Death of the Niche Healer

Recently a topic has sprung up among many healers. There 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, …

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Discipline’s Tier 10 4-piece Joke

Haha!  Hey!  Hey!  I got a great one for ya!  “What do you call a 5% buff to Power Word: Shield?” “Insignificant.” Wait!  I got another one! “Name something fun, interesting, and awesome that gets replaced by something as mundane as a bowl of rocks?” “The Priest Tier 10 4-piece Set Bonus.” Let’s bring everyone …

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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 …

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Thespius and Matticus featured on “Power Word: Fail”

Image is courtesy of Brian Hough. Kind of a fun title, no?  I’m ready to let the “fail” jokes ensue!  Mwa-ha-ha-ha! In all seriousness, the folks over at Raid Warning (xSeven and Epiphanize) have assembled this special podcast (scheduled to be released March 1st) – a roundtable of some of the community’s most prominent priests. Raid …

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Looking at the Holy Priest Renew Spec

There is a discussion that has spawned on Plus Heal about the high use of Renew in T9 and T10 raids. Some players were asking about it and I felt it was enough to touch on and elaborate further about here. What is it? The Renew heavy spec: Take a look. It’s essentially a 14/57/0 …

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