I realize that Matticus has done a nice job of keeping readers posted on Conquest’s progress through this fight, but I thought it might be nice for the community if I posted our specific, final draft healing assignments along with a narrative of how we got there. I know that when I was a new … [Read more of this article]

I’m in class right now so I don’t have much to add (Learning about policing and media perceptions and stuff, good lecture, contrasting police forces all over the world. Did you know Canada doesn’t have water cannons to deal with riots or protests?). Just wanted to raise awareness and shamelessly promote it. You can find … [Read more of this article]

This is a behind the scenes look on the Conquest forums detailing loot factors that are taken into account during loot council disputes. Some readers expressed interest in learning more about the specifics and here they are. Loot is the single biggest headache involved with raiding. If you are a person that values yourself over … [Read more of this article]

This is a guest post from Lodur, a Resto Shaman who set up an experiment to determine what is better: Haste or Crit. The experiment consisted of two relatively equally geared Resto Shamans with slight variances in haste and crit thrown into a full clear Heroic Naxxramas. Round 1 Lodur from Zul’jin here again. Today … [Read more of this article]

It is done. Approximately 24 hours since the experience and epiphany I had last night, it all paid off. Sarth and his 3 drakes are down. Twilight Drake A big thank you goes to everyone in the guild. Without their efforts of them, the assistance of the Plus Heal Community, and the various bloggers who’ve … [Read more of this article]

I’m the type of player that likes to relentlessly playback previous events (or wipes) in my head. I try to see if there’s anything I can do better from my perspective or anything I should have done differently. Here’s a 10 second mentally recalled highlight reel moment of a time that happened all too often. … [Read more of this article]

Perhaps more than any other healing class, Wrath of the Lich King has revolutionized the way druids heal. I’m going to take a bit of a look back to where we came from as a way to help understand any troubles druid healers might face at present when we try to figure out what our … [Read more of this article]

This is one of the tougher pieces I’ve written. I had to wrestle with my internal conscience about how to properly word it. I couldn’t think of anything else better than asshole. I’ll probably end up turning away a few readers as a result, but this is something that has to be written. Every time … [Read more of this article]

The Lunar Festival is well under way in Azeroth. But you might be wondering which animal this year belongs to. Well my friends, I proclaim this the Year of the Tauren (or Ox) Great! What’s that mean? Characters created during the Year of the Tauren tend to evolve into strong leaders. The Tauren is a … [Read more of this article]

Look at this blue post below. It appears that Priests are about to get additional sweeping changes to the class. We have some exciting changes planned for priests. Many of them will make it in 3.1 (Ulduar). We hope to have them finalized enough to be able to announce some in the next couple of … [Read more of this article]