naxxramas

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

More Treachery: Stealing Raid IDs

Monday, November 9th, 2009 - 13 Comments

Speaking of douchebaggery on the Khaz Modan server, apparently Alliance aren’t the only ones acting up. While on the same Ventrilo server where an enemy player listened in to my raid group’s precious Wintergrasp tactics, another interesting topic came up: the stealing of raid IDs. It’s ... More

PTR 3.3: Patch Notes Update, New Map/Quest System Implemented

Friday, November 6th, 2009 - 5 Comments

New build, new stuff! Two things of especially interesting note this time around: if you’re still running Naxxramas these days, then it’s about to get a little bit easier. Are you tired of having to run through the entire dungeon just to unlock the fight ... More

Trial Of The Crusader Is Making Me Poor!

Thursday, October 15th, 2009 - 18 Comments

I’ll tell you right off the bat that I’m not much of an economist. I don’t play the Auction House, I don’t farm for things to sell, and I only do dailies on occasion (usually if I’m determined to raise my reputation with a certain ... More

How To Join A Raiding Guild Part 2: Gaining Experience And Gearing Up

Friday, September 18th, 2009 - 5 Comments

So, have you found a guild to join yet? If that’s the case, then you might be wondering how to make yourself a bit more attractive to the guild leader and/or recruitment officers. Of course, there are several ways to do this. I mentioned yesterday ... More

Why Do Now What You Can Do Later?

Friday, September 18th, 2009 - 7 Comments

If you can drown out all the players on the official WoW forums QQing about how their class is underpowered, QQing about how easy new content is, and QQing about the price of Goldthorn Tea in Teldrassil, you may hear players QQing about things that ... More

Disgustingly Cute Vanity Pets for 3.2.2

Monday, August 31st, 2009 - 18 Comments

As per usual, Boubouille of MMO-Champion has been doing his fair share of digging in the game files, and the last PTR update has revealed some interesting new pets to add to your collection. They’re so nauseatingly adorable, that even Elmyra would think twice about ... More

Cataclysm Countdown: The Wrong Before The Storm

Thursday, August 20th, 2009 - 20 Comments

Cataclysm Countdown is a series of informed speculative articles concerning things we might see in the next expansion that I will be posting every day this week, leading right up to Blizzcon. In the interest of thought purity, I will do my best to steer clear ... More

Five Ugly PUGs

Monday, July 20th, 2009 - 51 Comments

Up until recently, my participation in pick-up group (PUG) raids has been non-existent. However, I recently changed my death knight’s spec to Blood to take advantage of the vast amounts of armor penetration (ArP) found on the gear in Ulduar. I was an Unholy death ... More

Drama Topics: Guild Runs With PUGs

Thursday, June 11th, 2009 - 29 Comments

I’ve brought up my humble little guild a few times in the past.  We’ve had our fair share of issues, but most of them have pertained to getting a raid going, let alone completing it.  After some hardwork from the leaders, a few weeks of ... More