Frankly, the Bladestorm nerf is a minor one, albeit an extremely annoying minor one.

Patch 3.3.3 – Jepetto’s new toys! Jepettoy Joybuzz in Dalaran will sell 3 more items in 3.3.3! Your favorite toymaker added the following to his inventory: Blue Clockwork Rocket Bot 50 (Companion Pet) Blue Crashin’ Trashin’ Racer Controller 40 Tiny Blue Ragdoll 10 Blue posts Quote from Blizzard staff Alterac Valley imbalance We have discussed this numerous times. Based on the data we’ve collected over the years after all of the changes that have been made to Alterac Valley, we simply do not agree that there are any glaring imbalances in the map favoring one side over the other enough to easily sway a match one way or the other.

I suppose I should start with the obvious: Death Knights. Death Knights… well, they didn’t actually do so great this expansion.

A short story, in three acts. Act 1: When I first leveled Annorah, the RNG tried to tell me something. I’d leveled her as elemental, and was happily an elemental shaman, until one day in Karazhan I realized I had a full mail healing kit and 3/4 of an enhancement set – both of which were better than my elemental gear.

In the most recent bout of data mining the PTR patch (specifically build 11623), the fine folks at MMO-Champion discovered more changes and clarifications to how warrior abilities will work. Keeping in mind again that this is the PTR and you never know how things are going to change, here are the specifics. Protection Revenge damage has been slightly lowered, it now deals [ 31% of AP + 1636 ] to [ 31% of AP + 1998 ] damage at max rank.

H ey Gang! So, Blizzard has finally announced how the stat changes might look when the new expansion comes out.

The Devs have unveiled some of the important stat changes coming in Cataclysm. More so than any other Expansion of World of Warcraft, I’ve come to think of Cataclysm as a WoW Reloaded, or WoW 2.0

Update – Updated the PTR Build info. Patch 3.3.3 – PTR Build 11623 A new build has been deployed on test realms, a couple of things have changed! As usual, these changes are from client data comparison and shouldn’t be considered as final until they hit the official patch notes

S ince BBB was so kind as to re-post the blue post yesterday, I’m going to link to him as the source of my contemplation.? Having browsed the announcement casually, let’s look at what this means for Warlocks (today), Protection Paladins (tomorrow via Fuu), and Death Knights (Thursday).? Before we do that, though, I’d like to make sure to note that like everything else Blizzard does, this is subject to change.? With that being said, I think you can take a lot of this information to the bank since it is very non-specific and more about the general directions they want to go.? Thus, I’m going to try to keep my musings general as well.? I’m sure Fuu will do her own thing. For Warlocks Here is the simple summary from the post: If you are a DPS caster, expect to see: * A lot more Stamina. * All of your Spell Power converted to Intellect and Stamina.

The Colosseum takes us inside the world of the Gladiator (Relentless, Furious, Deadly, Brutal, Vengeful, Merciless, and otherwise), to interview some of the top Arena fighters on the battlegroups. Our goal is to bring a better understanding of the strategy, makeup, and work that goes into dueling it out for fame, fortune, and Frostwyrms. We’re especially focused on the people who play these games, to further shed light on the world of the PvP player.

Cataclysm Stat & System Changes Quote from: Eyonix ( Source ) As many of you know from panels at last year?s BlizzCon and posts here on the forums since then, Cataclysm will bring about major changes to familiar character stats such as Intellect, Armor Penetration, Defense, and others, ultimately designed to make the effects of stats more easily understandable and make gear choices more interesting.

Like pretty much everybody I am not a big fan of the various ways of “digital rights management” and copyright protection schemes that companies add to games and other media. Not that I think that pirates have the right to steal stuff as they want, but because in my experience any form of copyright protection has a higher chance of hindering legitimate buyers than it has to stop pirates. Having said that, I find some of the foaming from the mouth comments about Ubisoft’s latest DRM scheme a bit over the top.

Yes, another day, another set of patch notes for the 3.3.3 PTR . At present we’re looking at the following changes for warriors: Revenge: Damage done by this ability (base and scaling) increased by 50%. Talents Fury Rampage: This effect is now passive instead of being a proc from critical strikes

This week, The Care and Feeding of Warriors continues its look at the warrior specs with Arms 101.

WoW In An Hour has written an absolutely fantastic guide on Paladin Tanking .

Blizzard appears to be trying to make it easier for everyone to have an Authenticator and to that end, there is now a Mobile Authenticator for Android . The Android version works just like the iPhone/iTouch app and is available at the Android App store ( you can view it via a third party site ).

Last night I was a little late getting online as I was furiously working on my resume. You may remember about six months ago, we lost our big account at work. At the time, the management group said ‘we don’t want anyone going out and looking for a job, but we understand if you do.’ Monday that changed to ‘January numbers are in.

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. This week, we examine the addons and macros that can be used to make your life easier. Holy paladins have come a long way since our days in vanilla WoW

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.

Axes, maces, lightning, fire, frost, and wolves, and best of all, Windfury. It can mean only one thing: enhancement. Rich Maloy (aka Stoneybaby) loves it and lives it