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Boss Notes: useful addon

I have mentioned this great addon once before, Boss Notes (back in Sept 09). Those guilds going up against Putricide you might find it helpful. Saves alt-tabbing to whichever website [ more...]

Raid classification and losing

I really paused for thought after reading Tobold’s classification of raid encounters.

Looking at the title of his post, ‘raid encounter classification’, you might well think his answers would describe the mechanics [ more...]

Ratio of tanks to the rest

This deserves more discussion. One of the difficult balances a leader has to manage is the number of tanks required in a raid, or the guild, as a proportion of [ more...]

Why do you love tanking?

I was tanking Utgarde Keep on my reroll DK ‘Industry’ earlier. Did it because I saw “LF1M tank, UK” on general chat. I really enjoyed the run. I was in [ more...]

Addon: Boss Notes

I like this addon, Boss Notes. Gives you an in-game notebook for each boss.

Comes with dot-point reminders of the key things for Ulduar bosses, for example, and you can enter [ more...]

Raid leader: Matt's UI analysed

Matticus, a raid leader and prolific blogger, has written up his GUI which comments on the addons he uses. This is a great write-up because he’s a raid leader and [ more...]

Learning styles differ

Some people can listen to instructions on Vent and get it, others are kinesthetic and the fight won’t click in their heads until they’ve been in it. Thanks to youtube, [ more...]

OODA, military theory applied to WoW

For some time, I have used Boyd’s OODA concept as my model for how decision-making works during a fight. It’s observe, orient, decide, act. Boyd was a superb US airforce [ more...]

Raid debuff tracking: addon reviews

Having a raid leader or officer watch the debuffs on a boss can be a good idea. Back in the old days of 40-man raiding, debuff management was even more [ more...]

Awareness and control for raid leaders

This is a topic I’ll come back to a number of times. Below I outline a few tools which give the raid leader crucial information in real-time and post-mortem.

Real-time raid [ more...]

Frost tank spec in 3.3 (59 comments)
- Vanyana: Thanks for the reply, I don’t really have a problem with threat so I guess I...
- Instructions: You might also want to make sure you’re pressing the RIGHT attack at the...
- Gravity: DPS is about right for that level, I think, because it is threat that matters more. Do...
- Vanyana: Can’t seem to find much info on this but I am main spec dpswiyh a off spec 2H...

3.3 Death Knight dual-wield tanking (93 comments)
- tiny dk: Im speccing do Frost purely for aoe with main spec blood for raids and was wondering if...
- Jerad: Falrics Wrist Chopper is an itemized no no. Shield block for a DK does nothing.

The streamlined newbie experience (6 comments)
- AJ: Much appreciated.
- Gravity: The obvious visuals are from Shadowed Unit Frames plus Dominos, both of which are the...
- AJ: Gravity, this is probably an annoying question, but i have to ask. What UI is that? Now to...
- crankyhealer: I know! I just walked up to that stupid blood elf and pwned her face, while her...

/played (5 comments)
- Instructions: I don’t want to look at this. I think it’d be pathetic to see what...
- Uru: worst console command in game, seriously feels a bit better if you can think at wow like...
- Karatheya: I dread doing that calculation, but since I haven’t done so in a year or more,...
- Brangwen: I loves me some altaholic! I am WAY to scared to look at the little summary at the...

The end of loser DKs is nigh! (15 comments)
- Wraithwail(caelsetraz): to be quite honest i am tired of nooby people playing the deathknight....

Flask market indicates the beginning of the free epics period (19 comments)
- Gravity: mr robot seems pretty good for deeps, but I managed to crash it the few times I...
- Instructions: Problem 1) Coding in .net = bad Problem 2) Microsoft = bad Sidenote: has anyone...
- Gravity: Yeah frustrating eh. I run it under an emulator on my Mac.
- aeura: damn I really wish Rawr worked on macs…

Warriors from the swiss army, DKs from lego (16 comments)
- xorellion: So many people are caught up with counting their DPS, not realizing that there’s...
- xorellion: Nothing stings worse than a healer saying “Great.. A DK tank” and leaving...

Spamalyzer addon: can identify lag (1 comments)
- Brangwen: Done and Done. SpamFu was wonderful for this, cheers for the heads up on the shinier...

Unholy, threat not so bad? (13 comments)
- noob: Unholy tanking with a pet is fun and i would like to share this spec,...

The class you avoid playing (20 comments)
- Gravity: I just did to L5 on an alt, and it’s definitely much easier than before. Mana...
- Uru: they did a lot of improvements for leveling low chars in wotlk indeed. my paladin in tbc was...
- tadrinth: I’ve started a couple of paladin alts and never gotten past 35 or so. Usually I...
- Lasciell: You know, what you said makes me think that I might have more fun leveling a Mage...

Updated strategies index (1 comments)
- Meloree: Veneretio’s post is something I’ve commented about before over at...

Boss Notes: useful addon

Raid classification and losing

Ratio of tanks to the rest

Why do you love tanking?

Addon: Boss Notes

Raid leader: Matt's UI analysed

Learning styles differ

OODA, military theory applied to WoW

Raid debuff tracking: addon reviews

Awareness and control for raid leaders

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