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Tanking In The Dragon Phase

"Tank 3 in the rotation will be tanking Kalecgos for the longest period of time and thus should be your best geared tank."Focus is a powerful tool built into the default UI that I just don't use nearly as much as I should. A warrior tank really helps for this spot in the order, as he is the last one to go into a portal.With '/focus"" (and a number of key bindings), you can set up a ""focused"" target that, with one keypress or macro, you can snap back to and cast whatever needs to be casst. Improved Defensive Stance helps in mitigating the massive amounts of arcane damage he will be taking from the Arcane Buffets at that point (it will be stacked very high).Resto4Life has been putting together a great series on Focus and how to use it: They've hit on hibernating, healing with focus, and now using your focus' target to deal out debuffs. The situation is that you're in a raid and you're healing -- you have a little extra mana and you want to use it to throw debuffs on the main tank's target, but you don't want to miss a second of watching the main tank's bar. As soon as T1 (Tank 1) is ported back out of the demon phase, he needs to run and get into position to tank the dragon.Using macros, you can actually cast spells on your focus' target (in this case, your focus would be the MT) without ever changing targets -- just set up a macro to cast the spell, put the button on your bar, and rather than ever having to switch targets, you can just run a macro. As soon as he is in position, he needs to Taunt the dragon and commence tanking him.You can even use ""modifier:shift"" and ""modifier:ctrl"" to switch spells and/or targets.

It is very important to get the dragon off T3 as soon as possible, as by this point T3 will have the debuff stacked and be taking a large amount of arcane damage in addition to the dragon's melee. As soon as any tank exits the demon phase, they should immediately position themselves to tank the dragon and Taunt. The tanking rotation should go as follows: Portal 1: Tank 1 enters. Portal 2: Tanking does not change. Portal 3: Tank 2 enters. Portal 4: No tanks take portals, but Tank 1 should be back in the dragon realm and Taunt the dragon off Tank 3 (must be Taunted before Portal 5 appears). Portal 5: Tank 3 enters. You continue rotating in this fashion the rest of the fight.And with simple addons, you can watch your focus target even when you tab away. Focus is such a powerful tool that it's a little overwhelming to think of all the things that it can make easier in game. Tanks should keep track of the portal number, as you want a new tank going in every other portal to ensure a minimal amount of Arcane Buffet debuffs on your tanks. Note: If the first group teleported is the melee, you will need a healer to jump in with them as they probably will not have one assigned to their group.But whenever you're in a situation where you're always going back to a certain target (whether that be an MT or self or someone else in the group you're playing with) and can set it as focus, then you can often use macros or addons to make everything else easier after that." "This week, The Care and Feeding of Warriors talks about Expertise. If this is the case, the tank should wait until an adequate number of healers are in the demon phase to Taunt the demon for the first time.There's going to be a lot of math talk.

Kalecgos can tank the demon for a good amount of time before dying. " .It will probably have an error or two in it. Mr. Rossi needs to get some int gear for writing these columns. Expertise is useful for tanking and melee DPSing, so it seemed time to discuss it. Also, I've recently realized I can't actually hit the 'expertise cap' as a tank with the gear I can get. Sad but true. We live in interesting times since patch 2.3 here in warrior land. wow powerleveling Whereas previous to this patch, we had good old fashioned bonuses to our weapon skill (remember the old Edgemaster's Handguards. Admit it, you wore these at 60. Some of you wore them at 70. po wow You don't have to lie to us, we know.) we now live in the magical world of expertise rating and expertise. What is expertise, and what isn't it. Well, for starters, expertise is not chance to hit. gold f¨¹r wow Expertise can help you hit more often in an indirect manner... it reduces the chance for a mob to dodge or parry your attacks. so technically yes you'll be hitting them more often. eve isk But + hit items directly reduce the chance an attack will miss, which in World of Warcraft is entirely different from a dodge or parry (just ask any warrior trying to hit the Overpower button). Furthermore, expertise is not weapon skill. The expertise system replaced bonuses to weapon skill on items, but it did not actually replace weapon skill: weapon skill up to 350 (at level 70) still exists. des po wow Expertise is just (just, he says) a direct reduction of your chance to have your attacks dodged or parried. Unlike the old days with weapon skill bonuses, as far as I know there's no relationship between expertise and glancing blows. (If anyone out there has information that contradicts me here, please share it.) So if expertise isn't going to raise your chance to hit, why am I so excited about it. " .

12:24 AM, April 17, 2008 .. 0 comments .. Link

Dragon Phase

"Between 20 and 30 seconds into the fight, Kalecgos will target a random raid member and teleport them to the demon realm."Focus is a powerful tool built into the default UI that I just don't use nearly as much as I should. The player will need to announce that he was teleported, along with his group name (star, circle, diamond, triangle, melee) immediately.With '/focus"" (and a number of key bindings), you can set up a ""focused"" target that, with one keypress or macro, you can snap back to and cast whatever needs to be casst. As soon as anyone in a group is teleported, the entire group needs to get to the portal and enter the demon realm.Resto4Life has been putting together a great series on Focus and how to use it: They've hit on hibernating, healing with focus, and now using your focus' target to deal out debuffs. The situation is that you're in a raid and you're healing -- you have a little extra mana and you want to use it to throw debuffs on the main tank's target, but you don't want to miss a second of watching the main tank's bar. This starts what is referred to as the ""portal rotation."" There is a five portal rotation.Using macros, you can actually cast spells on your focus' target (in this case, your focus would be the MT) without ever changing targets -- just set up a macro to cast the spell, put the button on your bar, and rather than ever having to switch targets, you can just run a macro. Tanks rotate separately and independently from the rest of the raid.You can even use ""modifier:shift"" and ""modifier:ctrl"" to switch spells and/or targets. Tanks will be the only players to enter the same portal every time; everyone else's rotation is based on the dragon's random targeting.And with simple addons, you can watch your focus target even when you tab away. Focus is such a powerful tool that it's a little overwhelming to think of all the things that it can make easier in game.

This is a sample portal rotation: 30s - Portal 1, Star Group teleported.But whenever you're in a situation where you're always going back to a certain target (whether that be an MT or self or someone else in the group you're playing with) and can set it as focus, then you can often use macros or addons to make everything else easier after that." "This week, The Care and Feeding of Warriors talks about Expertise. Tank 1 enters demon phase. 1m - Portal 2, Circle group teleported. 1m30s - Portal 3, Diamond group teleported.There's going to be a lot of math talk. Tank 2 enters demon phase.It will probably have an error or two in it. At this point the people that took portal 1 will start being ported back to dragon phase. 2m - Portal 4, Triangle group teleported.Mr. Portal 2 group returns. 2m30s - Portal 5, Melee group teleported, Tank 3 enters demon phase.Rossi needs to get some int gear for writing these columns. Portal 3 group returns. 3m - Portal 1, Circle group teleported.Expertise is useful for tanking and melee DPSing, so it seemed time to discuss it. Portal 4 group returns. 3m30s - Portal 2, Star group teleported.Also, I've recently realized I can't actually hit the 'expertise cap' as a tank with the gear I can get. Tank 1 enters demon phase.Sad but true. We live in interesting times since patch 2.3 here in warrior land. wow powerleveling Portal 4 group returns. It is imperative that everyone in the teleported person's group makes it into their appropriate portal.Whereas previous to this patch, we had good old fashioned bonuses to our weapon skill (remember the old Edgemaster's Handguards. The first five portals of the fight are some of the most hectic, as by the fifth portal there is still a group of people that have been on top the entire time and taking the stacking arcane buffet. Admit it, you wore these at 60.

If anyone misses a portal, they will be taking a lot of unneeded damage and be off of their rotation for the rest of the fight due to the Spectral Exhaustion debuff. As soon as the first group is teleported, the positioning in the dragon phase becomes much easier.Some of you wore them at 70. po wow You can spread out some, but stay around your group.You don't have to lie to us, we know.) we now live in the magical world of expertise rating and expertise. When the portal hits your group, you need to be close enough to get to it and interact with the portal before it disappears. " .What is expertise, and what isn't it. Well, for starters, expertise is not chance to hit. gold f¨¹r wow Expertise can help you hit more often in an indirect manner... it reduces the chance for a mob to dodge or parry your attacks. so technically yes you'll be hitting them more often. eve isk But + hit items directly reduce the chance an attack will miss, which in World of Warcraft is entirely different from a dodge or parry (just ask any warrior trying to hit the Overpower button). Furthermore, expertise is not weapon skill. The expertise system replaced bonuses to weapon skill on items, but it did not actually replace weapon skill: weapon skill up to 350 (at level 70) still exists. des po wow Expertise is just (just, he says) a direct reduction of your chance to have your attacks dodged or parried. Unlike the old days with weapon skill bonuses, as far as I know there's no relationship between expertise and glancing blows.

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Fight Overview

"There are two (simultaneous, of sorts) phases to the fight."Focus is a powerful tool built into the default UI that I just don't use nearly as much as I should. Everyone starts in dragon phase, with random people (and thus their groups, if all goes to plan) being teleported into the demon realm.With '/focus"" (and a number of key bindings), you can set up a ""focused"" target that, with one keypress or macro, you can snap back to and cast whatever needs to be casst. In the dragon phase it is your standard tank and DPS fight, with Wild Magic and Arcane Buffet being taken into account.Resto4Life has been putting together a great series on Focus and how to use it: They've hit on hibernating, healing with focus, and now using your focus' target to deal out debuffs. The situation is that you're in a raid and you're healing -- you have a little extra mana and you want to use it to throw debuffs on the main tank's target, but you don't want to miss a second of watching the main tank's bar. In the demon phase, the demon Sathrovarr will be fighting the human form of Kalecgos.Using macros, you can actually cast spells on your focus' target (in this case, your focus would be the MT) without ever changing targets -- just set up a macro to cast the spell, put the button on your bar, and rather than ever having to switch targets, you can just run a macro. If the demon kills the human form of Kalecgos, the fight is over; everyone is ported to dragon phase and the dragon despawns for 30 seconds (so resurrect quickly and get out!). Important to note in learning: The dragon is easily resettable by having a hunter shoot it and immediately Feign Death, thus despawning him for another 30 seconds and allowing you to recover (i.e.You can even use ""modifier:shift"" and ""modifier:ctrl"" to switch spells and/or targets.

resurrect any bodies that may have been unreachable with a dragon sitting on top of them). Raid Setup Raid groups need to be set up to be somewhat self sufficient, while still having decent group synergy.And with simple addons, you can watch your focus target even when you tab away. Focus is such a powerful tool that it's a little overwhelming to think of all the things that it can make easier in game. Generally there is a melee group and a tank group that are not ""self-sufficient"" (that is, have no healers).But whenever you're in a situation where you're always going back to a certain target (whether that be an MT or self or someone else in the group you're playing with) and can set it as focus, then you can often use macros or addons to make everything else easier after that." "This week, The Care and Feeding of Warriors talks about Expertise. Because of this, if one of your melee are teleported with the first portal, you will need to send a healer or two in after them.There's going to be a lot of math talk. Assign raid targets to one person in each group (other than the MT group), so you have a Star Group, Circle Group, Diamond Group, and Triangle Group.It will probably have an error or two in it. You need to be certain that there is always a decurser both in the demon realm and the dragon realm, as well as multiple healers, so arrange the groups accordingly. The Pull The pull and subsequent positioning is one of the most important (and difficult to master) parts of the fight.Mr. The third tank in your tank rotation will initiate the pull, with everyone running in immediately on his heels.Rossi needs to get some int gear for writing these columns. All of the assigned groups (star, circle, diamond, and triangle) need to get to their assigned quadrants immediately and spread out as best as possible.Expertise is useful for tanking and melee DPSing, so it seemed time to discuss it.

When positioning yourself, it is very important to take note of both the front and back of the dragon.Also, I've recently realized I can't actually hit the 'expertise cap' as a tank with the gear I can get. If you are directly in front of the dragon, you will get hit by Frost Breath.Sad but true. We live in interesting times since patch 2.3 here in warrior land. or wow If you are too close to the rear, you will get hit by Tail Lash.Whereas previous to this patch, we had good old fashioned bonuses to our weapon skill (remember the old Edgemaster's Handguards. If anyone is closer than 8 yards to the person targeted by a portal, they will take 6k arcane damage (or more, depending on the number of stacks of Arcane Buffet they've taken). NOTE: At the moment, the dragon's targeting in the ""shrubs"" around the edges is sketchy. Admit it, you wore these at 60. It is possible for the dragon to attempt to target you and attempt to portal you to the demon realm while you are ""in"" the bushes.Some of you wore them at 70. guild wars gold He will not be able to cast it on you, meaning he will just skip that portal.You don't have to lie to us, we know.) we now live in the magical world of expertise rating and expertise. If this happens, you will most definitely wipe.What is expertise, and what isn't it. Every portal is needed. " . Well, for starters, expertise is not chance to hit. lineage 2 adena Expertise can help you hit more often in an indirect manner... it reduces the chance for a mob to dodge or parry your attacks. so technically yes you'll be hitting them more often. gold wow But + hit items directly reduce the chance an attack will miss, which in World of Warcraft is entirely different from a dodge or parry (just ask any warrior trying to hit the Overpower button). Furthermore, expertise is not weapon skill. The expertise system replaced bonuses to weapon skill on items, but it did not actually replace weapon skill: weapon skill up to 350 (at level 70) still exists. wow or Expertise is just (just, he says) a direct reduction of your chance to have your attacks dodged or parried.

12:20 AM, April 17, 2008 .. 0 comments .. Link

Boss Abilities

"Sunwell Radiance Chance to hit increased by 5%. Enemy chance to dodge reduced by 20%. This buff is currently active on all NPCs in Sunwell Plateau, including bosses, it seems intended to balance encounters against high avoidance tank gear."Focus is a powerful tool built into the default UI that I just don't use nearly as much as I should. It also makes the rogue ability Evasion less effective.With '/focus"" (and a number of key bindings), you can set up a ""focused"" target that, with one keypress or macro, you can snap back to and cast whatever needs to be casst. It does not require any particular raid strategy to counter, but tanks and rogues should be aware of it.Resto4Life has been putting together a great series on Focus and how to use it: They've hit on hibernating, healing with focus, and now using your focus' target to deal out debuffs. The situation is that you're in a raid and you're healing -- you have a little extra mana and you want to use it to throw debuffs on the main tank's target, but you don't want to miss a second of watching the main tank's bar. Both Kalecgos and Sathrovarr the Corruptor are Tauntable. Kalecgos (Located in the ""normal realm,"" henceforth referred to as the dragon realm) Arcane Buffet: This AoE blast hits all targets in the dragon realm for 463 to 537 and also applies a stacking debuff that increases arcane damage taken by 500 per application.Using macros, you can actually cast spells on your focus' target (in this case, your focus would be the MT) without ever changing targets -- just set up a macro to cast the spell, put the button on your bar, and rather than ever having to switch targets, you can just run a macro. This debuff lasts 40 seconds and is not dispellable.You can even use ""modifier:shift"" and ""modifier:ctrl"" to switch spells and/or targets.

The debuff stacks indefinitely until the player enters the Spectral Realm, at which point it is removed.And with simple addons, you can watch your focus target even when you tab away. Focus is such a powerful tool that it's a little overwhelming to think of all the things that it can make easier in game. If a player remains in the dragon realm without taking a portal for too long, this debuff will eventually stack high enough to kill them in one tick. Spectral Blast: This is a spell cast on any player in the dragon realm every 20-30 seconds, teleporting them to the spectral realm.But whenever you're in a situation where you're always going back to a certain target (whether that be an MT or self or someone else in the group you're playing with) and can set it as focus, then you can often use macros or addons to make everything else easier after that." "This week, The Care and Feeding of Warriors talks about Expertise. This will damage everyone within 8 yards of the targeted player for approximately 6,000, in addition to spawning a portal where they were standing.There's going to be a lot of math talk. This portal is used by other players to get to the demon realm.It will probably have an error or two in it. This cannot target the player currently on top of Kalecgos' aggro list. Frost Breath: This inflicts frost damage in a frontal cone in front of the dragon form of Kalecgos.Mr. Reduces attack speed by 75% for 12 seconds.Rossi needs to get some int gear for writing these columns. Dispellable. Wild Magic: This is a random debuff cast on a random player.Expertise is useful for tanking and melee DPSing, so it seemed time to discuss it. The debuff is entirely random; any class can receive any of the following six abilities: - Healing done by spells and effects increased by 100%. - Chance to hit with melee and ranged attacks reduced by 50%. - Increases threat generated by 100%. - Spell and ability costs reduced by 50%. - Casting time increased by 100%. - Damage done by critical hits increased by 100%. Spectral Realm: This is a debuff placed on players that enter the spectral realm.Also, I've recently realized I can't actually hit the 'expertise cap' as a tank with the gear I can get.

It lasts 60 seconds.Sad but true. We live in interesting times since patch 2.3 here in warrior land. or wow When this debuff expires, the player will be ported back to the dragon realm. Spectral Exhaustion: This debuff is placed on players that are removed from the spectral realm.Whereas previous to this patch, we had good old fashioned bonuses to our weapon skill (remember the old Edgemaster's Handguards. It prevents re-entry into the spectral realm until it expires. Admit it, you wore these at 60. It lasts for 60 seconds. Tail Lash: Standard dragon tail lash.Some of you wore them at 70. guild wars gold This deals damage and knocks the player down.You don't have to lie to us, we know.) we now live in the magical world of expertise rating and expertise. The Tail Lash should be avoided. " .What is expertise, and what isn't it. Well, for starters, expertise is not chance to hit. lineage 2 adena Expertise can help you hit more often in an indirect manner... it reduces the chance for a mob to dodge or parry your attacks. so technically yes you'll be hitting them more often. gold wow But + hit items directly reduce the chance an attack will miss, which in World of Warcraft is entirely different from a dodge or parry (just ask any warrior trying to hit the Overpower button). Furthermore, expertise is not weapon skill. The expertise system replaced bonuses to weapon skill on items, but it did not actually replace weapon skill: weapon skill up to 350 (at level 70) still exists. wow or Expertise is just (just, he says) a direct reduction of your chance to have your attacks dodged or parried. Unlike the old days with weapon skill bonuses, as far as I know there's no relationship between expertise and glancing blows. Good King Varian (If anyone out there has information that contradicts me here, please share it.) So if expertise isn't going to raise your chance to hit, why am I so excited about it. " .

12:13 AM, April 17, 2008 .. 0 comments .. Link

Netherwing Reputation Guide

"As you level through the game, you'll find that with each different level you hit, you'll gain new spells and abilities. From tracking to marksmanship, each different ability will enhance your skills and allow you to send your pet in to tank, while you use your weapons from afar to kill the mob. By practicing this skill, you'll be able to gain more xp without gaining too much damage that you will have to heal on yourself. You should start to practice sending in your pet as soon as you gain the ability to train a pet. To choose the right pet, you should try all sorts of different ones. Some players stick to cats due to their swiftness and strength and their ability to heal fast. wow gold Other players prefer boars for the same reasons. And, there are those that prefer reptiles, such as the scorpids, for other reasons. No matter what your personal preference is, you should always train new pets throughout your time in the World of Warcraft to get a full range of the different abilities and skills that come with each different type of pet. While you are training different animals and reptiles for your pets, keep mental notes about which one's you like better than others and why. wow lvl service (This will help you to choose your main pet later in the game.) If you find a pet that you like along the way, keep it and stable it when you need to train other types of animals for their skills. By doing this, you will ensure that you have the perfect pet for you. When you start to run instances with a group, you should find the best and most powerful pet for that instance. wow gold Cats, boars, and bears are always great choices for instances due to their strength and speed in a fight.

You can choose which you prefer, as cats are great for instances where you need stealth to sneak on mobs, bears are great for brute strength for large mobs, and boars are great for their toughness and speed as well. As for which is the best pet, there is no sure fire way to tell, which is why there are so many options in the game for hunters. wow leveln Try training several different pets and just see which one works best for you as you quest and grind your way through the game. No one can tell you the perfect pet for you, you must learn this on your own through trial and error to see which pet is best for your character. If you play a WoW hunter and have a guide that you have written and you would like to see it on this website please feel free to drop me an e-mail to get it listed on this site. wow level service Be sure to bookmark this page and check out the other guides to improve your hunter and other World of Warcraft characters. " .

04:40 AM, March 31, 2008 .. 0 comments .. Link

How To Choose The Right Pet

"As you level through the game, you'll find that with each different level you hit, you'll gain new spells and abilities. From tracking to marksmanship, each different ability will enhance your skills and allow you to send your pet in to tank, while you use your weapons from afar to kill the mob. By practicing this skill, you'll be able to gain more xp without gaining too much damage that you will have to heal on yourself. You should start to practice sending in your pet as soon as you gain the ability to train a pet. To choose the right pet, you should try all sorts of different ones. Some players stick to cats due to their swiftness and strength and their ability to heal fast. wow gold Other players prefer boars for the same reasons. And, there are those that prefer reptiles, such as the scorpids, for other reasons. No matter what your personal preference is, you should always train new pets throughout your time in the World of Warcraft to get a full range of the different abilities and skills that come with each different type of pet. While you are training different animals and reptiles for your pets, keep mental notes about which one's you like better than others and why. wow power level (This will help you to choose your main pet later in the game.) If you find a pet that you like along the way, keep it and stable it when you need to train other types of animals for their skills. By doing this, you will ensure that you have the perfect pet for you. When you start to run instances with a group, you should find the best and most powerful pet for that instance. wow gold Cats, boars, and bears are always great choices for instances due to their strength and speed in a fight.

You can choose which you prefer, as cats are great for instances where you need stealth to sneak on mobs, bears are great for brute strength for large mobs, and boars are great for their toughness and speed as well. As for which is the best pet, there is no sure fire way to tell, which is why there are so many options in the game for hunters. wow power leveling Try training several different pets and just see which one works best for you as you quest and grind your way through the game. No one can tell you the perfect pet for you, you must learn this on your own through trial and error to see which pet is best for your character. If you play a WoW hunter and have a guide that you have written and you would like to see it on this website please feel free to drop me an e-mail to get it listed on this site. wow level up Be sure to bookmark this page and check out the other guides to improve your hunter and other World of Warcraft characters. " .

04:38 AM, March 31, 2008 .. 0 comments .. Link

How To Choose The Right Pet

"Hunters are like warriors in the World of Warcraft, they are strong, dependable, and have great skills to move up the levels swiftly. While a hunter and warrior are alike in many different ways, the hunter is also kin to the warlock in the fact that they can have a pet to use as a tank to draw the mob's damage off of them. But, unlike a warlock, the hunter can train and use just about anything for their pet. This is great in the fact that it will allow you to train all sorts of different animals, reptiles, and monsters to use as pets in different areas of the game. With each different type of pet you train, you will gain a new ability that you can then pass on to your main pet. Some of the different areas of training that you can use for your pet include: bite rank and claw rank. Like the warlock, you can keep a couple of pets at a time. To do this, you should find one main pet that you really like to use and when you want to train something else to learn a new skill, you can stable this pet so you have the ability to go out and train another. Most larger cities will have stables where you can ¡°park¡± your main pet in order to train a new one. (These are usually located in an open space in the center of the city, near the mail box or the flight master.) But, unlike the warlock, when you are training a new pet and using one for a tank, you will need to feed it. Different pets prefer different foods, such as meat, fruit, and eggs, all of which you can find through vendors in each town. wow gold When you are training your pet, you'll need to make sure that you have enough food for the both of you so neither of you suffer.

Because the two of you will need food, cooking is a must have for the hunter so you can use the raw meat that you loot from mobs to help feed both you and your pet. " "The only improvement is if you are spamming both sunder and HS, and want even more threat. wow power level Suppose we have a 2.0 speed weapon, HS spam and sunder spam. That's about 280 unmodified tps. Changing one sunder for a shield slam gives us 318 unmodified. wow gold However, the same effect would be achieved by changing to a 1.4 speed weapon and casting HS more often. And these values aren't taking into account autoattack damage, which makes the margins comparatively smaller. g) There's no amazing super secret randomised blizzard aggro algorithm. wow power leveling The concepts are simple and the values can be fitted with nice numbers. Even formulas for threat-reducing knockbacks can conceivably be worked out, if threat values are carefully monitored. Totally awesome World of Warcraft guide, wasn't it. wow level up If you have a comment or two about it you can either drop by the forums and post a message about it or you can drop by the blog and post a comment there if you would like. I want to make Totally FREE World of Warcraft Guides a fantastic site that players will come to again and again for great guides. Your feedback is extremely appreciated! Be sure to bookmark this page and check out the other guides to make HUGE amounts of gold in this game. " .

04:28 AM, March 31, 2008 .. 0 comments .. Link

The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Unleash the fury

"The Care and Feeding of Warriors burns from within this week. Matthew Rossi has played a lot of warriors, and this week he dedicates the column to fury warriors, the spec which seems the most basic to the rage concept, really. wow gold It's a rage bar, after all. No, not a place you go to drink rage. How would that even work, rage potion cordials. wow lvl service It doesn't bear thinking about. My first warrior leveled as arms, back in the dim past before patch 1.2. It's hard to explain to people just how bad playing a warrior was back then. We didn't generate rage on blocks, parries or dodges, executes took all of your rage even if they missed, and there was a bug that caused attacks that were dodges to be calculated as misses, causing you to miss out on a ton of overpowers. wow gold Berseker stance used to grant 10% melee haste, but no one really knew what that meant. (I wonder if warriors today would trade 3% crit for 10% faster attacks. ) I managed to get him to 60 mainly through instancing with friends/guildmates. wow leveln (To be fair, I was ahead of most of my guild, with the exception of a couple of hunters who'd started playing before I did.) So when I created a new warrior on a new server to play with some real life friends, I wanted to do things differently. And so I went fury. Being the stubborn cuss I am, though, I didn't level fury with a dual wield build... I didn't like the way I'd miss so many attacks and at that early stage of the game there wasn't much I could do to prevent them, so I stayed with my beloved 2h weapons.

I still remember when I got the Relentless Scythe and started to really understand how to output DPS with it. wow level service While most warriors were carrying Arcanite Reapers around, I was tweaking my gear for AP and crit and trying to figure out how to squeeze the most DPS out of a two hand weapon (although I also had a pair of Bone Slicing Hatchets enchanted with +15 agility to annoy my wife... as a hunter, she found it irritating that I got them before she did, and I did enjoy using them) - amusingly, just as dual-wield specialization was coming into the game, I was getting into raiding and the guild I was in didn't need a prot warrior, just an off-tank for various MC mobs. I picked up a Draconian Deflector cheap off of Drakkisath (he was very slightly dead at the time, he got better) and headed into Molten Core - you could tank as fury in those days, and I did. " .

02:30 AM, March 21, 2008 .. 0 comments .. Link

fiction: Children (Silvermoon Scrolls)

"We had been riding for hours but time in the saddle hardly mattered now. now that the cursed plague took feeling from my formerly sensitive elvish skin. cheap wow gold I looked at my husband who. similarly.had lost his human feeling from his encounter with the plague. He stared straight ahead seeking only movement on the horizon. ""I am sure I saw them come this way."" he stated softly again. ""Children should not be left to the pain of life. I must dispatch them."" Andais sighed softly wondering if there were children, or whether her priest husband's obsession with granting ""peace through death"" had again led them on a wild chase through the dark woods of Silverpine and Tirisfal Glades. Contrition pulled his horse up short. and to counter her frustration Andais raised a hand and sent a shadowbolt at a nearby demon dog wandering the landscape. wow power leveling She chuckled as it yelped and fell over dead. A dirty look from Contrition followed by a quick reproach ""Andais that is below you and well you know it."" ""Well, we are chasing ghost children through the woods rather than pursuing Kael'thas' death tonight. tell me, what exactly is below us. "" she hissed. He ignored her barb and turned back to survey the horizon. ""There!"" He pointed at a run down shack. A butter churn still stood outside it and cats roamed the flat land strecthed out behind it. wow gold As they approached Andais noted the cobwebs and moss creeping up the walls. ""Con, there is simply nothing here, let us give this up and return to Shattrath City for the evening."" And then she heard it, breathing. Andais unsummoned her dreadsteed as Contrition tied his plague ridden horse to an old stand. Lifting the top from the butter churn.

Andais thanked the Dark Lady for the first time that she no longer had a keen sense of smell. ""It's probably some mindless Scourge waiting to slap us with its horrid rags,"" she sniffed. ""If you insist we examine this place. as I agree that something is here. let me send Karnik in first."" She summoned the demon with a word and directed it into the shack. really cheap wow gold Muttering as always in childish argument with her orders, Karnik danced and flipped into the shack, calling back in his keening voice that nothing lived in the building. Then, the demon's ear turned towards an old door in the corner. He sniffed at its edges and dancing fireballs appeared in his hands. fast wow gold ""May I, may I master. "" He asked before preparing to throw a fireball at the door. Andais kicked him aside and muffled the wild fire as it scorched the door. ""Stupid demon..."" she muttered, letting her voice trail off as she examined the door. "

04:54 AM, March 18, 2008 .. 0 comments .. Link

children¡¯s numerical skills

people appear to born to compute. The numerical skills of children develop so
early and so inexorably that it is easy to imagine an internal clock of
mathematical maturity guiding their growth. Not long after learning to walk and
talk, they can set the table with impress accuracy---one knife, one spoon, one
fork, for each of the five chairs. Soon they are capable of nothing that they
have placed five knives, spoons and forks on the table and, a bit later, that
this amounts to fifteen pieces of silverware. Having thus mastered addition,
they move on to subtraction. It seems almost reasonable to expect that if a
child were secluded on a desert island at birth and retrieved seven years
later, he or she could enter a second enter a second-grade mathematics class
without any serious problems of intellectual adjustment.

Of course, the truth is not so simple. This century, the work of cognitive
psychologists has illuminated the subtle forms of daily learning on which
intellectual progress depends. Children were observed as they slowly grasped----
-or, as the case might be, bumped into-----concepts that adults take for
quantity is unchanged as water pours from a short glass into a tall thin one.
Psychologists have since demonstrated that young children, asked to count the
pencils in a pile, readily report the number of blue or red pencils, but must
be coaxed into finding the total. Such studies have suggested that the
rudiments of mathematics are mastered gradually, and with effort. They have
also suggested that the very concept of abstract numbers------the idea of a
oneness,
a twoness, a threeness that applies to any class of objects and is a
prerequisite for doing anything more mathematically demanding than setting a
table-----is itself far from innate

06:20 AM, March 17, 2008 .. 0 comments .. Link

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