I apologize to my readers for having been rather quiet lately. I’ve been searching for a new job and that’s taken up quite a lot of my time. I’ve also been busy recruiting for the guild. It’s an endless and burdensome chore in the summer months. I think I’m going to go insane if I can’t find a restoration shaman who actually attends more than 90% of our raids. It’s especially frustrating, because we have a shaman who sleeps in after our raid is scheduled to begin and he almost never posts when he is going to be absent for reasons other than that. So I guess we’ll just keep looking for shamans until we find at least one who can actually raid 90% or more and enjoy doing it.

And, finally, I had been working on a video covering lifebloom threat. However, I’m backing out of making it a full blown video. I’ve discovered I am terrible at narration. To compound the issue, I’m also terrible at piecing clips together to coincide with my broken voice over. It’s so horrible I’m planning to just write an entry and provide clips relevant to the discussion. I will offer my lovely voice to a couple clips as a consolation to those who might want to hear it, however.

As a brief summary of the information gathered from our tests:

• The end-heal generates no threat for both the druid and the recipient.
• The heal over time generates 25% of the amount healed in threat for the druid.
• And the mere application of lifebloom generates no threat.

I’m not sure when the entry will be complete. I have to figure out what I want to discuss and in what order. I may actually write an entry introducing people to the terminology and mechanics behind threat beforehand.

Alpha and Beta Entries: Incoming!

Finally, with the NDA now lifted, I’m at liberty to discuss my involvement and experiences with the alpha. This means I will also be providing you, from here on, with media and my opinions on the progress of the beta. So look for such entries in the coming weeks and months.