This week is going to be a pretty big week for me and people like me, because after a few months of sort of slow going, things… Read more “A Big Week For the Mainstream MMO – Some Thoughts on WoW Patch 9.1 PTR and Final Fantasy XIV Patch 5.5 Part 1”
Tag: raid
A (Hopefully) Short Discussion About Coaching Raiders And What Goes Wrong
I’ve been pretty quiet here lately, for a few reasons. Firstly, talking about WoW is largely rote right now because there just isn’t much new stuff in… Read more “A (Hopefully) Short Discussion About Coaching Raiders And What Goes Wrong”
Don’t Let Perfect Be The Enemy of Good – Some Thoughts on Raid Strategy and Mechanics
Fights in World of Warcraft are finding more, excessively complicated ways to make players respond to bosses outside of simply executing a rotation to some measure of… Read more “Don’t Let Perfect Be The Enemy of Good – Some Thoughts on Raid Strategy and Mechanics”
The Rush of Excitement of Finally, Mercifully, Killing Heroic Sire Denathrius While Raid Leading
The date was Thursday, March 18th, 2021. With just under 70 pulls on Sire Denathrius, including a very disappointing Wednesday raid spent exclusively pulling and wiping to… Read more “The Rush of Excitement of Finally, Mercifully, Killing Heroic Sire Denathrius While Raid Leading”
How Hard Should An Endboss Be, Anyways? Sire Denathrius Discussion
On normal, inside the halls of Castle Nathria, I proclaimed the raid overall was pretty reasonably tuned, with a couple of wall fights early that made Sire… Read more “How Hard Should An Endboss Be, Anyways? Sire Denathrius Discussion”
WoW Predictions Pre-Blizzconline Part 2 – The Gameplay Changes To Come in Patch 9.1
While World of Warcraft: Shadowlands has been a success overall, there are definitely challenges that Blizzard faces with player perception of various gameplay modes, systems, and the… Read more “WoW Predictions Pre-Blizzconline Part 2 – The Gameplay Changes To Come in Patch 9.1”
Change, Necessary or Not – How The Loot Changes and Their (Sort Of) Reversion Affect Shadowlands
Today, the news went up – rejoice! With the next weekly reset, raids will be seeing more loot in Shadowlands. Specifically, Castle Nathria is going to a… Read more “Change, Necessary or Not – How The Loot Changes and Their (Sort Of) Reversion Affect Shadowlands”
A More Thorough and Nuanced Look at Gear In Shadowlands
Throughout these first two and a half months of Shadowlands (it has been that long already?!), something of a constant theme has been bubbling up to the… Read more “A More Thorough and Nuanced Look at Gear In Shadowlands”
Shadowlands (Nearly) Two Months In – My More Experienced Thoughts on the Expansion
Shadowlands is a weird expansion to me, in a way. Last night, before going to bed, I had a completely random thought that serves as my starting… Read more “Shadowlands (Nearly) Two Months In – My More Experienced Thoughts on the Expansion”
The Normal Difficulty Castle Nathria Review
Tonight, my guild did it. Actually, a fun preamble – due to the popularity of the expansion and our BfA merger, we had two guilds worth of… Read more “The Normal Difficulty Castle Nathria Review”
