Filed under: Rogue, Patches, Analysis / Opinion, Bugs, Odds and ends, Features, (Rogue) Encrypted Text
Every Wednesday, Chase Christian of Encrypted Text invites you to enter the world of shadows, as we explore the secrets and mechanics of the Rogue class. This week, we look at some of the new animations coming in patch 3.1.
Since the [...]
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Raiding
We here at WoW Insider and others around the WoW community have talked so much about the term “bring the player, not the class” that I’m a little surprised we haven’t started shortening it to “BTPNTC.” But apparently I, at least, have not really understood what Blizzard meant by it [...]
Filed under: Paladin, Rogue, Shaman, The Daily Quest
The Daily Quest brings you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.
Heroic: Glory of the Raider is one of the more difficult achievements to attain. Bloodarrow’s blog found a Tankspot video of of every Wrath boss downed necessary for it. So if you never get [...]
Filed under: Features, Interviews, 15 Minutes of Fame
15 Minutes of Fame is our look at World of Warcraft players of all shapes and sizes – from the renowned to the relatively anonymous, the remarkable to the player next door. Tip us off to players you’d like to hear more about.
Last week, WI reported about Oscar-winning [...]
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Virtual selves, Blizzard, PvP, Wrath of the Lich King
Back before Wintergrasp was first introduced, Blizzard told us that they’d finally figured out world PvP. They said to us that they’d figured out how to have hundreds of players fighting in an open zone at a time, without any major slowdown [...]
Filed under: Patches, Items, Raiding
Emblems of Conquest are the new Emblems of Valor – that is to say, they drop from the 25-man version of Ulduar and enable you to buy ilvl 226 stuff. This much we knew. What we haven’t known, until now, is what exactly they’d let you buy.
With this latest PTR patch, [...]
Filed under: Patches, News items
We’re reported on the new in-game dungeon maps that Blizzard has implemented before, and we’ve got the Ulduar maps for you tonight. These are coming fresh off the latest Patch 3.1 PTR build (#9637 for those keeping track).
Click below through our gallery to see them all.
The map seems to indicate there [...]
Filed under: Patches, Raiding
Daelo, our cloth-wrapped lead encounter designer, has just posted the schedule for which bosses will be tested in Ulduar on the 3.1 PTR this week. As you may be aware, they’re not opening all bosses for testing at once (at least, not yet), and bosses are up only during certain hours, to [...]
Filed under: Priest, Patches, Analysis / Opinion, PvP
As mentioned earlier today, a new build is being rolled out on the PTR this evening. The class changes contained within aren’t as extensive as we first expected, but what Priests do have is pretty incredible… and somewhat expected, since we heard about a few of them before! [...]
Filed under: Patches, Items, WoW TCG
A little under a week ago we posted the details of the new TCG exclusive loot items, and more recently we’ve shown off some video. If you haven’t heard about it yet, you can actually do yourself one better if you have access to the PTR: You can head down [...]