Category Archives: Patch 3.3 WotLK

Real ID: Do you trust the friends of your friends?

By Lissanna | Published: June 22, 2010
So, today is patch day. This patch has a lot of neat features (like the Ruby Sanctum raid). One of these upcoming features is the Real ID system.  This system is designed to blend your “real life” with game life to a somewhat uncomfortable facebook-stalker level. When the Real ID system was first announced, I [...]
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How has ICC changed your healing style?

By Lissanna | Published: May 31, 2010
So, I haven’t updated my healing guide until before ICC came out. So, I was wondering – has your healing style changed since ICC came out? During my Druid Healing Survey back in December, people generally responded that: They HOT the tanks and then raid heal Rejuv was the most commonly used spell (with wild [...]
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Moonkin in 3.3.3: To dot… or not to dot.

By Lissanna | Published: March 11, 2010
Okay, so now that 3.3.3 is getting closer to release, we have more details about what moonkin PvE will look like “soon.” However, this is still subject to change. One big looming question that a lot of high-end moonkin are struggling with is when to cast dots, or when to not cast them. The buffs [...]
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Recap of Twitter answers for druids

By Lissanna | Published: February 26, 2010
There were 2 questions relevant to druids in the latest twitter #blizzchat. Q. Is there any ETA on tree / moonkin form graphical update? A. Moonkin is hard because Moonkin players are so in love with that form. It’s tough to change it at all. We currently hope to do a new tree form for [...]
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3.3.3 Druid changes – for moonkin pvp (or not)

By Lissanna | Published: February 25, 2010
First, the changes: Typhoon mana cost has been reduced from 32% of base mana to 25% of base mana. Starfall damage has been increased. Now causes 563 to 653 Arcane damage (Up from 433 to 503) and 101 Arcane damage (Up from 78) to all other enemies within 5 yards. Spell Power coefficients also increased. [...]
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Can moonkin be fixed before Cata?

By Lissanna | Published: February 18, 2010
Okay, so Ghostcrawler has posted in multiple balance druid threads in the damage dealing forum in the last week. He shot down two ideas (ie. a glyph for wrath haste scaling, and Owlkin Frenzy buffs). He seems to be paying attention to moonkin, and to changes that will come before Cataclysm, but there doesn’t seem [...]
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Patch 3.3.2 – Moonkin fixes

By Lissanna | Published: February 2, 2010
Okay, so moonkin are getting some attention in the 3.3.2 patch. The main patch note for moonkin is: Earth and Moon: This talent now increases the druid’s spell damage by 2/4/6%, up from 1/2/3%. What this means is that moonkin’s DPS should come out 2.91% better. This change has no effect on the debuff that [...]
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