Blood Pact: Tanking the Blood Prince Council

Blood Pact is your weekly warlock digest brought to you by Dominic Hobbs. “Did they look like psychos? Is that what they looked like? They were vampires. Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them, I don’t give a damn how crazy they are!” ~ Seth Gecko
So there you are, raiding your way through Icecrown [...]

Scattered Shots: Extreme soloing

Welcome to Scattered Shots, written by Frostheim of Warcraft Hunters Union and the Hunting Party Podcast. Each week Frostheim uses logic and science mixed with a few mugs of Dwarven Stout to look deep into the Hunter class.
We hunters are basically an entire party unto ourselves. Our pet is the tank, we’re the DPS, [...]

Insider Trader: Just the tip

So, there you are. You stand near your faction’s favorite commerce hub. You’re hawking your enchanting skills over the Trade channel, doing your very best to get pick up a few customers in between rapid fire Saurfang jokes and not-so-sly murloc references. Then, finally you see these words: “LF Enchanter for Greater Assault, have mats. [...]

The Queue: In which solidarity is shown

Welcome back to The Queue, WoW.com’s daily Q&A column where the WoW.com team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Adam Holisky will be your host today.
Fellow fatty Kevin Smith (we’re part of a super exclusive club) was kicked off a Southwest Airlines plane this weekend. And while it has absolutely nothing to do [...]

WoW Moviewatch: Boomdeyada WoW

Irdeen Productions created Boomdyada for the Blizzard Rise to Power contest. While the contest version of the movie is a little different, this final machinima is the one that Irdeen released to the world. The song and video is obviously inspired by the Discovery.com The World is Just Awesome series.
This video is [...]

Officers’ Quarters: Super PUG showdown

Every Monday Scott Andrews contributes Officers’ Quarters, a column about the ins and outs of guild leadership.

These days, even smaller guilds want to — and can! — run 25-player raids through guild alliances and PUGs. ToC was easily puggable, particularly since it was a short, simple run that could be completed in about 90 [...]

Around Azeroth: Roll the bones

Valafar of <The Dark Exalted> on Exodar thought this skeleton-themed ensemble looked pretty cool, right up until he was knocked unconscious by the impact of one of his flying bones on the skull helmet. Does it count as assault if you beat yourself senseless with your own femur?
Do you have any unusual, beautiful or interesting [...]

Trial account restrictions and the 30 percent problem

A few days ago, we posted on a very interesting statistic: Only 30% of all WoW trial accounts make it past level 10. On some level, it’s been assumed that this number explains why Blizzard’s taking such care to smooth out the beginning game a bit, to make it easier and more fun to stick [...]

Breakfast Topic: Breaking the bank

I have a confession to make. I am… the world’s biggest collector of useless junk in game. At this point, bank space is something that doesn’t exist unless I delete something first. From trinkets to weapons to armor sets to items that are utterly and completely useless, it’s all sitting in my bank, begging to [...]

All the World’s a Stage: How you can be a vampire

Last week’s All the World’s a Stage was focused on the idea that not every character concept is appropriate to every group. The fundamental notion I was trying to convey is that each group has their own normative behaviors, themes, and characters. There’s not necessarily anything fundamentally substandard about playing a vampire. Rather, many roleplay [...]