by Macnair » Sun May 04, 2008 9:28 pm
Well, obviously it would be better if it added to the base value, rather than at the end.
72 new damage per tick would be an increase of 7.5 % on the base of Pocus (960).
But the number of shamans who only ever get the base value is vanishingly small; everyone strives to get some kind of focus and critical dot AAs. Let's say the average per tick damage for Pocus is maybe 1472 (960 + 15% average focus, critting one tick in three). so adding 72 more damage at the end is an increase of about 4.9 % .
That's not nothing; added to your 30% focus item it means your damage is increasing not by 1 to 30 %, but from 6 to 35 %. Still, 8.5 to 37.5 would be just that much nicer.
That reminds me to ask another question: does anyone know how much the AA improved crit bonus is?