The comments from Wednesday’s post drew a consensus where everyone called for a Gkick. As some readers observed, it’s not exactly going to win the Emmy for Best Drama of the year. On the other hand, the fact that a Paladin on break is the best I can offer in terms of drama should say … [Read more of this article]
5 Mistaken Beliefs of Raiding Guilds
Your Twisted Moments?
From the fine folks at TNB comes a plea for participation: We want you, our gentle listeners, to tell us your most “twisted†moment of 2008. A great save, a funny death, an awesome trick, that amazing gift, whatever your best moment is, share it with us! We want to know! How to submit. You … [Read more of this article]
4 Joys of Healing
This is a guest post by Gothica, a Holy Paladin from EU’s Scarshield Legion I’d like to introduce myself by saying from the outset that I’m a healer and I love it! Let me explain why. Winning Healing is all about winning. Know why people take healers to dungeons, raids and arenas? Because we make … [Read more of this article]
The 6 Signs of Raiding Burnout
We’re just a few weeks into a new expansion, so it feels a little strange to talk about burnout. However, Blizzard made a critical miscalculation when they worked on Wrath. They lavished most of their time and energy on quest and 5-person dungeon content–which is essentially single-view for many players. I know I certainly haven’t … [Read more of this article]
Discipline With Penance – How it Works
This is a guest post by Kitts where he posts a response about why Penance IS the spell to use. I read a number of World of Warcraft oriented blogs: some of them have to do with Hunters, some with Druids, and some with Priests. I respect all the people who post on these blogs … [Read more of this article]
You Have Freedom
Have you read this post by Elleiras? All I know is that he’s a Warlock blogger. Yes, I read Warlock blogs in addition to healing blogs. I never know where inspiration strikes so I get my Dwarven mitts on anything that I can read. In this post, he makes the fundamental assumption: You pay for … [Read more of this article]
4 Reasons Healing Meters Suck
This is a guest post by Ulkesshern, an EU Holy Paladin from Hellfire Matticus put a plea out for guest posts and despite it been something I’ve never done I figured ‘Hey, why not?’ and offered up my services and here I am! I’m a Holy Paladin from the EU realm of Hellfire and I’m … [Read more of this article]
An Event Every Guild Leader Goes Through Onc...
At present, my healing corps consists of the following: 2 Priests, 4 Druids, 2 Paladins, and 2 Shamans. Note that both 1 Druid and 1 Shaman are on a part time rotation. I figure that’s more than enough to handle any sort of outages or benches that need to occur. But a few nights ago, … [Read more of this article]
Keeping your Healers Happy: a Death Knight T...
This is a guest post by Scourge of his self titled Death Knight blog, The Scourge! First of all, I’d like to thank Matticus, Wynthea, and Sydera for allowing me to guest post. I have been reading this blog for a long time and followed SYTYCB intently. I didn’t participate at the time for two … [Read more of this article]
Warning: Bad Targeting can Lead to Raid Deat...
"Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment." – Baltasar Gracian, The Oracle I bet this is something not many healers even think about. I’m not here to talk about your raid frames or your raid UIs. They all represent the same thing (health bars). But a good healer knows better then … [Read more of this article]