Originally Posted by
johnclaudevandam
I did pretty extensive testing with simcraft (import my character) a dummy and even raid finder on the following profiles: 5.2, 5.3, 5.3"slamfix" and ishtro issues profile. Simcraft was my benchmark. Ishtro's issues profile came out on top easily by 1k average 2k on some points. I dug into the codes of the different profiles and thought i could bring over some of boss's code into ishtro's to push the dps higher. Every change I did seem to bring the dps down and i looked at rage values and if statements and I couldnt understand why it was going down. So I tried the opposite, I brought ishtro's code into Boss's profiles and was getting about same numbers, then finally by luck i got results. I got 1k over ishtro's dps and stable with a higher range of burst as well. I tried the changes on all the other versions and only got results with 5.3.
Maybe its only me but I would to share this to see if others get same results. Simply take the Deadly Calm ability from ishtro's and replace the one in 5.3 . Not the slam fixed one.
My guess is because i have double 2 set tiers, so more heroic strikes with the damage bonus = more overall damage? Also the Ihstro's Deadly Calm is a simple use when off cd. I can't explain why but for me it does work.
So finally here is my verdict:
4.2 and simcraft are exactly the same results, so 100% optimization
4.3 will yield lower then simcraft results
4.3slamfix will yield identical but slightly higher numbers then simcraft, it is a better version of 4.2
ishtro's issues will yield noticeably and consistently higher numbers with a minimum of 1k dps increase over simcraft.
4.3 with ishtro's Deadly Calm gives me 2k higher over simcraft and has a huge burst range when receiving incoming damage its easily the best for me.
I can't claim these will be the same results for everyone and I can't explain why but i really hope atleast my rankings of the profiles can help