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
Find the Most-Used Gear with ‘WoW Popular’
Posted by pixiestixy on Monday, June 15th, 2009 - 10 Comments
I’m always on the look out for new tools to use to keep track of trends in WoW. And it looks like a favorite of mine, what used to be called TalentChic, recently updated to allow users to find the most popular gear, enchants and gems, depending on a number of filters. I wrote a post ... More
Melee DPS 101: Armor Penetration
Posted by iTZKooPA on Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 - 20 Comments
Honestly, I really didn’t plan on covering Armor Penetration as part of this reoccurring column. For starters, the statistic is largely a junk statistic, due to its low usage on our fancy pieces of gear. Mainly, it’s because the stat has never been fully understood, until now. A Blizzard Poster by the name ... More
PvP and PvE Armor in 3.1 - Hunter, Shaman, Warrior
Posted by Heartbourne on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 - 17 Comments
Earlier we took a look at some the gear design philosophy of Blizzard and saw some armor that was introduced in 3.0 and that will be added in 3.1. We looked at the “Lost Vanquishers” (sans Druid): Rogue, Death Knight, and Mage. Today we are going to check out what the “Lost Protectors” have: Hunter, ... 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
Melee DPS 101: Expertise Breakdown
Posted by iTZKooPA on Thursday, March 5th, 2009 - 21 Comments
Part 2 of our series on the basics of melee DPS (Part 1 - Melee DPS 101: The Hit Cap) brings us to the category that confused me the most, Expertise. When I began looking up Wrath of the Lich King’s changes to my class’ required stats, I was expecting to find pretty clear cut ... More
Melee DPS 101 - The Hit Cap
Posted by iTZKooPA on Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 - 20 Comments
Okay boys and girls. Let’s get those thinking caps on. Today we will be following up Bastosa’s excellent Tanking Stats Series with a discussion on Level 80 DPS numbers. I am admittedly writing this for the benefits of PvE rogues, but the forthcoming discussion encapsulates information for any melee DPS class. That being said, the ... More
