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: Mage Casting Sequences/Rotations

Here is a list of casting sequences for Rift mages.  The first rotation document is a discussion of the Archon/Pyromancer/Dominator.
http://forums.riftgame.com/archive/index.php/t-75525.html?s=a21996d169ec5bd63429d657746ff25c

This article gives a casting sequence for the Pryo/Elemental/ Archon mage.
http://rift.zam.com/forum.html?forum=227&mid=1299531248200583443&howmany=50

Rift Junkies has posted a thorough article on the Warlock/ Necromancer/Chloromancer mage.  The recommended rotations are in the middle of the page in a blue table.
http://www.riftjunkies.com/2011/04/04/the-magic-storm-the-necromancer/

The Chloromancer/Achron and/or Warlock discussion (rotations, stats and more).
http://forums.riftgame.com/archive/index.php/t-99001.html?s=335ae7d5fbc6a432347711ecec480517

UPDATE:  Chloromancer spell weaving discussion-
http://forums.riftgame.com/showthread.php?67204-Efficient-Chloromancer-Spell-Weaving&s=c94317d0abbf0f41bd2fddec02db84d2

UPDATE:  Comprehensive Choloromancer/Warlock guide with rotations right up front and video link
http://forums.riftgame.com/showthread.php?108981-VIDEO-A-Comprehensive-Chloromancer-Warlock-Class-Guide-UPDATED&s=c94317d0abbf0f41bd2fddec02db84d2

UPDATE:  Comprehensive Choloromancer/Warlock/Necromancer guide (with video) and spell casting sequence.
http://forums.riftgame.com/showthread.php?101961-How-I-completely-OWN-with-a-mage-Chloro-Warlock-Necro-Guide-VIDEO-INCLUDED&s=c94317d0abbf0f41bd2fddec02db84d2

UPDATE:  Chloromancer Healing Rotation discussion
http://forums.riftgame.com/showthread.php?40645-Chloromancer-Healing-Rotation-Question/page2

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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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Cataclysm Raid Healing Video

Matticus has done a video of PvE raid healing as it is unfolds in the Cataclysm beta.  The video covers the first two bosses in the ten man version of Bastion of Twilight.
http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2010/11/09/video-a-preview-of-cataclysm-raid-healing/

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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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Healer Placement in Battlegrounds

A five part article.
http://www.p-vee-p.com/index.php/battlegrounds/healing-in-battlegrounds.html

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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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Addons for the Mouse Addict

If you prefer to navigate via your mouse instead of keyboard, you may be interested in Healium.  This addon for healers sets up heals so they can be clicked on to activate.  There's a video of it in action embedded in this article.  Note that Clique can also be set up to be activated by mouse clicks.  Speedy Actions is also spotlighted as it helps make mouse users faster.  The article also mentions the Logitech G-15 keyboard and the G-13 keypad, which are particularly useful for disabled players.
http://www.wow.com/2010/09/09/addon-spotlight-addons-for-clickers/

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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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Today's Topic is Mana

WOW Insider has two new articles up about mana today.  The first is about PvP (5 mans) and the draining mana strategy that was popular in Vanilla WOW, not used much in Lich King since burst damage is king these days, and which is probably going to come back in fashion with Cataclysm.
http://www.wow.com/2010/08/16/blood-sport-become-a-5v5-master-2-dps-or-drain-teams/#continued

The second article explains mana from a healing priest's perspective:  how it is regenerated, what heals per second (HPS) are, which spells are boosted by glyphs, etc.
http://www.wow.com/2010/08/16/spiritual-guidance-lets-talk-about-mana-baby/#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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Healing Flowchart

A quick prioritization visual aid for healers.  Thanks to MMO Melting Pot for pointing this out!
http://oddcraft.net/wordpress/2010/07/07/shared-topic-triage-and-you/

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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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