Just saw the news that D3 betas have started the second round of offers; a lazy 100,000 keys – wow. As a player with an “annual pass” its fragg’n disappointing. I’m not playing wow much at the moment as I need to be distracted
Here is a tale of a group of gamers who are nutty enough to play popular games in Ironman Mode – that is using only 1 life. All so that folks will be chuffed, amused, and then donate to the excellent charity called Child’s Play. “Clueless
I’ve made a rant about the anti-piracy bills in the USA and the SOPA movement. Its important enough that I want it shared here too so it reaches a different readership. What to do if SOPA Passes Now returning you to some more rants about RPG, Warcraft,
Today’s post is a little rant to get something off my chest: Tank moving mobs too much. I hate it. A lot. Recently in a LFD run the tank was constantly moving the creatures. Now I don’t mean slowly moving them in a reverse circle to gather
The end of the year is a time when hobbie time seems to evaporate, leaving me frazzled. This year is no different with work deployments, shopping needs, appointments, training courses, and some such all stopping online gaming from happening. I’d
I’ve now played each of the new 5 mans in patch 4.3 a few times and they are very reasonable; however the player base and loot mechanics are still problematic. From a pace and visual style the new instances is excellent. The tasks needed are obvious
I played the first of the new 5 mans last night – End Time. It’s ok. For the first attempts at these instances I’ve decided to join as dps, so that I can at least not have full pressure for the runs. As dps the job is no different than
I’m not sure how I feel about patch 4.3 being here so much sooner than I expected. It certainly has not been quick for some players, but I expected it to drop next week. Knife and fork is all that is needed now. Yummy. Overall its not the end of
This month is the five year anniversary of this blog. November 9th 2006 to November 9th 2011 is a long time to be standing in the corner of the web, foghorn in hand, prognosticating the future. Its been a great experience, and there have been some fantastic
The Annual Subscription is a solid offering: WoW for a year which I’d be playing a moderate proportion of anyway, Diablo 3 for free, and a few in game trinkets – clever bundle. I don’t understand the hate over this … Continue reading
The Annual Subscription is a solid offering: WoW for a year which I’d be playing a moderate proportion of anyway, Diablo 3 for free, and a few in game trinkets – clever bundle. I don’t understand the hate over this offer, as it is an
MMO Champion has datamined the Death Knight Tier 13 base model. Was it worth the wait? (huge version here). Given how long we waited for this – its good. Not fantastic, not game changing, but certainly a good model set. … Continue reading
MMO Champion has datamined the Death Knight Tier 13 base model. Was it worth the wait? (huge version here). Given how long we waited for this – its good. Not fantastic, not game changing, but certainly a good model set. It is hard to know how this
I first thought that MoP was disturbing because it did not have a big bad enemy, but that is not it. It has no goal for the players – no draw-card, no massive call to action that creates an excitement … Continue reading →
I first thought that MoP was disturbing because it did not have a big bad enemy, but that is not it. It has no goal for the players – no draw-card, no massive call to action that creates an excitement and sense of impending challenge. The Pandas
Part of the challenge to play wow well is at a basic level having enough time to make progress. There is a minimum amount of time needed to do any particular task, and of late my time available has been … Continue reading →
Part of the challenge to play wow well is at a basic level having enough time to make progress. There is a minimum amount of time needed to do any particular task, and of late my time available has been decreasing – this is especially true of any
I went away on the weekend, kept my nose away from the news, and enjoyed being unplugged. We went to a beach, a few wineries, and a charity dinner. When I got back I discovered that the inmates are running … Continue reading →
I went away on the weekend, kept my nose away from the news, and enjoyed being unplugged. We went to a beach, a few wineries, and a charity dinner. When I got back I discovered that the inmates are running the asylum, and we’re to get Warcraft –
There are some small tweaks to the Ptr notes for patch 4.3. From a Death Knight perspective there are no changes of any significance, but Druids, Warriors, Rogues, Paladins and Hunters will want to read them. One nice general tweak … Continue reading
There are some small tweaks to the Ptr notes for patch 4.3. From a Death Knight perspective there are no changes of any significance, but Druids, Warriors, Rogues, Paladins and Hunters will want to read them. One nice general tweak is that the Guild Standards
There is banter abroad about the USD $10 in game pet that can be traded between players, and yes, its a variation on what was happening before. The card game prizes and all sorts of other items could be traded … Continue reading →
There is banter abroad about the USD $10 in game pet that can be traded between players, and yes, its a variation on what was happening before. The card game prizes and all sorts of other items could be traded between characters before, and this adds
The Raid Finder will give Need rolls a +100 modifier if your Role in the instance matches the item. This is excellent. In fact, put that in the LFG system too please. How do they tell what is a Tank … Continue reading →
The wonderfully macabre Halloween holiday event of Hallow’s End is set to start on the 18 October. Like previous years it will probably contain a set of quests based around the Headless Horseman attack, putting out fires, and vanquishing him …
I’m not sure I like how quiet the news on Death Knights has been. The PTR built has seen chatter and changes for most of the other classes, set bonuses, and some spell affects, the odd tweak and change; but … Continue reading →
Son of a Lich has posted my response to the DK intro called Circle of Killing. For those new to the concept the Circle of Killing is a featured Death Knight answering a series of similar questions about the class; … Continue reading →
The feedback on my help-im-frustrated-by-mains-and-alts post was really good. Well great actually, as it had a range of side, which both challenged what I thought about the issues, and also supported many of the doubts I had – which is … Continue
The LFR tool has some more details announced, but really its as expected. You’ll be sorted into a 25 man raid team, and given an easier version of the current content. Game By Night posted about it, and asked why … Continue reading →
There is some background drama in my guild at the moment, which centers on the topic of rewarding Alts vs Mains in progression raiding: Should there be a penalty for switching mains, what about regular alts, and how do you … Continue reading →