Patch 4.3 PTR: Build 14791 hits servers

Another PTR push, and again Wowheadnews is there to explore it. What surprises does this latest build conceal? Well, for starters, there are new strings for the Dragon Soul raid's maps, new icons for a Deathwing raid dagger and a PVP shield, and a host of ability changes aimed at spreading the new attack power for melee. Reverberation seems to be taking a hit on Wind Shear's cooldown reduction, most likely to fall in line with a new cooldown on the spell. It doesn't look to be ...

Articles tagged with: Shaman, Raiding, Cataclysm, Skinning

Is height a requirement for a serious character?


I'm 5 feet 3 inches tall. When I wear heels, I call them my tall shoes because they make me tall. Not taller, because that would indicate that there were some degree of tallness to begin with. Trying on platform shoes is an exercise ...

What signals the end of an expansion?


Wrath of the Lich King ended on kind of a sour note for me, largely because I didn't get to participate in my guild's one and only 25-man heroic Lich King kill before Cataclysm launched. Part of the rankle was ...

Officers' Quarters: Dropping the drama totem


Every Monday, Scott Andrews contributes Officers' Quarters, a column about the ins and outs of guild leadership. He is the author of The Guild Leader's Handbook, available from No Starch Press.
Selecting players ...

Identify the Fail


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 ...