This episode we’re joined by Affinitii, the monk healer for Blood Legion, one of the top raiding guilds in the world! Take a peak into what makes this hardcore progression raider tick.
We question him on addons/UI, glyphs and dailies and even get some advice for casual raiders. Monks, Priests, Druids and Shaman! Sorry Paladins, no love for you today, but give it a listen anyway!
Diggin’ Deep on PVP with Alludra the Mage, but not the kind of PVP you’re used to. This week’s discussion will be all about learning about Pet Battles, how to get started, what to expect, and a few other tips to help you along the way.
Alludra, THE Mage, joins us for some fun discussion and a great time, Enjoy!
Addons discussed: Pet battle Count, Pet Journal Enhance (soon to be outdated 5.1), Pet Battle Teams, Pokemon Trainer the Addon.
Reference chart for ability strengths and weaknesses: http://www.battlepet.net/2012/08/3-alludra-has-cough-keph-has-lag.html
Gearing up for Heroics & prepping for raiding, Reputations of Interest, Profession stuff and the recently unlocked from it’s faction restriction’s Justice Point gear.
This episode talks about various things you can do to begin maximizing your game play either at Lv. 90, or how to get started even before the level cap through the Tillers at Halfhill.
There’s a little something for everyone and a little something of a lot of everything else in this episode. We welcome all questions and comments; share what you’ve learned as well!
With emails O’plenty we had to dedicate an entire show to get through them all. You’ll have to listen closely to understand the show’s title… and don’t judge!
We give to you a bit of ourselves through our show, and we want to thank our community for giving back to us so that we could give back to you! We gave away two more prizes this week from Twitter and Facebook contests.
We talk about improving your game just a little bit differently this episode with guest NotAnna. “Don’t change the game, change the players”.
How to improve your game and gaming environment for yourself and others by being a positive impact to the type of community you participate in.
Congratulations to our first contest winner, SpiderKav!
Also, see comments for some additional listener submitted information.
A review of some of the more popular sites for Sources and Optimization. We also answer some emails that start a decent discussion among us before we dig in to the main topic of Source websites.
Information Sources: Community Blogs, One stop shop sites, YouTube channels
Elamari’s Feral Druid Leveling guide. Hoofit’s AskMrRobot Start Up guide.
Sites: AskMrRobot, Noxxic, Icy-Veins, Elitist Jerks, MaxDPS, WowHead
YouTube channels: Preach Gaming, FatbossTV, TGN WoW
Also, that crazy modifier “4 actions on 1 Macro” that was discussed (CTRL+Shift, CTRL, Shift, and normal):
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,mod:ctrlshift]Healing Surge;[@mouseover,help,mod:ctrl]Healing Wave;[@mouseover,help,mod:shift]Chain Heal;[@mouseover,help]Greater Healing Wave
/cast Greater Healing Wave
Let’s discuss some of the things you can do to prepare for expansions and pre-expansion patches. Hear what other listeners are doing and a few tips and pieces of advice from the cast from class choices, habits, inventory, to gold making tips.
Also.. Find out the real reason Hend is remodeling his kitchen!
Preparation Stuff:
– Olivia Grace’s WoW Insider confirmed MoP Addon readiness list!
– Oh, and you might want to check out Blizzard’s own Survival Guide!
That’s right, PRO(fession) TIPS and explanations.
We discuss the advantages of professions, why you should learn them and keep them leveled up, and we also explain the perks of every profession and how they’re used for making money or min/maxing.
For a quick reference to what professions will look like in Mists of Pandaria check out TheIncBear’s (Arielle/@riftmaker) blog post (Keep in mind the post is also suggesting professions to take based on being a Guardian Druid, but the numbers for what the professions provide is still accurate.)
Also one of the Profession sites we used to level up many professions fast and easily is TheNoobSchool.
Also, mentioned at the beginning were Hoofit’s Archaeology Addon preferences. If you, too, are into the pain, suffering and agony of Archaeology, here they are:
– Archaeology Helper + Gathermate2 + Gathermate2 Data
– Hoofit’s youtube video of using the Archaeology addons. (Sorry about the low resolution-it was one of my first captures, it makes it difficult to see the range zones and gathermate2 node points, but you’ll get the idea.)
No Hendlove this episode so Hoofit and Hotpox decide to answer a twitter question as well as look back on the last few episodes and try to correct or elaborate on a few things that we botched or flat out forgot to mention
User Interface modifications, also known as addons!
We polled twitter and asked for some of your favorites, and we also list some of our favorites. In addition we go over a few must have addons for Tanking Healing and DPS!
Keep in mind that everyone’s preferences are different. There’s no right answer, but if you’re unfamiliar with addons, hopefully this can help you get started on the journey and joy of addons.
Did we miss one of your favorites?
Comment here and spread the word of your own treasured addons! (Please give a brief description, too, of what it does, what role it’s for etc.)
Pwepping for Hewoics and Waiding!
After you’re geared out, your work is not yet finished! We discuss about what to do after you get that gear to better yourself, your 5m, or your raids (even your PVP). How do you do Gem, Reforge or Enchant? Why are these so expensive, are there cheaper alternatives? There sure are, and we discuss it.
Special thanks to Alludra the mage for her Mannerly Mage segment that fit into this topic so well. Alludra is so Awesome!
Discussion links mentioned:
Wow-Gem.com – Gems: complete listing/sorting of any kind of gems
WowArmory.com – Enchanting: Linked directly to the enchant search listing.
Reforginator – Reforging: Addon / In game resource.
AskMrRobot.com – Reforging/Enchanting/Gems: (website) Dynamic gear optimizer based on your current gear levels.
Noxxic.com – Reforging/Enchanting/Gems: (website) one stop shop for guides on what to do, but suggestions may not match your current level/progression.
We dive into Macros. What are they? What they aren’t! How to get started.
We’ll discuss some easy all purpose macros, some role specific macros (Even class specific by request), and then dive a little into some more advanced uses, theory and general practices.
Websites we mention:
http://wowmacros.info
http://macroexplain.com
And a link to all of the macros we discussed:
The Training Dummies Episode 4 Macro Discussion
Deep discussion on the pros, cons and etiquette of using in game and post raid reporting tools!
Skada “vs” Recount:
World of Logs: (http://worldoflogs.com/)
– Guide: http://www.cannotbetamed.com/resources/evaluating-raiders-with-world-of-logs/
– Combat Log Saver (Addon for auto saving Combat logs for use with parsers)
We answer a listener email for help with a Retribution Paladin trying to get ready for the highest level 5 mans and Looking for Raid. We also discuss a few simple things in the Hour of Twilight 5 mans that some players seem to forget.
We talk about a lot of sites, addons or macros in this episode, here’s a brief recap:
Ask Mr. Robot (for optimizing your Gems, Enchants and Reforges)
A.M.R. Quickstart/Beginner’s Guide (Written by Hoofit, Approved by AMR!)
Noxxic (used for referencing Glyph and Talent possibilities and rotation priority suggestions)
Addons Mentioned: Power Auras (or default game Auras), Inline Auras, RedRange, Omni Cooldown Count, Tell Me When, Reforginator.
Macro Mentioned: (You can copy and paste the below in italics into your macro window)
#showtooltip Exorcism
/stopcasting
/cast Exorcism
/stopcasting
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