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Gankbang: For those times you really need an ego boost
While not a new site, Gankbang has recieved a push on a few different realm forums recently and it seems few know about it. A shame!Gankbang pulls character stats from the Armory and compiles them into a fun little searchable tool. It gives you the option of breaking down your search by class, talent spec and specific stats. You can also choose to search by specific realms, factions and battlegroup. You don't have to pick through those things if you don't want to, a WoW-wide search works as well.The most obvious use of this tool is to stroke your ego when you come up in the top ten of a search. I'm pretty sure everyone who's been to Gankbang before has done that at least once. Another good use of the tool is to find the players of your particular class who either know what they're doing, or at least are doing really well in the end-game. As a shadow priest, it was fun to do a few searches(shadow damage, spell haste) to see who's on top, and use their Armory profile to see what's available to me. If you're on a friendly, homely server, those people on top might have some good advice for you too, if you're in need of it.It has a few issues, though. Due to Gankbang's update frequency and that of the Armory, your stats may not always be current if you have multiple sets of gear. In addition, while Gankbang strips most buffs when grabbing character data, there are a few things that slip through. For example, a search for melee crit on warriors has the number one warrior listed with 116% crit.Oh, by the way, if you're not showing up on a search? You can add yourself manually by using the link at the top of the Gankbang website.
Battle of the Armory comparison sites
Want to find a quick way to see the stats of the players on your server in the same class? Two sites aim to provide you with just that: comparison of every attribute pulled from and linked to the Armory.Wow Metrics is in beta and only covers Mages, Warlocks, Warriors, Rogues and Priests. You select the class, server and stat to compare and it gives you back the list. A very long list. You can click on anyone in the list to go to their Armory page and see how exactly they got those numbers. Gankbang does the same thing, but covers all classes and gives more information in the listing. Being a Balance druid, I'm always looking for ways to improve my equipment selection. I love that I can easily find a list of other druids with high spell damage and spell crit. And I can go straight to their Armory profile to see how they accomplished that. And from the Armory listing I can check out their talent spec.Are there any other sites you know of that make good use of the Armory? Let us know.
