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Druids are  arguably one of the best healing classes in the game. Druid’s focus on HoTs (Healing over Time) spells. They are really well doing main tank healing and raid healing. They are also very much sought after in raids because of their battle rez which can usually save a fight (it has done wonders for me).

Yet the spec between one druid healer and another is different due to play-style. Some like to spam quick healing touches, or they HoT everyone and help on MT heals, which is where their true power of  healing is. This spec is the spec I use for druid healing, and it has worked wonders for me (I do HoT’s). I can out heal almost everyone (except those darn paladin healers )

It is hard to choose which is better, the well known Quest Helper, or the great Cartographer? I used to only use Quest Helper, yet ever since I found out about Cartographer; I have found a very well made questing mod! But since some people are still choosing which questing mod to choose, I’ll just lay down the pros and cons of both of them.

You might be one of those people that that is saying to them self, “what on God’s green earth is a mod, and are they even that needed? What exactly do mods add to the game that I may be missing?” Well the first question is probably the easiest to answer. A mod is a program that is used to help enhance your interface and get information that is otherwise not provided, just to name a few. Now the last question is probably the hardest to answer because it all depends on how much you know about the game and what you want out of the game. I was never able to quest effectively and it would take forever to level because I didn’t know where to go or what to do. I would spend hours on a quest because I wouldn’t know what to do.

Quest Helper (QH) is a very well known mod that has helped many people get through the tedious process of leveling a lot faster. QH looks at the quest you just got and shows you on the map where you might be able to find the thing you are looking for. It also has different icons depending on just exactly what kind of quest it is whether it’s killing a named mob or looking for the entrance to a dungeon. QH also tells you what level the quest is. Now personally I had been using this mod for about a year before I found out about an alternative.

Some of the issues that are with QH though are:

• Quest helper is not exact, as are many mods. Yet with QH, it gives you an area where is should be, but sometimes, you may sit there for 20-30 minutes and it never shows. That is because QH doesn’t give you the whole area of where the thing might be.
• QH is probably the only mod you will ever see pull over 40mb of memory. That is a lot of memory. Thus it creates a lot of lag in the game not allowing you to enjoy the game to its full potential.

Now Cartographer has many of the same features as QH such as saying what the level of the quest is and having a coding for that kind of quest it is. Except that is goes by color and not by what the icon looks like

· This mod takes up maybe 2-3mb of memory. That’s 90% less memory than QH which allows you to help enjoy the game to its fullest and fastest possible potential.

· This mod also shows you virtually every possible spot there is on where to find what you are looking for.

· This mod also gives you a bigger and easier to use quest log allowing for easy reading choosing of quest.

Yet Cartographer also has some cons. The major one is that the quest has to be active in order for it to be active.

These mods can be found HERE, along with a list of others

There are many different kinds of guilds out there. There are the leveling guilds, wanting to help you level; there’s the casual guild, doing things at their own pace when they can, sometimes raiding; and there is the hard core raiding guild that always looks to be the best and complete end game content. In this article, it will be about the mods that most raiding and even casual guilds require

One mod that is an absolute for raiding is DBM, also known as Deadly Boss Mods. This mod is very useful when you need to know how long till enrage on a boss, how long till the next phase, and so on. This mod should always be at the top of your list if you plan on raiding. It is also useful for the regular dungeons and their timers. This mod can be found here.

Another mod that is very useful if you are healing or even tanking, is Grid. Grid is an add on that  is used to see who is in your raid, and allows you to target someone by clicking on their name in the grid interface. This addon also helps to show who has a debuff, how much health everyone has lost, and even show who has aggro. This addon is not usually required by raiding guilds. Yet it is a very useful mod for raiding, and it’s an add on I use and always must have. This add on can be found here.

There are many more add ons out there, but these are the two that will help the most at raiding. Remember, all mods can be found here.

There are many different builds for each class, some are wonderful, some not so much. Right now I will be focusing on the protection paladin- Prot pally for short-. This build is a build I have made, tested, and found to be very good.

For a prot pally, you want to go into the retribution tree just a little bit. This will help establish a steady rotation to pump out as much tps -threat per second- as possible. The more threat you do, the less chance a dps or healer will pull aggro, and if that happens, your going to have to work more at it and practice.

If you have any other builds for the pally, just post it and I’ll check it out!

Also, don’t be afraid to try variations of this build, find one that goes with how you like to play.