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3.3.3 Random Dungeons, Blue posts, WoW TCG

Patch 3.3.3 – Random Dungeons Changes Patch 3.3.3 should be deployed during the next maintenance on live servers and it’s time to mention a few interesting changes to the Dungeon Finder that I forgot to report in the past weeks.


Lich King strategy and tutorial video

The video embedded above, WoW.com’s Lich King Tutorial , marks the arrival of Jerome Phillips (also known as Vodka’s Kinaesthesia) to our team. He has a lot of talent and a lot of ideas, so we’re happy to have him. You’ve probably seen some of his work before, most notably his trailer for Patch 3.3’s Frozen Halls


Leveling a DK: An Introduction to Power Leveling Concepts

Heya guys!! So I recently made a post illustrating the core concepts and decisions you need to approach when leveling a DK. And that in turn has generated some interest in the Power Leveling aspect of DK’s


Healing And Leading – Chalk And Cheese?

An interesting quandary materialised at WoM headquarters last week. How do you raid lead as a new healer? Say you’re that new healer


Healing And Leading – Chalk And Cheese?

An interesting quandary materialised at WoM headquarters last week. How do you raid lead as a new healer? Say you’re that new healer.


US First Lich King 10 Heroic, Blue post

US First Lich King (10) Heroic Kill + Video On March 15, Adept (US – Dreadmaul) claimed the US first kill of the Lich King in 10-man heroic mode.


Everquest’s 11th Anniversary Celebration

Oh where has the time gone?


One Night with the King

Thanks for all the comments on the Twinking post. I’ve decided to level my Hunter, and I’ve started working on a gear list for him. It’s almost like end game gear planning, which I enjoy, only with much less guidance


Global Agenda 1.2 is Live

Prime those weapons because GA 1.2 is live and there are a number of new features added with this latest patch from Hi-Res Studios. New items and features in this patch include: 4v4 ARENA QUEUE: The 4v4 Arena Queue is for pre-made teams of four players, and offers two new maps built specifically for 4v4 combat


Social Differences in Raiding

The following occurred as I was talking with a friend about raiding and how there’s a difficult balance between doing necessary content and content people want to do. It’s a balance of needs, wants and social structure that’s much different than just playing the game by yourself. (1:41:43 AM) Paradox : It’s a game.


Raid Leading 101: Maximizing DPS Uptime

Normally, most bosses are kept still. There’s a cleave effect or some other ability which makes it difficult for tanks to herd them around.


The Light and How to Swing It: Healing Valithria Dreamwalker

Every Sunday, Chase Christian of The Light and How to Swing It invites you to discuss the finer side of the paladin class: the holy specialization.


[1.Local ]: Screaming over Hellscream’s Warsong

Reader comments — ahh, yes, the juicy goodness following a meaty post. [1.Local] ducks past the swinging doors to see what readers have been chatting about in the back room over the past week


Rob Pardo speaks about Blizzard game design

The tenth annual Game Developers Conference is in full swing in San Francisco, CA — and yesterday included a panel by Rob Pardo, Executive Vice President of Game Design at Blizzard Entertainment. Pardo spoke about design philosophy and how Blizzard approaches it, sharing not only Blizzard’s success stories, but where they failed along the way, and what they did to fix it. Blizzard’s design philosophy follows some key elements: Gameplay First : Before anything else, you want to concentrate the game on the fun


Hunter Tanking ICC: Prince Keleseth

Ahh… ICC is a marvelous thing, every encounter a new mechanic, every encounter a different way for a hunter to shine! Today I’ll be talking about one of the ideal bosses to plop a hunter on as tank, Prince Keleseth.


Death of the Niche Healer

Recently a topic has sprung up among many healers. T here are lots of blog posts popping up about it so I figured since I’ve been going on about it for a while now, I’ll add my two copper to the public domain here, but first a story. In the days of vanilla World of Warcraft, each faction had access to 3 healing classes


Cataclysm in PC Gamer UK, Blue posts

Cataclysm rumours/info now in PC Gamer UK VERY BIG Spoilers In the latest issue of PC Gamer (UK) is a 6 page article named ‘50 reasons to play Catalysm’. The vast majority of what is covered is already known/confirmed, however, there appears to be verifcation of certain rumours first made here on MMO-champion in the days before Blizzcon but that were never confirmed nor denied. Just a note on the source before everyone starts screaming for links for scans


Raid Rx: Healing Blood Queen Lana’thel

Every week, Raid Rx will help you quarterback your healers to victory! Your host is Matt Low , the grand poobah of World of Matticus and a founder of No Stock UI , a WoW blog for all things UI, macro, and addon related. You’ll find the Blood Queen at the top floor above the chamber that has the Blood Princes


Will WoW ever have a ‘DPS to heal’ model?

We were just talking about it on today’s podcast (thrill to the sound of three people barely awake trying to coherently discuss World of Warcraft ) and hey, look, Ghostcrawler reads my mind from across the interwebs. Well, okay, no, he responded to a forum thread, but it’s still interesting


Raid Leading 101: Placement and Direction

I’d like to share two stories today. I remember years ago when my guild (at the time) set foot into Serpentshrine Cavern.

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