In the patch notes for 4.0.6 currently on the PTR, there are two relevant changes to combat dps…
(1) Main Gauche (Mastery) now provides a chance to deal an attack for 75% of main-hand damage. This attack can trigger Combat Potency.
This is a nice change. One of the big knocks against combat’s Mastery (Main Gauche) is that when it procs it gives an extra off-hand attack. Since rogues are forced to use fast off-hands (for Combat Potency and poison application) our off-hand is always a much lower damage weapon than our main hand. Thus, the Main Gauche proc was always underwhelming, and Mastery was a weak stat for combat rogues.
If this change goes live, then the Main Gauche proc will give an extra hit from our slower, harder-hitting weapon. That should make Mastery more appealing and more useful to combat rogues.
(2) Revealing Strike now increases finisher effectiveness by 35% (45% glyphed), up from 20% (30% glyphed).
This is a straight damage buff. The theorycrafters at Elitist Jerks estimate this as about a 1.5% increase in combat dps.
Yeah it is 1,5% and thats not worth to make the rotation much more difficult. I just use Evi and I am still nice in dmg meters.^^
Yeah cause one extra attack is so damn complicated………….
Nice changes. I hope it is enough to make mastery a valuable stat for combat, so I can dual spec with my assassination gear =D.
Looks good. Need to start running my Rogue through dungeons
I’m glad these changes are being made, but I really hope it doesn’t put Combat above Mutilate because it’ll just be ICC all over again.
Mutilate was king in Wrath for a good long time. I stuck with Mutilate all through Wrath. I don’t think the game is tuned to a point where you are forced to choose a particular spec because of a 0.5% higher damage output. So I wouldn’t worry.
Not to mention the newest tweak…. Blade
Flurry can now be activated indefinitely! And once turned off… It will only have a 10 sec CD!
That is interesting. I’m not exactly clear on why they decided to do that. It just seems like rogues are going to be the #1 cause of breaking CC.