epic past life - arcane alacrity

[painkiller3]

http://ddowiki.com/page/Arcane_Alacrity

do you notice the difference with this maxed out?

[Lonnbeimnech]

http://ddowiki.com/page/Arcane_Alacrity

do you notice the difference with this maxed out?

Barely. Esp on a sorc. It might be worth using on a palemaster, since instakill spells have a fairly long cooldown compared to the 3 seconds a sorc has to wait on fireball.

And I'm pretty sure it has no effect on any epic abilities like energy burst, dragon breath, divine wrath, tsunami etc.

[autochthon]

Three stacks with the stance means +10% DPS. Whether you notice it or not is a different issue entirely.

[Lonnbeimnech]

Three stacks with the stance means +10% DPS. Whether you notice it or not is a different issue entirely.

Not really. It reduces the cooldown by 10%. It doesnt reduce casting time, and it only works on spells, not sla's not epic abilities. So you cast a fireball, then a sla fireball, then delayed blast fireball, and now your fireball goes from 3 seconds to 2.7 seconds of cooldown, but everything is dead already, and the fireball would be off cooldown by now anyway.


The 9% spell critical would be better for an elemental nuker build, ie, a sorc.

[autochthon]

Not really. It reduces the cooldown by 10%. It doesnt reduce casting time, and it only works on spells, not sla's not epic abilities. So you cast a fireball, then a sla fireball, then delayed blast fireball, and now your fireball goes from 3 seconds to 2.7 seconds of cooldown, but everything is dead already.


The 9% spell critical would be better for an elemental nuker build, ie, a sorc.

Well I was assuming spamming a single skill. Yes if you're chaining SLA's and different spells that do basically the same thing it's not going to be as noticeable.

[SirValentine]

http://ddowiki.com/page/Arcane_Alacrity

do you notice the difference with this maxed out?

If you have lots of spells you're rotating through, maybe not.

But if you hate waiting for things like Finger/Wail/PWK, etc. to get off cooldown, you'll notice.