I will be home all day tomorrow providing patch updates on Twitter and via the blog, but unless it’s huge breaking news, it’ll be primarily on Twitter.  Make sure you follow at @SunfyresNest!

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During the 4/16 Twitter Developer Chat Chat, Zarhym released one of their “most exciting” changes to Cataclysm is a new Balance Talent called “Solar Beam”.  It appears it will work like the sun beams in the Freya encounter.

“Some of the new Balance talents for druids, like Solar Beam, which works like Freya’s spell where it instantly silences a target and they have to move out of the beam to get rid of the debuff.”

Looks interesting for PVP, and perhaps for trash pack pulls in PvE, but I’m not seeing a big PvE bonus for this.  But it might be a big boon for arena druids, allowing you to force healers out in the open and not LoS-ing behind a stupid box.

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Here are the druid related questions and answers from Developer Chat:

Q. Is there any ETA on tree / moonkin form graphical update?
A. Moonkin is hard because Moonkin players are so in love with that form. It’s tough to change it at all. We currently hope to do a new tree form for Cataclysm, but no promises.

Q. Has there been any thought of changing Eclipse to charges so that Moonkin dps doesn’t suffer so much from moving?
A. Yes. Expect a major overhaul in Cataclysm that keeps the same basic idea (alternating from Arcane to Nature) but in a way that is more core to the class. Like everything though, there is the risk that we may decide this idea sucks once we see it in action.

REALLY?  We love moonkin form?  REALLY?

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The holidays are upon us.  No matter what religion you follow, or elect not to follow, I think the season for giving is universal.  So are holiday wishes!  When I began blogging in September, I never thought I’d have this many people read my blog.  I didn’t advertise, I just began writing, and through a few strokes of luck, other bloggers found me and linked me from their own blogs.

During this season of giving, I will be choosing one random commenter between now and Christmas (my holiday of choice) to receive their own Pandaren Monk companion pet, as a small gift from me.

I also have a few holiday wishes, and for each of those that you help come true, I will be choosing another lucky visitor to receive a Pandaren Monk (or Lil’ KT, if you have a monk.  I prefer the monk as half of the proceeds go to charity).

My wishes are simple, and shouldn’t be hard to achieve.  I’m not asking you to spam for me, however I have a feeling most of you are the “go to” moonkin on your server where a lot of the other, perhaps less progressed balance druids go to for advice.  Refer them here!  There’s a lot of information for them to gain from Sunfyre’s Nest, as well as the other blogs that I link to in the druid blog roll.

Wish #1:  250 readers/day

– I currently average between 120/150 unique visitors a day.  I’d like to see this number to grow to at least 250!

Wish #2: 100 Twitter followers

– I often break news on Twitter before I can get to a computer to write up a post.  There’s also a lot of banter between myself and other moonkin bloggers such as Lissanna from Restokin and Ballerkin from Moonkin.info

Wish #3: 150 RSS viewers

– I personally love RSS.  It’s how I keep track of many blogs, and with my handy Droid, it syncs with my Google Reader account to keep all of my blogs synced to my phone in case I get bored in a meeting at work!

If you’re new to the Nest, it’s easy to follow us via RSS or via Twitter, the links are in the top right hand side of the screen.

Have a happy and safe holiday season!

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