Sunday, January 30, 2011

I Love Flow Charts


This is my "How to find a scrub" flow chart! Pick a role and see where it leads you. If your group is constantly wiping, this chart can help weed out the scrubs!

Friday, January 28, 2011

I Hate Chakra Right Now

There has been a TON of QQ on the forums about our Chakra mechanic. Questions like, "Why is there a cooldown?" "Why should I be penalized if I hit the wrong spell and get stuck in the wrong state for 30 seconds?" have plagued the forums to the point where Blizzard is looking at the mechanic very closely. Some suggestions have been made by players.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Gems, Gear, and Stats for the Raiding Priest

Another day, another Heroic Magister's Terrace done with NO Orb of the Sindorei or White Hawkstrider chicken thing. Sigh. I love the way female Blood Elves cast and I WISH my guild was a Horde guild, but alas, the Orb is the second best thing.

Today I'm going to talk about the type of gear, gems, and stats both types of priests will want to look for on their gear. I'm not going to go into detail with all the math and theorycrafting. If you want that stuff, check out Elitist Jerks or Derevka over at Tales of a Priest for more details.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Cataclysm Raiding Update

We did it! Yes, we defeated the Wyrmbreaker! After hours of tears and tantrums we finally downed Halfus the Wyrmbreaker. I also reaped the reward of the 359 spirit neck piece known as the Wyrmbreaker's Amulet as my first 359 raiding piece. Woot!

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Healing Heroics- Cataclysm Style

Cataclysm is out and everyone is either grinding their way to 85 or are now grinding normal and/or heroic dungeons. I have to say, I wasn't expecting it to be as challenging as it is currently.

I will start off by saying that I have not tried healing heroics as Discipline yet. I'm having a hard enough time healing as Holy, let alone the additional challenge that Disc presents. Yes, Disc is currently challenging to heal for heroic dungeons, but its not impossible. I have learned that with a decent group and some communication over vent, that heroics aren't as hard as people say they are. Pug heroics seem to have low success rates right now, mainly because there is limited communication between players. This is where guild groups really shine. Communication is absolutely essential as is crowd control and positioning. We can't just AoE pull anything anymore.