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Wishful Thinking: A Truly Random Dungeon

Monday, November 16th, 2009 - 17 Comments

In addition to World of Warcraft, I’ve found myself playing a couple of “loot whore” games lately, and they’ve got me thinking about the balance between static and continually-generated end-game content. These sorts of things can be important when considering how entertained or bored your ... More

PTR 3.3: Patch Notes Updated 11/11 (Build 10805)

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 - 7 Comments

Likely in accordance with the raid testing today, 3.3 has been updated yet again. Though it’s a full 181 MB, the documented changes are minuscule, as they have been over the past few builds. I’ll be the first to tell you that I’m happy about the ... More

Dungeon and Raid System Q & A

Thursday, October 29th, 2009 - 9 Comments

If you’ve been keeping up with the latest on Patch 3.3, and you’ve read the updated notes in the latest build, then you probably know a whole lot about the new Dungeon and Raid system being implemented in the near future. But there are still ... More

PTR 3.3: Patch Notes Update (10172), Dungeon and Raid System Detailed

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 - 21 Comments

The Looking For Group system was only a setback! Blizzard has fully replaced it with the new Dungeon system on the PTR. Although vestiges of it were on the test realms before, it should be — more or less — fully implemented now. And there’s ... More

PTR 3.3: Inside The Pit of Saron

Friday, October 2nd, 2009 - 10 Comments

Despite the fact that the official patch notes clearly state that the Forge of Souls would be the first wing of the new 5-man Icecrown Citadel instance available for exploring, players on the test server can only currently access the the second wing, Pit of ... 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

A Wrathful Weekend

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 - 27 Comments

Photograph by L. Simon. Like many of you, I am taking my time in getting to level 80. I did not create an elaborate flowchart of areas to tackle, research the best grinding spots or enlist a friendly Priest, Paladin, Shaman and Warrior for their ... More