Guild Wars 2: Classes and Weapons by Role

Here's a chart that spells out how each classes' weapons work with various roles in GW2.  This seems to be based on the beta, by the way.
http://www.guildwars2junkies.com/2012/03/01/weapon-set-themes-by-class-infograph/

Here's the chart alone.
http://www.guildwars2junkies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/GW2-Weapon-Themes-and-Roles.jpg

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Rift: Callings, Souls and Roles for Beginners

Raging Monkeys analyzes how callings, souls and roles work for those just starting out in Rift from a World of Warcraft perspective.
http://raging-monkeys.blogspot.com/2011/03/rift-souls-for-wow-brains.html

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The Role of Women in WOW (and Games in General)

In the way these things seem to happen on the Internet, I've found three interesting articles about sexism and the role of women in WOW.  The first article I found via a posting on 1UP.  It explains why Activision doesn't create games starring female characters.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/29719/InDepth_No_Female_Heroes_At_Activision.php

Simultaneously The MMO Melting Pot asks why there is sexism in WOW, and...
http://www.mmomeltingpot.com/2010/08/the-mental-shaman-sexism-in-wow-whats-the-problem/#respond

....links to this article exploring the problem in depth.
http://mentalshaman.com/2010/08/04/i-dont-see-your-problem-sexism-world-of-warcraft-and-geekery/

Here's the direct link to the statistical analysis of female characters in WOW mentioned above.
http://paperclipchains.livejournal.com/101267.html

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Guide to Role Playing as a Hunter

Hunter's Mark has written a detailed article about role-playing as a hunter, including addons and roleplay forum and information sites that will help you craft a backstory and play style.
http://www.thehuntersmark.net/2009/10/02/so-you-want-to-role-play-a-hunter/

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The Role of Soakers in Raiding

I thought soakers were just large squirt guns but in WOW soakers are one role in raids.  Bell explains, "If you're not sure what a soaker is, it's a person who is the opposite color aura of the group they are closest to, and their job is to soak incoming orbs before they hit the raid, as well as dodge their opposite color orbs so that they do hit the raid (and thus buff damage). A soaker has to be highly mobile, as standing still to cast is a bit of a danger to them, depending upon persistence of orbs."
If you want to read more about soakers and the raid Bell was on with them, here's the link.
http://4haelz.blogspot.com/2009/09/crucial-roles-and-failure.html

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