tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15788649600886644122023-11-15T10:36:52.358-05:00Best In Slot Holy Paladin NewsThe news page for Best In Slot Holy Paladin (<a href="http://bis.vilepickle.com">http://bis.vilepickle.com</a>)Vilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-77371721487641813382011-01-17T20:20:00.002-05:002011-01-19T22:37:07.541-05:00Introducing the World of Warcraft Best In Slot ResourceI am very pleased with the success of Best In Slot Holy Paladin. So much so, I've decided to expand its idea and execution to all of the classes in WoW (well, minus subtlety rogues since I guess they don't raid at all).
The result is the World of Wacraft Best In Slot Resource, a subscription-driven website. I cannot picture spearheading such a huge project like this without being Vilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-1533483484355606062010-12-22T08:56:00.000-05:002010-12-22T08:56:07.322-05:00To off-hand or not to off-handIt has come to my attention that off-hand items are better than they were in WOTLK. In WOTLK I used to list off-hand items on the list even though you couldn't enchant them. Now, I do not list them even though you can apply +100 intellect to both off-hands and shields. As Wowhead shows, the number of off-hands in Cataclysm is decent (for the ones without hit). I'd like to Vilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-77566419642777180642010-12-17T09:17:00.001-05:002011-01-06T08:31:12.400-05:00Cataclysm Raid Healing Guide/Impressions: ChimaeronSince I've done the majority of the raid bosses in Cataclysm as a holy paladin now, it seems only appropriate that I do a write up on something I found particularly impressive. The raid boss Chimaeron in Blackwing Descent is a mentally taxing boss for healing on 25 man normal mode. I cannot comment on the 10 man normal version but I do know my friend's guild used four healers to beat Vilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-80224022163665669142010-12-13T12:07:00.000-05:002010-12-13T12:07:24.422-05:00Healing Cataclysm heroics and the coming raidsJust thought I'd post a follow up to my Cataclysm healing impressions post. Heroics are very fun in greens/blues and it's refreshing to be required to use all abilities again. I haven't seen my cooldown tracker overflow down the screen in a while.
Raiding is pretty challenging after having a brief view of it last night. My position in a guild has been flaky for a while but I Vilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-56499000184054970932010-12-13T11:14:00.000-05:002010-12-13T11:14:16.579-05:00Cataclysm Holy Paladin GemmingThe gems and enchants page has been updated on the main website. It lists the best enchants along with cheaper alternatives. Gem choice is also outlined for each color slot. Currently I believe getting socket bonuses is worth it since the gems are pretty good for each slot and each gem socket gives +10 to a stat on items. This may change and is definitely up for debate. &Vilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-89422805132508552182010-12-06T09:16:00.000-05:002010-12-06T09:16:24.361-05:00Cataclysm Item Drop Locations for Holy PaladinsThe main site now has drop locations for all gear minus a few odd items here and there. This includes raid gear. The new battle.net has drop locations for all of the raid gear listed, so we now know what bosses drop the goods! I've also added several items lower than ilvl 333 since the non-85 normal dungeons have lower level items than that. I'll continue to add these as IVilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-64158857299762225232010-11-30T09:02:00.001-05:002010-11-30T09:03:12.382-05:00Impressions of Cataclysm holy paladin healingI'd like to reflect on the holy paladin healing I managed to do in beta. I didn't do raids there, but I did do a decent amount of dungeons and I've seen most of the raid boss videos. At first I pugged a couple of normal modes in full blue heroic gear and the damage/health ratios feel... scary at first. That's the only word I can use to explain it. You will struggle with normal Vilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-6123310736472082352010-11-24T12:49:00.000-05:002010-11-24T12:49:04.326-05:00Best In Slot Holy Paladin 4.0.3 updates, major glyphsLast night I switched the main site over to show Cataclysm items by default. If you don't want to see Cata items on this list you can filter out the "Not Available" items and see WOTLK items.
I also updated the glyphs page to reflect the 4.0.3 glyph updates. Major glyphs are much harder to select now. The swing glyphs (to me) seem to be Cleanse, Light of Dawn, and Beacon. Vilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-9761403579836991392010-11-06T16:09:00.000-04:002010-11-06T16:09:35.230-04:00Cataclysm Raid LootI would say almost all of the Cataclysm raid loot is in the main site now. If you filter by 4.0.3 you can view all of it on the different gear pages.
One thing to note is the new random enchantment gear is not listed. There's not an easy way to list this out since they're... random and don't have any stats on the stat websites.Vilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-37531171056023130662010-10-24T16:48:00.002-04:002010-10-24T16:49:19.813-04:00October Site UpdatesI have been doing weekly updates to the Cataclysm gear listing on the site (accessible by filtering for patch 4.0.3). One of the trickiest pages is Trinkets. There are an obscene amount of trinkets in Cataclysm and I'm sure there are even more healer ones yet to be discovered. There are also the epic heroic mode raid trinkets which will be added at a much much later date (Vilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-91970918353249281802010-10-10T16:23:00.002-04:002010-10-10T16:26:29.508-04:00Cataclysm & 4.0.1 Holy Paladin GlyphsI have added a new glyphs page to the main website. This page lists the new Cataclysm holy paladin glyphs in the order you're most likely to use them. There are a few interesting choices and a few boring choices.This page is also valid for 4.0.1 holy paladins since glyphs will be updated.In addition, I've updated the methodology page for 4.0.1 and beyond. This should give some insight on how Vilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-47188925760034006462010-10-09T13:39:00.005-04:002010-10-09T15:08:09.261-04:00Stat Weights for CataclysmEven though Cataclysm is a few months off and stats may end up changing in value, I've entered a set of default values for 4.0.1. The only thing that will change for Cata is the value of a socket since you'll be able to fit 40 stat points into a socket instead of 20. Sockets are at 100 for 4.0.1, if you want to see 4.0.3 values bump it up to 200.The values largely come from stat discussion in Vilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-89962980772179150322010-10-01T20:10:00.005-04:002010-10-01T20:26:12.553-04:00Site Update Launched!The main website at http://bis.vilepickle.com has been updated for 4.0.1! Here's an overview of the changes to the site:All items now show their new stats. Stats from WOTLK are no longer listed when you mouse over items.Two patches: 4.0.1 pre-Cataclysm and 4.0.3 post-Cataclysm. Select the filter to change your item set (see new, not-yet-available items from Cataclysm for each slot with 4.0.3)Vilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-71778021715610418802010-09-30T07:02:00.003-04:002010-09-30T23:03:53.038-04:00Cataclysm Site Update DatedSince the 4.0.1 patch will be going live on October 5th or 12th I will be launching the updated version of the BIS holy paladin website this weekend at some point. This will give an early look at the current gear's new stats and I also have all of the Cataclysm gear inputted that is known.Some of the new features:1. The front page shows the top two items for each slot instead of only one. This Vilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-74895672701928982062010-09-26T20:08:00.003-04:002010-09-26T20:27:07.549-04:00Cataclysm Site UpdatesIn an effort to keep the site relevant when the pre-Cataclysm patch hits I will be making a push to update when the 4.0.1 patch hits. I will be cutting down the number of entries I have in each slot since gear is becoming much less relevant and maintaining many more entries is more work.Other changes include the addition of the spirit weight box, removal of mp5, and the addition of a mastery boxVilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-2473167935409143632010-09-18T11:06:00.004-04:002010-09-18T11:37:35.003-04:00Cataclysm Holy Paladin Updates 9/18/10The cataclysm changes page for holy paladins has been updated on the main website. There are some very interesting changes and it seems like Blizzard is really starting to streamline the trees for us.Holy Light base healing has been reduced by 25%. Mana costs changed to 9% of base mana, up from 6% of base mana.After healing on the PTR I can tell why this change was made. Healing with HL meant Vilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-46847476493047025492010-09-09T18:58:00.002-04:002010-09-09T19:00:05.744-04:00Latest Holy Paladin NerfsKeep 'em coming Blizzard. I'll keep tracking those changes since the WOTLK paladin so I can weigh in when the dust settles.Seal of Insight now restores 4% of the paladin's base mana instead of his/her maximum mana.Holy Shock base healing has been reduced by 30%.Tower of Radiance no longer affects Holy Shock.Vilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-14669492672669778952010-09-05T12:46:00.004-04:002010-09-05T12:52:02.122-04:00Level 85 Holy Paladin Spells & AbilitiesEloderung has a post on the WoW forums about level 85 holy paladin spells and abilities. It also reflects on the difficulty of the beta zones, but no 85 instances yet since they're untestable. The level 85 guardian looks fantastic as well and I hope they revamp the other spell graphics to this level.The main thing I notice from this post is that even though the quest gear isn't in the new zonesVilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-72205149265320733432010-08-31T19:08:00.002-04:002010-08-31T19:16:07.511-04:00The Mana NerfBlizzard decided to throw a giant mana nerf at us in Catcalysm in the latest beta build... making Divine Plea only restore 10% mana and putting it on a 2 minute cooldown.We also have illumination completely removed from our talent tree... which is a very bold move considering the backlash of it being nerfed over and over again during the past expansions.Just judging by the size and amount of Vilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-88864477126551489132010-08-14T00:47:00.003-04:002010-08-14T00:50:48.215-04:00Item level for crafted itemsIlvl 359 for crafted Blacksmith epics? Way to go Blizzard for ramping up ilvl to insane levels when you said you weren't. If an epic is worth less than it is today I'll be packing my bags for good.See sourceVilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-3962536991516408702010-07-30T22:59:00.002-04:002010-07-30T23:04:07.744-04:00New Cataclysm MasteryWow!"Your healing spells also place an absorb shield on your target for X% of the amount healed lasting 6 sec. Absorb increased further by mastery rating. "Amazing... it definitely makes mastery worth it instead of the mastery that combines crit and +healing. Nice job Blizzard.Now they just need to make the prot tree's initial talents decently compete with ret (even after Vilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-11004805516778845042010-07-17T17:57:00.003-04:002010-07-17T17:59:59.823-04:00Cataclysm Holy Paladin ChangesI've built a new page on the main website that I intend to keep updated that lists the current beta changes for holy paladins. I'm not actually in beta, but I'll try to keep it updated the best I can. I am very interested in the changes to our class.http://bis.vilepickle.com/cataclysm.php is the page for the changes.Vilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-57974232791143435672010-07-11T17:29:00.003-04:002010-07-11T17:43:01.382-04:00The end of the line...For me at least in Wrath of the Lich King. My guild has fallen apart and due to a full time job and other commitments I'll be taking an extended break from WoW.This website as far as I can tell will remain valid until the expansion, at which point it will require massive updates and modification. Whether I'm up to that task depends on if I'm back in the game or not. I certainly plan to TRY Vilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-75424626603318622202010-06-27T13:01:00.002-04:002010-06-27T13:03:36.659-04:00Armor downgrading in CataclysmFrom Blizzard:Armor downgrading in Cataclysm You will get a stat bonus of some kind if you wear "your" armor. You can still wear cloth, mail or leather of a lower armor type if it's a big upgrade, especially if it would get sharded anyway. But the days of Holy paladins in cloth or warrior wearing leather are probably behind us.Interesting. If this is implemented in WOTLK pre-Cataclysm patch Vilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578864960088664412.post-56213407898016420432010-06-22T20:40:00.003-04:002010-06-22T20:42:29.437-04:00Ruby Sanctum Heroic GearHere's probably the last update of WOTLK. Ruby Sanctum heroic gear is in. The 2 haste/crit bracers are quite interesting since they provide varied choice (more haste vs a yellow socket, yellow socket bonus is still unknown).The belt option is also troubling, as my trusty default weights are keeping the haste/mp5 belt (I'm also inclined to keep it since it's a pretty hefty 41 mp5) instead of Vilepicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822156931990887030noreply@blogger.com0