Andrige delivers yet another gorgeous wallpaper, this one featuring the Tauren version of the Tree of Life form. Surrounded by the autumnal colors of Azshara, the Horde Tree is both majestic and intimidating. I particularly like the simple wooden staff he carries and the leaves falling all around him.
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| Tauren Tree of Life by Andrige |
Oio of Dragonflight (US) has created a couple of amazing avatars based off the Night Elf version of our Epic Flight Form. You can see the smaller version (208 KB) at right or the larger version (1092 KB) here. Both images are being hosted via ImageShack because I don’t want users to hotlink my bandwidth here. If you’d like to use them, please host them yourself (ImageShack images only allow for a certain amount of bandwidth before they become no longer available).
Also, links! They build ‘em, I share ‘em. (You read ‘em.)
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| "Bird in Flight" courtesy Shel of Bladefist (EU) |
From Andrige, artist responsible for the gorgeous skins that have greatly enhanced the models of our forms, comes a set of UI artwork that manages to capture the majesty of Druid epic flight form. Utilizing the KG Panels addon, it lays out a pair of Tauren- or Night Elf-colored wings horizontally across the bottom of your screen. Ideal for many possible UI layouts, it’s available as a complete suite of addons or by itself for integrating into your current layout. As an addon addict — and one who has developed an affinity for a certain core group of UI addons — I’ve opted for the former option. KG Panels can be a little daunting for the uninitiated, however, so I’d recommend the former option if you aren’t comfortable poking around at the innards of addon configuration panels. Here are a few sample screenshots:
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You can read more about Andrige’s UI artwork and Druid wallpapers by visiting "Ronco’s Goodies - Druid themed UI and WP!", a thread on the European Druid forums.
As I have a widescreen monitor (1400 x 900), I had to make some adaptations to the artwork to make it work for me, mostly having to do with the scaling. I scaled the wing panels (Left/Right Wing 1 and Left/Right Wing 2) to 1.22 and the central portion, Moon, to 1.24 (use "/kgpanels config") then I slid them around until they fit together again. Rather than using Discord Unit Frames, I placed my minimap in the center, using the addon Simple Minimap to remove its borders (along with all the minimap icons that are so annoying) and scale it up. The downside is that I don’t get the HuD-esque mana and health bars, but I’m attached to Ag Unitframes.
Courtesy of Andrige, creator of the beautiful Druid form skins highlighted earlier this week, I have a gorgeous new desktop wallpaper to share with you! This wallpaper features the Tree of Life surrounded by her perennial peers, the Ancients of War and Lore. It’s my desktop wallpaper at home and at work (the two can so rarely agree), and I know you’ll love it as much as I do!
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| Tree of Life by Andrige |
I was actually fortunate enough to be asked for an idea for this new wallpaper. Here’s what I described:
What about a Tree of Life (in the gorgeous skin you created) standing in the middle of a semi-circle of the Ancients (the big trees that wander around Darnassus and Cenarion Expedition). So it would be like the Tree of Life had been accepted among her peers, despite her diminutive size. And maybe they’d have come to her for advice on these "short-lived humans" or something like that. Surely we’d have a useful perspective on something they would want to solicit. =) The background could be a forest like the one in Teldrassil or Ashenvale. Maybe they could be meeting in a clearing or at one of those stone shrines like the "Grove of the Ancients" that’s south of Ashenvale.
I can’t imagine a more beautiful execution! Thank you, Andrige!
I know that it may sound like blasphemy against Elune to suggest that Regrowth — or really any spell — might be a preferred choice over that holiest of holies (most restorative of restorations?), Lifebloom, in any capacity, but please bear with me.
What are the key components of a spell suitable for raid healing?
With the above characteristics in mind, I am going to perform an analysis of 7 seconds of Lifebloom (including its bloom since this is raid healing, not tank healing) vs. the direct heal of Regrowth. The +Healing coefficient values I will use are derived here and summarized below:
| Spell, Component | +Healing Coefficient |
| Lifebloom, HoT |
0.6858 |
| Lifebloom, Direct |
0.4533 |
| Regrowth, HoT | 0.9227 |
| Regrowth, Direct | 0.5941 |
For the coefficients listed above I’m assuming the following:
Continue reading ‘2.4 Mana Regen: Regrowth as the New Raid Heal?’…
Those little guys are pretty awesome. I haven’t had any Crocolisks turn up in my bags yet, though I did have quite a lucky fishing streak recently, catching not one, but two Mr. Pinchies. So I’m still hoping for a Magical Crawdad. Unfortunately, so far, I’ve only gotten two Furious Mr. Pinchies (”No, Mr. Pinchy, don’t do it! AHHH!! MY EYE!!!!”) and two potion gift packs. I still have two more tries though, so everyone think...
Might have to keep a Mage around for an emergency Cone of Cold! 
