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WoW China Can’t Catch a Break
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 - 5 Comments
Almost three months after WoW returned back to China (albeit censored) after a months-long hiatus, the game has hit a snag once again. According to a Wall Street Journal article, NetEase, the company which relaunched the game after former provider The9 ran into financial troubles and ... More
Some Thoughts On The New Badge System
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 - 27 Comments
There once was a time when earning a badge meant slogging through a 5-man dungeon over the span of a couple hours, or spending an entire night on downing two or three bosses in a raid. And it was a really long haul towards the ... More
Don’t Rule Out Garrosh Hellscream Just Yet
Monday, October 5th, 2009 - 40 Comments
Warning! This post is speculative and potentially spoiler-heavy. I won’t lie. I’ve been cringing inside at the thought of Garrosh Hellscream replacing Thrall. How could he? What would this mean for the fate of the Horde? And why would Thrall allow it? Amatera’s recent post on ... More
Riding In Style: Now Even Cheaper!
Monday, September 28th, 2009 - 16 Comments
I was elated when Blizzard announced that they’d be giving you access to flying mounts the moment you hit Outland. Anything that got me out of there just as fast was sure to be a good thing. Sure, there was a point in time when ... More
Burning Crusade Starter Zones in Cataclysm
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 - 18 Comments
One of the features of World of Warcraft that really pulled me into the game was the seamless transition between zones. I had just stopped playing Final Fantasy XI, which had a dismal loading time between zones and really made the world feel disconnected. There ... More
Thoughts On Cataclysm And Player Reactions
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 - 42 Comments
Cataclysm is changing many things, but perhaps nothing moreso than player psychology. The thing you really have to be careful about, when deciding what information to reveal for an expansion that’s still at least nine months out, is how that’s going to impact progression from ... More
Cataclysm Countdown: The Wrong Before The Storm
Thursday, August 20th, 2009 - 20 Comments
Cataclysm Countdown is a series of informed speculative articles concerning things we might see in the next expansion that I will be posting every day this week, leading right up to Blizzcon. In the interest of thought purity, I will do my best to steer clear ... More
Proverb: Quel’dorei Versus Sin’dorei, Part 1
Friday, August 14th, 2009 - 14 Comments
Proverb is a psuedo-weekly column discussing the lore of Warcraft. It is spoiler heavy for all Warcraft games, novels, and other media. Comment on this post or send a tweet to @Heartbourne and let us know what you would like to see in future columns! This ... More
The Next Expansion: Future Tradeskill Design
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 - 65 Comments
Blizzard has already set the bar for the next expansion. Based on Wrath and The Burning Crusade, players expect to have to level 90. Players expect either new races or a new hero class starting at a high level. Something that not many people talk ... More
Are PUGs Actually Improving?
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 - 54 Comments
I remember a time, pre-BC, when the Blackrock Mountains were the place to group and raid. I unfortunately also remember having to pug to get my Light Forge Spaulders. I wasn’t much of a guild person back then, so I would have to do the ... More