An update from me and closing my guides

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Lissanna

Hi Druids! Happy 8.0 patch week! As a reminder, I am no longer maintaining guides for WOW. I have taken down my Legion guides (both the leveling & resto guide). I left up a page of helpful resources for other bloggers & guide writers whom I trust to help teach you resto & balance things.

Where can I find good info on Resto and Balance druids for 8.0?

Restoration
  • Resto: Questionably Epic is a good resource for resto druids and gets regular updates for lots of topics.
  • Resto: Torty (a trusted resto theorycrafter) has a guide up on Icy Veins with reliable info.

Balance
  • Balance: Dreamgrove.gg is a new resource where balance druids (and other specs) have been posting lots of info.
  • Balance: Weak Auras (AP Pro Bar) for balance druids by Cyous will still be maintained.

All specs
  • All Specs: Wowhead has tons of info available for the new expansion.
  • All specs: The druid Discord server, Dreamgrove is still super active! Check the Pins in each spec channel for updated guides.

What is Lissanna up to now?
As I talked about in my last post, I am no longer a WOW guide writer & MVP. As of writing this post, I’m employed as a Games User Research Analyst. I’m working at ID Software (in Texas) where I help with playtesting lots of awesome games. ID Software is part of the Zenimax and Bethesda family, so I will have the opportunity to work on lots of awesome games. You can still find me on Twitter (@restokin) if you want to see what I’m up to! The 8.0 pre-patch is also sad for another reason, with the loss of Teldrassil and my druid’s original home. As a night elf druid, Lissanna started her training in Shadowglen, high up in the tree we called home. After gaining enough strength to leave Teldrassil, my new human friends came to find me and we did the long run from Teldrassil to the great city of Stormwind. So, with this new era in my life also comes a new era in WOW, where all our old memories fade away and make room for new adventures.

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Goodbye from Restokin: The end of an era

Posted on November 24, 2017 by Lissanna

Blizzard is currently celebrating the 13 year anniversary of World of Warcraft. I started playing the game soon after the original launch and started posting on the Druid forums shortly after. Over the years, I have written guides, taught people how to play druids, and contributed to theorycrafting class designs. My longest running guide is the leveling guide that I took over at the start of WOW’s first expansion, Burning Crusade. I’ve been a blogger and MVP for a number of years. So, I don’t take this lightly when I say that the end of an important era of my life is now coming to an end.

Over the last few months, I have been working on a career change and am leaving academia. In early December, I start a new industry job. This relocation and career change has caused me to need to leave the Blizzard MVP program and close Restokin. That’s right, I won’t be working on supporting the community as you launch into Battle for Azeroth testing. Next week, movers will come and pick up all my belongings and I start a week long road trip to my new home and career. I will still play WOW and other video games, but I need to have a less active role in the community so that I can focus on my new career.

Over the years, I have made many great friends in the gaming community. I plan to still have a presence on my Twitter account (@restokin). I feel good about leaving the Druid community in the hands of the very large Discord server, Dreamgrove, where there is an active and helpful theorycrafting community. They can do more as a group than I can do as an individual. If you have questions about druids, I suggest you go ask Dreamgrove (and not me). For me, this game has always been about community. It has been an honor to see the druid community grow over the years and I am happy to leave the community in good hands.

I wanted to thank all of my readers and fans over the years as you all have made this adventure incredible. I also wanted to thank my guest posters who helped this blog grow and flourish over the years. I want to thank everyone at Blizzard who has read my posts, talked to me at Blizzcon, and supported me in the MVP program. I also want to thank all the other theroycrafters, guide writers, and fansite creators who help to made the World of Warcraft community feel like home for so many years. I am sad to close the door on my past and excited to see what the future holds.

“Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on the story.”― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

Update: I started in December as a User Experience Researcher at Daybreak games!

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