Ulduar nerfs and Blizzard’s new raid philosophy

Filed under: Raiding
Ulduar has been nerfed almost every day since it came out on the live realms, and Blizzard shows no sign of slowing down. There have been mixed reactions to this, but one thing has become clear: Blizzard’s approach to raiding has changed.
Zarhym made a very interesting post in a thread complaining about the [...]

WoW Insider Show live on the air today at 3:30pm Eastern

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Fan stuff, WoW Insider Business, Odds and ends, Instances, WoW Insider Show, Europe

It’s a European invasion on the WoW Insider Show today — somehow we’ve wrangled me and three folks from the EU. Turpster will be on as usual, Lesley Smith will be joining us again, and the one and [...]

Around Azeroth: Love and pocket healers

Filed under: Screenshots, Around Azeroth, Galleries

Today’s screenshot comes to us from a very different Azeroth; it’s from the Chinese version of World of Warcraft, also known as CWOW. Eliza of <cn7> on Bloodscalp wrote in from Sichaun, “My boyfriend chose to be a warrior, so I chose to be a priest to heal and protect [...]

Breakfast Topic: Never Gonna

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Virtual selves, Breakfast topics
World of Warcraft does have a decent variety of things to do. Arenas, Battlegrounds, Soloing, Professions, 5-mans, raids, the list goes on. Some may focus singlemindedly on one or two aspects of the game, while others dabble a bit in most or even all of them. All [...]

WRUP: Orphan tours edition

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends

Ah, it’s the weekend again. We find ourselves in a unique position this week as Friday sees the close of one yearly event and the beginning of another thanks to Blizzard pushing Noblegarden back a bit. This weekend, Azeroth is going to be overrun by pesky little kids [...]