Kingdom of Amalur: Removing Curses

How do you remove curses?  The only way is to go to a healer.  Purification potions don't seem to remove curses.
http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/50700/is-there-a-way-to-remove-a-curse-without-going-to-a-healer

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Rift: How to Kill Healers in PVP

Read the comments for more tips on how to off healers.
http://thisisnotarift.blogspot.com/2011/02/healing-reduction.html

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Rift: Meridian Guide (Defiant)

This two page article is a guide to navigating Meridian, with an explanation of where to find various vendors, the bank, where to buy a guild charter, etc.
http://www.brighthub.com/video-games/mmo/articles/111057.aspx

http://www.brighthub.com/video-games/mmo/articles/111057.aspx?p=2

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Rift: Healers' Guide UPDATED

A basic guide to healing as it plays out in Rift.
http://riftaholic.com/?p=29

Tank Telarea has a multi-part healers guide.

Part One (the basics, including types of healers available)
http://tanktelara.com/forums/blog/11/entry-15-healing-101-a-simple-healing-guide-to-rift-part-one/

Part Two (Raid Awareness)
http://tanktelara.com/forums/blog/11/entry-43-healing-101-episode-2-raid-awareness/

Part Three (UI and Keybindings)
http://tanktelara.com/forums/blog/6/entry-64-healing-101-episode-3-ui-layout-and-keybindings/

Three healing builds-
http://tanktelara.com/forums/topic/305-three-healing-builds/page__pid__2037#entry2037

UPDATE:  Rift Junkies talks about Clerics as healers.
http://www.riftjunkies.com/2011/04/07/divine-retribution-a-cleric-healing-overview/

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Rift: Cleric Builds UPDATED

Rift Watchers has posted a guide to the Cleric.  The various Souls are categorized as to whether they are a tank, a DPS character, etc. and there is a link to a recommended tree for each.
http://www.riftwatchers.com/2011/03/03/cleric-guide/

The Cleric Justicar is a DPS melee tank.  Here are builds.
http://rift.zam.com/en/buildlist.html?calling=Cleric&type=Melee+DPS&soul=Justicar

UPDATE:  Rift Junkies has posted the first part of The Divine Retribution, a guide to playing Clerics.
http://www.riftjunkies.com/2011/03/25/the-divine-retribution-a-cleric-calling-overview-part-1/

Part Two covers offensive (DPS) Clerics.
http://www.riftjunkies.com/2011/03/30/the-divine-retribution-part-2-offensive-soul-overview/

Rift Junkies talks healing Clerics.
http://www.riftjunkies.com/2011/04/07/divine-retribution-a-cleric-healing-overview/

There is a website dedicated to Clerics now with plenty of discussion of various builds.
http://riftclerics.net/riftclerics/

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Rift Favorite Builds (Roles and Souls)

Rift Junkie Forums has a Soul Build Library.  Choose the role you are interested in and explore.
http://www.riftjunkies.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?12-Soul-Build-Library

Zam's Rift Wiki has a list of builds with rankings that you can filter to help make choices.
http://rift.zam.com/en/buildlist.html?1

Bard Soul Guide
http://rift.zam.com/forum.html?forum=227&mid=129710965213023822&page=1

Cleric's Corner
http://rift.zam.com/forum.html?forum=227&mid=1295990797152255221&page=1

Cleric Inquisitor
http://rift.zam.com/wiki/Inquisitor_(Rift_Class)

Cleric's Skill Rank Table
http://rift.zam.com/forum.html?forum=227&mid=1296894916162355253&page=1

Mage PvE Discussion
http://rift.zam.com/forum.html?forum=227&mid=1298089181209804292&page=1

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Rift: Macros and Slash Commands UPDATED

While looking for Rift wikis and other resources, I stumbled across these listings of macros and slash commands for the game.
http://www.riftjunkies.com/2011/02/24/macros-and-slash-commands/

UPDATE:  H pointed out this good basic guide to macros, which folks who haven't used them before will find helpful.   There's a link to another list of slash commands in the article.  Thanks for the tip, H.
http://www.riftlevelingguide.com/game/user-interface/macros/

UPDATE #2:  Through Sir Robin I discovered another good explanation of slash commands and building macros from them.   Commands are grouped as to whether you use them in combat, to control a pet, etc.
http://www.tentonhammer.com/rift/guides/commands

UPDATE #3:  Extensive list of slash commands which are called "macros" by the author.
http://www.guildportal.com/Guild.aspx?GuildID=154679&TabID=1311920&ForumID=1879402&TopicID=9539260

To quote Sir Robin, "Basically keybinding lets you bind one ability to one button. With Macros you can bind multiple abilities to one button."
http://forums.riftgame.com/showthread.php?113711-47-DPS-Warrior-Champ-Para-Rift-w-Screenshots-Parses/page7

Telarapedia has separate articles about building macros and a list of commands.
http://telarapedia.com/wiki/Macro
http://telarapedia.com/wiki/Commands

Macro advice from the Rift Junkies forum.
http://www.riftjunkies.com/forums/showthread.php?812-Macro-Advice

A good explanation of using macros for healing.
http://thisisnotarift.blogspot.com/2011/02/mouse-over-macro-and-my-thoughts-on.html

And here's a mouseover healing macro from Havoc, a Defiant Guild on Wolfsbane.
http://forums.riftgame.com/showthread.php?45880-Mouse-Over-Healing-Macro

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Healing Spells By Class Comparison (Cataclysm)

Again, thanks to Matticus for pointing this out.
http://www.cannotbetamed.com/2010/12/01/comparison-of-healing-spells-by-class/

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How to Heal When Hit With Bursts of Damage

http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2010/11/22/healing-through-the-burst-damage/

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How to Tell the Good Green Goo from the Bad UPDATED

With visual aids.  Seriously!
http://dreambound-druid.blogspot.com/2010/10/effloresence-know-your-green-goo.html

UPDATE:  WOW Insider has posted photos of various healing spells such as Holy Word, Power Word, Healing Rain, Efflorescence with some information about how they are used.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/22/raid-rx-tell-your-raid-to-stand-in-glowing-circles/#continued

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Patch 4.0.1 Healer Resources

Matticus' resources for healers in Patch 4.0.1 --

First, how glyphs will work.
http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2010/10/11/priest-glyphs-for-4-0-1-and-cataclysm/

A resource list by class.
http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2010/10/12/healing-roundups-and-we-got-our-drakes/

Updated Healing Addons for Patch 4.0.1
http://www.nostockui.com/2010/10/updated-healing-addons-for-patch-4-0-1/

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Cataclysm: The Healer's UI

Matticus takes a critical look at how the Cataclysm UI will effect healers.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/01/raid-rx-the-evolving-healing-ui/#continued

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A UI for Healers

Nice set-up based on Grid that any healing class can use.
http://www.wow.com/2010/08/26/addon-spotlight-batis-healer-grid-layouts/

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Matticus Talks Raid Healing

Matt "everyone calls me Matticus" Low is a healer who writes about healing.  If you are interested in learning how to use Rebirth to resurrect a dead player during a raid, go here to read all about the spell and things you need to keep in mind when you use it.  Note that this is a guest posting on a druid site, so it is written from a druid perspective.
http://thestoriesofo.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/using-receiving-rebirth/

Matt's next article is for WOW Insider and it explains the tactics behind not healing someone in a raid.  Commonsense stuff, but since commonsense seems really lacking in raiding, it's worth a read.
http://www.wow.com/2010/08/19/raid-rx-5-reasons-why-youre-not-getting-healed/#continued

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How to Heal Tanks as a Holy Paladin

Various types of tanks need various types of healing.  WOW Insider looks at this from the perspective of holy paladins.
http://www.wow.com/2010/08/15/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-how-to-heal-different-tanks/

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How Not To Make Your Healer Mad

If you are in a pick-up group, you might want to avoid doing anything that makes the healer who is keeping you alive mad.  Here's a list.  Note that there are interesting tips such as why any DPS character should avoid using knockback spells in a raid, etc.
http://www.isheepthings.com/blog/5ways/

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Guide to Halion (Ruby Sanctum)

A guide for healers doing the Halion raid.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/08/raid-rx-healing-halion-in-ruby-sanctum/

One for paladins.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/11/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-healing-through-halion-and-friend/

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Healers, Mouseovers and the Razer Gaming Mouse

Although it reads like a commercial for Razer's Naga mouse, this article does explain how to use this mouse in combination with a mouse over macro if you are a healer.
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/10/the-magical-alchemy-of-mouseovers-plus-a-razer-naga/

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Tanks and Healers in Raids (and Hunters, too)

Obviously today's the day someone turned on the tank/healer neon sign because all over the Blog-o-sphere folks are talking about types of tanks and healers and what their main jobs are.  Big Bear Butt has a very definite idea of what a tank does.
http://thebigbearbutt.com/2010/06/08/team-talk-for-all-players-from-a-tired-tank/

Here's a reply to his article, focused on what makes a good raiding hunter.
http://looking4more.wordpress.com/2010/06/08/being-a-team-player-hunter/

Anna sees different types of healers and tanks as she raids.  Here is her humorous definition of tanks, and
http://toomanyannas.com/feature/differing-species-of-tanks/

here is how she sees healers.
http://toomanyannas.com/feature/differing-species-of-healers/

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A Priest's Guide to Tanks

Brief summaries of various tank classes useful for priests who heal them.  Know how a tank tanks and you can heal them better.
http://www.wow.com/2010/05/23/spiritual-guidance-a-priests-guide-to-tanks/#continued

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