COMPARING BEAR AND CAT GEAR (FERAL DRUIDS)

A three part article discussing the differences and similarities among cat and bear form feral druids.
http://wowthinktank.blogspot.com/2009/01/druidthe-anti-tank-maximizing-dps-for.html

http://wowthinktank.blogspot.com/2009/01/druidthe-anti-tank-part-2-stats-case.html

http://wowthinktank.blogspot.com/2009/01/druid-anti-tank-part-3-blowing-stuff-up.html

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Thought for the Day

The Solo MMO Player asks:  Do you play your character, or do you wear it?

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The Feral Druid Tank

Karthias looks at Nurturing Instinct as a talent to help heal his feral druid tank in cat form. Note that this is from 2008. Read the comments for more insight.
http://teethandclaws.blogspot.com/2008/04/more-on-nurturing-instinct.html

A discussion from 2007 about how a bear tank can heal without shifting out of bear form.
http://vnboards.ign.com/wow_druid_class/b22777/105202468/p1/

More about bear tanking threat rotations from Karthias from May 2009.
http://teethandclaws.blogspot.com/2009/05/bear-threat-rotations.html


A feral druid talks about how to improve as a tank.
http://feralconfessions.wordpress.com/2009/02/13/this-tank-sucks/

Loot scales for Patch 3.1 (we are currently operating under Patch 3.2).
http://teethandclaws.blogspot.com/2009/04/loot-weighting-for-31.html

Feral druid PvP tactics against various classes (from 2006!).
http://thedruidsgrove.org/wow/forums/archive/index.php/t-10803.html

Karthias posts his feral druid gear worksheet here.  It's a Google document so anyone can see it no matter what computer flavor they use.  Note the Bear Only and Cat Only pages at the bottom.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pdnkV0444wHn_grOhx1RkNg

A Karthias macro to keep from accidentally switching out of bear form.
http://teethandclaws.blogspot.com/2008/12/poison-pill-macros.html

Big Bear Butt's video guide to leveling your weapon skill as a feral druid.
http://thebigbearbutt.com/2009/02/20/leveling-your-weapon-skill-the-video/

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Tanking from Many Angles

Discussions on tanking are popping up all over.  (This must be the topic of the week in the Blog-o-Sphere.)  The first article explains how a feral druid in bear form tanks and is a guide for those new to bear tanking.
http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/eu-forums/9521444247-guide-bear-tanking-for-dummies.html

Big Red Rhino explains how a hunter tank keeps aggro, discussing things such as crowd control and resistance buffs.
http://bigredrhino.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/so-your-healer-pulls-aggro/

Last, here is a discussion of exactly what a main tank is and what their responsibilities in a raid should be.  Note that the article is really talking about raid attendance and the main tank's responsibilities.
http://avengingwrathy.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/what-is-a-main-tank/

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Sharing Raid Loot the GDKP Way

Another raid loot division system.  Basically, everyone bids gold on loot drops, high bid wins.  The gold that was bid goes into a pot that is shared out equally after the raid ends.
http://deathknight.info/2009/11/gdkp-and-you-the-other-way-to-get-loot/

Cold Comfort is not a fan.  (Neither is the Solo MMO Player.)
http://blog.cold-comfort.org/gdkp-guild-loot-system/

More critiques.
http://www.wow.com/2009/11/22/the-sudden-popularity-of-gdkp/

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