Matticast Episode 9 – BOEs, Calling Wipes, and Picking Raiders

Welcome to Episode 9 of The Matticast. This week Borsk, Matt, Kat, and Brian, discuss: – The Economics of BOEs – When to call a wipe. – Resto Shaman Spirit Refresh – When/How to test new raiders. Sites mentioned State of DPS Posts referenced When do you call a wipe? Don’t forget you can send us your questions or …

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How to Melee DPS Without Making Healers Cry

This is a guest post by Shazrad of Zul’jin. One of the best players I’ve ever had the pleasure of raiding with. ~Lodur As DPS it’s our job to do as much DPS as possible.  We can’t do that if we can’t stay alive. We can’t do that if we are irritating our healers to …

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Book Review: The Guild Leader’s Handbook

There is a book for everything it seems. Some will tell you how to hack an iPhone, others will tell you how to cook rare and exotic treats. In the gaming world there has been everything from strategy and content guides to art books and everything in between. A few weeks ago a new book …

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Girls Hate Chuck Norris: On Women and Raiding Guilds

This article, including the title, is inspired by some of the comments on yesterday’s post from Matticus about gauging the success of raiding guilds. I thought that the issue of women and raiding, which appears on the original checklist, deserved its own post. However, I am quite aware that every time a blogger makes a …

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