SpellDamage:Discovery is Live, and Druids are Next

Quick update here, SpellDamage:Discovery is live… check it out www.spelldamage.com. Watch this video to see the new features in action.

All you Druid players out there will be happy to know that Druids are the next class to be implemented in SpellDamage… in the next release. Check the under development page to keep informed.

SpellDamage 2.0, It’s Getting Close!

Alright everyone, SpellDamage 2.0 is very close now. I’m just finishing up the Priest calculator, should be done by the end of the weekend. After that, I just polish the site until my host has finished setting up ASP.NET 3.5.

So what’s coming? Here’s a quick review of whats new:

• Spell Database – Probably the single most important update. Now that I have an accurate database of the spells for each class, I can provide calculations to every level range. Yes, that’s right, you 29 twinks out there can now use SpellDamage too! I’ve even developed some back end tools to help me keep the spell data current (in case Blizzard changes things).
• Full Level Range Calculated – I know I mentioned it above, but it’s worth making it into it’s own bullet. The entire level range, 1-70, can now be calculated.
• US, EU, and Korea Support – Well, actually I’m not sure about the Korea support, but 2.0 fully supports the European WoW players! If you happen to know a Korean character/realm, test it out when 2.0 comes out, let me know how it works.
• Tabbed UI – The tabbed UI saves tons of screen real-estate, which frees the site up to better display the calculation results. It also helps a ton to keep everything clean and organized. It’s a billion times better than the current UI, and it’s AJAX’d so it’s nice and fast switching between tabs. To top it off, if the tabs are in the way, you can hide them!
• Top <class> – Each class has a Top <class> page that lets you show off! The data is filterable so you can see who’s truly top of their class. For example, the Top Mages page by default shows the mages who have the top mana, hp, spell damage, etc… with no filters. You can begin applying filters to it, such as level range, realm, battlegroup, etc… If you wanted to see only the 20-29 mages in the vindication battlegroup, you can!
• Article System - There’ll be an article system in 2.0, where I’ll write articles about class balance, theorycrafting, and anything else I feel like!
• LINQ - Actually, this is a feature of ASP.NET 3.5, but LINQ has allowed me to be extremely productive with the little free time I have. The auto-generated classes right from the SQL database top the cake!
• WoWArmory Data – I’m pulling a bit more armory data than before, and storing more of it as well. This supports the Top <class> pages.
• And more…

Hope you all enjoy SpellDamage 2.0 as much as I like developing it!

Priests, Ultra Alpha

Priests, don’t look at the stuff that’s online for you now. It’s simply an alpha test to see if some of my new code works on my host (it does). I’ve got a lot of work to do on priests still, but I won’t be able to get back into development for a while.  I guess, enjoy the Flash Heal rank 9 calculation that is online atm… and the talents are (obviously) a copy of the mage’s…

More to come…

Priests, You’re Next!

Priests, in my local development build of spelldamage.com, the healing spells are being calculated. I’ll probably be releasing a beta of the priest calculator somewhat soon. So keep your eyes peeled, priest are coming soon!