention.
"Actually, it was in high school," he said. "You had to wear dark blue or black for picture day. Back then, I was a fan of the Monkees. I had this electric blue Nehru jacket like they used to wear with a white collar. I wore that. They told me they wouldn't put the picture in the year book.
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"We want to make sure the money is spent wisely and efficiently for the purposes of protecting Californians," Dayton said.
Homeland Security officials couldn't account accurately for how much money has been spent on fusion centers, offering an estimate that ranged from $289 million to $1.4 billion, a billion-dollar swing.
The subcommittee reviewed more than 600 fusion center reports over a one-year period and concluded that most had nothing to do with terrorism. One center cited in the investigation wrote a report about a Muslim community group's list of book recommendations. Others discussed American citizens speaking at mosques or talking to Muslim groups about parenting.
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Obama pardons 2 turkeys to Virginia farm
Needy families receive free Thanksgiving turkeys at the Arlington Food Assistance Center
Demand for local, organic turkeys exceeds supply in MarylandComment
For those procrastinators who were still hoping to snap up a local, organic turkey for Thanksgiving, well you may have missed your chance.
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