ANNOUNCING: Big Hit Box

I am very pleased to announce the launch of Big Hit Box, the definitive melee blog.

I am teaming up with Ret Paladin extraordinaire Cathmor from Eye for an Eye and the respectable rogue Zaltu from One Rogue's Journey. And that's just for starters; we're looking for contributors from all walks of melee: Feral, Blood, Arms/Fury, as well as other Rets, Rogues, and Enhancers.

Want to write a post about enhance/melee? Want to share your spec? Have some great advice for the rest of the Enhance community? That's one of the ideas behind Big Hit Box.

The other idea is that we share so much in common with our fellow melee brethren that I've found their blogs insightful and informative over the past year (yes I actually read the blog of a filthy rogue! Well, Zaltu's not filthy and he is a good guy--even for a rogue).

With WF Crits I wanted to bring the Ehancement community together and I think we're off to a great start there. With Big Hit Box I want to keep the Enhance community rolling, give it room to grow, and sync up with our melee brothers-in-arms.

What does this mean for Windfury Crits? It means I'll be parking this site and this blog; this will be the last post here. It means more exposure for the Enhancement community. It means a nicer looking blog! It means free beer!!! er, wait. Sorry no free beer. But the blog is nicer looking.

FAQ on the transition:

Q: Will Stoney still blog with a Stormstrike-like-crit-to-the-face-focus on Enhancement?
A: Yep. BAM!

Q: Is your rss reader going to be clogged with more clutter when you just want straight Windfury Crits?
A: Nope. I'll provide an updated feed for just WF Crits below, but give the whole site a shot I think you'll like it.

Q: Will there be much more information, organized better, and written by multiple bloggers?
A: Yep. And if you're interested in contributing drop me a line via the contact form.

Q: Are you interested in free lootz?
A: Of course you are. I'll be running some contests to give away some loot cards, I expect the Enhance community to show up in droves for freebies. Don't let the rogues steal all the goods!


The site is still a work in progress and probably will be for a while as I'm always fussing around with these sorts of things. But if I didn't put it live this week I'd just have put it off for another month. so...

UPDATE YOUR LINKS!

The new blog:
http://bighitbox.com

The complete rss feed:
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/BigHitBox

The Windfury Crits posts:
http://bighitbox.com/index.php/category/enhance/

The WF Crits only rss feed:
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/bighitbox/xxsM


May all your hits be crits!

Sunday Night Update

(reposted from Path of a Hero)

I've been working, I've been raiding when I can, and tweeting like a maniac. You guys are all looking great out there and I promise more regular updates as soon as I get this major project launched. Good stuff on the horizon.

As for Stoney: T7.5 shoulders and the Stalk Skin Belt meant I had to completely regem. I also spent DKP on the Arachnoid Gold Band. I was going to save up my DKP for the T7.5 helm off KT but two things convinced me otherwise: 1) I believe in taking upgrades as soon as you can get them because you never know when you'll get the opportunity again, and 2) our MT did not have his T7.5 helm and I knew he wanted it, and with his DKP being much higher than mine there was no reason to hold back because I would never be able to out-bid him. So I took the upgrades as they came.

I love the look of the T7.5 shoulders. It's a damn shame they're so pretty because I'll probably replace them when I finally get my hands on the helm.

I also picked up a Hand of Nerub to do some Theorycraft testing at the dummy one night.

My expertise thesis =P is nearly complete. That's also taken a back burner. I have the results of my raiding across multiple resets. What's left is the hard part: I need to figure out what the increase to DPS would be and if it's worth the trade-off in other stats. More spreadsheets!

Tomorrow we'll be in Sarth3D again, wish us luck! The 2D is like a walk in the park on a fine Sunday afternoon after wiping on 3D for 2 hours. But I don't mind the wiping because we were progressing each time.

And be sure to follow me on Twitter if you subscribe to that sort of nonesense.

May all your hits be crits!