Rift: Loot and Understanding the Leaderboard

Rift hands out the goodies after a rift is closed according to how much players participated in the closing.  Here is how the system works (with a note by the author that this is a work in progress).
http://thisisnotarift.blogspot.com/2011/02/understanding-leader-boards-in-rifts.html

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Dungeon Loot for The Enhancement Shaman

Here's a list of dungeon loot for enhancement shamen.
http://www.wow.com/2010/08/28/totem-talk-enhancing-your-gear-in-only-four-dungeons

Here's a list of Triumph emblem gear for the enhancement shamen.
http://www.planetbrad.com/enhshaman-08292010.html

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Enhancement Shaman Loot List (ICC)

All the Icecrown goodies for enhancement shamen organized by slot and also by boss.
http://www.wow.com/2010/08/24/totem-talk-gearing-your-casual-or-alt-enhancement-shaman/

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War Chests for Raiding Guilds

Thanks to the Pot, I've found an article on how to build up a war chest if you are a raiding guild.  The article covers guild banks, how they work and what you need to accumulate if your guild raids.
http://srsbusiness.org/building-a-warchest-guildbanks-for-raiders/

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How Loot Council Works UPDATED

A discussion of Loot Council and how setting up a group to distribute loot works.  It's a system with a lot of potential for abuse, so beware of joining a guild with this system in place without knowing how it works there.
http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2010/08/11/behind-the-scenes-loot-council/

Why Blacksen likes it.
http://blacksen.com/?p=542

UPDATE:  Matticus likes Loot Council Lite.
http://www.nostockui.com/2010/10/loot-council-lite/

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Ruby Sanctum Druid Loot

Gear the 10-man and 25-man raids offer for feral and restoration druids.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/14/shifting-perspectives-ruby-sanctum-loot-for-druids/

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Ruby Sanctum Death Knight Loot

Items to make your DK heart beat faster.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/13/lichborne-ruby-sanctum-loot-for-death-knights/

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Preview of Hunter Loot in Ruby Sanctum

http://huntsmanslodge.com/7360/ruby-sanctum-hunter-loot-preview.htm

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The GDKP Loot Distribution System

How bidding gold for loot works.  There are a couple of other articles about loot distribution systems here.  Search on "loot distribution."
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/14/gold-capped-gdkp-raiding-for-fun-and-profit/

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The 52 Bosses of Wrath UPDATED

With the Wrath of the Lich King expansion now 18 months old (it came out in November 2008), Cassandri has created a list of all the bosses, ranked from easiest to hardest, with loot rewards indicated by color.
http://www.hotsdots.com/2010/05/the-52-raid-bosses-of-wrath/

UPDATE:  Larissa's commentary on this list.
http://www.pinkpigtailinn.com/2010/05/my-ranking-list-over-raid-bosses-of.html

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The Role of Loot in Raiding

"Gear makes a good player better and a bad player prettier."
http://clearcasting.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/wow-raids-and-gear/

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Loot Addons

A brief discussion of addons that aid looting.  Covered are teksLoot, VendorBait, and tekJunkSeller.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/18/addon-spotlight-loot-addons/

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Hunters Are the Topic of the Week

For some reason many folks have posted good information for hunters almost simultaneously.   Pike has instancing tips for new hunters.
http://www.aspectofthehare.net/2010/02/instancing-tips-for-new-hunters.html

Huntsman Lodge explains explosive shot and how survival hunters should use it.  This article includes various rotations (casting sequences) for various situations and gear levels that are very up to date (Patch 3.3.2).
http://huntsmanslodge.com/5663/hunter-basics-explosive-shot.htm

Finally, we have a list of hunter loot available in normal mode from Icecrown Citadel compiled by Lassirra at the Hunter's Mark site.  A list of hard mode loot is promised in the future listed in the second link.
http://www.thehuntersmark.net/2010/02/08/update-hunter-loot-from-icecrown-citadel-raids/

http://www.thehuntersmark.net/2010/02/09/hard-mode-hunter-loot-from-icecrown-citadel/

A look at all the hunter stats that are capped.
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/08/scattered-shots-hunter-stat-caps-hit-crit-haste-and-armor-p/

The hunters' "jump shot" move.
http://huntsmanslodge.com/5911/hunter-basics-the-jump-shot.htm

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Icecrown Citadel, PvP Season 8 and Patch 3.3.2

Patch 3.3.2 has brought WOW players many new things.  Weeklies have been activated in ICC.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/02/icecrown-citadel-raid-weeklies-activated/

All the Lich King loot has been revealed on the Armory and at WOWHead.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/02/lich-kings-loot-table-revealed/

Season Eight has started and the PvP gear photos are here.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/02/patch-3-3-2-season-8-gear-listing/

WOW Insider has updated their guide to ICC with the new Frostwing Hall information.
http://www.wow.com/2009/12/08/patch-3-3-icecrown-citadel-raid-boss-informaiton-and-resources/

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Icecrown Citadel Gear for Retribution Paladins

http://rhida.ch/2009/12/18/icecrown-first-wing-loot-and-emblem-of-frost-pick-order-list/

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Priest Theorycrafting in Patch 3.3

BobTurkey has written a series of great articles about priests on his blog.  There are to be six articles full of important stats for all types of priests.  I'll update this with links to each entry as they are posted.

Introduction
http://bobturkey.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/priest-theorycrafting-for-3-3-introduction-part-1/

Mana Regeneration
http://bobturkey.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/priest-theorycrafting-for-3-3-mana-regeneration-part-2/

Mana Pool
http://bobturkey.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/priest-theorycrafting-for-3-3-mana-pool-part-3/

Haste Rating
http://bobturkey.wordpress.com/2009/12/20/priest-theorycrafting-for-3-3-haste-rating-part-4/

Critical Rating
http://bobturkey.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/priest-theorycrafting-for-3-3-critical-rating-part-5/

LootRank and PAWN Values
http://bobturkey.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/priest-theorycrafting-for-3-3-summary-part-6/

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The Role of Guilds in Obtaining Loot

Cold Comfort goes over the role of guilds throughout the history of WOW when it comes to picking up gear.  This is slanted towards guild leaders but it's interesting for solo players who don't belong to a  guild or history buffs just for background.
http://blog.cold-comfort.org/loot-accessibility-role-guilds/

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Feral Druid Cat Gear Loot List

List of cat feral druid gear from Patch 3.2 and Coliseum.
http://wowthinktank.blogspot.com/2009/09/druid-cats-32coliseum-loot-ranking.html

http://wowthinktank.blogspot.com/2009/12/druid-icecrown-gear-list-for-cats.html

Hit gear for cats (Patch 3.3)
http://feralaggression.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/hit-gear-choices-for-the-3-3-kitty/

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CAT AND BEAR TOOLS FOR THE MATH MINDED

Loot weighting discussion for cat and bear-flavored druids from April 2009 (Patch 3.1).  Read the comments, too.
http://teethandclaws.blogspot.com/2009/04/loot-weighting-for-31.html

Here is a direct link to the worksheet in the article.  Note the tabs at the bottom so you can choose raw or normalized data.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=rXOB-tOrwruDI_iCE9l0I7g

From December 2008, here is a feral gear worksheet.  Notes about the worksheet.
http://teethandclaws.blogspot.com/2008/12/feral-gear-worksheet-for-wotlk.html

This link to the worksheet is for Mixed Rankings.  There are tabs at the bottom for cat only and bear only.  The location section was not done.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pdnkV0444wHn_grOhx1RkNg

Cat/bear simulation tool from Elitist Jerks.
http://elitistjerks.com/f73/t49702-feralbynight_cat_bear_simulation_tool/

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Help for Guilds Choosing Loot Distribution Systems

Cold Comfort analyzes some popular raid loot distribution systems with tips for making them work within your guild.
http://blog.cold-comfort.org/managing-your-loot-standings/

More loot systems.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/18/nonstandard-loot-systems-in-wow/

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