Why Blizzard is splitting normal and Heroic modes off on their own

So now that a lot of the dust has settled from the big 3.2 patch notes bombshell last week (and before it gets all stirred up again by the PTR starting up), let’s reflect a bit. Specifically on the fact that unlike all of the instances in the game so far, the Crusaders’ Coliseum [...]

Around Azeroth: Flyover country

Has Arthas finally decided to leave his fortress and take the five-minute flight to attack the city of Dalaran, famous for its poor aerial defenses? Not exactly. Toie on Emerald Dream sent in a picture of the uncommon Deadly Gladiator’s Frostwyrm mount hovering above Dalaran, piloted by a priest in Shadowform. I honestly don’t think [...]

It came from the Blog: Join us for the Midsummer Fire Festival

I warned you this was coming, and now it’s almost here! Join us for WoW.com’s It Came from the Blog Midsummer Fire Fun and let’s go desecrate some Alliance flames! For the Horde!
Actually, we have a lot of players who normally play Alliance — this isn’t a jingoistic event. It’s just an excuse to get [...]

MMO Roundup: Last week on Massively

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 those other shiny MMOs! Check out this roundup of the latest news from the wider MMO world.

LotRO Book 8 releases todayMassively has been following the latest content [...]

Breakfast Topic: What keeps you hanging on?

For most of vanilla WoW and Burning Crusade, my main was a Druid. I healed, I tanked, I DPS, I raided, I PvPed, I did everything with him. He was a great character, I found the class fun (Yes, even before patch 1.8, thank you very much). But somewhere around mid-Burning Crusade, I just plain [...]

Tuesday Morning Post: Midsummer Night’s Dream edition

Yes, it’s that time again, the time for the Midsummer Fire Festival. Unfortunately, a series of mishaps, bugs, and a lack of meaningful upgrades from last year’s celebration have soured the festival for a lot of people, but there is at least some comfort, as we’ll have a few Midsummer’s fixes rolled out tonight. The [...]

Rolling restarts and maintenance for June 23rd

I was pleasantly surprised to see the maintenance announcement for tomorrow morning available fairly early today. Most of the time, we don’t actually know whether there will be maintenance or not until pretty late in the evening. Or I’m imagining that and this is the time we see it every week, who knows!
Daytime players will [...]

How to: Five Amber drakes in The Oculus

After yet another Cracked Egg with nothing but a Cobra Hatchling in it, and the bigtime raiding proto-drakes constantly getting dropped out of the game, there’s really only one other option: the Red Proto-drake, a reward for the Glory of the Hero meta-achievement. It’s not easy: you’ve got to not only beat all of the [...]

WoW bundled with WildTangent software on new PCs

WildTangent is a company that started up around ten years ago (they originally made game plugins for Winamp, if you remember that) that’s recently gotten a reputation for “bloatware.” They’ve made deals with PC manufacturers like Dell, HP, and Acer to bundle in their software on the harddrive when you buy it. (Most users familiar [...]

Patch 3.2 Druid changes

3.2 approaches! Sort of. The PTR itself isn’t up yet (at least, not as I write this), but nonetheless, 3.2 approaches on little cat feet.
I’m going to examine the 3.2 PTR patch notes line by relevant line, just because there are several changes that impact Druids while not being class-specific. If you want a quick [...]