You've Come A Long Way Baby
Malsorian - Warlock — I'm a stats nerd. I enjoy combing through my WWS reports for every detail I can about raids. And the number 1 stat I look at is, of course, my dps. DPS overall in a raid night is not an accurate determination of a warlock's capabilities. Face it, we suck on trash. The numbers that show our true damage output are the numbers on boss fights. ...

True Priest Confessions
A Dwarf Priest — ... I have a serious respect for people who work hard on trash. What idiot cares about the “Trash Mobs” listing on Wow Web Stats?  Me.  I’m the idiot. I just really hate lazy players. ...

Psy learns how to use Wow Web Stats =D
My Life as a Cartoon — ... When i started raiding with Deaths Blooms and Ordo Veritas i noticed this strange thing  they would do, after every fight someone would post an announcement on the forums that the WWS report was up if anyone wanted to go look at it. Curious lock that i am i decided to check it out and what did i find? A whole freakin detailed report of our ENTIRE fight start to finish! and this report is all bundled up in a nice little package called Wow Webstats. ...

HOWTO: Wow Web Stats
Shadow Puppets — ... you saved it to another directory, you will have to navigate to it): Click Open. You can enter a new comment or title for this file in this screen, as shown below: Once you like what you are calling it, click Host Report. It won’t take too long to upload (depending on the size of your log) and once it’s finished, your browser window will open at something like this: Step Six - Review [example link: http://wowwebstats.com/qursg5tivaejs] You will be taken to ...

Kill Command Revisited: What the New Changes Mean for Hunter DPS
The Hunter's Mark — In a previous entry, I talked about what the new Kill Command in Wrath will do compared to the Kill Command we all know and love. Today, I’d like to take a more in-depth look at Kill Command, new and old, and what the changes coming in Wrath will mean to hunter dps. Before I get started, though, I’d like to quickly thank Gwaendar for pointing out that I’m a bonehead and missed an extremely helpful aspect of WoW Web Stats: the ability to view line-by-line “plain english” combat log data. Alright, lets get to it! ...

Feign death is your friend, with benefits!
Lienna's log — ... P.S. You have to love pug groups, according to WWS Faloranu (my pet windserpent for those not in the know) out dpsed 8 dpsers!

How to Determine your Threat per Second
Will Tank for Healz! — Step 1: Learn to use WWS if you're not already familiar with WWS. Check out the quick guide on the WWS website, Or this blog post by Good Morning Azeroth. Step 2: Once you've gotten your WWS report, you will click on your name then on the full report button. From there, select the fight that you would like to parse to determine your threat per second. Select the text from the address bar and copy it. Paste the text into the only field available on this ...

My Epeen is a Metre (ahem, Meter) Long!
Destructive Reach — ... 1.  I would strongly advise having someone run WoW Web Stats.  While meters like Recount are useful for on the spot assessment, WoW Web Stats allows for a complex break down of a fight.  This is much more useful than a damage meter.  It also shows where people were afk’ing (to an extent), and what buffs they had on at what time.  For example, the ones linked below dob me in for not having flasked or foodbuffed until Bloodboil. ...

Addons: The Overview
Shields Up! — ... is fantastic for in-game penis enlargement analysis. Wowwebstats are a beautiful way of reviewing fights at a later point, i do recommend to post wws regularly in your guild forum and tell people how to read it. As to how accurate each meter is at the moment only time will tell, post 3.0.2, i got strange numbers from time to timer with both means. ...

Affliction Raiding Rotations/Guide
Elitist Jerks — ... to see the information in a very useful and detailed format. To create a WWS report: 1. Before you start WoW, browse to C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Interface\Logs. If you have a file called "wowcombatlog.txt", delete it! 2. Now, in game, before you start whatever it is you want to log, hit enter in your chat window and type: /combatlog (this will get wow recording your combat log parse) 3. After you are done with everything you want to record, go to Wow Web Stats 4. Click on "Start WWS Client" (note, you may have ...

We Missed
BigRedKitty — ... , our DPS was 2962, combined with out pet. We missed two Auto Shots: 21 Hits, 13 Crits, and 2 Misses. Here, you can play with our report yourself here. We’re Titan. ...

Proposed Changes to Volley - Is It Really That Bad?
The Hunting Lodge — ... Report from Myclique we can see only 1 Hunter really used Volley and of that only 3 times.  So not too much here really to say it’s a critical raid spell, but enough to use as a reference for our purposes. So let’s break it down.. We know the “Potential” and I use the word “Potential” damage from the tooltip is 3,303/cast . But in reality it seems a little different. In our report we we see that Volley only averaged 5,584 Damage/Cast. 16, 754/3 Casts = 5,584/Cast Why this difference?  Well it goes back to the fact as we state before, there’s Damage and then ...

Does Your Raiding Guild Need Premium WWS?
World of Matticus — ... a $15 guild account. If no one in the guild really cares about theorycrafting and analyzing their own DPS, then having a WWS paid account isn’t going to benefit you much since it won’t be used. But if your guild wants to compete and be a top tier organization, having a WWS paid account would be an asset. You could start off with the $27 Unlimited account for 3 months to give it a try and see if it is of any use. You can find out more information about WWS paid accounts here. Don’t forget You can not game ...

General Wrath Mods
TankSpot — ... of Warcraft AddOnBuffs Elkano's BuffBars - Addons - Curse Satrina Buff Frames 3 : WoWInterface Downloads : Buff/Debuff/Spell ModsCast Bar/Swing Timer Quartz - Modular Casting Bar : WoWInterface Downloads : Casting Bars and CooldownsChat Prat 3.0 - Addons - CurseCombat Parser Wow Web StatsCombat Text ...

Deathknight Dual Wield DK Tanking Data Collection
TankSpot — ... For anyone who doesn't know how to WWS, when you're in game type "/combatlog" into your chat line, you'll get a confirmation message. When you're done collecting, type it again. When you log off (won't be able to remove the file until then), go into your WoW directory, into the "Logs" folder, there will be a file called WoWCombatlog. Take that file and drag it to your desktop. Go to: Wow Web Stats. I created an account so we can put all of the information under one heading: Username: DKDW password: ...

The Ideal Log Parser
Elitist Jerks — ... measure bad buffing and raid configuration …….How to measure bad buffing and raid configuration - TKA Something …….Data re: Buffs and raid config impact on hunter DPS …….Data re: Buffs and raid config impact on hunter DPS - TKA Something Enable raid leaders to measure the effectiveness of raid configurations Measure the effect of latency + human reaction time and understand its effect on DPS Known measurement tools WOW Webstats Wow Web Stats Wowmeter WoW Meter Online - The Best World of Warcraft ...

Pvp ≠ raiding
Lienna's log — ... !) soon, but since WWS has huge ques and I'm not famous enough to get a free account (hey, unsubtle hints are always worth a try, you never know) ...

Ghostcrawler Addresses Hunter DPS and Spec Issues
The Hunting Lodge — [image] WARNING!! This is going to be a LONG, possibly EYE BLEEDING POST ALERT!!! Recently over on the Lodge Forums we had an extremely heated debate thanks to our friend Ghostcrawler on the recent and ongoing Hunter Changes. That being the case, I thought I’d just go ahead and address each post by GC over on the Official forums . I’ll provide the links, quotes, and my thoughts on the offending threads here. 1. http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=14578748409&pageNo=3&sid=1#57 GC tries to explain the need for “Real Numbers“. (From what I can see, real numbers are parses that ...

More Pot-Stirrin’
BigRedKitty — We need to get our friend to re-register his guild as Aetherial Circle in WoW Web Stats. /sigh Sartharion is a beyotch for BM hunters. Our pets — yeah, we said OUR PETS! — can’t take the fire-wall’s DoT, even with every defensive talent and bonus-to-healing thing we stack on. We’ve got to pull our death-machine pet out of the fight with us to the holes in the fire-walls. And when we do that, a BM hunter’s DPS stinks. Meanwhile, SV hunters pull our 300DPS-pet out of the fight, but keep our 3000DPS ...

Meter Madness.
The Suicidal Zebra — ... encounters but you have to be careful not to chase meters to the exclusion of other factors. As Josh might say, 'The Dead Don't Do DPS'. And if you really want to find out your own DPS... GET YOUR OWN DAMN METER!. Asked for a Meter Reading? Display a 'damage taken' meter rather than damage done. That tends to shut people up. Further Reading [1] http://lancebit.blogspot.com/2009/01/doctorate-in-healing-primer-for-healing.html WoW Webstats Recount DPS Meter at Curse Gaming

The Hunter DPS Spreadsheet Guide
The Hunting Lodge — It’s come to my attention that many people seem to have a difficult time with using The Hunter DPS Spreadsheet.  I’m hoping this post might be a guide for those that have questions, problems, or just had a question and didn’t really know how or where to ask. First, let me give some background for you.  The current spreadsheet is based off of the original spreadsheet by Cheeky and Lactose.  But much of what we knew about this original version has changed or is no longer present.  Just as with Wrath of the Lich King has changed  much of the game and is no longer the same ...

Against Your Better Judgement: A Guide to Judging
Banana Shoulders — Judgements: they’re not just for Retribution paladins any more. There’s a fair amount of misinformation and misunderstanding floating around when it comes to paladin Judgements, and the issue of “who should Judge? when? why?” is something I’ve seen come up in discussion in a number of places recently, so: here’s a guide. First up is the primer; if you know the basics, skip to the end for the last three sections. Three Key Facts You have to have a Seal spell currently active before you can cast a Judgement. There ...

Swiping your way to the top
Of Teeth and Claws — Nearly all damage dealers love watching the DPS charts - either on their own personal add-on or on a site like WoWWebStats after the dust has settled.  It's a great feeling seeing your name up high, and even better seeing it on the top.  Fortunately for feral Druids the introduction of the feline ...

Possible addon business models
WoW.com — ... as well -- he suggested that, like the popular WoW Web Stats, some addons (Recount was one suggestion that came up) can offer information out of game rather than in-game, thus making them able to charge for it, or show advertising on it. ...

The 3.1 Disc Priest
The Munch Land — ... For the mean time Disc Recount will do, but I would love to see sites like WWS pickup shield absorptions to better gauge healers. ...

DPS Calculation and Why Armor Pen Sucks
The Hunter's Mark — There have been some interesting discussions lately on the THM Forums that have brought up good points. For veteran players, it’s easy to forget the basic theories that got us where we are today. Before sites like CharDev and Warcrafter, players had to actually sit down with pen and paper to figure out gear upgrades and DPS calculations. (Long time readers may recall posts in the past where I did precisely that.) While folks that have been in the game for a long time may still remember how to do that (and recall how we had to walk uphill both ways, barefoot in the snow, to get to Blackrock ...

WWS Combat Log Filtering - A Tree is Redeemed
Pink Raid Frames — ... more than a crap-ton) - 26k. After the wipe there was some chatter in vent about exactly what happened.  I was sure that I moved him out of his ground Rune effect.  Uneek was sure I was getting rapped (and I was).  After some discussion I was moved to Stormcaller and one of our DK tanks was moved to Runemaster.  Uneek was moved to healing a different target.  In the eyes of the RL, Uneek and I both failed. Now.. what really happened and why did I get hit so hard?  WoW Webstats can help. If you’ve never noticed, there is an option ...

[A-US] - #24 US - [13/14] Ulduar
TankSpot — For Ulduar and beyond, <Genesis> is currently recruiting: 1-2 Prot Warrior(s) (Openings for other classes/specs may be available, see up-to-date Recruitment Status on our website.) ...

[A] - #17 US - [13/14] Ulduar
TankSpot — For Ulduar and beyond, <Genesis> is currently recruiting: 1-2 Prot Warrior(s) (Openings for other classes/specs may be available, see up-to-date Recruitment Status on our website.) ...

[A] - #11 US - [13/14] Ulduar
TankSpot — For Ulduar and beyond, <Genesis> is currently recruiting: ALL CLASSES (Restrictions may apply, see up-to-date Recruitment Status on our website.) We're looking for hardcore raiders ...

When is your DPS too low?
Armaggedon's coming — ... Note: I do wish that tools like WWS allowed you to put in rating for yourself as a search criteria for other raids/toons with same level of gear.  So much better than just randomly searching through WWS reports in the hope of finding someone to compare against. ...

[A] - #18 US - [13/14] Ulduar
TankSpot — For Ulduar and beyond, <Genesis> is currently recruiting: ALL CLASSES (Restrictions may apply, see up-to-date Recruitment Status on our website.) We're looking for hardcore raiders ...

[A] - #14 US - [13/14] Ulduar
TankSpot — For Ulduar and beyond, <Genesis> is currently recruiting: ALL CLASSES (Restrictions may apply, see up-to-date Recruitment Status on our website.) We're looking for hardcore raiders ...

[A] - #25 US - [13/14] Ulduar
TankSpot — For Ulduar and beyond, <Genesis> is currently recruiting: ALL CLASSES (Restrictions may apply, see up-to-date Recruitment Status on our website.) We're looking for hardcore raiders ...

[A] - #20 US - [13/14] Ulduar
TankSpot — For Ulduar and beyond, <Genesis> is currently recruiting: ALL CLASSES (Restrictions may apply, see up-to-date Recruitment Status on our website.) We're looking for hardcore raiders ...

Combat Stats Reporting
TyphoonAndrew's - Eye of the Storm — ... magic 6.5 number will be a good thing. Although getting the extra 0.25 will be a pain on other stats at the moment. World of Logs does the same thing, in a more graphical way. Same upload process, slightly different quirks. Its worth checking out both and see which you prefer. Out of the two I think I’ll use WWS for a while longer, then switch to WOL for a solid few months. Both give you all basics. Go grab, review, and use:  http://www.worldoflogs.com/ and http://wowwebstats.com/ Tagged: combat, reports, stats, world of logs, wws ...

Your Mileage May Vary
The Hunting Lodge — ... or WWS reports.  No, we can’t model every boss fight.  No, we can’t create options to simulate every boss fight.  No, we can’t guarantee 100% accuracy.  We are only human and WoW is a complex game that is constantly being changed, often without public announcement.  But, we are always striving for additional methods, settings, and tweaks to imitate as many encounters as possible to give you the most accurate representation possible.  If the spreadsheet states a certain piece of gear is an upgrade, there is a high level of confidence that it ...

Lament of my Disc Priest
Forever a Noob —

Cat DPS Technique (PvE)
Altosis — ... That said, when you do look for comparisons, try to compare "apples to apples" when you look at WoW Web Stats, e.g., compare yourself to other Cats first, then Rogues, then other Melee. Those folks will generally have similar difficulties due to the fight mechanics, such as high movement fights, lots of target switching, etc. ...

Preparing for Mana Regen Changes in 3.2
Banana Shoulders — ... If you want to know just how this is going to affect you, you need to take a look at overall data from a raid, rather than just relying on your perceptions. I’ll use WoWWebStats (WWS) parses here to demonstrate, but you can also use other sites like ...

[A] - #25 US [14/14] Algalon DEAD!
TankSpot — For Ulduar and beyond, <Genesis> is currently recruiting: ALL CLASSES (Restrictions may apply, see up-to-date Recruitment Status on our website.) We're looking for hardcore raiders ...

Unholy Talents – How much DPS do they really give you?
Skeleton Jack — ... Gargoyle, and Army of the Dead will contribute between 15-20% of your total damage.  Of course the type of encounter can alter this result, but that is the average.  So saying that 18% of your damage is comprised of pet damage is not unreasonable. Damage Sources Now you have several sources to examine for determining how much % of your damage is made up by any individual source. WMO DK Rankings is a great source (and I prefer it over WWS) to examine your raids (and your) dps, or to examine the top20 best ranked DK’s. ...

[A] - #21 US - 3/5 HM T9 l Ulduar HM Complete l LF Tanks
TankSpot — For Argent Coliseum and beyond, <Genesis> is currently recruiting: ALL CLASSES (Restrictions may apply, see up-to-date Recruitment Status on our website.) We're looking for hardcore ...

[A] - Top 25 US - 5/5 ToGC Tribute to Mad Skill l Ulduar HM Complete
TankSpot — For Icecrown and beyond, <Genesis> is currently recruiting: ALL CLASSES (Restrictions may apply, see up-to-date Recruitment Status on our website.) We're looking for hardcore ...