Tag Archives: Guides
Using Addon Sounds (Sparingly)
Last week, Wow Insider talked about using audio cues to help you raid. However, add too many bleeps and blorps, and it just fades into the background. So here is my handy guide.
When To Add A SoundIn order […] Continue Reading →
Clones and Linking in ForteXorcist
If you are a shadow priest, and even if you’re not, you might be using ForteXorcist. Hey, it appears in the UI of Aliena, the holy priest who narrates the Tank Spot videos. So if she uses it, it’s […] Continue Reading →
Dr. Frostlove: or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love Frost Spec
Recently 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 would make three complete lunacy, and second because I find […] Continue Reading →
Test Drive: Aura Frames for Your Buffs and Debuffs
With Satrina Buff Frames looking for an addon updater, I went searching for something new.
Aura Frames is awesome for buffs and debuffs.
Why It is Awesome1. You can do multiple “containers” for sorting buffs and debuffs. For example, […] Continue Reading →
Test Drive: Lightwell Geespot
This weekend, I tested out Lightwell Geespot. Previously, I did not want to use this addon because it lacked a config menu, and I was not about to muck about in the LUA.
I’m going to say that […] Continue Reading →
How to Install Alpha and Beta Versions of Addons
Today, we’re going to learn to download the latest alpha – which is useful information to have after a patch, when the release version is broken. I am using Grid as an example for illustration only – the release version […] Continue Reading →
Addons for Lightwell Tracking
The lightwell is a powerful tool that costs very little mana for its healing power. Unfortunately it also depends on two things:
- Other people clicking it
- You remembering to place it
Therefore you need addons!
Announcing Lightwell Placement Raeli’s Spell […]Continue Reading →
Bigwigs Helps You Get Out of the Fire
Man, I was embarrassed the other night. I came home from work, and they needed an AOE healer to sub in. “Guys, I got this,” I confidently bragged over vent.
I died […] Continue Reading →
The Basics of Playing with Fire
So 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 spec. Fire has had the same core mechanic (namely […] Continue Reading →
Making the Most of Your Lightwell
The lightwell (still affectionately known as “lolwell” from the days when it used to suck) is a powerful tool. It costs little mana and it can be used when casting is interrupted. Yet it is incredibly frustrating because it depends […] Continue Reading →
Guest Post: Discipline Smite/Atonement Healing
I got our resident smiting discipline priest, Laralsong, of Eff the Ineffable, to tell us about smite healing. We all know how I think smite healing sucks, so it was quite embarrassing when Laral wiped the meters with me last […] Continue Reading →
Healing Assignments in the Cata World
Now, I know that a couple of my readers out there are rolling their eyes and declaring “We don’t need no stinkin’ healing assignments.” Yes you do. Seriously. It baffles me how healing teams even function without healing assignments, even […] Continue Reading →
Mage Ice Block Macro
Last 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 the first boss in Grim Batol regular “I’m bored” seconds […] Continue Reading →
Using Raeli’s Spell Announcer
Or “How I can yell at people to use the lightwell AND see if they are actually using it.”
No Stock UI recently covered Raeli’s Spell Announcer, and I decided to give it a try. It’s just great!
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Fire Mage Power Aura Guide.
Anyone 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 want to spell out how I have my power auras […] Continue Reading →
Power Auras for Shadow Orbs and Empowered Shadow
Now I’ve been studying shadow priesting, and apparently shadow orbs are serious business. Mind Blast should be cast every 15 sec, or 3 orbs, whichever comes first. So here’s what I did with power auras – 3
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Power Aura for Serendipity Stacks
(Serendipity… Otherwise known as Duck Duck GOOSE!)
Usually I just steal the superior power aura creations at Tales of a Priest and maybe tweak them, but for this one thing, I came up with one of my […] Continue Reading →
Fire Spec Mage Hover Rotation Macro
If 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 point where you want to be in a “Hover Rotation”[…] Continue Reading →
By Popular Demand: Tracking Lifebloom (with GridStatusHots)
Time to talk about lifebloom tracking! There are many ways to do it, depending on what your preferences are. Today we will talk about numbers, boxes, and icons.
With Numbers or Boxes – GridStatusHotsDownload GridStatusHots
Configure your GridStatusHots Lifebloom […] Continue Reading →