Say hello. Allow all party members a moment for preparation. Wait for the tank to pull each group of enemies. Ensure the healer has enough mana for each pull. Stay out of the “fire.” Monitor your threat. Be patient. Stay until the end if you start the instance. Be courteous to the other party members. [...]

A group consisting of a well geared tank and excellent DPS will still struggle to clear content if the healer is not up to the task of keeping everyone alive. On the other hand an excellent healer will allow even an under-geared group the time needed to down mobs and bosses…

Contents: Basic Talent Specialization The Core Abilities The Supporting Abilities Glyph Choices Putting it all Together Disclaimer: Not all options are covered, as there are numerous ways to customize your talent and glyph choices playing a Protection Paladin. This guide is geared toward the choices I made and why I chose those options. 1. Basic [...]

There are two major skills that good healers and good tanks share: situational awareness and adaptive response. When combining these traits with a thorough understanding of game and class mechanics a player is easily spotted and remembered among those with whom they have grouped. Druids have always been quite a versatile class to play, but [...]

My that is a gorgeous weapon… and the polearm isn’t bad either! Section One: Gear Choices for an OT/DPS Feral Druid Unfortunately when one is looking at filling both an off-tanking and a damage dealing role in many of the same pieces of gear, there are going to be some trade-offs that have to be [...]

My Affair with Feral Combat, a Poem: Through many a fight I’ve stood in the back, Furiously fighting to keep tanks alive. Shedding my bark for the warmth of thick fur, My time has come to stare at a bear hide. For all my grumbling and interface tweaking, Not seeing the fight for monitoring health, [...]

The question comes up more often than one may think: “what is harder, tanking or healing or dps’ing?” Over the course of dabbling with many different classes and builds some things consistently show up in conversations, regardless of class, build, or role. Lack of appreciation for the “other” roles. Lack of understanding what the “other” [...]

Last week the opportunity arose for me to give feral combat another shot (I tried it briefly… pre-BC). It is, by far, much more fun to play than it was back then. Probably the most difficult adjustment I had was simply deciding how to keep track of the timers for Rake and Rip where I [...]