Exploring Pandaria - Leveling to 88

So last night I ventured into Kun-Lai Summit. This was a very welcome change from running dungeons and battle grounds. The zone is MASSIVE! Epic mountains, epic flats, lots of critters big and small. I quested the hell out of it and it was a fun and fast experience.

First Steps in Pandaria - Leveling to 87

Hi everyone!

Another update from last night and my thoughts on leveling to 87. Since we all only have two new dungeons at levels 85-86 and considering that I leveled to 86 via dungeon tanking, I decided to take a break. After-all - we have this new awesome world to explore! Why not go out there and have fun?

Welcome to Pandaria - Leveling to 86

Hi everyone,

Saintlyn here with a mini update. Just like every other crazy person out there, who could not stand going to bed when Mists of Pandaria became available, I just jumped right into the thick of things. I was ready and prepared - 25 daily quests completed a day before went in for a nice 15% EXP boost. Once everything was turned in - off I went to Jade Forest...

Pre-Mists Retribution Guide

World of Warcraft 5.0.5 rolled in to the live servers, and here is my input about the state of retribution in the new expansion.

Spec

If everything stays the way it currently is, the only real choice retribution paladins have to make when it comes to spec is on level 75, tier 5 talent. That is the only thing that directly affects your DPS. It is a hard choice indeed.

•  Holy Avenger is a 2-minute cooldown that, for 18 seconds, causes your abilities that generate Holy Power to deal 30% additional damage and healing, and to generate 3 charges of Holy Power, instead of 1.

•  Sanctified Wrath passively increases the duration of  Avenging Wrath by 50%. Additionally, while Avenging Wrath is active, it reduces the cooldown of your  Hammer of Wrath by 50%.

•  Divine Purpose gives your abilities that cost Holy Power a 25% chance to cause your next Holy Power-costing ability cost no Holy Power and be cast as if you had 3 charges of Holy Power.

Retribution Paladin Macros 5.0.5

Time to talk about some macros. For those new to the paladin craft - macros are sets of instructions that allow us to bundle a bunch of abilities under one key. Why are they important? We have sets of actions we need to perform often and in defined sequence, at the same time we want to be effective about doing it and hopefully we don't want to suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome!

So here's how you go about making you Retribution paladin macros in Mists of Pandaria!

Interview with Alveona (Exorsus-EU)

Hi everyone,

I figured it would be a good idea to start writing in preparation for the new content. Alveona, prot paladin for Exorsus (top russian guild) gave an interview, that could be of interest to a few of us. 

Here's my translation of it:

Q: Alexander, were there any interesting events in your personal life for the last content patch?
A: Hello, yes, you can say we were. I got two bachelor degrees and began the transition into "adulthood", so that from harmful hobbies there is only one (WoW).

Q: Let's talk about the past content. In relation to allegations that your guild position in the standings is undeserved. How can you comment on this?