Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Tips for Better Progression Raiding

Things to help progression raiders.
http://www.theholypaladin.com/healing-lesson-progression-raiding.php

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Icecrown Citadel Tips

Tricks for various classes in ICC.
http://www.wow.com/2010/08/09/guest-post-32-tricks-for-icecrown-citadel/

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Monday, August 9, 2010

Macintosh Repair Tools for the Cataclysm Beta

Blizzard has released in the Cataclysm beta a Mac-centric repair tool that works the same way the PC one does.
http://www.wowhead.com/blog=165658

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VOIP and Your Guild

How Vent and other voice over internet protocols effect your guild with tips on how to handle issues.
http://nonelitistraiding.blogspot.com/2010/08/voip-culture.html

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Sunday, August 8, 2010

The Latest Word on Protection Paladins

The Pot summarizes the latest in protection paladin theorycrafting from Maintankadin in an article here.
http://www.mmomeltingpot.com/2010/08/theorycrafting-tldr-protection-paladins-august-2010/

I've added Maintankadin's URL to the Protection Paladin tab information but here's the direct link to their forums if you want to keep an eye on the discussions.
http://maintankadin.failsafedesign.com/forum/

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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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Saturday, August 7, 2010

PvP Glyphs for Hunters (with Recommended Builds)

Garwulf has posted his recommended glyphs for hunter PvP on the Huntsman's Lodge blog, along with recommended builds for each flavor of hunter.
http://huntsmanslodge.com/7752/hunter-pvp-glyphs.htm

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Friday, August 6, 2010

Using Your Mouse More Effectively

Gravity on learning to use your mouse to turn and using situational awareness--
http://pwnwear.com/2010/08/06/guide-on-learning-to-mouse-turn-and-situational-awareness/

Here are the two tutorials he references in his article.  They have great information about using your mouse, orienting yourself with the camera and learning to use situational awareness while playing.
http://looking4more.wordpress.com/2010/07/12/situational-awareness-and-you-part-1/

http://looking4more.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/situational-awareness-and-you-part-2/

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Keeping Score in Battlegrounds

The Battlefield Manual discusses the scoreboard and why it is misleading.
http://cynwise.wordpress.com/2010/08/04/the-battleground-scoreboard/

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Mobile Gaming (in a Truck)

Interesting article about specialty equipment used by a trucker who wants to play WOW on the road.
http://www.wow.com/2010/08/06/guest-post-northrend-truckers-a-tale-of-wow-otr/

Here's the direct link to the Jotto laptop table mentioned above.
http://www.jottodesk.net/big-rig-jotto-desk/big-rig-jotto-desk-b100.htm

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