Glorenzelg, High-Blade of the Silver Hand lives on multiple best-in-slot lists.

Lolegolas the Gnomekiller lounged next to the lumber mill in Arathi Basin . His sinewed arms lovingly stroked his bow.

In honor of our hard to get trinkets and all the casters who have begged, cajoled, even threatened me to try and get me to tank Heroic PoS this week (look, I can only tank it twice or more in a day if I get it randomly.

This post is brought to you by Sean, formerly of Blogatelle . While he’s no longer blogging, he and I struck up a little cross-blog friendship that has continued even past his and Jess’ decision to take Blogatelle offline

I’ve had a number of requests for caster DPS staves lately, so I decided to highlight Cryptmaker , which isn’t actually a caster DPS staff at all so I have no idea why I chose this particular intro. Rather than dwell on it, let’s move on with our lives. Name: Cryptmaker Type: Two-Handed Mace Damage: 848 – 1273 Damage, 294.6 DPS ( 938 – 1407 Damage, 325.7 DPS) Speed: 3.60 Attributes: 169 Strength 185 Stamina One red socket and one blue socket Improves hit rating by 95 Increases your armor penetration rating by 100 Continue reading Phat Loot Phriday: Cryptmaker Filed under: Druid , Analysis / Opinion , Phat Loot Phriday Phat Loot Phriday: Cryptmaker originally appeared on WoW.com on Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:00:00 EST.

I’ve had a number of requests for caster DPS staves lately, so I decided to highlight Cryptmaker , which isn’t actually a caster DPS staff at all so I have no idea why I chose this particular intro. Rather than dwell on it, let’s move on with our lives. Name: Cryptmaker Type: Two-Handed Mace Damage: 848 – 1273 Damage, 294.6 DPS ( 938 – 1407 Damage, 325.7 DPS) Speed: 3.60 Attributes: 169 Strength 185 Stamina One red socket and one blue socket Improves hit rating by 95 Increases your armor penetration rating by 100 Continue reading Phat Loot Phriday: Cryptmaker Filed under: Druid , Analysis / Opinion , Phat Loot Phriday Phat Loot Phriday: Cryptmaker originally appeared on WoW.com on Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:00:00 EST.

This week on Phat Loot Phriday we take a look at the single most important piece of loot in the entirety of Icecrown Citadel.

How would you plate-wearing raiders like your best-in-slot (pre- Shadowmourne ) weapon first thing upon stepping into the 25-man version of Icecrown Citadel ? If Lady Luck is on your side, it could happen. Bryntroll the Bone Arbiter was, for a few glorious weeks, far and away the best weapon available to death knights and retribution paladins before Shadowmourne and its own Heroic counterpart.

Reader Matthias C. wrote in with a special request to see this item here, so here you go. Name: Zod’s Repeating Longbow ( Wowhead , Thottbot , Armory ) Type: Epic Bow Damage/Speed: 541-887 / 2.80 (255 DPS) Attributes: +34 Agility, +51 Stamina On equip: Your ranged attacks have a 4% chance to cause you to instantly attack with this weapon for 50% weapon damage.

Mindor asked us to please do a caster staff this week, so here’s one you can go find in the new Frozen Halls instances this weekend. Name: Unspeakable Secret ( Wowhead , Thottbot , Armory ) Type: Epic Staff Damage/Speed: 281-519 / 2.80 (143.1 DPS) Attributes: +81 Stamina, +81 Intellect. Gallery: Phat Loot Phriday Continue reading Phat Loot Phriday: Unspeakable Secret Filed under: Items , How-tos , Fan stuff , Odds and ends , Instances , Phat Loot Phriday , Guides Phat Loot Phriday: Unspeakable Secret originally appeared on WoW.com on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:00:00 EST.

Mindor asked us to please do a caster staff this week, so here’s one you can go find in the new Frozen Halls instances this weekend. Name: Unspeakable Secret ( Wowhead , Thottbot , Armory ) Type: Epic Staff Damage/Speed: 281-519 / 2.80 (143.1 DPS) Attributes: +81 Stamina, +81 Intellect.

Our friend Kevin Kelly over at the Joystiq mothership got a chance to talk to Frank Pearce at Blizzard about the Warcraft anniversary, and he did us proud. Not only did Frank Pearce do some nice reminiscing about Blizzard, where they’ve come from, and how the massive World of Warcraft undertaking has changed them as a company (they’ve gone from 500 employees to about 4,000 in just the last five years), but he also touched on some issues we’ve really been wondering about over here at WoW.com as well.

Our friend Kevin Kelly over at the Joystiq mothership got a chance to talk to Frank Pearce at Blizzard about the Warcraft anniversary, and he did us proud. Not only did Frank Pearce do some nice reminiscing about Blizzard, where they’ve come from, and how the massive World of Warcraft undertaking has changed them as a company (they’ve gone from 500 employees to about 4,000 in just the last five years), but he also touched on some issues we’ve really been wondering about over here at WoW.com as well

Fall of the Lich King: Patch 3.3.0 Notes As expected, patch 3.3 is going live this week.

Fall of the Lich King: Patch 3.3.0 Notes As expected, patch 3.3 is going live this week. Check out the official live patch notes below for everything that’s changed and new. Also, stay tuned later today for live streams of Icecrown Citadel for those of you who won’t be getting the patch today or can’t raid! Quote from: Blizzard ( Source ) Fall of the Lich King, the latest World of Warcraft content update, is coming! The heroes of the Horde and the Alliance have faced unimaginable horrors and suffered terrible losses in their desperate struggle against the Scourge.

Patch 3.3 deployed on live servers this week The information isn’t official yet but Patch 3.3 will be deployed on live servers this week. Patch Notes – Patch Notes , Talent Calculator Icecrown Citadel – Icecrown Raid Gating , Ashen Verdict Faction , Achievements Icecrown Citadel – Items – Icecrown Raid Loot , Shadowmourne , Tier 10 Armor .

Taveena recommended this one in last week’s comments, so here you go. A big, bad sword.

Here’s a spooky looking offhand for current endgame casters. If you have an item you’d like to see here next week, shout it out in the comments below, please. Name: Mystifying Charm ( Wowhead , Thottbot , Armory ) Type: Epic Offhand Damage/Speed: N/A Attributes: +65 Stamina, +65 Intellect, +57 Spirit Improves crit strike rating by 57 and spell power by 100

A big, bad axe from Ulduar this week.

I’m kind of surprised we’ve never done this one on PLP (in fact, I think we may have, though I couldn’t find it in the archives at all, and it just changed recently anyway).