Ol' Grumpy and the crushing disappointment of roles

There are no pure DPS classes in World of Warcraft that use two-handed melee weapons to deal damage and only one pure DPS class that can even equip them. There are literally hundreds of two-handed melee weapons in this game. This has always annoyed me, because I love big weapons. I know you know this about me. One of the reasons I hate the argument that pure DPS classes should have dibs on top DPS weapons is that in order for me to play a character that uses a two-hander, I have no choice but ...

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WTF is with all these Emerald Dragonfails!

I know I haven’t been writing about tanking or even Bear tanking for a bit, but still.
Tanking 101.
Healer aggro, and the counteracting thereof.
Also to be known as “Keep your healer alive, you idiot!”
Look, from ...

A Primer on Disc Priest Healing in Rated Battlegrounds

Last week, one of my guild’s healers had to call-out for one of our RBG nights since he had some exams to study for. As a result, we ended up PuGing in a Disc Priest who turned out to be pretty terrible. When you’re running a three-healer ...

Persuasive and Authoritarian Roles in the Holy Trinity

Some people tell you what to do and you have to listen because they're the ones in charge.  They have the law or guns or mind-control.  These are the authoritarians.Some people convince you to do it by manipulation: bribes and blackmail and friendly smiles ...

Monk/Brewmaster Abilities Part 2

So last week, we covered a portion of the baseline Monk abilities in the upcoming Mists of Pandaria expansion.
This week, we’ll be digging a little deeper into the tanking spec of the Monk class, the Brewmaster and looking over some of the ...

Kiss My Circle of Healing

Much time has passed since it was released, but I still like the concept of Looking For Raid. I keep running it on varying characters, and overall I have a good time.
The only thing I haven’t enjoyed isĀ the long wait time as DPS, at least ...