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- @Esoth @KihraOfTemerity @Kerriodos @methodtreckie @Anafielle Say what now? That sounds almost exactly like my philosophy. 1 week ago
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Tag Archives: rotations
Out of Insight, Out of Mind
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
Posted in Tanking, Theck's Pounding Headaches, Theorycrafting
Tagged Active Mitigation, blocking, diminishing returns, Min/Max, raiding, rotations, Scaling, tank, tanking, theck, Theorycraft, theorycrafting, vengeance, warcraft, WoW
11 Comments
Modeling Seal of Insight
Seal of Insight is the last major paladin mechanic that has yet to be added to the simulation. The last piece of the puzzle, as it were. There are a number of reasons I’ve put off adding SoI, some of … Continue reading
Posted in Simulation, Tanking, Theck's Pounding Headaches, Theorycrafting
Tagged Active Mitigation, blocking, control, LaTeX, Min/Max, raiding, rotations, Scaling, tank, tanking, theck, Theorycraft, theorycrafting, warcraft, WoW
15 Comments
On Measuring Survivability
The last few posts have garnered a lot of comments, and some of them have indicated that there’s some misunderstandings about the simulations we’re performing. This set of simulations started back in September, and has been evolving ever since. And … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Simulation, Tanking, Theck's Pounding Headaches, Theorycrafting
Tagged Active Mitigation, rotations, Scaling, simulation, tank, tanking, theck, Theorycraft, theorycrafting, warcraft, WoW
33 Comments
Sacréd bleu!
The comments section of last Friday’s post hosted some interesting discussions. Wrathblood pointed out that some of the avoidance gear sets were performing about as well as the Control/Haste set, and Kihra cautioned against counting out Control/Mastery entirely. There was … Continue reading
Posted in Tanking, Theck's Pounding Headaches, Theorycrafting
Tagged Active Mitigation, blocking, LaTeX, Min/Max, raiding, rotations, Scaling, tank, tanking, theck, Theorycraft, theorycrafting, warcraft, WoW
33 Comments
Is Nothing Sacred?
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
Posted in Tanking, Theck's Pounding Headaches, Theorycrafting, Uncategorized
Tagged Active Mitigation, blocking, diminishing returns, Min/Max, rotations, Scaling, tank, tanking, theck, Theorycraft, theorycrafting, warcraft, WoW
60 Comments
Control Shift En-tier
About a week ago, Wrathblood asked me to take a more thorough look at the Tier 15 2-piece bonus. The earlier simulations I ran were based on a lower-ilvl gear set (496) which was more constrained in its itemization, and … Continue reading
Posted in Tanking, Theck's Pounding Headaches, Theorycrafting, Uncategorized
Tagged Active Mitigation, blocking, buffs, LaTeX, Min/Max, rotations, Scaling, tank, tanking, theck, Theorycraft, theorycrafting, warcraft, WoW
27 Comments
Patch 5.2 WeakAuras Configurations
It’s been a few months since I last posted about my WeakAuras strings for tanking. Nothing seems to have broken in 5.2, so if you’re still using the old ones from 5.1 they should continue to function just fine. However, … Continue reading
Posted in Tanking, Theck's Pounding Headaches, UI
Tagged rotations, tanking, theck, ui, warcraft, WoW
30 Comments
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
55 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
Protection Tier 15 Set Bonuses
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
Posted in Tanking, Theck's Pounding Headaches, Theorycrafting, Uncategorized
Tagged Active Mitigation, blocking, buffs, diminishing returns, Min/Max, raiding, rotations, tank, tanking, theck, Theorycraft, theorycrafting, warcraft, WoW
32 Comments
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