This week the gang catches up on your tweets discussing: Helping implement change, the necessity of heroic progression, leaving your guild, and 4.1 for healers. [Read more of this article]
Matticast Episode 16 – Adopting Change, Un...
Matticast Episode 4
Welcome to Episode 4 of The Matticast. This week Matt, Borsk, Kat, and Brian discuss: How to keep your raid team intact when progression stalls. How to motivate raiders to be better than average The listener topic this week tackles difficult boss encounters Don’t forget you can send us your questions or topic, and be sure … [Read more of this article]
Podcast Topic: What Dungeon/Raid Bosses Are ...
Each week on Matticast we will be featuring a topic driven by our audience. You can submit your comments on this post, or e-mail us with your thoughts. You can even send us an audio clip (mp3 format please). This is your chance to have your say on what we discuss on World of Matticus. Also don’t … [Read more of this article]
Dual Unto Others
In a perfect world, we would all be fortunate enough to run with only our guildmates in Heroics and find that perfect unison of one tank, three DPS and one healer that could create that magic and that would ensure those hours of farming gear and Justice Points are nothing short of a blissful experience. … [Read more of this article]
It came from the PUG: Tanks but no tanks.
The life of a healer in Cataclysm is new, exciting, and often times terrifying. The new expansion does something quite well, it makes healing really really hard. Since hitting level 85, I quickly geared up for healing and DPS just in case a guild group had a DPS slot available. Guild groups have been an … [Read more of this article]
It Came From the P.U.G.!: Why I Hate Gundrak
For those who might not know yet, my gluttony for abuse knows no bounds. As a result I find myself in a rather large number of P.U.G. groups. At the end of the day I bring you, my readers, the stories of my travels in the random grouping of Azerothian adventure! I really really hate … [Read more of this article]
Heroic Entitlement?
The place: Utgarde Keep. The time: I don’t know, there are no windows in the beginning. The people: Me, the Resto Shaman. A Mage, a Death Knight, a Ret Paladin, and a Prot Warrior. Five players with an intertwined fate. The goal: Frost Emblems. The affliction: a tank’s self-appointed sense of entitlement. Follow me now … [Read more of this article]
Are Easier Heroics Better in the Long Run?
Image Courtesy of Geico Insurance The patch 3.3.2 includes a few amendments to Heroic Dungeons and how they’re played. Entire packs of mobs are being deleted. Bosses abilities are being shortened or being made less frequent. Fight mechanics are being made easier. In essence, Blizzard is giving us more opportunities to blow through these dungeons … [Read more of this article]
It Came From The P.U.G.: GearScore Edition.
For those who might not know yet, my gluttony for abuse knows no bounds. As a result I find myself in a rather large number of P.U.G. groups. At the end of the day I bring you, my readers, the stories of my travels in the random grouping of Azerothian adventure! This week I’m going … [Read more of this article]
It Came From The P.U.G. : The Val’anyr...
Every night at 3am server time I log back into game and queue up for my daily random heroic. Normally it’s amusing when people inspect me as the healer and see that I have Val’anyr equipped. They normally make comments about feeling more at ease especially when the random is heroic Halls of Reflection. But … [Read more of this article]