Life in Group 5 – A Resto Shaman Blog
A resto shaman perspective on raiding


 
Archive for 2009
 

 
 

A Shaman Retrospective: The Year in Review

A little more than a year ago, midnight lines at local retailers marked the release of a new expansion pack for WoW. WotLK brought with it new lands, new mechanics, a new class, new stats, and new challenges. But for Resto Sham...
by Vixsin
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An Intro to WoL: Wading through the data

World of Logs is the latest and greatest in a string of independent online combat log parsers, borne into the WoW community in early 2009, about the time that Ulduar was released. As stated on the website, the goal of WoL is â€...
by Vixsin
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The Line Between Theory and Application

Months ago, when I transferred to Mal’Ganis to join the ranks of Aftermath, I was excited for two reasons—first, because I was joining an established and consistently high-ranked raiding guild; and second, because my new st...
by Vixsin
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The One Gem You Never Thought You’d Shelve

No, I’m not talking about a new gemming strategy or arguing the benefits of reverting back to Int for HW-based rotations, and I’m not going to posture about the benefits of gemming spellpower for LHW fanatics. Today I’m h...
by Vixsin
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T10 Gating – Start Saving Your Emblems of Frost

With a good majority of raiding guilds having cleared the first four bosses in ICC this past week, raiders are once again waiting at the gates for new content. Evidence in game points to the next wing of ICC being released just...
by Vixsin
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Stumbling into the Citadel: An Initial Foray into ICC

It was a monumental evening last night—the release of the final raid instance in WotLK, the addition of a gated series of heroics, and a patch where the servers were largely … stable. (Shocker, I know.) Aside from sever...
by Vixsin
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