Breakfast Topic: Terrible things

Back-channel team discussion these past few days has been reminiscing about the Warcraft series’ best bits of lore, and eventually discussion turned to the things that we wish Blizzard had revisited or expanded. Zul’jin came up, with people a bit uncomfortable that the great story promised by the Zul’Aman trailer didn’t transition to the actual [...]

Official Patch 3.3.2 patch notes

If there were any doubts left that today was the day of Patch 3.3.2’s release, dismiss them now because the official patch notes have been released. These notes are more or less identical to the Korean patch notes that were posted last week, except without our less-than-desirable translation job. A few highlights:

Halls of Stone: Brann [...]

Patch 3.3.2: PvP healing change incoming

As many suspected might have been the case, the recent resilience change seems to have made healing a little too strong in PvP. To continue the efforts of slowing down the pace of PvP in the final arena season of Wrath of the Lich KIng, Zarhym has made the following announcement:
Patch 3.3.2 is bringing about [...]

Tuesday Morning Post: Ice cold spoilers edition

Happy Tuesday Morning! And yes, it is pretty happy, because it looks like we’re getting the long awaited Patch 3.3.2, and with it, season 8, some nice little class changes, and of course, Arthas. We’ve already seen a leak of the promised final cinematic that occurs after the Lich King battle. Don’t click on the [...]

Blizzard launches Facebook Armory app

Earlier this evening we received a tip (thanks, Taylor) that Blizzard has launched a WoW Armory Facebook application. It promises to publish data about your WoW characters to all your Facebook buddies in real time. I figured I’d give it a spin, not so much because I want to spam my friends with it as [...]

The Art of War(craft): Introductory guide to fighting hunters

Zach once sat down with Thrall and Varian Wrynn and had a laugh over some glasses of cold, green tea.
Two weeks ago we kicked off a series of introductory guides in PvP intended to give players a general idea of what to expect when facing certain classes. Understanding the behavior, capabilities, and limitations of a [...]

Blood Sport: Beginner’s Guide to Arena, Part VI

Want to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women? Blood Sport investigates the entirety of all-things arena for gladiators and challengers alike. C. Christian Moore, multiple rank 1 gladiator, examines the latest arena strategy, trends, compositions and more in WoW.com’s arena column.
Listening Music: The Knife with “Heartbeats.” [...]