Tag Archive: World of Warcraft

SW:TOR Advanced Classes… WoW Talent Specs?

The internet has been a-buzz with talk about Star Wars: The Old Republic’s newly announced Advanced Class system. It looks neat, in a lot of ways, but I guess I’m a little disappointed. The system looks like a carbon copy of WoW’s talent trees, without the third option. Here’s a look at the comparison my …

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Some Assembly Required: Tourism is the Lifeblood of the Industry

Happy Friday All, Just stopping in to let you know that my latest article is live over at Lagwar now. This week we talk about WoW tourism and why it’s a good thing for the industry. Since there’s nothing new here today, why don’t you stop over and have a look?

Re-subbing to WoW and Cataclysm Plans

The Problem I’ve been torn these past couple of days on which direction I should take my MMOing. I’ve been having a lot of fun in LotRO recently so I don’t plan on leaving it out to dry. Still, for some reason I go through periods of drought in that game. If my fun level …

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On PuGs and Progression in WoW

Word on the street has it that Blizzard is planning some big changes for the WoW raiding game come Cataclysm.  The current plan, as I understand it, is that 10 and 25 man raids will now drop the same gear. There’s a little more to it, so here’s the bullet list from MMO Champion: 10-Man …

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A Place for PvP

I’ve been playing LotRO as my main MMO for a few months now whose main PvP is monster play. I don’t think I’m exaggerating when I say that PvP in LotRO is pretty well borked. It just feels like an afterthought; like they got done with a PvE game and realized they’d left out some …

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To the Defenders of the $25 Horse:

Take a second to read this article because it beautifully articulates the general defense of the $25 pony. There are lots of them out there but Cuppy was kind of enough to throw them all into one. First, let’s acknowledge a few things: Value Added Transactions (you can’t call $25 micro) are here to stay. …

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Screw the Pony, Think of Your Sub.

Like a lot of other players, I was a little taken aback today when I read about Blizzard’s latest addition to their cash shop: a $25 flying horse. Unlike the pets, this is the first truly functional additional to the cash shop we’ve seen and marks a transition out of the sphere of vanity items. …

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The Multiverse – Episode #13: “Love Me Like a Half-Elf”

Hey Guys, Today we bring you the two-day delayed Multiverse Episode 13! And get this, we even recorded on a Friday. Get it? Friday. Thirteen? Ah well. We managed to avoid any unluckiness, though, and recorded one of our best episodes yet. This week, we talk all about online relationships. Psychochild dating Tipa? Syp eloping …

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Blizzard’s April Fools’ Features E-Peen

Blizzard has long been the king of April Fools’ day joke but this one takes the cake. Check it out. Aye, thus she spoke.

The Multiverse – Episode #12 “Guest Starring: Jon of Drunken Legacy (the Raidisode)

Happy Monday Folks, And you know what that means; another Monday means another Multiverse! We’re up to Episode 12 now and we brought a guest along to join the fun. This week Jon (Maxivik) of the Drunken Legacy guild joined us to talk about raiding. As a long time member and officer in a leading …

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