Druid Guide (post-Call of the Crusade)

WOW Insider has posted a very long but up to date guide to playing as a druid.  All the parts are listed in order below.

Why a druid?
http://www.wow.com/2009/07/09/shifting-perspectives-why-or-why-not-to-play-a-druid/

Levels 1-9
http://www.wow.com/2009/07/21/shifting-perspectives-getting-started-and-leveling-1-9/

Levels 10-20 and How to Spec
http://www.wow.com/2009/08/06/shifting-perspectives-leveling-10-20-and-how-to-spec/

Levels 21-30
http://www.wow.com/2009/08/18/shifting-perspectives-leveling-21-30/

Levels 31-40 (with Info on PvP servers)
http://www.wow.com/2009/08/25/shifting-perspectives-leveling-31-40-and-notes-on-pvp-servers/

Levels 41-50
http://www.wow.com/2009/09/03/shifting-perspectives-leveling-41-50/

Levels 51-60
http://www.wow.com/2009/09/08/shifting-perspectives-leveling-51-60/

Levels 61-70
http://www.wow.com/2009/09/15/shifting-perspectives-leveling-61-70/

Levels 71-80
http://www.wow.com/2009/09/30/shifting-perspectives-leveling-71-80/

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Say What You Want (Addon)

WOW Insider features ThatJustHappened, an addon that allows your character to say something when certain conditions are met.  WOW Insider says combining a speech with a skill can be tricky and that this addon is well suited for creating just the right words for a situation.  More here, including a critique of what this addon does well and poorly.
http://www.wow.com/2009/10/18/addon-spotlight-thatjusthappened/

Don't forget to check out Dreambound's speeches created in Lunar Sphere whenever he resurrects a player if ThatJustHappened isn't quite what you wanted.
http://dreambound-druid.blogspot.com/2009/04/resurrection-speeches.html

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New Combat Raid Analysis Website

Burrich added a comment to the September 29 posting on the combat raid analysis addon called World of Logs describing his new website that will parse raid logs for information to help you improve your raiding.  It is in beta form and looks like the site needs data to help get itself up and running.  I haven't found any more information than what Burrich says below.  Sorry.
http://www.mmostories.com/

Here's what Burrich said in his comment:
"Hello,
We have recently launched a new log analysis tool in beta http://www.mmostories.com, it is free and without time or storage limit

Our value is that we store every single data in our database (no only the full logs), so we can calculate everything (It is a matter of time it takes the server to calculate, some things are really challenging).

Here you have some examples:

http://www.mmostories.com/session-154.php

http://www.mmostories.com/session-131.php

We are trying to create a big database where everybody may consult, for example, the avg. hps of druids in thorim in hardmode, or including the time in 5SR, or crit% avg... (we are releasing the comparison tool -as we call it- in some weeks). But honestly we need to have enough data to offer reliable data, and community feedback to refine the tool.

Here you can see another example where you can find some compare examples in the drop down menu called "COMPARE your data with"

http://www.mmostories.com/detail.php?id_actor=2&id_session=154&splitId=4

Plz, offer your feedback via email, or in the forums
Yeah you will find some bugs, but it's beta ;D"





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The PUG Guide to Vault of Archavon: Emalon

Dreambound has written a guide to running Emalon for pick up groups to use.  He claims this is the hardest instance for PUGs to handle since DPS has to switch targets.  Details  of his strategy here.
http://dreambound-druid.blogspot.com/2009/10/puggers-guide-to-voa25-emalon.html

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