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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Patch 5.2 Tankadin Smoothness Simulations
With 5.2 around the corner, we can feel pretty certain that the version of Grand Crusader on the PTR is what we’ll be receiving in the patch: Grand Crusader Requires Paladin (Protection) Requires level 50 When you dodge or parry … Continue reading
Posted in Tanking, Theck's Pounding Headaches, Theorycrafting
Tagged Active Mitigation, blocking, diminishing returns, Min/Max, rotations, Scaling, tank, tanking, theck, theorycrafting, warcraft, WoW
57 Comments
Tier 14 Retrospective
You know that feeling sometimes, that those of us in our 20s or 30s get about our college days? We’ll look back and think, “Man, those were the best days of my life.” And that’s kind of a sad thought, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, From Ana's Inbox, Raid Recap, Raiding
Tagged 16/16H, Anafielle, Hardcore raiding, raiding, Something Wicked, Something Wicked tanks, Tier 14, Tier 14 retrospective
33 Comments
Valor Morghulis
This is a post I wrote almost three months ago. But I wasn’t very happy with it, and ended up letting it sit around as a draft. Every few weeks I would come back to it hoping to edit it … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Encounters, Raiding, Tanking, Theck's Pounding Headaches
Tagged game design, raiding, theck, warcraft, WoW
39 Comments
Cruise-ader Control
Earlier this week, Ghostcrawler informed us that they planned on addressing the “haste problem,” which I discussed in my last post, by changing Grand Crusader’s proc trigger. Rather than triggering off of Crusader Strikes and Hammers of the Righteous, it … Continue reading
Keep Calm and Parry On
Last week, Ghostcrawler made some comments about the odd state of prot paladin gearing, in particular our love of haste. In a blue post, he gave us the following tidbit: Ghostcrawler said: For Protection, we do have plans to try … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Tanking, Theck's Pounding Headaches, Theorycrafting
Tagged Active Mitigation, blocking, diminishing returns, game design, Min/Max, Scaling, tank, tanking, theck, Theorycraft, theorycrafting, warcraft, WoW
42 Comments