Tag Archives: vengeance

Patch 6.0.2 Survival Guide

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Theck

Patch 6.0.2 is upon us, and with it comes a host of changes to the game and our class. This post is your quick and easy guide to making the transition from raiding in 5.4.8 to raiding in the brave … Continue reading →

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Velvet Resolver

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Theck

On Monday, Celestalon kicked off the official Alpha Theorycrafting season by posting a Theorycrafting Discussion thread on the forums. And he was kind enough to toss a meaty chunk of information our way about Resolve, the replacement for Vengeance. Resolve: … Continue reading →

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Vengeance, With A Vengeance

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Theck

The developers have been hinting that a major info dump is coming soon™, and that probably includes some more detail about how Vengeance will work in Warlords of Draenor. If you’re a long-time reader of the blog, you probably know … Continue reading →

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5.4.2 Rotation Analysis

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Theck

In December, I talked about the code I’ve written to automate the testing of Simcraft profiles. In that post, I tackled the two easiest simulations to write: glyphs and talents. In both of those cases, we’re just editing a single … Continue reading →

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5.4.2 WeakAuras Strings

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Theck

It’s been a little while since 5.4 was released, and I’ve still been tweaking my WeakAuras here and there as I go. I’ve finally made enough tweaks that I thought it was worth sharing with the class. Again, the updated … Continue reading →

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A Letter to Celesty Claus

Posted on December 24, 2013 by Theck

Every Winter Veil, children of both factions write letters to Greatfather Winter and ask for toys and games. In the meantime, their parents are writing letters and saying prayers to a completely different deity: Celesty Claus, the great celestial dragon … Continue reading →

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MATLAB Automation Code

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Theck

So it’s finally time to unveil a project I’ve been working on intermittently for the last three months.  If you recall, in the past I maintained a suite of MATLAB DPS simulations that attempted to determine optimal rotations, stats, glyphs, … Continue reading →

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Post-Blizz-Con Wrap-Up, Part 2

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Theck

In the last post, I ranted about time travel and lore. This time, I’m going to talk about some of the mechanical changes that were announced at BlizzCon. Stats, Reforging, and Gear There were a lot of different gear-related changes … Continue reading →

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Simulationcraft v540-5, Warcraft Logs, and BlizzCon

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Theck

Sorry that I’ve been silent for a while, the last few weeks have been very busy.  Between family obligations and a number of other projects, I just haven’t had a lot of time to blog.  Also, I was pretty happy … Continue reading →

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5.4 WeakAuras Strings

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Theck

Patch 5.4 is here, and that means it’s time for a WeakAuras update.  The first and perhaps most important piece of news is that WeakAuras has moved.  The original author quit updating it two years ago, and Stanzilla has been … Continue reading →

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