KeyboardNinja Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I just wanted to drop a quick "thank you" note to BioWare, even though I know that their reading of the class forums is fairly sparing. The fact that alacrity now hastens Master Strike is extremely nice, and adds an element of planning and skill to the Combat tree. The danger that I think was not foreseen is that this represents a very significant buff to Combat. The following sequence is now possible (and indeed happens quite regularly): Precision Slash + Dispatch > Master Strike > Blade Storm The opener is also now slightly changed (since you're guaranteed a 2.3 second Master Strike): Precision Slash + Blade Rush > Master Strike > Twin Saber Throw > Precision Slash + Dispatch > Blade Storm > Blade Rush > Blade Rush If the buff were merely Master Strike going faster, it would be an increase in burst DPS without representing a significant increase to overall DPS. However, because we have discrete damage buff phases in Combat (due to Precision Slash), the reduced channel time has a profound effect on overall DPS and timing. I'm not going to come out and say that the Master Strike fix was out of line, but I'm concerned that Combat is receiving such a significant buff when it was already ahead of the other two sentinel specs in terms of overall DPS (and even more so on a dummy). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elhowell Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 How much alacrity do you need to get MS down to 2.3 sec? And by doing so what other stat are you giving up and does that affect overall dps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytrezapoiuyt Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 How much alacrity do you need to get MS down to 2.3 sec? And by doing so what other stat are you giving up and does that affect overall dps? There is nothing to give up, zen gives you 30% alacrity for your next 6 moves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zunayson Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 There is nothing to give up, zen gives you 30% alacrity for your next 6 moves And I'm not even entirely sure if Ravage consumes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckeyduckey Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 And I'm not even entirely sure if Ravage consumes it. It does. And it's awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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