Blackwing Descent

Raid Cliff Notes - might be useful

Hey, everyone!Just thought you might be interested to see a new resource we've put up on the MMO Melting Pot. It's essentially Cliff Notes for Cataclysm raids.A lot of the time we were finding that we'd be raiding somewhere we hadn't seen

Hex is recruiting! [EU Nagrand, Horde]

A little shout-out for my old guild! I myself stopped playing WoW a few months ago, but I'm still in contact with my awesome guildies, and they are currently looking to recruit some new DPS and a healer. So if any of you EU-based wow_ladies are looking

Addon Spotlight: Customizing PlayerPowerBarAlt

Each week, WoW Insider's Mathew McCurley brings you a fresh look at reader-submitted UIs as well as Addon Spotlight, which focuses on the backbone of the WoW gameplay experience: the user interface. Everything from bags to bars, buttons to DPS

How Women Figure Into WoW Raid Encounters, Part 1

This is a little number crunching I ran last night, just for my own interest. This is similar to the Bechdel test, if only that while it tends to indicate some things about the writing, it does not really guarantee any sort of ideology at play here.Here

Patch 4.2 hotfixes for July 19

We've got another round of hotfixes posted to the official Warcraft blog. Tonight's list is a relatively short one. Included are ever-present tweaks and fixes to the Firelands raid, as well as a couple of class changes for death knights

WoW Moviewatch: Bless the Martyr Blackwing Descent

It seems like a video of the guild Bless the Martyr tackling heroic bosses in Blackwing Descent might be a good send-off for patch 4.1. Now that we're storming the Firelands with all the zeal and energy of content-hungry raiders hunting new loot,

Patch 4.2 hotfixes for June 28

Is anyone else kind of blown away by the lack of major bugs with today's big 4.2 patch? I know I am. Regardless of how smooth things seem to be going, we do have some hotfixes today, fresh from the official World of Warcraft blog. Included are

[A] Lightning's Blade's Sigil is recruiting!

Sigil, the longest standing raiding guild on the server, is currently looking for quality players of all classes and specs.  We are a guild that focuses on raid progression while maintaining a casual-friendly environment, and we are looking for

Breakfast Topic: Your favorite in-game model

This Breakfast Topic has been brought to you by Seed, the AOL guest writer program that brings your words to WoW Insider's pages. WoW has a very unique art style. Recently, models of NPCs, armor, and such have been incredibly detailed -- and,

4.2 changes to Valor points

The short answer is that you're going to lose your Valor points if you don't spend them before 4.2. Sheesh, this is a pain.MMO-Champion - Patch 4.2 Valor Points Rewards, Firelands Ragnaros Video, Blue Posts, Artworks"Old epic ilvl 359/'Valor'

The Great 4.2 Nerf

Just in case you haven't seen it, though I'm sure most of you have, Blizzard announced yesterday that the T11 normal mode raids will be nerfed significantly when 4.2 is released. Here's the quote:With the upcoming content patch, 10- and

Tanking Cho’gall

We finally come to the last boss of this current tier of raid content, Cho’gall, the final boss in Bastion of Twilight. This is a long fight with a lot to keep in mind so what we’ll be covering are just a few tips to help make the fight easier

Tanking Halfus

Continuing ever onward with our raiding adventures, we cross the mountains and head further north until we reach the huge spire known as the the Bastion of Twilight. Bastion holds just one boss fewer than Blackwing Descent did and is widely regarded as

Prizes and legendary staff

From last week, we had lot of improvement. Nefarian is down, so the normal 4.0-4.1 content is completed.We did not do rated BGs, as we focused on Nef, but will do in the weekend. The new guild challenges will lure lot of guilds to rated BG. Juicy targets.

Tanking Nefarian

After long weeks we arrive at the final fight of Blackwing Descent and face off against Nefarian and Onyxia. This is a three phase, two tank fight so whether you’re the main or the off-tank, there’re going to be a lot of things to occupy your

Tanking Dragons

As a precursor to looking over the final boss of Blackwing Descent, we’ll take a moment to examine a pivotal aspect of dragon tanking. This isn’t something that tends to come up too often and there’s a good reason for this lack. If you

Patch 4.1 PTR: WoW now tracking your BWD elevator deaths

The Blackwing Descent elevator is the greatest destroyer of raids since every moving piece of Serpentshrine Caverns. In patch 4.1, Blizzard will be tracking the number of times the great Lord of Elevators claims your pitiful, mortal existence. This is

Patch 4.0.6 hotfixes for Feb. 16

Along with a list of hotfixes for the dungeon finder tool and vote kick system, Community Manager Zarhym released an update of hotfixes to other portions of the 4.0.6 patch. While some of these hotfixes go live the moment they're implemented, others

Patch 4.0.6 hotfixes for Feb. 15

Another round of hotfixes has been announced this evening. Tonight brings us a few hotfixes to raid content, including every engineer's friend, the Cardboard Assassin. Sorry, my cardboard friend. Your days of tanking Cho'gall are over.

[A] Raiders of Light - Alexstrasza US

Raiders of Light, a level 15 alliance guild on Alexstrasza, is looking for a few more core members for our 10 man raid team. We enjoy long walks around Blackwing Descent, punting gnomes, and occasionally face pulling mobs.Progression: 3/6 Blackwing DescentRaid

Cataclysm hotfixes for Feb. 14

Blizzard has released the newest hotfixes, already on servers now. Hope you all took advantage of Whiptail-a-palooza while you had the chance. Here are your hotfixes for February 14, 2011: General Players who are exalted with 40 factions are

The Light and How to Swing It: Surviving Chimaeron

Every week, WoW Insider brings you The Light and How to Swing It for holy, protection and retribution paladins. Every Sunday, Chase Christian invites you to discuss the finer side of the paladin class: the holy specialization. Feel free to email me with

Totem Talk: Changes for enhancement shaman in 4.0.6

Every week, WoW Insider brings you Totem Talk for elemental, enhancement, and restoration shaman. On Saturdays, Josh Myers tackles the hard questions about enhancement. Can we tank? Can we DPS with a two-hander? How does one shoot web? The answer to

Patch 4.0.6 hotfixes for Feb. 8

Patch 4.0.6 has only been out a day, and we've already got a list of hotfixes. While some have been pushed live, others may required a server restart, so if you don't see the changes go into effect immediately, don't panic! A few highlights

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