As writ previously, talents are differently applied this time than they have in the first four iterations of WoW. Rather than choosing from 60ish or 40ish talents, you get to choose from six tiers of talents, each containing three choices, of which you
In which I realize that WoW raiding and software development have a common element. How does this relate to raiding? Well, it has to do with learning from one’s mistakes. In the software development world, we have to face the same old problems
In the following series, I’ll be looking at the way that the Frost Mage specialization has changed between Cataclysm and MoP I’ll be handling this via a series of small posts. Today’s is regarding the initial impressions moving
Update 4/21/2012 Someone is now posting a forked version of ElvUI called ElvUI-Repooc which is apparently accepted and more or less approved by Curse to distribute in the slot formerly used by the original ElvUI. This is unprecedented if they did
My initial interest in the beta was to focus on the Inscription trade skill and maybe the addon interface later on. I was also going to examine Frost magery and how it changes, but that’s not easy to do without a damage meter (others to the
Reportedly, I missed some sweet hunter gear as an indirect result of yesterday’s meta project. Basically, our home PC just got moved from a little micro PC "LAN party" style case to an Antec Lanboy Air full tower case. This sucker
As of Friday night, I am Grimmtooth, Destroyer’s End, and that feels pretty good. It also makes me stop for a moment and consider what I am doing next. Imma splain myself. When our little guild started to disintegrate – over half our prime
Felicia Day and the mighty troops of The Guild are back to serenade us with a new music video, and it rocks, as you might expect from such a fine group of geeks. Seriously, what’s not to like about a song with the phrase "ass-hat jocks"
You may recall recently, a "blue" from "Blizzard" posted that he or she "had hopes" that "we" (warlocks) would be able to "run a quest" to "get green fire".
Since Grimmtooth Actual’s system died, I haven’t set foot in a progression raid. Flora’s been working with the Bunnies on old content (about which you already know) but given how tight timing is with progression raiding1, I declined
(No, that isn’t a quote. I keep my quatloos this time around) It’s amazing what you find out about UIs. Since the laptop is a temporary waypoint, we’re experimenting with a few things, including prepackaged UIs. I have to say,
(200 quatloos to the person that completes the quote and names the source) Yesterday was an explosion of beta madness. Sadly, there was angst and drama as some that "paid for beta access" (via the Annual Pass program) were incensed
Since our home (aka Grimm Actual’s computer) lost its hard drive, we’ve been existing on a six or seven-year old laptop with, well, “adequate” furnishings. In realtor terms, it’s a nice little fixer-upper. There’s
Update: First post of this had two pictures not show, and that’s probably what made it into the feed, so if you normally read via a feed reader, you missed a couple of pics. I had to manually edit a few things. /le sigh Saxsy of I Like Pancakes
And the first one to say it, will learn new uses for those lunar lanterns that are so popular here in Moonglade. Brief note: the Elder in Thunder Bluff is nowhere near where WoWHead says he is. Look at the map. You’ll suss it. This post
In every MMO I’ve played in, we eventually see the game population divide up into populations of unusual – some might say freakish – creatures. The exact nature of these sub-populations varies, but the point is, they exist, and
For the past year or more I’ve provided a steady and significant income to ten toons doing nothing more than selling Glyphs and Glyph-related Accessories. I have done this without spending an excessive amount of time at it, and I have done
A couple of weeks ago, Saga blogged on the topic of honesty … specifically, being honest with one’s GM and/or guild about one’s intent with regards to other games, and one’s dedication to one’s guild when raiding.
On January 18, 2012, a lot of sites are going dark (more or less) to protest a pair of bills1 that are trying real hard to become a law in the United States that will give the US government unparalleled power over the content that appears on the internet.
I don’t often blog about the world outside of WoW, since this is, yah, a WoW blog. But I do watch other games closely. And yes, that includes STWOR. I guess it’s assumed that the main reason I don’t want to play it is because
Go boldly amidst the noise and haste of LFD, and enjoy what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without grinding, be on good terms with all factions. Speak your strats quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the l33tsauce and the
The end of the year has come and gone and Eff the Ineffable is (a) still around and (b) still kicking and © still recruiting. This comes as a surprise to some since things were looking dark at the end of the year. The fact that the Holidays always
There is a scene in one of my favorite sci-fi series of all time in which one of the main characters is expressing his frustration with the daily flow of little deaths that define the life of a bureaucrat. It is of course a take-off of our Earthly
It is all the rage these days to disavow any regard whatsoever for damage meters. One is expected to denounce their use, purge them from one’s system, deny them access to your chat window, and make fun of those using them. Well, I say, nuts to
What a ride 2011 was for the clan! It was an unusual year to say the least! In many ways, the story of 2011 is the story of WoW 4.0, a.k.a. Cataclysm. The Jasra Project truly came to a close just before Cata came out when there was a (according
This past evening I achieved level 85, on the very last quest of the very last quest line in Uldum. Well, barring the questlines that go into the instances there. That was pretty spiffy, actually, one of those precision landings you usually hear
As you may or may not have noticed, the header image on this blog rotates among a collection of images.1 While most of these are screen shots from my own dalliance in the world of Azeroth, others are not. It is these others that I wish to discuss.
In a vaguely worded drive-by comment on the official forums, community manager Zarhym (aka talking head) dropped an incredibly vague hint1 about something getting leveled. There was somehow a rumor that Theramore was going to get trashed by the Horde
GOOD NEWS, EVERONE! The creator of the much beloved (by us, anyway) GUPPet addon has updated it to be current with 4.3 and even corrected a but or two. My past ramblings are therefore rendered moot. I haven’t tested to see if the sea mount bug
A quick technical note If you’re unable to log in to a character, or know someone that is having this problem (i.e. you get to the loading screen and the bar stops around 1/4 the way across), there is a solution. Apparently any addon using