This is a small list of Macros I use in conjunction with Grid. I am not even close to a macro expert so if you know any other useful macros or better ways than I have listed feel free to post them... you will notice that the macros are almost identical.

I love mouse over casting with Grid because that way I do not have to stop and select a target to cast. I can continually cast. Normally I keep the boss targetted so I can watch who he is targeting... and throw up a random insect swam.

Note: There are two ways to use an item's special ability in a macro.
1. To type out the inventory slot ID. ex: /use 13 (this will "use" or activate the ability of your first trinket. See below for a list of Slot IDs).
2. To type out the name of the item. /use  Ribbon of Sacrifice (I perfer this method because then it will not matter what slot the item is in... handy if you swap your gear around... The downside is if you replace the item you then need to change your macro).

0 = ammo
1 = head
2 = neck
3 = shoulder
4 = shirt
5 = chest
6 = belt
7 = legs
8 = feet
9 = wrist
10 = gloves
11 = finger 1
12 = finger 2
13 = trinket 1
14 = trinket 2
15 = back
16 = main hand
17 = off hand
18 = ranged
19 = tabard

Lifbloom: My most used spell... I am spamming this on any square that gets a red dot in the top lefthand corner as well as keeping full stacks (LBx3) on the tanks.

/use Lower City Prayerbook
/cast [target=mouseover] lifebloom

Regrowth: My second favorite spell... I think I use this too much but there is something satisfying about seeing a big (3-4k) heal then smaller ticks.

/use Ribbon of Sacrifice
/cast [target=mouseover] regrowth

So I've been reading up on Death Knights ...

When WotLK comes out I might just switch to a Death Knight full-time.

I know it sounds frivolous, possibly even akin to the rampant "I want to be the first Downfall shaman!  I WANTS TO RAIDZ!"  However, Death Knight sounds like it will play in a fashion similar to the Dark Knight from FFXI (here he goes again).  That fashion is as a sturdy two-handed weapon user that also uses a limited amount of spells and has the ability to tank as needed.  One could say similar about enhancement shaman (minus the tanking part) and arms warriors (minus the spellcasting part), however Death Knight just seems to wrap it all together into a package that sounds REALLY attractive to me.

I won't make any guarantees at this point, but you might anticipate the "guild's first raiding death knight" to be none other than me, come WotLK.

The best name I've come up with is Deadhli.  Like "deadly" but with a twist using my typical online moniker.  Get it?  How lame.

 /dips into his well of warlockdom and spews forth a vomit of text regarding warlocks 

Honestly, Affliction when we were raiding gruul's and SSC was
awesome As haste gear and higher item levels started getting into the
mix, the sheer amount of shadowbolts an epat geared caster can toss out
that hit anywhere from 2.5k-8.7k is quite astonishing.  In long fights
where my only job is to blast the ever loving hell out of a boss
(illidan being the obvious example) myself and dikymo (both not
tanking, both sac/snf locks) have topped the dps meters.  The only
thing that stops us is the threat cap.  With a shadow priest and a
shaman, a caster group with mixed arcane mages/bolt locks are the
powerhouses of the dps.  Oh, and eff the freakin' 40% passive threat
redux on arcane mages, eff it. 

Side note: In Hamfist i'm seeing a cool trend of the purple squares
getting love in the shaman/shadow priest groups with the arcane mages
on nuke fights.  What I kind of giggle at is the thought of an arcane
mage trying to do anything like long term massive dps without a
shadowpriest at the very least.  If an arcane mage in the tanking group
could top an affliction locks dps, I'd be very very impressed, just
from the sheer amount of mana conservation/pot chugging/gem guzzling
they'd have to do.  Most mages respec to fire or frost (from my
experience with hamfist) if they know they are/are not going to be
getting a shadow priest.  The warlocks traditionally stay with one spec
(affliction or destro) and are put wherever there's room and inevitably
there's always, always, always the call from the raid leader for "do
you run with your imp out" and I have to bid goodbye to my affliction
lock brother jester who sticks his imp down like the totem it's always
been valued for. 

To answer Dufe's Question:

The following is post off of Wowinsider.com (click the links!) and addresses an issue a lot of us have had with WoW performance recently. Try these beta drivers and then make sure you do the following:

From Nvidia themselves:

GeForce 6800/6600 GT: Slow performance with World of Warcraft in SLI mode. This is not an NVIDIA bug, but instead the result of a recent patch for World of Warcraft to reduce mouse lag on slower computers by synchronizing the GPU(s). This change is unnecessary for NVIDIA users, and particularly for users with SLI configurations.

For optimal performance when playing World of Warcraft in SLI mode:

* Disable vertical sync within the World of Warcraft in-game video options.
* Enable hardware mouse acceleration and disable smooth mouse within the World of Warcraft in-game video options.

Read on for more.

New Nvidia beta drivers, and a fix for WoW in SLI mode -

Filed under: News items, Hardware

I thought I would use this blog to post my experiences and thoughts on
playing the night before (or whatever). Soooo anywhoo.... tried Arena
2v2 for the first time EVER last night with Tweaks, who was gracious
enough to invite me to his team. We got thoroughly smoked over about 6
or 7 games. Aside from walking away from the arena with a thoroughly
new sense of how bad I am at pvp, it was still fun. I respecced into a
PVP build for it, it may have helped, but I don't know how much.

I have come to the conclusion that PVP (arena play in particular)
requires quite a bit of commitment to get pretty good at it. I like it,
I think I could be good at it, and there is a little voice in the back
of my head saying "prove to the world that enh shammies can PVP
too!!!!"

So I haven't been around nearly as much as I used to and have not been around for a few raids getting started. I suppose I have been trying to find other things to do than WoW as I feel I'm burning out on the game again. My sleep cycle is completely thrown off right now and that is the main reason I'm not online during raid forming, but aside from that I really am just not enjoying playing my character all that much. I've been playing alts, different games, staying offline, things of that sort and its helping me not be bored by it all. I just kind of feel bad because of all the time put into my priest just sort of sitting there going to waste. I may or may not cancel my subscription sometime soon so that I can get RL sorted out. I really don't know as far as that's concerned. I enjoy raiding with everyone and will go if I am needed but at this point I would rather any spot available to me go to someone who really really wants to be there and will continue to be there for the raid. This is in no way a goodbye post or anything. Just a mere heads up to all who might be interested in my current state and what not. <3 you guys.

- bull