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The Tankadin for Dummies Again

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Where were we? Ah, yes, tanking. Last time, we took a look at some basics of Paladin tanking, namely a few things about survivability. That's just the tip of the iceberg. When I said tanking was the most technical play style in the game, it's because tanks have to look ...

Hymns get revamped

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Every Sunday (usually), Spiritual Guidance will offer practical insight for priests of the holy profession. Your host is Matt Low, the grand poobah of World of Matticus and a founder of PlusHeal, a new healing community for all restorative classes. Hymn of Hope is back in a new way! But ...

Sneak peek at World of Warcraft comic issue 16

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

The official WoW website has put up a preview for issue 16 of the World of Warcraft comic. I have to say, this one doesn't look nearly as facepalm inducing as the last few. In fact, aside from a few art oddities (did Valeera just trip up there?), it looks ...

BLUE POST: Why so much focus on resilience?

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

I completely understand the hesitation on your part on tweaking classes for fear of affecting them in the long run. However the plan of "wait and see how things turn out with more resilience" does not bring confidence to the players that things will improve.

Don’t be that guy

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

From: http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/01/13/heroics-as-a-fresh-80-dont-be-that-guy/ Back in the beginning of Burning Crusade, when heroic instances were originally introduced, you had to get to Revered standing with a dungeon's associated faction to buy a key that would let you into heroic mode. Later, that requirement was relaxed to Honored. This was taken one step further ...

Kick off 2009

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Happy New Year! While everyone has been a little off of their normal schedules due to the holidays, you may notice that some of your comics faves are absent this week. Fortunately, after digging a little deeper, I managed to come up with a sizeable list, including a comic that ...

Forgotten Shadow Hood

Monday, January 5th, 2009

From: http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/01/02/phat-loot-phriday-forgotten-shadow-hood/#continued We haven't done any cloth in a while, so here's a cool-looking hood that you can get by running a Heroic this weekend. Name: Forgotten Shadow Hood (Wowhead, Thottbot, Wowdigger) Type: Rare Cloth Head Armor: 236 Abilities: +54 Stamina, +44 Intellect, +66 Spirit, which makes it excellent for Warlocks or healers. Gallery: Phat Loot Phriday Meta ...