The simulator is 100% free and so are the gearing strategies (stat weights) that this generates. In fact, we don't even have ads on the simulator pages, making it ultra-free
Hit me up if you want a walkthrough of the simulator, we've made a lot of advancements in the simming world. We have full support for tanks, we just beefed up healer sims (and will probably add more stuff based on feedback in ToS), we have real boss fights, better stat weight generation methods, integration with WCL (import your log directly), and so on.
Gone are the days of the simplified sims you are used to.
Ask Mr. Robot Human Minion
in my opinion ETC was a better band.
Nerf Outlaw rogues via set bonuses on tier 20 ... nice one