Filed under: Engineering, Leatherworking, Fan stuff, Mounts, Forums, Forum Post of the Day
I love motorcycles. Always have, and I probably always will. I was very excited to see that Blizzard is introducing them in Wrath of the Lich King. I’ll probably spec engineering on most of my characters just to make [...]
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Blizzard, Instances, Quests, Lore, NPCs
Everybody’s favorite trash bin, Scholomance, might be getting a revisit by Blizzard. Late last week, CM Wryxian posted on the WoW Europe forums asking players for their thoughts on the expansion, and since then, people have given it a general thumbs up — while Scholo [...]
Filed under: Fan stuff, Virtual selves, Humor, Wrath of the Lich King, Forums
For a while, co-lead Schramm was searching for good WoW jokes. We seemed to come up short on things that were both clever and funny. Pick up lines, on the other hand, are more common. The in-game /flirt function ranges from corny to [...]
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Blizzard, News items, Hardware
Previously we reported that a mobile version of WoW was being seriously considered at Blizzard. However, with the finalization of the Activision Blizzard merger, the odds of being able to play WoW on your iPhone just got a lot lower. The newly-merged company is laying off 53 [...]
Filed under: Druid, Paladin, Warrior, Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, Instances, Raiding, Burning Crusade, Bosses, Tank Talk
Tank Talk is WoW Insider’s new raid-tanking column, promising you an exciting and educational look at the world of getting the stuffing thrashed out of you in a 10- or 25-man raid. The column will be rotated amongst [...]
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Cheats, Blizzard, Humor, Bosses, NPCs, Hardware
If you’re not much of a computer programming person, this one might make your eyes glaze over a bit, but if you have any interest how the AI of videogame characters, including those in WoW, is programmed, this article about designing AI pathfinding is a [...]
Filed under: Items, Quests, Expansions, Death Knight, Wrath of the Lich King
Death Knights have it pretty good. Old school players will remember the pain of collecting our dungeon sets, such as the Shaman’s The Elements or the Paladin’s Lightforge Armor. These weren’t class-specific armor sets, but for a long time they certainly represented [...]
Filed under: News items, Wrath of the Lich King
My favorite blue poster in the Customer Service Forums has to be Belfaire. He’s always got something smart and funny to say, usually in response to annoying forum trolls and others trying hard to be upset about a game. Besides his witty and crazy remarks, he also [...]
Filed under: Fan stuff, WoW Insider Business, Contests, Humor, NPCs
“Ho ho hello, everyone! It is I, Greatfather Winter, reminding you that time is running out on your chance to enter WoW Insider’s Winter’s Veil in July contest. Yes, I and the kind folks at Smokeywood Pastures — fresh from our farm to your [...]
Filed under: Hunter, Mage, Warlock, Warrior, Analysis / Opinion, Fan stuff, Odds and ends, Blizzard
As WoW’s main page notes, World of Warcraft: The Adventure Game has been released by Fantasy Flight games. They’re also the makers of the Warcraft board game, but apparently they decided there was more of the experience to translate into [...]