Raiding is Hardly Hardcore

I want to direct your attention to a post made by Galo, at Ardent Defender. The post is an example of the casual guild experience when they raid. In the last paragraph, he poses a question: Am I hardcore? It all depends on the measuring stick that is being used. But in this case, Galo, …

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Hitting the Big Time

Do you know when you’re considered popular? When people on your server send you tells and in game mail asking you for advice and telling you that they read your blog. That’s when you know you’ve hit the big time. In other news, I finished Professor Layton after 2 straight days of mental elastics. Now …

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No Kara Key? No Worries!

Several of my colleagues have already reported this. But players no longer need a key to get into Karazhan. What you do need is 1 player with a key to let everyone in. The concept is similar to that of Arcatraz. As Eyonix said: It’s not a matter of difficulty, really. We wanted to make …

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Who is “That Guy” and How Do You Deal With Them?

Several weeks ago I received an interesting link to a forum post titled “So you’re off to BT/Hyjal (A Guide for bads)” (Update: Link has since expired, but has been preserved for posterity on WoWWiki). It’s a HUMOROUS read for anyone who understands the raid encounters in that area. There’s an interesting bit during the …

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Step by step: Dishing out Pain as a Priest

Last week I plugged dwarfpriest.com in my weekly digest. Yesterday, she published an excellent flowchart detailing actions for both shadow priests and holy priests concerned with dealing damage. Players who play with me know I’m utterly hopeless in dealing damage in any kind of environment PvP or PvE. I just might actually have a prayer …

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