I never thought my graphics would get such a nice responce over at the mmo-champ forums. Although my inbox is beginning to overflow I'll still make sure to get everyones gets done, just give me some time!
This is so much fun, I've always loved doing graphics for my guilds but this is amazing. Keep the requests comming!
My work so far on signatures/avatars:
http://s795.photobucket.com/albums/yy235/Jadyxx
Also started on twitter, its kinda odd..
http://twitter.com/Rayrayishere
My avatar that I use on forums often.
These are kinda simple compared to what I normally do. I love Photo manipulation especially with eyes.. and I love cats!
All made by me for my old guild (these cannot be used by anyone for obvious reasons):
These graphics I made for my old guild. The forums we use (and this blog also) have a dark background so I used a white border.
I wanted to reflect each of the classes and their specs in the graphics. However, as you can see we had alot of druids. I wanted to make sure each druid graphic looked different and represented the person also. The classes/specs of the graphics are (in order): Prot Warrior x2, Rogue x2, Holy Priest, Shadow Priest, Boomkin, Feral Druidx4 (yea..) and enhancement shamananannan.
Something I use on forums in my signature.
I made this awhile ago, but I like it.
Well it's more like the Lich King really. Haven't added text, not sure what to put yet. If I did i'd have it on the sword as if it was engraved.
Dont know why I started with Paladin, I guess I liked the blood elf image ^.^ Not happy about the font, I need to find some new ones I'm just using default ones here! Damn my laptop breaking on me.
Am I ready for heroics?
Remember, not everything is about gear. If you've had experience healing before then this can sometimes overwrite gear. The base stats I would say for heroics is 1500 Sp/14.5k mana/200mp5. This should be easily achieveable at level 80.
What heroics?
Here I will list the gear obtainable from heroics to get you geared for raiding. I havent looked into quest rewards, this is purely heroic instancing alone.
Ahn'Kahet: The Old Kingdom
Halls of Lightning
Utguard Pinnacle
Remember, not everything is about gear. If you've had experience healing before then this can sometimes overwrite gear. The base stats I would say for heroics is 1500 Sp/14.5k mana/200mp5. This should be easily achieveable at level 80.
What heroics?
Here I will list the gear obtainable from heroics to get you geared for raiding. I havent looked into quest rewards, this is purely heroic instancing alone.
Ahn'Kahet: The Old Kingdom
- Skirt of the Old Kingdom
- Wand of Ahn'kahet
- Elder Headpiece
- Flame Sphere Binding
- Silken Bridge Handwraps
- Subterranean Waterfall Shroud
- Staff of Sinister Claws
- Rod of the Fallen Monarch
- Sash of the Servant
- Egg Sac Robes
- Ring of the Traitor King
- Stone-Worn Footwraps
- Band of Guile
- Forgotten Shadow Hood
- Gravel of the Fleshcrafter
- Gloves of Distorted Time
- Mantle of Deceit
- Necromancer's Amulet
- Overlook Handguards
- Cowl of the Dire Troll
- Spectral Seal of the Prophet
- Talisman of Troll Divinity
- Temple Crystal Fragment
- Arcane Flame Altar-Garb
- Leggings of the Ruins Dweller
- Living Mojo Belt
- Shroud of the Moorabi
- Slithering Slippers
- Wand of Sseratus
Halls of Lightning
- Woven Brace Leggings
- Giant-Hair Woven Gloves
- Ornate Woolen Stola
- Traditionally Dyed Handguards
- Winged Talisman
- Gloves of Glistening Runes
- War Mace of Unrequited Love
- Amulet of Dazzling Light
- Cleric's Linen Shoes
- Gloves of the Crystal Gardener
- Opposed Stasis Leggings
- Cuffs of Winged Levitation
- Staff of Draconic Combat
- Band of Enchanted Growth
- Crown of the Unbridled Magic
- Drakewing Raiments
- Sash of Phantasmal Images
- Azure Cloth Bindings
- Cyanigosa's Leggings
- Footwraps of Teleportation
- Globule Signet
- Solitaire of Reflecting Beams
- Zuramat's Necklace
Utguard Pinnacle
Holy
For me:
Int > SP > Spirit> Haste > Crit > Mp5 (my personal opinion for my gear/healing)
As a main spec holy priest I personally am in love with spirit. I've put spirit quite high up on the stats here, though it really does depend on your gear. As I've got quite alot of SP, I go for more spirit for the mp5 aswell.
Now you may have noticed I've put Mp5 last, the reason behind this is mainly down to how I heal and how I time Shadow Fiend/Hymn of Hope/Innervate (<3 kitties)/Pots. Now this doesnt mean to say that you dont need mp5, I've currently got mine at a steady 320 and aslong as I dont go below 300 I should be fine.
My general way of thinking is that if its a long boss fight I want to use my shadow fiend as soon as necessary so that I will be able to use it again during the fight. Doing this method allows me to usually have my shadow fiend for the first phase and the last phase, this is good because in most cases the last phase is the hardest. If I am in need of mana during the middle of the fight I will use Hymn of Hope and/or pot.
If it is a short fight I would save my shadow fiend until the middle of the fight to get the full benefit from it.
Disc
For me:
Int > SP > Crit > Mp5 > Haste
Disc is my dual spec and I havent had as much experience with it as holy. Int is the obvious choice for disc as it provides crit, which is yummy for disc healing as it generates shields/armor. As you'll most probably be healing a tank as disc SP is also a good choice as it boosts your shields absorb amount.
As disc you wont be using Greater Heal, instead you will be using flash heal/penance so while haste does add something, it benefits holy more.
Here is my current spec for Holy Priest.
And my spec for Disc Priest.
THIS IS OLD, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS ADVICE. I will keep this up because I put an amazing amount of effort into writing about the addons.
This is just some info of how I heal in raids using a Priest.
Now, I've never actually done a guide or anything along those lines so don't be too harsh. I'm basically going to list how I heal in raids, as holy and as disc, and what addons I use along with what stats I generally go for.
I've never read up any guide for priests so maybe best to not go by what I say, but It's worked for me and well my guild don't complain. Of course advice is welcome.
Lemme put on music one sec!
Healing Addons
Let's start with addons I use for healing, which isn't many.. lag = slow reactions! The ones I use:
Healbot
The most godly addon created. I've used this since I was a level 20 priest, eagerly waiting for my first stockades instance to heal. If you're not used to this type of addon it may take awhile to adjust, but it makes for quick reactions. I'm actually quite suprised that Healbot isn't more popular, it has everything a healer needs - Bars (hp/mana), buffs/debuffs, decurse, who has aggro, inc heals, how much your heal will heal the person for, who's in range/out of range, buffs tracking and it's easily adjustable for raids/instances/pvp/questing.
What's it do?
This addon creates raid bars, these bars can then be customized to heal the raid member (who's ever bar it is) with different heals depending on what clicks they are assigned to. For an example, I right click on Jerry's bar, I've assigned the right click of my mouse to be Greater Heal, Jerry will get healed with Greater Heal.
(who the hell is Jerry?)
Here is how I have my Healbot setup:
- Left Mouse Button - Renew,
- Middle Mouse Button - Flash Heal,
- Right Mouse Button - Greater Heal.
These are the basic heals, I have them arranged like this so that my quickest heal is on the left and my longest is on the right. Having heals setup in an order helped me remember what I had to click, this isn't something you have to do.- Shift + Left Mouse Button - Shield,
- Shift + Middle Mouse Button - Binding Heal,
- Shift + Right Mouse Button - Penance.
This is where you can start to use Shift/Ctrl to assign different heals. The good thing about using Shift/Ctrl is that it is near your WASD keys, so you can easily move around while healing. I've also binded my disc spells to Healbot aswell as I sometimes have to switch specs quickly.- Ctrl + Middle Mouse Button - Prayer of Mending,
- Ctrl + Right Mouse Button - Prayer of Healing.
If you havent noticed, I havent set up Circle of Healing/Pain Suppression/Guardian Spirit. Although I could set these up, I've decided not to. One thing as a healer you can often find yourself staring at bars too much, while this is good for healing, it's bad for boss fights where you need to be aware of your surroundings. Having some spells not set to my Healbot means that I have to look around. It's just something simple that works for me, not something you need to do.Decurse
Healbot can also work like decursive. Now, personally I dont use the decurse part of Healbot as I find the addon Decursive to be easier to use.
When someone gets a magic effect/disease their bar will turn a different colour. I had problems with this as I couldnt see their health then, but if you set to a light colour it should work fine. Depending on how you setup Healbot, you can set up a key combination to remove the debuff like Ctrl + LM or you can have it setup that whenever someone has a debuff that you can dispell all you have to click is one mouse button. For example, my LM button is set to Renew but whenever someone has a debuff it will dispell them instead. While setting it up this way allows you to quickly remove debuffs, it may also cause you to be unable to heal the target when they really need it.
Buffs Tracking
There is also options to track buffs with Healbot. This is the reason I use Healbot on most of my characters, whether they are healing or not. You can choose which buffs to track, eg. Prayer of Fortitude and then select who'd you'd like to track it on, eg. Raid. So if someone doesnt have the buff their bar will appear white.
The way I have my Healbot setup is that, if someone doesn't have a buff and we're not in combat clicking my LM button on their bar will buff them. You can have it set to in combat aswell, but this interferes with healing.
Advantages
The best advantage with Healbot is that you don't have to manually click on the person you wish to heal and then click on your heal. This addon allows you to do it all in one click. This is very good for quick reaction fights. Healbot can also work as a decursive and tracks buffs, i'll add some info maybe later.
Disadvantages
The disadvantage of using Healbot would be that it takes some time to remember what you've assigned your heals to. Also if you happen to dc during a fight and log back on while you're still in combat, Healbot won't load. So you'll be stuck healing.. the old fashioned way!
Alternatives
Myself having only used Healbot, I'm not 100% sure how these addons work. But by their description they work in the same way.
Instant Health
I'm not sure if this addon is even working anymore so I'm not going to say much. What it used to do was decrease the amount of time that your bars take to update.
Decursive
Decursive is probably one of the most well known addons out there. It sets up boxes that will appear red once someone has a debuff, clicking this will then dispell the debuff. Theres alot of different settings that can be applied but personally I use the default settings.
Healing Stats
Holy
For me:
Int > SP > Spirit> Haste > Crit > Mp5 (my personal opinion for my gear/healing)
As a main spec holy priest I personally am in love with spirit. I've put spirit quite high up on the stats here, though it really does depend on your gear. As I've got quite alot of SP, I go for more spirit for the mp5 aswell.
Now you may have noticed I've put Mp5 last, the reason behind this is mainly down to how I heal and how I time Shadow Fiend/Hymn of Hope/Innervate/Pots. Now this doesnt mean to say that you dont need mp5, I've currently got mine at a steady 320 and aslong as I dont go below 300 I should be fine. My general way of thinking is that if its a long boss fight I want to use my shadow fiend as soon as necessary so that I will be able to use it again during the fight. Doing this method allows me to usually have my shadow fiend for the first phase and the last phase, this is good because in most cases the last phase is the hardest. If I am in need of mana during the middle of the fight I will use Hymn of Hope and/or pot. If it is a short fight I would save my shadow fiend until the middle of the fight to get the full benefit from it.
Disc
For me:
Int > SP > Crit > Mp5 > Haste
Disc is my dual spec and I havent had as much experience with it as holy. Int is the obvious choice for disc as it provides crit, which is yummy for disc healing as it generates shields/armor. As you'll most probably be healing a tank as disc SP is also a good choice as it boosts your shields absorb amount.
As disc you wont be using Greater Heal, instead you will be using flash heal/penance so while haste does add something, it benefits holy more.
General Healing
I'm going to explain now what spells I use in what situation. This is from a holy point of view as it's the spec I've used the most.
Okay, remember this is general, things will differ on boss fights and on your role during them.
Before boss - Renew each tank, prayer of mending, shield if needed.
Tank healing -
I'm going to explain now what spells I use in what situation. This is from a holy point of view as it's the spec I've used the most.
Okay, remember this is general, things will differ on boss fights and on your role during them.
Before boss - Renew each tank, prayer of mending, shield if needed.
Tank healing -
- Keep renew on each tank, wait for a tank to take damage and heal with a greater heal.
- If your tank is taking big hits slowly, begin "fake casting" (cast a heal, if the tank has taken no damage by the end of the cast stop casting and begin again, only heal when the tank has taken damage).
- When healing the raid (only from single damage) flash heal.
- Renew is good on dps if you know they are going to take damage.
- When Aoe healing I prefer to use a quick Circle of Heal to start (straight after the damage hits) and then begin to use Prayer of Healing on groups, the reason for this is that it means people are on low hp for a very short time and then you can slowly top each group off with a Prayer of Healing.
- If your taking DOT Aoe, Prayer of Mending is amazing. Make sure the person you put it on is close to others tho (personally I put it on myself so that I can move to others first).
- DOT Aoe can also be countered with Renews, although this is much easier in 5man/10man groups. The glyph of prayer of healing is useful here.
- Renew warlocks if they are low on mana.
- If your along side a Disc priest, let them use shields so you get the extra absorb/buffs. By using yours it will only add time onto the debuff meaning they cannot use theirs.
- If the boss is doing aoe, target him and use Circle of Healing, this will heal the tank + melee around him.
- If a dps gets aggro (using Healbot will help you see if someone has aggro) quickly shield/prayer of mending them, then begin to spam flash heal.
Gearing Priests
Am I ready for heroics?
Remember, not everything is about gear. If you've had experience healing before then this can sometimes overwrite gear. The base stats I would say for heroics is 1500 Sp/14.5k mana/200mp5. This should be easily achieveable at level 80.
What heroics?
Here I will list the gear obtainable from heroics to get you geared for raiding. I havent looked into quest rewards, this is purely heroic instancing alone.
Ahn'Kahet: The Old Kingdom
- Skirt of the Old Kingdom
- Wand of Ahn'kahet
- Elder Headpiece
- Flame Sphere Binding
- Silken Bridge Handwraps
- Subterranean Waterfall Shroud
- Staff of Sinister Claws
- Rod of the Fallen Monarch
- Sash of the Servant
- Egg Sac Robes
- Ring of the Traitor King
- Stone-Worn Footwraps
- Band of Guile
- Forgotten Shadow Hood
- Gravel of the Fleshcrafter
- Gloves of Distorted Time
- Mantle of Deceit
- Necromancer's Amulet
- Overlook Handguards
- Cowl of the Dire Troll
- Spectral Seal of the Prophet
- Talisman of Troll Divinity
- Temple Crystal Fragment
- Arcane Flame Altar-Garb
- Leggings of the Ruins Dweller
- Living Mojo Belt
- Shroud of the Moorabi
- Slithering Slippers
- Wand of Sseratus
Halls of Lightning
- Woven Brace Leggings
- Giant-Hair Woven Gloves
- Ornate Woolen Stola
- Traditionally Dyed Handguards
- Winged Talisman
- Gloves of Glistening Runes
- War Mace of Unrequited Love
- Amulet of Dazzling Light
- Cleric's Linen Shoes
- Gloves of the Crystal Gardener
- Opposed Stasis Leggings
- Cuffs of Winged Levitation
- Staff of Draconic Combat
- Band of Enchanted Growth
- Crown of the Unbridled Magic
- Drakewing Raiments
- Sash of Phantasmal Images
- Azure Cloth Bindings
- Cyanigosa's Leggings
- Footwraps of Teleportation
- Globule Signet
- Solitaire of Reflecting Beams
- Zuramat's Necklace
Utguard Pinnacle
Rayrayishere.. wow such a bad name.. even after attempting to "funky it up a bit" by adding colours, damn you people getting there before me *shakes fists*
I suppose I should introduce myself, my name is Jade (i'll explain rayray at a later point when I can be bothered!). My main "hobby" if you will, is playing computer games. Specifically WoW (World of Warcraft to the people who haven't been devoured by this game yet), writing this makes me feel a little ashamed that I enjoy the game so much.. but meh, I like it!
My main is a holy priest, I've played priest for a few years now and it's the only class i've managed to stick with. Let's see if I can dig up a screenshot..
.. oh whoops, I totally forgot about this whole blog thing.. got a bit distracted making this screenshot look pretty!
Ninja priest indeed. Okay so, it's not my greatest piece of artwork.. I added a few flowers.
Speaking of art, this is another hobby of mine. Mainly graphics, hence me getting distracted so easily when I open up Photoshop. I guess i'll upload some of my graphics on another post.
I've nearly finished all my A Levels - Art, ICT and Media. Still waiting on my media exam but the other two are complete. And that exact moment I walked out of school knowing I had finished all my art work was one of the most amazing feelings ever.
Hm, guess i've wrote enough for my first post. This is my first blog so, here goes.
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But heres something to keep you entertained meanwhile!
My Photobucket
Sadly I'm no longer doing graphics without donations. Reason for this is because when I offered them for free I had a list of over 50 to do (didn't want to leave anyone out) and I had no time to do anything else at all. See the "donations" part of the site to find out more info.
If you donate your request will be at the top of the queue and will be done within the day.
Make sure to include (copy/paste this if you wish) -
- Type (Signature/Avatar/Desktop Background/Banner/Etc)
- Text
- Size
- Colour
- Theme
- Screenshot/Image (if possible, if not a description of your character as I will be using wow model viewer)
- Desired Armor
- Additional Ideas
Give me as much information as you can so that I can make it as close to how you want it as possible.
Click Here to Send a Request!
While I love making these graphics, it does take alot of my time. Most days I sit at my computer on Photoshop for the whole day doing requests for free. While I'd never force anyone to donate, it would be nice to have something in return.
Advantages of Donating
If you donate something I will push you to the front of my request queue which means it will be completed within the day. Make sure to put your username in the "purpose" box so I know who you are (if you are requesting off MMO-Champion forum). If you requested by Email, make sure to leave your email address when you donate! I will reply to you as soon as I see the donation, to let you know that I recieved it and that I am starting work on your graphic.
If you've already recieved your free graphic (for example, a signature) and would like a Desktop Background/Banner of it, send me a donation and I'll make sure to do it straight away, If not i'll have to put your second request to the end of the queue (so its fair on others).
How it Works
First you click the button at the top "Donate" and follow the instructions. Make sure to put your username/email in the purpose box so that I know which request is yours.
Once I have seen that I have recieved the donation I will send a message to you, to let you know that I have got your donation and that I am beginning work on your request. I may then send you a few copies of the outcome, or even stages, so that it is as close to what you want as possible (I'll of course spend extra time on donation requests, to make sure its what you want).
Work Made from Donations (small preview versions here)
I'm Jade, I'm 18 years old from England! If you've clicked this it means your wanting to know a bit about me, poor you!
Photoshop
I started using Photoshop about 5 years ago (if I remember correctly). I learnt from tutorials that I found on the web and by joining forums to ask others who had more experience than me about tips and advice. If you're planning on learning the ways of Photoshop I'd highly recommend joining some graphics forums, although you may encounter "that person" who will try to push you down, there will be many others that will give you great advice to make up for it. I also enjoyed the "graphics battles" where two or more people would go against each other to make the best graphic, which would be voted by others. Hm.. it sounds kind of sad when its written down, but was very fun!
I stopped with graphics when I first got my hands on World of Warcraft on April 1st, my birthday, buy me gifts!
World of Warcraft
I've been playing World of Warcraft now for 3 years and most of you that are reading this probably know me for my WoW graphics. My first character was a hunter, oh she was awesome. I remember being kicked out of a AQ20 raid for ninja pulling the whole first room, I'd never been there before and they asked me to pull one mob.. fun times! My main character was a rogue during the end of pre-tbc.
When tbc hit I leveled my rogue to 70, only to reroll to my priest. I've stuck with my priest now and it seems to be the only character I can stick with. I love healing and thats the way my priest has always been. Full epic'd out at 70 and now at 80, tho I guess that isnt hard these days. I cant pvp for anything, I'm a pve priest.. what do you expect. Most of my pvp involves running, even from resto druids.. its happened. My biggest achievement on my priest was getting the Amani Bear, the hard way. Weeks of wiping, luckily I got the first bear in the guild, I love my bear. My bear rawks. I'm going to find a screenshot. Okay focus..
World of.. Graphicscraft? (.. yes)
I've actually havent had much time to play at all lately as my time has been took up by requests for signatures, avatars, backgrounds, guild banners. It is fun tho.
The reason I enjoy making WoW graphics so much is because I like the challenge of representing the class in the piece of work. If you want a warlock sig, I'll make it warlocky, I'm talking evilness here.. evilness. Resto druid sig? There will be hints of nature. What I try to achieve with each graphic is that when people look at it they instantly think of the class, without looking at the characters armor/name. However I'll also always make sure to make it how you want it, which means I will sometimes have to go against the "class representation" theme that I just explained. If you have an idea that you want in your graphic, I'll make it as close to your idea as possible, after all you will be using it. You want a pink death knight sig? I'll do it. The only time I will go against your idea is if it really doesnt look right and I believe it would look better another way, of course I will explain this to you and offer to change it.
I spend the same amount of effort on each one, each piece normally takes longer than 30 minutes. I've spent a whole day on one background once, because I wanted to make it perfect. Which I try with all, just some take longer than others.
Random
- I like cats.
- My cat is called Mylo.
- I can never stick to one genre of music.
- Blue is my favourite colour.
- I like drawing and painting.
- My favourite shows are - Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Friends.
- I just finished my A Levels in Art, ICT and Media.
- My favourite film is Little Nicky.
- My character was named Rade after changing one letter in my name, Jade.
- My second character was named Rades after adding a letter onto my first characters name, Rade.
- My next character was named Rayde after changing a letter in my second characters name, Rades.
- People in the guilds I've been in have called me Rayray.
- I liked being called Rayray.
- My other character names - Rayed, Raydes, Radey, Radsey.
- Is anyone still reading this?
- I wonder.
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- Kangg
- Gore123
- Pyv
- shewasntfat
- remake
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