Shaman healing has been a bit… rough for most people. Our numbers haven’t been much in the way of competition compared to holy priests, holy paladins and now disc priests along side druids. We’ve got a lot of tools, but were lacking some necessary power when compared to other classes. As I’ve proven you can … [Read more of this article]

Welcome to Episode 6 of The Matticast. This week Matt, Borsk, Kat, and Brian discuss: How to deal with raiders not pulling their weight, from both a leader and non-leader perspective. Listener Topic: The State of Druids & Shaman or The Reason Why What Paragon Does Shouldn’t Matter. Don’t forget you can send us your questions or topic, and … [Read more of this article]

Following the recent world first heroic Sinestra kill by Paragon, players have been pouring over their logs determining their raid composition and the numbers necessary to succeed in such an encounter. One thing of note is that the raid Paragon took was assembled without any shaman of any spec or flavor. This has caused a … [Read more of this article]

This week on episode 5 of The Matticast, Lodur joins the crew as we sit down to discuss random encounter mechanics such as the drakes on Halfus, healers getting the blame, more Paragon Druid/Shaman drama, and the challenging life of a raider. [Read more of this article]

This is a guest post by Vrykerion of Oddcraft This year I participated in the Blog Azeroth Secret Santa blog post exchange. You can view my submission at Jaedia’s Menagerie. ~lodur Salutations and greetings! I am Vrykerion, writing this post as part of ‘Blog Azeroth’s Secret Santa Blog Post Exchange Thing of Happiness’.  If you’ve come here … [Read more of this article]

Welcome to Episode 2 of The Matticast. This week Matt, Borsk, Kat, and Brian discuss: How to spend those first Valor Points How to deal with a guildie who is not enjoying their class (or what to do if that guildie is you!) Are Druids and Shaman really not useful in High End Raiding Community … [Read more of this article]

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]

Just wanted to post a quick reminder of the dispel changes. Every healing class has the capability to remove harmful magic effects from friendly targets. You may have to talent into it somewhere, but it is possible. In encounters going forward, any highly important buffs that need to be removed will come in the form … [Read more of this article]

In case you’ve missed it, I’ve grown quite partial to the idea behind Spirit Link. I’ve talked about it recently wondering where it is. Before that I lamented its absence as the one that got away. Today I’d like to take a different approach to this enigma. Tuesday I reported about the Cataclysm beta and … [Read more of this article]

As some of you may or may not know, I am actually trained in the skills of an architect. It’s a fun fact about me on the off chance you care about that sort of thing. The reason I bring this up is because all throughout my college career, my teachers attempted to drive home … [Read more of this article]