BRD DPS (And how to improve mine!)

[Judge_Xero]

Does Flaming Arrow not show up on data collection? Seems it would also be a good chunk of damage, especially when buffed.

[Ooshima]

Does Flaming Arrow not show up on data collection? Seems it would also be a good chunk of damage, especially when buffed.

Should be under "Simulated DoTs (Out)", the "Skill/Ability (Out)" shows weaponskills/spells impact damage only.

[Judge_Xero]

Should be under "Simulated DoTs (Out)", the "Skill/Ability (Out)" shows weaponskills/spells impact damage only.

Thanks for that info.

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So I would think for the OP, a good single target opener should be.

Straight Shot -> Blood for Blood - > Raging Strikes ->Heavy Shot - >
DEX Pot - > Hawk's Eye ->Internal Release -> Windbite -> Bloodletter -> Venomous Bite -> Barrage -> Flaming Arrow

Internal Release should line up with each Flaming Arrow, and 3rd set of Venom/Windbite. Paired with the Straight Shot buff will help with Bloodletter procs.

It might be worth Macroing a DEX Pot to Hawk's Eye (I assume you get an additional 15% on the Pot when used with Hawk's Eye)

Barrage Lines up with every other Raging Strikes and every Blood for Blood.

Then the rest looks good. Just keep up all your DoTs.
(Flaming Arrow counts as a DoT - 30s = 10 Ticks @ 35 Potency for a total of 350 Potency)

Make sure Venom and Wind Crit is as buffed as you can make it for a higher chance at Bloodletter procs. (crit stays for the duration of the dot as well as any buffs prior to dotting)

Make sure to use Repelling shot and Blunt arrow on CD (unless Silence is required)

Work on making a comfortable UI so that you have full control of your skills without having to macro them together.
Disable Action help text. - it gets in the way of your action bar.
Make multiple layers of skill bars for easy access, and then you can make any blocks that aren't in use invisible. (lock your skill bars)

The rest should be practice and muscle memory.

[Ooshima]

That's strange about Inner Release. Even if it appears as a buff on yourself the effect should be attached to the skill, as Internal Release says it just increases your Crit Rate.

I'm confused about your response to DEX Pot. I know that the POT is additive, but Hawks eye is a % increase to DEX so Multiplicative.

So 540 DEX - HQ X-Pot of Dex +82 - 622 DEX -> Hawk's Eye 715 DEX

But it wouldn't surprise me in the least if the algorithm for Hawk's Eye didn't include the Pot and pulled DEX from just gear stats.
Without Hawk's Eye effecting the DEX Pot = 703 Dex
Not that an extra 12 DEX is OMG ZERG.

I remembered I read somewhere in BRD theorycrafting and testing threads that Flaming Arrow is being affected by Hawk's Eye only, so yeah, I haven't done anything to prove it myself.

As for pot, some time back I remembered I tried using pot then hawk, and vice-versa, my total DEX doesn't change either way I use it. Unless memory is failing me

I would like to see a ~4 min parse if you don't mind(2 invigorates+running out of tp).

Approx 3:50 before I run out of TP (dropped to 20), 399 DPS