Blue Posts Clear Up Some Expansion Details
Posted by Amatera on Monday, August 24th, 2009 - 7 Comments
Ah, yes. All of your favorite Blues are back from their trip to BlizzCon, ready to tackle the never-ending Q&A session that is the official World of Warcraft forums. And those of you that didn’t attend the convention certainly aren’t scared to toss a few inquiries their way! Ghostcrawler was bemused that his sarcasm didn’t come off ... More
BlizzCon 2009: Morning Panels
Posted by Heartbourne on Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 - 12 Comments
Welcome to day 2 of Project Lore’s Blizzcon coverage! Unfortunately, the WoW panels this morning were not featured on the live stream, so we were unable to report on them live. However, here are some of the highlights from the panels: WoW Q&A: There will be more class-related hubs like Moonglade in Cataclysm, and it will be ... More
BlizzCon 2009: Day 1 Wrap-Up
Posted by Amatera on Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 - 4 Comments
As we head into Day 2 of BlizzCon, why don’t we just take a moment and reflect upon everything we learned during Day 1? Electricity filled the air during the Opening Ceremony, as Mike Morhaime and Christ Metzen danced around the announcement of Cataclysm until the very end, yanking the audience along like a wooden duck ... More
BlizzCon 2009: What’s Up, Worgen?
Posted by Heartbourne on Friday, August 21st, 2009 - 40 Comments
The newest addition to the Alliance is indeed the Worgen. The kingdom of Gilneas assisted the Alliance during the Second War. However, going into the Third War, Gilneas realized that there was little the Alliance to provide to them, and they were just fine governing themselves behind the impenetrable Greymane Wall. The curse of the Worgen began ... More
Blizzcon 2009: All About the Goblins
Posted by Heartbourne on Friday, August 21st, 2009 - 17 Comments
The Goblins of Kezan are the newest addition to the Horde. The Steamwheedle Cartel remains neutral, but this specific faction of goblins have joined the Horde out of necessity. Their homeland has heavily affected by the Cataclysm, and Mount Kajaro has become a dangerous volcano. The Goblins were originally enslaved by trolls to mine from the ... More
Possible New Class/Race Combinations
Posted by Heartbourne on Friday, August 14th, 2009 - 88 Comments
Patch 3.2.2 has hit the PTR, and there is some surprising new data that has been data-mined. It appears that there are a bunch of new race/class combination, though it is unclear if these will actually be playable. It may just be for NPCs. The list is as follows: Human Hunter Orc Mage Night Elf Mage Blood Elf Warrior Dwarf Shaman Undead ... More
Pure Class DPS vs. Hybrid Class DPS
Posted by Bastosa on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 - 79 Comments
Ghostcrawler made an interesting comment on the official forums the other day which has sparked lots of conversation lately. In a thread discussing DPS among the different classes. He states: Our logic is actually pretty simple. If hybrid classes can do the same dps as pure classes, then why have pure classes in the game? So ... More
Crafted PvP Gear
Posted by Heartbourne on Friday, March 20th, 2009 - 26 Comments
Whether you just thinking of dabbling in PvP or a hardcore arena player, its nice to have a good outline of all the different ways you can get PvP gear. This usually changes from season to season, but if you haven’t gotten any PvP gear yet, then your best bets are crafted gear or the ... More
Ulduar Achievements, New Turtle Mount, More on PTR
Posted by Juggynaut on Thursday, March 12th, 2009 - 26 Comments
Whether or not you find it productive to spend time on the Public Test Realm, it is usually pretty interesting to at least hear about what Blizzard has in store for the future of World of Warcraft. MMO-Champion once again delivers on that front by looking at the latest build of Patch 3.1 on the ... More
Dual Spec Is Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be
Posted by iTZKooPA on Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 - 46 Comments
I’ll admit that Dual Spec is going to be a game changing mechanic. There is no denying that. The ability to trivially change from one layout to another, glyphs, button layout and talents all together, is an exciting idea for most classes. While appealing to the PvP/PvE crowd - that is, the players that switch ... More
