quests
PTR 3.3: New Raid Quests Added
Friday, October 2nd, 2009 - 17 Comments
The Patch Test Realm continues to bear fruit with the addition of new repeatable raid quests to the game. As if you didn’t already have enough ways to earn badges, Blizzard is giving you one more! Don’t worry, you won’t have to do anything fancy, ... More
Wishful Thinking: Giving Praise For Quest Design
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 - 7 Comments
World of Warcraft has changed dramatically since it was released at the end of 2004. Say what you will about the PvP and PvE changes, there are numerous aspects of the title that are undeniably better. You’ve the numerous tweaks to the user interface, the ... More
Blue Stew 9/22/09: The White Magic User’s Burden
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 - 7 Comments
Blue Stew is a semi-regular 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. How Do You Separate ... 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
Life’s a Grind
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 - 18 Comments
It’s easy to become insulated when you write for a subject-specific site like Project Lore, surrounded by like-minded colleagues and readers whose clear interest in the topics at hand is evidenced through repeated page views and lengthy comment sections. But I have, and still do, ... More
Vomit, Poop, and Other Nasty Quests of WoW
Thursday, June 18th, 2009 - 14 Comments
There I was, running around killing Putrid Abominations to collect their oozing, purple guts and searching through Zul’Drak’s Reliquary of Agony to find gooey ghoul drools, when it dawned on me. It’s not enough that we’ve massacred villages, stuck banners through our enemies’ carcasses as a ... More
The Argent Tournament Expands
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 - 16 Comments
With so many new details about Patch 3.2 trickling out of Blizzard lately, it surely won’t be too long before we see it pop up on the PTR! This time, they’re letting us know a little bit more about what to expect from the expanded ... More
Tips for the Casual WoW Player
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 - 19 Comments
Here at Project Lore, the last week has had us evaluating the balancing act that is playing WoW and still maintaining a social life. ITZKooPA pointed out the difficulties of doing just that, and how indeed, RL should always come first. So for those of ... More
I Love WoW Achievements - Do You?
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 - 29 Comments
While love might be a little bit of a strong word, I can at least say that I heartily embrace the achievement system that was introduced to World of Warcraft back in patch 3.0. My enjoyment of what amounts to a small pop up and ... More
Toilet Humor For The Win
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 - 15 Comments
Blizzard Entertainment gets their audience. This is one of the main reasons that their titles – all of them – are so incredibly popular. From clicking on mobs in their RTSs for the funny one-liners, exploding critters, or the Cow Level in Diablo ... More