Around Azeroth: Shine on friends, goodnight

Coldflame of <Wrecked> on Dragonblight took this picture after cleansing the spirits of undead crusaders in Icecrown. A good deed, one would think. But who knows? Maybe they didn’t want to be cleansed. Maybe they enjoyed the lifestyle of the undead, and we’ve ruined their very existence by cleansing them. I suppose moral questions like [...]

Drama Mamas: We’re going on a guilt trip

Dodge the drama and become that player everyone wants in their group with the Drama Mamas. Lisa Poisso and Robin Torres are real-life mamas and experienced WoW players — and just as we don’t want our precious babies to be the ones kicking and wailing on the floor of checkout lane next to the [...]

Breakfast Topic: Presenting the ever-accessible auction house!

So a few days ago, word was released that Blizzard is working on a new feature for the ever-changing armory…they’re going to add auction house access without being in-game!

Now, I don’t know about you, but I find that all kinds of awesome. I love playing the auction house (it’s oddly satisfying…don’t ask), and have many [...]

Tanking hotfixes being implemented

A recent hotfix has reduced the health on tanking paladins. Meanwhile, devastate is being hotfixed as well to do 20% more total damage rather than 20% more weapon damage (from 100% to 120% total weapon damage presently). There are also some scattered reports that DK tanks have gotten buffs to their Frost Presence as well, [...]

How to tell if a GM is whispering you

A guildie got the above whisper Tuesday night. (I have blocked out the website so as not to promote this phishing attempt.) We have reports of this happening to a lot of people in-game right now as yet another attempt to get you to go to a site, so they can steal your login info [...]

Paragon scores world-first legitimate 25-man Lich King kill

GuildOx reports that Paragon, from the European Lightning’s Blade realm, has defeated the Lich King and acquired the Frozen Throne achievement. While well-known guild Ensidia had defeated him yesterday on 25-man difficulty, they also employed some dubious techniques to win and later paid the price for it by having their loot and achievements removed.
Paragon, on [...]

Shield spell effectiveness reduced in PvP

After the recent changes to resilience and the reduction of healing in PvP, we now move on to spells that prevent damage entirely. Power Word: Shield and Sacred Shield are also being affected, having their effectiveness in Arenas, Wintergrasp and Battlegrounds reduced by 10%. Bornakk broke the news to the forums, which responded about as [...]

The Art of War(craft): Introductory guide to fighting hunters, Part 2

Zach continues Monday’s The Art of War(craft), which started an overview of the game’s premier pet class by checking out their pets. Today, we’ll take a closer look at the hunters themselves…
A hunter’s basic repertoire of attacks consists of shots and stings, the former doing a variety of damaging effects and the latter applying a [...]

Jay Mohr is hosting BlizzCon again

Love him or hate him, it looks like Jay Mohr is hosting BlizzCon again this year. Recently, we reported that the Anaheim Convention Center would be hosting BlizzCon toward the end of October. But there has been nothing official from Blizzard at this time.
Of course, we will keep you up to date with any information [...]

AddOn Spotlight: Skada

AddOn Spotlight focuses on the backbone of the WoW gameplay experience – the user interface. Everything from bags to bars, buttons to DPS meters and beyond – your AddOns folder will never be the same! This week, we do some mad-deeps.
Before I start my first Addon Spotlight, I wanted to quickly give a primer on [...]