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.

Tauren Tree of Life by Andrige

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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.)

• Blood for Life
  Lonetree of Earthen Ring (US) is a seasoned healer, raider, and the Druid class leader of the endgame guild, Blood Fist.
• For the Horde
  For the Horde is a great blog from friends Fikkle and Sylus. With experience playing an assortment of classes, the authors write about their adventures — and misadventures.
• Go Druid
  A blog about a Druid and his trek to level 70 and beyond.
• Journeys in Azeroth
  Like many Druids, Runningelk of Feathermoon (US) leveled as a Feral and made the switch to Restoration once he hit level 70, giving him a well-rounded perspective on both aspects of the class.
• The Lazybear Blog
  Mimnon of Vek’nilash (US) raids as a Feral Druid and expounds on the challenges of keeping a casual raiding guild casual, while still maintaining progression.
• Lifebloom
  Anxi of Feathermoon (US) raids mid-level content with a Resto Druid while leveling a second Druid for Feral and Balance experience.
• Married IRL
  Fiordhraoi and Silentstephi are a married couple who share a host of interests, including guild leadership in Azeroth and blogging together!
• Moonkin University
  A school just for you, young Space Chickens! Just don’t spend your time passed out from too much Rumsey Rum.
• Mostly Kaldorei
  With a strong propensity toward Night Elves, the author of Mostly Kaldorei shares his multi-class perspective on the world of Azeroth!
• Naturally Mending
  Kestra of Stormscale (EU) blogs both to preserve her experiences for posterity and to share them with the rest of us!
• Respec Cost
  Suffering from an extreme case of altitis, Zee has the admirable goal of levelling a character of each class to 70.

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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!

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!

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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?

1. Must be quick enough to cast that we can heal more than one person in between refreshing Lifebloom.
2. It must not disrupt or prevent our role of rolling stack(s) of Lifebloom on the tank(s).
3. Ideally, should guard against being "overwritten" by heals such as Chain Heal, Flash of Light, or Prayer of Mending.

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:

For the coefficients listed above I’m assuming the following:

• Empowered Rejuvenation (affects all four pieces unequally)
• Gift of Nature
• Improved Regrowth (+50% additional crit rate for the direct heal of Regrowth)
• 10% base spell crit (affecting the direct heal of Regrowth) for a total of 60% crit

Continue reading ’2.4 Mana Regen: Regrowth as the New Raid Heal?’…

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Nebelond and Gondwana by Skygloomer of Die Silberne Hand (EU)

Long time reader Nebelmond of Die Silberne Hand (EU) wrote in over the weekend to share an amazing piece of artwork created by his raidmate, Skygloomer. It’s a depiction of Nebelmond in Tree of Life and his guild leader Gondwana sleeping beneath his boughs. In his words:

Gondwana normally is the most bloodthirsty Gnome Warrior you can imagine — and there she looks so peaceful, resting in my shade and recovering from a hard raid’s night.

Awesome, awesome job, Skygloomer and thanks for sharing, Nebel!

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