It’s been a busy summer since Dawntrail launched in late June, and now the last week of August marked another MMO expansion for me – World of… Read more “First Thoughts: World of Warcraft The War Within”
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Blizzard’s Shadowboxing Match – Their Fight With Themselves on Tanks, Healers, and Trinkets in The War Within
The War Within beta went live, and with it, a challenging change – the effect of damaging trinkets and cantrip effects (weapon procs) are going down by… Read more “Blizzard’s Shadowboxing Match – Their Fight With Themselves on Tanks, Healers, and Trinkets in The War Within”
The Fun, Frustrating Ride of Mists of Pandaria: Remix
Mists of Pandaria Remix has been out for just over a week and a half now. How’s it going? Uh…both really well and also with a lot… Read more “The Fun, Frustrating Ride of Mists of Pandaria: Remix”
Timerunning: Pandamonium is…A Leveling Experiment?!
World of Warcraft’s patch 10.2.7 had this interesting item atop the list of features on the roadmap published back in January – Timerunning: Pandamonium. Pandemonium mispelled to… Read more “Timerunning: Pandamonium is…A Leveling Experiment?!”
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”
The Struggle of Flavor, Gameplay, and Long-Term Prospects of The War Within’s Hero Talent System
When Blizzard mentions that they want something to both have flavor and also be a source of player power, it is usually a sign of trouble. Hero… Read more “The Struggle of Flavor, Gameplay, and Long-Term Prospects of The War Within’s Hero Talent System”
The War Within’s Early Access Controversy
The War Within marks Blizzard’s first time trying something new with the release of a World of Warcraft expansion since they moved to simultaneous global release –… Read more “The War Within’s Early Access Controversy”
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”
My Early The War Within Preparations
We’ve officially entered something of a lull enroute between the end of Dragonflight and The War Within for World of Warcraft. Sure, there’s still a Season 4… Read more “My Early The War Within Preparations”