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Well, Ill be a monkeys uncle, but it works. Went into Naxx for the first time since changing up some talents and following the recommended rotation and sure enough my DPS jumped to 2100+, then a little later was at 2200+. This leads me to the inescapable conclusion that I dont know what DPS actualy means. I always envisioned DPS as basically starting when you pull the boss/mob and stopping when the body hits the floor. Take that time and divide it into the total damage done over that time and voila, theres your DPS. So I would try to pour as many spell into a battle as possible, heavily relying on my faster casting spells, which flies in the face of the above method that favors slower casting but higher damage spells. So, can anyone give me a quick and dirty breakdown of how DPS is actually calculated? While Im tickled pink to have drastically increased my DPS it irritates me that I dont understand the mechanic.

This would have to be the closest. Has ANYBODY read the last book of the Bible? Anybody? Anybody at all? I really can not believe some of this stuff. You do know hes quoting Ghostbusters right?

Did you two even read the article? Several examples of C&C were given.

Very cool, and while I may be doing a jedi mind trick on myself, the graphics looked better.

I thought you were older. I didn't start reading it in the womb! I only became a nerd late in life. I think 1337 mistook your typo "my 22 year" to mean your current age when what you really meant was "its taken me 22 years..."

Lol. What could have have possibly done to provoke an old man into stabbing you? Also, stay out of ghettos.

Obama will almost certainly have two terms - however, it's plausible the Republicans will win 2016 even if Dems are still doing well, as happened in 2000. a) the American public is extremely conservative about presidents, even when they suck pretty badly (though there is a breaking point), b) Obama is still polling around the same level now of favourability as he was when he was elected (i.e. really high), c) the American economy will be on the road to recovery by 2012 even under the worst case scenarios, d) whether or not Obama (or even a Democrat) is elected President again or not has little bearing on the House and Senate where these healthcare bills come from. Hmm, not quite:

Ill bet you 5 Loonies that hes trying to hit it.

Hmm, thats a tough one. Personally, Im big on self preservation so if I think someone is screwing me then Ive got no problem doing whatever is necessary to make sure I dont get screwed. So, IMO, while your actions were a disgusting violation of trust, you were justified. Now go format his "C" drive.

Did he just leave his email open on his PC or did you start it up?

Yeah, HK's the man. He used to photoshop for us back in the day. Lol @ Teenwolf.

Hmm, maybe times have changed. Both my brother and sister are nurses with masters degrees and, back in the day, an 70 hour week wasnt uncommon. So yeah, if I could pull in 70k only working 24 hours a week Id be all over it too.

n00b time. So Im over at maxdps.com and I plug in all the stats for my mage and hit submit. After, the top of the page shows "DPS cycle" and then four spells; Fireball, Living Bomb, Pyroblast and Scorch and a DPS rating of 2168. In reality, I dont do anywhere near 2100 DPS but I also dont use the spell rotation listed at the top of the page. My method is close, I do Scorch, Living Bomb, Fireball but not usually Pyroblast since its cast time is so long unless my talent that makes it an insta-cast procs. So is the site telling me that if I follow that rotation I should be busting out 2100 DPS or am I reading it wrong?

Whaaaaaa? Nurse? I suppose if you like unbelievably long hours and piss poor pay thats a good choice. Of course you may truly enjoy helping people so thats kinda a reward in itself, if your a chump. While everyone else will fill you with altruistic crap, let me break it down for you. You will be doing your career for (presumably) the next 40+ years and they all suck. All of them. Unless your in the porn industry. So, choose a career that has the highest pay scale for your mental ability as money is what makes the world go round.

Where exactly? TBH, I dont know exactly where, I only know of it from reading the Beth forums. I do know its directly underneath one of the bouys, just swim out to it and then swim to the bottom.

Well theres and underwater T-Rex skeleton in PL, does that count?

Neither am I. I have that number stuck in my head from reading dev comments so there could be a +/- 2 level wiggle room. What level were you when you finished?

Would I accept the mass banning of all unhealthy things because the majority wanted it? No, I would not. Tyranny of the majority and all that....we could basically crumble up the Bill of Rights and toss it in the can at that point. Would I accept socialized health? Doesnt much seem I have a choice in the matter. Officials that will vote on the matter will have long ago cast their lot before the repercussions (voting them out of office) can take place. At that point its too late. Why do you think the urgent push to get this through the system? Its because Obama may only have one term to pull this off.

Very interesting. So, if the average level at the end of the game is 16, then we will receive 48 point, 5 for character creation, for a total of 53. If you distrubuted them evenly over all 6 primary attributes that comes to 8.83 per attribute. Any news on what the ceiling is per attribute, if any? Could a mage dump all the points into the "Magic" attribute and pump it to 63 if they so desired?

Hmm, so if its not gear (or tome) centric, then how? Maybe allow +1 to a characters primary stat every level? Could attribute it to "training"?

That I do. I remember the elation I felt when I found the Machine of Lum the Mad in BG2 which allowed me to raise one stat by one point per character. Oner does have a good point, this isnt DnD and we dont know how +3 relates to this game world.

It will be interesting to see what happens when we have socialized medicine for the entire country. Mass outlawing of everything unhealthy, which we should gladly accept as the "employer" has final say.

Hehe, lets not get crazy. Im sure those represent middle-of-the-road weapons and are nowhere near what you will end the game with. The best long term item in that list is the +3 to all stats as that will never be replaced by something better down the road.

Hey man, Im a WoW player. If the goodies dont come with double digit bonuses and actually enlarge my wang, Im not satisfied.

^Wow, those sound like decent additions.