Winter Veil’s a’comin! The nights are closing in, the frost’s creeping over the tavern windows and yetis are Icehowl’ing in the snowy fields. It’s a magical time of year that we’d like to celebrate alongside you folks – what better time than to give you a gift? That gift is – a chat by the … [Read more of this article]
Your Winter Veil Gift, From Us
Assigning Healing Strategy – Part 2: D...
Image courtesy of hkarl Welcome to the second in a 5 part series here on World of Matticus. For the next several weeks, I’ll be covering the rare topic of assigning raid heals. No one really wants to do it but it’s the most important job in the raid and I’ll provide a basic overview … [Read more of this article]
Going All In on the Crystal Spire of Karabor
Poker is one of my favourite non-WoW activities and I know I’m not the only one. One of the cardinal skills you pick up as you play the cards is knowing when to go all in. My guild utilizes a DKP system (chips) and now that we’ve started to work on Illidan in order to … [Read more of this article]
4 Smart Studying Lessons to Help Get an A in...
For the few of us unlucky souls who are undergoing a summer semester in school, it serves to have a helpful reminder of what we students can do to get ahead and get an A. The flip-side is that some of these lessons work both ways and can be applied in WoW. Do your homework … [Read more of this article]
Brooding Over Bloodboil
For once, I’m at a loss here and I’m hoping to garner some insight or advice from the readers. My Guild had started to work on Gurtogg Bloodboil. We were working on Bloodboil for a few hours on Sunday. I used to think that Najentus was considered a heavy healing fight. Boy was I wrong. … [Read more of this article]
6 Reasons Why I Haven’t Killed Archimo...
Image courtesy of KLatham Note: If you are against WoW players with elitist attitudes, don’t read this post. "No sacrifice, no victory!" Sam Witwicky (Transformers, 2007) I’m sure you’ve read about some of the frustrations that I’ve had with Archimonde in the past few weeks that we’ve worked on him. I wrote off the first … [Read more of this article]
Healers: Simplify Your Healing Tank Targets
Nowadays, our raids frequently carry as little as 3 tanks to as many as 5. Keeping track of who’s heaing who can be a bit of a doozy. Even the tiniest confusion or overlap can be wipe a raid. Here’s a quick tip make assigning heals easier. Old and Busted In older raids, we’d have … [Read more of this article]
Ask Matt: Raid help?
It just occurred to me. I’ve spending so much time writing about Guild theory and blogging that I’ve started to deviate from my primary focus: help you heal your raid. Right now, the trend from some of the other bloggers I’ve seen is trouble with Kael’Thas. I’m working on a fairly mammoth sized project that … [Read more of this article]
Finally: The Kael’Thas Death Story
I was debating between that title or 40 Raids and 40 Wipes. But he’s dead. What a thrill! =) We started him at 4:00 and killed him about 40 minutes later. First attempt of the night! That gives us about 4 hours to play with Mount Hyjal. Whoo hoo! Expect a Priest primer on Kael … [Read more of this article]
Healing Tips for 25-Man Raiding: WoW Insider...
I woke up this morning and decided to check my grades to see how I did this semester. Turns out I got an F in Cognitive Science. Now I’m really depressed about it, but I’m working on a plan to address it next year. Anyway, aside from that I was catching up on a little … [Read more of this article]