I was having a discussion with a fellow officer last night after our raid. We had just completed ToC 25, Ony 25 and VoA 25, with relatively few speed bumps. My friend and I were talking about what makes me happy from a leadership perspective in a raid. I decided to type out the list … [Read more of this article]
Seven Ways to Your Raid Leader’s Heart
Shadow Priests Are Allowed to Divine Hymn
Yesterday’s post on hybrids spawned a great discussion on when it becomes useful for DPS players to switch out to different roles. Today, I wanted to expand it further and delve into the topic of Priests. Now according to the Rules of Raiding #77: DPS and tanking players should not have to heal. It’s a … [Read more of this article]
The Hybrid Pedigree
This is a guest post by Mimetir, an oversized owl of a raid leader on The Venture Co (EU). You can find her twitter feed at http://twitter.com/juddr. I understood little about the game back when I was a young whippersnapper of a hammer-wielding paladin but I did know that those rather unfriendly zombies were hitting … [Read more of this article]
Raiding 10 v. 25: Which is better?
Since Blizzard implemented the 10 man raid I’ve been hearing debates between players on which is the better raid format, 10 or 25 man raids. I find myself drawing parallels between the debate of 25 v 40 raids. Lets look at some of the virtues of both shall we? 10 Man Raid Easier to organize … [Read more of this article]
Raiding: It’s a Team Sport
This is a guest post by Thespius. If there’s one thing I enjoy, it’s actually having fun playing WoW. I wasn’t around for "Vanilla WoW", but I am a 3 year veteran of the game. WoW is my hobby. I take it seriously, but it’s still the place I go to "escape". I’ve been in … [Read more of this article]
Raider Nostalgia: Patch 3.2.2
As most of you have heard today patch 3.2.2 is going live. With it marks the triumphant return of the Brood Mother and her many whelps. So what’s in store for us? The Brood Mother Returns After years of lurking in her lair battling the many brave adventurers who travelled from afar to challenge her, … [Read more of this article]
Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day!
Avast you scally wags!, happy talk like a pirate day from us at World o’ Matticus, shiver me timbers! Hope you have a fun day and don’t forget t’ get your achie’ement in Booty Bay. Tis’ quick and easy. Fly t’ booty bay and head o’er past the horde flight point. Jump up ont’ the … [Read more of this article]
Healing Crusader’s Coliseum: Val&rsquo...
Val’kyr Twins is one of the more interesting fights in the Coliseum especially for healers. The encounter consists of two Val’kyr who share a relatively large health pool (28 million+). This encounter requires relatively decent buff management along with snap DPS switching in order to get through it. Setting up Divide your raid equally in … [Read more of this article]
Guild Talent Point Wishlist
The guild talent point system is an upcoming feature in Cataclysm that will allow guilds to invest points into certain special abilities. It’s the same idea when it comes to our individual classes. The only difference is the fact that guild talents will either give your guild some cool abilities or passive perks. So Blizzard! … [Read more of this article]
Matt on the WoW.com show 3 PM PST UPDATE: Sh...
I’ll be on the WoW.com show in about 15 minutes. I’m not quite sure what I’ll be talking about. If you’ve ever wanted to listen to a Dwarf Priest do improv, this is your chance! Not sure if this embed works, if not here’s the direct link to the Ustream page! Live TV : Ustream … [Read more of this article]