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Featured: Spell Power, +Healing, and Coefficients

By now, you’ve almost certainly heard about the change to itemization whereby the +Healing and +Spell Damage stats are being retired for the less specialized Spell Power stat. What, exactly does this mean, though, and what can you expect at the release of Patch 3.0?

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Published on July 31, 2008 by Phaelia
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Last week’s Community Spotlight with highlighted articles got such a great reception that I think it’s something I’ll try to continue. Hopefully you’ll enjoy the gems I’ve set aside for you (they’re 11 +Healing, 5 Spirit)!

Recommended Reading

Another fantastic set of posts to educate, entertain, and edify you!

    Staff of the Golden Salamander by Orsolya Berecz
    Staff of the Golden Salamander
    by Orsolya Berecz
  • Best Looking Druid Set from Horns of YAOWN
    Horns gives further evidence of his secret love affair with Druids with his poll of what the best-looking set of Druid armor is. I won’t spoil the surprise of who the winner is, but I must express disappointment that Nordrassil didn’t fare better than it did.
  • Nature’s Swiftness (for Shamans) from Anna of Too Many Annas
    Ever notice how all the races who can play Shamans have funny feet? Hmm. Anyway, in this article Anna explores and encourages the use of Nature’s Swiftness for Shamans.
  • So What are You Wearing? from Runycat of Unbearably HoT
    This week Runy writes about the advantages and best methods of optimizing multiple gear sets with an eye toward maximizing DPS and threat for Ferals. And with that post title, she’s sure to double your entendre!
  • The End Heal of Lifebloom Generates No Threat from Lume the Mad
    A must read for Restoration Druids, this article details controlled tests he performed to determine that the end heal of Lifebloom generates no threat whatsoever, either for its caster or its recipient. This article is preceded by Lume’s also useful Threat Mechanics post.
  • Druids Dance with So Little Provocation from a Scary Bear
    So true. I know the first thing I did when speccing into Restokin last night was to /dance /dance /dance the night away. And then I Moonfire-spammed a squirrel.
  • No More Salvation? What to Do! from Rollin’ Horde
    Learn about the new threat mechanic that will replace the Paladin’s Blessing of Salvation in Wrath of the Lich King!

Arena Pole Dancer Shirt

To celebrate her blog’s 100,000th visitor, Megan from Out of Mana decided to give away an autographed PvP-themed T-Shirt to the lucky winner. She had some great ideas and, in thanks for letting her sell the design myself, I offered to execute my favorite: Arena Pole Dancer. Here’s a preview of the shirt, both front and back (not to scale):

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Arena Pole Dancer
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Arena Pole Dancer
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This shirt is now available within the Resto4Life Tree-Shirts store, albeit without the “Out of Mana” design on the back because printing two designs on a shirt increases the shirt price significantly. I prefer this design on red, yellow, brown, white, or even black shirts, but free color selection is enabled for all of them. You can read more about the T-Shirt winners (all four of them) at Megan’s post #100,000 Winnars, Shapeshifted Indeed.

New Blogs the World Over

And here are some new or newly-discovered additions to the blogosphere!

    Emerald Dream by Orsolya Berecz
    Emerald Dream
    by Orsolya Berecz
  • Grumble ‘N’ Autumn
    Written by a husband and wife who play Hunters on the Shandris server, Grumble ‘n’ Autumn details their in-game explorations.
  • Hoofed Hybrid
    Formerly the author of the blog entitled Lifebloom, Boudi of Feathermoon (US) now writes about both her Druid and her baby Shaman on Hoofed Hybrid!
  • An Old Druid’s New Druid
    The Alliance welcomes a Tauren-become-Night Elf Druid who enjoys raiding casually and apparently enjoys Druids enough to roll a second.
  • Secret Agent Cat
    Tigerfeet writes an entertaining and cleverly-themed Feral blog. They’ve give her a Mangle and taken away her Mane.
  • ThinkTank
    This blog explores the role of tanking from the perspective of multiple tanking classes. There seems to be a plethora of great Feral-related articles, though!
  • Unpack Your Adjectives
    You did pack your adjectives, right? After all, you never know when you’re going to need words like: Feral, Wry, and PvP-oriented. In fact, those words would come in handy if asked to describe this blog!

Featured Artwork

This week’s Featured Artwork comes from Orsolya Berecz.  Be sure to check out all of her great work at her DeviantART gallery under username ShakSaag. (Wow, can you tell I listened to NPR on the way into work this morning?)

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  • Gravatar Runycat

    Thanks for the link and for the rest of those great reads!

    10:51 am on 7/31/08
  • Gravatar Horns

    Thanks for yet another link, and agree on Nordrassil :(

    11:45 am on 7/31/08
  • Gravatar Yggdrasil

    Oddly, I picked tier 1. Nordrassil would have been the winner for color scheme, but I have never cared for the shoulders or the helm design. I like the t4 better in appearance for both of those, but the color scheme is so terrible. I was surprised that t3 did so well…I honestly prefer the Moonglade set that stole the model, and the only part of that I like at all is the helm and shoulders model, but the color scheme on t3 is atrocious.

    12:08 pm on 7/31/08
  • Gravatar Tigerfeet

    Thanks so much for that list! (and the plug) lots of good new reading for me to check out too! :D

    Tigerfeets last blog post..BREAKING NEWS!

    1:29 pm on 7/31/08
  • Gravatar Kal

    Aw. Thanks for the pimpage. It’s a real honor coming from you. :)

    Kals last blog post..[Druid] Tanking the Flames of Azzinoth, finale

    1:42 pm on 7/31/08
  • Gravatar Phaelia

    @Runy: NP – grats again! ;-)

    @Horns: You’re welcome! Great taste!

    @Yggdrasil: I never could get over the fact that Wildheart had dead birds on its shoulders — or the fact that after more than 70 UBRS runs, my Wildheart tunic never dropped. That is until TBC. =/

    @Tigerfeet: You’re welcome! Love the new blog. =)

    @Kal: I’m glad to help – keep up the great work!

    12:10 am on 8/1/08

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15 short years till he wants to borrow the car! Cheers!

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Hi, Too bad this blog is no longer maimtained. Thanks for you post though. I wanted to address the issue of lefties. I am on, and use the N52TE. I use a trackball with my right hand and the n52TE with my left, no problems.

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I didn’t read the pages upon pages of comments so I don’t know if these issues have already been hit, but I can think of two things as a boomkin/tank druid that have helped immensely with my nostromo. First off, turn off the diagonals on the D-pad. Wow kindof accounts for these innately by combining vert/horizontal key presses. Having the nostromo keyed to do this is redundant and screws up movement. The second is key spam macro’s. I have my nostromo 6 buttom set to...
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@Otta: This article is out of date and no longer relevant. I understand Nourish is now the preferred choice over Regrowth, though you should keep a RG on your tank for its HoT component. As the methods for finding this information are explained, someone should be able to apply them along with the new values to create an updated comparison. I, however, am not that person. :-)

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