ContentsHoly Paladin Class NerfsHoly Paladin Class BuffsNew Valor Point GearWe Can Haz Firelands!Firelands, There’s Loot Dropping From Them There Bosses! So, the next and greatest World of Warcraft patch 4.2 (also known as the firelands patch) is eminently upon us. It will hit within the next two weeks, my best guess (like others), is for the 21st of June. But, as with all patches, only time will really tell it could be the...

Today’s a much better day!  Thank to a really amazing raid night last night, so today you get a BONUS POST from ze healbotness! You know how it is, some days we’re “on” and some day’s we’re “off” (not in that way, get your mind’s out of the gutter, sheesh!). I’m talking about the normal ebb and flow of a raid team. We all recognize it and can sense it in our raid night. Sometimes...

So patch 4.2 is up on the PTR now and we expect the new raid tier to drop within a month or so (hopefully). Things change constantly on the PTR, but so far what’s it brining us healbots?  Well.. there’s a combination of buffs and pretty significant nerfs.  First the buffs: All healing critical strikes now heal for 2 times a normal heal (+100%), up from 1.5 times a normal heal (+50%). This is pure awesome. Especially for disc...

Contents So patch 4.1 is officially upon us! But among the new 5 man dungeons dropping purples and the fact that you can chain-run them in 1 day for the entire week (did I say woot? WOOT!), what else do you need to know as healbots? I’ll tell you! The patch notes are abundant, so let’s see what healer’s need to know about their own classes. Some general healbot goodness. All non-damaging interrupts off the global cooldown...

The current Holy paladin 4-piece raid set bonus now grants 540 Spirit for 6 seconds after casting Holy Shock. Well…. you did it Blizzard.  You may have just foiled my entire holy paladin gear list with your “ohhh let’s fix that uselesss 4 piece set bonus” crap you’re pulling on the PTR. Ohhhh yeah let’s make it usable so the holy pallies of the world who bought all off-set pieces can sit together in a...