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Were the Priest Buffs Needed?

Yeah, probably. I didn’t realize that Priests were a little underpowered in the regen department. That’s one of the benefits of doing stuff in guild groups. I was getting the encounters down, but they weren’t exactly the prettiest kills. Over the previous weekend when we were grinding out the heroics, I would almost get to … [Read more of this article]

Special Delivery: Roundup Of This Week’...

Time for a look at the week that’s passed, before Wrath passes and we’re all sat waiting for the servers to come up or freezing our branches off in queues on Monday night. Ayup, this is the last roundup I’ll be doing before Cataclysm hits and while this week’s posts are all really interesting reads … [Read more of this article]

Lodur’s Final Thoughts Before 3.1

I’d like to condense my final thoughts on the Restoration Shaman Changes so far, since the patch is imminent at this point and shouldn’t be too far off. The hottest topic for Shamans as of late has been the Blessing of Wisdom and Mana Spring Totem stacking change.  Understandably we were all a bit shocked … [Read more of this article]

Thoughts on Rapture and Mana Regen

I wanted to put some thoughts together on the post 3.1 Rapture ability and our overall mana regen. A lot of players have contacted me and wondered why I thought it was a buff and asked what it meant for their mana regeneration. Why am I so optimistic about something that’s going to tank our … [Read more of this article]

Ghostcrawler Provides Specifics on the 3.1 M...

Phew! Priests and druids can breathe again as, today, Ghostcrawler explained the specific nature of the upcoming revision to out-of-casting mana regeneration. I’ll let the crab’s words speak for themselves, but you can read the whole interesting discussion here. The goal is to have mana last about the same for all healers. We don’t think … [Read more of this article]

Guest Casting on the Rawrcast

I mentioned Monday that I would be appearing as a guest on the Rawrcast. Stomp asked me to help her out and solicit some questions from the readers here. I believe the topics will be on: Dual specs Mana regen Ulduar Anything else is fair game Go to this post and flood her comments (or … [Read more of this article]

Resto Shaman: INT vs MP5

This is a guest post by Chloebelle, a Resto Shaman helping you decide between MP5 or Int as the stat to aim for There is something that feels really dirty when you start stacking intellect. Like that’s what you would do if you knew nothing but what was on the WoW Tool Tips. For so … [Read more of this article]

Guest Post: A Micro Level Look at a Priest&r...

This is a guest post from Calogero Hey all , this is Calogero, level 80 discipline priest from Lothar. A little about me before I begin: I am currently raiding with ‘Legion’, a guild that has pushed through all of Naxx 10 up to Sapphiron in the past two weeks. My raid experience includes everything … [Read more of this article]

The Reality of Healing Heroics and Tips for ...

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. – Newt Gingrich I’ve scheduled a tentative 10 man Naxx on Saturday. We’re projected to have around 8 players that are capable of reaching that level by then. After that, I’ll have no choice but to … [Read more of this article]

3 Reasons Why I Pick Blackened Sporefish ove...

People choose the paths that gain them the greatest rewards for the least amount of effort. That’s the law of nature." Dr. Gregory House I wanted to highlight another one of my oh-so-important thought processes today on why I decide to do some things one way and not another. My debut column at WoW Insider … [Read more of this article]