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PTR 3.3: ICC Raid Testing Schedule (11/18-11/20), PuG With the Blues 3
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 - 3 Comments
The latest raid testing schedule kicks off with both Lord Marrowgar and the Icecrown Gunship Battle (both US and European servers) on Wednesday. As much as these two have been under the microscope so far, I’d anticipate that they’re nearly ready for prime-time. And on ... 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
WoWjackass: Keeping Tabs on All that Treachery
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 - 9 Comments
This past week, for me at least, has been all about crazy, oh-no-they-didn’t moments in WoW, and hopefully educating our dear readers a bit about how not to get duped by would-be bad apples. I have one more tidbit to share before shifting my concentration ... 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
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
A Casual Guild’s Growing Pains
Thursday, April 9th, 2009 - 18 Comments
When I said that SolidSamm’s guild “canceled raiding for the foreseeable future” I knew it wasn’t going to last long. For starters, the GM has been a big PvEer since EverQuest, and many of the officers and other members have been with him since then. ... More
BigRedKitty: Ignorance and Stupidity
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 - 44 Comments
One of the perils of doing anything publicly is the risk of being labeled “Stupid”. Ignorance we can handle, stupidity not so much. Is there a difference? You bet. Ignorance is the absence of knowledge. How do rogues do an attack rotation? We have no idea; ... More
WoW Life Lesson #18 - You Can Go Your Own Way
Monday, March 2nd, 2009 - 26 Comments
Have you ever been in a group or pug that you thought was going in one direction and went the complete opposite? I mean, you thought you were going to do The Violet Hold so you could finally get the chance to complete Lockdown to ... More
The Best Encounter To Date?
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 - 15 Comments
I first recall hearing about the Faceless Ones – in World of Warcraft - around the time of Ahn’Qiraj and its faction’s leader, C’Thun. While I can not recall why they came up in this context exactly, I assume it was because of ... More
Vampiric Batling Acquired
Monday, November 3rd, 2008 - 18 Comments
I accomplished two different tasks at the same time this weekend. First and foremost, I put my new Mutilate build to the test in an actual raid setting. That is assuming one believes Karazhan, post Patch 3.0.2 nerf, can be called a raid. ... More