Glyphs

Levelling Elemental: Glyphs

April 1, 2010

If you plan to raid with your Elemental Shaman, at 80 you will be locked into the ‘big 3′ that produces the most DPS at any given time. As of 3.3.3 this has changed somewhat, with Blizzard giving us a choice between Flametongue Weapon and Lava as our ‘third glyphs of choice’. I’m not 80 yet! Well, you can use one of the current big three. Or you can play around and have fun with your glyphs. As much as one can have fun with glyphs. I imagine it’s not a popular game with children. MOVING ON. I am...

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Glyph Madness: No Solid Conclusion

March 24, 2010
Glyph Madness: No Solid Conclusion

There has been a lot of debate over the relative merits of the new 3rd Glyph choice, and I’ve chimed in myself by doing some Simulationcraft and some good old-fashioned Heroic Test Dummy work. With a Glyph that only benefits one spell vs a glyph that benefits all but that most important spell, there is bound to be a lot of confusion and speculation. Modelling only does so much. I just wonder if this is a truly useful/interesting debate at the core of it, as changing up the Glyph is unlikely to influence much about how we play. Having...

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