The farm night cocktail
With Frost Lotus prices through the roof you probably don’t want (or can’t afford) to burn flasks on anything less than progression. For those less than important boss encounter though, you should have...
View ArticleCataclysm stat changes announced
Interesting stuff! Stamina - Because of the way we will be assigning Strength, Agility, and Intellect, non-plate wearers will end up with more Stamina than before. Health pools will be much closer...
View ArticleAvoidance and HP in Cataclysm
Obviously this is just grasping at tea leaves for now, but Ghostcrawler commented a bit on a thread about Mastery and divulged some design philosophy about how they plan to approach tanking stats in...
View ArticleTrading avoidance for EH
Just wanted to point out this awesome post over at Maintankadin for any aspiring tanks or, hell, any folks trying to determine when to sacrifice avoidance for more effective health. Go to this post and...
View Article10% ICC buff is live
So Hellscream’s Warsong/Strength of The Chynn is now up to 10%. Putting aside any misgivings about the nerf to the instance, etc etc, the bigger question is what this means to us tanks? With the free...
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Don’t gem Shifting Dreadstones anymore
Something not mentioned specifically in patch notes–but very important in case anyone missed the very hidden memo on this–agility doesn’t give armor anymore. One major by product is that (along with...
View ArticleSeal of Truth has not been nerfed
The Seal of Truth tooltip changed in a recent beta build. It appeared to be heavily nerfed – about 25% less damage – which sparked some worry in our community. Not like we are a volatile, passionate...
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CTC calculation spreadsheet for gear
I’m not sure exactly where this came from. I mean, I made it–but I’m not entirely sure why I made it. It started when I was going to make myself a Google Docs spreadsheet where I could quickly...
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My chase for haste
I tend to be a lagging applicator (to coin a bad phrase) of whatever the hot new tankadin gear goal is. Whether it’s armor cap or CTC cap or whatever, I get there eventually, but it’s not much longer...
View ArticleBonus Armor and 6.0.2
(Note: If you’re looking for a 6.0.2 survival guide, check out the guide I’ve prepared at wowhead.) While with the pre-expansion patch we won’t be able to play with the new Versatility or Multistrike...
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