GC: Dual spec will not change design decisions

Filed under: Patches, Talents

Dual specs have been one of several hot topics while we watch patch 3.1 progress on the PTR. People have waffled about whether they mean to spend the 1,000 gold it’s going to cost, we’ve learned that you’ll be able to do it anywhere and at level 40, and players of all [...]

Around Azeroth: Unnatural predation

Long, long ago (college) in a galaxy far, far away (Wisconsin), my best friend and I came up with an interesting thought experiment. We would build an open-plan zoo, with plenty of different environments but no barriers between the exhibits. All the animals would be allowed to mingle, and we would let the food chain [...]

Guildwatch: Paydirt in the drama mine

Picture it: you’re raiding along with a PuG run by a guild called, say, Logos et Ethos. Things are going well — your first piece of loot drops, and people start rolling on it. But then the master looter from the guild throws this in guild chat: “we will begin the bidding at 100g.” Yes, [...]

Breakfast Topic: Would you change your faction?

Earlier this week we reported on Nethaera’s stunning revelation that faction changes were in the works. Yeah, I was just as amazed. It might just be an idea at the moment, a work in progress which we might not get access to until a patch or even the next expansion. The logistics are mind-boggling. Would [...]

Fields of Honor Loot Card EU giveaway

I hinted at this the other day but Upper Deck International here in the UK has given WoW.com a set of shiny, brand spanking new loot cards from the latest Fields of Honor TCG expansion, which went on sale yesterday.

We’re giving them away to you, our lovely EU readers. All you need to do is [...]

WoW Moviewatch: Crestfallen III

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, WoW Moviewatch
Machinima based on PvP can be tricky. It’s very easy to fall into the trap of just stringing together huge crit numbers, ultimate pwnage, and a Linkin Park soundtrack. So, when I first read the summary text for Gazzamah’s Crestfallen III trailer, I wasn’t expecting much. It’s [...]

TurpsterVision: TCG Loot and Huge Roosters

We can’t believe it either – Turpster has been let loose on WoW.com to bring you videos from in and around the World of Warcraft! You’ve heard him on the WoW Insider Show, and now see him on TurpsterVision right here on WoW.com.
Here at WoW.com we give away TCG loot all the time and TurpsterVision [...]

Patch 3.2: Enter Trag Highmountain

When I’m not playing WoW, I’m usually found indulging in manga and have been devouring the Warcraft series ever since the Sunwell Trilogy came out. Of all the characters introduced through comics and manga, the most tragic next to Anveena has to be Trag Highmountain. I’ve watched over the last year as more characters from [...]

Fast travel, and why it’s hard to find in MMO games

Rock Paper Shotgun has an interesting piece up looking at travel in massively multiplayer games, and while the analysis is really about travel in all MMOs, of course World of Warcraft gets placed front and center — with the notable exceptions of Mages and Warlock summons, it’s a game that squarely places you in its [...]

WoW Mountain Dew ad was directed by Tarsem Singh

A number of sites have done a post-mortem on the Mountain Dew WoW Game Fuel ad (featuring two ladies battling it out through their WoW characters in a live-action supermarket), and they’ve uncovered a really interesting fact: the ad was actually directed by Indian director Tarsem Singh, one of my favorites — he not only [...]