dungeons
Dungeons and Raids: Keep All That Strategy Straight
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 - 6 Comments
The first few times I ran Vault of Archavon, I was lost. It was my first real foray into 10-man content, and I was trying to keep Archavon, Emalon and Koralon straight. Which one overcharged adds? Which cast a nasty fire that you had to ... More
PTR 3.3: Patch Notes Updated 11/09
Monday, November 9th, 2009 - 5 Comments
This update’s a teeny-tiny little one, honestly without a whole lot to talk about. Paladin’s continue to get changes to their Lay on Hands spell, which you may or may not have seen Blizzard waffling about on the official forums. The latest version of the ... More
Old School: Dungeon Quest Design
Friday, November 6th, 2009 - 7 Comments
I have been spending a substantial amount of time leveling a new toon since BlizzCon 2009’s Cataclysm announcements. Like many players, I want to experience the aspects of vanilla WoW before they disappear into the digital abyss (maybe then Blizzard will setup a vanilla server ... More
PTR 3.3: Patch Notes Updated (Build 10747)
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 - 16 Comments
It’s that time again! The patch notes of have been updated, and even though the PTR servers are down for the moment, I’m sure it won’t be too long before we can get our hands on it. In addition to the usual round of class ... More
Emblems of Triumph to Become Base Drop in 3.3 Dungeons
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 - 21 Comments
Here’s a nifty little announcement that got me even more excited for Patch 3.3. On the forums yesterday, Blue Poster Bornakk announced that Emblems of Conquest will be replaced with Emblems of Triumph as the main drop from dungeons as of Patch 3.3. Here’s his ... More
Wishful Thinking: Boss Mob Rotation For 5-Man Flavor
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 - 7 Comments
Wishful Thinking is a column for the theorycrafting behind World of Warcraft. No, not the number crunching madness perfected by the folks at ElitistJerks, but the features, abilities, and design ideas that the Project Lore writers conjure from their squishy pink stuff. I love WoW’s PvE ... More
Strange Messages Appear On Warcraft Twitter
Friday, September 11th, 2009 - 10 Comments
And I thought the possible announcement of in-game prizes was an exciting enough reason to start following Warcraft on Twitter! Not but a few minutes ago was a new, tantalizing hook posted to the game’s page, and it says the following: The mysteries of the Abyssal ... More
Deleting Old Content: Good, Bad, and Ugly?
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 - 19 Comments
One of the biggest side effects to the upcoming cataclysm is the destruction of Azeroth by Deathwing’s return. The Earth Warder - or Warderer for the overzealous, over caffeinated, under REMed writer - will return with a bang. The leader of the Black Dragonflight will ... More
BlizzCon 2009 Video Highlights: Sneak Peaks at Dungeons and Raids
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 - 11 Comments
As Amatera detailed for us live during BlizzCon, and Heartbourne has expanded upon a bit, too, it looks like we’ll be getting a ton of new dungeon and raiding content in the third expansion. Continuing along the same topic, I recorded a bit of the ... More
BlizzCon 2009: Dungeons and Raids Panel
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 - 8 Comments
12:50: Hello, and welcome to Project Lore’s live coverage of the World of Warcraft Dungeons and Raids Panel. I, Amatera, will be hosting today. Currently, we are 10 minutes out from the start of the show. I wonder if they’ll concentrate on Cataclysm or if ... More