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Death of the Niche Healer

Recently a topic has sprung up among many healers. T here are lots of blog posts popping up about it so I figured since I’ve been going on about it for a while now, I’ll add my two copper to the public domain here, but first a story. In the days of vanilla World of Warcraft, each faction had access to 3 healing classes


Breakfast Topic: When the love comes back

Lately I am supremely enthused about my shaman. Fist weapons! Zapping things! Windfury! Turning that guy into a frog! That guy is totally a frog! Now he’s on fire! The best thing about the enhancement shaman playstyle I’m working with (designed for five mans and the occasional 10 raid) is working out for myself how to glyph and spec for it. It’s admittedly not the most efficient spec, relying on a lot of 3 second Fire Nova blasts in big trash pulls, but it’s undeniably fun


PvP: An Expansion in Ponderance: Resilience and Burst

The start of any expansion is a rough time for PvP. I only have two expansion packs to draw on here, but they both followed the same pattern


Big Crits: Stoney’s new project

Here’s the deal. I’m breaking it here first because … because I love you guys, why else? You’ve followed me from Windfury Crits to Big Hit Box and to WoW.com.


Totem Talk: Enhancement talents

Axes, maces, lightning, fire, frost, and wolves, and best of all, Windfury. It can mean only one thing: enhancement. Rich Maloy lives it and loves it


The Daily Quest: Addon edition

Here at WoW.com we’re on a Daily Quest (which we try to do every day, honest) to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW -related links from around the blogosphere. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment and you may see it here tomorrow! Today we’re talking about your user interface with helpful addons and macros from across the web: The Hunter’s Mark offers 6 addons to make your hunter’s life easier .


Hunter Cataclysm Stat Changes

I had so much fun looking at the stat changes for Honorshammer, I thought I’d see what Cataclysm has in store for my Hunter.


Tanking Stat Changes in Cataclysm

The Devs have unveiled some of the important stat changes coming in Cataclysm. More so than any other Expansion of World of Warcraft, I’ve come to think of Cataclysm as a WoW Reloaded, or WoW 2.0


Cataclysm: Stat and system changes for enhancement shaman

Breaking news: enhancement shamans get the dumb in Cataclysm . Intellect is gone! Are we becoming rogues with mana?


The Daily Quest: Responding to Catacylsm’s stat changes

Here at WoW.com we’re on a Daily Quest (which we try to do every day, honest) to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW -related links from around the blogosphere. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we ought to follow?


Cataclysm: Stat and system changes for spirit and MP5

One of the challenges for many novice level healing druids and priests is figuring out what provided more mana: X MP5 (which stands for mana per 5 seconds) or Y spirit.


Totem Talk: Save yourself

Axes, maces, lightning, fire, frost, and wolves, and best of all, Windfury. It can mean only one thing: enhancement


Focus Casting: Macros And You

I had a revelation last week. It’s one I’m not afraid to share because I suspect there are a lot of players in the same position as me. That position is peering out from round a corner with a bemused grin and crimson cheeks, watching the macro users of our raid do ten things at once while showering the raid in light and laughing at the boss


The Daily Quest: It’s all about the heals

Here at WoW.com we’re on a Daily Quest (which we try to do every day, honest) to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW -related links from around the blogosphere. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we ought to follow? Just leave us a comment and you may see it here tomorrow! Today we’re talking healers


Patch 3.3.3 PTR: Shaman changes

Patch 3.3.3 will bring some interesting changes to shamans. Flame Shock: The damage-over-time component of this ability can now produce critical strikes and is affected by spell haste


Apparently I’m a Bad Healer and a Ninja

Friday was a weird night.


Ooh Ooh Dream…Walker

I believe you can get me through the night…. Last night was an expensive night for me.


Ooh Ooh Dream…Walker

I believe you can get me through the night….


Lodur Joins WoW.com

Not sure if you’ve heard the news, but our very own Lodur’s signed on with WoW.com and will be providing his usual Resto Shaman expertise in the newly expanded Totem Talk . Congrats! Last I heard, he’s also willing to accept suggestion columns for Resto Shamans. Well Lodur, since it is that time of year, here’s what I want to see from you: “How to seduce that elusive shaman” ”13 uses for totems that will satisfy your partner” ”Tail management for the new guy” Although, those will never see the light of day


Ask Stoneybaby: Totems totems everywhere

Welcome to another edition of Ask Stoneybaby. I’ll be your host, Stoneybaby. I received a lot of good questions in the last few weeks, of those I’m pulling a good one from a few weeks back for tonight’s post

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