Alas, I vaped the wick dry and burned it. I think I'll try gently pulling the wick through the coil and snipping off the burned bit; the wick is so long, I won't miss it. If that doesn't work out, at least I had the foresight to buy a couple extra coil/wick assemblies. I imagine I'll be winding my own when those are gone.
So even though I had a bit of a false start with dripping, I'm feeling pretty positive about it after using the "Octopus."