Tag Archives: diminishing returns

Out of Insight, Out of Mind

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Theck

In the last post, we discussed a variety of topics related to modeling Seal of Insight.  Now it’s time to put that modeling discussion to work. The Model I decided to stick with the conclusion I came to in my … Continue reading →

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Stamina: Updated Smoothness Data

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Theck

In the last post, I mentioned in passing that there was an odd thing happening when a gear set dropped from 7k to 6k haste.  I elaborated a little on what I thought was the cause: we were crossing the … Continue reading →

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Stamina Addendum: Socket Stuffer?

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Theck

Earlier this week, I made a pretty lengthy post discussing the merits of stamina as a smoothing stat.  One of the common (and expected) criticisms was that I used the usual itemization ratio of 1 haste : 1.5 stamina for … Continue reading →

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Stamina: Keeping You Up Longer

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Theck

What’s the most misunderstood element of tanking?  There are a myriad of topics you could offer as guesses.  But the question I field more often than any others isn’t about rotations, talents, glyphs, or cooldowns.  It’s not even about which … Continue reading →

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Is Nothing Sacred?

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Theck

I’ve been hinting all week that there was some big news coming up regarding our gearing choices.  If you’ve followed the last two rounds of smoothness simulations, it looks an awful lot like Control/Mastery is the solid winner.  To put … Continue reading →

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Patch 5.2 Tankadin Smoothness Simulations

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Theck

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 →

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Keep Calm and Parry On

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Theck

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 →

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Protection Tier 15 Set Bonuses

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Theck

Earlier this month, the set bonuses for T15 were revealed, followed by a few clarifications from Ghostcrawler.  To summarize what we know: T15 2-piece: Casting Word of Glory or Eternal Flame also grants you 40% (additive, not affected by DR) … Continue reading →

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5.1 Warrior Simulations – Part 3 – Stat Priorities

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Theck

In case you missed the previous entries, in part one we detailed the model and analyzed a few basic queues that used either Shield Block or Shield Barrier exclusively.  In part two, we analyzed a number of other queues that … Continue reading →

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5.1 Warrior Simulations – Part 2 – Rotations

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Theck

Last time, we went over the model we’ll be using to evaluate different rotations and looked at some basic queues.  We decided that we’d use the SB and SBr* queues (“Spam Shield Block” and “Spam Shield Barrier,” more or less) … Continue reading →

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