Bornakk clarifies rage generation formulas

In a response to concerns on the forums about warrior rage generation, Bornakk replies that the formula is working fine – it’s just using different numbers than the players who tested it. Two of the more interesting parts of his statement were as follows:

n the formulas people are using, there is a constant value which [...]

Around Azeroth: Wiping is ugly business

After a wipe in Naxxramas, Meshenko of Proudmoore zoned back in to find some of his raid members suffering from the familiar facial texture bug. He snapped this picture of a deformed human warlock looting Gothik the Harvester’s corpse after they downed the boss. Equally interesting to me is the motley crew in the background. [...]

J!NX launches WoW summer collection

It looks like those creative folks over at J!NX have come up with another batch of World of Warcraft-themed clothing for their summer 2009 collection, and I’ve got to say that they look pretty darned good. While the first batch of WoW class shirts were nice, I wasn’t entirely sold on them. They were good, [...]

WRUP: It’s WHAT o’clock? edition

Okay, readers. Your attention please. I have to finish this week’s collection of responses to our regular question “What are you playing this weekend?” before I keel over and die from sleep deprivation. If this article is published, then I’ve made it, and I’m probably going to be asleep for several hours. If you’re not [...]

Insider Trader: Farming recipes in Northrend

Insider Trader is your inside line on making, selling, buying and using player-made products.
This week, Insider Trader will be listing the locations and mobs that will drop recipes to help you complete your collection and expand your knowledge to boost sales.
Because this list is meant to be a reference for planning out your next [...]

The Daily Quest: A podcast, eh?

We here at WoW Insider are on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.

Serennia discusses the 2v2 arena bracket. Would we be better off if they replaced it with a 4v4 bracket?
Too Many Annas answers reader mail regarding a fairly widespread (in my experience) phenomenon: RPers [...]

Phat Loot Phriday: Nurturing Touch

This is a crazy-looking wand from Ulduar that spits out Holy damage like nobody’s business.
Name: Nurturing Touch (Wowhead, Thottbot, Armory)Type: Epic WandDamage/Speed: 378-702 / 1.80 (300 DPS)Attributes:

+29 Stamina, +26 Intellect, and +24 Spirit
Improves crit strike rating by 20, and spell power by 39
Pretty straightforward wand — nothing too special about it. But it is [...]

Ulduar proto-drakes gone in patch 3.2

When patch 3.1 came out, the Plagued and Black Proto-Drakes, which were rewarded for the normal and heroic tier 7 raid meta-achievements, respectively, were removed from the game. You can still do the achievement, but it doesn’t give you a drake any more. The thinking behind this was that people would be able to come [...]

World of Warcraft on Windows 7 RC

Later this year Microsoft will release its next major desktop operating system, Windows 7. After deciding now was the time to expand my hard drives (because I really need 3TBs of space), I took the opportunity to install the “release candidate.” The release candidate of Windows 7 is just that – it’s a version of [...]

The Queue: You ain’t nothin’ but a Core Hound

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’s a few good questions today of various voluptuous varieties: raiding, legal ToS (TNG > ToS, by the way), and new gaming hardware. Yummy.
Start me off, [...]