Rift: The NkRebuff Addon

NkRebuff is a Rift addon to manage buffs.  The only documentation I found was this wiki.
http://wiki.riftui.com/NkRebuff

I also found this explanation of why some buffs don't show up.  Scroll to the bottom of the page and read the last posting.
http://forums.riftgame.com/addon-api-development/300355-nkrebuff-version-2-0-0-released-2.html

The project manager is looking for add-on help for this and other Rift add ons he's written.
http://forums.riftgame.com/addon-api-development/316070-looking-co-authors-help.html

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List of Pet and Raid Buffs

Now that pet buffs will help the entire raiding party, it is important to know what all the pet buffs are.  Frostheim has come up with a list.  Make sure you check the Comments for more information.  I've put this link in the Hunter tab but the information is important enough I wanted to post it here, too.
http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/10/cataclysm-hunter-pet-and-raid-buffs/

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Buffs and Debuffs by Class

This is a list of all the buffs and debuffs currently (Patch 4.0.1) available at the Jaded Alt's website.  If you know of others, please let Windsoar know.
http://www.jadedalt.com/2010/10/19/buffs-debuffs-by-class/

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ICC Raid Buff Now 30%

Per WOW Insider.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/20/icecrown-raid-buff-now-at-30/

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ICC Raid Buff is 25% Now

You can buff yourself 25% now to get through ICC easier.  WOW Head reports the buff on health, healing and damage will increase to 30% on July 20th.
http://www.wowhead.com/blog=160786

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Profile of Satrina Buff Frames (Addons)

WOW Insider profiles an addon that allows great customization of your buffs and debuffs as either icons or bars with timers.
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/17/addon-spotlight-satrina-buff-frames/

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Blood Tap for the Death Knight

Skeleton Jack describes the Blood Tap buff in great detail in these two articles, one older and one brand new.  Each article has macros to use with Blood Tap and rotation examples to explain how it works.
http://www.skeletonjack.com/2009/07/27/blood-tap/

http://www.skeletonjack.com/2010/05/21/blood-tap-additional-uses-and-macros/

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Wrath of the Lich King Progression Stats

This statistical analysis is full of graphs that show how much help the cheat buffs are in getting guilds through Icecrown Citidal.  It also shows how many guilds have gotten through earlier content which leads the author to speculate how Cataclysm might be structured.
http://www.rawrcast.com/2010/05/wotlk-progression-statistics-looking-forward-to-cataclysm/

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Icecrown Citadel Raid Buff Increases

The ICC raid buffs have increased to 15%.  Remember, you can refuse this if you are raiding old school.  WOW Insider says in about a month the buffs will reach 20%.  Soon I expect raiders can walk through the instance in their sleep....
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/27/icecrown-citadel-raid-buff-to-15/

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Story Forum and ICC Raid Buff

Blizzard's set up a new forum about the "story" of the game, which is intended to sell more WOW books serve as a platform for discussion of game lore.
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/30/blizzard-introduces-new-official-story-forum/

In other news, the raid buff to make Icecrown Citadel easier has increased to ten percent.
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/30/icecrown-citadel-raid-buff-has-been-buffed-to-10/

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Raid Buff Discussion

WOW Insider has done a two-part article about essential raid buffs. Part one talks about the essential buffs.
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/12/ready-check-core-raid-buffs/

Part two covers other buffs.
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/19/ready-check-raid-buffs-for-great-justice/#continued

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More Addons (Raiding, Healing, Etc.)

There were lots of addon reviews and explanations this week.  I'll summarize them all here.

First up, a guide to setting up Grid for raiders.
http://onemorealt.blogspot.com/2010/03/getting-started-with-grid.html

Useful addons for healers are mentioned here, including Grid, SmartDeBuff, Pitbull, Bartender4, SexyMap, Recount, Prat, BTex, Monkey Clock, Monkey Quest, Buffalo 3 and various Fubar addons.  Some of these aren't directly for healing but the writer uses them.  This is not an in-depth review but a list of the addons that this healer finds useful.  It'll give you names to research if anything looks useful to you.
http://sarindre.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/useful-healing-addons/

If you are always tinkering with your UI, you might find Mystic Chicanery's State of the UI series interesting.  Note the links at the bottom of the page--this player does a State of the UI periodically.
http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/2010/03/04/state-of-the-ui-march-2010/

An article about the paladin buff tracker called CLCBPT that explains how it works (the writer is a holy paladin).
http://thephysicianslog.blogspot.com/2010/03/clcbpt-your-one-stop-holy-paladin.html

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Druids, the New Starfall Buff, and Glyphs

Read the comments at the end as well in this link.
http://druidreliquary.blogspot.com/2010/02/starfall.html

This link is about the nerfing of Starfall and Ghostcrawler's promise to change it again.  No date is given but I imagine this will be done shortly, perhaps with Patch 3.3.3 as there will be many changes to PvP then.
http://graymatterwow.blogspot.com/2009/02/gc-starfall-to-be-buffed-soon-tm.html

UPDATE:  More info about these changes.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/25/starfall-and-natures-grasp-ptr-changes/

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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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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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Frost Death Knight Specs in Patch 3.3

From stats through glyphs to rotations.
http://killingemslowly.blogspot.com/2009/12/33-dk-frost-dps-methodology.html

A bit about Icy Talons, a buff of interest to frost death knights.
http://pwnwear.com/2010/01/02/on-improved-icy-talons-melee-haste-buff/

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Enhancement Shaman Stuff (EnhSim and Buff Effects)

Big Hit Box has two articles up of interest to shamans.  The first explains how to use the Enhancement Damage Simulator which apparently is a favorite addon tool of shamans trying to figure out how to get the most DPS possible.  This thing is also known as the EnhSim. Search on that term to see more articles about this tool.
http://bighitbox.com/index.php/2009/09/this-is-how-you-sim-it-baby/

The second article analyzes the effects buffs and debuffs have on enhancement shamans in raids.
http://bighitbox.com/index.php/2009/09/they-buff-because-they-care/

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What Tanks Should Eat

Pwnwear lists what he thinks are the best food for tank buffs and talks about leveling fishing and cooking with a link to the guides to power level these two professions.  (Which the Solo Player thinks are essential for raiding as they provide great buffs.)
http://pwnwear.com/2009/09/08/tank-food-for-buffs/

Here's the fishing site's guide page.  The Horde and Alliance have heir own separate guides and there are guides to fishing for gold, etc.
http://www.elsanglin.com/training.html

Here is the cooking guide Pwnwear likes.
http://www.wow-professions.com/wowguides/wow-cooking-guide.html


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