PvP
Arenas: Biggest Design Mistake of WoW
Friday, November 13th, 2009 - 21 Comments
The Escapist of the Warcry Network had the fortune to interview the VP of Game Design, Rob Pardo, in a sort of retrospective look at the past five years of design of World of Warcraft. Its a great interview, and Blizzard has been doing a ... More
Treachery on Vent: Infiltrating Enemy Tactics
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 - 23 Comments
A couple nights ago, I was running Wintergrasp on my server, Khaz Modan, and lamenting the fact that all day the Horde had been unsuccessful at capturing the contested zone. Finally in one raid group, someone offered up their ventrilo server for everyone to use ... More
PTR 3.3: Patch Notes Updated (Build 10747)
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 - 16 Comments
It’s that time again! The patch notes of have been updated, and even though the PTR servers are down for the moment, I’m sure it won’t be too long before we can get our hands on it. In addition to the usual round of class ... More
Some Thoughts On The New Badge System
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 - 27 Comments
There once was a time when earning a badge meant slogging through a 5-man dungeon over the span of a couple hours, or spending an entire night on downing two or three bosses in a raid. And it was a really long haul towards the ... More
Why Do We Have Cross Faction Nameplates?
Thursday, September 17th, 2009 - 9 Comments
After slightly redeeming myself in raiding last night - assuming you consider Vault of Archavon raiding - I was able to participate in my first Wintergrasp in a long time. The battle was nothing special - Alliance fell apart and lost, shocking - but my ... More
Rise of the Relentless Gladiator
Saturday, September 12th, 2009 - 10 Comments
A new season of PvP is upon us! Along with all the great new armor for arena players, there is a lot of gear you can get without ever stepping foot into the arena. The entire Deadly Gladiator set is available for honor only, and ... More
Blue Stew: 9/11/09: Hey! You Got Your PvP In My PvE!
Friday, September 11th, 2009 - 10 Comments
Blue Stew is a new semi-daily column bringing you a delicious concoction of developer news, thoughts, and opinions straight from the boiling pot that is the official World of Warcraft forums. The highlights of each day include additional commentary by Project Lore staff. PvPvPvE Would you look ... More
Blue Stew 9/10/09: Bestial Wrath? More like Bestial Whimper!
Thursday, September 10th, 2009 - 16 Comments
Blue Stew is a new semi-daily column bringing you a delicious concoction of developer news, thoughts, and opinions straight from the boiling pot that is the official World of Warcraft forums. The highlights of each day include additional commentary by Project Lore staff. Yesterday was 9/9/09, ... More
Is Blizzard Really Short-changing PvP?
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 - 8 Comments
We dedicated players can bicker all we want about Arena balance or Rogues being over-powered, but what about the presence of PvP available in the game itself? When you have a game as popular as World of Warcraft, you’re bound to attract the ire of ... More
Faction Change Service Goes Live
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 - 29 Comments
We knew they were coming soon, but not this soon! Looks like Blizzard has given the Paid Faction Change service the go-ahead and it’s now available for use (WoW or Battle.net ID necessary to log-in). Of course, according to the website, there are a few ... More