Kyuuu Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 So out of curiosity what do people thing is better Proc on damage/heal for 550 power for 6secs every 20 secs or On demand for 425power for 30 seconds If you could use 1 or the other which would it be and why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyronamics Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 (edited) Clearly its situational and it's not a straight case of A > B For bashing a dummy SA is better For getting power when you want it for a specific burst phase BA is better. Edited May 2, 2013 by Gyronamics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta_V Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Yeah, I'm pretty sure SA gives better results over time (to lazy to do the math right now), but is somewhat unpredictable, and it's bonus is spread out over the duration of the fight. BA on the other hand, might not be as good over time, but in stop-and-go fights, or fights with distinct burn phases, being able to use it on-demand when you really need it is useful. In the end, I think you might want one of each. I'm pretty sure both are superior to the damage-proc relics, which are really the only other choice. That means you have to choose between 2 SA, 2 BA, or 1 SA and 1 BA. Having two of the power procs of different tiers (so they don't share a cooldown) might give the best numbers on a dummy. But considering the number of fights with burn phases, having one BA relic to pop when you need the extra damage might be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbare Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 (edited) Yeah, I'm pretty sure SA gives better results over time (to lazy to do the math right now), but is somewhat unpredictable, and it's bonus is spread out over the duration of the fight. BA on the other hand, might not be as good over time, but in stop-and-go fights, or fights with distinct burn phases, being able to use it on-demand when you really need it is useful. In the end, I think you might want one of each. I'm pretty sure both are superior to the damage-proc relics, which are really the only other choice. That means you have to choose between 2 SA, 2 BA, or 1 SA and 1 BA. Having two of the power procs of different tiers (so they don't share a cooldown) might give the best numbers on a dummy. But considering the number of fights with burn phases, having one BA relic to pop when you need the extra damage might be better. SA definitely does more power over time. It isn't even that close. However, the problem with SA is that it procs immediately following an attack so often you have a gcd wasted with that power. Often for classes that rely on the GCD (Pretty much all melee) you really only are gettting 4.5 seconds of extra power. So I would say the BA is better for melee. Also, you have no choice when that power procs, so often it will proc when you use your weakest abilities, which is not optimal. Edited May 2, 2013 by bbare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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