The Balancing Act: Splitting Your Time With Alts
Posted by iTZKooPA on Thursday, November 19th, 2009 - 15 Comments
Forget about other video games, I find it difficult enough to split my play time across multiple characters. Despite my best efforts, that is exactly what I have been doing lately. Over the past month I have put serious time in to not two, but three alternates avatars and my trusty bank alt. Solidsamm hasn’t ... More
Old School: Battle of the Newbs
Posted by iTZKooPA on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 - 13 Comments
My adventure into old school instancing has lead me to one definitive conclusion; everyone is a critic. Everyone believes they know your class better than you, something I can be guilty of when it comes to dagger-equipped rogues. The five person team that I joined to experience the old world is no different. In fact, ... More
Vanity Item: Object Of My Desire
Posted by iTZKooPA on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 - 6 Comments
Vanity items don’t get me going, for the most part (”ZOMG vanity pets! Squeal!”). I don’t care about having cute or unusual costumes. I don’t piece together entertaining ensembles or strive to get rare pieces of rather pointless gear. Yea, I had a Twill set, but that was sparked by competition rather than my actual ... More
Switching Guilds: Hard to Say Goodbye
Posted by pixiestixy on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 - 8 Comments
50 DKP minus if you don’t get the reference. It’s hard not to get attached to guild mates when you spend hours on end online with them working though complex strategies and making friendly jokes at their expense. On top of that, add on real-life friendships with said guildies and you’ve got one heck of a ... More
Wishful Thinking: A Truly Random Dungeon
Posted by Amatera on Monday, November 16th, 2009 - 17 Comments
In addition to World of Warcraft, I’ve found myself playing a couple of “loot whore” games lately, and they’ve got me thinking about the balance between static and continually-generated end-game content. These sorts of things can be important when considering how entertained or bored your players are going to be when they reach a certain ... More
Are You Bored With Call of the Crusade (Patch 3.2)?
Posted by iTZKooPA on Monday, November 16th, 2009 - 22 Comments
When I rejoined the masses during The Burning Crusade I knew that I wouldn’t be raiding like I did in vanilla. I knew that I’d already be behind on gear when I joined, with the difference growing as time went on. I also knew that Wrath of the Lich King was coming soon, and would ... More
Tom Chilton On Blizzard’s Microtransactions
Posted by iTZKooPA on Thursday, November 12th, 2009 - 13 Comments
I know I had a little nerd rage in me yesterday during our polite discussion about the Pandaren Monk. It turns out that Blizzard wasn’t trying to be an evil corporation. Just that somewhere along the lines Blizzard made a simple mistake when populating a database field, causing the item to sell out when it ... More
Blizzard Sells Out Of Non-Combat Pet
Posted by iTZKooPA on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 - 15 Comments
Really Blizzard? Really? You’ve sold out of an item that doesn’t even exist? One that doesn’t need to be manufactured, doesn’t require materials or any labor to reproduce? Folks, as of press time the charity helping Pandaren Monk is officially “Sold Out” on North American shores. The paradox of selling out of a virtual item ... More
Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems: Start Hording For Patch 3.3
Posted by iTZKooPA on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 - 9 Comments
Patch 3.3 is all over the WoW news of late. The patch notes have been continuously updated, bosses have been tested and Heartbourne has posted more videos than I can keep up with. Lost in the information overload may have been the reveal by MMO-Champion of some awesome craftable gear. Raiders will be getting access ... 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
