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WoW Patch 5.0.4 Going Live Today

Well, as far as I’m concerned it’s still a rumor because the servers are still down and Blizzard announced the servers won’t come up until 4pm EST.  I’m almost expecting the downtime to be extended beyond that too, so whether … Continue reading

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They get it?

Ghostcrawler posted a lengthy article today on Battle.net regarding the difficulty of heroics.  It’s been something I’ve mentioned here on the blog and in game, and in fact a topic that virtually everyone is either talking about now or has … Continue reading

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Yes, persistence

Tobold had an interesting question up yesterday. The sort of question I personally enjoy talking about, and something I touched on to one degree or another last month when I asked how much you invest in your characters. Perhaps not … Continue reading

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1+ Month till patch 3.3

I can’t recall Blizzard having this much candor when discussing patches before. Normally questions pertaining to release dates are met with the ever famous “soon” response. However, now we know we have at least a month to get ready for … Continue reading

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Anyone else think this?

I noticed on Massively last night that Cryptic has announced when the public, open-beta would take place for STO. I was already thinking that the beta period was far too short, and the announced release date was perhaps too aggressive, … Continue reading

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Raiding and unintended consequences

I spoke over the Summer about the unusual pattern of Malaise, often called the “Doldrums”, that set in a bit early this year. In years past the pattern was very predictable, but not this year. This year the pattern is … Continue reading

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Two mods that all hybrids need to know about

Hybrid classes have the best of all worlds, do they not? They typically can DPS, tank, and/or heal in one spec, to one extent or another. I myself have been playing hybrid classes predominantly for years because I like being … Continue reading

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Annoying tanks and the benefits of patience

One aspect of game play that Blizzard wanted to address head on in WotLK was the “tank shortage” in BC. Not only did they introduce the Death Knight class, which has a very strong tanking ability and bringing the total … Continue reading

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I was wrong

My last post should have been titled something else. Because this is perhaps the most obvious topic of conversation ever to have been had. Ever. I think a very large portion of the WoW player base has been trying to … Continue reading

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Captain obvious to the rescue

It’s been all over the place that Star Trek Online will be released in Feb 2010. That after STO beta recentaly began. Which I might add, I still have not received a beta invite to. Today, my good friends at … Continue reading

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And I thought I was burned out

I’ve mentioned many times here on the blog that I’m somewhat of an alt-a-holic, and that I have generally been playing three main toons in WoW, with a few others for short periods here and there. Generally though, I spend … Continue reading

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NY Times add’s it’s .02

Thanks to wowinsider.com I saw that the NY Times added their .02 cents on the WoW issue being played out publicly between GAAP and the Ministry of Culture in China.

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L O L

OMG I can’t stop laughing. Leave it to Syncaine when you want a real good belly rumbler! Thanks man! In other news Syncaine goes completely insane. Film at 11:00.

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MMO’s are serious business

No, really, they are. And in China there are currently two government bureaucracies that are fighting a very public turf war right now over the fate of WoW there. See this, this, this, this, this, and this about it. Fortunately … Continue reading

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Oh

Apparently I’m a ASEK. I got a bit of a laugh out of how high my social trait was.

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