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”
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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”
Covenants In Shadowlands, Post Launch – How Are They?
Covenants were, and are, the big, marquee thing about Shadowlands that is marketed and promoted when Blizzard hypes Shadowlands. A choice of 4 for each character to… Read more “Covenants In Shadowlands, Post Launch – How Are They?”
Loot Is Loot – A Followup On Why I Think Shadowlands Loot Feels Bad
The guiding principle of Shadowlands rewards has been a desire to return to the more traditional state of WoW – one where each drop matters and feels… Read more “Loot Is Loot – A Followup On Why I Think Shadowlands Loot Feels Bad”
Loot Is Loot – A Look At Shadowlands Rewards Today and What The Future May Hold
Loot is loot is an overriding, new/old philosophy that the WoW team has put into full effect with Shadowlands. With Warforging systems all the way up to… Read more “Loot Is Loot – A Look At Shadowlands Rewards Today and What The Future May Hold”
World of Warcraft Patch 9.01 – Shadowlands Pre-Patch and the Value of Rewards
Another major MMO patch launched – arguably larger than the FFXIV patch I detailed in my last post. With patch 9.01, Shadowlands is now, in some ways,… Read more “World of Warcraft Patch 9.01 – Shadowlands Pre-Patch and the Value of Rewards”
Rewards and Progression – Looking at Content Models from Classic WoW to Modern Final Fantasy XIV
Something I keep coming back to as a theme in my head lately is gear and gear progression in MMOs. One of the key opportunities I find… Read more “Rewards and Progression – Looking at Content Models from Classic WoW to Modern Final Fantasy XIV”
The Hands-On Impression of PTR 8.3 – A Lot of Horrific Visions Impressions
Yesterday, I was home off-work for the day and so when news of the PTR broke, I did the sensible thing and immediately downloaded it and put… Read more “The Hands-On Impression of PTR 8.3 – A Lot of Horrific Visions Impressions”
Skills to Pay the Bills – How I’d Manage Skillpoints in Modern WoW
It was Monday here in the states when I started this post, and since my workplace has some system issues preventing real work from being done, now… Read more “Skills to Pay the Bills – How I’d Manage Skillpoints in Modern WoW”
What Makes a Reward? An Analysis of Classic Reward Structure and Where It Changed
The discussion posts I’ve written about World of Warcraft Classic have attempted to communicate something delicately – I’m not interested in playing WoW Classic as anything than… Read more “What Makes a Reward? An Analysis of Classic Reward Structure and Where It Changed”
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