All About Vuhdo (Healing Addon)

The best overall information I've found on setting up Vuhdo is on Hots & Dots.  This is an introduction dated October 2009 showcasing some of the things Vuhdo does with screenshots.
http://www.hotsdots.com/2009/10/improving-the-interface-using-addons-vuhdo-raid-frames/

Hots & Dots followed up in December 2009 with an article about the layout settings the author uses.  She plays a resto druid mainly.
http://www.hotsdots.com/2009/11/laths-vuhdo-layout/

Here is the Vuhdo wiki. It has a setup walkthrough, a FAQ page, and class specific tips.
http://vuhdo.ithato.com/tiki-index.php


A summary of Vuhdo (January 2010) which is an addon to track healing in raids.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/30/addon-spotlight-vuhdo/

Big Bear Butt installed and tested Vuhdo in June of 2009 and really liked it.  However, there's been no followup posting on his blog about how it preforms over time.
http://thebigbearbutt.com/2009/06/18/vuhdo-is-da-bomb-for-healing/

Rolling Hots installed Vuhdo in July of 2009, and writes about his experience here.
http://www.rollinghots.com/2009/07/21/that-vuhdo-that-you-do/

A PlusHeal (healers' forum) discussion of Vuhdo with comments from the creator, dated March 2009, which has some information about current and planned features.  PlusHeal helped beta test this addon.
http://www.plusheal.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1677

I also found PlusHeal forum Vuhdo setups for resto shamans dated October 2009.
http://www.plusheal.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4555

An April 2009 interview with the creator of Vuhdo.
http://www.nostockui.com/2009/04/that-vuhdo-that-you-do/

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Invisibility Discussion

If you need to know more about using your stealth capabilities, particularly when dealing with mobs, this article will help you.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/12/shifting-perspectives-how-not-to-be-seen/

For solo players who are pet collectors, check out the guide to using stealth to solo grab one of Kibler's exotic pets or to solo run through Mother Smolderweb.
http://www.playthingofthegods.com/DianiusGuides/DianiusGuides.htm

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Arena and Patch 3.3.2 News UPDATED

Apparently last season's arena points have been erased early by accident but they are to be restored since the start of Season Eight has been delayed until Patch 3.3.2 hits.  Details at WOW Insider.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/27/arena-points-being-reimbursed-for-now/

While you wait for your points to reappear, you can look at the armor sets for Season Eight.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/27/season-8-armor-sets-unveiled/

UPDATE:  Here's a comparison of gear from Seasons Seven and Eight.
http://bigredrhino.wordpress.com/2010/02/04/the-advent-of-the-wrathful-pet/

What changes Patch 3.3.2 brings are listed here in the Official Patch Notes.
 http://www.wow.com/2010/02/02/official-patch-3-3-2-patch-notes/

A detailed list of stats for the new Patch 3.3.2 strength rings for melee DPS is here, in case you have a paladin, death knight or warrior.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/26/ashen-verdict-strength-based-melee-dps-rings-stats/

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The Shadow Priest Site (SimulationCraft)

Information for shadow priests.  There is a forum for questions and discussion and tabs about the best raid gear and the best hit (PvP?) gear and more.  However, the "best" lists seem to be end game items for Level 80s.

Theorycrafters will be interested in the "scaling" FAQ tab which is based on SimulationCraft.
http://www.shadowpriest.com/

UPDATE:  WOW Insider describes SimulationCraft (also known as SimCraft) here.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/01/blood-pact-using-simulationcraft-for-gear-selection/

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Developers Talk about the Gunship Battle

If you are interested in how the Icecrown Citadel gunship battle came about, read this interview.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/underdev/gunship-battle.xml

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Solutions to Fire Mage PvP Problems

Euripedes talks about the problems he has in PvP and solutions he's come up with.http://criticalqq.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/fire-mage-pvp-problems-and-solutions/

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Hunter Hit Rating Management Help

http://outdps.com/2010/01/26/how-to-manage-hit-rating/

http://huntsmanslodge.com/5869/hit-rating.htm

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Soloing Attumen the Hunter

How to solo Attumen the Hunter, which is the first boss in Karazhan.
http://feralaggression.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/pimp-your-druid-soloing-attumen-the-huntsman/

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Advice for New and Old Players (Especially Hunters)

Here's some good advice for new hunters from Pike.  Note the link to the WOW Noobs forums.  I've added it below as it seems to be a good place for new WOW players to get advice.
http://www.aspectofthehare.net/2010/01/practical-advice-for-brand-new-hunters.html

http://community.livejournal.com/wow_noobs/

UPDATE:  I've found a very nice website for hunters which has been added to the Favorite Links.
http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/guides/

UPDATE #2:  WOW Wiki has added a Newbie Guide.
http://www.wowwiki.com/Newbie_guide

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Crowd Control Limitations

Blessing of Kings talks about crowd control and why it shouldn't be used too often.
http://blessingofkings.blogspot.com/2010/01/crowd-control.html

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Tips for Healers in Icecrown Citadel

The author asks to have other tips added in the comments section, so look that over, just in case.
http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2010/01/26/healer-101-how-to-storm-citadels-more-smoothly/

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Curse Client for Mac (Version 4 beta) Reviewed

If you use a Mac and Curse, you'll want to see the review of the newest Curse client for Macintoshes.  This is in beta.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/25/curse-client-for-mac-v4-reviewed/

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Customizing Healbot for Restoration Druidss

The Daily Druid pointed me toward this three part series on configuring Heal Bot for restoration druids.

Part one (setup and spells tab)
http://twigheals.blogspot.com/2010/01/healbot-330-setup-1.html

Part two (customize with skins)
http://twigheals.blogspot.com/2010/01/healbot-330-setup-2.html

Part three (cure, buffs and tips tabs)
http://twigheals.blogspot.com/2010/01/healbot-330-setup-3.html

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Protection Paladin AOE Grinding Guide

Part one of two is available now.  I'll add part two when it is available.
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/final-edition-prot-paladin-aoe-grinding-part-1-of-2/

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Hunter Gems

What gems to look for, especially if you are running Icecrown Citadel.
http://www.thehuntersmark.net/2010/01/25/a-refresher-on-hunter-gems/

http://www.wow.com/2010/05/06/scattered-shots-hunter-gems/

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Tank Weapons in Patch 3.3

A prioritized list of weapons available in Patch 3.3 that tanks can use, broken down into 10 man and 25 man.  The author intends this to also be used by raid leaders to decide who really "needs" what piece of gear.  There's a link to his threat values list at the end in Further Reading.
http://pwnwear.com/2010/01/25/tanking-weapons-in-3-3/

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Priests in Icecrown Citadel

Things shadow priests should know when they head to ICC.
http://twistedfaith.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/icecrown-bosses-and-you-small-tips/

http://www.wow.com/2010/02/25/spiritual-guidance-raiding-icecrown-citadel-part-1/

http://www.wow.com/2010/03/04/spiritual-guidance-raiding-icecrown-citadel-part-2/

ICC gear guide for holy and discipline priests.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/29/spiritual-guidance-icc-25-gear-guide-for-holy-and-d-p1/

UPDATE:  Discussion of the usefulness of disc priests in ICC after the easy mode buff was activated by Blizzard last week.
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/07/spiritual-guidance-discipline-and-icc-raid-buffs-sunday/#continued

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Shaman Healing Guides

Thanks to an article at Restokin about her resto shaman alt, I've found two good sources of information for shaman healers.

Seventeen steps to mastering shaman healing (November 2009) written by a resto shaman.
http://www.shieldsup.ch/2009/11/17/mastering-shaman-healing/

A guide to playing a resto shaman (May 2009) for those starting at Level 80.  It covers spells, stats, talents, mana regeneration, addons, gear, enchants and gems, and helpful links.
http://www.slashhug.net/turning-the-tide-a-resto-shaman-beginners-guide/

UPDATE:  Enhancement shaman raid healing tips.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/27/totem-talk-save-yourself/#continued

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Hunter Buffs and DeBuffs

A list of buffs and debuffs that hunters can use, how they work and when hunters should use them.
http://outdps.com/2010/01/25/buffs-and-debuffs-for-hunters/

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Making Healing on the Run Less Trouble

Excellent advice (with some class specific tips) to make healing during long progression raids easier.
http://moarhps.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/healing-on-the-run-minimizing-the-nightmare/

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Moonkin Spell Rotations (Patch 3.3)

Graylo goes over the spell priorities for moonkin druids at the link below.  I see he says spell rotations are an outdated name for what are actually spell rotations, which reminded me that The Solo MMO Player says the concepts of main and off tanks are outmoded.  Perhaps we should be developing new ways of thinking about raids and how we play?  The game has changed since Vanilla WOW, and we should change with it.
http://graymatterwow.blogspot.com/2010/01/moonkin-basics-spells-and-rotations.html

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Watch Your Feet

There are traps everywhere in Icecrown Citadel.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/24/its-a-trap-traps-are-back-in-icecrown-citadel/

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Death Knights in PvP UPDATED

WOW Insider continues their series on fighting various classes in PvP with the death knight.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/23/the-art-of-war-craft-introductory-guide-to-fighting-death-knig/

UPDATE:  Tips for Death Knights in PvP.
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/08/lichborne-basic-pvp-tips-and-tricks-for-death-knights/

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DPS Meters Are a Tool of the Devil

Or words to that effect from Arcane Brilliance, who explains why they are useless in PUG raiding here.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/23/arcane-brilliance-why-i-hate-dps-meters/

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Raiding and Aggro Reduction Strategies

Since the guilds have totally failed at teaching new members how to raid, lots of raiding tips are appearing online for folks raiding via dungeon finder.  This article explains how to not pull more aggro than your tank when raiding.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/22/how-not-to-aggro-your-tank-with-aoe/

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Bank Alt Fashion Tips (and More!)

General help in creating a bank alt.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/22/insider-trader-building-the-better-bank-alt/

Since fashion is apparently the most important part of your bank alt, here's a helpful fashion article for bank alts.  Kirina, are you watching?
http://www.wow.com/2008/04/16/mr-peanut-and-his-monocle-bank-toon-fashion/

More fashion tips, just not specifically for bank alts, at Kirina's Closet.
http://wowrpc.waddellconsulting.com/

And even more are at The Fashionable Gnome.
http://tagalongfashion.blogspot.com/

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How Hunters Can Keep Healers Happy

Tips on keeping your raid healers happy by the famous healer Matticus.
http://outdps.com/2010/01/22/how-hunters-can-keep-their-healers-happy/

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Death Knights and Cool Downs

How cooldowns effect death knights.  Tips on abilities and which you have to have your back to an opponent to use.
http://pwnwear.com/2010/01/22/which-abilities-require-the-gcd-or-facing-opponent/

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Icecrown Citadel for the Retribution Paladin

A guide through ICC for retribution paladins.  Note that he plays as Alliance and there are a few differences for those folks from Horde players.  By the way, Paladin Schmaladin has a lot of information for all types of paladins on his site.  Look at the links on the left side of the page for specs, leveling guides, help on tanking, etc.
http://ferarro.blogspot.com/2010/01/dummys-guide-to-icc-for-retadins-or-how.html

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Addon Installation Video

A video tutorial on how to install WOW addons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW3e6_GMNyo

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WOW Trading Card Game News (Wrathgate)

What is planned for 2010.
http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/wow/en/news/article.aspx?aid=7398

UPDATE:  The Wrathgate expansion pack will be released May 25, 2010.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/15/cryptozoic-breaks-open-wrathgate-expansion-for-wow-tcg-may-25th/

UPDATE #2:  Card Image Spoilers
http://www.wow.com/2010/05/15/cryptozoic-posts-wrathgate-visual-spoilers/

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WOWHead Explains Limits on Tackling ICC

Apparently you can only attempt the sections of Icecrown Citadel so many times.  WOWHead explains it all here.
http://www.wowhead.com/?blog=137766

UPDATE:  The limits have been removed for normal mode runs.
http://www.wowhead.com/?blog=144021

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Maximizing DPS for Retribution Paladins

From November 2009
http://knol.google.com/k/world-of-warcraft-how-to-maximize-your-dps-as-paladin-in-wotlk#

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The Ultimate Feral Druid (Cat) DPS Guide

ThinkTank is saying goodbye to blogging with a good article about folks with great druid resources.
http://wowthinktank.blogspot.com/2010/01/general-pimpage-and-shoutouts.html

He absolutely raves about this Cat Feral Druid DPS Guide, written by ColdBear.  The second link is to ColdBear's site and the DPS video there.
http://www.wowwiki.com/Feral_DPS_guide

http://coldbear.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/feral-dps-guide-video-updated/

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Feral Druid Tanking Guide

Thorough guide to all aspects of tanking as a feral druid.  This is a four part article with an introduction.  Use the links at the top of this page to see everything except Part 5 (Addons) which seems to be broken.  That link is the second below.
http://thefluiddruid.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/the-feral-tanking-guide-introduction/

http://thefluiddruid.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/the-feral-tanking-guide-part-5/

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Armor Penetration Explained for Hunters

Eddie explains how it works.
http://www.brigwyn.com/2010/01/20/hunter-101-punching-through-armor-penetration/

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Configuring Grid for ICC's Crimson Halls

Thanks to the Daily Druid, I've found help in configuring Grid to use various buffs and debuffs in the new part of Icecrown Citadel, Crimson Halls.
http://fallingleavesandwings.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/getting-grid-ready-for-iccs-crimson-hall/

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Mage Raiding Builds for Patch 3.3 (With PvP)

Specs and talents to help raiding mages.
http://doyoumindifiplay.blogspot.com/2009/11/raiding-builds-part-1.html

Talents and glyphs (and changes on arcane mages made in part one)
http://doyoumindifiplay.blogspot.com/2010/01/raiding-builds-part-2.html

Gemming
http://doyoumindifiplay.blogspot.com/2010/01/magic-gems.html

Enchants
http://doyoumindifiplay.blogspot.com/2010/01/raid-enchants.html

Fire Spec for PvP (what the heck, it's on mages and by the same author so I included it here)
http://doyoumindifiplay.blogspot.com/2010/01/fire-in-pvp.html

Another author talks mage PvP for Wintergrasp with his own specs.
http://thegrumpymage.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/the-joys-of-making-things-go-boom/

Many thanks to Gnomeaggedon for pointing the above resources out.

And here's another with Mage Combat Tips.
http://fieryweapons.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/how-to-play-a-mage-combat-edition/

And one with mage crowd control tips.  The Blog-o-sphere is exploding with mage information today!
http://fieryweapons.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/how-to-play-a-mage-cc-edition/

Raiding guide for mages (Patch 3.3.3)
http://www.empoweredfire.com/2010/03/31/raiding-guide-updated/

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The Elemental Shaman

All about the elemental spec for the shaman.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/19/totem-talk-elemental-101/

Gear for the new level 80 elemental shammy.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/26/totem-talk-elemental-gearing-for-the-new-80/

Using Thunderstorm.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/16/totem-talk-thunder-thunder-thunderstorm-ho/

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Guide to Collecting Heirloom Gear

All about Heirloom gear and where to get it, plus an explanation of emblems.
http://cynwise.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/heirloom-gear/

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PVP Resilience Changes Planned

Apparently this will change shortly for Arena and then change back after Cataclysm.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/20/pvp-resilience-changes/

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Arena Player Interviews

An interview with Jhazy of Blackrock about his PvP Arena play.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/17/the-colossem-jhazy-of-blackrock/

Interview with Check Six, a pro-gaming arena team, with video.  Part infomercial, part information.
http://www.wow.com/2009/12/15/a-chat-with-check-six-wow-arena-team/

An interview with a player who is on two winning teams, playing a discipline priest both places.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/14/the-colosseum-patz-priest-of-mugthol-and-kelthuzad/

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Using Discipline Raid Healing in Raids

http://www.wow.com/2010/01/17/spiritual-guidance-disciplined-raid-healing/

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Tips for Plagueworks (Icecrown Citadel)

Help with another ICC section, just for warlocks.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/18/blood-pact-warlock-tips-for-the-plagueworks/

More general tips.
http://morrighan13.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/icc-10-and-25-man-normal-crib-sheet-the-plagueworks/

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Introduction to Fighting Druids

A long general article about druids and their fighting abilities.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/18/the-art-of-war-craft-introductory-guide-to-fighting-druids/

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Affliction Warlock DPS Checklist

http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/2010/01/15/whars-ma-dps-affliction-checklist/

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The Best Gems for Tanking

Pwnwear discusses what he believes are the best gems for tanks, including socket bonuses.  The Comments have interesting information.http://pwnwear.com/2010/01/19/best-gems-for-tanking-socket-bonus-considered/

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The Resto Druids' Guide to Putricide

Courtesy of The Overpowered Druid--short but it seems to include everything you need to know.  Read the Comments for things the author missed.
http://theoverpowereddruid.blogspot.com/2010/01/resto-druids-guide-to-putricide.html

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Player Evaluation Tools: Elitist Group

If you absolutely must evaluate players and don't want to use GearScore, Matticus has an article up about Elitist Group on his No Stock UI site.  It looks at gear, gems, enchants, specs and completed instances and their achievements.  It also keeps track of which players one has raided with before.

Note that there are problems with it, as there are with all evaluation tools.  For instance, any player who has been kicked out of the dungeon finder after the boss has been taken down by a greedy raid leader who wants to keep all the good gear for himself (you know who you are) won't get credit for the raid.*
http://www.nostockui.com/2010/01/use-elitist-group-to-find-out-more/

*Actually, Blizzard should fix this problem.  There is no reason anyone should be kicked from a dungeon finder group after the boss has been killed except greed on the part of the raid leader.  If no one can be tossed out after the boss goes down, the problem is fixed.

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How to Gem and Enchant That Hunter

OutDPS has a guide from September 2009 on how to gem and enchant your hunter, regardless of your individual spec.  There's a link to his DPS analyzer, too.  This is pre-Patch 3.3 but it still may be very useful for you.
http://outdps.com/2009/09/14/epic-gem-and-enchant-list/

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Pet Lag And a Fix (Hunters)

Apparently pets are not auto-casting as they should.  One of the writers at OutDPS has posted a macro that should fix the issue, although s/he plans to test it later, just to make sure it works.
http://outdps.com/2010/01/18/is-your-pet-lagging/

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Retribution Paladins in Patch 3.3

Introduction to the retribution paladin
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/24/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-retribution-101/

Talents
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/03/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-retribution-102/

Specs, glyphs, abilities, gear, gems and enchantments for the retribution pally in Patch 3.3
http://morrighan13.wordpress.com/2010/01/17/retribution-raiders-crib-sheet-for-3-3/

Gear list (PvE only)
http://morrighan13.wordpress.com/retribution-gear-list-3-3-edition/

Gems
http://blaquespell.com/general/making-your-stuff-sparkle/

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Five Mistakes Raiding Mages Make

The Arcane Brilliance column covers five mistakes mages make in raiding.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/16/arcane-brilliance-mistakes-mages-make/

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How to Use Dongles to Play WOW

Using dongles to play WOW when you don't have a regular Internet connection.  Great article with a lot of tips.
http://www.digit4l.net/2010/01/guide-to-using-3ghsdpa-dongles-to-play-world-of-warcraft/

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How to Play WOW Efficiently in a Small Period of Time

Tips on how to play WOW in short periods of time.

http://wowinanhour.gameldar.fdns.net/2010/01/wow-in-hour-tools-of-trade-part-1.html

http://wowinanhour.gameldar.fdns.net/2010/01/wow-in-hour-tools-of-trade-part-2.html
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Frost Mages Use Spell Queuing, Increase DPS

How frost mages use spell queuing to increase DPS, including a macro to help.  Works for warlocks, too.
http://frostisthenewblack.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/spell-queuing-waterbolt-macros-and-you/

More on the same topic.
http://criticalqq.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/talking-about-forst-fro-a-bit/

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Armory Tracking Features

Apparently the update to the Armory includes character tracking features.  This article discusses the feature and speculates how Blizzard might use this in tracking guild activities.
http://www.frostnova.ch/tachyon/blogArticle.do?action=view&topic=New%20Armory%20Features

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WARNING: Armory Phishing Site UPDATED

Details here.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/15/beware-of-wow-armory-phishing-scams/

On the other hand, folks really do like the Armory improvements.
http://www.empoweredfire.com/2010/01/15/new-armory-is-pretty-ballin/

UPDATE:  According to WOW Head, the scam was uncovered by MMO Champion.
http://www.wowhead.com/?blog=140185

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Moonkin Stat Valuations

A guide to generating stats for your moonkin for simulations.
http://graymatterwow.blogspot.com/2009/12/how-to-find-moonkin-stat-valuations.html

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Pulling Aggro in PUGS (and How Not To)

How to not make your tank's job harder.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/14/pulling-aggro-in-pugs-whos-to-blame/#continued

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Surviving PvE as a Feral Druid Cat

Tips for playing a feral cat successfully in a PvE environment.
http://morebarsthanyou.skipcocoa.net/2010/01/surviving-pve/

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RankWatch (Addons)

Interested in seeing if you or anyone else has the maximum spells available?  This addon is for you!  Note that the latest spell may not be the best spell, or may not be available to the player you are checking out.
http://pwnwear.com/2010/01/14/rankwatch-addon/

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Podcast: Interview with GearScore

I almost never mention podcasts here since they rarely have solid information for players, but this one I can't resist.  It's an interview with the creator of GearScore.  I haven't listened to it so I do not know how professional the podcast is. Some are quite sophomoric.
http://www.brigwyn.com/2010/01/14/episode-20-thl-podcast-special-edition-interview-with-the-creator-and-developer-of-gearscore/

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Guildwatch: The End

You may have been wondering what happened to Guildwatch since I haven't done a posting about the Guildwatch column since 16 December.  That's because the author, Mike Schramm, has left WOW Insider to work at Joystiq.  WOW Insider has started a replacement column called The Classifieds.  It isn't going to discuss the drama we all loved, however.  It just lists guilds recruiting (not on the Solo MMO Player's realm naturally), guild milestones, and rankings of guilds in various areas, plus a few mentions of players that stepped up and made a dungeon five man work.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/13/the-classifieds-news-briefs-on-guilds-and-players/

Boring.  I MISS YOU, MIKE!

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Healers, Tanks and Focus UPDATED

WOW Insider discusses the use of focus by tanks.  There's a definition, addons, list of focus commands and examples of how to use this skill.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/13/raid-rx-sometimes-you-just-need-to-focus/#continued

Here's an article about how healers and tanks should work together.
http://dreambound-druid.blogspot.com/2010/01/healer-awareness-working-with-your-tank.html

UPDATE:  A healer's guide to how tanks work.
http://www.wow.com/2010/05/23/spiritual-guidance-a-priests-guide-to-tanks/#continued

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Singing, Dancing--and Backstabbing

Well made machinima in praise of a rogue in a long black dress.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/13/wow-moviewatch-dont-trust-a-rogue/

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Armor Penetration's Threat Value for Druids

Kalon of ThinkTank talks about armor penetration for feral druids (he plays a bear mostly).
http://wowthinktank.blogspot.com/2010/01/druid-threat-value-of-arpen.html

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Macros Specifically For Icecrown Citadel

This seems a little too specialized to me but here is the article if you want to check it out.
http://outdps.com/2010/01/13/icc-macros/

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Druids Healing Icecrown Citadel

http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/12/30/healing-icecrown-from-a-druids-perspective-part-1/

http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2010/01/13/healing-icecrown-from-a-druids-perspective-part-2/

More about restoration druids' strategy in ICC.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/19/shifting-perspectives-druid-healing-strats-for-icecrown-citadel/

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Protection Paladin Enchanting

Choosing which enchantments should go on your new protection pally weapon.
http://ferarro.blogspot.com/2010/01/protection-paladin-weapon-enchant.html

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List of Dalaran Jewel Crafting Dallies

http://wowalone.blogspot.com/2010/01/dalaran-jewelcrafting-dailies-quest.html

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Replacing Cartographer in Patch 3.3

Catrographer wasn't updated in Patch 3.3.  This article gives you tips on addons that replace its functions.
http://www.nostockui.com/2010/01/how-to-replace-most-of-cartographer-for-patch-3-3/

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Ultimate Macro Article

All about using macros.
http://www.nostockui.com/2010/01/all-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-macros/

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Frost Mage Information

Frost mages seem to be the topic of the week in the Blog-0-sphere.

How to increase your pet's dps.
http://www.empoweredfire.com/2010/01/12/hey-frost-mages/

Recount numbers for a frost mage.
http://frostisthenewblack.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/meanwhile-frost-is-pretty-awesome/

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Let's Talk Healing Now

Now that we have talked death knights and tanking, let's turn to healers and what they hate in dungeon finder raids.
http://dreambound-druid.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-piss-off-your-healer.html

By the way, the Solo MMO Player adores shammy healers. You guys and gals rock.

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Tanking in Dungeon Finder

The Solo MMO Player says if you are a death knight and you want to tank in the dungeon finder, please don't.  If you must, please don't jump up and down constantly like a Mexican jumping bean.  It makes him dizzy!

WOW Insider talks about tanking abilities that he wishes didn't exist.  This has tips on tanking for the death knights who must, and for anyone else.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/12/abilities-i-usually-wish-didnt-exist-in-5-mans/#continued

Here's a death knight primer for tanking in the five man dungeons.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/12/lichborne-a-death-knight-primer-for-tanking-5-man-dungeons/

Melee tips.
http://morrighan13.wordpress.com/2010/01/06/things-about-being-melee-i-wish-more-pugs-knew/

More death knight tips
http://pwnwear.com/2010/01/14/tanking-to-be-less-squishy/

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WOW Insider's Guide to Oculus

http://www.wow.com/2010/01/11/wow-coms-guide-to-the-oculus-yes-really/

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New Feral Druid Info Sources

WOW Insider has compiled a list of new feral druid links with great new information.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/11/the-daily-quest-feral-cat-druid-guides-and-goodness/

The most important links are listed here separately, just in case the above link breaks.  Note I have already linked to the articles on cat gear in Icecrown Citadel so haven't repeated those links.

WOW Wiki's Feral DPS Guide (all feral classes)
http://www.wowwiki.com/Feral_DPS_guide

Melee Hit Table FAQs for Feral Cats
http://thefluiddruid.wordpress.com/2009/12/29/melee-hit-table-faq/

The cat DPS guide to Icecrown Citadel's Lower Spire
http://jacemora.com/raiding-as-feral/a-short-guide-to-kitty-dps-in-icc-lower-spire/

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What Quests Have I Finished/Not Finished? (Addons)

WOW Insider talks about EveryQuest, an addon that takes advantage of the new information Patch 3.3 makes available on your quests to tell you what's complete and what isn't.  There are lots of screenshots to show how this works.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/12/addon-spotlight-everyquest/

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The Solo Frost Mage and Icecrown Citadel

How and why and where to enter Icecrown Citadel as a frost mage.  I am not clear how much of this applies to other mages but it looks like a personal challenge instead of a routine trip to me.  Of course, all solo players are challenging themselves and learning their characters thoroughly.
http://spicytunas.com/2010/01/frost-mage-pve-solo-farming-icc-rep/

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Theory Crafting: Priests and Inspiration

Using crit and inspiration to heal.
http://snarkcraft.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/zusterke-on-inspiration/

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Most Popular Level 80s and Their Trees

News on which classes (and which tree among class) are most popular at Level 80 currently (hint:  DKs and Paladins).  There are some disclaimers but it is an interesting read.
http://armorydatamine.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/appetite-for-destruction/

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Guild Mergers: How To and How Not To

If you run a guild or want to, you'll want to read what Gold Comfort says.
http://blog.cold-comfort.org/guild-mergers/

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Icecrown Citadel's Gunship Battle Details

Details of this new part of Icecrown Citadel from WOW Insider.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/10/ready-check-gunship-battle/

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Mage Enchantment Recommendations

WOW Insider's Arcane Brilliance column recommends enchantments for mages who are in Northrend with some cheaper alternatives for the mage who hates spending gold.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/10/arcane-brilliance-enchanting-your-mage/

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Icecrown Citadel Videos and Other Information

The Weekly Marmot posts instance videos, particularly new information about the Icecrown Citadel battles and bosses.  This is a good place to find information about new instances.  Click on the Movies tab to see a complete listing of all the videos.
http://www.tankspot.com/

The Guides tab looks interesting.  There are instance guides, a guide to Arena, a big section on tanking (and shorter ones on healing and DPS) and even a technical section to help you deal with lag and security.  There is also a forum and sponsored blogs.  In other words, this is a site worth exploring.  I'm adding it to the list of favorite links, calling it Tankspot Videos.

UPDATE:  Gravity is collecting good guides to Icecrown Citadel plus achievement guides on his blog.  Here's the address.  Click on the # sign or the blog name to go to the guide there.
http://pwnwear.com/2010/01/20/guides-to-icecrown-citadel/

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Hardware Roundup

WOW Insider says Razer has updated the software for their 12 button gaming mouse called the Naga so that key mapping is possible.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/08/razer-naga-now-supports-key-mapping/

Here is more about the Naga from the Razer website.
http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-mice/razer-naga/

Razer  also has a new gaming mouse compatible with Macs.  It's called the Imperator.
http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-mice/razer-imperator/

In other hardware news, a Kotaku story led me to this Steam hardware survey that shows what hardware Steam users own.  Thanks, Luke!  (If you don't know already, Steam is a game download service run by Valve, the makers of the classic Half-Life series and also Portal.)
http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/

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More Class Changes Incoming?

http://www.wow.com/2010/01/07/upcoming-class-and-item-balance-changes/

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Combat Ratings & Feral Druid's Melee Hit Table UPDATED

Theorycrafting around the melee hit table for feral druids.
http://thefluiddruid.wordpress.com/2009/12/29/melee-hit-table-faq/

Here is the slightly outdated posting referred to in the link above.
http://wowthinktank.blogspot.com/2009/11/druid-cat-in-cap.html

UPDATE:  Feral Aggression takes a look at this topic also.  There are some disagreements between the two authors.
http://feralaggression.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/understanding-hit-exp-the-attack-table/

UPDATE #2:  WOW Insider wrote a column explaining melee hit tables as simply as possible.

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Patch 3.3 Feral Cat Gearing Guide

Part one
http://thefluiddruid.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/the-33-cat-gearing-guide-part-1/

Part two
http://thefluiddruid.wordpress.com/2010/01/09/the-33-cat-gearing-guide-part/

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TidyPlates, A Name Plate Addon

Information about this addon which helps you track where you have threat and where you've lost it, with a link to a second review that has a link to a demo video.
http://pwnwear.com/2010/01/07/tidyplates-name-plates-addon/

UPDATE:  WOW Insider profiles Tidy Plates.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/15/addon-spotlight-tidy-plates/

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Rawr for Resto Druids

How RAWR works for resto druids.  Note that the Solo MMO Player doesn't really like using RAWR as it is a sim of the ideal situation (which is not necessarily how you play) and the math is hidden inside a black box.
http://www.restokin.com/2010/01/rawr-for-resto-druids-explained/

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Why Taunting Mobs Isn't a Good Idea

Besides the fact that the big bad bully will kick the snot out of you, I mean.
http://www.lumethemad.com/2010/01/05/how-taunt-works/

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DPS Help

I'm not sure high DPS numbers are always what one should be looking for, but here is a video that tries to help improve DPS.
http://blessingofkings.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-do-top-dps-video.html

Here is a guide to understanding where your DPS might have problems for hunters.
http://outdps.com/2010/01/05/what-am-i-doing-wrong/

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Twinks and Critical Strike

Fiery Weapons discusses critical strike from a twink perspective.
http://fieryweapons.wordpress.com/2010/01/06/stat-analysis-critical-strike-rating/

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WOW Insider's Guide to Icecrown Citadel Updated

http://www.wow.com/2009/12/08/patch-3-3-icecrown-citadel-raid-boss-informaiton-and-resources/

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Improving Hunter DPS

An article about improving your DPS if you are a hunter with links to DPS spreadsheets.
http://outdps.com/2010/01/05/what-am-i-doing-wrong/

An interactive DPS spreadsheet for hunters
http://femaledwarf.com/

How the spreadsheet works.
http://www.stabilizedeffortscope.com/?p=1387

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Tuesday Maintenance Downtime

WOW Insider reports that Blizzard did some in-game fixes yesterday, January 4,
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/04/in-game-fixes-for-january-4th-2010/

and plans extended maintenance for today, Tuesday, January 5 (or Wednesday if you are on a European server).  WOW Insider also expects that the newest section of Icecrown Citadel (the Plagueworks ) will be opened after the maintenance is over and everything stable.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/04/realm-maintenance-for-january-4th/

Hopefully, major Patch 3.3 bugs like the Elemental Shaman Tier 10 bug will be fixed by the end of today.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/04/elemental-shaman-tier-10-bug-causes-7-day-lockout/

Here's a list of the bugs that were fixed.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/05/in-game-changes-for-january-5th-2010/#continued

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Healers Don't Have X-Ray Vision

Derevka talks about healers and the problems their cluttered UI causes them, especially when it comes to the raid frame monitors they use.  It's pretty obvious but sometimes the obvious needs to be stated, and there is a link to No Stock UI's discussion of the same issue.
http://www.talesofapriest.com/2009/12/tunnel-vision-healers-bane.html

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Death Knights and Their Professions

A hilarious two-part article about choosing professions if you are a death knight.
http://plaguedcandles.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/the-death-knight-tank-and-you-professions-part-1/

http://plaguedcandles.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/the-death-knight-tank-and-you-professions-part-2/

Many thanks to Pwnwear for the links in this article and half those in the previous one.

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Tanks, PUGs, Tips and Fear

Achtung Panzercow found an interesting posting about why there are few many tanks available for Pick Up Groups (PUGs) in the European forums.
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=12025325334&sid=1&pageNo=1

Along the same lines, here are some tips for off tanks going through Anub'arak in Trial of the Crusader.
http://everblue-bluemurder.blogspot.com/2009/12/anubarak-10-hard-mode-offtank-tips.html

This posting has Spinks writing about the fear of tanking.
http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/overcoming-the-fear-of-tanking/

He also talks about the various roles classes (including tanks) play in the Dungeon Finder.
http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/who-is-the-most-important-person-in-your-group/

WOW Insider has an article about the barriers to learning to tank that outline some of the skills tanks must develop.
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/03/shifting-perspectives-tanks-and-the-barrier-to-entry/

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Class Performance in the First Icecrown Citadel Section

Lasssirra has an interesting post up about hunter performance in Icecrown Citadel based on some forum material that collected class DPS information in this new area.  The most important point is how it is difficult to come to conclusions based on collecting data.  The errors can be huge.
http://www.thehuntersmark.net/2010/01/04/great-expectations-hunter-raid-performance/

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Paladin Tank Specs (Patch 3.2)

Tanking information for Paladins, good as of Patch 3.2.  These are the main points.
http://maintankadin.failsafedesign.com/forum/index.php?f=4&t=21932&rb_v=viewtopic

This link has information for experidenced paladin tanks, including glyphs, rotations, etc.  Many thanks to Karatheya at Cold Comfort for mentioning this information.
http://maintankadin.failsafedesign.com/forum/index.php?rb_v=viewtopic&f=6&t=21933

Leveling a paladin tank
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/14/wow-rookie-leveling-a-paladin-tank/

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Battlegrounds in 2009 and the Future

WOW Insider looks at the changes to Battlegrounds in 2009 and what changes Blizzard has said will arrive with Cataclysm.  Interesting bits of history for those who like this part of the game.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/03/the-art-of-war-craft-2009-was-a-banner-year-for-the-battlegrou/

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Gemming for Mages

WOW Insider's Arcane Brilliance column talks about gems for mages with some recommendations for various slots that go beyond "more spellpower."
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/02/arcane-brilliance-gemming-for-mages/

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Kirina's Closet (WOW Wear)

Thanks to the role play column on WOW Insider, I've discovered a site dedicated to the clothing you can wear in-game.  It lists clothing that is appropriate to wear when fishing, items that resemble NPC outfits, where to find a kilt (or sarong), and much more.
http://wowrpc.waddellconsulting.com/

You can even find out where to buy shirts with your home city logo on them.
http://wowrpc.waddellconsulting.com/?page_id=671

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Refresher Course on Playing a Hunter

Eddie over at the Hunting Lodge has posted a refresher course on raiding as a hunter after reading a lot of criticism of how hunters act in raids.
http://www.brigwyn.com/2010/01/01/a-quick-refresher-on-how-to-play-a-hunter/

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BBB Talks Bear Threat

Big Bear Butt contributes to bear theory crafting with a discussion on generating threat as a bear feral druid.
http://thebigbearbutt.com/2009/12/31/some-discussion-about-bear-threat-and-faerie-fire/

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Crit and Haste for Discipline Priests

Thanks to Bob Turkey's blog, I found an interesting and thorough theorycrafting discussion on crit and haste for discipline priests here.
http://www.plusheal.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4937

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