Do you know what one of the leading causes of tank death are? Healers not being in range. The other cause is not enough healing (ba-dum-tsch). Whenever I jump into pickup raids or heroics as a DPS player, I am stunned at the inability of players to move and heal. This is an absolutely essential … [Read more of this article]
How to Move and Heal
How To Tank Heal As A Holy Priest
“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but I still can do something and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.” – Helen Keller Holy priests have always had a reputation for being extremely versatile healers. Somewhere down the line … [Read more of this article]
Making Dungeons Fun Again
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]
Why Role Balancing Isn’t Your Average ...
Tobold’s post today is a refreshing look at how the holy trinity of tanks, healers and DPSers might be re-balanced. His basic concept is that it should be made more rewarding – more useful – to players to play a tank or a healer, for their own interest. Rather than developers assuming that the laws … [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]
Matt Answers Your Questions
As surprising as this may sound, I don’t often get a lot of email. Most of them can be easily answered with a few lines and a link. Some of them require much more detailed responses and get turned into posts. The emails that deserve more than a few lines and don’t require posts, I’ll … [Read more of this article]
Healing Assignments for Resto Druids
Perhaps more than any other healing class, Wrath of the Lich King has revolutionized the way druids heal. I’m going to take a bit of a look back to where we came from as a way to help understand any troubles druid healers might face at present when we try to figure out what our … [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]
Discipline With Penance – How it Works
This is a guest post by Kitts where he posts a response about why Penance IS the spell to use. I read a number of World of Warcraft oriented blogs: some of them have to do with Hunters, some with Druids, and some with Priests. I respect all the people who post on these blogs … [Read more of this article]
4 Reasons Healing Meters Suck
This is a guest post by Ulkesshern, an EU Holy Paladin from Hellfire Matticus put a plea out for guest posts and despite it been something I’ve never done I figured ‘Hey, why not?’ and offered up my services and here I am! I’m a Holy Paladin from the EU realm of Hellfire and I’m … [Read more of this article]