Drop 5 Medic Changes

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Drop 5 Medic Changes Apr 29, 2015 1:49:52 GMT

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Post by ecchi on Apr 29, 2015 1:49:52 GMT

Here's the PTR Notes:

Medic

◾Abilities

    ◾Annihilation

        ◾Base damage has been increased to 8.38 per level and 19.25% Assault Power, changed from 8.35 and 19.17%.
        ◾Damage increase per tier is reduced to 1.1% Assault Power, changed from 1.375%
        ◾T4 redesign: Each cast of Discharge, Collider, and Atomize now reduces the cooldown of Annihilation by 1.0s.
        ◾T8 redesign: Now deals additional technology damage every 0.5s to foes affected by Nullifier or Devastator Probes.

        * Also costs 1 Actuator now. Not sure why this isn't listed here.

    ◾Atomize

        ◾T4 redesign: While Atomize is on cooldown, Critical Hits reduce its cooldown by 0.5s.
        ◾T8 rebalance: DoT effect ticks every 1s for 4s, from every 2s for 6s. Damage reduced to 6.15% Assault Power, from 14.98% Assault Power.

    ◾Barrier

◾Fixed a bug where Barrier could potentially heal an additional target.

◾Collider

        ◾T4 redesign: Landing a hit grants a stack of Residual Energy. Build 1 Actuator at 2 stacks.
        ◾T8 redesign: Applies 1 stack of Ionized to targets per hit. Landing a hit with an ability that consumes Actuators deals extra damage based on the number of stacks.
        ◾GCD reduced to 0.75s

◾Dematerialize

        ◾Fixed a bug that caused the Purge to not apply.
        ◾Cooldown has been increased to 15s, changed from 8s
        ◾Base damage increased to 10.78 per level and 24.76% Assault Power, from 6.78 and 6.78%
        ◾T4 bonus: chance to build Actuator increased to 100% upon purging a buff

    ◾Devastator Probes

        ◾Deals first tick of damage immediately upon application (increased total tick count by 1).
        ◾T4 bonus: Damage is increased to 50%.

    ◾Dual Shock

◾Dual Shock tooltip will now properly display the expected damage value.

◾Fissure

◾T4 bonus: No longer requires full Actuators, and the refund triggers on any ability that consumes Actuators.

◾Gamma Rays

        ◾Base damage has been increased to 13.66 per level and 31.41% Assault Power, changed from 12.99 and 29.82
        ◾Damage per tier has been increased to 2.1% Assault Power, changed from 1.71%
        ◾T8 bonus: Landing a hit with Gamma Rays refunds 1 Actuator.

    ◾Magnetic Lockdown

◾Now interrupts your spell casting.

◾Quantum Cascade

        ◾Spell GCD removed and other spells may be cast while channeling.
        ◾Base damage decreased to 13.39 per level and 30.73% Assault Power, from 15.48 and 35.55%
        ◾Damage per tier decreased to 1.45% Assault Power, from 2.52%
        ◾T8 redesign: Second tick has no Actuator cost. In addition, grants an Empower while channeling. Empower: Increases Damage Dealt by 5%

◾AMPs

    ◾Empowering Aura

◾Redesigned as Critical Priority: Dealing damage to foes applies a mark. When your allies deal damage to the marked target, grant an Empower to the ally.

◾Entrapment

◾Dealing damage to foes that are Snared or Rooted now causes them to take additional tech damage.

◾Hypercharge

◾Now displays a buff icon on allies.

◾Renewable Probes

◾Redesign: Upon detonating Devastator Probes or Mending Probes, reset the respective ability's cooldown.

* This AMP also switched position with the Power Converter AMP.

◾Surgical

◾Fixed a bug where Surgical was only increasing Tech damage dealt (it now increases all damage dealt).

◾Power Cadence

◾Tick time reduced to 8s, from 15s.

◾Power Converter

◾Switched position with Renewable Probes.

◾Scalpel! Forceps!

◾Both buffs can be active at the same time.

Last Edit: Apr 29, 2015 2:07:31 GMT by ecchi

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Drop 5 Medic Changes Apr 30, 2015 21:54:34 GMT

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Post by ecchi on Apr 30, 2015 21:54:34 GMT

Okay. I think I found a QC build I like. Still working on a GR one.

QC Build (live builder, so it won't show the drop 5 ability bonus changes)

That's for 5 mans. Could switch DProbes for either Nullifier or Fissure. I liked DProbes better because it had the least amount of downtime in the rotation. For raids you'd drop Calm for t4 Emp Probes (nerf Collider to t4 for the points).

My rotation is: ('->' means Smoosh)

QC->Discharge, Annihilation

QC->Discharge, Collider->Dprobes

QC->Discharge, Annihilation

QC->Discharge, Collider

Repeat

There's a slightly easier rotation (just lines 1 and 2, repeat) if you drop Collider to t4, give DProbes t4, and pick up the Renewable Probes AMP. The problem with this build is for raids you can't sustain this rotation with t4 Emp Probes and 3IA. I also think the t8 Collider bonus build still tops this variation in DPS.

I'll post a GR build as soon as I find one I don't hate.

Last Edit: Apr 30, 2015 22:09:51 GMT by ecchi

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Drop 5 Medic Changes May 3, 2015 18:12:03 GMT

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Post by Entropy on May 3, 2015 18:12:03 GMT

I tried out the changes on the PTR, and I'm not thrilled with the changes to QC. Feel clunky casting while another ability channels. I did test out your QC build, and the rotation seems pretty solid. Sometimes when I start the rotation over again from the top, Annihilation just barely comes off cooldown, so it's a pretty tight rotation.

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Drop 5 Medic Changes May 6, 2015 1:24:13 GMT

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Post by ecchi on May 6, 2015 1:24:13 GMT

Sigh. The GR Build. (5mans)

Hate it. Power Cadence is too expensive. It contains no fields OR Discharge. Having to run Field and Empowering Probes (in raid) is irritating, never mind that the rotation itself is nothing more than 'GR spam, Atomize on CD'. And it has to be constant GR, because nothing less will be able to beat the QC build (single target).

Anyway, back to the QC build. I've been trying different variations. T8ing Discharge instead of Collider proves to be a better choice, as you're casting Discharge constantly. However, this spec isn't viable in raids, as the points you would need to sacrifice for Emp Probes won't give you the Actuator return T4 Collider would. So I split the difference. I also swapped DProbes for Nullifier, because I like that it ticks faster and has a shorter CD. I think I'll swap it for Fissure in raids, though, for the debuff.

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saja New Member Posts: 42	Drop 5 Medic Changes May 6, 2015 16:40:18 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by saja on May 6, 2015 16:40:18 GMT Ecchi, my DPS spec will do whatever you tell it to do.

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Drop 5 Medic Changes May 10, 2015 0:51:10 GMT

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Post by ecchi on May 10, 2015 0:51:10 GMT

Been playing around with the GR spec (need one for spider convergence), and I found a variation that doesn't make me sick. It even has a loose rotation to stick to, which helps me stomach it better. I had problems with AMP management: Power Cadence is super expensive, so I either lose Danger Zone or 3/3 Dash Regen and 3/3 something else (I chose Armor Pierce).

Base rotation is:

GR x 4, Collider->DProbes, repeat

Atomize and Emp Probes on CD

The rotation is loose remember, due to Power Cadence and Atomize actuator gains, so sometimes 3 GRs, sometimes 5. The trick is to keep DProbes up and ready to pop, and keep Collider's charge CD running.

This, of course, can't compete with Quantum Cascade in DPS, but it is easier to use. Hopefully GR will get a damage buff in the future so I can spec this on single bosses.

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Drop 5 Medic Changes May 18, 2015 23:54:21 GMT

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Post by ammja on May 18, 2015 23:54:21 GMT

Drop 5 brought a lot of changes for DPS medics, but healing medics got a couple of significant healing changes that might have gone unnoticed.

Here's my current build. Drop 5 Healing Base Healing Build

Two major changes and they're both in the AMPs

1. Major Change

◾Renewable Probes

◾Redesign: Upon detonating Devastator Probes or Mending Probes, reset the respective ability's cooldown.
* This AMP also switched position with the Power Converter AMP.

This allows us to keep up Mending Probes at all times on targets. This is a game changer for Healing Medics. For situations like Malfunctioning Gear or even the trash on the new raid, this allows us to keep up with the best of the AOE healers. Make sure to take T8 mending probes so they'll actually detonate and get t4 emission to. You'll see why.

Rotation: Start the fight with mending probes. Hit Flash to detonate the probes. You have 10 seconds before you have to renew them so you have some time to wait for the incoming damage. Right after hitting flash, hit mending probes again and emission spam 3 times. This will refresh the CD on flash so you can do it all over again. If done right, every 5 GCDs, which I think is like 4 seconds or so, You'll be able to heal each person in the raid for, on average, 10K.

2. Major Change

◾Scalpel! Forceps!

◾Both buffs can be active at the same time.

This change is super cool. Basically when you do damage, you get 8% extra support power. At my current gear level that's about 250 extra support power. That's a bigger upgrade then getting the ohmna weapon. Also it's additive so if you pop your innate and then reapply Forceps you'll get even more!

Shield Surge is currently our best way to get that damage. When tank healing it'll be easier to keep it up all the time, as you're always using it, while raid healing it will be harder but not impossible. The bonus is significant enough that it worth sneaking it in when you can. If you think about it, it's almost like having a free gadget whenever you want.

Also the really cool thing to is that this synergies with the Empowering aura really well. Initially I was not really happy about not automatically getting the 5% crit buff, but with this change it's even more of a reason to shield surge.

So if you didn't catch that. Every time your shield surge does damage, you get 8% support power and a 5% crit buff (if you have dps medic in your raid.)

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Drop 5 Medic Changes May 29, 2015 19:53:50 GMT

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Post by ecchi on May 29, 2015 19:53:50 GMT

Damn Ammja, circled boxes? I can't compete with that. We should probably make a proper Drop 5 LAS post, as this one getting a little long and convoluted (I changed my mind a few times up there).

P.S. The crit buff is 6% -- GAWD, LERN YER CLASS!

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Post by ecchi on Apr 29, 2015 1:49:52 GMT

Post by ecchi on Apr 30, 2015 21:54:34 GMT

Post by Entropy on May 3, 2015 18:12:03 GMT

Post by ecchi on May 6, 2015 1:24:13 GMT

Post by saja on May 6, 2015 16:40:18 GMT

Post by ecchi on May 10, 2015 0:51:10 GMT

Post by ammja on May 18, 2015 23:54:21 GMT

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