Yes, when looking into it I realised how dated Vicious is these days. It goes to show how long I've been using AwesomeWM I guess because I think it was the shiny new(ish) thing when I first started using it. It doesn't seem like the functionality I want would be that difficult to replicate without it (famous last words) so I may just do that.

Thanks for all your work on AwesomeWM - whether I keep using it or not it has been a great experience!