We’re gaining a new self buff in the expansion. In addition to Inner Fire, we’re gaining a new one called Inner Will. So the question is, which self buff should be used? More power? You can’t ever go wrong with having increased spellpower from Inner Fire. That’s an extra 1080 spellpower that you otherwise wouldn’t … [Read more of this article]
Priests: Inner Fire vs Inner Will
Can Your Raid do More With Less?
Its a dark and stormy Monday night. Rain drops are slowly streaming down my face as I wearily walk through the door. I kick off my shoes and my feet are practically screaming in glee after escaping the cold, damp prisons of my New Balance sneakers. I hustle straight to my computer and flip the … [Read more of this article]
More Surge of Light Cues
After speaking with Joe about the supposed DPS spells we need to use to help sustain our mana, I couldn’t help but notice the Surge of Light UI additions. If your Smite casts happen to activate a Surge of Light, this is what appears on your screen: In the middle of my screen, you can … [Read more of this article]
A Fresh and New Blog Design
Welcome to the new World of Matticus! As you can see, the blog has undertaken an entirely new look. Special thanks to Brian Hough from Raid Warning and The Creep for his design work and Brandon for his development work. Those two know how to work miracles. I know that No Stock UI has seemed largely … [Read more of this article]
Reserved Loot in PuG Raids
After our 10-man raid Tuesday night, I had some extra time before I needed to head off and gain some real-life rested xp. Since my server is a low-population server–let me correct that, SUPER-low-population–, PuG raids are hard to come by. I generally don’t enjoy these raids on my server, because most of the people … [Read more of this article]
POLL: Will you raid 10 man or 25 man in Cata...
One of the best — or worst things depending on your view — to happen to raiding in a long time was the inclusion of smaller group sized content. I talked a little bit about this over on BDTU with my pieces on the Evolution of WoW part 1 and part 2. The trend started … [Read more of this article]
That new Druid mastery is hot
I don’t think its quite in the game yet, but it looks good. According to others, it looks real good. New Resto druid mastery: Increases the potency of your heals on targets upon which you have a hot. It benefits both hots and direct heals equally while still supporting Resto being a healer that cares … [Read more of this article]
My experience with the Queue Q preforms
I had a bit of time over the AV weekend and I wanted to spend some of it acquiring some honor. What’s the best way to do it? Queue for AV of course. What’s the better way? Queue for it in a preform. But how do you queue for AV in such large numbers when … [Read more of this article]
Raiding discipline specs for priests in the ...
If your guild still has intentions on raiding when the Cataclysm pre-patch occurs (patch 4.0.1), then you might be at a loss as to what to grab when you’re Discipline. I’ve got 2 specs for you to keep in mind today: 1 for straight support and 1 for farm content 31/3/2 Link to talent … [Read more of this article]
Your beta and healing questions answered
Last friday, I asked if you had any questions about the beta. Here’s what I received (rehashed somewhat). On reforging I have a piece of gear that had 60 haste rating, 60 spirit and 60 critical strike rating. Can I knock of 20 haste and 20 spirit for the combined equivalent to hit rating? Nope. … [Read more of this article]