Instances
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
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
New 5-man Dungeon Incoming…What To Do Till Then?
Thursday, April 30th, 2009 - 69 Comments
In late March it was revealed that Blizzard is hard at work on a new Battleground for an upcoming patch. Just shy of a month later and not one, not two, but three separate blues announced plans for a new 5-man dungeon. Being Blizzard employees, ... More
Multi Boxing with Recruit-a-Friend
Thursday, April 16th, 2009 - 19 Comments
It’s been a solid eight months since Blizzard introduced its Recruit-a-Friend system and this week, I know of at least two more accounts they’ve roped in. One is legitimately one of my RL friends from college who finally caved to playing WoW for the first ... 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
Championing for Fun and Reputation
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 - 12 Comments
Via Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) Championing, all the kids are doing it now, so why aren’t you? Championing is the fun way to gain reputation with a few select factions in Wrath of the Lich King. With Championing, you can go from Friendly to Exalted ... More
RaidID Fix Coming In Patch 3.1
Monday, March 2nd, 2009 - 12 Comments
I didn’t have the heart to crop out the skull. Blizzard Entertainment seems to be on a warpath with Wrath of the Lich King’s first content patch. The developer has promised players an insane amount of content including the addition of the largest instance to date, ... More
There’s A Whole World (of Warcraft) Out There!
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 - 39 Comments
While spending my days gearing a level 80 toon, it is pretty easy to get a bit of tunnel vision. Some days it feels like my whole world consists of the inside of Naxxramas, The Obsidian Sanctum, and the walls of Dalaran. It is very ... More
Wild Ride On The Hog
Monday, January 26th, 2009 - 14 Comments
Way back when I started here at ProjectLore.com I was all giddy over a new engineering pattern that showed up on the Wrath of the Lich King Beta. The Mechano-hog (Horde) or Mekineer’s Chopper (Alliance) infatuated me with its ridiculous clunkiness , gnomish features ... More
Still Digging the Achievement System
Monday, December 8th, 2008 - 20 Comments
Unless you are living under a rock, you are undoubtedly familiar with the new achievement system Blizzard added with the latest expansion. I’ve touched on how much I enjoy the new system before, but I wanted to take a moment and dive a little deeper into ... More