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Category Archives: Editorial/Opinion
Should All Classes Start at 55?
Ever since the launch of Wrath of the Lich King, and it’s Death Knight hero class, players have been begging for one thing: let all characters start at 55. At the time the cap was 80, and people said the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alts, Curve, Easier, Hero Class, Leveling, New Characters
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Tier Based Currency and Casual Playtime
I must admit, the Looking for Raid (LFR) has given me a new found interest in raiding. Of course, those are “easy mode” raids, set so easy that even the worst bad player can find success. Still, I have had … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonus, Elder Charms, Lesser Charms, Loot, Mogu Charms, Roll
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Hypocrisy in the Kirin’Tor
I was thinking back to working on the Operation: Shieldwall dailies with my alt, who had just visited with Jaina and Anduin in Dalaran. I was thinking about Jaina’s explanation at the time of why the Kirin Tor needed to … Continue reading
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Tagged death, Fair, Hypocrite, Kill, Kirin Tor, mage, Magic, Murder, Prejudice, Right, Vereesa, Windrunner
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Cataclysm Unresolved
Cataclysm was a very necessary expansion in many people’s eyes. It had a revamped leveling experience from 1-60 and it saw us finally face off against a dragon who has tormented mortals since the time of the Sundering. There was, … Continue reading
Posted in Cataclysm, Editorial/Opinion, Expansions
Tagged Abyssal Maw, Cataclysm, death, Leviathan, Neptulon, Ozumat, Sylvanas, Undead, Val'kyr, Worgen
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Need Versus Want: A Debate of Content and Gear
The subject of this article is one that has been a bone of contention for as long as I have played World of Warcraft. It breaks down to the issue of folks wanting to do what they want to do. … Continue reading
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Tagged Consume, Content, Gear, Need, Participation, Reward, Want
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Alleged Titan Concept Art Leaked
Early this morning, one of my followers on Twitter named @muskieratboi sent me a tweet with a link to an image that they had seen posted on Reddit. They were wondering what the image was, as it does have the … Continue reading
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What is Real End Game For You?
I was listening to a podcast the other day, and the guest said, in a tone that spoke of elitism, about some people not having had a chance to do any ‘real end game’ in Mists yet. This kind of … Continue reading
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Tagged Casual, Elitism, Hardcore, heroic, LFR, Normal, Raiding, Real End Game, Throne of Thunder
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Considering More Changes in Leadership
The folks at Blizzard have been pretty up front about what is coming for Garrosh, at least in his role as Warchief. At the end of the Pandaren campaign, we will face Garrosh and remove him as Warchief. We don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Alliance, Anduin, Baine, Future, Garrosh, Horde, Jaina, Leadership, Lor'themar, Lore, Varian, Vol'jin
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Previewing Patch 5.2
As I write this, and at the time you read it, the 5.2 patch for World of Warcraft is likely only days, if not hours, away. The first raid tier patch of this expansion cycle will bring a lot of … Continue reading
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It’s Dangerous to Go Alone! (and Also Epic!)
In just days you will join millions of other players as forces from both the Horde and Alliance travel to the Isle of Thunder to challenge Lei Shen and make short work of his return to life. The day will … Continue reading
