From the monthly archives:

February 2009

PTR 3.1.0 – Patch Notes

February 24, 2009

PTR 3.1.0 – Patch Notes are now available at MMO-Champion (and no doubt other locales as well.
I will try to get a post up on Tuesday to address Holy Priest changes, but at first glance, there don’t appear to be any surprises, and I’m generally pleased with the changes. Of course, that may change once [...]

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Phaerwell, Phaelia!

February 23, 2009

Most of you, I’m sure, are already aware that Resto4Life is closing its doors, with a final post scheduled on or about March 19. However, it is very fitting to acknowledge here what a huge positive impact Phaelia has had on Kestrel’s Aerie, and on me as a blogger and WoW player.
Phae was one [...]

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The REAL Kestrel Comes Forth

February 23, 2009
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Add-On Review: Surgeon General

February 16, 2009

One of the tasks a healing lead is responsible for in most raiding groups is to assign healers to specific jobs within the raid. While this is common in 10-man raids, it is nearly universal in 25-man groups.1 Once I became the priest class lead, and later, guild officer and healing coordinator (being the add-on [...]

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On the Road Again

February 13, 2009

Saturday morning, Mrs. Kestrel and I, together with our middle son who lives here in Rapid City, will fly to Los Angeles, where we’ll meet up with our other sons (flying in from St. Louis and New York City). We’ll then head up to California’s Central Coast—the Morro Bay/Los Osos/San Luis Obispo area—for a [...]

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About your eyes’ tone…

February 12, 2009

worldofwarcraft: I think you guys might enjoy this, if it hasn’t yet been posted….
 
Thanks to @WoWInsider for the linky, and to @Fimlys for the title of the article.

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DPS: How to Earn Your Healer’s Love

February 11, 2009

Early last month, Amava left a comment on my request for what you readers might like to see me write about this year. His comment:
Something I’d be interested to hear more about from the perspective of a person who plays on both sides of the fence: what are the little things that healers notice in [...]

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Earsplitting Feedback…Is Gone

February 10, 2009

However, I have it on very good authority that just about everything else that went on during Friday night’s (Saturday morning’s) Twisted Nether Blogcast Roundtable is still there, in the live (live as in propagated to iTunes, Zune, etc.) release. 
Follow any of the links to download or listen in on the hijinks, hilarity, srs [...]

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Patch 3.0.9 This Week: Inner Fire Gets a Buff!

February 9, 2009

According to WoW Insider, Blizzard will propagate patch 3.0.9 to live servers this week. My guess is it will occur in conjunction with the regularly scheduled Tuesday maintenance, but who knows? We may not see the actual patch until Wednesday (when Love is in the Air kicks off) or Thursday. That said, there is only [...]

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A Twisted Nether Shout-Out

February 8, 2009

If you weren’t able to be present for the live Twisted Nether blogcast Friday night/Saturday morning, you’ll of course be able to hear the recording when Fimlys & Breana get the podcast uploaded in a few days.
But what you missed was a very fun, very enjoyable, very engaged group of 20 to 30 of our [...]

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