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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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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Don’t Rely on Addons to Heal

A few nights ago, I decided to participate in a Heroic Naxx pug (and you know my thoughts on the subject). But I always go back to it since I like to use my Shaman to decompress. Like most pugs, we stood around for 30 minutes (literally) for the lead to dish out instructions. The …

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Discipline With Penance – How it Works

This is a guest post by Kitts where he posts a response about why Penance IS the spell to use. I read a number of World of Warcraft oriented blogs: some of them have to do with Hunters, some with Druids, and some with Priests.  I respect all the people who post on these blogs …

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Warning: Bad Targeting can Lead to Raid Deaths

"Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment." – Baltasar Gracian, The Oracle I bet this is something not many healers even think about. I’m not here to talk about your raid frames or your raid UIs. They all represent the same thing (health bars). But a good healer knows better then …

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