The Price of Popularity (or Healer, Heal Thyself)

This is a guest post by Sylly Syll who writes about the cons of being a sought after healer. Certainly, negatives might not immediately leap to mind for a healer who has a lot of friends, is generally considered to be talented and capable, and is offered seemingly endless opportunities to do runs for which …

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5 Archetypes of the Healer

This is a guest post by Lodur Hello everybody! Lodur, resto shaman from Zul’jin here again. I was running heroic Violet Hold last night when a hiccup with a player and Zuramat the Obliterator almost caused the group to wipe (lag + lots of little adds = low health for everyone). We were able to …

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Single Target Healing in a Multi Target World

This is a guest post by Holy Paladin and Disc Priest blogger Ambrosyne of For the Bubbles By the time I dinged 80 with my paladin, I was about ready to throw in my hat.  "This is insane!" I huffed.  "I feel as if Blizzard hates holy paladins."  This is likely an exaggeration, but I’m …

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Evaluating Healer Performance

This is a guest post from Derevka who has been actively blogging on his blog Tales of a Priest. This post is in reply to Healing Meters Suck and tries to tie in some qualitative and quantitative healing performance analysis. Healing Meters suck? I tend to disagree. Healing meters and WWS Reports provide an insane …

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5 Tips for Transferring Servers

This is a guest post from @katagirl, Matt’s fellow guildie and a WoW Twitterati I’ve been playing World of Warcraft for over two and a half years. In this time, I’ve transferred to different servers twice. Choosing to transfer to a different server is a big decision, because unlike a haircut or a mini-pet – …

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