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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
3.3: More Icecrown Achievements Reveal New Vault Boss
Friday, October 16th, 2009 - 17 Comments
I noticed that a lot of you were just as amused as I was with the names of some of the new Icecrown Citadel achievements, but I’m afraid you won’t find any pop-culture references in round 2. Don’t fret, though! We can still glean some ... More
3.3: Icecrown Citadel To Feature Difficulty Toggle
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 - 4 Comments
If you’ve read up on the latest Icecrown Citadel preview, you might have noticed the following text in the description: “Icecrown Citadel features 10- and 25-player versions of the raid dungeon, and each version has 12 encounters. Each encounter can be fought in either normal or Heroic ... 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
Trial of the Crusader, So Far…
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 - 4 Comments
Trial of the Crusader has been something of a test-bed for Blizzard’s raid experimentation. There’s no trash, there are four different versions to complete, (almost) all of the fights take place in the same room, and you can choose from three different levels of tiered ... More
Premonition Conquers ToC Hard Mode
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 - 10 Comments
Word on the street is that Blizzard was running an in-house pool to bet on whether or not anyone would complete the Heroic version of Trial of the Crusader released today. Well… it looks like at least one employee owes everyone else some money! Why? ... More
A Look At Blizzard’s Raid Philosophy
Friday, July 10th, 2009 - 22 Comments
As we enter the end of the 3rd ’set’ of raid instances in the current expansion, I think it is a good time to take a look at Blizzard’s new raid philosophy which made another dramatic change in WotLK, not unlike the change from 40 ... More
Deconstructing Mimiron
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 - 14 Comments
My guild took down Mimiron last week, knocking off the last of the Keepers of Ulduar. It was an exciting kill that took a fair amount of coordination and strategy adjustment. Touted as one of the most challenging bosses in the instance, Mimiron is a ... More
Are Casual Guilds Struggling?
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 - 37 Comments
Seen this kind of image? Then you aren’t casual -via ElitistJerks Recruiting issues promoted me to write the latest in the line of DPS guides. By the end of the day, the guild’s officers and GM had tossed in their towels and canceled raiding for the foreseeable ... More
BigRedKitty: Naxxramas Anub’rekhan Movie
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 - 42 Comments
BigRedKitty bring us along as they venture into the Arachnid Quarter of 25-man Naxxramas. Watch as BRK squash this oversized bug with the help of a couple dozen other people. Addons mentioned in this video include: Omen Threat Meter Mik’s Scrolling Battle Text Power Auras - check out some ... More