Prancinglid

Fear ward is not usable in Shadowform because it is classified as a "holy spell". Trust me, after having to switch out of form countless times to buff DPS on the way to Magmadar and needing to fill in to do it on Nef, not to mention numerous PvP scenarios, you most definitely can not use it while in Shadowform.

Good info, Undertaker. My statement was indeed too generalized. I forgot all about that AQ neck for casters!

Yes, you are correct that Spirit of Zanza and Cortex should be stacking with class buffs (and I am nearly positive they were). I was referring to Elixir of Sages and Elixir of Intellect. And I was only discussing Mish'undare as an "unrealistic" piece for spriests because I was talking about head and shoulder gear set options compared to the R10 pieces. To rephrase, the R10 pair of armor is AWESOME with their set bonuses and isn't far off from Mantle of the Blackwing Cabaal and Hexxer's Cover (an item that is more attainable than Mish'undare)... With the item updates for the PvP sets you gain 4 intellect, 12 stamina, 12 mp5, but LOSE 15 spell power with the R10 combo compared to the aforementioned one. But yes, Mishun'dare, Choker of the Firelord, Band of Forced Concentration, and Neltharion's Tear are all items that spriests should get only after all warlocks and mages have them. As far as why you want to use runes first in a fight, it all has to do with the frequency in which you are able to restore your mana pool. Since the runes give you less mana than the major mana potions, you can use them first. The faster you can use ANY item to restore mana (assuming you are getting the full benefit of the item and using the item doesn't interfere with using a similar one with a shared CD) during a fight, then you have a greater chance of being able to restore MORE mana during the entire course of the fight. To put it simply, if you are able to use a mana restoring item 6 seconds sooner than another (this being the runes compared to the major mana potion) at the START of the fight, then that is 6 seconds sooner you are able to use it at the END of the fight. Depending on the length of the fight this difference may or may not matter.

I do not believe it does. Same goes with spirit potion not stacking with Priest spirit buff and intellect potion not stacking with Mage buff. Great job on the guide. A couple of points I would like to add (sorry if they were covered already) The R10 pieces for spriest are excellent. A somewhat realistic item set for an spriest in a strong PvE raiding guild will be the Hexxers Cover (ZG) and Mantle of the Blackwing Cabaal (BWL). You should not getting Mishundare until all other caster DPS has it. The R10 pieces are a close second to this set up for PvE and are great for PvP. It should be noted that demonic/dark runes should be used FIRST for fights (assuming you need them to not go OOM). I will generally pop a rune as soon as I am down 1200-1500 mana, then pop a major mana when I am back down 2500 mana. Repeat until the fight ends. Generally speaking, if you believe the boss fight will last less than 9 seconds, do not reapply SW:P. Never forget your primary focus is keeping up Shadow Weaving! I know this was covered already, but wanted to make a point of it. If you and your guild is well geared and you are full consumes, and are potting every chance you can, you should be able to last any raid fight without going OOM in current content except for Nef, and then Hakkar, Rag, and Chromag are generally down to the wire.

There is nothing wrong with wanting to play on a PvE server. However, there is something wrong with complaining about not having what you want, it becomes provided, and then you complain that it wasn't given to you EXACTLY when and how you want it. It's these players that are "scum". You are right about there being people thinking lesser of those who don't want to play PvP, but thats not what this is about. It's about people thinking they have been "screwed over" by Nost, when the reality is that Nost has pretty much been selfless and attempted to give EVERYONE the best experience they can.

Wow. The ignorance and ungratefulness is strong with this one. Nost Dev team: "Let's create the best vanilla private server experience anyone has ever made. It will be constantly improving and we will stand by our vision for creating a progressive (and non profiting and free to play) experience!" [Nost vision is accomplished] Scum: "This experience sux. I can't play the game with all these people trying to kill me. It's like a world wide war of Warcraft or something! I get camped all the time and I just want to do dongeons in peace!" [scum's cries are heard, and the PvE server is born!] Nost Dev team: "From our months of fine tuning and hard work on our first server, we are now proud to offer the PvE server for all of those that wish to play on a lower population server and don't want to be bothered with the aspects of world PvP. This one will also be a progressive experience like vanilla!" [whole community applauds] [except for those like Drain, who want to be spoon fed due to their natural childish behavior] "WHY DIDNT YOU GUYS GIVE ME EVERYTHING I THINK I WANTED WHEN I THINK I WANTED IT?!"