Community Spotlight

I generally try to write these on Saturday or Sunday mornings, but I missed this weekend, so here you are!

Community Contributions

Some great articles have been posted in the past week, despite the temptation to copy-and-paste class-specific patch notes. Here are a few of my favorites:

Warcraft Card: Annissa by StarintheGutter

• I Want You to Hit Me as Hard as You Can by Runycat of Unbearably HoT
  An extremely thorough and entertaining analysis of the value of hit-capping your Bear and Cat Form. The Fight Club-themed images alone make it worth a look, even to those who aren’t Feral!
• l2pvp: The Trinket by Horns of Yet Another Warlock Nerf
  An essential guide to the best use of your PvP trinket, both in Battlegrounds and Arenas. Recommended for anyone that PvPs, casually or otherwise.
• Spellpower — What does it mean to you? by Saresa of Destructive Reach
  A review of the change to +Healing and +Spell Damage we can expect in Wrath of the Lich King.
• Wrath Mana Regen Calculations by Sylvanra of Moon Chicken
  An examination of the mana regeneration that a Moonkin can expect to see from his new Moonkin aura as well as a Balance-application of the information presented in my Omen of Clarity article. With math!
• 3 Ways to Get Your Arena Mingle On by Megan of Out of Mana
  Looking to polish your PvE skills through a little PvP? Megan shows you how to meet like-minded (and similarly geared) individuals who might be interested in teaming with you!
• Death Knight Tutorial by Lume the Mad
  If you have no compunctions about spoilers and can’t get enough information about your future plate-wearing, disease-causing, gravelly-voiced DK, this tutorial will walk you through the entire 4-5 hour questline. Very thorough (I admit, however, that I only skimmed since I want to be surprised)!

Project Lore

You might also enjoy Project Lore, a site that includes video “walkthroughs” of various TBC dungeons such as Hellfire Ramparts and Heroic Slave Pens. The videos are well-edited and fun, and I especially enjoyed hearing the conversation that resulted from a wipe. In addition to their gameplay videos, they have a frequently updated blog and some as yet rudimentary class guides. Their site is advertisement heavy (2-3 large banners), but it’s worth checking out.

Blogroll Additions

This week I have four new Druid blogs to share with you! Welcome to the World Tree, you guys!

• For the Herd! For the Horde!
  Bumwaller of Vashj (US) writes primarily about Druids but includes some topics related to his Hunter and Shaman alts.
• Leveling a Hordie
  Ithilien of Arathor (EU) has recently switched alliances and is rerolling her Night Elf Druid as a Tauren! /moo
• Moon Chicken
  Sylvanra of Smolderthorn (US) joins the rank of plucky (get it? cause she’s a chicken!) Balance bloggers with Moon Chicken, a blog that contains theorycraft, class news, and spec commentary.
• Trizophenie’s Weblog
  Trizophenie of Forscherliga (EU) plays a Feral Druid in an SSC/TK-level raiding guild.

“I Healed AV” by Rusco of Moonrunner (US)

This is a rewrite of “I Kissed a Girl (and I Liked it)” from Katy Perry and and tells the story of a Feral Druid who discovers a love for healing one day in Alterac Valley. It was written and submitted by Rusco, author of Dazed and Confused.

This was never the way I planned Not my intention I got so brave, deaths at hand Lost my discretion It’s not what, I’m used to Just wanna try it out I’m curious for it Caught my attention I healed AV and I liked it The look of my resto hots tick I healed AV just to try it I hope my GM don’t mind it It felt so good It felt so right I might even respec tonight I healed AV and I liked it I liked it No, I don’t know what I’m doin’ It doesn’t matter This is my experimental game Just night elf nature It’s not what, good droods do Not how they should go raid My head gets so confused Hard to obey

I healed AV and I liked it The look of my resto hots tick I healed AV just to try it I hope my GM don’t mind it It felt so good It felt so right I might even respec tonight I healed AV and I liked it I liked it Us droods we are so magical Dark skin, soft fur, so huggable Hard to resist so versatile Too good to deny it Ain’t no big deal, it’s innocent I healed AV and I liked it The look of my resto hots tick I healed AV just to try it I hope my GM don’t mind it It felt so good It felt so right I might even respec tonight I healed AV and I liked it I liked it

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