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Thursday, February 9, 2012 RSS

The Burden of Leadership, Lodur bares his thought...

There are a lot of folks out there that think being in charge, or in a leadership role, of a guild is a big fun thing. You get to set permissions, invite, kick and all that other cool stuff! Truth is, at least for me, it’s another job. Being in charge means that, like at … [Read more of this article]

Heroic Morchok Down: Where Next?

Managed to score Heroic Morchok on Tuesday. Ended up using 6 healers. Another classic 22% wipe, then a 16% wipe, then a 13% followed by an 8% then a kill. Actually, the numbers aren’t precise. But that’s what it seemed like anyway. How to Land 3 Healing Spells in Under 2 Seconds It seems impossible, … [Read more of this article]

The Mistweaver Monk: Will it Work?

Additional details about the Monk was released a few days ago on. Ghostcrawler fielded the answers to several of the questions that I’m sure were on most people’s minds. The Monk healing spec (Mistweaver, a catchy name) is designed to rely heavily on punches and kicks. You get to DPS while you heal (or… heal … [Read more of this article]

Occuthar Strategy, the new Baradin Hold Boss

This mutt has been available on the PTR for some time. He had way too much health on 10 man during my initial times with him. He’s much more manageable now. You’ll find that this fight is a slight DPS check and skill check. When you first engage the encounter, the tanks will need to … [Read more of this article]

Does Your Guild Need Social Media Guidelines?

In a word, probably not. More and more players are finding themselves on Twitter and Facebook. Guild members are adding each other as friends to all these other social networks and their thoughts are then broadcast which expose themselves to even more players. There is always an inherent risk though. Much like the way companies … [Read more of this article]

A Lesson in Guild Ultimatums

It’s been 2 and a half years since Conquest has been formed. We’ve had our shares of victories and defeat. I figured a situation like this would come one day. I never imagined it would come from a main tank. Least of all from a main tank. I knew he wasn’t having much enjoyment out … [Read more of this article]

I, Shaman: Speculation of the future of resto

With all the changes to healing between the expansion’s release and subsequent patches, restoration shaman have kind of gone in a bit of a circle almost. We started out the expansion with the inclusion of a few new spells that really set the tone. Healing Rain was an absolute power-house addition to our healing, and … [Read more of this article]

Healing Heroic Magmaw

Note: That’s actually Lodur’s kill screenshot. How he heals with raid frames that small, I have no idea =). Healing from World of Logs Conquest is officially 2/13 in the hard mode 25 progression. It was nice getting the kill and getting the monkey off our backs. It had been weeks since our last progression … [Read more of this article]

Patch 4.1 Dungeon Finder Call to Arms, Lodur̵...

Unless you missed it, Blizzard has announced an idea that they wish to implement in an attempt to shorten queue times and address the tank and healer shortage that has been plaguing the LFD for a while now. Here’s the actual blue post for you, Source In patch 4.1 we’ll be introducing Dungeon Finder: Call … [Read more of this article]

Tough Call: Fighting Progression Frustration

Image courtesy of leonardobc This week the crew has been hitting our heads against a progression boss, and the talk around the campfire has a decided air of frustration to it. As a leader, you need to be aware of your team’s motivation levels when tackling new challenges. Encounters surpassing your raid team’s ability level … [Read more of this article]

Guild Advancement 101

This post has everything you ever wanted to know about the guild leveling system and perks for the expansion. Guild reputation Edit: There is going to be a cap on the amount of reputation you can earn with your guild. That value will be capped weekly. It’s not like guild experience (that’s capped daily). Like … [Read more of this article]

Current Legendaries Don’t Count?

I’m wearing a sad face. The guild rewards you guys are seeing in game are not hooked up yet. Guild rewards have 3 requirements that must be be met before you can use them. First and foremost, they must be unlocked via a guild achievement. Let’s just say, that for example, you need to complete … [Read more of this article]

Herding Kingslayers

I regret to announce that my planned post for today has to be put back to a later date. Why? Herding Cats and friends downed Lich King 10 last night. OK, the post title was a bit of a giveaway. Excuse me a second. w0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000t! I’m really happy. And really proud of my group. … [Read more of this article]

Little Things of Joy

Those that have followed my posts here since I started writing know that I’m a two-faced WoW player. =) I don’t mean two-faced in that way. I mean it in another sense. I belong to two guilds. Unpossible, and Team Sport. Both guilds are fantastic, and I’m so proud to be in both of them. … [Read more of this article]

A Prescription for Raid Morale

Raiding can always be stressful. Although the content has been called “too easy”, some of us still struggle with certain encounters. We’ve cut our teeth on Normal Modes, and make the step up to the Heroic. Haunting are the nights of banging our heads against Icehowl cause one raid member is just a little slow on getting … [Read more of this article]

13 Tips to be a Naxx Immortal (and Undying)

This is a guest post by Ulkesshern, a Holy Paladin from the EU! Undying and Immortal two achievements that are on paper really easy to get, but in practice seem to be fiendishly difficult. Below are some random tips to hopefully help you all get some of the coolest titles in the game. Do Razuvious … [Read more of this article]