Hold on to your spell books as the boys have a blast with WoW Insiders Kristin Marshall. Join in on this epic round table discussion as they dig into Death Knight tanking, epic pet battles and BLIZZ Y U NO 5 MAN?! Stay tuned at the end of the show for an extra special treat courtesy of Rewt from Hearthcast!
Hendlove quickly turns into Annelove as the boys have an epic Q & A session with the Queen of lore herself, Anne Stickney! You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you might even get uncomfortable… From Garrosh being a jerk, to PVP, to Wrathion’s scandalous agenda, you don’t want to miss this story filled extravaganza!
If you’re like us, you want the battle pets added in 5.1 and you also want the super rare mounts that drop off old raid bosses. To help make this feat a little easier, Saz joined us tonight and gave us some great tips on accomplishing this! While discussing soloing old raid bosses, the discussion, at times, breaks into Super Shaman talk as well, but that’s okay. It really is the best class in the game! No really, it is. Just ask me!
The boys are back at it again! In this Hunteriffic episode we bring on special guest Ghemit who inspired this week’s topic. We learn how many 90s Rob actually has and that even in beautiful Mexico, Hend just can’t stay away from Azeroth. From keybinds to macros to…. warlocks? We have another great round table episode discussion digging into the class that everyone loves to hate. Special congratulations to this week’s premium Ask Mr. Robot account winner, Epicinsanity!
The filthy Alliance was hard at work tonight trying to sabotage this show. We had multiple disconnects, some weird noise skipping and not even sure what happened in the middle of the show. Kevin Old Scratch from the Darkmoon Herald talks Shaman and by the end of the show all 3 of us are re-evaluating our talents choices! Yes, even The Training Dummies learn something on this show! Be warned, after about 1 hour the sound quality deteriorates and we actually cut out a chunk of the show. If you want to hear the cut portion, it is at the end of the show.
We have a treat for you tonight! Training Dummy meets Robot when Zoopercat from Ask Mr. Robot joins us to discuss some of the new features on their site as well as the ever popular Gear Optimizer. Strap yourself in and get ready for a doozy!
A last minute cancellation had us scrambling but Yinxy saved the day with a great LFR healing question! We discuss some of the finer points of stepping into LFR in the Healer role including regen, cooldowns, and not forgetting to bring your Discipline Priest. Plus we share a Training Dummies mouseover macro success story! Happy Healing!
In this episode we discuss prepping, learning, and coping strategies for LFR, and what you can do to help make LFR a friendlier environment for everyone.
/grouphug
/hendlove
Wow, One listener’s plea for advice on how to begin tanking turns into quite the discussion! Join us as we discuss Basic, Intermediate and even a few advanced tanking behaviors and methods to help our listener, Seth, on his way to tanking greatness.
As always, comments are welcome and discussion about other great tips are encouraged. If we forgot to mention something, don’t leave poor Seth hanging, talk about it here! (P.S. Seth is a Protection Warrior specifically, though we try to discuss Tanking habits and methods that all tanks should practice)
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!
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.
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
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.)
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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