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About Melissa

Sr. Product Owner in Tacoma, WA. I care about sustainability, ethical fashion, and having fun with personal style.

WordPress

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Melissa

So I am going to try hosting this blog on my own using a WordPress install, instead of a WordPress-hosted free thing. This will let me install plugins, like extremely useful wowhead tooltip things. My husband also likes to nag … Continue reading →

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An Update on Conclave of Wind Strat

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Melissa

As an addendum to the strategy I posted previously for Conclave of Wind… As a 25man raid, we adjusted the strategy we are using for Conclave to address some of the issues we had, namely not enough DPS on Nezir … Continue reading →

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So You Just Specced Resto

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Melissa

I’ve had a few people ask me for a post on just simply how to start out healing as a Shaman. What the rotations are, what spells are good and bad. To some extent, I’ve covered this in a post-Cata … Continue reading →

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Regen Series: Trinkets

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Melissa

Whenever I see the word “trinkets” I can hear Talon King Ikiss squawking in my head. Let’s hope your head is a more pleasant place than mine. So, how about a nice, in-depth look at the available healing trinkets, particularly … Continue reading →

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Shaman Patch Notes

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Melissa

So they noticed that Shaman were missing from the notes. So here’s a mix bag of nerfbats and some buffs. Shaman Chain Heal’s effectiveness has been increased by approximately 10%. Hex now has a PvP duration of 8 seconds. Purge … Continue reading →

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My Raid is Recruiting!

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Melissa

Shameless self-promotion here, but my 25man raid is recruiting. We are currently looking to fill a full-time healer spot as well as recruiting some backups and part-time raiders of just about any flavor. Since I would particularly like to get … Continue reading →

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Healing Buffs, Unless You’re a Shaman

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Melissa

Here’s the patch notes relevant to healers from Patch 4.0.6 on the PTR: Druid Restoration -Omen of Clarity now procs from damage spells and attacks instead of proc from damage and healing spells. -Rejuvenation now costs 16% of base mana, … Continue reading →

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Conclave of Wind Strategy, 10 and 25 man.

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Melissa

Edit,  1/17/11: We used a revised strategy for a successful 25man kill that is more elegant. Please refer to this post for an overview of how to divide up your raid and orchestrate their jumps. The strat below is possible … Continue reading →

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Raiding Epics and Best in Slot Gear

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Melissa

So what drops from where? What follows is intended to be a comprehensive list of Resto Shaman appropriate drops from the current raid content. Normal drops are linked, but obviously the heroic versions of these items will be better. I … Continue reading →

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Regen Series: Water Shield

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Melissa

Next up, let’s take a look at Water Shield. The ubiquitous orbital friend of Resto Shaman, Water Shield accounts for a static, non-scaling amount of passive regen when it is active, to the tune of 354 mana/5. In addition to … Continue reading →

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