Today is Pet Day

Lissanna helps solo hunters whose pets aren't holding aggro.
http://dungeonplay.net/2010/08/making-sure-your-pet-holds-aggro-while-soloing/

Then she turns her attention to taming spirit beasts and stable slots for those who have dual specs on their hunters.
http://dungeonplay.net/2010/08/questions-about-taming-spirit-beasts-and-stable-slots/

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From Holy to Discipline Priest

Darth Solo talks about his specs and glyphs as a discipline priest (Level 75) and how much easier he finds healing now that he has abandoned his holy priest spec.
http://wowalone.blogspot.com/2010/08/discipline-is-ticket.html

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Clique: Adding Custom Macros and Dual Specs

How to add custom macros to Clique and how to set up dual spec profiles.
http://crankyhealer.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/advanced-clique-macros-and-dual-spec-profiles/

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Monday Morning Addons

For some reason the Blog-o-Sphere is full of addon reviews and recommendations this morning.  UpRank scans your action bars and replaces any low ranked spell you have there with the highest ranked one you have.  Apparently this is often a problem for dual spec characters who have just leveled.
http://criticalqq.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/inout-blogger/

Dreambound recommends using Damia's customized bars to keep the boss timer DBM from being confusing.  Note that you have to reload this each time there is an update to DBM, which will be a major downside for many players.
http://dreambound-druid.blogspot.com/2010/03/customized-dbm-bars-from-damia-ui.html

No Stock UI talks about an addon that raid leaders (and ONLY raid leaders) can use to set up the vampire bite rotation when you attack the Blood Queen Lana’thel in Icecrown Citadel.  For this instance who is bitten and in what order is the difference between success and failure.  Details of the boss battle are at the second link.
http://www.nostockui.com/2010/03/blood-queen-addon/

http://www.wowwiki.com/Blood-Queen_Lana'thel_(tactics)

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Dual Specs for Arcane/Frost Mages?

Although the Solo MMO Player hasn't theory crafted any of this, it looks to him that the Patch 3.3 changes for PvE casters has made a dual spec for arcane/frost mages an excellent combination if you can afford it.  You'll get two unique things:  Arcane mages have mobility and high burst, single shot DPS for a raiding environment.  Frost mages have new improved AOE talents that allow you to cover the battlefield or some raid environments.  A combo arcane/frost mage is something he's going to evaluate carefully.  The improvements in the frost mage tree spec that came with Patch 3.3 have been very impressive.  His frost mage went toe to toe with a Level 80 death knight and killed it last night.  The AoE casting spells are very effective in knocking down an opponent.

Any thoughts?

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Hybrid and Dual Specs Effects in Raiding

Altosis sparked a discussion about how useful hybrid characters are in raiding after writing this article that outlines the pros and cons of being able to play several roles with one character.
http://altosis.blogspot.com/2009/09/mains-hybrid-capability-in-bring-player.html

Restokin thinks it is very hard to be good at several roles despite the general feeling we see in-game that being able to do more than one thing well is a good thing in a character.  If you are considering dual speccing one of your characters, you'll want to read both articles.
http://www.restokin.com/2009/09/responsnse-to-altosis-post-about-raid-switchers/

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BBB Talks About Off-Spec as a Healer

BBB is playing as a tanking feral druid currently but he's trying out the healing spec and talks about how he likes it.

http://thebigbearbutt.com/2009/07/31/are-you-a-melee-master-healing-dilettante/

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