Increase DPS 10-20%

[KuRIoS]

The first thing you'll need is a casting bar addon called "Quartz"

You can find this mod at: Quartz - WowAce Wiki

What Quartz does that's different than other casting bar mods is that it looks at your latency and then marks your cast bar accordingly with a "red" section in it, according to how high your latency is. The higher your latency, the longer the red part will be. The bar still shows the full cast time, but there will now be a varying amount of red on the bar.



So, how is this going to help me do more DPS?

Well, Blizzard puts a buffer on the cast bar to attempt to equalize the advantage of someone with good latency vs someone with bad latency. While the server takes a variable amount of time to register that your spell has been cast, your client (the cast bar you see), is a flat amount of time.

Usually, you cannot begin casting your next spell until the casting bar has reached its end, but with a certain macro, as well as Quartz to show you when to use it, you're able to begin casting your next spell as soon as you reach the buffer time on your cast bar that Blizzard puts there for latency, effectively reducing your casting time relative to your latency.

So how do I do this?

You will be using a stopcasting macro, which looks something like this:

/stopcasting
/cast (your spell's name)

example
/stopcasting
/cast Shadowbolt

Replace your spells with a macro that has this code in it.

Now, the problem with this is the inability to spam the button. When you hit the button, it will stop whatever cast you are currently casting and it will begin to cast the next spell. If you hit it too early, it will cancel your current cast! So get ready to stop spamming your buttons.

So, when you cast your spell, and the casting bar reaches the red part with the small latency text, cast your next spell (as long as that one has also been outfitted with the the 'stopcasting' macro), and watch as your time spent casting decreases by about 10-20%, and your DPS DIRECTLY increases by about 10-20%!


Blizzard implemented the client side increased cast time so people with higher latency wouldn't get screwed compared to faster internet people.

Using this macro/addon gives you a gameplay advantaged and will possibly become a bannable offense, or at least patched in some way.

Maybe an exploit, maybe a guide, I dunno - But i posted it in exploit section
It was posted some time ago by paperboi here but it was hard to follow.


thank you snarg

[windybone]

It's been posted before http://www.mmowned.com/forums/wow-ex...0-or-more.html
But this has been more clearly written and easier to understand..

[Remahlól]

I've been using a macro with

/stopcasting
/cast

For 10%-20% more HPS.

Nice guide KuRIoS, I'm sure some people will learn from this .

[KuRIoS]

It's been posted before http://www.mmowned.com/forums/wow-ex...0-or-more.html
But this has been more clearly written and easier to understand..

just saw, didnt find it when i searched the first time, must have made a typo, edited into the post

[Rohi]

This has been posted even on wow forums >_> But thanks makes easier to lvl my mage I guess

[holydivah]

This has been posted even on wow forums >_> But thanks makes easier to lvl my mage I guess

Do not use this stuff for levelling. It's more of a raiding "exploit", if you want to call it that, and Blizzard is providing a feature soon that will cancel having to do this.

If you have a <100 ms(latency) then this will only increase your DPS a tiny bit, besides, it's very tough getting used to due to the fact, as far as my spell rotation goes, I spam the button.

[Rohi]

Do not use this stuff for levelling. It's more of a raiding "exploit", if you want to call it that, and Blizzard is providing a feature soon that will cancel having to do this.

If you have a <100 ms(latency) then this will only increase your DPS a tiny bit, besides, it's very tough getting used to due to the fact, as far as my spell rotation goes, I spam the button.

I do have about 60 latency very often ^_^ But shame that blizz nurfs it

[Ferag]

Nice, I heard about this somewhere, but didn't know which addon to use. +rep 'cause it's awesome, and you don't have enough rep lol

[Avatori]

nice work! +rep 4 u man !

[Bareno]

I got banned for my idiocy

<- edited by kurios

...Do you know who your insulting? Saying the admin is a retard is a pretty much ban worthy.

To the Op myself, I've already knew about this for a while, but +rep anyways

[pavis]

sounds good

[Equ1N0X]

Brvo! top notch stuff, but maybe this can be used in combination with the default cheatengine speedhack which also makes your client read insane amounts of lg on meter, couldn't it possibly fool the server?
BTw 3REPup

[9ki]

not recomended to use this macro on heals or in pvp.

[holydivah]

He's an admin. He could get as much rep as he wanted, and besides, his red name is more than enough credit.

Gtfo.

[KuRIoS]

didnt post this for rep for you guys information, I posted this because i saw it on edge of nowhere and I liked it, never really thought much of it because i have been using it for ages. I even searched for it but for some reason it didnt come up on my first search, must have made a typo.
When i saw the other post ppl had already said that this was better described.

Holydivah is 100% correct as well