Saturday, October 24, 2009

Big Bear Butt Solos Chillmaw (Video)

Watch BBB solo Chillmaw which is a Level 82 Elite frost wyrm in one of the Argent Tournament daily quests.
http://thebigbearbutt.com/2009/10/23/bear-bite-video-soloing-chillmaw/

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BIG BEAR BUTT'S TIPS FOR NEW BEAR TANKS

BBB addresses the perception that bears can't tank and gives excellent advice for raiding bears.  This is a Must Read for tanking bears.
http://thebigbearbutt.com/2009/10/23/advice-on-being-less-squishy/

About bear consumables
http://thebigbearbutt.com/2009/12/26/patch-3-3-bear-gear-consumables/

Bear mechanics for beginners
http://thebigbearbutt.com/2009/12/26/intro-to-the-basics-of-bear-mechanics/

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Resto Druids' Primer

Pike has written a basic primer for playing as a restoration druid.  She covers spells, specs, and glyphs and talks about what is important for various situations.
http://www.aspectofthehare.net/2009/10/tree-hugger-pikes-basic-primer-for-resto-druids.html

The new resto druid columnist at WOW Insider has written a long guide for restos.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/26/shifting-perspectives-restoration-101/

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Tracking WOW Internet Traffic

WOW Insider writes about information a company that tracks Internet traffic levels has on gaming traffic.
http://www.wow.com/2009/10/22/world-of-warcraft-in-the-nets-traffic-patterns/

This is an article from the company mentioned above about European versus United States Internet traffic.
http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2009/08/what-europeans-do-at-night/

Here is part one of the following article that breaks down what U.S. Internet traffic is doing.
http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2009/08/the-internet-after-dark/

Part two.
http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2009/08/the-internet-after-dark-part-ii/

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Testing Your DPS on a Dummy UPDATED

Note: this is not about testing DPS on the dummies who like to sit on a mailbox.
http://www.wow.com/2009/10/22/wow-rookie-whats-my-dps/

UPDATE:  Things to consider when testing.
http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/10/some-comments-on-testing/

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Warriors and Cooldowns

A discussion of warriors and how they use cooldowns.
http://www.wow.com/2009/10/22/the-care-and-feeding-of-warriors-cooldowns/

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Increased Threat for Paladin Tanks

Righteous Defense discusses how to increase your threat generation in five steps.  Some are obvious (use the right rotation) and some are more subtle.  Thanks to WOW Insider for pointing this out.
http://rhida.ch/2009/10/21/5-ways-to-boost-your-threat/


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