Raiding
Should I take the Moonkin T11 pants for Resto?
Mar 12th
Following on from yesterday’s article on which chest/shoulder combo Resto Druids should take, commenter Krossi brought up something that I had forgotten about – the option of taking the Moonkin T11 pants, which have Spirit and Haste (where our pants have Spirit and Crit).
If you’re really trying to hit that 2004 breakpoint, particularly non-alchemists who don’t get a cheap +194 leg-up from Vibrant Alchemist Stone, then taking the Moonkin pants as your offset item is a good way to bump up your haste. [...]
Mailbag: Which T11 chest/shoulder combo is best?
Mar 11th
Nymerias wrote to me recently and asked: “I’m really not sure about how to go about getting my 4-set of tier 11 gear. Originally I thought the shoulders off of Omnotron were the best option to go off tier with. The list I found opted for the off tier chest off of Halfus instead. I am just hoping to get your opinion on the matter.” [...]
Ghostcrawler blog: We’re watching healing
Jan 13th
GC has a new blog article, if you haven’t seen it yet, about dungeons and raids, and how they are monitoring player satisfaction/dissatisfaction. It can be found here. Here is a snippet: We do understand that some healers are frustrated and giving up. That is sad and unfortunate. But the degree to which it’s happening,
Discussion: Will GKP die or thrive?
Nov 18th
The big drawcard for the 25man GKPs was that you were getting 25man loot, and people were willing to pay through the nose for it, to gear up their alts. Now it will be the same as 10man loot, which can be pugged, so I think that a lot of people will think “screw paying 10k gold for 10man loot”. [...]
Understanding combat resurrection in Cataclysm
Nov 5th
A summary of in-combat resurrection spell changes in Cataclysm. [...]
How to use Efflorescence in 4.0
Oct 4th
I want to show you why Efflorescence is good, and give you some ideas for how to use it to your advantage in Patch 4.0 – when we get our shiny new talent trees.
I thought perhaps the best way would be to use some examples to show how cool it would be to have Efflorescence in particular situations. I think once you get thinking about its potential uses, you’ll realise how nifty this spell can be. [...]
A little bit of history repeating itself
Aug 24th
The game is very cyclic. I’ve said this all along, and I’ve come to accept that most of the time, most raiding guilds will have a use-by date that they will reach, and no matter how successful they are, how good the atmosphere, how long the relationships, how aggressive the recruitment – sometimes there’s just no way to salvage raiding, because the announcement of a new expansion plants a seed in the minds of a lot of raiders. [...]
Casual Kingslayer
Jul 13th
I was browsing the forums this morning and noticed a post called “Casual Kingslayer“.
Back in TOC, my 10 man guild ran “organised PUGs” of 25man TOC, including heroic modes – which, at the time, put us briefly at 3rd on the server progression ladder, or something similar. So I’m always interested to see “casual” or weekend raiders getting through content.
(Note: this is not a “casual vs hardcore” post) [...]
Power Auras exports – Ruby Sanctum
Jul 1st
Just a quickie: here are my exports for Fiery Combustion and Soul Consumption, the “get debuffed quick or you’ll drop a massive void zone thingy” debuffs. This will allow you to move out of/away from the raid so that you don’t drop the damagey spot under everyone’s feet.
Super simple – fiery combustion puts a red skull over your character, and soul consumption puts a purple one (everyone knows that souls and soul-related abilities are purple). [...]
A 10man raider in a 25man guild
Jun 22nd
I’ll come right out and admit it – I am a 10man raider playing in a 25man guild. In Cataclysm there is a pretty good chance I will be a 10man raider within my guild – regardless of what our main raid nights are used for. If the guild continues to do 25s, I may participate, but I feel drawn to the 10man format, and feel that in Cataclysm there will be an abundance of 10man runs, so I will have plenty of opportunities to continue to slay dragons.
Graylo posted about equity in Cataclysm raiding, and the balance (or lack of balance) between 10s and 25s, going forward. He wants to know why 25s and 10s have to be equal, in terms of rewards, etc. He makes some great points, but I had to pull one of them out to respond to, because I disagree very strongly. [...]
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