Archive for March, 2009
Community spotlight
Mar 25th
Here are a few great blogs that you may not have visited yet. Some are new, others have been around for a while but I have only recently stumbled upon them. Druid HealRaaff from Druid Heal describes himself as a “hardcore casual gamer” – unable to adhere to a hardcore guild’s schedule, he wiles away
Ulduar "Immortal" to be per-boss, not per-lockout period
Mar 24th
Hurrah!The Undying/Immortal achievements in Ulduar have been created on a per-boss basis; that is, you don’t have to do the entire instance without anyone dying; you can keep working on the achievement over as many raids as you need to. The Undying, Part Two has been renamed to “Champion of Ulduar” and now require you
Raid frame challenge: an in-depth view of Healbot
Mar 22nd
This is the third installment in my “Grid vs Healbot” series. I had planned this to be a multi-part experiment and feature the other raid frame heavyweights such as Pitbull, XPerl, and so on, but really it’s such a massive job to look at them carefully that I don’t think I can commit to doing
The Empress’ New Clothes
Mar 21st
Look what Matticus and Pike pointed out, if you missed it – Blizzard have given Phae her own Ulduar epic, from Iron Council (25man): Phaelia’s Vestments of the Sprouting Seed Isn’t that wonderful?I remember when Breanni got his in-game tribute, very cool. I think it goes without saying that you have to make a massive
Possible change to ToL talent – no need to be "in tree" to get cheaper HoTs
Mar 20th
A recent quote from GC regarding PvP as trees: One change we are (probably) going to make that will help Resto PvP a little is this:The Tree of Life talent currently grants bonus healing to group members and reduces the cost of your hots in tree form. We would like to change the talent to
Can’t make it to Phae’s farewell
Mar 19th
I can’t make it to Phae’s farewell tomorrow on Scarlet Crusade because I am working at my second job. The different hemispheres and whatnot make it so that it falls in the middle of the afternoon for me. Bah. Gotta get me a laptop..BUT – let’s just say that while I can’t be there, my
Tier 8 & 8.5 stats released
Mar 19th
Another quickie for you – the 10 and 25 man Tier 8 item stats have been released, thanks MMO as usual. Click for larger versions of these images.Tier 8 (10 man):Tier 8.5 (25 man):There’s also mention of Tier 8 idols, with the resto one being: Druid T8 Restoration Relic — Increases the spell power of
Fun and silly guild activities
Mar 18th
Still piecing together my healbot writeup, but it’s been a super busy week (in real life and in guild-land), so it’s not ready yet. In the meantime I thought i would share a fun guild even that I am running (again) on Saturday. I did this back in October when we were 70 but had
The Big Innervate Fix + Drucie comes back
Mar 14th
With the 40% nerf to spirit-based regen, Innervate has taken a big hit. On the PTR it no longer gives you back a full bar of mana, but around 75%. Now, before they announced the changes to Lifebloom, I really didn’t mind too much – I don’t often use my own Innervate, so it wasn’t
Tasty Tier 8 bonuses
Mar 13th
Good old MMO, what would we do without you? Druid T8 Restoration 2P Bonus (Class: Druid) — Increases the healing done by your Swiftmend spell by 10%.Druid T8 Restoration 4P Bonus (Class: Druid) — Your Rejuvenation spell also instantly heals your target for its periodic healing amount. Before you have a heart attack over the
My name is Emma and I live in Australia. I’ve been gaming on and off since I was about 11. I won’t tell you exactly how long ago that was, let’s just say long enough.
