Yeah I solo every H4 that was of level, except for ones that had mechanics that required more people.

I wouldn't do too much, but I agree getting it to 0 before the end of the month is probably the best idea. However, with lack of 16man guilds, most of us will have it cleared within the first week or two so maybe waiting a month is too long? I'm not sure.

No one is saying it isn't fair, people are just voicing opinions to make it more optimal. Its a lot better than what we had used in the past, but there are still some tweaks we still need. Also, don't get upset over the whole 'race thing' currently. The true race as stated by nearly everyone starts with NiM TFB. Hopefully they don't take down servers then either! xD

I like this ranking system a lot better than what we have had to work with in the past, however I do have one small gripe. I think the last boss should just naturally be worth quite a bit more. Granted, it wouldn't have changed the current rankings now but there are some occasions where killing the last boss could potentially shoot someone up 1-2 slots. Preferably a great amount but with a major deterioration over time.

The best tend to be vocal in the community but not throwing parses around like its 100% fact. I've seen logs of both Odawg and Oba, and they are quite impressive. Its way too early this time around to start throwing logs at each others faces due to the fact that gearing is taking a while. I know for Oba and I, our guild is currently gearing tanks and healers first- then moving to DPS. That leaves us just chillin' in our old gear. I know I'm not going to waste millions augmenting all of my current gear with MK9's because we're clearing everything without any sort of DPS issue. Why waste so much when I'm eventually getting gear? For right now, logs only indicate proc rates, up times, APM, etc. Sure, showing how much DPS you did is great, but at the end of the day- some people are just more geared than others at the moment. I know I have a few 2300 parses on NiM tanks, but that was back when NiM EC had just released. Since then, Mercs have undergone a lot of changes making 2.0 a fresh slate. There is no 'best' anymore. Also, does there need to be? The Merc community is a great one (minus a few trolls and derps) and I would love to keep seeing it as that. We have all gave each other a helping hand in the past without throwing the "listen to me I'm the best" lines around. I love that I am seeing more and more guides surface, so lets keep it up and try to make and sustain Mercs as the superior class! Also, I would love to work with any number of you on updating Keren's simulator. I noticed its a bit outdated and some of the stat weights are confused. If we can all get that up and running to an optimal level, it will make theory crafting so much more reliable. Sitting on a target dummy for 5min doesn't necessarily prove a point. Doing 10,000 iterations over a simulator does (assuming its up to date).

I read it the same as you did before, but I read over it again just to make sure because I was sure he was understanding that Unload is a DPS increase no matter what proc is up.

Healing? As a 50 its do-able... but as a DPS just expect mobs to deflect the majority of your attacks. If you enjoy barely breaking 1k DPS, then by all means, go in as 50 haha.

I also have a guide in my sig that is currently being updated. It was the standard guide and currently most viewed, though that is always subject to change.

Let me know how that goes. Before, it was like 98% uptime and higher for a DPS increase, but... if it gives us a noticeable heat dissipation, then the DPS increase won't show correctly, but we'll know its for the best.

Also, I used to run the 'Double Dipping' build back in 1.7, but with changes to crit being terrible I thought that it would not be viable anymore. However, after further reading that the heat dissipation/Alacrity was fixed, I'm happy to hear that I can continue once again with this build!

Hey, by all means link your parses. I have taken a look at your guide and I like it as well Keep up the work! Its better that there are more guides now instead of just 1 or 2 (and then guides like Noxxic which aim to make you worse). The more the merrier. I'm all for improving ontop of everyones individual strengths and weaknesses. The reason I don't have parses from the past, other than some 1870 parse from back when HM EC was first released, is because TORParse stopped being managed and was just let go, but it came back without my knowledge. I'm glad there is a parsing site again, as the others were kind of off for me.

Well, like stated previously, most common knowledge (in my guide at the very least) already anticipated the usage of the 1sec queuing in order to fully make use of Barrage procs. It is an amazing fix for those who have not done so already, and with a little practice, can vastly increase your DPS. More Unloads = More Barrages which in turn = more Unloads. As we all know, Unload (with Barrage) is a huge portion of our current damage, so having a delay on when we use the ability only hinders our potential DPS. I'll grab some parses when I can of myself. It will probably be from our next raid which is Sunday (if people show).

I'm not sure what you're even referring to about 'being aggressive'. I have my way of teaching (which has proven for years of working) and you guys have your ways. If you don't like what I do, fine. However, you and your guildmate do need to stop jacking other peoples threads and end up posting your information/guides/personal parses as its becoming more and more apparent that it is nothing more than a mere advertisement attempt. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong. Odawgg has at least been helpful. You have to keep in mind that the majority of players accessing these guides ARE already trying to compete competitively. Those who are casual remain casual because they are okay with where they currently are at, and only reference guides for basic material. I'm not here to hand hold. I am here to discuss min/maxing solutions with other like-minded players, which was the entire essence of my guide.

Well, sometimes there is a very very small delay between abilities due to server lag or just human error, so this solves all of that. While its nothing HUGE, it is still a gain and the point of these guides are for min/maxing discussions, so any sort of gains are always welcomed.

Elaborate on what? People making threads to complain? Or people in my guild and in MoX? Also the queuing trick isn't really a 'trick'. Its smart and I'd be willing to bet most people in any competent guild is using it set to 1 second. Server lag is extremely random and things aren't as responsive as other MMOs, so we're only hurting ourselves to not queue any sort of abilities.

This is easily obtainable, as I have a few buddies who were able to pull off ~2700 on dummies. I did not get PTS experience as I was still away at the time, but after seeing multiple people hit those numbers, it seems fairly easy if you're not incompetent. Also, there will still be QQ threads because people are dumb.

Its still a work in progress I was behind quite a bit with my 6-month absence. I'm still working on adding to it.

Correct. This was dictated back in 1.2 when the first discussion with the guide was had. Aim > Power under most circumstances, except for mods. For all of our mods, you grab the one with the most Power on it, which is generally the one with the least Endurance.

Why is this the best to be specific? With our extra emphasis on NOT taking crit, why would we grab a talent that revolves around a stat we won't have a lot of? Its great for Tracer Missile, but if that talent doesn't have an uptime of 98% or more, its a DPS loss.

Alright! More changes were made.

I would just ignore him Odawgg. Also, I think this time around I should probably use TORParse. After it was shut down the first time, I never used it again. It came back but I honestly forgot about it.

I don't quite understand what you are even talking about. I have yet to have a Merc outparse me, but of course there is a first in everything. I'm sure Oba can give me a run for my money. Also, I would like to point out that there aren't that many sources out there. If anything, my guide is generally a consolidated post of many different sources, using only relevant information. Most sources are vastly out dated or just flat out wrong. Noxxic is an extreme example.

Clearly anyone who thinks Mercs are terrible at DPS do not know how to play the game. We are doing astounding DPS (as we did back in 1.7). I was pulling ~2300 DPS 6 months ago. Recently came back to the game to notice a lot of buffs.

I have to rewrite the entire thing First day I have time to sit down and try to beat Bioshock Infinite, so thats what I've been up to haha.

My guide is for PvE