Perhaps not everyone observes Thanksgiving as an actual holiday.  That’s perfectly fine.  It’s still a great reason to stuff your face, watch some football, and be thankful for the things you have around you! As I sit in my office (people still have to know the traffic), I’m inclined to be thankful for a lot of things.  The usual:  I’m happy I have a job, my health, my happiness, and a roof over my head. However, I’m going to take one extra moment to be thankful... Read Full Story

This is a guest post by a Ophelie, a new Holy Paladin who has recently joined Conquest. Check out her blog: The Bossy Pally. So Monday night, I was formally introduced to Anub 10 man on hard mode and was lucky enough to get his number. Matticus suggested I write about my impressions so that others may be amused, and by amused I mean informed, about how one heals this fight for the first time as a holy paladin. I prefer writing stories to strategies, but for all you practical people, I’ll ha... Read Full Story

This is a guest post by Aleph, who chronicled his early end game gearing process. Upon levelling my priest to level 80 and looking at joining my guild’s raid team as a healer, I found that I hit a barrier where I simply had no means of gaining any new gear that would get me up to Naxx10 level and therefore enter the raiding circuit as it were. Before I continue I should make a few things clear. I play in seasons. I play from June/July to September, then break until December and play until e... Read Full Story

This is a guest post by jeffo, a Paladin blogger from Looking For More. Way back on September 15 I posted ‘Bubble and Crits: 3.0 to 3.2’.  In that post, I examined the development of Holy Paladins from the release of Wrath up to the much-feared Great Illumination Nerf of 2009 (i.e. Patch 3.2), and looked at how the changes to mana regeneration across the board in that patch ‘encouraged’ Holy Paladins to go from a Holy/Ret Crit-based spec into a Holy/Prot spec that focused on mitigation ... Read Full Story

It’s late where I’m at right now. The clock just turned 10 PM. So what’s been going on lately? The blog One of the suggestions made in my recent reader survey was to update my blog links on the side as many of them have called it quits or have been (presumably) abandoned. I couldn’t agree more. It was about time for a changing of the guard anyway. I like to deliberately keep the list limited (under 20 or so) so that it maintains some degree of exclusiveness. That, and I find blogrolls with 30... Read Full Story

Raiding can always be stressful.  Although the content has been called “too easy”, some of us still struggle with certain encounters.  We’ve cut our teeth on Normal Modes, and make the step up to the Heroic.  Haunting are the nights of banging our heads against Icehowl cause one raid member is just a little slow on getting out of the way.  We shake our heads in disgrace because a DPS class is too used to “being carried” when we try Yogg+Anything.  Raid nights ge... Read Full Story

If you get this in your email, don’t follow through on it. These fakes are getting better and better. Note: You can usually tell by the “To” field. This one wasn’t sent to my registered WoW email address. ***SECURITY FOOTER*** :: Thanks for reading a post from World of Matticus! "You miss 100% of the shots you never take." - Wayne Gretzky This post sponsored by Byte Me Gaming.Warning: Jade Tiger Pet a Scam Read Full Story

This PUG will self destruct in five seconds. The first whiff of a short, lit fuse? A group leader spamming the beastly phrase “link achiev or no inv”. I believe it’s a doom knell for any PUG. It makes Dalaran and trade chat more dangerous places for a group than a fire breathing dragon with left-side whelps. Perhaps you’ve not heard the phrase. It’s often used as a recruitment method by PUG leaders.  They are demanding that potential group members whisper them with a ... Read Full Story

Meet Simone. She’s the new healing lead and she needs your help. None of the other healers wanted the job of organizing and assigning healing. The raid leader doesn’t understand enough about healing to confidently handle it himself. Simone has decided to take initiative and do it. But she needs your help! Scenario: Heroic Northrend Beasts 25 Tanks: Warrior, Paladin, Death Knight Healers: 2 Resto Shamans, 1 Holy Paladin, 1 Discipline Priest, 2 Resto Druid (1 optimized for tank hea... Read Full Story

Most of the time, when I ask for feedback, I usually have a chat with my fellow blog contributors on the staff. Occasionally, I’ll get some thoughts and opinions via the contact form. But here’s where I made the fatal mistake. There’s one important person that I failed to consult. You. You’re the readers. You’re the ones that subscribe. You’re the ones that re-tweet posts. You’re the ones that come back here everyday. So in an effort to continue making this blog useful and valuable, I’m op... Read Full Story