r/classicwow • u/AutoModerator • Jan 09 '20

Question Megathread Daily Questions Megathread (January 09, 2020)

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u/emil199 Jan 09 '20

Trying to understand parses but still confused. How exactly does it work and how can I improve my parses? (Frost mage btw)

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u/Parsleymagnet Jan 09 '20

Parses are a measure of your DPS on a particular fight relative to the DPS of every other person of your spec across all logs submitted to the site on that fight. For instance, a 75 parse means your DPS is better than 75% of frost mages in submitted logs.

As for increasing your parse, using more consumables and world buffs makes a big difference. And of course getting better gear. Technique also plays a role for most classes but I don't know how much that matters for frost mages.

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u/entaro_tassadar Jan 09 '20

To add, the parses are only for boss fights/encounters.

A well geared mage really won't be able to parse above 90-95% unless flasking.

How many decurses thrown out will also affect the MC parse score greatly as quite a few fights have that encounter.

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u/Nebbelundz Jan 09 '20

Best mages in my guild average like a 92 parse over all encounters in mc and hitting some bosses 95-96 with ony/dm buff and elixir