Picture this: you’re healing a dungeon in World of Warcraft, and things are going well, when the boss stops to cast a huge party-wide damage hit. You’ve… Read more “Healing Dungeons in World of Warcraft Dragonflight is a Broken Gameplay Design, and Here’s Why”
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The First Week: WoW’s New Dungeon Scaling, Experienced Firsthand
The dungeon difficulty changes made to World of Warcraft have been interesting, to say the least. For the uninitiated, the basic rundown is this – in Season… Read more “The First Week: WoW’s New Dungeon Scaling, Experienced Firsthand”
The World of Warcraft Experimental Streak, Part 2: Remists of Pandaria
Blizzard’s recent experimental streak on World of Warcraft has brought about two huge shifts in content through unique modes of play – Plunderstorm and the upcoming Mists… Read more “The World of Warcraft Experimental Streak, Part 2: Remists of Pandaria”
The World of Warcraft Experimental Streak, Part 1: Blundering Through Plunderstorm
Blizzard’s recent experimental streak on World of Warcraft has brought about two huge shifts in content through unique modes of play – Plunderstorm and the upcoming Mists… Read more “The World of Warcraft Experimental Streak, Part 1: Blundering Through Plunderstorm”
Hopes and Fears for The War Within
We are getting, by most estimates and the timetable provided by Blizzard in the WoW roadmap for 2024, close to The War Within launching in alpha. If… Read more “Hopes and Fears for The War Within”
The Big Secret of Patch 10.2.6 Is Plunderstorm, WoW’s Battle Royale
10.2.6’s big surprise is live as of this week, and…uh, it’s interesting. The lynchpin feature of this new patch is an addition to retail WoW playable by… Read more “The Big Secret of Patch 10.2.6 Is Plunderstorm, WoW’s Battle Royale”
Blizzard’s Announced Dungeon Difficulty Changes – An Analysis
Today, ahead of the drop Season 4 of Dragonflight (date TBA), we received a huge announcement about dungeons, dungeon difficulty, and the tuning of rewards and difficulty… Read more “Blizzard’s Announced Dungeon Difficulty Changes – An Analysis”
Dragonflight’s 10.2.6 Experiment, WoW’s Hype Cycle, and Patch Tuesday (?)
WoW lives on a cycle of hype that moves between live patch releases and PTR excitement, as datamining slowly nudges out new content well in advance of… Read more “Dragonflight’s 10.2.6 Experiment, WoW’s Hype Cycle, and Patch Tuesday (?)”
Legendaries in Dragonflight Suck, and Here’s Why
Fyr’alath is an okay legendary as a concept, but boy does farming it make the game suck. Twice now in Dragonflight, Blizzard has taken a design hint… Read more “Legendaries in Dragonflight Suck, and Here’s Why”
I Switched Raid Mains to Death Knight in World of Warcraft, and Here’s Why
When Heroic Fyrakk came into view for my raid team, a thought had entered my mind – I might need to class switch to make this work.… Read more “I Switched Raid Mains to Death Knight in World of Warcraft, and Here’s Why”