Hi guys!
I've spent the last two expansions only playing AST as my healer. I also play RDM and several physical jobs from time to time. I guess I was spoiled because so far the jobs I play with cast timers have been designed to allow weaving pretty easily. RDM is basically built to double weave and AST has Malefic to help with card weaving which also helps with weaving in general.
So I used to play Scholar back in ARR when I didn't really play optimally, and now I'm trying to get it to 80 and the thing I've noticed is that they've been given Ruin 2 as a movement tool, but it also allows you to weave/doubleweave spells. However, it's a weaker spell, so I'm trying to figure out:
How much potency is lost if you cast Broil then clip your next Broil with an oGCD vs using Ruin 2 to use 1 oGCD and 2 oGCDs? Lots of guides say to use Energy Drain as one of the oGCDs to avoid a damage loss, but what if I'm out of stacks or need to weave 2 other oGCDs for some reason? Is it ever right to clip, or is the potency lost from clipping always more than the difference between Broil and Ruin potency?
Obvioiusly, I also see the option to weave when I DoT, but refreshing the DoT and needing to use an oGCD won't always line up.
Also, I was thinking of going with WHM next which I know next to nothing about optimization. Looking at the skill list, it looks like you may in fact be required to clip your GCD on WHM since you have few instant cast spells unless I'm missing something obvious.
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I've spent the last two expansions only playing AST as my healer. I also play RDM and several physical jobs from time to time. I guess I was spoiled because so far the jobs I play with cast timers have been designed to allow weaving pretty easily. RDM is basically built to double weave and AST has Malefic to help with card weaving which also helps with weaving in general.
So I used to play Scholar back in ARR when I didn't really play optimally, and now I'm trying to get it to 80 and the thing I've noticed is that they've been given Ruin 2 as a movement tool, but it also allows you to weave/doubleweave spells. However, it's a weaker spell, so I'm trying to figure out:
How much potency is lost if you cast Broil then clip your next Broil with an oGCD vs using Ruin 2 to use 1 oGCD and 2 oGCDs? Lots of guides say to use Energy Drain as one of the oGCDs to avoid a damage loss, but what if I'm out of stacks or need to weave 2 other oGCDs for some reason? Is it ever right to clip, or is the potency lost from clipping always more than the difference between Broil and Ruin potency?
Obvioiusly, I also see the option to weave when I DoT, but refreshing the DoT and needing to use an oGCD won't always line up.
Also, I was thinking of going with WHM next which I know next to nothing about optimization. Looking at the skill list, it looks like you may in fact be required to clip your GCD on WHM since you have few instant cast spells unless I'm missing something obvious.
Continue reading...