Review: Lowerping.com

This service (not open to U.S. players) lowers latency.  Pwnwear says it works very well for him/her so far and gives tips about setting it up.  Apparently the documentation is a bit skimpy.
http://pwnwear.com/2009/11/03/review-lowerping-com/

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Newest Curse Client in Open Beta

WOW Insider says that Curse's version four client is now in open beta.  Details here.
http://www.wow.com/2009/11/03/curse-client-v4-now-in-open-beta/

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Healing Meters--Why and How?

This is a very interesting article about healing meters and why they are really helpful.  The writer talks about Healing Per Second (HPS), Healing Per Cast Time (HPCT), Healing Per Mana (HPM) and Healing Per Encounter (HPE) as well as the other Recount measured items and describes how to use them to analyze the healing in a raid.
http://moarhps.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/hps-do-numbers-really-not-matter/

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Moonkin Basics for the Druid

Graylo has started writing Moonkin Basics on his Gray Matter blog, starting with talents.
http://graymatterwow.blogspot.com/2009/11/moonkin-basics-talents.html

Here's an addemdum to the talents posting.
http://graymatterwow.blogspot.com/2009/11/look-at-pushback-resistance.html

Here are specs.
http://graymatterwow.blogspot.com/2009/11/moonkin-basics-stats.html

By the way, he recommends this information by the Elitist Jerks on Moonkin PvE DPS as the best information he's ever read for the balance druid.
http://elitistjerks.com/f47/t66856-moonkin_pve_dps/

There is a moonkin website and forum here.
http://www.themoonkinrepository.com/

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Warlocks' Minions

Part one of a WOW Insider series on the various minions that warlocks have as companions and servants.
http://www.wow.com/2009/11/02/blood-pact-meet-the-minions-part-1/#continued

Part two talks about the voidwalkers and generating threat, plus discussions of spells.
http://www.wow.com/2009/11/09/blood-pact-meet-the-minions-part-2-of-voidwalkers-and-threat/

Part three covers the succubus and how to use crowd control.
http://www.wow.com/2009/11/23/blood-pact-meet-the-minions-part-3-the-succubus-and-crowd-co/

Part four discusses the felhunter and the mage.
http://www.wow.com/2009/12/14/blood-pact-meet-the-minions-part-4-the-felhunter-and-mage-ha/

Part five talks about infernals and doomguard.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/04/blood-pact-meet-the-minions-part-5-the-infernal-and-doomguard/

Part six describes the felguard.
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/01/blood-pact-meet-the-minions-part-6-the-felguard/

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How to Recruit Using World of Raids

Matticus explains how he is searching for guild members using World of Raids' recruiting page.
http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/11/01/a-change-of-recruiting-strategy-world-of-raids-tool/

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G4 Interviews Blizzard Team

WOW Insider points us to an interview G4's Morgan Webb has just done with Blizzard staff about the upcoming fifth anniversary of WOW and how the game has developed.  WOW Insider hosts sections of the interview at the link below and also summaries the high points if you don't want to bother watching the whole thing.
http://www.wow.com/2009/11/01/g4-talks-to-blizzard-about-five-years-of-wow/#continued

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How to Handle Ninjas

WOW Insider's morning Breakfast Topic is how to control ninjas, especially with the upcoming random PUG system which will enable ninjas to steal from many realms, not just their own.
http://www.wow.com/2009/10/31/breakfast-topic-the-ninja-problem/

Some guild leaders are trying to cut back on the problem by publicizing the ninjas they know about on this site.
http://www.warcraftninjas.com/site/

Personally, I'd like to see Blizzard be more proactive about this problem.

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Addons for the Tanking Warrior

Tank Like a Girl has written a long article about the addons she uses in her UI.  Many of them are useful for any class.
http://www.tanklikeagirl.com/2009/10/27/addon-corner-tekkub-attack

You may want to browsh Tekkub's addon site, in case some of his work (which Tank Like a Girl raves about) fills a need.
http://tekkub.net/

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Shadow Priest Stats Summary (Patch 3.2.2)

Our favorite zombie lover has posted a complete list of shadow priest stats on the Eviscerate.net blog including spell rotation, tree, glyphs, etc.
http://eviscerated.net/?p=211

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