Defining Playstyles: Beyond casual vs. hardcore

In a recent Totem Talk post, I made a loot list for enhancement shamans that have access to ICC but are not progression raiders, because they are either alts or they are -- drum roll, please -- casual. That's right: I used the c-word without context. Casual. There, I said it again without context. Excuse me while I duck from the rotten vegetables being thrown in my direction. The use of that c-word in relation to an Icecrown Citadel loot list sparked a very interesting comment thread. Most ...

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So what's the symbology there?

I log onto my shaman to test far sight. First thing I did was to go find the elevator to go learn flying. That caused me to discover Orgrimmar (something I've already done that the game says I haven't), and gain 8 xp, which made me hit level 80 (and ...

Brain Heals

I redid my gems. I re-reforged. I redid my keybinds. I set up clique and totem timers.
And then we went to Firelands.
My first foray as a healer wasn’t horrible though, once I remembered I had Healing Rain (which is probably the biggest ...

Form of Healer – ACTIVATE!

So my as yet nameless raid* is going through another reset cycle. We’ve lost a few people, are raiding on a new night, etc.
One of the people we lost was our paladin healer.
As such, since I like my raid and want to keep raiding, I offered ...