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A Tribute to Addons: SexyMap

Posted by Heartbourne on Friday, November 20th, 2009 - 6 Comments

A Tribute to Addons is a column featuring new, cool, or useful addons. Send a tweet to @Projectlore with your suggestions, or leave a comment. Blue Rune Circles in SexyMap I’ve been getting lots of questions asking me about my mini-map addon that I use in my videos. Its called SexyMap, and its fast become a staple ... More

Patch 3.3 Not Live for “1 Month +”

Posted by Heartbourne on Thursday, November 19th, 2009 - 19 Comments

There is a strange blue post that our commenter Vexklythor tipped us off to that implies that patch 3.3 will not be live until late December at the earliest. The post was in response to a forum post about the recent background downloader performing very poorly. Quote: We only provide mirror links for full client patches. ... More

Protip 2: Night Elf Mohawks

Posted by Heartbourne on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 - 21 Comments

Protip is a weekly short video segment. Check back every Monday for a new guide or tip. Leave a comment to let me know what you want to see in future segments. Follow @Heartbourne for notifications of new videos! This week, join me on my epic quest to solve the mystery of the Night Elf Mohawks. If ... More

Night Elf Mohawk Grenade, by Mr. T

Posted by Heartbourne on Monday, November 16th, 2009 - 9 Comments

Mr. T is back! Apparently some players tried to diss his previous claims that he could hack the World of Warcraft to make the fabled Night Elf Mohawk class. Here is the previous commercial if you aren’t up on his claims: Apparently, you can get them right now on live US realms. You can grab them ... More

Arenas: Biggest Design Mistake of WoW

Posted by Heartbourne on Friday, November 13th, 2009 - 21 Comments

The Escapist of the Warcry Network had the fortune to interview the VP of Game Design, Rob Pardo, in a sort of retrospective look at the past five years of design of World of Warcraft. Its a great interview, and Blizzard has been doing a lot of these sort of things recently, perhaps to hype ... More

Rogue Weapon Swapping a Big Deal

Posted by Heartbourne on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 - 14 Comments

There is a recent fad among top-level Rogues. Its a throwback to the old weapon swap + Shiv that was so popular in the early Burning Crusade days. Thanks to things like Cut to the Chase and Glyph of Envenom, its becoming easier and easier to keep 5 stacks of Deadly Poison (DP) on your ... More

Protip 1: Blizzard Pet Store

Posted by Heartbourne on Monday, November 9th, 2009 - 8 Comments

Protip is a weekly short video segment. Check back every Monday for a new guide or tip. Leave a comment to let me know what you want to see in future segments. Follow @Heartbourne for notifications of new videos! This week, I go on a harrowing adventure through the Blizzard store to find a Pandaren Monk.

Patch 3.3: Final Tier 10 Preview, Shaman

Posted by Heartbourne on Monday, November 9th, 2009 - 17 Comments

The tier armor preview for patch 3.3 and Icecrown Citadel has been finalized. We finally get a peak at Shaman armor. This is one of my favorite tier 10 set designs. The deer things coming out of the shoulders look like a random periodic effect. I love these types of effects; it adds a lot of ... More

GDKP: My Loot System of Choice

Posted by Heartbourne on Saturday, November 7th, 2009 - 34 Comments

There was a post over on Elitist Jerks that outlined a loot distribution system called GDKP, or “gold DKP“. I really like the concept and plan to try it out soon. It has been popular in Korea for some time year, and it is getting some traction on US and EU realms. GDKP is a relatively ... More

Blizzard Launches Pet Store

Posted by Heartbourne on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 - 10 Comments

Want to trade your hard earned dollars for in-game pets? Well, now you can, and you don’t even have to go through the hassle of buying the trading cards to do it! Head over to the Pet Store section of the official online Blizzard store to check out what pets they have available. Currently, you can ... More