by Ben Silverman
http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/meet-the-world-s-top-world-of-warcraft-player/1377953


He's the best in the world... of Warcraft.
That's an unofficial title, though I think it's pretty safe to say that "Little Gray" has played more Warcraft than you. A lot more.

Courtesy of Gamepro comes word of the Taiwanese player's absolutely insane Warcraft accomplishments. In addition to having nabbed every single one of the game's achievements (minus a brand new one that cropped up in the game's latest patch), he's the first player to complete all 986 tasks listed in the game's Armory. Considering that over 11.5 million people play the game worldwide, that's one heck of an honor.

And that's just the tip of this online gaming iceberg. Playing as a Tauren Druid, Little Gray has racked up some staggering numbers: he's completed nearly 6,000 quests at the rate of about 14.5 per day and killed nearly 500,000 enemies while dying only 8,543 times himself.

How? By doling out an awe-inspiring 7,255,538,878 points of damage...but before you label him some sort of mindless brute, know that he at least had the heart to heal 1,377,435,762 points of that back. Unsurprisingly, he's also a bit of a loner, having "waved" at other players only once.

If it's tough to put these massive numbers into a real-world context, consider this: a member of our Yahoo! Games team (who will remain unnamed) once logged an average of six hours a day playing the game over the course of a year -- and never came close to achieving so much with his character.

We could hazard a few guesses, though. At 14.5 quests per day, it would take about 414 days to reach Little Gray's 6,000 quest mark. Speaking conservatively, a veteran Warcarft player can pretty handily knock out three quests in an hour, which would mean about five hours a day for Little Gray.

But that's just for quests. You do a LOT more than that in Warcraft, such as going on raids, engaging in player vs. player combat, and tinkering with your abilities and gear. It wouldn't be even remotely surprising to find out that Little Gray has spent in upwards of ten hours a day playing the game.

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Seems the Armory is down to Verify this but Grats to you Little Gray!!!

Hey guys this is Delleyntar from the Dalaran Server. I’m here to talk to you about a few Resto Druid End game Healing tips and Tricks.

There’s a few things that I’ve learned while being a druid that can either Help or Hurt your healing, so I want to go over my Talent tree, Spell rotation, My Glyphs, Buffs, and of course, stats on gear. While Gear is a good part of how well you heal, Your Spell Rotation, What talents are being used and what buffs you have up can either help or hurt your game.

So Lets get started....

My Talent tree is currently set up as 12points in balance and 59 points in Restoration. The 12 points in the Balance tree is essential because it adds mana reduction, as well as Crits on some of your heals. I will go over each and every talent, as well as to why I have chose them.

First talent is Genesis; I have 5 points into that. This talent increases the Healing Done by my Healing effects by 5%. So lets give a small example. Lifebloom with out any buffs or talents, Heals the target for 371 over 7 seconds. When you put Lifebloom up (lets assume you had put up a 3 stack) There is a 5% Bonus on that 371 base heal. So then the base turns into 389 (added 3 times for a Heal over time for 1167. Then at the end it will "Bloom" healing your target for 970. So add 5% and you have a bloom of 1018. Now that seems like little...But add all the other talents and you have an End bloom up to 19k. Seem Impossible? Not really. Lets move on....

The next Talent I have is 3 points in Moonglow...This reduces the mana cost of my Healing touch, Rejuvenation, Nourish, and regrowth. Mana is the most important tool you have. So conserve it wherever you can.

Next I have 2 points in Natures Majesty. This increases my Crit Chance by 4% on my Healing Touch and Nourish. Crit is important for the sole fact that it can equal out to larger heals. Now Even though we don’t use healing touch (I will go over that in a bit) the Nourish Crit chance is what we are aiming for in this talent.

Next I have 1 point in Natures Grace. This talent has an effect that all spell crits have a 33% chance to Grace with a blessing of nature increasing my spell casting speed by 20% for 3 seconds. Now This is important because of the fact, when you are using Nourish, or regrowth or any longer heal that will have a crit chance, that means your target is pretty low on health. So with this going off, your bigger heals will become faster for those next 3 seconds, allowing you to get your target back to full health again.

Next and Last point in balance is in Natures Splendor. This talent increases the Duration of my Rejuvenation by 3 seconds, Lifebloom by 2 seconds, and regrowth by 6 seconds. This is important solely because of mana saving, the longer your hots are on.... the less you need to refresh them.

So now that covers the Balance tree. I will go over the Restoration tree in the Next Entry

~Happy Healing! <3 Delley