Want to know a secret? There’s a simple way to make WoW more fun. Last night I had more fun in a random dungeon than I have for a long time. I was in Stockades, of all places. A Stockades run is usually a pedestrian half hour filled with enemies which aren’t challenging but have … [Read more of this article]
Making Dungeons Fun Again
Death of the Niche Healer
Recently a topic has sprung up among many healers. There are lots of blog posts popping up about it so I figured since I’ve been going on about it for a while now, I’ll add my two copper to the public domain here, but first a story. In the days of vanilla World of Warcraft, … [Read more of this article]
Guest Post: Tanks and Healers Should Get The...
This is a guest post from We Fly Spitfires. Tanks and healers are the most important classes for any group. Tanks set the pace of the group, the flow of experience and man the vanguard as they lead the team into battle. Healers mend the broken bones of their companions and keep the tanks a … [Read more of this article]
Let’s Get Reacquainted With Healing!
A lot of things have changed since the introduction of Dual-specs. Players, and indeed raids as a whole have become much more versatile. A lot of times guilds are calling on Hybrid classes that have healing capabilities to heal in a pinch, my guild is no exception and all of my healing capable raiders do … [Read more of this article]
Ulduar Caster Weapons and Tier Gear: A Prime...
Here’s a list of all spellcaster related weapons that drop from Ulduar. Items are sorted in the rough order of progression that raiding groups will be going in. I linked all currently known spellpower weapons and off hands so that your raid group can get a general idea of what item to go for and … [Read more of this article]
Healing Rotation: Good Idea or Bad Idea?
Look at this blue post below. It appears that Priests are about to get additional sweeping changes to the class. We have some exciting changes planned for priests. Many of them will make it in 3.1 (Ulduar). We hope to have them finalized enough to be able to announce some in the next couple of … [Read more of this article]
The Price of Popularity (or Healer, Heal Thy...
This is a guest post by Sylly Syll who writes about the cons of being a sought after healer. Certainly, negatives might not immediately leap to mind for a healer who has a lot of friends, is generally considered to be talented and capable, and is offered seemingly endless opportunities to do runs for which … [Read more of this article]
4 Questions to Answer on the Respec Policy
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post detailing the freedom that players had in their own play. Reader Revaan wrote a series of questions that I wanted to answer but I never got around to it until now. I’ll divide that post into two parts: One with a direct Q & A to … [Read more of this article]
5 Archetypes of the Healer
This is a guest post by Lodur Hello everybody! Lodur, resto shaman from Zul’jin here again. I was running heroic Violet Hold last night when a hiccup with a player and Zuramat the Obliterator almost caused the group to wipe (lag + lots of little adds = low health for everyone). We were able to … [Read more of this article]
Don’t Rely on Addons to Heal
A few nights ago, I decided to participate in a Heroic Naxx pug (and you know my thoughts on the subject). But I always go back to it since I like to use my Shaman to decompress. Like most pugs, we stood around for 30 minutes (literally) for the lead to dish out instructions. The … [Read more of this article]