Hunter Tools

The Hunter's Mark reminds us of two not-well-known hunter resources--Hunter's Loot and Zeherah's DPS anaylzer spreadsheet.

http://www.thehuntersmark.net/2009/08/07/hunter-loot-and-dps-analyzer/

Hunter's Loot has all the loot a hunter can get and lets you pick and choose and then see the results for each hunter style.

http://hunterloot.com/

The DPS Analyzer isn't a download but a tool you can use online to look at your gear and how much DPS it produces.

http://www.femaledwarf.com/

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Shock and Awe, PAWN, and EnhSim (Addons)

You are probably gloomily trying to rebuild the UI Blizzard casually destroys with each big patch. You might want to consider replacing what you used with this integrated UI that will help you evaluate gear. Sadly, I cannot tell what role Diriom plays but I'm guessing an enhancement shaman.

http://bighitbox.com/index.php/2009/08/integrating-enhsim-shock-and-awe-and-pawn

UPDATE:  Here's an article by an enhancement shaman about using Shock and Awe that concentrates on options, timer bars and the priority frame.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/20/totem-talk-shock-and-awe/#continued

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A UI Evolves

WOW Insider pointed me towards Hots and Dots to see the screenshots of how the UI Lathere has used evolved over the years.

http://www.hotsdots.com/2009/08/the-evolution-of-my-ui/

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Guildwatch (Audio Version) "Something's Not Adding Up"

Guildwatch is a little slow this week, probably due to the disruption of Patch 3.2 hitting.
http://www.wow.com/2009/08/05/guildwatch-he-makes-everything-better/

This week we have a two part audio recording of folks in a guild arguing over what the officers are or are not doing with flasks. "The rules say...." This goes on and on but Guildwatch says that there was an exodus from the guild shortly thereafter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIbZtYt-4Tg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZANhyK54L2w

Sure I am glad we aren't in **that** guild.

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100% Untreated Dried Dead Murlocs

New cleaning product. "Big flat rock for free."
http://www.wow.com/2009/08/06/wow-moviewatch-hoodoo-teleshopping-the-deadmurloc/

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Two Machinima Classics

Crossing Over investigates the missing miners, then has a heck of a time finding help. Hilarious!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgg9fQwY-0Q

Return has beautiful music and a sad story. And no sequel, sadly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQvjNRIsyDM

Many thanks to Der Hexenmeister for pointing these out.

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BBB Talks About Off-Spec as a Healer

BBB is playing as a tanking feral druid currently but he's trying out the healing spec and talks about how he likes it.

http://thebigbearbutt.com/2009/07/31/are-you-a-melee-master-healing-dilettante/

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Solo Runs Through Various Instances

I turned up quite a few solo run strategy articles this morning. First is Pike the Hunter's attempt to solo Attumen, the first boss in Karazhan, so she could get the Worgen Claw Necklace. She hasn't gotten through the instance yet, but she has tried some things and has other ideas outlined here.
http://www.aspectofthehare.net/2009/07/solo-artist.html

WOW Alone has gotten through Blood Furnace (Burning Crusade) by himself as a Level 80. I haven't found a mention of what character he used for this but his main character is a hunter.
http://wowalone.blogspot.com/2009/07/solo-ing-blood-furnace.html

And he has heard from Celebrandil who has given the steps to soloing Zulgurub and recommends using a gorilla as a pet, which means Celebrandil must be a hunter.
http://wowalone.blogspot.com/2009/07/celebrandils-tips-on-solo-ing-zulgurub.html

Rummaging through WOW Alone's blog, I see two more instances he's run by himself and documented--Scholomance (as a Level 80 hunter) and
http://wowalone.blogspot.com/search/label/solo%20dungeons

Hellfire Ramparts (also as a Level 80 hunter).
http://wowalone.blogspot.com/2009/06/solo-ing-hellfire-ramparts.html

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Turpster Talks Jousting in the Argent Tournament UPDATED

http://www.wow.com/2009/07/30/turpstervision-jousting-for-dummies/#continued

Tree Bark Jacket was independently preparing material on jousting. Here's his take which is divided by skill level and which also points you to a nice YouTube video of jousting in action.

http://treebarkjacket.blogspot.com/2009/08/jousting-guide-redux.html

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New Soloing WOW Blog

Thanks to Larose I've discovered another blog for those who solo WOW.
http://soloingazeroth.blogspot.com/

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