There’s no way I can fit all the links I want to recommend into a blogroll on the side of the page template, so this page is reserved for all the URLs I want to share and pimp.

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WoW Blogs

Long list. In progress!

Druid Blogs

• 4Haelz - a very druid-centric blog from a former Kitty druid, now experienced Resto healer and druid class officer.
• Big Bear Butt Blogger - one of the biggest names in feral blogging, with a great mix of druid perspectives and general WoW talk.
• Moar HP Than Jesus - written by my 2IC in Southern Wardens Alinden, this is a mixture of feral druid talk and guild management discussion.
• Leafshine: Lust For Flower - written by a friend of mine, Lust for Flower is a mixture of play experiences and thoughts about WoW, with a nice mixture of videos for good measure.
• Resto4Life - everyone links to this blog, and with good reason. Phaelia writes very well, and this is one of the go-to spots for resto and druid news and discussion.

Hunter Blogs

• ChainTrap - lured into blogging by Leafshine, Psia posts less frequently than many other bloggers, but with insightful commentary and discussion.
• NE Hunter L4 Mobs, PST - just the title should give you an idea of this blog’s style. Nightravyn is an engaging and fun writer whose posts are an entertaining mix of general WoW discussion and her adventures in WoW. Now with added Photoshop!

Mage Blogs

• Girl Meets WoW - I’m actually finding GMW to be indispensable reading for PvE raiding; she has a lot of useful raiding posts, and good insights.

Paladin Blogs

• Blessing of Kings - is one of the oldest and most famous paladin blogs, and with good reason. His posts are insightful and well-thought out, and generally a pleasure to read.
• Mystic Chicanery - by Nibuca. This is crunchy and delicious - there’s lots of tasty theorycrafting, but it never gets incomprehensible, and the broader focus of the blog means it’s still going to be interesting for people other than holy pallies.
• ZenTanking - written by my guild’s main tankadin, this is incredibly useful - theorycrafting, game mechanics, and explanations of why things work the way they do. My favourite go-to place for tankadin info.

Priest Blogs

• DwarfPriest - an excellent priest blog, with both healer and DPS perspectives - the blogger has a Holy priest and a Shadow priest. Great stuff, and some very amusing writing.

Rogue Blogs

• Parry! Dodge! Spin! - an awesome name for an awesome blog. I’m not a rogue expert, but Valenna’s blog is great reading nonetheless.

Shaman Blogs

• The Elementalist - a really attractive and well-written Elemental Shaman blog. I’m finding this one very interesting as I level my much-loved shammy alt!
• Keine Ordung - the name means something like “order in chaos” (I think), the writer is very interesting and thoughtful, and it’s just an all-round good blog.

Warlock Blogs

• Out of Mana - Megan’s blog is chock full of really useful PvP tips, especially regarding Arenas, and OOM is just really great reading.

General WoW Blogs

• /hug - a semi-IC semi-OOC blog, which strikes a great balance between personal information and useful tidbits.
• Game Dame - another good, interesting WoW blog with some real variety in post topics.
• Kestrel’s Aerie - Kestrel is one of the best-known WoW bloggers around, and with good reason - he offers a reasoned and thought-out perspective on the game, and is always worth a read.
• Need More Rage - the best in-character blog I’ve ever read. As written by Ratshag the Orc Warrior, and the rest of his family. Galertruby is particularly incisive and insightful. :)
• Outland Bound - a very well-written “here’s what I did today” blog that manages to make ordinary stories interesting and insightful. Also recommended: her Year of the Pug side project.
• Points of Convergence - written by a fellow resident of US-Proudmoore, Rhoelyn’s blog uses interesting juxtapositions between her three main characters to illustrate her points. It’s a young blog, but I’m watching with interest.

Other useful WoW sites

Theorycrafting and Applied Game Mechanics

• MaxDPS - you enter your talent spec, relevant item bonuses and spell rotation, and the calculator tells you which stats you’ll get most benefit from stacking, and gives you a bunch of general information about your output. It only works for some class/spec combos at the moment, but it’s great stuff.
• Warcrafter - similar to MaxDPS; less intuitive but more complete. Great for checking the fine details.
• Elitist Jerks Class Mechanics - discussion threads full of useful info for every class and spec. A fantastic resource.

General WoW Information

• BlueTracker - this tracks all Blue posts (made by official Blizzard posters) to the WoW forums. A very handy searchable reference, with an RSS feed to boot.
• WoWhead - the best of the WoW databases. A competitor for the old Allakhazam and Thottbot databases, WoWhead is faster, easier to use, more comprehensive, and generally less sucky.
• WoWWiki - like the name says, it’s a WoW Wiki. It’s full of world, storyline and lore information, as well as discussions about game mechanics, lots of useful data about things like factions, towns, zones, raids, fight strategies, and so on. It’s not as nitty-gritty as WoWhead, but it’s much better for a ‘big picture’ look at a topic.
• Petopia - this one’s hunter-specific; it covers every hunter pet that’s tameable in-game, shows all the pet skins, discusses skills, abilities, pet stats, where to find them, where to learn new skills, and so on. Invaluable for any hunter.
• Maintankadin - the Maintankadin forums became popular after Pally tanks became viable in The Burning Crusade. These forums are a great resource for talking with other tankadins and discussing - well, anything that might be useful to a tankadin. Gear, spec, upcoming changes, the challenges tankadins face on certain encounters, etc etc.
• Kaliban’s Loot Lists - compiled lists of pre-raid and raid loot for every class, organised by spec and accessibility. Definitely worth a lot of attention.
• WoW Gem Finder - a very useful list of all WoW gems, filterable by type, bonus, source, etc.