Patch 3.3 PTR: Area-of-effect damage cap change

The area-of-effect damage cap is something that doesn’t get talked about a whole lot. The first time I noticed it having a real effect on gameplay was in Mount Hyjal (”Hey, warlock! Wake up and throw us another Seed of Corruption!”). So what is it and what is patch 3.3 doing with it?
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Telling a story without quest text

Tyllendel’s friend had an interesting reaction to the game when he first played it: he felt that all of the quest text was unbearable, and that he wanted to play the game rather than reading what NPCs told him. We’ve talked a little bit about this before — obviously, when Blizzard kicked off WoW nearly [...]

WoW Moviewatch: The Weapon Vendor

Wowcrendor is back around with another, story-based piece called The Weapon Vendor. It’s a little more reminiscent of It’s a Hard Gnome Life than his How-to series. However, instead of following the development of an Alliance gnome, The Weapon Vendor follows the life struggles of a Horde orc.
The Weapon Vendor still shows the [...]

Updating player graphics

Well, Jaina got her upgrade already, and we’ve heard that other NPCs may be looking a little better very soon. But what about us players? Don’t we get a cool, slick new look too? Vaneras has the answer: erm, maybe. As you may have noticed, our armor has been getting updated as we’ve gone along [...]

Around Azeroth: Ooh, shiny

Enterprising draenei mage Mynnx of Alonsus-EU has crafted the world’s largest Lustrous Star of Elune. Unfortunately, just like in the auction house, no one is willing to pay more than two gold to buy it. Mynnx might want to consider moving her operation to Wintergrasp and building something with plus stamina. That’ll attract the PvPers.
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Garrosh, a raid boss?

I don’t necessarily agree with everything we highlight here on WoW.com, but just because a post seems wrong doesn’t mean it isn’t interesting to talk about. Such is the case with Loregy’s latest post — they suggest that after all is said and done, the much beloved (whoops, not) Garrosh Hellscream will end up at [...]

Breakfast Topic: Which class am I again?

Tonight, after Trials of the Grand Crusader (four down, bug to go) we decided to hop onto some alts, which led to back to back TotC 10 on my DK and Shaman. Then back to back Ony 10, also on the DK and Shaman. And because I’d spent hours in TotGC 25 on my warrior [...]

Insider Trader: The patch 3.1 glyph market

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If you are a Scribe who has not yet stepped into the glyph market since patch 3.1 went live on Tuesday, April 14th, then [...]

Patch 3.3 PTR: Warlock pets bite back

I was pretty under-whelmed by the 3.3 PTR patch notes when they first came about, even going so far as to say on the podcast that I was more interested in the hunter changes. The removal of the Imp quest and the pet avoidance change made for some pretty slim pickings. The latest version of [...]

New official Jaina and Sylvanas character bios

Blizzard continues to leak out the official information about Icecrown (the raid, as you know, coming in patch 3.3), this time updating their Under Development site with official bios for Jaina Proudmoore and Sylvanas Windrunner, two ladies (one living, one not-so-much) that will likely have a large role in the fight against Arthas Menethil, better [...]