The Hard Mode Thrill

The post you’re about to read is from the past. I wrote this post on Saturday hours after we had taken down Deconstructor on hard mode. It’s the 10 player version. Going in there, I figured that this was a boss well within the crosshairs of what our guild was capable of doing. The adrenaline …

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Patch 3.2: Crusader’s Coliseum Reactions

In case you haven’t heard, some details of Patch 3.2 have been released. The biggest change that appeals to me is the Crusader’s Coliseum. We’re not even done Ulduar yet and already there’s another instance being released. What is it? It looks to be the new instance hub that 3.2 will offer. Let’s stop for …

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Which Came First? The Aegis or the Shield?

On my daily patrol through the Plus Heal forums, I came across this thread with one very important question by Sundotz. If I proc Divine Aegis ( for 12 sec) and then apply PW: S (15 sec after absorbed), which shield is absorbing damage first? I could have commissioned a study on this with the …

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Hello to wow.com!

I am no longer a contributing editor to WoW Insider. We’ve changed to WoW dot com! You can now find us over at wow.com (which is 7 characters shorter to type, I might add). I’ll still be anchoring Spiritual Guidance and Raid Rx (when the ideas come). I received a lot of private questions about …

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