First of all, a disclaimer. This guide is not intended to be 100% true, it is not proven thoroughly and theorycrafted to the end of the world and back. I have put this together intended as a temporary guide for use while a lot of things are still in a state of change. I arrived at the conclusions presented within firstly by following advice from other moonkin such as Graylo, and those over at Elitist Jerks. I then adjusted that based on my own tests in-game and some napkin maths.

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If you are a raiding Moonkin then you will have some nice shiny epics. You may be sat wondering, of all the options for enchantments out there, what are my best options? If so, please read on. If you are looking for a cheat-sheet then just jump to the end of this post. If you are looking for information on Mookin gem choices for sockets please view this post instead, Moonkin gemming.

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Gday all. I know I've been quiet these past months. In honesty that's because I had covered most of what I had to say, and the data hadn't really changed. Well 4.0.1 blew that out the water.

First things first, Strayegg may be unreliable over the next week or so. I am in the process of moving to a shiny new server. All being well the change-over will be smooth, but sometimes things go down the proverbial creek!

For now none of the guides have been updated, but they will be soon. I am currently catching up on the theorycrafting, and am not intending to go putting out information as gospel truth until I've had a chance to look into it more myself. In the mean time I would like to recommend taking a look at Graylos fantastic write-up here.

There's not a great deal I would add to Graylos information at this point with one slight exception. Personally I am finding Solar Beam quite useful. I mean it's a 15 second silence when glyphed! That's quite handy on some fights. Not too relevant to endgame raiding, but I got Gundrak as a daily heroic and we got Less-rabi without even trying due to that silence. Also I would be careful about listening to those going on about Thorns. It's strong at the moment but it seems like a nerf is incoming to reduce it to be more situational rather than being on a par with our main damage spells.

A couple of personal notes. Firstly, I loved being able to mess around with moonfire spam. I managed to clock up 8.2k dps against a target dummy. In Azjol Nerub I managed to do quite well spamming it also. It's also nice to be able to mess around with aoeing by spreading around Insect Swarm, with the damage buff it works beautifully, hoping to have some fun with that in ICC when I'm next in there (though apprently they have nerfed it heavily, inevitable really).

Lastly for the personal notes, my team successfully completed the CARE challenge, and with not too bad a time ending up almost exactly middle of the table. If you feel like contributing to the charity CARE International then it's still not too late,just click here - any money donated is going to a good cause! Don't worry I'll stop going on about this soon!

Finally, a small warning. Moonkin are now aggro magnets if you are in high-end gear. You may find it beneficial to warn your favourite healer of this fact, so that they are there to spam-heal you when you inevitably pull aggro from that low-geared tank in that PuG you just joined!

TLDR version Updates incoming, I love Solar Beam, CARE challenge didn't kill me, watch your threat.

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Gday all,

I've still been quiet, I've been reviewing some of the articles lately and feel that I need to do some rewrites. The Pecking Order is, I am afraid, going to be put to rest for the time being - I am uncertain I am able to do it proper justice at present. I will instead concentrate on filling a couple of gaps in the knowledge on the site (interface, macros, that kind of thing) and look at refining the existing articles.

That is not what I am here to say today though. A few months ago my boss asked for volunteers to take place in something called the CARE New Media Challenge. It comprises of 24km bike ride, 16km run, and 2km canoe segments. I'm not looking forward to the running. This is why I've not really had much time to keep Strayegg active lately!

Anyway, as part of this we are of course raising some funds for the charity CARE International UK. I thought I'd make an appeal to the readers of Strayegg to see if any of you felt like sponsoring our team!

If you would like to sponsor us, then you can do so through our page on Just Giving. Sponsor MSO.net on the CARE New Media Challenge

More information on the challenge is available here : Care New Media Challenge

Thank you to any of you that do contribute, every little helps! Until next time, Aeiedil out!

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There is a problem that I have been thinking heavily about the last few weeks. It's a simple question, one that all players have their own take on. Put simply, what properties seperate the good Moonkin from the bad, or for that matter the good from the great? On top of that, why is this currently preying on my mind?

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Druids got a few mentions in the patch notes yesterday as I am sure you'll be aware if you keep an eye on any of the other blogs or MMO Champion. Realistically I can't see the Typhoon or Nature's Grasp changes doing anything for Moonkin in PvE however there was 1 buff that made me die a little inside at first glance. It's started to grow on me a bit now.

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If, like me, you play WoW from the comfort of a laptop then you may notice from time to time that your laptop gets a bit warm. When this happens the performance of your laptop is decreased. For the cost of a few quid you can get an air duster that will allow you to clean out your laptop and decrease it's operating temperature. Read on for why this is important, or click here to find links to some suitable products. This article is more aimed at laptops, but the same applies to desktops.

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With Languish Blizzard have added a new mechanic to the Moonkin through our set bonus. In the long run it increases the value of our crits. Its actual effect is a bit more complex than that though. The best way I can think of to describe Languish is that it fills in the gaps where our DPS drops a bit. Confused? Stay with me for a little.

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The most common request on forums regarding Moonkin (or any spec) seems to relate to players who do not see what they can do to fix their Moonkin. In this post I hope to detail the process I go through to try to determine what is holding me back.

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Moonkin single-target rotation is fundamentally simple, but there are a few points to keep in mind. Below I have put together a flow-chart detailing a Moonkin spell rotation that fits most situations. This is based off personal experience, not theorycrafting alone.

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