The Azeroth Ethicist: Special I.W.I.N. edition

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Cheats, Features, Bosses, Achievements
In reading the commentary on the site concerning the brouhaha surrounding Martin Fury and The Marvel Family’s steamrolling of raid content, there were a lot of assertions made that left an impression on me, but the overwhelming feeling I had coming away from it was the players [...]

The Queue: Tank talk

Filed under: The Queue

Welcome back to The Queue, WoW Insider’s daily Q&A column where the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Adam Holisky will be your host today.
There was a good, and amazingly civil, discussion yesterday in the comments to the Queue about which instance a tank should head to [...]

BobTurkey updates Priest theorycraft

Filed under: Priest, Items

Disc
Holy

MP5
1.0000
1.0000

Spirit
0.3317
0.6397

Intellect
0.7853
0.7480

SP
0.6000
0.6000

Crit rating
0.3564
0.3763

Stamina
0.2000
0.2000

Haste rating
0.2925
0.3059

I love theorycraft. One of my favorite things about WoW is the fact that you can do math about it, and that math can help you play better. One of the better examples of theorycraft out there was MK, author of A Dwarf Priest, who did some seriously cool work [...]

New in-game battle bots connected to Mountain Dew?

Filed under: Patches, Analysis / Opinion

Yesterday MMO-Champion posted a few new finds in the patch files. Namely a series of “Battle-bots” which act as a mini-pet. There’s not many details as to what exactly they are or what they do, but it does look like there are several abilities we’ll be able to control.
Here’s where [...]

WoW Insider interviews Tom Chilton on Patch 3.1 and beyond

Filed under: Blizzard, Expansions, Interviews, Wrath of the Lich King
Now this is by no means the first time we’ve interviewed World of Warcraft’s Lead Developer Tom Chilton (aka Kalgan) but we though with the recent release of Patch 3.1, this would be the perfect time to sit down with him and get the 411 on [...]

Around Azeroth: And thus ended Noblegarden

Filed under: Screenshots, Around Azeroth, Galleries

So what happened to all those Noblegarden rabbits that were hopping around just a week ago? For Ayalafatalis of The Sentinels, his brief foray into bunnyhood ended in a bright new future as a squashed rabbit carcass. Ah, the beauty of the food chain in action.
Do you have any [...]

MMO Roundup: Last week on Massively

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, News items, Features

Sometimes you’d like to know that there are other MMOs out there, right? Our sister site Massively can provide you with everything you need to know about all MMOs, including WoW! Check out this roundup of the latest news from the wider MMO world.

Champions Online Press NDA lifts: [...]

Breakfast Topic: Are achievements putting too much pressure on players?

Filed under: Breakfast topics

I’m not in a WoW place right now. I tend to move through phases of being a casual or a hardcore player. It depends on the content available (such as a new patch) and my workload. I did most of the Noblegarden achievements but now Children’s Week is here I suddenly feel [...]

Tuesday Morning Post: Your cheating armory will tell on you edition

Filed under: Patches, Realm Status, Odds and ends, News items

Happy Tuesday Morning, everyone. We’re expecting a short downtime this morning, 5 AM – 11 AM Pacific. Patch 3.1.2 probably won’t go live quite yet what with the new build on the PTR, so hopefully this will be a relatively smooth downtime. As always, the downtimes [...]

Win more TCG loot with WoW Insider

Filed under: Events, Contests
Good morning, WoW Insider! It’s maintenance day, and you know what that means: WoW Insider has shinies for you. Yes, courtesy of WoWTCGLoot.com, we have another batch of loot codes to give away to you guys today. Be warned: These codes are region locked, so they’re only valid in North America. Sorry, [...]