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Archive for October, 2008


[UPDATED] Invincible vengeance no more

Filed under: Paladin, Analysis / Opinion, Blizzard, Forums
Retribution Paladins continue to take a beating. As much as Ghostcrawler tried to soften the blow in his post, there just isn’t any nice way to go about that — Blizzard is looking for a way to manufacture Divine Shield and Avenging Wrath to be mutually exclusive once […]


Invincible vengeance no more

Filed under: Paladin, Analysis / Opinion, Blizzard, Forums
Retribution Paladins continue to take a beating. As much as Ghostcrawler tried to soften the blow in his post, there just isn’t any nice way to go about that — Blizzard is looking for a way to produce Divine Shield and Avenging Wrath to be mutually exclusive once […]


Is Azeroth a red state or a blue state?

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Machinima
From comedians Rich Kuras and Sandeep Parikh (who you know best from The Guild, most likely) comes a look at the United States presidential election through the eyes of Azeroth. whether all of the 11 million active World of Warcraft subscriptions were US citizens, Azeroth would be the 8th […]


Phat Loot Phriday: Arcanite Reaper

Filed under: Warrior, Blacksmithing, Items, Analysis / Opinion, Tips, Phat Loot Phriday, Lore

Yes, the Reaper, like 40 man raiding, has basically gone the way of the dodo. But with the coming of the Arcanite Ripper and even more references in Wrath, you kids today might not realize that there was once a weapon that […]


Reminder: Now’s the day to get your necrotic runes

Filed under: Items, Analysis / Opinion, Tips, Events, Blizzard, Quests
No matter what you shout those big floating pyramids above Azeroth, right now is the right moment to chase them down and kill the Scourge hanging around beneath them. whether you don’t have epic gloves or shoulders on right now, odds are that you could […]


A plea on behalf of frustrated tanks everywhere

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, PvP, Instances, Humor, Classes, Battlegrounds
Several classes and specs have gotten “knockback” abilities as part of patch 3.02 and the game’s transition to Wrath of the Lich King, and I’ve had fun watching these skills be deployed in battlegrounds to extensive and quite possibly evil use. It’s pretty […]


Reader Halloween costumes 2008

Filed under: Tailoring, Fan stuff, WoW Insider Business, Odds and ends, Raiding, NPCs

Readers have already started sending in a few costumes for Halloween that year — whether you’re dressing up as something from the World of Warcraft, don’t forget to take a picture and send it through our tipline. Reader Taytayflann of Frostmane assembled […]

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