call of the crusade

Are You Bored With Call of the Crusade (Patch 3.2)?

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 ... More

How Do You Like the 3.2 UI Changes?

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 - 14 Comments

With all the well-deserved hoopla regarding BlizzCon and WoW Cataclysm over the past few weeks, I thought it’d be fun to take a look back at some of the user interface changes we saw implemented nearly a month ago, in Patch 3.2, now that we’ve ... More

The Crusaders’ Coliseum: Downing the Black Knight

Thursday, August 13th, 2009 - 13 Comments

It was the Friday after patch day, and my buddies in our small guild were itching to try out some of the new 3.2 content. Considering there were five of us online, we thought the best place to start would be besting the Black Knight ... More

Patch 3.2: A Retrospective On Its Application

Friday, August 7th, 2009 - 28 Comments

Whenever Blizzard decides to lay a patch on us I hold my breath.  Sure, I want the bounty of content, but sometimes that isn’t all we receive.  Oftentimes we’ll be stuck at login screens, the World Server will be down, our add-ons will cease to ... More

Guide To The Argent Tournament Patch 3.2 Edition

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 - 6 Comments

We were one of the first to bring our readers an extensive, even exhausting (for me at least), look at everything the Argent Tournament had to offer upon its release.  The solo content of Patch 3.1 brought players a large collection of new quests, an ... More

Patch 3.2 Call of the Crusade Trailer Released

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 - 26 Comments

Just now, Blizzard’s official Call of the Crusade page was updated to include the Patch 3.2 Trailer along with a summary of what the latest content patch brings to World of Warcraft. The trailer shows brief clips of a bunch of different boss encounters in ... More

Where To Begin In Patch 3.2…

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 - 21 Comments

There’s a crapload of stuff to do in this upcoming patch.  Thanks to Blizzard’s shift in patch design, from just high end content to a solid mix of content for all player types, the Call of the Crusade patch has my head spinning.  I hope ... More

Additional Instances Cannot Be Launched

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 - 20 Comments

The inability to launch instances this late in Wrath of the Lich King has always been odd to me.  Like many of the people in my guild, and likely a large part of the WoW populace, there is almost no reason for me to enter ... More

Patch 3.2: Raiding Lockout Extensions

Thursday, July 9th, 2009 - 9 Comments

Blizzard is known for pulling random, often unrequested, features out of the collective brain trust and adding them to an upcoming patch without warning.  Normally people cheer for additions to the default setup.  Some of the features just don’t cut it, falling way short of ... More

Raiding in 3.2: Decisions Decisions

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 - 14 Comments

Patches mean different things to different players. For some, it is looking forward to more adventure and exciting things to do. Others might be anticipating changes to their class or getting their hands on a new vanity pet. As GM of a raiding guild, I ... More