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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

Ghostcrawler on Making WoW More Difficult

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 - 29 Comments

The difficulty of World of Warcraft has been a hot topic since Wrath of the Lich King released last November.  The second expansion brought players three raids (four if you include Vault), raids that were conquered in only three days.  Most of us wanted 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