How Our Guild is Handling Primordial Saronite

Primordial Saronite is the item that’s required for the next level of crafting gear out of Icecrown. There’s all sorts of methods of picking up this stuff and our leadership’s been hard at work figuring out what our approach should be. There’s a few things that are high on the priority list. Shadowmourne, for one, …

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Trophy vs Token

When Burning Crusade touched down we received a token system. The system tied multiple classes to a single drop from a boss. This allowed for less loot being sharded or discarded and allowed for quicker gearing as a guild. The tokens could then be turned in for your tier set pieces. A lot of people …

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3 Proper Steps to Switching Mains

Throughout my tenure as GM, I’ve had to address a variety of challenging situations. One of the questions that GMs will undoubtedly face in their reign is the topic of switching mains. Allow me to provide a scenario. BarryManaLow is an Arcane Mage. He’s one of the main staples in the DPS lineup. Barry routinely …

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Officers: Who Watches the Watchmen?

“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” I realize not many readers understand Latin. It basically translates to “Who guards the guards themselves?”. During one of my earlier years in university, we studied up a bit on Plato’s The Republic (ethics and government stuff). Who protects the people against the protectors? Plato responds by saying they have to …

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Pass the Parcel: When Raiders Won’t Roll

This is a guest post by Mimetir, an oversized owl of a raid leader on The Venture Co (EU). You can find her twitter feed. Loot. Shiny items of [insert rainbow colour here] pot of gold goodness. Many players actively strive to better their equipment and make that their main goal in the game. Better, …

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