Defense Theory II: PvE Defense for Tanks
With the Attack Table basics covered, here are the details for PvE defense - applied to tanks, because they’re the most focussed on mitigation here.
First things first, when tanking raid bosses, these are level 73, and this lowers your defense values seen in the paper doll in favour of the boss.
Now let’s go back to [...]
Defense Theory I: The Attack Table and You
Whenever someone or something performs an attack, a single /random roll is performed by WoW - for simplicity’s sake, let’s assume it’s a /random 100 roll. The resulting number is then checked against the so-called Attack Table.
This Attack Table lists the various outcomes versus a certain percentage range. When a NPC attacks a player, the [...]
Defense Theory: Introduction
Last night, another pallie on our server asked me whether stacking resilience was worth it for PvE. While the short answer is “no”, things are actually a lot more complex beneath the surface.
In order to explain the reason behind the short answer, we’ll need to delve into defense theory a bit at first. As the [...]
Not all Epic Mount Quests are created equal
When my pallie hit level 63, I hooked up with one of our guildies, a level 70 lock and his felguard, to finish the last leg of the charger quest. And off we went to Strat, of course keyless, taking the long route to the Chapel.
We wiped twice in the process. It wasn’t exactly easy, [...]
Riding the Shockadin Wave
Shockadins are in the spotlight at the moment - Seal of Blood discussed it late Spring, and more recently, wowinsider’s pallie column picked the topic up.
And here am I with my current main, a full protection specced pallie, level 67 in Nagrand.
The land is wide open and the mobs are spread out. In order to [...]
Fixing Azeroth
Judgement of Wisdom wrote extensively about one of those topics which have been bugging me since TBC too. When The Burning Crusade hit, both Outlands and the new draenei and blood elf zones have given life to the next generation of zone design in WoW.
Odds, ends and Summertime
There comes a break from having altitis: I’m moving homes, which will come with the usual “wait for DSL connectivity to move to the new place”.
I’ll be taking a couple of days of vacation after the move anyway, so don’t expect any new content for a while, beyond what I may be posting today or [...]
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