Well we will be getting WoW 3 tomorrow.  One thing I am doing, beside a lot of design work and such not related to wow, is updating and getting ready for the patch.

I am a veteran of a couple of major UI/API changes and know how hard the switch for some will be when they log in tomorrow and find that most of the addons they use are broken.  I hope to help at least aim you in the right direction to make this transition go a little smoother.

First download and install WoWMatrix.  This little gem will search out updates for you.  So instead of having to scour over endless web pages trying to locate the latest version of your mod, you just hit a button and it does it for you.  And NO, WoWMatrix is NOT an addon, nor does it run in game despite what I heard on a podcast a few weeks ago.

WoWMatrix is safe.  The author has even taken an extra step now to provide fuller description and a link to the mods webpage for you to check a certain mod if you have questions about it being safe or not.

I also suggest you keep WoWMatrix set to launch wow, and keep wow set to launch the launcher.  This will provide a litle more security for those afraid of getting haxed.

Some of the mods that you currently use now might be going away or have not had any public announcement as to availability come Tuesday.  I will be giving some tips and suggestions as I dig through my mods right this very minute.

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The beta giveth and the beta taketh away.

Resto Druid Changes

8962 hit the beta servers today and some things changed.

First, all the going on and on about Flourish, now called Wild growth has been touched. You know that supper awesome aoe heal they gave us that would heal 2212 over 7 seconds! Well now it will only heal 469 over 7 seconds. Its not 2K heal but it is still usable.

Pha, over at Resto4Life seems to think that this may get turned down by most resto’s come live time.  And she just might be right considering its overall output to mana cost is now not worth the effort for some situations.

Mounts, Mounts, Mounts!

So I log in and what do I find in Stormwind?  This!

A Woolly Mammoth Mount!  Apparently it cost like 15000 gold from some guy that was swamped by players in Dalaran.  I think Ill pass, but wow it looks cool!

If you thought the engineer  helicopters where a noise problem, wait until you hear all the motorcyles.  Yep, choper mounts.  And they are 2 seaters!  The best news is they are crafted by an engineer, BUT you do not need to be an engineer to use them.