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Patch 3.3: Icecrown Raid Difficulty Makes Raiding Even More Granular
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 - 9 Comments
Blizzard first chopped up the difficulty settings of World of Warcraft in vanilla WoW with optional bosses, or new loot tables for killing a boss in a certain way - effectively the first hard mode before that label came to be. The idea was taken ... More
Brewfest 2009: Festivities Extended for 2 Extra Days
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 - 9 Comments
I know, I know. I gave Brewfest a hard time when it first started up. On top of my frustrations with blurry screens and fatigued rams, Blizzard was working through some bugs that prevented players from properly using their mugs to bonk dwarves attempting to ... More
Prepare for Paid Race Change Service “Coming Soon”
Monday, September 28th, 2009 - 21 Comments
Only a few weeks ago, WoW’s faction change service went live, and now it looks like race changes within the same faction are up next. Earlier this month, Blizzard added a button for Race Change (”Coming Soon”) to its list of paid services under Account ... More
Blue Stew: 8/28/09
Friday, August 28th, 2009 - 7 Comments
Blue Stew is a new daily column bringing you a delicious concoction of developer news, thoughts, and opinions straight from the boiling pot that is the official World of Warcraft forums. The highlights of each day include additional commentary by Project Lore staff. Welcome to the ... More
Blue Posts Clear Up Some Expansion Details
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 ... More
TCG Mounts No Longer BOP
Monday, August 3rd, 2009 - 6 Comments
In a move that makes scammers and gold farmers cry in agony, patch 3.2 will make all of the mounts obtained by from the Warcraft trading card game, such as the immensely popular Spectral Tiger Mount, will no longer be bind on pickup. However, instead ... More
Stealth Detection Items Nerfed, CAPSLOCK Ensues
Friday, May 15th, 2009 - 34 Comments
Blizzard Poster Bornakk announced a new nerf to the engineering profession, although it is not the main focus of the nerf. According to Bornakk, items with Stealth Detection were being used in unintended ways - way past their ilvl in many cases - in an ... More
Darkmoon Faire Achievements Incoming?
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 - 12 Comments
One of the first things I did after patch 3.1 came out was check all of the new achievements. Which of the new titles would I go after? What new and interesting boss mechanics lay ahead in Ulduar? Where might I be spending most of ... More
Season 5, Arena Tournament Phase 3 Winding Down
Monday, April 6th, 2009 - 9 Comments
Ah, the smells of spring. The snow has melted, the sun is shining, and there is a new content patch on the horizon. And its a doozy. Most serious PvE players have content to a satisfactory farm status. Most PvP players have all the gear they ... More
No Black or Plagued Proto-Drake Rewards in 3.1
Thursday, February 26th, 2009 - 29 Comments
Bornakk, blue poster on the official forums, broke the news today that the Glory of the Raider and Heroic Glory of the Raider meta-achievements are going to have their mount rewards removed upon the implementation of Patch 3.1. While the achievements themselves will still be… ... More