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Thank you for visiting Murloc Parliament. This blog is inactive since the authors have stopped playing WoW.
However, the blog will continue to be hosted for a while because, while outdated, some information may be useful. The site will be taken down once Mists of Pandaria is released, because at that point all information here will be obsolete.
Mage Archive
In which PUG Raiding returns Arcanetinkertank’s Confidence
Posted on August 10, 2011 | 1 CommentI’ve been in a weird place since 4.2 mentally. It might be the unbearable summer heat or maybe frustration with trying to get a new set of progression bosses down,...
Dr. Frostlove: or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love Frost Spec
Posted on June 16, 2011 | 5 CommentsRecently I gave frost a second look because my offspec arcane I never played for two reasons. First we have two other raiding arcane mages in Eff the Ineffable which...
My Uneasy Love of Cauterize: A Chimichanga Story
Posted on May 11, 2011 | 4 CommentsRhii and I have had a long history with the fire talent Cauterize. When Cataclysm was new and shiny and Eff the Ineffable started running 5 mans, Rhii would often...
The Basics of Playing with Fire
Posted on March 30, 2011 | 5 CommentsSo we live in the 4.0+ world. I already covered in flowchart form how to play Arcane. I will now attempt to teach you the basics of playing a fire...
Mage Ice Block Macro
Posted on March 2, 2011 | 1 CommentLast night I was failtanking for the Lizard who was learning to heal on his off spec. Well I wasn’t really failing, and he did quite well remarking halfway to...
Fire Mage Power Aura Guide.
Posted on February 10, 2011 | 12 CommentsAnyone who has been playing WoW for any length of time has heard someone say at some point “I love power auras”. Well guess what, I love power auras. I...
Fire Spec Mage Hover Rotation Macro
Posted on January 26, 2011 | 4 CommentsIf you have been following the Fire Spec thread at Elitist Jerk they talk about how spamming fireballs as primary nuke is good for burn rotation, but there is a...
Mages Should Help Organize Pulls
Posted on December 16, 2010 | 2 CommentsIf you have been playing WoW for a long time and can remember a pre-Wrath era, you no doubt remember that pulls were carefully dissected before executed. “Okay Mage you...
Arcanetinkertank presents a glyph question in the style of a 5th grade science fair project
Posted on October 25, 2010 | 4 CommentsINTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE If you look at the minor glyphs for mages regarding polymorph, there exist two different ones which change your polymorph from a sheep to either a penguin...
Arcane Rotation in a Flowchart
Posted on October 20, 2010 | 8 CommentsAlas and I were in OS this week as the weekly. I ran frost to see how I felt about the numbers and she ran Arcane. Her numbers were quite...