LoDBlog

A few counter arguments to the Anti-Meter crowd (specific to healers) From time to time we hear from someone that has been recently wronged by the use of meters.  I usually assume this person to be a casual player, since I can’t imagine a more hardcore player not embracing a system of measuring improvement and [...]

So as part of the Ladies of Destiny 5th Anniversery blog series, I’ll be writing a response to each of Matron’s posts, to let you know everything he got wrong or important details that he left out!  There actually wasn’t a whole lot going on in that first year before we started running Molten Core [...]

LoD celebrated our 5th birthday on Feb 22nd 2010.  As part of the celebration I’d like to take a trip down memory lane and go year by year, recounting the trials and tribulations, lessons and achievements, wins and losses, and try to capture what has made this guild home for so many during the years.  [...]

The Problem – We all know how it goes in raid guilds.  When you’re raiding and things are dying people are happy.  When you’re not raiding and when things aren’t dying people are unhappy.  It’s basically that simple.  There are many different flavors of drama, but most of all of gets solved, or ignored, if raids [...]

A recurring theme on WoW forums that I’ve seen since the days of Molten Core, is uninformed raiders complaining about Damage Meter mods and how they hurt the raid.  The truth is that damage meters are a tool, much like a hammer.  When used properly, a hammer can help you build some very cool stuff [...]

LoD beat Blood Queen on Sunday night, not without a fair amount of practice.  As I detailed in my previous post, concerning raid reps, we used a 25 man alt run and 10 mans to get practice attempts in.  Those runs gave us a chance to see the mechanics in action and get a lot [...]

I’ve been slacking on posting, especially with the time I had over the holidays.  So I’m going to publically pledge to post at least once a week (on Fridays), else I’ll get a race change to a gnome priest in Cata.  Ick.  Without further ado… Reps IRL One of my favorite sportswriters often talks about repetitions [...]