Category Archives: World Of Warcraft

I’m definitely in the middle of a slow period in WoW right now.  I’m not interested in raiding.  Running instances again doesn’t appeal – there are very few instances that I haven’t run at least once in each of the … Continue reading →

We found a few extra people wandering around Icecrown and finished off the last few group quests Jaimie needed for Loremaster.  Now she has a Loremaster for each faction.  I think she’s nuts, but it is quite the achievement!  Congratulations … Continue reading →

Well, Flint and Tinder made it up to 80!  These toons have now made it to level cap every time.  I don’t think we’ll be raiding on them at all this time around.  If Cataclysm takes a long time to … Continue reading →

It amuses me that this stage in WoW’s cycle, I’m probably going to downgrade all my fancy Emblems of Frost all the way down to Emblems of Heroism so that I can swap them for heirlooms. There are a number … Continue reading →

This post on Murloc Parliament » Tanking Persona is very funny.  I’ve tanked using every tanking class in WoW and I’ve also used all three of those tanking personas.  Mostly I’m between Ultranoob and The Strong Silent Type.  I save … Continue reading →

We decided to transfer Flint and Tinder over to a PVE server. Jaimie wants to do Loremaster on Tinder (so that she’ll have a Loremaster for both factions). I think she’s nuts, but this way she can really say she’s … Continue reading →

In light of Blizzard’s RealID stupidity, this comic made me laugh. Pick a blogger and they’re ticked about RealID.  What a way to burn goodwill. For myself, I’m not too worried about being stalked,  harassed, suffering diminished employment prospects, or … Continue reading →

I have seen the Invisible Gorilla trick, but I hadn’t though of its applicability to raid encounters.   Elder Game: MMO game development » Deathtrap Design and the Invisible Gorilla argues that the reason raiders stand in the fire is … Continue reading →

Totem Talk: Power Auras for restoration reminded me that I can set up Power Auras to watch for procs.  I’ve mostly been using it as a buff monitor, so it’s good to be reminded of the other uses. Mother Earth … Continue reading →

All my Quel’dorei toons except for my mage have hit 80 and are about as progressed as I’m going to get them. After playing every class, hunter is definitely my favorite for solo play. There’s just something about being out … Continue reading →

I find Power Auras tremendously useful for remembering all those buffs it’s way too easy to forget.  It’s way too easy to forget to put intelligence back on the shaman who pulled aggro and died horribly.  Medium-short duration buffs such … Continue reading →

I hadn’t noticed this before, but when your character turns in the old battleground Marks of Honor for Commendation of Service then cashes in the Commendations, they do a little dance.  it’s kind and cute and fun that they’d put … Continue reading →

I decided to get my engineer the Mechano-Hog mount to complete her steampunk look.  She has the goggles, the gun, the turbo-charged flying machine so the motorbike was next.  It was more expensive than I thought it would be, but … Continue reading →

A while back, I decided to level the second character I’d created on Quel’dorei – my bank alt rogue. Today I finally got him up to 80. I found that running dungeons on a rogue was much trickier – positioning … Continue reading →

I got my shadow/holy priest up to 80 today.  This is the first character I played seriously, but I abandoned her when Jaimie and I rerolled Alliance.  Most of her leveling was through the dungeon finder which gave me lots … Continue reading →

This movie is what I think the Wrath intro should have been: WoW Moviewatch: I am Vengeance.   Arthas is an interesting character, but really the WoW story is the story of the PCs.  If all we’re doing is watching the … Continue reading →

The Best 2009 WoW Fanart Poll highlights some of the year’s best WoW Fanart.   A number of the pictures were depictions of Sylvanas.  Part of that is doubtless due to her outfits.  I found the different ways in which her … Continue reading →