Update 2/10: Apparently this WWS report has expired. My apologies. I am working on a more formal article that should be published today or tomorrow which will replace this anyways.
Part 1: Understanding the class detail page
Part 2: Interpreting the numbers
Part 3: And a little bit of math
Over the next few blog posts I’m going to write down the beginnings of what will eventually be a full strat article.
A very common error I see in raidleaders is not knowing how to use tools like WWS. I had a guildleader talking to me a few weeks ago about their Sarth 3D kill, and he casually said “Yeah we sat mage X because his dps is just terrible, and he’s in the best gear we can give him.”
So I asked him for the WWS link and looked at it.
Mage X was actually their best mage, but he was undergeared by about 20% relative to the other mages. He was the only one actually using the proper set of abilities on a raid. Now, perhaps he was the right person to sit since what mattered was sheer dps. But then the raidleader said to me:
So you’re trying to tell me that mage X is our best mage? Really? We thought he was the worst…
Today’s topic: The class detail page
I went to page 100 on WWS for Patchwerk kills and picked on the first anonymous WWS that my mouse reached. No need embarassing anyone!
Pull up this parse in another window or tab so you can play along at home:
If you were evaluating Alohomora as an applicant, you might be very disappointed indeed. Look at Kedavra and Lumos, both are so far ahead….. right?
Navigate to my favorite page, class details, and click on “Mages” to see a different story:
Let’s just look down Alohomora’s column:
First off, at the top, you see Presence: this is how long WWS thinks it saw the person. If you die early, you will have low presence.
The DPS time is the other interesting number on the page: it’s how long, in 5-second increments, WWS thinks you were DPS’ing. This number isn’t between across classes though: if you’re a class with any sort of DoT, you’ll have higher presence because your damage continues even during long pauses.
The next section is “Dmg. Out”. For each ability, you see the name, and then two lines, one white one green.
The white line is the average the ability hit for and the crit percentage.
The green line is the number of hits and the percent of their damage this ability was. Number of hits is the same as number of dots if the ability has a dot — this can make understanding Pyroblast numbers difficult for mages, for example.
Tomorrow I’ll go into detail on this page and what you’re looking for (although if you’re a mage, you probably already know what I’m going to point out!)
Update 2/10: Apparently this WWS report has expired. My apologies. I am working on a more formal article that should be published today or tomorrow which will replace this anyways.
Tags: wws
The suspense!
Hey Kyth, I think the “Anonymous Alliance WWS parse” has timed out on WWS because the poster doesn’t own a paid account
Sounds like I know my job for the day before raid then: write up my strat guide for WWS using screenshots instead!
Good afternoon!
Could you please tell me what is the add-on to record this reports or smth?
I would suggest you go to http://www.wowwebstats.com/ and learn about how it works.
I personally use an addon called “Loggerhead” so I don’t have to remember to turn on WoW’s combat logging.
The report you linked in this article is expired.
Yes unfortunately I need to update it, but with Ulduar out I haven’t had the time.