Archives
Welcome to my archives! Here you can browse through my posts in a chronological order from the very beginning.
April 2007 ( View complete archive page )
June 2007 ( View complete archive page )
July 2007 ( View complete archive page )
August 2007 ( View complete archive page )
- Forget 28/33, try 20/41 with Circle of Healing
- Optimize Your Raiding Time
- Play of the Week
- Matt's on Curse, and PvP Zones: The Good and the Bad
- Gearing Your Fresh 70 Holy Priest: My Recommendations
- 5 Things about WoW (post TBC) and How I Would Fix Them
- Tidewalker down, and more Shamanisms
- Shamans and You
- Priest Efficiency vs Overall Success
- Fear Wards confirmed, and why you should never swear in trade chat
- Never Allow Loot to be Wasted
- My definition of a good Priest
- To run a guild is to run a business
- iMoved, Diablo 3, and more
- Either go big or go home!
- Ouch! A Lesson in 5v5 Arena Combat
- Keys to Success
- Carnage scores shorthanded! (Lurker down)
- Things I learned from my office (qualities, degree importance, salary)
- 11 Tips to Throwing a Good Party
September 2007 ( View complete archive page )
- Loot Management Week: The Council of Looting
- Blizzard wastes no time on Patch 2.3
- Loot Management Week: The Concept of DKP
- Loot Management Week: Karazhan
- Getting your Leadership skill to 375
- My desk
- My Interface
- Calling the Wipe
- Stuck between a rock and a hard place, PvP Stories
- Gearing Your Fresh 70 Resto Shaman: My Recommendations
- Fun in Gruul
- Rant: Raid Selection
- Player Consumbles
- Bags!
- Stamina, an overlooked stat for Priests?
- Now Hiring: How to Recruit Players to Your Guild
- Fathomlord no longer
- +81 Healing vs Spellsurge
- Healing a Raid: A Priestly Perspective
- Some New Loot and Players You Don't Want to Party With
- Sweet, I got my Macbook
- The Oh $#@& Reaction
- Random Link Highlight: www.wowecon.com
- Actually, I'm not quite finished yet...
- I'm Still Alive (barely)
- Campaign Creations podcast & How to Assign Raid Healers
October 2007 ( View complete archive page )
- Selling instances, and GH3
- How to: Manage New Players and Loot
- My First Date with Vashj
- How To: Properly Pickup Raid
- Matt's Three Stars: Week Ending October 26
- Thanksgiving Comes Early for Carnage
- Avoiding Burnout
- 20 year old pretends to be woman to go after 16 year old high schooler in WoW
- Raiding with an Alt character
- Not... really a nightmare?
- My Nightmare as a Priest
- Solarian down
- Matt's Three Stars: Week Ending October 19
- Tanking and Healing Prince the easy way
- About Cooldowns
- Random GM SS Of the Week
- Zul'Aman and 2.3 Healing Weapons Analyzed
- Gearing Your Fresh 70 Hunter
- PTRs are up, going in today
- A Real Last Ditch Effort Between a Druid and a Priest
- Restoration Druids in PvP
- How to: Maximize Your Raid's Potential with Special Teams
- Happy Thanksgiving Canadian Readers, and various minor updates
- Leotheras the Blind Down
- Introducing Another Feature Writer, and Healing in PvP
- New Computer!
- Setting your raid schedule
- You heard it here first, and finals thoughts on Loot Distribution
- For cryin' out loud, BUFF ALREADY!
- 1% wipes are not fun
- Loot Management Week: The Ultimate Solution
November 2007 ( View complete archive page )
- 5 Gaming Lessons from Matticus
- Single? Lonely? Fear Not! WoW Online Matchmaking a Reality!
- WoW Struggles: Maintaining Reputation
- Choosing the Right Meta Gem
- Matt's Three Stars: Week Ending November 26
- Patch 2.3.2 Coming To You
- 5 Ways to Survive Alterac Valley
- Fear Ward Sucks, says Tremor Totem
- The 12 Hour Raid
- Matt's Three Stars: Week Ending November 16
- Blame Canada. Again. Blame Blizz. Again.
- Heroic Dungeon Daily Quests
- Free T6 for Shamans
- A Tuesday Story and Trash Blows
- It's Here
- Making Maiden Submit
- No Money No Problem
- Minimum Class Stat Requirements for Karazhan
- I hate second guessing myself
- Pain Suppression, Meditation, Arenas and blogging
- Encouraging Raiders to Sign Up and Why
- AFK Excuses
- Matt's Three Stars: Week Ending November 2, and some reader responses
- The Ill-fated Group 2
December 2007 ( View complete archive page )
- This is My Last Post
- Shadow Priests! Help!
- No One Else's Fault But My Own
- The Problem With Enchanting: Part 1 (Demand)
- 2007 Best of World of Matticus
- A Much Needed Break
- Teen Lit on Fire By Self Acclaimed Fire Mage
- Will I Ever Get a Christmas Hat?
- WoW Struggles: The Undergeared
- Healing Tips for 25-Man Raiding: WoW Insidered, Matt Reviewed
- One Shotting Heroics: The Secret
- Carnage is LFM SSC and TK
- Why Raiding With PvP Gear Is a Bad Idea
- Be Back Soon folks, I promise
- Guest Post: Heroic Pugs are Not Heroic
- Staves vs Maces and Off hands
- How should I enchant my new staff?
- Guest Post: Musings of a Mod
- YES! I beat WoW!
- WoWosphere Weekend Warmup
- Wordpress Slowly Becoming the WoW Blogging Platform of Choice
- Guest Post: Why Do You Play WoW?
- Leaving? But You Just Got Here!
January 2008 ( View complete archive page )
- 6 Signs You Masturbate Too Much
- Ask Matt: Raid help?
- Things You Should Know About Blogging
- 3 Approaches to Guild Progression
- How to Get Started Blogging: Parts 1 and 3
- Gearing Your Fresh 70 Feral Druid Tank
- Guest Post: Synergies Between a Priest and a Hunter
- Finally: The Kael'Thas Death Story
- Weekly Digest: Blog Azeroth, Zul'Jin Dead, Gold Sellers on Blogs
- 20 Questions with Phaelia (Resto4Life)
- Tango Down
- Quick Tip to Mentally Calculate Stamina After Buffs
- Brazil Government Bans Counterstrike and Everquest. Could World of Warcraft Be Next?
- A Glimpse in the Mind of a Priest
- Discipline Priests Part 2: What You Said
- I Blog Azeroth. Will You?
- Bloggers: How to Deal with Gold Sellers
- Raid Juggling
- 6 Reasons Why I Will Never Pug A 25 Man Raid Again
- New Poll: How Often Do You Raid Per Week?
- Weekly Digest: Kael Still a Douche, Hunters Saddened, and Mattcast Going Through
- What is Twitter?
- Polls are Closed and the Results Are In
- 10+3 Personalities Every Guild Leader Needs Around
- House Cleaning, Podcast Possibilities, Ret. Paladin Help
- The Chain of Progression in Raids
- Chamber of Guilds: Integration of Cliques
- Caster Weapon Swapper: An Essential Addon for Spellsurge Users
- 4 Reasons Why I Rushed to 70 and Didn't Look Back
- Minimum Class Stat Requirements for Zul'Aman
- Tip for Shadow Priests on Kael'Thas
- New Poll: What's Your Main?
- Reader's Question: Should I Follow William Shatner's footsteps?
- Discipline Priests Unveiled: What Your GM's Won't Tell You
- Talk About a New Look Healing Corps
- Now I can Heal in Style
- Preform Leaders Revealed: 6 Ways to Attract Players into your Organized BG Group
- Your Tank Died. Want to Know Why?
- Just For the Sake of Evidence
- Unique Equipped Doesn't Mean 1 Per Character
- The Problem With Enchanting: Part 2 (Supply)
- 4 Tips on Priest Shackling Successfully
- How Terribly Clumsy of me...
- Setting Up Dual Ventrilos, What's Your Client?
February 2008 ( View complete archive page )
- No Kara Key? No Worries!
- Professor Layton: My Anti-WoW
- Who is "That Guy" and How Do You Deal With Him?
- 7+2 Healing Haikus - Keep Your Tanks Alive Through the Power of Poetry
- Weekly Digest: 4 New Bosses Down, Healers Lie, and the BA Podcast
- 20 Questions with Siha
- High Warlord Naj'entus and Azgalor Taken Down
- Step by step: Dishing out Pain as a Priest
- Which Raiding Aspect of 2.4 are you Looking Forward To? [NEW POLL]
- No More WordPress for Me
- Healers Spill: White Lies we Tell Tanks All the Time
- Weekly Digest: Worst Change in 2.4, SSC Mistakes, and GQuitting Properly
- 20 Questions with Galadria
- PTR Report: Mixing Healing and DPS Items
- More Upgrades and a Plea for Recruits
- Leaving the Guild the Right Way
- Raiding Horror Stories and the Opportunity it Brings
- Top Comments this Week: DPS CC, Heal Organizer, and Fitness Tips for WoW
- Silly SSC Mistakes
- How Fast can you Kill Curator?
- Are You Kidding Me?!
- 20 Questions With Big Bear Butt
- Kaz'Rogal Knocked Out
- Poll Results: Over 50% Raid Between 5 - 15 Hours Weekly
- Healers: Simplify Your Healing Tank Targets
- Part 5: Ways to Promote Your Blog
- The Most Important Rule in Mount Hyjal
- Responding to the "I Play for Personal Advancement and Gear Argument"
- An Epic Gem Loot Problem
- Guest Post: A First Look at a Feeder Guild
- Structuring Your Casual Raiding Guild
- Weekly Digest: Kael Dead, Progression Methods, 2 Guest Posts
- 20 Questions with Kestrel
March 2008 ( View complete archive page )
- 8 Non-WoW Related Blogs You Should Read
- 8 Great Rules to Follow for Forming Your Pickup Raid
- Sunday Linkfest
- 5 Barriers of a Raid Healer - Part 5: Healing Against Your Will
- 20 Questions with Fimlys
- To All New Guilds Entering Hyjal
- Going Priestly in Patch 2.4: Things Adam Holisky of WoW Insider Forgot to Mention
- How to: Add WoW Icons in Your Chat
- 2.4 Quick Hits
- Now There's a Real LFM Message
- 5 Things Jack Bauer Taught Me About Raiding
- The Ego Has Landed
- Addon: Don't Be a Friend, be a Shaman Friend!
- Weekly Digest: New Loot, Handling Raid Hangover, 20 Questions with... Matticus?
- One Step Closer to the Blogroll Answer
- 5 Barriers of a Raid Healer - Part 4: Overconfidence
- 20 Questions with Matticus
- Dealing With Raid Hangover in 3 Easy Steps
- Chamber of Guilds - Mar 29: How To Get Players to Turn Down the Suck
- Matt's Secret for WoW Blogging Inspiration: Cosmo
- The Carnage Voice Environment
- Are we Wasting Time?
- Oh right. Warsong.
- 5 Barriers of a Raid Healer - Part 3: Tunnel Vision
- 20 Questions with Temerity-Jane
- Black Temple Fun - The Supremus Lottery Game
- Kind Words
- My All Star Healing Team
- And You Thought Your Guild Had Drama
- Extreme Makeover - Matt's UI: Part 2 (Addons that I use)
- The Matticus Hypothesis
- Get a Bear Mount: 10 Tips on Beating the Zul'Aman Timer
- Prayers Were Answered
- Weekly Digest: Gorefiend in the Crosshairs, WPDesigner, and Criticism
- Tobold Interviews a Gold Seller
- 5 Barriers of a Raid Healer - Part 2: Criticism
- WP Bloggers: Get Into WPDesigner's $5 Themes Club for Free
- 20 Questions with Nightravyn
- Phaelia wrote me a letter
- Extreme Makeover - Matt's UI: Part 1
- 20 Characteristics of a Mature Guild Member
- Raiding is Hardly Hardcore
- At Least it was a Win
- Liveblogging the Raid
- 5 Barriers of a Raid Healer - Part 1: Indecision
- Hitting the Big Time
April 2008 ( View complete archive page )
- Guildmate Circumvents Guild Leader, Goes Straight to Blizz GM's
- Liveblogging the Non-White Temple
- 44 Resources for the New Guild Leader
- 5 Raid Saving Lessons From Dr House
- WoW Insider: 3 Priest Specs no Raid Should Leave Shattrath Without
- 11 Excuses: How to Tell the Real Life Professions of Your Healers
- There's a Storm in my Brain
- Open Discussion: How Do You Improve Players Without Coming out as an Arrogant Jerk?
- 10 Answers for the Clueless 2.4 Raiding Holy Priest
- 3 Reasons Why I Pick Blackened Sporefish over Golden Fish sticks
- My WoW Insider Column Debuts Today
- Finish this Sentence
- Random Thoughts for Thursday
- Clicker or Keyboarder? [New Poll]
- Secret's Out - Matticus a Part of WoW Insider
- Brooding Over Bloodboil
- 6 Ways to Stay Inspired in Your Guild by Dr Randy Pausch
- Matt's Mailbag: Aldor or Scryer? Hunter for Priest?
- Guild Link Love
- 20 Questions with Anna
- GM's: Do You Give Second Chances?
- Bruce Almighty 2
- To Each Our Own
- Great news, Good news, Bad news
- Quick Hiatus
- A Response to Tobold: Another Guild Recruitment Perspective
- Cosmo Challenge: Your Responses
- Ask Matticus: Should I Leave my Guild?
- 6 Reasons Why I Haven't Killed Archimonde Yet
- BREAKING: Introducing the iRaid
May 2008 ( View complete archive page )
- Epic Gemming Fail
- Woopra: Not Your Mom's Google Analytics
- Mind Control in BG's Forcing Opposing Players to "Lose" Out on Tokens
- Why I Always Care About The Meters
- Why I Stopped Caring About Healing Meters
- Obligatory Female-Perspective Post or Introducing Wynthea
- Going All In on the Crystal Spire of Karabor
- 4 Smart Studying Lessons to Help Get an A in Your Raid
- Be back later
- Council Down, Crosshairs on Illidan
- Speechless
- 6 Upcoming Blogs to Add to Your Reader
- Is it Time to Quit Raiding? 16 Questions to Find the Answer
- Great Debates: Your Love of Your Guild vs Your Love for Yourself
- Lessons in Relationships: Between the Raid Leader and the Raid
- The Pulse: Definitions of an Epic Encounter
- Mother Shahraz Down, Crosshairs on Illidari Council
- 20 Questions with Ratshag
- Gamespy: Wrath of the Lich King New Info and Reaction
- WoW Bloggers to Follow on Twitter
- WoW Insider: 30 If Statements Priests Adhere To
- Improv Healing on the Fly (and Anything Else for that Matter)
- Dear DPS Classes: You're Hurting Us
- Tango Down: Reliquary of Souls
- 9 Traditional WoW Blog Posts (with Examples)
- Trying to Avoid Burnout Again
- Bloodboil Down and Notes
- 20 Things I Know at Level 70 that I Didn't Know at Level 1
June 2008 ( View complete archive page )
- Illi-down: Joy and Disappointment
- When MIA Happens to YOU
- WWI Priest Panel Quick Hits and Reactions
- 6 Principles of a Successful Raiding Guild: A Teaser
- Would You be Interested in an all Healer Community?
- Prayer of Healing to Affect the Raid?
- A Quick Look at the Bangle of Endless Blessings
- Two Tanking Kalecgos
- 13 Things Every WoW Player Should Know How to Do
- New Spiritual Guidance
- Matt vs Monique: Confessions from a Current 'Core Raider
- Introducing the Drama Advisory System
- Summer Fun!
- Rez Me First!
- I Hate Unannounced MIA's
- LF Free Agent Resto Druid
- Renew Your Interest in WoW
- Outsourcing Your Raid Instance: Pros and Cons
- This Is What Happens When Matticus Leaves Wyn In Charge...
- Bonus: More Matt and Wyn for Your Friday
- 20 + 2 Questions with Auzara (Chick GM)
- You Did WHAT?!?
- Everyone Needs More Wyn in Their Life
- Breaking the 2000 Heals Per Second Barrier
- The World is Not Ready
- How to Successfully Pick up a GM
- Addon: Instant Health is Pants Crappingly Awesome
- The Voice Behind the Pen: Matt's Podcasts Available for Download
- Wyn's UI - Part Four (The Macro Problem)
- Saturday Random Thoughts
- Matticus LIVE!!
- Wyn's UI - Part Three (Boss in Action)
- Dear Matt, I Have a Huntard Problem
- 20 Questions with Breana
- Note to Officers: Your Raiders Want to Raid
- Wyn's UI - Part Two (Trash)
- Matticus to Appear on Twisted Nether Podcast
- Wyn's UI - Part One
- Owned by Tree Form
- An Open Letter to WoW Bloggers
- The ABC's of Raid Healing - the Evens
- Mattie's Got a New Pair of Pants
- WI: An Introduction to the Art of War (Part 1)
July 2008 ( View complete archive page )
- O-M-G!!
- 16 Suggested (and Unlikely) Priest Glyphs
- Myth: It Doesn't Matter As Long as the Boss Dies
- Google Really is Awesome
- Confessions of a Raid Healer
- WoW Insider Post Up and WTB Resto Druid
- Assigning Healing Strategy - Part 1: Recognizing Class Strengths
- If You Missed Last Weeks Round Table Discussion
- Mopping the Floor With Your Healers on the Meters
- Murphy's 13 Laws of Raiding
- If You Wondered What Happened to Apathy
- Time Saving Tip in Black Temple
- WoW Resources for the Wyn
- WoW Insider: What the New Age Raiding Priest Will Look Like
- AFKing with Etiquette: 4 Things to Remember
- Live in Vancouver, it's Saturday Night!
- Gearing Up, For The Wyn
- Running a Sunwell Trash Farm Group
- The Golden Rule of Invading Capital Cities
- AddOn: Dispel Announcer for Raiding and PvP
- Announcing Plusheal dot com
- In Five Hours, the World Will End. What Will You Do?
- DKP is the Devil
- TED: You a One Buttock Player? And a Goodbye to Priestly Endeavors
- Today's Drama Advisory Level: High
- Your Warcraft Identity vs Your Blog Identity
- 2 Things: LF Rogue and More Horde Read Matticus than Alliance
- WARNING: Beta Scams Prevalent
- A Note on Joining Guilds on a PvP Server
- Looking for PvP Elemental Shaman Videos
- An Open Letter of Support to the Bear
- Dear Matt, What Should I Look for in Joining a Guild?
August 2008 ( View complete archive page )
- Assigning Healing Strategy - Part 4: Addons to Make Raid Life Easy
- SYTYCB: Week 1 cuts
- Too Many Wordles!
- Week 1: Matt and Wyn's Critique (and a free blog tip)
- An Easy Puzzle
- SYTYCB: WoW is Not a Zero Sum Game
- Is Your Blog Dead or Alive?
- SYTYCB: An Open Letter to the Badge of Justice
- Insight into the SYTYCB Selection Process and Important Question (see end)
- SYTYCB: Dear Azeroth, I hate you.
- SYTYCB: WTB 2m leetsauce DPS 4 MrT, lf uber CC, kkthx!
- SYTYCB: It's not you, it's me. Yea, no. Really.
- A Note about Doomsday Raiding and Multiple Authors
- SYTYCB: The Last Piece of Loot
- SYTYCB: The Dark Side: Expansion Syndrome
- SYTYCB: Last Details and the Rest of the Seven
- Wrath Content Patch Spells Doom for Raiding
- SYTYCB: The Top 7 Underbloggers and Competition Details
- Deep Thoughts, by Wynthea
- BETA: Well, hello, there!
- Contest Closed - Details to Come
- Shameless Abuse of Publicity
- BETA: 10 Achievements that Will Make You Go WTF?
- World of Warcraft Meets Alltop - Where's Matt?
- The Five Forms of Failure
- One Way to Piss Off a Blogger (Don't Do It)
- Matt's Commenting Policy
- BETA: The Adventures of Wynicus
- The Mana Efficient Priest
- Who is Matt and Why is His Blog Here After a Year?
- Happy Birthday, World of Matticus!!
- Zero to Kael in 28 Days
- BETA: The Better Priest
- Teeth, Lack Thereof
- BETA: Be All My Sins Remember'd - Friends with the Unlikeliest of Enemies
- BETA: The Dawning of the Death of Downranking
- Mass Resurrection? More Like Mass OP!
- The Search Continues...
- Primal Mooncloth - Do You Need to Upgrade?
- So You Think You Can Blog? Looking for a 3rd Writer!
- BETA: WI - Spiritual Guidance: Utgarde Keep and the Nexus as Discipline
- Your Dark Side: Forcing the Wipe
- Assigning Healing Strategy - Part 3: The Pivot Healer
- BETA: Holy Priest Glyphs and my Take
- BETA: Just for You Jess
- BETA: Instance Discipline Talents: Did Matt Choose Right?
- When OCD meets WotLK
- Matticus Joins the Wrath Club
- 7 Pointers for a Stress Free Raid
- Spell Haste: Why You Don't Need It
- SK Gaming and Nihilium: The Greatest Conspiracy Plot to Ever Unfold
- Deep Thoughts, by Wynthea
- Assigning Healing Strategy - Part 2: Double Shifting Healers
- 5 Signs of the Vigilante Raider
- Booyeah! A Bearly Believable Blog Post!
- Blogging Delayed, Batman to Blame
September 2008 ( View complete archive page )
- My Love/Hate Relationship with Heroic Naxxramas
- Over 1000 Herbs Required to Level Inscription to 350
- Red Rover, Red Rover…
- The Dreamstate Special: Hybrid Builds for 3.0.2
- Build Your Own Guild Part 4: Leadership
- Retirement
- Healing Naxxramas – Patchwerk (10 man)
- The Talented Druid, v. 3.0
- Prayer of Mending Generates Threat for Priest (Same with LB, Earth Shield)
- Regrowth 3.0: The New Hotness
- My take on Guardian Spirit
- Healing Naxxramus - Loatheb (10 man)
- Guardian Spirit Boosted to 50%
- Build Your Own Guild Part 3: The Dreaded Loot Question
- Resisting Irrational Behavior
- Will Flash Heal Become Mainstream? 4 Points
- A Realistic Look at Level 80 Raid Healing
- 20 + 3 Myths about Women Who Play WoW
- How to Be Evil in 5 Easy Steps
- I'm back! (kinda)
- Build Your Own Guild Part 2: Rules of the Game
- 12 Reasons Why Priests Don't Make the Best Lovers
- Why Druids are the Best (and Worst) Lovers
- Build Your Own Guild From the Ground Up: Part 1
- One Thoughters from Matt and is Your Class the Best Lover?
- Illidan down!
- Priest Racial Changes: The Twitterati Reaction
- Priests, WotLK, and Wyn's Thoughts
- BREAKING: Priest Racials Removed
- Myth busted: Canadian Chicks Play WoW
- Deciding Who Gets to Pick IDS
- Thank You
- Salutations, well-wishes, and thank-yous
- I've Chosen the Third Blogger
- Week 3 - Critiques by Matt and a Special Guest Judge...
- What's up with the Euro Beta?
- Liveblogging Naxxramus
- PvE to PvP? Bring 'em on!
- Deja Vu? What Happened
- Death and the Priest
- The Care and Keeping of Recruits
- Future Overachievers Anonymous: How Achievements Will Rock the Social World of Wrath of the Lich King
- The Utility of Utility
- Troubleshooting Gurtogg Bloodboil: A Healer’s Perspective
- Twisted Nether: Wynnicus Podcast Now Available
- 5 Rejected WoW Blog Ideas
- MEME: When Matt was a Young Warthog
- World of Matticus Gets a New Face Lift
- SYTYCB: Week 2 Cuts
- Matt & Wyn Live
- SYTYCB: Matt & Wyn's Critique - Week 2
- 20 Questions with Veneretio (tankingtips.com)
- State of the Blog Address
- BREAKING: Onyxia Missing from Stormwind
- 10 Reasons Horde is Better
- How to Recruit a New Healer in 10 Easy Steps
- TNB Podcast: Beta Mic Night with Matt and Wyn!
- An Explanation is in Order for the New Look
- SYTYCB: 10 Silly Timewasters
- SYTYCB: 12 (or More!) Songs for a Musical Karazhan
- SYTYCB: The Humble Checklist
- SYTYCB: Week 2 - The List
- Be a World of Warcraft God in 5 Steps
October 2008 ( View complete archive page )
- Why I Love and Hate Achievements
- Taking a Page from the Vulcans
- Build Your Own Guild Part 9: Ambition
- M’uru Down, 2 Weeks Remain
- From the Don: How to get Featured on (and Write for) WoW Insider
- Know what the Worse Thing in Wrath Is?
- Build Your Own Guild Part 8: Dealing With Feedback
- A Note about Mother Shahraz Post 3.0
- Is Sydera a Barbershop Addict?
- Healing Naxxramas – Instructor Razuvious (10 man)
- Defending Your Faction Leaders with Guardian Spirit
- 7 Cliche’d Ideas to Jump Start Your WoW Related NaNoWriMo
- Undisputed Method of Earning Damage Control
- Don’t Worry, it Gets Harder
- Healing Naxxramas – Anub’Rekhan
- Build Your Own Guild Part 7: Day-to-Day Management
- Post Your Haircuts!
- Guides to 3.0.2
- Order of Operations: Surge of Light, Clearcasting, Improved Holy Concentration
- Normally, I Don’t do Loot Posts but I’ll Make an Exception
- Healing Naxxramas – Four Horsemen (10 man)
- *** SPOILER*** Missed Dungeons and Raids? Screenshots if You Want to See Them
- Healing Naxxramas – Thaddius (10 man)
- 4 Key Guild Related Tasks to do Before Wrath Hits
- Bank of Matticus Goes Public
- Healing Naxxramas – Gluth (10 man)
- Blizzcon Predictions from Bloggers and the WoW Twitterati!
- Collateral Damage Seeks Rogue: This Could Be You!
- Build Your Own Guild Part 6: Scheduling
- Plan Your Raid with RaidComp!
- Healing Naxxramas - Grobbulus (10 man)
- Matt’s Outlook for the Future
- Space Goat Live (Shadow and Light): Another healer blog
- Healing Naxxramas – Grand Widow Faerlina (10 man)
- WI: Healing at Level 80 and Other Matt-like Distractions
- Price of Level 80 PvP Gear and Priestly PvP Goodness [Screenshots!]
- Is Lifebloom Obsolete? Another Look at Resto Druids in 3.0
- Priests: Matt Needs Your Help!
- Matticus Interviewed
- Wrath Priest Tailoring Set
- Build Your Own Guild Part 5: Membership
November 2008 ( View complete archive page )
- I Wrote About Healing Trinkets
- Is Trade Chat a Good Avenue for Guild Prospects?
- Gearing Your Fresh Level 80 Holy Priest: Matt’s Recommendations
- Healing Naxxramas - Gothik the Harvester (10 man)
- The Delicate Art of Delegation
- A Healing Druid's Naxx-25 Shopping List
- Post Raid Reflections, Anxiety, and Member “Poaching”
- Matt's Monday Cop Out
- Unreasonable Expectations?
- The Difference Between Recruiting On Server and Off Server
- The Reality of Healing Heroics and Tips for Holy Priests
- Wrath of the Lich King: First Impressions
- 10 Tips for Extreme Leveling to 80 (without denting your wallet)
- Back to our Regular Blogging (Ding)
- ***11/15 UPDATE*** Matticus MIA
- Q&A: How Do I Break Into Raiding?
- The Matticus Guild Philosophy
- Twitterati’s Advice to GM-to-be Matticus
- "Matt, heal me! Why are you running?"
- WoW Insider Podcast Available for Download
- Hard Decisions
- *Over* Matticus on the WoW Insider Show
- Circle of Healing Redux
- A Burning Crusade Retrospective
- Random Plug: Traits of WoW Officers
- Virtual Race Relations Part 1: Elves
- Priest CoH Cooldown Returns?
- Guest Post: 3.0 Professions for the Priest (and Clothies)
- Build Your Own Guild Part 10: Making Changes
- Will You Be Dual Spec-tacular?
- Matt Beats Game, Epic G String Drops
December 2008 ( View complete archive page )
- Priest Tier 8 Previews
- Matt’s Predictions for 2009
- Discipline without Penance - Can It Work?
- Five Reasons You Want To Heal My Pet
- World of Matticus: 2008 Retrospective and Highlights
- Happy Holidays and Thanks
- 7 Death Knight Blogs
- Chain Heal Rises as Circle of Healing Falls
- Systemic Looting of Your 25 Naxx Pug
- 10 Tips for the New Discipline Priest
- Making the Switch: Holy to Disc
- Holiday Reading for the Gamer
- Saturday Afternoon Muses
- Take this Survey: Your Character Strengths in 15 Minutes
- Breaking News: Internet Cables cut
- Epic Guest Posting Guidelines for the Matticus
- Stare Decisis in Loot Council
- 10 Guides and Post for the Winter Veil-icious Reader
- Spotlight: Loot Council, a New Upgrade Comparison Tool
- Interview: Holy Priest vs Discipline Priest
- A Druid's Reaction to the Wild Growth / Circle of Healing Nerf
- Obsidian Sanctum with Drakes Up
- Matt’s Monday Morning Muses: What a Blogger Wants for Christmas and More
- Reader Question: How Do I Find a Quality Raiding Guild?
- Malygos Down and the Gearing Phase is Over
- The Off Armour Problem
- Reader Request: Wyn's Guide to Northrend Reputation
- Does Your Raiding Guild Need Premium WWS?
- Raid Frustrations: Malygos
- Guild Bureaucracy: 7 Ways to Cut the Crap
- Why Loot Council, Matticus?
- Conquest Conquers Naxx 25
- 11 Reasons Guildmasters Fail
- What's In a Name
- Guest Post: Mana Tide - To-do List for the Level 80 Resto Shaman.
- Guest Post: A Micro Level Look at a Priest’s Trinket Usage
- Gone for the Week and an Optimal Mana Regen Tool
- Guild Goals: Deciding Between Normal Raids and Heroic Raids
- Loot Council: First Raid
- Healing Naxxramas – Maexxna (10 man)
- New Poll: Decide Wyn's Next Topic
- Dressing Up Your Druid in Blues and Greens
- Post Raid: December 1st
- The Return of the Gangsta
January 2009 ( View complete archive page )
- Sartharion 3D Healing Assignments
- WoW Insider's Raid Rx Makes a Return
- 6 Influential Factors in Loot Council Decisions
- For the Resto Shaman: Settling the Crit vs Haste Discussion
- Heroic Sartharion 3D Conquered
- 10 Seconds with Sartharion 3 Drakes
- Healing Assignments for Resto Druids
- The No Asshole Rule: Constructing a Civilized Guild
- Welcome to the Year of the Tauren
- Healing Rotation: Good Idea or Bad Idea?
- Resto Shaman: INT vs MP5
- Matt’s Thursday Morning Copout
- The Price of Popularity (or Healer, Heal Thyself)
- Achievement Tips: Arachnophobia
- On Lore, Culture, and Religion in Azeroth
- 4 Questions to Answer on the Respec Policy
- Healing Naxxramas – Sapphiron (10 man)
- The Matticus Command Center
- Reader Question: The Double Bind of Casual Raiding
- Battered Guildie Syndrome is a Serious Problem
- 5 Archetypes of the Healer
- Saving a Blown Pull With Clutch Heals
- Single Target Healing in a Multi Target World
- Don’t Rely on Addons to Heal
- Evaluating Healer Performance
- Alts and the Raider: An Officer's Perspective
- 5 Tips for Transferring Servers
- 10 v. 25-Person Content Revisited
- A Quick Note About New Dispel Mechanics
- Poll: How do you Keep in Touch?
- 5 Mistaken Beliefs of Raiding Guilds
- Your Twisted Moments?
- 4 Joys of Healing
- The 6 Signs of Raiding Burnout
- Discipline With Penance – How it Works
- You Have Freedom
- 4 Reasons Healing Meters Suck
- An Event Every Guild Leader Goes Through Once in Their Career
- Keeping your Healers Happy: a Death Knight Tank's Perspective
- Warning: Bad Targeting can Lead to Raid Deaths
- Loot Council and You: One Player’s Take On Loot Council and Casual Raiding
- Syd's Fantasy Raid Instance: Part 1
- Recommended Requirements for Naxxramas (Normal and Heroic)
- Resolutions
- Circle of Heartbreak: Proposed Fixes
- Everfrost Chip Locations and Coordinates
February 2009 ( View complete archive page )
- Want More to Read? Try Google Reader’s Bundles
- Lifebloom nerf for 3.1: WTF?
- Get Rich or Heal Trying: How to Make Money via Dailies
- Matt's Hodir Impressions
- 3.1 PTR and Shamans, Lodur's Initial Thoughts.
- Thoughts on Rapture and Mana Regen
- Priest Changes – Build 9626
- Lodur's Response to the Screen Shot Challenge
- 3.1 PTR Notes: New Druid Glyphs
- Hymn of Hope is Removed and New Power Infusion Graphic
- Repetitive Stress Injury
- A Fond Farewell to Phaelia of Resto4Life
- 3.1 Priest Opinion and Analysis and PTR Guild
- What Would Your Fountain Coin Say?
- Remember Rule Number 6
- What GMs Want to See on Your Guild App
- Being the Shaman Behind the Meat Shield
- Syd's Response to the Screenshot Challenge
- Holy Light Spam - Less Calories than the Original
- Matt Guest Speaks on the Rawrcast
- Ghostcrawler Provides Specifics on the 3.1 Mana Regen Nerf
- Tier 7 Bonuses: A Guide to What’s Hot and What’s Not
- Ulduar Unveiled
- Raiding and the Bench
- Your Guild’s Dual Spec Policy: What Will it Be?
- Dear Lodur, a Valentine's Day Post.
- Happy Valentine’s Day!
- Say Hello to Lodur
- 4 Points of Crisis Management
- Guest Casting on the Rawrcast
- 6 Ways to Reject a Guild App Without Sounding Like an Angry Ex
- Girls Hate Chuck Norris: On Women and Raiding Guilds
- Guardian Spirit Works on Kel'Thuzad
- 8 Questions Your Guild Should Ask Itself
- Case Study: How Conquest’s Healers Were Recruited
- 20 Answers From Matt
- Recruiting Healers is Like Picking Up Women (and a WoW Blogger's challenge)
- Video: Conquest's OS3D Kill
- A Druid's Response to the Upcoming Change in Mana Regeneration
- Resto Shaman: Best in Slot
- Blizzard Reads Kestrel’s Aerie (Priest Changes for 3.1)
- Malygos Phase 3 Made Simple
- Patchwerk through the eyes of a Resto Shaman
- Best in Slot for Resto Druid
- On 1337n355
- The Persistence of Lag
March 2009 ( View complete archive page )
- Did I Read Divine Hymn Wrong?
- Say Hi to No Stock UI!
- And the Award Goes to...
- Are You Happy at the Threshold?
- Filling the Void Until Ulduar
- PTR Alchemy Changes
- A Guide to Mouseover Macros
- Yes You Can Multi-Box with Battle Net Account Merging
- A Blizzard Tribute to Phaelia (Her Own Vestments)!
- 13 Tips to be a Naxx Immortal (and Undying)
- Druids Love Conquest!
- Us v. Them: What can I do when guild members disagree?
- Shaman Tier 8 Bonuses
- T8 Set Bonuses Revealed
- A Healer's Most Important Skill
- Stocking Up for Ulduar?
- When a Bonus is More than a Bonus
- Theme Songs of Conquest
- More Shaman 3.1 Changes (With Edit!!!)
- Hymns Updated to 2.0
- Shamanism
- Matt Answers Your Questions
- PixelatedGeek Celebrates World of Warcraft Day
- Shamans and Paladins mana buff get hit! (With edit)
- On Min-Maxing Professions
- Introducing the LilUI Compilation
- Further Thoughts on Lifebloom Changes
- 5 Reasons Why the PTR Sucks
- Val'anyr's Secondary Abilities Unveiled and new PTR Build
- The First 120 Days of Conquest
- Flame Leviathan Thoughts
- Why Play a Shaman?
- 33 Raid Healing UIs
- 10 Questions for Monday
April 2009 ( View complete archive page )
- 3.1.2 Priest Nerfs
- Two Ways to Approach Ulduar’s Hard Modes
- The Secret to Being a World-Class Healer
- Ensidia’s Holy Priest Guide and Monday Links
- Frustrated by Ulduar? Here’s Why
- Lessons from Talent is Overrated: Welch’s 4 E’s
- Val'anyr's Vilification?
- Healing Ulduar: Ignis the Furnace Master
- Healing Heroic Emalon the Storm Watcher
- Paladin Healing in Heroic Ulduar
- Holy and Disc Too Costly for Dual Spec
- Apologies. Contact form is down.
- How to be a Tree in 3.1
- Healing Ulduar: XT-002 Deconstructor
- Behind the Scenes Upgrades and 10 Post Ideas
- On Dual Specs and the Tournament
- Healing Ulduar: Razorscale
- Ulduar Almost Cleared and Some Priest Notes
- 3.1 Initial Impressions or How I Learned to Love the Crash
- Healing Ulduar: Flame Leviathan
- Resto Druid Specs and Glyphs in 3.1
- Suggested Restoration Spec and Glyphs for 3.1
- Ulduar Caster Weapons and Tier Gear: A Primer
- Suggested Healing Priest Specs, Glyphs, and Addons for 3.1
- Matt on Massively
- Raid Flexibility: Preparing for the Inevitable.
- Zath is Giving Away a Free Mouse
- Raid Flexibility: A Healthy Obsession
- Quick Thoughts About Val’Anyr
- 31 DBBB: Post Promotions and Another Matticus Interview
- My Newfound Respect for Melee
- Account security
- 31 Day Challenge: The Elevator Pitch
- Lodur's Final Thoughts Before 3.1
- Your Saturday Thoughts and Links
- 5 Phases in the Cycle of Drama
- Story of a Textbook Gquit
- Shamanism Part Deux
- No More Healing, Ever!
May 2009 ( View complete archive page )
- Disappointment for Paladins
- Weekend Reads
- Friends and Raiders: The Social Aspect of Warcraft
- Save Players with Aggressive Shielding
- State of Chain Heal, Lodur's Thoughts
- The Purple Kodo: 13 Points of Blogging
- The Hard Mode Thrill
- Breaking Down a Paladin's Efficient Heals
- Healing Ulduar: Thorim
- Is Tree Form Fun?
- Patch 3.2: Crusader's Coliseum Reactions
- Healing Ulduar: Kologarn
- Which Came First? The Aegis or the Shield?
- Restoration Shaman - Ulduar 10 Gear
- Hello to wow.com!
- Looking Back at Raiding 1.0
- Surviving Blizzcon! : Getting Ready
- Syd's Guide to Blogging Part 2: Getting Started
- What's in a Name, Pt. 2
- Blizzcon Bound!
- Downside of Heads Up Healing
- Abusing General Vezax as Discipline
- Hybrid it up on General Vezax
- Restoration Shaman - Best in Slot 3.1
- Would You Consider 3 Levels of Spirit Based Mana Regen?
- The Reality of Recruiting Part 2
- State of the Blog: Summer 09
- Healing Ulduar: Hodir
- Healing Ulduar: Freya
- The Reality of Recruiting Part 1
- Friends and Raiders: Becoming a Leader
- Penance Glyph Reversed and 1st Trip to the States
- Speccing Your Holy Paladin
- Revisiting Shaman Tier 8 Gear
- Paladin Healing in 10 man Ulduar
- Syd's Guide to Blogging Part I: How to Read
June 2009 ( View complete archive page )
- On Exploits: A Philosophical Musing
- Monday Midnight Musings (Patch 3.2 and Exploits)
- Faction Change Service Announced
- Aura of Command
- Ardent Defender Overrides Guardian Spirit
- Why Emblem Changes are Great
- Patch 3.2 in Brief
- Koralon the Flame Watcher: New VoA Boss
- Resto Shaman Tier 9 and More!
- The Summertime Woes
- Symbiotic Altoholism
- What Can Healing Meters Tell You?
- Official 3.2 Patchnotes for Shamans
- 2 PuG Raid Loot Systems: Performance Based vs Tichon System
- New Shaman Changes Announced!(updated)
- Save 10 Minutes on Mimiron Trash by Skipping it Entirely
- Priest Guide: Part 2 - How to Build Holy
- Timing is Everything!
- The Zen of Healing
- So You Think You Can Raid
- Shaman Q & A With Ghost Crawler, Resto Recap
- Friends and Raiders: Raider Accountability
- 13 Express Methods to Wipe Your Ulduar Raid
- How Matt Almost Lost 22000 Gold
- Announcing Magecraft.org!
- Healing Priest Guide: Part 1 - Talents
- This is What Panic Looks Like
- My Definition of a Good Priest Redux
- It Came From the PuG!
July 2009 ( View complete archive page )
- How to Earn Those Seemingly Impossible Alterac Valley Achievements
- Archetypes of a Guild: The Guild Egoist
- Is Applying to Multiple Guilds a Sin?
- Where Have I Been?
- Shaman Tier 9 Aesthetics
- Of Heroes and Villains Part 3
- Sympathy for a Griefer?
- Goblins and Worgen – Neutral Faction (or a Third?)
- Orbit-uary Post Mortem
- Of Heroes and Villains Part 2
- The Northrend Beasts Encounter
- Tip: Inner Focus and Divine Hymn
- Of Heroes and Villains part 1
- Friends and Raiders: How Far is Too Far?
- How do You Ask Mages for Water?
- Online Gaming Addiction Part 3 - Coping Strategies
- Online Gaming Addiction Part 2 - Signs and Symptoms
- Online Gaming Addiction Part 1 - My Experience
August 2009 ( View complete archive page )
- Healing Crusader’s Coliseum: Faction Champions
- With a Little Help From My Friends...
- Aion Beta Review From a WoW Player's Perspective
- New Poll: What about Cataclysm excites you the most?
- Priest Guide: Part 3 - How to Build Discipline
- Blizzcon - Open Q&A with Wynthea
- Wynthea's Tales from Blizzcon: Part 4
- Finally, a Worthy Idol!
- Wynthea's Tales from Blizzcon: Part 3
- Happy 2nd (belated) bloggaversary!
- Wynthea's Tales from Blizzcon: Part 2
- Wynthea's Tales from Blizzcon: Part 1
- Con Day 2 Itself (and a Message for a Guildie)
- Blizzcon Day 1 (Mid day reactions)
- Blizzcon Panels of Interest
- Raid Warning Podcast Giveaway and Interview with Matt!
- Blizzcon Bound: How to Pack
- How to Find Matt and Co. at Blizzcon
- Priests: Moonshroud or Merlin?
- Why Exclusive Info is Dangerous
- State of Chain Heal 2:"Hail to The King, Baby!"
- Healing Crusader’s Coliseum: Lord Jaraxxus
- Thirty One
- Patch 3.2 in Review
- Never Second Guess Yourself
- Ulduar Nerfs and Bugs
- Archetypes of the Female Gamer, revisited
- Northrend Beasts Notes (Extra)
- Healing Crusader’s Coliseum: Northrend Beasts Encounter
- Ulduar Fights Where It’s Just Not the Healer’s Fault
September 2009 ( View complete archive page )
- Seven Ways to Your Raid Leader's Heart
- Shadow Priests Are Allowed to Divine Hymn
- The Hybrid Pedigree
- Raiding 10 v. 25: Which is better?
- Raiding: It's a Team Sport
- Raider Nostalgia: Patch 3.2.2
- Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day!
- Healing Crusader’s Coliseum: Val’kyr Twins
- Guild Talent Point Wishlist
- Matt on the WoW.com show 3 PM PST UPDATE: Show's over
- Putting The RP in MMORPG
- Bubbles and Crits: Paladins from 3.0 to 3.2
- Matt’s Secret Project Needs Help
- Discover How Priests Gain 7000 Mana in 1 Shot
- Faction and Race Changing, Lodur's Thoughts
- Your Opinion: Is Raiding Too Easy? Or Just Accessible?
- What Cataclysm is Doing Right
- What Aldo Raine Can Teach You About Raid Leading
- Crusader’s Coliseum: Heroic Hard Mode Details (Updated 10:30 AM)
- Cataclysm Gear Economy
October 2009 ( View complete archive page )
- Breaking in The Newbie
- Chill of the Throne and It's Future
- Handling Icewell Radiance
- PTR: Fond Friend or Venomous Vixen??
- PTR Live: Gunship Battle
- Two Applicant Paths Diverged in an Azerothian Wood
- Two Val'anyr at WoM? That's Unpossible!
- A Val’anyr Story
- Patch 3.3 Makes PUGing Easier
- Hey Everyone! Look at the new guy!!
- Case study: The Player Who Wanted More and the GM Who Couldn't Care Less
- Counterpoint: Wrath Saved WoW Raiding
- Social Study: The Wrath Effect Part 2
- Twitter WoW Developer Chat Feedback
- PUGs: The Magic Recruiter
- PTR Live stream (Over)
- It Came From the PUG: A Resto Shaman Story
- Podcast Appearances
- What I Want Raiders to Know
- Social Study: The Wrath Effect Part 1
- I’m on the WoW Insider Show (Update: Over)
- 3.3 PTR update
- Trophy vs Token
- Why Play a Healer?
- Give Me Patch Notes and I'll Give You Totems!
- Interview with Epic Advice
- Be a Healer by Nature
- 3 Proper Steps to Switching Mains
- Tier 10 Healing Bonuses
- Officers: Who Watches the Watchmen?
- The One That Got Away
- Pass the Parcel: When Raiders Won't Roll
- Pit of Saron PTR Preview
- Matticus on the Starting Zone
- Officers and Alts and Raiding Oh My!
November 2009 ( View complete archive page )
- Bill Roper Interview! (with update!)
- Healer DPS: The Good, The Bad, The Unfair
- Want a Free Guest Post?
- A Happy Healing Thanksgiving
- Case Study: Anub 10H vs Holy Paladin
- The Gearing Process to ToC 10 for a Priest
- Bubbles and Crits, part 2: What the Hell Took you so Long?
- Monday Night Insights
- A Prescription for Raid Morale
- Warning: Jade Tiger Pet a Scam
- A PUG’s Doom Knell: Link Achiev Or No Inv
- Help Simone: Heroic Northrend Beasts
- Reader Survey – How Can we Improve Our Blog?
- Leading The Lodur Way
- The Case for Limited Attempts
- One Year of Conquest
- Shaman Tier 10 Lodur's Thoughts
- Running a Raid: 10 Golden Rules (part 2)
- Crystal Spire of Karabor 2.0
- I'm Taking My Guild With Me!
- Oculus Gets a Facelift
- Running a Raid: 10 Golden Rules (part 1)
- Ask Lodur!
- It's My Party and I'll Spec How I Want To!
- It’s a Pet Store not a Gear Store
- Exclusive Shaman Tier 10 Preview!!!!!!!!
- The Significant Owl Goes Hoot in the Blog
- Enchanting 3.3: Don’t Get Worked Up
- A Change of Recruiting Strategy: World of Raids Tool
- Circle of Healers
December 2009 ( View complete archive page )
- Highlight Posts of 2009
- Healing Icecrown From a Druid's Perspective - Part 1
- [POLL] Do you Clear Out Heroic Dungeons?
- 7 Important Healing Lessons I Learned from 1 Quest
- How is Your Guild Handling the Holidays?
- Let's Get Reacquainted With Healing!
- Happy Holidays!
- Winter Veil Poetry!
- Your Wish List vs. The Need Before Greed System
- I Will Not Carry You
- I Can Carry You
- The Hyjal / Sunwell Effect
- Little Things of Joy
- Relief
- Can It Be!? A Dwarf Shaman!?
- It Came From The P.U.G. 3.3 Edition!
- Your Winter Veil Gift, From Us
- How Our Guild is Handling Primordial Saronite
- Healing Lord Marrowgar
- Matt’s Guest Post Appearances: Part 1
- Priest Vacancy on WoW.com for Spiritual Guidance
- Return of the Truly Legendary Items
- A Friday Geek Moment
- What do You Look for in a Guild Website?
- Dragon Slaying from a Healer’s Perspective: Onyxia
- Case Study: Anub’arak 10 Heroic Featuring a Priest and Druid
January 2010 ( View complete archive page )
- Friends and Raiders: My Healing Team
- ICC Plagueworks: How Not To Die A Poisonous Death
- Healer 101: How To Storm Citadels More Smoothly
- The Flash of Light Spec
- It Came From The P.U.G.: GearScore Edition.
- Guerrilla Raiding: How To Scale Up to 25 Mans
- Rot-Face the Music, People!
- Ranking Players with Elitist Group
- Yes, I Wrote for the WoW Magazine – Check out my Articles
- Five Misconceptions About Healers
- Where’s the Drama? And MTG Goodness
- Healing Icecrown from a Druid's Perspective - Part 2
- Looking at the Holy Priest Renew Spec
- Disc Priest Tip: Professor Putricide
- Matticus Reimagined
- Shutout by Rotface
- Guest Post: Tanks and Healers Should Get The Biggest Rewards
- Hello 2010
- The Issue with Discipline Raid Healing
- It Came From The P.U.G. : The Val'anyr Curse!
February 2010 ( View complete archive page )
- Focus Casting: Macros And You
- Thespius and Matticus featured on "Power Word: Fail"
- Heroic Entitlement?
- It Came From The P.U.G.!: It's all new again
- How to Master Priest Tier 10, Ruby Sanctum Thoughts
- Casual 101: Knowing Is Half The Battle
- Will you Lend Me Your Brain?
- Dear Lodur, Answering Azeroth's Questions
- So, What’s Up?
- What To Do When You Meet Lady D.
- Where in the Blog is Lodur?
- Lodur Joins WoW.com
- It Came From The P.U.G.!:Voted Off The Island
- Are Easier Heroics Better in the Long Run?
- Why Slacking Helps You Raid
- Auction House Functionality on the Armory? Yes Please!
- Zath is Holding Another Contest
- Why Did You Choose Your Healing Class?
March 2010 ( View complete archive page )
- The Body and Soul Spec
- Does Communication Make Us Better Risk Takers?
- [VIDEO] Healing Valithria Dreamwalker
- Mixing it up a bit, musings of a mad shaman
- Blizzard - "Let healers DPS?" Good Idea?
- Healing: Priority, Priority, and Priority
- 14 Things that can go Wrong and will go Wrong on Sindragosa
- MS Paint: A raid leaders delight
- Healing And Leading – Chalk And Cheese?
- A movie list for Matticus
- Raid Leading 101: Maximizing DPS Uptime
- Death of the Niche Healer
- Your Alt In Our Guild, My Shaman In Your Hands
- Raid Leading 101: Placement and Direction
- How To Win Epics And Influence People
- Priest Tier 10 Changes: Right Idea, Wrong Timing
- Discipline's Tier 10 4-piece Joke
- It Came From the P.U.G.! Good Surprises.
- Advice on Blogging Safely Without Fear of a Gkick
- Cataclysm Stat Changes: Yes!
- Cross Guild Training and Experience
April 2010 ( View complete archive page )
- The Antidote for Fifty Enemies is One Friend.
- 10 Reasons People Don’t Heal
- Still Going to Run 25s?
- What are Your Surprise Statistics?
- What is missing from the Arthas fight?
- Why It’s A Problem That Healers Don’t Communicate in PUGs
- Matt, Slayer of Kings
- In Which I Attempt to Bring Order to Chaos
- Hope for the PvP Healer
- It Came from the P.U.G.: The Lodur Abides
- I am so Ashamed
- Dragon Slaying 101: Healing Sindragosa 10
- Are Healing Classes Losing Individual Identity?
- Heroic moments
- Dragon Slaying 101: How To Sindragosa 10
- Priest Changes Announced! Your Thoughts?
- Shaman Changes and Priest Preview Thoughts
- Changing of Dispel Mechanics
- The thought process of Lodur
- Done!
May 2010 ( View complete archive page )
- 10 Tips: How To Organise A Guild Meet
- What Will The MMO of Tomorrow Bring?
- Pros and Cons of Recruiting the Raid Leader
- How About a More Graphical and Public Ban?
- The Sue Sylvester Method to Raid Leading
- A Fond Farewell to AVR/AVRE
- Bursting Bubbles
- Review: The Guild Leader’s Handbook, Mimetir Perspective
- It Came From the P.U.G.!: Why I Hate Gundrak
- Bah Humbug! PUGers, Use My Name
- Book Review: The Guild Leader's Handbook
- Herding Kingslayers
- Fears of Delegation
- A New Day
June 2010 ( View complete archive page )
- Halion Down and the Failure Rate
- Lodur on "Totem Recall"
- Making Dungeons Fun Again
- Real I.D., Lodur's thoughts
- Real ID Ain't For Me
- Enter the Circle of Healing Podcast
- Yes we did
- Why Role Balancing Isn’t Your Average Tentacled Monster
- Cataclysm Loses its 2 Biggest Selling Points
- Kingslayers? That's Unpossible!
- Dear Ruby Sanctum: How Not To Be A Raid Encounter
- Leap into PvP the Correct Way
- Lodur's Week In Review
- Will Ruby Sanctum Compare To Wrath’s Best Bosses?
- Guild Survival Guide: How to Apologize
July 2010 ( View complete archive page )
- Cataclysm: The updated healing UI
- Circle of Healing Podcast Site is Up
- Back from Laguna Seca
- An Instance of Fail
- Why Resto Shaman Need a Defensive Cooldown, or Another Spirit Link Post
- Holy Power and More for the Post-Cataclysmic Paladin
- When a Raid Member is Not a Team Member
- Show Your Holy Priests Love With a Glowing Twilight Scale
- Preparing for Absences
- Less is More?
- Introducing A New Site For Your Reading Pleasure…
- What Do You Want?
- Understanding New Talents and Thoughts on Priests
- Awesome WoW Moments: #1 Surviving When You Had No Business Surviving
- The Aftermath of Real ID
- Cataclysm Contest on Epic Advice (and other things)
- Real ID on Blizzard forums, the good and the bad *Updated AGAIN!*
- Where in the World is Spirit Link?
August 2010 ( View complete archive page )
- Merging Raids: Step One
- Shadowmourne: What do you do with Vanity?
- The Beta Experience So Far
- In Defense of the New Tree of Life
- Current Legendaries Don’t Count?
- Midnight Monday Musings: the Summer Edition
- Without a safety net
- Behind the Scenes: Loot Council
- Leveling a Resto Druid in Cataclysm - Part I
- Cataclysm: Spammable Body and Soul? Sure!
- What Did You Want? Future of Healing Assignments - Part 1
- Second Verse, Different than the First
- Another Battle Rez?
- Configuring the Healing UI: What’s on Your Wishlist?
September 2010 ( View complete archive page )
- Priests: Inner Fire vs Inner Will
- Can Your Raid do More With Less?
- More Surge of Light Cues
- A Fresh and New Blog Design
- Reserved Loot in PuG Raids
- POLL: Will you raid 10 man or 25 man in Cataclysm?
- That new Druid mastery is hot
- My experience with the Queue Q preforms
- Raiding discipline specs for priests in the Cataclysm 4.0.1 patch
- Your beta and healing questions answered
- Ask a beta healer
- Shaman healing so far in Cataclysm
- POLL: Are you switching mains for Cataclysm?
- My Vision of Tier 11 Priest Armor
- Raid Leading Smoothly Like Barney Ross
- Reinvigorate Your Blogging Self with These Ideas
- Why Healing is fun in PvP
- He's only mostly dead
- 3 Points of Effective Raid Communication
October 2010 ( View complete archive page )
- Special Delivery: Roundup Of The Best WoW Posts Of The Week
- Chakra: Renew is Gone
- Memories of BlizzCon 2010
- Owl Returns With Special Delivery For You
- Blizzcon Meetups and my Schedule
- [VIDEO] Omnitron Defense System
- Holy Word: Sanctuary vs Efflorescence
- More on the Power Word: Barrier Glyph
- 4.0.1 shaman glyphs and an Ode to Sentry Totem
- The Post Patch Post Raid Synopsis
- Healing Roundups and We Got Our Drakes!
- Priest Glyphs for 4.0.1 and Cataclysm
- Reminder: Updated Dispel Mechanics
- The Mercenary Healer?
- Raid Warning Shift Happens Druid Roundtable
- How to Melee DPS Without Making Healers Cry
- Guild Advancement 101
- Smite Healing with the Atonement Spec
- Updated Flexible Raid Lockout System
November 2010 ( View complete archive page )
- So How About a Podcast?
- A Must-Read for the Cataclysm Player
- Rated Battleground Additions that would Never Happen
- Playing Holy at Level 85
- Of All the Things to Complain About, Portals?
- Goodbye Old World
- Healing Through the Burst Damage
- Bored? Try Lore!
- Special Delivery: Roundup Of This Week's Best WoW Posts
- Question: Do You Give Second Chances?
- How I learned to live without Spirit Link, or a fond farwell.
- Embracing the Dark Side
- Monday Mind Dump: Movember 15
- Special Delivery: Roundup Of This Week's Best WoW Posts
- Rise of the Super Guild
- [VIDEO] A Preview of Cataclysm Raid Healing
- Adding a Guild PvP Division
- Special Delivery: Roundup Of The Week’s Best WoW Leading, Healing and Guild Posts
- Cap on Rebirth and Soulstone?
- What I did at BlizzCon 2010
- It Can’t Come Any Quicker
- Crafting Your State of the Guild Address
December 2010 ( View complete archive page )
- 2010: Best of World of Matticus
- It Came From the PUG: Could you turn that macro off?
- Podcast Topic: Cataclysm Healing Class Balance
- Conclave of Wind
- The Life of a Confused Priest: From Healing to DPS and back!
- Matticast – The Inaugural Episode
- Accountability Starts at the Top
- Healing so far, Lodur's thoughts
- Podcast Topic: Lightwell or LoLwell
- Ch..Ch..Ch..Changes
- Case Study: When to Use Fast Heals
- Dual Unto Others
- Were the Priest Buffs Needed?
- It came from the PUG: Tanks but no tanks.
- Interview: Blacksen
- Post-Cataclysm Survival Roundup For Healers, Leaders and Guilds
- Guild Heroic Imbalance and Raid Plans
- Short Term Guild Goals
- Leveling, Holy and Discipline Priest specs
- Quick Priest Gear for Holy and Discipline at 85
- Special Delivery: Roundup Of This Week's Best WoW Posts
- Friends and Raiders: Saying goodbye to guildies
- Second Thoughts about the Collector’s Edition
January 2011 ( View complete archive page )
- How to Discipline Heal
- Tough Call: Turning Down Epics
- Creative Recruiting
- Lodur's Response to the "Paragon Shaman Scare"
- Podcast Topic: The Paragon Effect
- Matticast Episode 5
- Healing Chimaeron
- How to be a Purple Kodo
- Tough Call: Is Preparation Enough?
- Raid Leading 101: 3 Important Communication Tips
- More Quests Like This Will Help Healers
- Podcast Topic: Life As A Raider
- It Came from the P.U.G.: The Teacher
- Matticast Episode 4
- Boss Explanations: A Lesson from Twitter
- How To Tank Heal As A Holy Priest
- Special Delivery: Rounding Of This Week's Best WoW Posts
- Raid Leading 101: 10 vs 25
- 10 Things I'd Rather do Than Heal PuGs
- Podcast Topic: What Dungeon/Raid Bosses Are Causing You Trouble?
- Matticast Episode 3
- The Stranger Side of Shaman
- What You Should Know About Dark Intent
- Which Cataclysm Raid Boss Should You Attempt First?
- Raid Leading 101: What's your motivation?
- 11 Ways to Become Better at Healing
- Podcast Topic: Guild/Raid Leader Challenges
- Are run speed enchants still necessary?
- Raid Leading Backbone
- Matticast Episode 2
- How to Smite Heal Your Way through Heroics and Raids
- Keeping Up With The Paragons
February 2011 ( View complete archive page )
- Breaking Up is Hard to do
- PTR 4.1: Holy Word Sanctuary and other Screenshots
- Tough Call: Are your officers carrying their weight?
- Our Cho'gall 25 Video and Heroic Halfus down
- Evaluating Your Raid Group by Time Spent on Boss
- Resto Druid Mana: Tips and Tricks
- Matticast Episode 9 - BOEs, Calling Wipes, and Picking Raiders
- Handling the Guild Dirty Work
- Tough Call: When to Recruit
- When should you change your raid strategy?
- Matticast Episode 8: Patch 4.0.6 and Listener E-mails
- Weighing in on the Purification buff and future cooldowns
- Question: When do you Call a Wipe?
- Recovering From a Bad First Guild Date
- Does Your Guild Use Set Interrupt Teams?
- Tough Call: Roles - RL vs GM
- No player is an island
- [GUEST POST] “What is my motivation?” – Getting everyone on the same page
- Astounded at Discipline
- Matticast Episode 7 - 10s vs 25s
- The Return of the Renew Priest?
- Tough Call: Time vs Talent
- Raid Leading 101: Starting your Roster
- 7 + 1 Simple Ways to Pull Trash
- Podcast Topic - 10s vs. 25s
- Thespius's State of the Dungeon/Raid
- Matticast Episode 6
- 3 Different Raiding Roster Setups
March 2011 ( View complete archive page )
- Lodur's Addon Spotlight: GTFO
- Holy Word: Sanctuary, Some Work Needed
- Matticast Episode 12 – Officers, Healing Assignments, and Multiple Guild Raid Groups
- 25 Man Guilds Slowly Dwindling?
- 11 Suggestions for the New Guild Leader
- Evaluating New Resto Druids in Cataclysm
- Introducing Planar Tear
- Can a 10 man raid team co-exist with a 25 man raid team?
- Guildmaster Retirement
- Tough Call: Real Officer Set-Ups In Cataclysm
- Lodur's Epic Journey to PaxEast 2011
- Matticast Episode 11: Tough Conversations: Kicking, Demoting, Replacing.
- Calling All Holy Paladins
- Out with the Bads and in with the... Who?
- Is Blizzard keeping you in guild by threat of rep?
- Is Atonement Healing Back In?
- Healing Precision in 25-Man Raids
- Matticast Episode 10 - Battle Rez, Scheduling, and Performance Raiding
- Tough Call: How do I turn them around?
- For GMs - Enjin 2 year anniversary means 40% off for you
- More Frequent, but Smaller Content
- Matticast Delayed This Week
April 2011 ( View complete archive page )
- Tough Call: Handling the Churn
- A Letter from a Level 25 Guild Leader
- Zul’Gurub and Zul’Aman Boss Strategy Notes
- Healing Priests in 4.1
- Matticast Episode 16 – Adopting Change, Unnecessary Heroics, and Patch 4.1
- Matticast Episode 15 - Combat Logs, Healing Meters, and Throwing In The Towel
- The Automated Healing Line
- [POLL] Your Healing Raid Frames
- 3 Questions to Ask After a Recruit's Trial Period Ends
- New Appreciation for Potion of Concentration
- Matticast Episode 14 – Add-ons, Guild Apps, and E-mails
- Healing Heroic Magmaw
- Patch 4.1 Dungeon Finder Call to Arms, Lodur's thoughts
- Matticast Episode 13 – Recruitment, Departures, and Raid Leading As A Healer
- Raiding Highlights from Cataclysm
- Tough Call: Fighting Progression Frustration
May 2011 ( View complete archive page )
- When Good Enough isn’t Good Enough
- Matticast Episode 20 – Cho'gall, Nefarian, and Top Tens
- Topping Meters vs Assigned Role
- The Gradual Shift to Inefficient Healing
- How to Own Your Trial Run Like a Champion
- Matticast Episode 19 – Bank Management, Burnout, and A Legendary Redux
- WoW, What If...
- Would you pay for Premium?
- Matticast Episode 18 – Raid Lockouts, 4.2 PTR Changes, Adjusting To Your New Guild
- How EPGP works
- Guest Post: Is that it for the story of Warcraft?
- I, Shaman: Speculation of the future of resto
- Guest Post: How to Choose Your Officers
- Matticast Episode 17 - Loot Systems
- Restoration Shaman T12 set bonuses
- Matticast Poll: Loot Systems
- Improving the in-game Recruitment System
June 2011 ( View complete archive page )
- Guide to 4.2
- Matticast Episode 23 – Will Tank For Food
- Plus Heal’s New Look
- They Are Making a Comeback!
- Matticast Episode 22 - 4.2 Extravaganza
- Battle.net Authenticator Changes, Don't Panic!
- Occuthar Strategy, the new Baradin Hold Boss
- Valor cap the new softlock? Lodur's opinion
- Valour Cap Lowered
- Does Your Guild Need Social Media Guidelines?
- Firelands Release Date and the future of NSUI
- Matticast Episode 21 – Guild Coups, Healing For Beginners, and Applications
- WoW Premium services: Yes/no/murloc?
- A Lesson in Guild Ultimatums
- The Druid
July 2011 ( View complete archive page )
- Interview with a GM: Mel of Edge
- This Week on Plus Heal: July 20
- How to Lose 14 Players in One Night
- How to Move and Heal
- 7 Tips for Creating the Perfect Guild Application Form
- GMs Talk: Things We Share, Things We Do Not
- Matticast Episode 25 – Firelands Class Review, Retiring, and Off-Beat Strats
- [POLL] Do you dip your pizza in ranch sauce?
- The Mall Test
- Circle of Healing: Lodur version 4.2
- Revisiting the Healing Circle
- Healing Lord Rhyolith
- Getting Rid of the Ready Check
- Matticast Episode 24 – Firelands Primer, Second Chances, and Starting Over
- Beth’tilac and Lord Rhyolith down [VIDEO]
August 2011 ( View complete archive page )
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January 2012 ( View complete archive page )
- Transitioning to 25 Man: Your Tips?
- Handling Raiding Couples
- Poll: Guild Site Hosting
- Heroic Morchok Down: Where Next?
- Mists of Pandaria Needs More Ulduar
- When it Comes to Guild Apps, Pick Two
- Admit It: You Get High From Being Clutch
- Coffeecraft
- The Worst Thing a Guild Leader can do to a Player
- Actual Cross Realm Raiding Soon? Nice!
- Has this Happened to You?
- Is it the Tank’s Responsibility to Lead Groups?
- Is Team Melee the New Hotness?
- 8 Raid Leading Mistakes That You're Not Aware Of