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Some Blue Posts on Tanking Design Philosophy for Wrath
Looking through recent Blue posts, here are a few interesting tidbits regarding Tank design for Wrath. Continue reading
Master Blogging and Altitis Birthsday
So after a significant slowdown to my posting activities, this is my 300th post on Altitis. Incidentally, the blog is also 1 year (and 10 days) old now. Continue reading
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Revisiting Ramparts for fun
One of the guildies wanted to get an alt through Ramparts, so we assembled a PUG and went on our merry way. Or rather, wanted to go. Doomhammer EU was afflicted by massive bouts of lag yesterday, and apparently (though … Continue reading
Getting the Galoheart Kind of Tanking Experience
Logged on tonight, and wanted to go and tank something, anything. The LFG channel was the in-game equivalent to the Gobi desert though, nobody seeking, nobody needing a tank. So I go out to quest a bit in Netherstorm, since … Continue reading
Assessing my Prot Gear
Since our Arena warlock Steptoe is currently bogged down by real life and no games will be happening for a while, I decided to go back to tankadin spec for a while, at least to look what the different parts … Continue reading
Defense Theory III: PvP Defense
In PvP, the situation is quite different. As mentionned in the Attack Table post, the attack table in PvP has neither Crushing Blows nor glancing blows: Miss Dodge Parry Block Critical Strike Normal Hit Contrary to what happens against PvE … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
