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Mastery Implemented in TheoryCraft-o-Matic Lite

Sunday, June 17 2012 at 12:50am CDT

What the hell, I couldn't sleep without getting this thing banged out. It was a rush job, so there may be errors; feel free to point out anything that looks wrong and I'll take a look at it.

  • Mastery is only accessible and calculated when you have selected a spec. This avoids the problem of having to list every spell multiple times with different Mastery multipliers.
  • If you select Arcane, you will need to select a mana percentage as well to provide Mana Adept a multiplier to work with. It defaults to 90%.
  • Ignite is calculated as a simple multiplier on spell damage. If people want it, I'll eventually re-implement it as secondary damage with the four-second duration, but for the moment, that would interfere with Pyroblast's built-in secondary damage.

I hope some of you find this useful!

Support for Crit and Haste in the TheoryCraft-o-Matic Lite

Saturday, June 16 2012 at 10:13pm CDT

I've added basic support for crit and haste to the calculations in the TheoryCraft-o-Matic Lite. It does not accept ratings — I'm not planning to support them, not because the conversions are difficult, but because it would then also be necessary to support options for the various possible crit buffs and debuffs, and I'd like to keep the filters simple. You should enter Crit as a decimal number showing your character sheet crit chance, e.g., enter "18.53" for 18.53%. The TCoML will add in the appropriate bonuses for Critical Mass, Shatter, and Inferno Blast.

Frost PvE Q&A: Will it Work?

Sunday, June 3 2012 at 10:39am CDT

I mentioned last week that I was going to collect questions and put together a Frost Q&A post. I'm revising that plan, because such a post would be insanely huge. Instead, I'm going to do individual posts for each question, in whatever order strikes my fancy. They may be spread out between other posts, they may come in quick succession.

We're going to start with the most basic question of the bunch.

Sweet Electric Catharsis

Monday, May 28 2012 at 8:09am CDT
"...and the right to shoot lightning at fools." - Anders

It's been quite a while since I've posted. You all can probably guess what happened to keep me away doing other things.

World of Warcraft was my first MMO, and my second experience with a Blizzard game. When I heard it was coming out, I was in the thick of playing Diablo II, which was unlike anything else I had played since Moria. It was a bit of a step up from Moria.

Recent Changes, Alter Time, and a Frost PvE Q&A

Sunday, May 13 2012 at 8:25pm CDT
Shang Thunderfoot, polishing his giant melon. I'm not sure why I expected anything else.

First, I'd like to urge anyone reading this to vote in the poll I posted this weekend. This sort of cosmetic glyph is, I believe, a relatively easy thing to implement; feedback on playstyle and balancing is important, but Blizzard likes to hear about the lightweight, fun stuff as well; if we can post some results with healthy participation, who knows, it may make an impact.

Second, I intend to write a post explaining the basic playstyle of Frost PvE. Frost has been considered a PvP-only spec for so long that I'm seeing quite a few people asking both whether that's going to change in Mists of Pandaria, and how it will work.

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