tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37743747636867732372012-02-16T19:02:37.955-08:00An Enhancement Shaman blog about how to get fast cars, houses with swimming pools and phat lootz.pianoFORTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10749425230672158562noreply@blogger.comBlogger211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774374763686773237.post-77286831121399859812009-03-02T12:52:00.000-08:002009-03-02T13:19:43.454-08:00

Unleashed Rage now adds 3/6/9 Expertise per talent point.This is a huge and welcome change!  Considering that the change before was 1/2/3% agility, the expertise ends up being way better. Sort of like how N Sync was way better than Backstreet boys.  Not that I would know what they sounded like.... or care, um... yeah.The thing is, the agility change was nice, but the Shaman community didn't think

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Hi.This is the editor of this here blog.  Sometimes teh Pif likes to take over and I get to take a little vacation.  Unfortunately, teh Pif seems to like celebrating his birthday over the course of an entire week rather than a day like everyone else.Teh Pif also likes to drink way more than he can handle, get a whole crowd singing "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men at a karaoke bar, and in the same

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Yum....SkillsBloodlust and Heroism now puts a debuff on you preventing you from using gaining the benefits of them for 10 mins. They now have a 5 min cooldown. (Previously had a 5 min debuff with a 10 min cooldown)TalentsImproved Stormstrike (Tier 8 ) now has a 50/100% chance to grant you 20% of your base mana when you Stormstrike.Stormstrike (Tier 7) now affects the next 4 nature attacks but

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So before even like the beginning of time and stuff, people sat around and debated the age-old question.  Socrates and Plato fought over it.  Leonardo Da Vinci made paintings about it.  Einstein theorized about it.  The question:  Should I level as Enhancement or Elemental? The simple answer you’ll see out there is that there is no right answer.  Both have their pros and cons.  I, teh Pif,

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Ok!We've talked about a lot of things now. We had an overview of what our class is like, our playstyle, our buffs, and even our attack priority list.It's time to go out and get phat lewtz!Er, actually no, not yet.  We've got one thing to talk about before we can talk about our lootz.Our stats.YARGH!  STATS!? booooooooooooooooooooriiiiiiiiiiinnnnnngggg!Yeah, yeah I know.  But we gots to know what

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Everyone's got an alt.  Right?  Well, you should, even if it's just for the bank alt which is highly recommended by all the biggest gold makers out there.  Some people don't just have alts, their whole WoW experience is defined and enriched by the ability to have alts.  Here's one blogger who's not only got some alts, she's got like tons and tons of em!  Her articles are detailed well-thought

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A priority list means that you will always choose to attack with whatever is highest on the priority list as long as the cooldown is up.  If you have the choice between two or more spells, refer to the list and choose whatever is higher up on the list. So what is this list? The Attack Priority List MW5 LBStormstrikeEarth ShockLava LashTotem RefreshShield Refresh We talked ad nauseam

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Gonna take a second to pause on the enhancement shaman sexiness and talk about something else.There are benefits to being an altaholic.  Some are obvious.  Logging on alt because of the four rogues camping you.  Being able to try out different roles and different classes.  Having a bank alt.  But for me, what I love most is running the daily operations of the Pif Factory! The Pif Factory is fully

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I was gonna write about our attack priority list, but then found that it was totally worth it to explain our newest playstyle-changing talent for that guide to make sense.So here it is!  Yay!Maelstrom WeaponRank 5Requires One-Handed Axes, Two-Handed Axes, One-Handed Maces, Two-Handed Maces, Staves, One-Handed Exotics, Two-Handed Exotics, Fist Weapons, Miscellaneous, DaggersWhen you deal damage

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Who Am I? A ReviewWho Am I? Part IWe are a hybrid class and a hybrid spec and this affects us in many waysHybridness means our damage comes from melee attacks AND spells and the damage from spells is nothing to cough at.Nearly all buffs of all kinds, add up to help our melee physical damage AND our spell damage.  We needs all of them!Your gear and talents needs to reflect your hybrid nature.  No

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Yum....I don't want to comment on it until things are more established, like until it's live.  But I don't know if I can contain myself.http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=14910002204&sid=1Read for yourself what they got coming for Shamans.  There's a couple things in there that really make me all spicy and gitty.

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As Jackie Chan said in one of his great roles in The Forbidden Kingdom, Exactly, how can you fill your cup if already full? How can you learn Kung Fu, you already know so much. No Shadow Kick, Buddha Palm! Empty your cup.My sentiments exactly, Jackie!What we were pre-WotLK we are not in WotLK.  In this last issue of Who Am I? we want to look at how we play and take a glimpse at what we're really

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In our previous installment of "Enhancement Shamans' Who Am I?" we talked about our hybrid nature and how we compare to other classes.  We can't start to talk about tuning our talents and gear without understanding what we're all about.In this issue, we'll look at what we have to offer to the raid.We are a buffing class.  It doesn't matter what your spec is.  All of the shaman specs bring some

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No, this isn't a reference to Jackie Chan's greatest movie of all time.And I only briefly talked about it before here.But before I talk about what choices you can make to perform better, we've got to understand who we are.Enhancement Shaman are the most hybridy hybrids in the game.  Many people say it and don't understand why, and it isn't quite clear until you a) compare it to other hybrid

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I'm a fan of disclaimers.  It's simple, really.  I give a disclaimer, I get to say what I want, then people bring the pitchforks and torches, I point to the disclaimer and then we all have a fiesta with lemonade and peach pie.  This time, I've got TWO disclaimers.Disclaimer Number One:  I'm not here to tell you how to play the game, no one should tell you how to play the game, and if you play

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I've got quite a few projects coming up for this budding new baby of a blog.  When does it get out of baby status?  Well, once all of you can effectively get hawt babes and phat lootz through enhancement shamanism, then maybe I'll promote myself to teenage blog.  But here are some projects I'm planning:A leveling guide for enhancement shamanGearing up your Shaman for NaxxRaiding in WotLK  as a

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I'd like to give a little disclaimer here, because the rest of this entry states otherwise: I like getting phat lootz and upgrading.But what the heck is THISClick on that link.  Look at the picture.  Look at it in 3D.  Why am I wearing a dress!?  I mean, part of my whole mojo is looking good while I DPS.  THAT just does not look good.  I mean, seriously.  It's mail, right?  Can you imagine

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I didn't raid as a Shaman in BC.  Or in vanilla.  I'm glad I didn't.  Because it must have been worse than getting a root canal next door to an ice cream stand while on fire with your ex-gf deleting your toons one by one in front of you.  Maybe not that bad.  But close.I don't know what it was like.  I know that shaman were rolling on Rogue leather.  They were stacking strength gems.  Mail gear

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SHWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!puk, puk, puk, pukBOOOOOOOOOSH!BRAAAAAK!Crack!POW!POW!POW!BLARGHWEIJNKDLWNLKLMCSHT!!!!!That was me putting on my lightning shield, placing my totems, and going through my rotation.Stormstrike, Earthshock, Lavalash, autoattack, and a super-sexy ultra-sweet instantly-instant MW5 lightning bolt.  Now somewhere in there was a crit, so we just buffed the attack power of our raid,

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So, Hai thar!I'm gonna be brutally honest. I'm just gonna say it.  Just trying to be candid with all of ya.  Ok? Ok.I'm starting this blog because of BRK.My first toon in WoW was a hunter.  And so was my second.  And my third.  And finally I leveled one up to 70 (I started playing in BC).  I won't get into why I loved (and still love) being a hunter. That's the topic of another post.  But I will

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So, *cough*, erm, Yeah.  Is this thing on?    Huh?   There’s no mic?    I’m actually typing this?    I’m talking to myself?   A blog?  When did I start a blog!?

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