Nerf Shields, Foam Protection, and Other Misleading Blog Post Titles

Anecdote:  A couple of years ago, The Kid and I were at Toys R Us, shopping for a gift for my nephew’s first birthday.  The Kid’s a teenager now, and so the demands to visit the toy department were long ago replaced by demands to go to the video game store.  But no matter your [...]

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Losing My Divine Fury

It’s been about a month since Patch 3.1, and I’ve noticed lots of bloggers writing talent and spell reviews lately.  Indeed, the changes have been out long enough for better evaluation than some of the kneejerk “oh those bastards nerfed me” reactions that patches typically elicit.
I’m considering a respec on Khaeli tonight:  dropping the 5 [...]

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Très Chic

Thanks to the good folks at talentchic, I now have a good idea of how to spec and glyph my shaman for both Elemental and Restoration.  And phew! — I was putting the points in the right places already.  (Minus the Improved Ghost Wolf option, which I’ll dump when I’m done leveling.)  Yay me.
Of course, the [...]

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Self-Assessment: Maintaining Discipline Post 3.1

With a multitude of add-on and instance errors since Tuesday’s patch, it is a little difficult to make a complete assessment of how the Discipline tree works now.  But hey, I’ve raided twice (although arguably more time has been spent waiting to pull than actually fighting), and it’s never too soon to start evaluating things.
The [...]

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Khaeli, v3.1

Derevka wrote a great post yesterday on her plans for speccing in 3.1.  She gives a Discipline spec and a Holy spec, with description of the talents she’s taking and a solid explanation of her rationale for doing so.
I’m not quite ready to state mine, although I too intend to have a Holy and Disc [...]

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Doing Holy Work

Last night was raid number 3 for me as Holy.  I still feel incredibly insecure about myself as a Holy Priest, and my frustration was compounded with dying to two bosses.  The first time was when a taunt went awry with the Four Horsemen, and I didn’t pay attention to my stacks in the front, [...]

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I Might Be Last on the Healing Meters But, Dammit, the Mages Love Me! — or Khaeli’s Guide to Power Infusion

WHAT
Power Infusion
Infuses the target with power, increasing spell casting speed by 20% and reducing the mana cost of all spells by 20%.  Lasts 15 seconds.
2 minute cooldown (lowered to 1.6 minute with 2 points in Aspiration)  Does not trigger the GCD.

HOW
I’m a big mouseover macro fan, as clicking on someone to target them, then [...]

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In which our heroine gets sidetracked by the math on the EJ forums and fails to complete her post on Power Infusion

One of the frustrating things about waiting for Patch 3.1 is that I’m uncertain if I should “play around” with some changes to Khaeli now – in terms of gear, talents, gems, glyphs — or if I should hold off for a larger scale re-evaluation once the Patch hits.
Crit vs Haste
Khaeli has 28% crit unbuffed, [...]

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Hymn of Meh

In the latest PTR notes, the two priest “hymns” have been reworked.  Good riddance, many priests have responded, as in their current form, the two spells barely warrant a spot on one’s secondary action-bar. Hymn of Hope, arguably the better of the two, always constitutes Plan B mana regeneration for me, something to cast in [...]

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When Dual Specs Attack

The PTR was updated today to reflect the ongoing changes to the game.  Hymn of Hope is a Draenei racial… wait, it’s everyone’s spell… wait, it’s out… wait, it’s glyphed… wait, it’s in.  And so it goes.
I’d thought the other day that in anticipation of the addition of the dual-spec option that I’d plan out [...]

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