Music is important to me. This is not to say I have a good sense of rhythm, but I enjoy extremely loud live music events. Even though I am very much a guitar/indie rock girl, I’ll happily dance away to the latest club hits. In much the same way, I tend to get into a rhythm when I am casting. I don’t know about everyone else, but I will find my rhythm for a particular fight, keeping the Cast bar/Latency issues in mind and my DPS will tend to go up because muscle memory takes over and I can...
DPS Tricks
DPS Tricks – Canny Totem Usage
This is another of what will be my rather short series on ‘DPS Tricks’, to help boost your personal and raid DPS in many a boss fight. I am working on some rather longer articles in the mean time, but hopefully Some of these tricks may be old, some may be new, but in the world of the min-maxer and the catch-up raider, every little helps. This tip is extremely short and sweet, and especially good for getting the most out of your Totem of Wrath Glyph. Before the pull (and before you pop your first potion), drop Totem...
Internal Competition: Saving Valithria
As a DPSer in a raid guild, I think many people would agree that there is a certain amount of competition. Even the sort of person that doesn’t e-peen about being top of the DPS charts wants to do well, after all, DPS charts are often the only thing standing between a DPSer and a cold, wooden bench that smells slightly of sweat and Lucozade and possibly a hint of blood and tears. Or whatever sports drink that amateur footballers drink these days. There is more to our role, of course. Interrupts. Positioning. DPSing the right target very quickly....
DPS Tricks – Double Potting
Rule number one of double potting is – you don’t talk about double potting. It uses up your potion stocks faster than a wipe night, and it can be risky. A mistimed pot can be entirely wasted because you potted too early, or it can lock you out of your heroism pot for the entire fight. It is not an activity that is widely mentioned on DPS blogs, I suspect because most writers assume it is known about already. Googling ‘double pot trick’ brings up the odd forum discussion. This is partly because the double pot trick is so...
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