Around Azeroth: Jump in the line
We all knew that druids often cooperate cross-faction, but hunters? This multicultural line of hunters was witnessed by Lohrr of The Venture Company on the latest PTR, after beast mastery hunters gained the 51-point-talent ability to tame exotic pets. Among the most popular pets was the core hound, and the [...]
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Stalvan: The Early Years
The first thing you really learn about Stalvan in the Legend of Stalvan quest line is that he apparently hailed from Silverpine Forest. Nothing is really known about his status or life there. It seems possible he was part of some noble family, since there is a Mistmantle Family Ring. He also [...]
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Messing with the last two tiers
This is an interesting design philosophy that shouldn’t just apply to the Paladin class but to all trees of all classes. I believe that Ghostcrawler was referring to making Tier 10 more appealing than just mere point-fillers in order to get to the whopper 51-point talent. For the most part, [...]
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Shifting Perspectives: New Druid Leveling - 6 through 10
Every Tuesday, Shifting Perspectives explores issues affecting druids and those who group with them. This week John Patricelli, sometimes known as the Big Bear Butt Blogger, continues the new Druid leveling guide with levels 6 through 10.
So far in our series of Druid leveling tips, we [...]
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A spec guide for classes that aren’t yours
Nowadays, you lucky kids have the Armory, and you can, on demand, look up the point-by-point spec of any player in the game. You can see who’s Fire, who’s Affliction, and who’s Resto at a moment’s notice, and gone are the days where you had to guess what [...]
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Inscription to allow enchanters to sell on the AH
Blizzard has been saying for a while that they’re working on letting Enchanters ply their trade via the Auction House. When the Wrath beta launched, we didn’t immediately see any way that this feature has been implemented. However, Elisalia, a beta-tester, wrote in to let us know [...]
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Final Thoughts
As a class, Death Knights are shaping up to be very fun and unique, but they could also use some tweaking, as you can see, especially if the PvP and Tanking areas. Hopefully, a little bit more attention can be bought to our PvP plight when Lake Wintergrasp and the new Battleground and Arenas [...]
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Blizzard WWI: Wrath of the Lich King & StarCraft 2 Q&A
At the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational, I had the opportunity to sit in on a private press conference with members of the World of Warcraft and Starcraft 2 development teams. The session was informal in the format of a question and answer panel, however a lot [...]
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Blizzard WWI: Wrath of the Lich King & StarCraft 2 Q&A
At the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational, I had the opportunity to sit in on a private press conference with members of the World of Warcraft and Starcraft 2 development teams. The session was informal in the format of a question and answer panel, however a lot [...]
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WoW: Arena Tournament Round 1 Winners
Blizzard announced the Round 1 2008 Arena Tournament winners today in preparation for Round 2.
We’re glad to announce the winners of the 2008 World of Warcraft Arena Tournament’s first qualification round. These three teams have demonstrated their Arena combat prowess against strong competition.
* 1: Dude I got it on FRAPS
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