Mindbender is the third level 45 talent. It was a giant question mark before, but it looks like it’s another pseudo-Shadowfiend. On a 4 minute cooldown, the Priest creates a Mindbender to attack the target and the Priest receives 6% mana back when
One of the key themes being presented with the new monk class is arcade brawlers, and the new windwalker specialization delivers this in spades. I spent my youth getting rocked by Sagat in Street Fighter II on the SNES, and I've enjoyed the genre
I’m so flippin’ mad. Times like this I wish I was a fan of golf instead. But enough about that. Let’s get on to the highlights for this week. The beta cap in Mists has been raised. The big spotlight’s on Druids since they get Symbiosis
In my weekly Raid Rx column on WoW Insider, I published a post with an introductory look at the Mistweaver Monk. While Monks are still in the stages of construction, there’s enough of a foundation in the beta right now that players can mess around
When I was younger, Easter was a time of good food and great gaming. While my parents and relatives discussed boring adult stuff in my aunt's living room, my brothers and I would flee with our cousin to their basement, where we'd play Mortal
Every week, Raid Rx will help you quarterback your healers to victory! Your host is Matt Low, the grand poohbah of World of Matticus and a founder of Plus Heal, a discussion community for healers of all experience levels and interests Catch his weekly
Here are some initial thoughts that I’ve had while I played the MoP Beta, as one of the many hundreds of thousands of new “beta” testers. The game appears to be well contained and packaged. Much of the easy stuff (splash screens, etc)
Are you one of the Annual Pass holders who wishes to get your Beta for Panda-rama-rama? Cool, so am I, because I want to try out a Monk. Yay for this: We appreciate that everyone who signed up for the Annual Pass is genuinely excited about seeing the
I’m reading through WoW Insider this morning catching up on all the newly released Mists News, and I picked out some of the things that stood out to me. All of the quotes and information I’m getting come from WoW Insider’s coverage of
Additional details about the Monk was released a few days ago on. Ghostcrawler fielded the answers to several of the questions that I’m sure were on most people’s minds. The Monk healing spec (Mistweaver, a catchy name) is designed to rely
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
While at Blizzcon 2011, I got first hand experience of the current alpha build of both the *Pandaren* starting area as well as the *Monk* class. For...
Mists of Pandaria is bringing us the new monk class as well as the new Pandaren race, finally making its way to World of Warcraft after years of speculation and wondering. Blizzard Insider, Blizzard's own internal look at the wheelings, dealings,
The problem with blogging late is all the good puns are already used. The interwebs are all a twitter with news from Blizzcon. For me, Blizzcon was a strange sort of out of body experience. This was the first expansion for World of Warcraft that I knew
So monks. Leather-wearing tank-dps-healing hybrid characters, so they will pretty much share gear with druids. Every race except the newest ones, goblins and worgens, can be monks. The resource system described sounds pretty intriguing. In a
Yep, I'll jump on the bandwagon here and give my thoughts. Why not? I will offer one disclaimer: since I neither attended Blizzcon nor have access to the official sites at work (where I'm writing this), I'm depending on secondhand sources
Alright, it’s official: the new expansion’s going to be Mists of Pandaria, as reported by Boubouille at MMO-Champion. So far, there’s a few things to be excited about: Panadaren race which will choose to be Alliance or Horde, depending
So, that is day one done. Onward to day 2.Big recap post here on MMOC.Diablo 3The video is interesting. The rest that was shown, is mostly old news. There should be some more stuff about D3 coming this Saturday however.Panda bearsWhere to begin...Basically,
Today Blizzard revealed the next WoW expansion, Mists of Pandaria. A new playable race (Pandaren); new class (Monk); new level cap (90). But the news for pet collectors is utterly MIND-BLOWING...
Simple, just run a BlizzCon.502 Bad GatewayOnly took about 15 minutes of half the world hammering F5 F5 F5.The thing that really got it down though was "Mists of Pandaria is the next WoW Expansion". Oh boy...diablo.incgamers.com seems to be
Some more livestreaming this morning. After attempting twice to draw a charr, I just started freestyling it and eveutally found what my monk would look like if she had gotten caught in the foefire. (she didn’t)
In Azeroth, we may not all be human, but we can join together in solidarity and burn virtually as we raise funds and awareness about the importance of human rights globally. Kind of a think globally, act virtually parade where other guilds and folks can
(the above image unethically stolen straight from Blizzard's site)After totally screwing up the moonkin pet and Make-a-Wish where half went to charity and half straight to Blizzard's pockets, Blizzard learns most of their lesson with the Cenarion
Another contest to celebrate WoW's sixth anniversary? That's right! This time, the prize is an endangered species. A fat, adorable endangered species. Comment on this post by 12 a.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 24, for a chance to win a Pandaren Monk
Yes, that's right. During the ATVI earnings report conference call today, Mike Morhaime, president of Blizzard Entertainment, announced that the Moonkin Hatchling will be available for purchase later this month, as he had already stated at BlizzCon.
The BlizzCon costume contest took place yesterday afternoon with roughly 90 entries (give or take a few, depending on how you count group efforts). We did have a screenshot of one entrant in black that was unfortunately too dark to include, but this
I was not lucky enough to get tickets for BlizzCon, but I did fork out the cash for the Virtual tickets. Thankfully, RayV enables me to check out the BlizzCon events when I have the time...so, perhaps a little belatedly, here come my notes on
There has been some data-mining in the past couple weeks which found mention of a Moonkin Hatchling in the beta game files. During the BlizzCon opening ceremonies, Mike Morhaime (Blizzard CEO) announced that this new vanity pet will be available for
Hello everyone. I am a student at Plymouth State. For my Feminism class I am surveying MMORPGs and gender; specifically what it is like to be a girl gamer. I would greatly appreciate it if people could fill out this survey (serious answers are
I’m liking my hunter now days. I think hunter will be my main alt for cata.There are too many fucking crossbows, blizz. Too many. No hunter’s weapon of choice is crossbow. None.“Guns, lad, guns. I’m a stout dorf and this is me