WoW.com http://www.wow.com WoW.com http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.wow.com/media/feedlogo.gif WoW.com http://www.wow.com prods@weblogsinc.com (Weblogs, Inc. Producers) (Weblogs, Inc. Web Support) en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. View our terms of service here: http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/ Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/ <![CDATA[Raid Rx: Healing Blood Queen Lana'thel]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/raid-rx-healing-blood-queen-lanathel/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/raid-rx-healing-blood-queen-lanathel/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/raid-rx-healing-blood-queen-lanathel/#comments
Every week, Raid Rx will help you quarterback your healers to victory! Your host is Matt Low, the grand poobah of World of Matticus and a founder of No Stock UI, a WoW blog for all things UI, macro, and addon related.

You'll find the Blood Queen at the top floor above the chamber that has the Blood Princes. She is the head boss in the wing and is one of the few encounters in the instance that drops tier 10 tokens. This will be a high stress encounter for healers as there is so much going on at once.

Piece of cake? Oh you bet. The strain will be on your DPS players to take her down before the enrage. For us healers, we just have to stand on our head and balance raid health for about 5 minutes.

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]]> blood-queenfeaturedguidehealinghealing-guidehow-to-healicc. frost-wingicecrownlanathelraid-guideraid-healingraiding-guidewow-guidewow-healingwow-raid-guidewow-raid-healing (Matt Low) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[GDC roundup, day two]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/gdc-roundup-day-two/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/gdc-roundup-day-two/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/gdc-roundup-day-two/#comments The tenth annual Game Developers Conference is in full swing in San Francisco, CA, and our sister sites Joystiq and Massively are on the scene! No matter what kind of games you're into, there's a ton of news on its way out of the convention, and we're compiling some of the stuff that might matter to you in daily roundups just for you. If you want the whole GDC news experience, check out all of Massively's and Joystiq's coverage, or yesterday's roundup.

Sony has the power to Move you
Though it might look like a black Wiimote topped with a scoop of sherbet, Sony's PlayStation Move motion peripheral aims to take the motion-sensitive gaming field to eleven. Joystiq's got all the Move info you need, and you can dance to it.
38 Studios swings for the fences with two new titles
World Series champ Curt Schilling's 38 Studios is developing an "epic single-player RPG" codenamed Copernicus, and an MMO project codenamed Project Mercury. Oh, and fantasy novel fans: R.A. Salvatore is in charge of building the universe where both games take place.
Welcome to Poisonville, population 4,000
Bigpoint Studios says their browser MMO Poisonville is the most expensive browser-based MMO to date, with a budget of two million dollars. It certainly seems to have been spent in the right places in this full-featured GTA-alike.
It's the DLC Age at EA
EA's John Schappert says that Dragon Age: Origins downloadable content has made over a million dollars so far! Digital distribution in total netted them $575 million last year and projections place next year's DD profits even higher. EA is ready with DLC strategies for several upcoming games.
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition overflowing with new booty
LucasArts' beloved Monkey Island franchise saw a resurgence with the release of a remastered Secret of Monkey Island last year, and now Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge is getting the same treatment, with new art, developer commentary, and improved controls.
Sakaguchi's latest Story looks like a picture book
Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi's Mistwalker Studios is hard at work on a new RPG, and they released some truly beautiful artwork of the game's island locale to whet our appetites.

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]]> game-developers-conferencegdcgdc-10gdc-2010joystiqmassivelyroundup (Michael Sacco) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[The Art of War(craft): Introductory guide to fighting rogues, Part 4]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/the-art-of-war-craft-introductory-guide-to-fighting-rogues-pa/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/the-art-of-war-craft-introductory-guide-to-fighting-rogues-pa/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/the-art-of-war-craft-introductory-guide-to-fighting-rogues-pa/#comments Zach thinks rogues are dastardly, sneaky and will backstab you at the first opportunity. Take this guide, for example. Rogues just ambushed Zach with a ton of useless information. I mean, they're just stabby little things, aren't they?

This final part of our exceptionally long introductory guide -- who would've thought rogues could be such a long subject? -- we'll talk a little more about rogue playing styles, the different specs, and ways on how classes can counter them. I mentioned in the very first part of this guide that taking away a rogue's opener is important. If you have means to detect rogues in Stealth, make sure to use it and have instant cast abilities ready to quickly break them out of it as soon as you do.

An obvious fact that bears mentioning is that rogues are a melee class. They can't do you any real harm when you're outside of melee range, so the obvious strategy would be to kite them. Rogues have some abilities that allow them to break out of roots and snares, but these are all on relatively long cooldowns, so don't be afraid to reapply them. Even as a melee class, you'd want to keep applying a movement-impairing effect such as Hamstring or even Judgement of Justice. Impaired movement takes any PvP player out of their groove, and it disturbs rogues who must always have the ability to chase or flee.

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]]> assassinationbattleground-guidebgbg-guidebgscombatfeaturedguidehow-to-play-battlegroundshow-to-pvppvp-guideroguerogue-pvpsubtletywow-battleground-guidewow-bg-guidewow-guidewow-pvp (Zach Yonzon) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[AddOn Spotlight: Castbars]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/addon-spotlight-castbars/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/addon-spotlight-castbars/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/addon-spotlight-castbars/#comments
AddOn Spotlight focuses on the backbone of the WoW gameplay experience -- the user interface. Everything from bags to bars, buttons to DPS meters and beyond -- your AddOns folder will never be the same! This week, can we dethrone Quartz as king of cast bars?

The cast bar addon/mod holds a special place in my heart, mostly because it was the last addon I got on board with. We will never really know why the cast bar was the last bastion of the WoW stock user interface for me, most likely because I was a healer, but eventually the tide turned. For a while, I let my cast bar live in my unit frames, below my health and mana, as a compact little meter that was happily minimal and out of the way. Something changed, though, and I suddenly realized I wanted a more full featured cast bar. Today, we talk about the king of cast bars, an alternative to the king (The Queen? Rival Nation of Castbaria?), a quick discussion about DoT timers and some reader mail. Let's get rockin'.

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]]> add-onadd-on-configurationadd-on-guideaddon-configurationaddon-guideaddonsbartendercast-barcast-bar-addoncastbarsfeaturedguideomenquartzquartz-addonskadawow-add-onwow-add-on-guidewow-add-onswow-addon-guidewow-addonswow-guide (Mathew McCurley) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[What the fans want from BlizzCon 2010]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/what-the-fans-want-from-blizzcon-2010/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/what-the-fans-want-from-blizzcon-2010/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/what-the-fans-want-from-blizzcon-2010/#comments
In this installment of WoW.com's guest writer program, we welcome a handful of authors to share their thoughts on what is a rumored BlizzCon 2010 this October.

BlizzCon has become one of the premier gaming events each year, attracting folks of every different walk of life from every corner of the globe. In 2009 Chris Metzen stood on stage and to thunderous fire announced World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. The expectations set for future BlizzCon are nothing less than spectacular; reading some of the well thought out opinions, you can see what your fellow WoWers want to see at BlizzCon 2010...

Darcy Zalewski (Better known to some as Syrana)

I went to BlizzCon in 2009 for the first time and saw a lot of great stuff. Since I've experienced it once, now I have some things I'd like to request -- nay, demand -- to see this year. I want to see someone in a Pandaren Monk costume and I want them to go all out with it. I also want to see some updates regarding the Warcraft movie. Then there's the next-gen MMO Blizzard is working on. I hope they'll show some concept art and maybe a demo of this. Lastly, I want Mountain Dew in the vending machines. The only Dew available was at the end of a long concession line (the machines gave Pepsi no matter what button you pushed!). The developer panels taunted me with their untouched bottles of sweet nectar.

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]]> (Adam Holisky) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Scattered Shots: Marksman 101]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/scattered-shots-marksman-101/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/scattered-shots-marksman-101/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/scattered-shots-marksman-101/#comments Welcome to Scattered Shots, written by Frostheim of Warcraft Hunters Union and the Hunting Party Podcast. Each week Frostheim uses logic and science mixed with a few mugs of Dwarven Stout to look deep into the Hunter class.

Marksman was the original hunter raiding spec back in vanilla. After falling out of the top spot in BC and early Wrath, MM is back with a vengeance. MM is topping meters, punting gnomes, and kicking so much ass MM hunters have to use addons to take names of all the ass they can't get to just now, but will get around to kicking at their convenience.

The MM spec comes with the most versatile toolbox, the most controllable DPS cooldowns, two optimal raid specs, and the strongest AOE of the hunter specs. However, MM is also one of the trickiest hunter specs, relying more than other specs on proper use of cooldowns and good movement management.

Join me after the cut as we go through the nuts and bolts of the MM hunter spec and how you too can learn to punt gnomes and top meters.

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]]> 101class-helpfeaturedguideguide-to-huntershunter-101hunter-guidehunter-infohunter-marksmanhunter-talentsmarksmanmarksman-101mmtalenttalentsworld-of-warcraft-class-guideworld-of-warcraft-guidewow-class-guidewow-class-helpwow-guidewow-hunterwow-hunter-infowow-hunter-marksmanwow-hunterswow-talent-guide (Brian Wood) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[WoW Moviewatch: The Shadow of Dawn]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/wow-moviewatch-the-shadow-of-dawn/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/wow-moviewatch-the-shadow-of-dawn/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/wow-moviewatch-the-shadow-of-dawn/#comments The Shadow of Dawn was the entry to Alienware's Rise to Power from Blackhand Pictures. The story is essentially about a human Alliance member who gets sucked into the Lich King's web of tyranny, only to eventually be freed by Tirion Fordring at the Battle of Light's Hope Chapel.

The video is absolutely gorgeous. While some of the footage is either a recreation or a filming of in-game events, the entirety of this piece is just amazing to watch. Varath did a great job of creating interesting, captivating scenes. The voice acting is solid. The human voice was convincing in its tenor. The narration had a fantastic pace; it was neither so slow that I lost interest, nor so quick that I couldn't keep up.

My only criticism of the piece is that the subtitles were off. It wasn't anything too horrible, but the use of language could probably have gotten a second edit. The small misses in language was a little distracting in what was otherwise such a great piece of work.

Interested in the wide world of machinima? We have new movies every weekday here on WoW Moviewatch! Have suggestions for machinima we ought to feature? Toss us an e-mail at machinima AT wow DOT com.

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]]> blackhand-pictures-machinimaguide-to-machinimamachinimamoviesrise-to-powerthe-shadow-of-dawnvarathworld-of-warcraft-moviesworld-of-warcraft-videoswow-created-movieswow-fan-movieswow-guidewow-machinimawow-machinima-guidewow-movie-guidewow-movieswow-video-guidewow-videos (Michael Gray) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[WoW Rookie: What's "move out of the fire" in your language?]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/wow-rookie-whats-move-out-of-the-fire-in-your-language/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/wow-rookie-whats-move-out-of-the-fire-in-your-language/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/wow-rookie-whats-move-out-of-the-fire-in-your-language/#comments New around here? WoW Rookie points WoW's newest players to the basics of a good start in the World of Warcraft. For links to all our tips, tricks and how-to's, visit WoW.com's WoW Rookie Guide.

If you use the Dungeon Finder with any regularity, you're likely to eventually find yourself grouped with a player who speaks a different language. World of Warcraft is localized (translated) to nearly a dozen different languages, including two versions of English (USA and EU), French, German, Spanish, Russian, Korean and two versions of Chinese. While U.S. and Oceanic players can generally count on groupmates to speak English, things can be quite different elsewhere in the world. Individual Latin American and EU realms tend to attract groups of players from particular areas -- Brazilians on one server, Hungarians gathered on another, Italians dominating still another.

Many players welcome the language barrier as an opportunity to polish their language skills. Still, how do you coordinate your way through a tricky pull with someone who doesn't speak a word of your language?

Let's crowdsource this issue. We've compiled a list of common terms you might use in a PUG. We'd like you to list your translations in the comments, if you are fluent in another language. We're not going to cover Russian, Korean or Chinese, since those players generally do not cross paths with Western players. Please keep your suggestions brief; simplicity trumps elegance. If you'd like to see phrases we didn't include, feel free to suggest them, but keep in mind we're sticking with the basics. We'll compile the list and create a starter guide in next week's Rookie column.

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]]> communicationfeaturedforeignforeign-languageguidehow-to-play-wowinternationallanguagelingolocalizationnew-to-world-of-warcraftnoob-guiderookie-guideterminologytermsworld-of-warcraft-guideworld-of-warcraft-helpworld-of-warcraft-noobsworld-of-warcraft-rookieswow-guidewow-helpwow-noob-guidewow-noobswow-to-play-world-of-warcraft (Lisa Poisso) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Around Azeroth: Mesdames butterfly]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/around-azeroth-mesdames-butterfly/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/around-azeroth-mesdames-butterfly/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/around-azeroth-mesdames-butterfly/#comments I'm pleased to announce that due to the acquisition of our parent company by one Mr. Andrew Ryan, Around Azeroth will now be changed to Around Rapture. But seriously, this Cult of Rapture-styled butterfly was discovered by Nomadigin of Earthen Ring after his heartless murder of two Val'kyr warriors. "It holds the dialectic between gentle nature and morbidity," he writes. I'm not really sure what that means, but it certainly sounds deep.

Do you have any unusual, beautiful or interesting World of Warcraft images that are just collecting dust in your screenshots folder? We'd love to see them on Around Azeroth! Sharing your screenshot is as simple as e-mailing aroundazeroth@wow.com with a copy of your shot and a brief explanation of the scene. You could be featured here next!

Remember to include your player name, server and/or guild if you want it mentioned. Please include the word "Azeroth" in your post so it does not get swept into the spam bin. We strongly prefer full screen shots without the UI showing -- use alt-Z to remove it. Please, no more battleground scoreboards, Val'kyr on mounts, or pictures of the Ninja Turtles in Dalaran. Older screenshots can be found here.

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]]> around azerotharound-azerothAroundAzerothscreen-shotsscreenshotsworld-of-warcraft-picturesworld-of-warcraft-screenshotswow-screen-shotswow-screenshotwow-screenshotswow-ss (Elizabeth Wachowski) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Updates to the iPhone mobile authenticator]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/updates-to-the-iphone-mobile-authenticator/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/updates-to-the-iphone-mobile-authenticator/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/updates-to-the-iphone-mobile-authenticator/#comments Normally we don't get too excited over updates to the Battle.net Mobile Authenticator, but reader El Oreo brought the most recent update to our attention. Version 1.1.0 of the iPhone version of the mobile authenticator contains the following updates:
  • A new "Copy" feature lets you copy the currently displayed authentication code into your device's clipboard. You can then paste it into other text entry fields, such as when accessing Battle.net Account Management on Safari.
  • Miscellaneous UI improvements.
Obviously that second note isn't all that exciting, but I think the first one is worth mentioning. This is a feature users of the mobile authenticator have wanted for awhile, not just for Safari but also for Blizzard's other upcoming app. To be more specific, the Auction House app that Blizzard has recently announced (which I hope and pray is as good as Fallen Earth's mobile app). You'll need to log in to use it, so you'll most certainly need to use the authenticator that's on the exact same phone. Since the iPhone doesn't let you use two applications at the same time, this copy feature is going to be a welcome addition. Sure, you could just remember what the generated code is, but this is 2010. Who remembers things anymore? I have computers for that.

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]]> apparmory-appauction-houseauction-house-appauthenticatorbattle.netfallen-earthiphoneiphone-appiphone-authenticatormobile-authenticator (Alex Ziebart) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Breakfast Topic: When the love comes back]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/breakfast-topic-when-the-love-comes-back/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/breakfast-topic-when-the-love-comes-back/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/breakfast-topic-when-the-love-comes-back/#comments Lately I am supremely enthused about my shaman. Fist weapons! Zapping things! Windfury! Turning that guy into a frog! That guy is totally a frog! Now he's on fire!

The best thing about the enhancement shaman playstyle I'm working with (designed for five mans and the occasional 10 raid) is working out for myself how to glyph and spec for it. It's admittedly not the most efficient spec, relying on a lot of 3 second Fire Nova blasts in big trash pulls, but it's undeniably fun. Basically, with Maelstrom Weapon and FN, I love the trash mobs in VH or Utgarde Pinnacle. (Edited to correct the mistake I always make.) You go ahead and pull another four mobs, mister tank, I'll just hit Feral Spirit when I pull aggro. Glee! And I love hitting my "This oughta help!" macro and popping Heroism, it makes already fast boss kills go crazy fast. There's something satisfying in turning Cyanigosa into a smear on the floor before she can do that annoying Arcane Vacuum.

It's actually gotten to the point where I have to remind myself to switch over to tank for raids. Oh, if only warriors had Bloodlust. Or could tame shamans or something.

So have you rediscovered the love for an aspect of the game?

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]]> game-discussiongamer-discussionworld-of-warcraft-discussionworld-of-warcraft-hot-topicsworld-of-warcraft-topicswow-discussionwow-hot-topicswow-issueswow-topics (Matthew Rossi) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[The Daily Blues]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/the-daily-blues/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/the-daily-blues/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/the-daily-blues/#comments Each day WoW.com will take you through all the blue posts and other Blizzard news from around the internet. From Ghostcrawler's latest posts to the lowdown on StarCraft II and Diablo III, we'll keep you informed.

In today's edition Ghostcrawler says "U mad bro" and let's us all know that there is a pony.

Table of Contents

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]]> blue-postsbreakingcataclysm-blue-postsdaily-bluefeaturedwarcraft-blue-postworld-of-warcraft-blue-postswotlk-blue-postswow-blue-postswow-blues (Adam Holisky) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:50:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[The Daily Quest: Dungeon finder tips and tricks]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/the-daily-quest-dungeon-finder-tips-and-tricks/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/the-daily-quest-dungeon-finder-tips-and-tricks/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/the-daily-quest-dungeon-finder-tips-and-tricks/#comments Here at WoW.com we're on a Daily Quest (which we try to do every day, honest) to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment and you may see it here tomorrow!

Because of dungeon finder, we're all PUGging a lot more these days -- for better and for worse. Let's just say that if today's TDQ covered horrible tales from the dungeon finder, it would be ten times as long, at the very least. But fortunately for all of us, WoW-bloggers around the world have some great advice to offer on how to improve your PUG experience.

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]]> dungeon-finderguideguide-indexlfglooking-for-grouppick-up-grouppugpuggingpugsworld-of-warcraft-infoworld-of-warcraft-linksworld-of-warcraft-siteswow-guidewow-guide-indexwow-indexwow-infowow-informationwow-linkswow-site-indexwow-sites (Elizabeth Harper) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[PvP with Blizzard QA tomorrow]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/pvp-with-blizzard-qa-tomorrow/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/pvp-with-blizzard-qa-tomorrow/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/pvp-with-blizzard-qa-tomorrow/#comments Hey North American players, want to PvP with Blizzard's QA staff? They sure seem to have been doing a lot of these lately. Your next chance is tomorrow, Thursday the 11th, on the PTRs, so get your strategies ready. The details:
  • Anasterian realm (but players on Broxigar can participate too by queueing for randoms)
  • 3-11-2010, 4:00 PM PST
  • Queue for a random battleground
  • The Blizz staff will be in the guild 'Blizzard' Horde-side, and the guild 'Blizzard QA' Alliance-side.
Who's going to try their hand against the boys in blue? Get your PTR transfers in now if you haven't already. And yes, I know our dear friend Mr. Street isn't in the QA department, but I just love these Ghostcrawler shops. He's poking Skeletor in the eye, and He-Man in the nostril! So hardcore.

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]]> blizzard-pvpblizzard-qapic-not-relatedptrpvppvp-with-blizzardqa (Eliah Hecht) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Patch 3.3.3 PTR: Updated patch notes]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/patch-3-3-3-ptr-updated-patch-notes/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/patch-3-3-3-ptr-updated-patch-notes/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/patch-3-3-3-ptr-updated-patch-notes/#comments It's that time again, ladies and gentlemen! The Patch 3.3.3 PTR has been given a brand new build, and with it comes a few changes to the patch notes. There aren't many changes, but the few that are there are rather significant to the classes they impact. The changes are as follows:

Hunters
  • Heart of the Phoenix: Cooldown reduced to 8 minutes, down from 10 minutes.
Warriors
  • Thunderclap: This ability now counts as a ranged attack, granting it double damage on critical strikes instead of 150% and ranged miss chance, and still cannot be dodged or parried.
  • Bladestorm: Warriors can now be Disarmed while under the effects of this ability.
Glyphs
  • Glyph of Focus: Now increases the damage done by Starfall by 10%, down from 20%.
We've updated our full patch 3.3.3 patch notes listing to include these additions. If you've missed any previous updates, make sure to check them out!
Patch 3.3.3 brings about small but noteworthy changes to the World of Warcraft. From a faster CoT, to putting those old Frozen Orbs to better use, to changes to the auction house -- there's several things all WoW players need to know. WoW.com's Guide to Patch 3.3.3 will keep you up to date!

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]]> bladestormglyph-of-focusheart-of-the-phoenixpatch-3.3.3patch-3.3.3-changespatch-3.3.3-wowthunderclapworld-of-warcraft-patch-3.3.3wow-3.3.3-changeswow-new-patchwow-patchwow-patch-3.3.3wow-patch-news (Alex Ziebart) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:25:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Will WoW ever have a 'DPS to heal' model?]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/will-wow-ever-have-a-dps-to-heal-model/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/will-wow-ever-have-a-dps-to-heal-model/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/will-wow-ever-have-a-dps-to-heal-model/#comments We were just talking about it on today's podcast (thrill to the sound of three people barely awake trying to coherently discuss World of Warcraft) and hey, look, Ghostcrawler reads my mind from across the interwebs. Well, okay, no, he responded to a forum thread, but it's still interesting. Yes, interesting enough that I'm going to replicate the post here before discussing it. I am out of control, a renegade, I should hand in my posting badge and keyboard.

Ghostcrawler - Re: What's wrong with an Active Mana Regen Model?
I'm not sure we'd ever do a "deal damage to heal" model. It might work for new classes, but feels like a big change to existing classes that players know and love.

Having choices to get mana back is good. Standing around to regen mana is bad.

However, we still ultimately need a way that healers who are playing badly, trying to keep alive an undergeared / underskilled tank, or just tackling content that they're not yet ready for, can run out of mana to the extent that the encounter is over.


Personally, I hope that 'it might work for new classes' statement means we'll finally get something like a Warhammer Warrior Priest. I'm still jazzed from seeing Diablo III's version of the Monk and I'd be thrilled if they created a cloth wearing, staff wielding, spirit and intellect utilizing melee healer. I'm sad that they've ruled it out for any current classes (man, it would rock for paladins in my opinion and would single handedly make me like that class) but I'm very hopeful we'll be monking it up in an expansion or two.

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]]> classesdiablo-3diablo-iiiDPSforumsGhostcrawlerhealinghero-classhybrid (Matthew Rossi) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[GDC 2010 roundup, day one]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/gdc-2010-roundup-day-one/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/gdc-2010-roundup-day-one/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/gdc-2010-roundup-day-one/#comments The tenth annual Game Developers Conference is in full swing in San Francisco, CA, and our sister sites Joystiq and Massively are on the scene! No matter what kind of games you're into, there's a ton of news on its way out of the convention, and we're compiling some of the stuff that might matter to you in daily roundups just for you. If you want the whole GDC news experience, check out all of Massively's and Joystiq's coverage!

Sword of the New World: Let's get political
GamersFirst's achingly pretty MMO import Sword of the New World, née Granado Espada, is getting new content in its Political PvP system, allowing players to "run for office, control the colonies, and be a tyrant" in the SotNW universe's bizarro-America.
Battlestar Galactica MMO on its way to your browser
TV space opera Battlestar Galactica follows in the footsteps of that other popular space show and gets its own MMO -- right in your browser. That's right, you can be a forsaken and a Cylon at the same time if you so desire. Somebody knows their audience. Massively gives it an in-depth look right here.
Indie Fund wants to help your indie game get off the ground
Ron Carmel of 2D Boy -- creators of indie superhit World of Goo -- unveiled plans for Indie Fund, an innovative funding and mentoring system for indie developers who might not have the capital to get a game completed and published on their own.
Taikodom blasts its way to America
Taikodom takes the mine-space-rocks economy of EVE Online and throws in a dash of twitch shooter for flavor, and GamersFirst is launching it stateside, with plans for a closed beta by summer and a release by year's end.
Fallen Earth iPhone app is, well, basically Fallen Earth
Icarus Studios wants you stay connected to their post-apocalyptic romp Fallen Earth, and to that end, they're developing an incredibly comprehensive FE experience on the iPhone, allowing you to check out your inventory, browse the auction house, chat with friends, and even craft items, all on the go.
Civilization V is bringing hexy back
Firaxis' latest entry into the Civilization series doesn't want you bogged down worrying about stuff like cardinal directions. You don't even need most of those anyway! Civ V goes old-school with its hex-based grid. Oh, and they also built a whole new engine from the ground up. Hug that DX11 card.

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]]> game-developers-conferencegdcgdc-10gdc-2010joystiqmassivelyroundup (Michael Sacco) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Two Bosses Enter: Garfrost gets Devoured, Krick and Ick face Tyrannus]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/two-bosses-enter-garfrost-gets-devoured-krick-and-ick-face-tyr/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/two-bosses-enter-garfrost-gets-devoured-krick-and-ick-face-tyr/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/two-bosses-enter-garfrost-gets-devoured-krick-and-ick-face-tyr/#comments Two Bosses Enter ... but only One Boss Leaves, in WoW.com's series of fantasy death matches. It's a brand new season and a brand new format, introducing judges from WoW.com and the WoW community at large -- and of course, your votes. Grab a seat, and let's get ready to rumble!

Despite heaving all the saronite he could muster at the Devourer of Souls, Forgemaster Garfrost found himself devoured whole in this week's cage match. Three out of four Thunderdome judges handed the match to the Devourer, bolstered by 55.5% of the spectators. Judge Sky Paladin bore the banner for the dissenters, with a spirited account of the two bosses' meeting that delights (despite perhaps not actually swaying the vote).

Join us after the break for the judges' decisions, plus your chance to vote in the next battle of the season: Krick and Ick vs. Scourgelord Tyrannus. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls ... Dyin' time's here.

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]]> devourer-of-soulsfeaturedforgemaster-garfrostgarfrostickkrickkrick-and-icklorescourgelord-tyrannustyrannuswow-bosswow-boss-battlewow-bosseswow-lore (Lisa Poisso) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Spiritual Guidance: Survivability versus DPS]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/spiritual-guidance-survivability-versus-dps/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/spiritual-guidance-survivability-versus-dps/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/spiritual-guidance-survivability-versus-dps/#comments Every Wednesday (you know, ideally Wednesday, when he's not slacking off), Fox Van Allen grabs hold of Spiritual Guidance from her holiness Dawn Moore and makes everything just a little darker than usual. Don't worry, he usually remembers to unlock the closet and let her out when he's done. Usually.

I wanted to take a brief break from the Spiritual Guidance series on raiding Icecrown Citadel (part 1; part 2) to answer an e-mail I got in response to it, because there's a really important lesson to be learned. Or a chance to complain about stuff. I'm pretty good at that.
Why is "Stay Alive" in the strats? Are there strats where I should die?
It's actually a good question. (The first part, not the second part -- we already know that only gnomes should be sacrificed on Saurfang post fix, and only then for the good luck the act brings.) Why go out of my way to state the obvious -- that your key mission is to stay alive?

Simply put: Because staying alive is just not a priority for way too many DPS players. (I'd go as far as to say that way too many of you stink at it.) And the way some raid leaders treat their DPS, it's not even surprising that this is the case.

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]]> class-helpfeaturedguideguide-to-priestspreist-infopriest-guidepriest-talentsshadowshadow-priesttalenttalentsworld-of-warcraft-class-guideworld-of-warcraft-guidewow-class-guidewow-class-helpwow-guidewow-priestwow-priest-infowow-priestswow-talent-guide (Fox Van Allen) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Blizzard: "How would we bring WoW to the console?"]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/how-would-we-bring-wow-to-the-console/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/how-would-we-bring-wow-to-the-console/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/how-would-we-bring-wow-to-the-console/#comments Sadly, the ultimate answer appears to be "very reluctantly" but it's an interesting read anyway. J. Allen Brack talks to G4 about WoW, consoles, and the barriers to entry for an MMO. The usual suspects apply, of course. WoW was designed for keyboards, consoles tend to have a short lifespan compared to the development time of a MMO, and WoW currently takes up about 15gb worth of memory while consoles like an XBox 360 have at most 20gb worth of hard drive space without buying any additions. This is no surprise, of course... they've said all this before.

What I really found interesting was that this is supposedly something they think about a lot. "In the case of WoW, we talk about it all the time." I'm the curious sort, so I find myself wondering why, given all the reasons Brack himself lists. Personally, I'd love to see a single player Warcraft property of some sort for consoles, perhaps a God of War style action game or even a Dragon Age/Mass Effect hybrid RPG. And who knows, perhaps Blizzard will come up with a way to do it despite their laundry list of reasons why they won't, they've surprised me before.

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]]> Consoleconsole-mmosconsolesdragon-agegod-of-warj-allen-brackJ.AllenBrackmass-effectWoWxbox-360 (Matthew Rossi) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Know Your Lore: The Green Dragonflight]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/know-your-lore-the-green-dragonflight/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/know-your-lore-the-green-dragonflight/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/know-your-lore-the-green-dragonflight/#comments The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe. You're playing the game, you're fighting the bosses, you know the how, but do you know the why? Each week Matthew Rossi and Anne Stickney make sure you Know Your Lore by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft.

Each flight of dragons is vouchsafed with an aspect of creation itself to supervise. The five Dragon Aspects were granted their powers and dominion over Azeroth's life, magic, earth, time and more by the Titans who created them from the massive proto-dragon Galakrond in long vanished times past. In the past few KYL's we've covered Alexstrasza's Red Dragonflight, Deathwing's Black Dragonflight and its offshoot the Netherwing, and deceased Malygos' Blue Dragonflight.

This time we look at what might be the strangest dragons of them all. The servants of Ysera, the dragons of the Emerald Dream, the Green Dragonflight. In order to truly understand the green dragons, one would have to be able to understand the dream they all dream, but who can do that? How can one tell the dreamers from the dream?

Easy. The dreamers are great honking green dragons that will kill you. It's relatively simple. If you doubt their power or their resolve, go to the Temple of Atal'Hakkar and ask the Atali, trapped in a complex smashed into the water by the fury and might of Ysera herself. Even when they themselves fall victim to corruption, the green dragons are fearsome opponents. While Alexstrasza and her brood concern themselves with life and living things, Ysera is effectively the shepherd of what Dylan Thomas called 'the force that through the green fuse drives the flower' - effectively, that which makes life itself possible.

This is also what often gets them in trouble with old gods, blasphemous troll deities of bloodlust, and the loathsome Scourge and its malefic master. (I have been waiting to use 'malefic' in a sentence for so long now.)

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]]> dragons-of-nightmareEranikusfeaturedGreen-Dragonsguideguide-to-lorelorelore-guiderole-playrole-playing-guiderp-guidevalithria-dreamwalkerworld-of-warcraft-lorewow-guidewow-lorewow-role-playingwow-role-playing-guidewow-rpwow-rp-guidewow-rpingYsera (Matthew Rossi) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[The Classifieds: The most uber players of the week]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/the-classifieds-the-most-uber-players-of-the-week/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/the-classifieds-the-most-uber-players-of-the-week/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/the-classifieds-the-most-uber-players-of-the-week/#comments The Classifieds brings you weekly updates on guild happenings, raid progression rankings, player milestones and more. Have guild news or a Random Act of Uberness to share? E-mail TheClassifieds@wow.com.

Welcome to the Uber Player Edition of The Classifieds. As you know, we've been building Random Acts of Uberness, a section of the column devoted to shout-outs to the folks who've made your PUG experiences shine. With more and more submissions every week, we're inevitably approaching that time when we'll have to start editing notes for length. But not this week. This week, your stories were so inspirational, your experiences were so uberific, that we simply decided to turn over the bulk of The Classifieds to the Random Acts section and let the uberness run wild and free.

"I'm not to proud to admit it: when we're short on tanks, my husband and I will let our kid tank for us -- our just shy of seven-year-old, who diligently (and with trade chat disabled and parental controls on, his toon parked in our friends-and-fam guild instead of the casual raiding guild our mains are in) ground his teeny gnome warrior up to 80," writes Haelmari of US Eonar-A. "Tonight, we and some guildies needed a random. He wanted to play. Win/win, right?

"We lacked a healer. ..."

The uber resolution of Haelmari's situation, after the break.

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]]> featuredguildguild-rankingsguild-recruitmentguildsrandom-acts-of-ubernessrecruitmentworld-of-warcraft-guild-recruitmentworld-of-warcraft-guildswow-guild-recruitmentwow-guilds (Lisa Poisso) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Encrypted Text: Stealth mechanics deep-dive]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/encrypted-text-stealth-mechanics-deep-dive/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/encrypted-text-stealth-mechanics-deep-dive/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/encrypted-text-stealth-mechanics-deep-dive/#comments Every Wednesday, Chase Christian of Encrypted Text invites you to enter the world of shadows, as we explore the secrets and mechanics of the Rogue class. This week, we discuss the rogue iconic ability: Stealth.

Have you ever tried to describe the rogue class to a friend or family member? I remember when a paladin acquaintance of mine asked what rogues were all about, what their secret sauce was. The question took me off guard, because I had been playing the rogue for so long that I saw everything through rogue-colored glasses. I struggled to find a simple explanation, because we are simply such a diverse class (once you overlook the pure DPS aspect, at least).

While we could be summed up by one word, awesome, I have always felt that describing our class is a real challenge. Once I started thinking seriously about it, trying to find a class-defining moment or example, it hit me. What could be more ubiquitous than a rogue stealth run? An assassination force of shadow, rogues in their most feared form. We approach our opponents unnoticed, we strike from the shadows with great force, and we retreat into darkness before we're ever seen.

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]]> class-helpdeep-divefeaturedguideguide-to-rogueshow-stealth-worksmaster-of-deceptionrogue-guiderogue-inforogue-talentsstealthstealth-mechanicstalenttalentsworld-of-warcraft-class-guideworld-of-warcraft-guidewow-class-guidewow-class-helpwow-guidewow-roguewow-rogue-infowow-rogueswow-talent-guide (Chase Christian) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[WoW Moviewatch: I Play as a Chick]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/wow-moviewatch-i-play-as-a-chick/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/wow-moviewatch-i-play-as-a-chick/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/wow-moviewatch-i-play-as-a-chick/#comments
Work Warning: This video has WoW models in their underwear, and sexually suggestive themes.
 I Play as a Chick is one of those videos that come with amazing coordination and collaboration between artists. Yumfries, Sharm, Wick, and Tradechat got together to create this epic piece of work, and the final product is absolutely amazing. While I can't say I'm at home in the rap genre, even I could easily acknowledge the great work these folks have produced.

The video is awesome. It's been a while since the production values of a music video were so astoundingly high that I felt someone had raised the bar, but Yumfries has definitely accomplished that with I Play as a Chick. The graphics never got boring or stale, and they seemed to constantly be creating new scenery. Even if some of the video was a bit racier than some viewers would prefer, the artistry that went into it is clear.

The song itself was equally good, with creative lyrics and an overall playful tone. The "narrative" of the song has a playful ending, with a certain tongue-in-cheek acknowledgement of the subject matter's ridiculousness.

Interested in the wide world of machinima? We have new movies every weekday here on WoW Moviewatch! Have suggestions for machinima we ought to feature? Toss us an e-mail at machinima AT wow DOT com.

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]]> guide-to-machinimai-play-as-a-chickmachinimamoviessharmtradechatwickworld-of-warcraft-moviesworld-of-warcraft-videoswow-created-movieswow-fan-movieswow-guidewow-machinimawow-machinima-guidewow-movie-guidewow-movieswow-video-guidewow-videosyumfries (Michael Gray) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[The Queue: Ghostcrawler promised me a Sea Mouse]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/the-queue-ghostcrawler-promised-me-a-sea-mouse/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/the-queue-ghostcrawler-promised-me-a-sea-mouse/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/the-queue-ghostcrawler-promised-me-a-sea-mouse/#comments Welcome back to The Queue, WoW.com's daily Q&A column where the WoW.com team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Adam Holisky will be your host today.

I'm using that picture of a Sea Mouse in The Queue today for a few reasons. First, it's disgusting and I can't wait to see all the comments. Second, this is the stuff Ghostcrawler dealt with before he was in video games. Knowing that makes one understand why he has such a sarcastic take on trolls.

So let's get into it.

Phil asked...

"Where do babies come from?"

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]]> featuredguideqaquestion-and-answerwow-answerswow-daily-answerswow-daily-questionswow-guidewow-player-questionswow-q-and-awow-questions (Adam Holisky) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Around Azeroth: The taurlock]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/around-azeroth-the-taurlock/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/around-azeroth-the-taurlock/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/around-azeroth-the-taurlock/#comments Tired of managing her totems, Naiara of <Dissonance> on Earthen Ring is seeking a new path in life. "Ever since I won the roll on the gas mask I knew I must put my evil plan in motion!" she writes. "Never fear, this is just an ordinary mad scientist ... but this is no ordinary mad scientist! With the proper equipment, and access to Professor Putricide's laboratory, Naiara is poised to spearhead the Tauren Warlock class!"

Do you have any unusual, beautiful or interesting World of Warcraft images that are just collecting dust in your screenshots folder? We'd love to see them on Around Azeroth! Sharing your screenshot is as simple as e-mailing aroundazeroth@wow.com with a copy of your shot and a brief explanation of the scene. You could be featured here next!

Remember to include your player name, server and/or guild if you want it mentioned. Please include the word "Azeroth" in your post so it does not get swept into the spam bin. We strongly prefer full screen shots without the UI showing -- use alt-Z to remove it. Please, no more battleground scoreboards, Val'kyr on mounts, or pictures of the Ninja Turtles in Dalaran. Older screenshots can be found here.

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]]> around azerotharound-azerothAroundAzerothscreen-shotsscreenshotsworld-of-warcraft-picturesworld-of-warcraft-screenshotswow-screen-shotswow-screenshotwow-screenshotswow-ss (Elizabeth Wachowski) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[WoW Insider Show live today at noon Eastern]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/wow-insider-show-live-today-at-noon-eastern/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/wow-insider-show-live-today-at-noon-eastern/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/wow-insider-show-live-today-at-noon-eastern/#comments
Every week, we broadcast live from several places worldwide (several rooms, anyway) to present you with the WoW Insider Show podcast -- an hour's worth of WoW community discussion, covering everything from the week's top stories here on WoW.com to emails from our readers to what's been going on with our particular characters in Azeroth.

Along with your hosts, WoW.com editor Michael Sacco and contributing editor Matthew Rossi, we also feature rotating guest hosts, whether regular WoW.com contributors or personalities from other sites.

We're broadcasting early this week to allow behind-the-scenes tinkerer Adam Holisky to take a well-deserved vacation.

Today's WoW Insider Show features:
Want to participate? Join in the conversation in the chat channel on our Ustream site while the show's broadcasting! Want to have your question read on the air? Drop us a line any time at theshow@wow.com!

Just want to listen? Follow the jump.

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]]> featuredpodcastpodcastswow-com-podcastwow-dot-com-podcastwow-insider-podcastwow-podcastwow-podcastingwow-podcastswow-radio-showwow-showwowcom-podcastwowinsider-show (Michael Sacco) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Breakfast Topic: The Icecrown raid buff and you]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/breakfast-topic-the-icecrown-raid-buff-and-you/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/breakfast-topic-the-icecrown-raid-buff-and-you/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/10/breakfast-topic-the-icecrown-raid-buff-and-you/#comments
The Icecrown Citadel raid buff has been out for a week now. For the time being, it's only a 5% buff to healing, health, and damage (and let's not forget that it will affect damage absorption spells soon). It'll continue to slowly ramp up as time goes by. I know the question I've asked myself is whether or not we should have the buff active for progression bosses. There doesn't seem to be an achievement or any incentive to take down bosses without it so it becomes more of a question of "Why not?". When we were working on Blood Queen the week before the buff was up, we've had some extremely close shaves where she hit her enrage timer at 6%, then at 2% before we killed her post enrage with 6 players still standing. That 5% damage would've easily given us some extra breathing room. Cutting through trash and taking down the early wings with the buffs up means we can cut through that stuff faster and get to the hard bosses earlier. So I know for me, I'm okay with working on bosses with it up. It's only 5%. Now I just need to figure out where to draw the line.

How about you? Have you been disabling Strength of Wrynn or Hellscream's Warsong for your raids just to say that you can do the bosses without it?

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]]> blue-postscataclysm-blue-postsdaily-bluefeaturedwarcraft-blue-postworld-of-warcraft-blue-postswotlk-blue-postswow-blue-postswow-blues (Adam Holisky) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:50:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[The Daily Quest: Waiting for the Cataclysm]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/the-daily-quest-waiting-for-the-cataclysm/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/the-daily-quest-waiting-for-the-cataclysm/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/the-daily-quest-waiting-for-the-cataclysm/#comments
Here at WoW.com we're on a Daily Quest (which we try to do every day, honest) to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment and you may see it here tomorrow!

If you're playing World of Warcraft -- and reading WoW.com -- I can't imagine you aren't looking forward to the oncoming Cataclysm, at least a little. New zones, new levels, new content -- and that razor's edge of fear where you're caught between the worry they're going to nerf your favorite class to the ground (baby) and the hope that the expansion will offer everything your virtual heart desires. It should come as no surprise that Cataclysm is on a lot of bloggers' minds... even when Blizzard isn't releasing very much info. So for today, some musing on Cataclysm and what the future of the game might hold.

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]]> cataclysmguideguide-indexworld-of-warcraft-infoworld-of-warcraft-linksworld-of-warcraft-siteswow-cataclysmwow-guidewow-guide-indexwow-indexwow-infowow-informationwow-linkswow-site-indexwow-sites (Elizabeth Harper) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:05:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Shifting Perspectives: Tree 1, Arthas 0]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/shifting-perspectives-tree-1-arthas-0/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/shifting-perspectives-tree-1-arthas-0/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/shifting-perspectives-tree-1-arthas-0/#comments Every week, Shifting Perspectives explores issues affecting druids and those who group with them. This week, we save the world (of Warcraft).

Originally this week's article was going to concern stomping Karazhan from top-to-bottom as a feral/resto druid, and then I got Big Bad Wolf for the opera event. Suffice it to say that the stomping took an abrupt U-turn, and I never got pictures or video of the other Kara fights that I've successfully solo'd on dozens of other occasions (though I grant they were all occasions that did not include humiliating wipes to an overgrown dog). If I weren't in the middle of a time crunch it probably would've been doable, but regrettably I will have to run a feature on how to make 1,000 gold soloing Karazhan on a later date. In the meantime, Alaron's managed to solo Big Bad Wolf successfully, but my main is in the somewhat sticky situation of not being a night elf.

With the upcoming Icecrown raid buffs going all the way to 30% damage/healing/health/absorbs eventually, more and more raids are going to find their way to Arthas. Buffs aside, a lot of Arthas' difficulty lies in execution, and I started jotting down a few notes that I hope might be helpful to other druids likely to attempt the fight. We were fortunate to get both the 10- and 25-man version down, and I got astoundingly lucky on one 10-man attempt with back-to-back selections as a Harvest Soul target while I was running a video capture. I've seen a lot of comments online that caster druids aren't well-suited to dealing with this, and that's just not true at all.

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]]> arthasarthas-fightarthas-menethilbarkskinbigwigscelestial-focusclass-helpconsuming-shadowsdeadly-boss-modsdeus-vox-encounterxdruid-guidedruid-infodruid-talentsdxefeaturedglyph-of-healing-touchguideguide-to-druidsguide-to-healing-arthas-encounterHarvest-soulhealing-lich-king-fighthealing-touchhow-to-survive-frostmourneiccicecrown-citadelicecrown-citadel-raidlich-kinglich-king-boss-fightlich-king-killnaturalistnourishraidraidingraidssoul-ripspirit-wardenswiftmendtalenttalentsterenas-menethiltree-druidtree-of-lifevile-spiritwar-stompworld-of-warcraft-class-guideworld-of-warcraft-guidewow-class-guidewow-class-helpwow-druidwow-druid-infowow-druidswow-guidewow-talent-guide (Allison Robert) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Blood Sport: Should racials be removed?]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/blood-sport-should-racials-be-removed/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/blood-sport-should-racials-be-removed/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/blood-sport-should-racials-be-removed/#comments Want to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women? Blood Sport investigates the entirety of all-things arena for gladiators and challengers alike. C. Christian Moore, multiple rank 1 gladiator, examines the latest arena strategy, trends, compositions and more in WoW.com's arena column.

Listening Music: Fix You, the author's favorite Coldplay song. The best part of this performance, the "crowd run," happens 3 minutes into it. Watch it, if just for that.

Last Week: Last week, we discussed the racials of blood elves, undead, and trolls, oh my! The last two Blood Sport articles look at racial abilities from a perspective of effectiveness in the arena.

This Week: We'll be discussing racials, for the third (and last) week straight. A lot of arena players would rather play without racials entirely. On ArenaJunkies, there are lots of people who subscribe to a nerf movement every few weeks and add a little signature or avatar in to say "nerf Will of the Forsaken" or "nerf Every Man For Himself." What if racials got removed? Would WoW be better or worse because of it?

I have an opinion on it that I'm going to share with you -- hopefully you'll agree. So let's weigh some arguments for removing racials...

Cons (removing racials would be bad):

Identity

The forsaken just wouldn't be the same without those three translucent exclamation points. Before I played WoW, I saw a video of an orc using Blood Fury, and I was amazed. The animation looks so cool, and you can get it at level one! Every time I see a tauren shaman run to me, I instinctively jump behind a pillar. It'd be hard for me to get it out of my system that he can't War Stomp anymore.

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]]> arenaarena-guidearena-stratsarena-tipsarenasfeaturedguidehow-to-play-battlegroundshow-to-pvppvp-guideracialracialsracismwow-arenawow-arena-guidewow-guide (C. Christian Moore) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Totem Talk: Leveling as restoration]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/totem-talk-leveling-as-restoration/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/totem-talk-leveling-as-restoration/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/totem-talk-leveling-as-restoration/#comments
Want to be a sultan of swing healing? A champion of Chain Heal? Totem Talk: Restoration will show you how. Brought to you by Joe Perez, otherwise known as Lodur from World of Matticus and the For The Lore podcast.

Three years ago if you had mentioned to anyone you were going to level as a healing spec, they would have scoffed at you and called you ambitious or question your sanity. It was not a very common occurrence and if someone mentioned that was how they leveled, it was often asked how long it took. Two years ago it was slightly more common to see people leveling as a healing spec. With the amount of quests and gear available for each dungeon in Burning Crusade, healers were in hot demand to go forth with a heroic party and clear these zones out. Leveling was still slow going when compared to DPS, but you could do it. When Wrath of the Lich King came out things were a lot easier for healers than in previous content if they decided to level in their healing spec, but it was still slower than if you were a DPS spec. Instances still were healer friendly, but while questing there were several NPC that you just couldn't kill without being DPS. Now things have changed and it is easier than ever to level as a healer!

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]]> class-helpfeaturedguideguide-to-shamanslevelingrestorestorationrestoration-shamanshaman-guideshaman-infoshaman-talentstalenttalentsworld-of-warcraft-class-guideworld-of-warcraft-guidewow-class-guidewow-class-helpwow-guidewow-shamanwow-shaman-infowow-talent-guide (Joe Perez) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Big Crits, a new WoW reality series]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/big-crits-a-new-wow-reality-series/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/big-crits-a-new-wow-reality-series/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/big-crits-a-new-wow-reality-series/#comments
At the end of the summer last year I had this crazy idea: to make a TV show about a raiding guild. I was inspired by the relationships and interactions in my current guild and how much they impacted me personally -- both good and bad. I fleshed out the idea over beers (many beers) with some friends. We talked about logistics, equipment, participation, but most importantly, the goal. I wanted the show to be about the people, to be about the interaction between the raiders. And I don't mean ninja-looting drama-mama QQing. I wanted to explore the things that go on in a group of people trying to work together online to accomplish something great. There's more to raiding than drama. Things like, as I'm fond of saying, "the soul crushing 1% wipes and the absolute exhilaration of taking down a new boss for the first time."

I worked on a pitch and reached out to friends & family in "the biz" but I spent most of my time trying to explain concepts such as a "raid" or a "boss" or that when I said "guild" I meant a group of MMO gamers and not an actor's or writer's union -- which made for some very confusing conversations at first. Frustrated, I wasn't sure I'd ever convince anyone this was an idea worth doing. But I knew it was.

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]]> big-critsbigcritsguildguildsreality-tvRealityTvrecruitingrecruitmentshowvideoyoutube (Rich Maloy) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Updates and clarifications on the mastery system]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/updates-and-clarifications-on-the-mastery-system/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/updates-and-clarifications-on-the-mastery-system/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/updates-and-clarifications-on-the-mastery-system/#comments
We posted yesterday about some of the aspects of the mastery system, a new feature in Cataclysm that will allow players to obtain bonuses to whatever talent tree they choose to follow. Today Eyonix answered a few questions to clarify the system and how it will work with regards to specific classes and abilities:
  • 1. 28/28/20 spec. Does mastery on gear affect both highest trees or give no benefit at all?
  • 2. How are ferals and Dks as tanks working with mastery system in place? Are they to care about it for threat or do they have separate bonuses.
  • 3. How are the non-pure classes going to be balanced against those with a full 76 point passive benefit? Balance, enhancement(not so much), shadow, feral, ele, resto, holy and Ret all have this issue.
  • 4. Hybrids who use spells not improved by their spec on occasion such as heals or the extra lava burst are feeling that their non-specced spells are going to be extremely weak as compared to now.
Check out the answers after the break!

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]]> Breakingcataclysmcataclysm-gamecataclysm-guidecataclysm-newsexpansionexpansion-threeMasterymastery-systemthird-expansionworld-of-warcraft-cataclysmwow-cataclysmwow-cataclysm-changeswow-masterywow-mastery-previewwow-third-expansion (Anne Stickney) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:15:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Lichborne: The rise of PvE frost DPS on the patch 3.3.3 PTR]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/lichborne-the-rise-of-pve-frost-dps-on-the-patch-3-3-3-ptr/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/lichborne-the-rise-of-pve-frost-dps-on-the-patch-3-3-3-ptr/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/lichborne-the-rise-of-pve-frost-dps-on-the-patch-3-3-3-ptr/#comments
Welcome to Lichborne, your weekly look at the world of the death knight.

With Patch 3.3.3 on the PTR and looking closer and closer to going live, the buzz around death knights is just about where you'd expect it to be, squarely on the frost talent tree. This is especially true of frost DPS. While it once reigned supreme as a cornerstone of the famous 39/32 builds, it's fallen out of favor, and even Threat of Thassarian hasn't been enough to keep it from being consigned to the status of third rate, a pariah from any raid that already has a shaman to provide Windfury.

Blizzard's obviously dedicated to getting the tree properly buffed in Patch 3.3.3, but have they succeeded? Let's take a look at the frost tree thus far, and what we may be doing with our own builds and talents in a few weeks' time.

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]]> 01754bloodclass-helpdeath-knight-changesdeath-knight-guidedeath-knight-infodeath-knight-talentsdk-frost-dpsdk-frost-pve-dpsdk-guidedk-infodk-talentsdual-wielddual-wield-specdual-wieldingfeaturedfrostfrost-dpsfrost-dual-wield-dpsfrost-dual-wieldingfrost-raidingfrost-treeguideguide-to-death-knightspatch-3.3.3patch-3.3.3-changespatch-3.3.3-death-knightpatch-3.3.3-talent-buildpatch-3.3.3-wowraidingtalenttalentsunholyunholy-blood-buildunholy-dual-wieldingunholy-frost-buildworld-of-warcraft-class-guideworld-of-warcraft-guideworld-of-warcraft-patch-3.3.3wow-3.3.3-changeswow-class-guidewow-class-helpwow-death-knightwow-dkwow-guidewow-new-patchwow-patchwow-patch-3.3.3wow-patch-newswow-talent-guide (Daniel Whitcomb) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[The Lawbringer: Euro-ver my head, contract law edition]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/the-lawbringer-euro-ver-my-head-contract-law-edition/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/the-lawbringer-euro-ver-my-head-contract-law-edition/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/the-lawbringer-euro-ver-my-head-contract-law-edition/#comments Welcome to the Lawbringer, your weekly stop at the intersection of law and Warcraft. I am your crossing guard, trying desperately to not get run over myself.

First, I want to apologize for being a day late, but my week was spent preparing for the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam. Unfortunately, the test was channeling Illidian. If I get a letter in a few weeks saying that I'm not yet responsible enough to be a lawyer, I will not be surprised.

Anyway, on to this week's promised topic: European Contract Law. We'll be approaching the same topics we covered on my side of the pond: contract formation, contract termination, and unfairness. These concepts form the basis of players' relationship with Blizzard, just like they do in the US. Whether Blizzard has the right to publish information about your avatars, ban you from the game, delete your achievements, or force you to resolve disputes in a mediation are all affected by the laws of the country in which a player resides.

The first challenge in this column is that there traditionally has been no "European" contract law; these issues were decided at a national level through the home country's common or civil law system. Trans-nationalism being all the rage, however, the politicos of the European Union have formed the Commision on European Contract Law which has drafted Principles of European Contract Law. A Common Frame of Reference "toolbox" to help various European legislatures standardize the various laws of contract across the continent to match these Principles. What this means, though, is that this law is in a state of flux -- and I am not a barrister, abogada, rechtsanwalt, advokat, or avocat. Take everything in this column with a big grain of salt. And possibly a margarita to wash it down.

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]]> contract-lawcontractsend-user-license-agreementeulaeuropeeurope-contract-laweurope-wow-contract-lawfeaturedgame-lawlawlegal-gamingterms-of-usetouwow-contract-lawwow-contractswow-eulawow-europewow-europe-contractwow-europe-eulawow-europe-touwow-lawwow-law-guidewow-lawbringerwow-legalwow-legal-guidewow-tou (Amy Schley) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[15 Minutes of Fame: The Syndicate's 14 years of gaming]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/15-minutes-of-fame-the-syndicates-14-years-of-gaming/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/15-minutes-of-fame-the-syndicates-14-years-of-gaming/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/15-minutes-of-fame-the-syndicates-14-years-of-gaming/#comments 15 Minutes of Fame is WoW.com's look at World of Warcraft personalities of all shapes and sizes -- from the renowned to the relatively anonymous, from the remarkable to the player next door. Tip us off to players you'd like to hear more about.

The Syndicate first came to our attention a couple of weeks ago, when we noted the meta-guild's 14th anniversary in The Classifieds. Its 600+ members (across both World of Warcraft and Ultima Online) enjoy ties to all sorts of intriguing gaming and charitable projects: writing strategy guides, beta testing, games consulting, raising support for military troops through gaming. A visit to their web site yields pages and pages on the group's history and projects.

Considering such massive numbers inside such a sprawling organization, you might be tempted to conclude that these gamers must be very, very "hardcore." Not so fast. In fact, The Syndicate's in-game philosophy uplifts long-standing, person-to-person relationships and group fun above all else. Outside projects such as games consulting and strategy guides focus on material for the typical gamer - that's right, not the bleeding edge. We dug up what's going on inside this gargantuan guild in an interview with Dragons, its founding GM, president and CEO.

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]]> featuredsyndicateThe-syndicateworld-of-warcraft-interviewsworld-of-warcraft-peoplewow-communitywow-interviewswow-people (Lisa Poisso) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Reader UI of the Week: Nirayá's UI]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/reader-ui-of-the-week-nirayas-ui/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/reader-ui-of-the-week-nirayas-ui/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/reader-ui-of-the-week-nirayas-ui/#comments
Each week WoW.com brings you a fresh look at reader submitted UIs. Have a screenshot of your UI you want to submit? Send your screenshots, along with info on what mods you're using, to readerui@wow.com.

This week on Reader UI of the Week, you, my adoring fanbase, get to indulge my minimalist side for one more week before I get to some quirky user interfaces. Nirayá of Proudmoore sent in this fantastic mage user interface that blew my mind, so I thought I would share. Sweet Baby Titans, is that ONE action bar? Let's find out.

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]]> add-onadd-on-configurationadd-on-examplesadd-on-guideaddon-configurationaddon-examplesaddon-guideaddonschatterchinchillachocolatebardotimerfeaturedforteguidekg-panelskgpanelsMiks-Scrolling-Battle-Textmikscrollingbattletextmsbtpitbull4quartzquartz-addonskadauiui-configurationui-guideuser-interfaceuser-interface-guidewow-add-onwow-add-on-guidewow-add-onswow-addon-guidewow-addonswow-guidewow-ui-configuration (Mathew McCurley) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[The Queue: Keeping it classy]]> http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/the-queue-keeping-it-classy/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/the-queue-keeping-it-classy/ http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/the-queue-keeping-it-classy/#comments
Welcome back to The Queue, WoW.com's daily Q&A column where the WoW.com team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Alex Ziebart will be your host today.

We haven't kicked off The Queue with reading music in awhile, so let's change that. Once upon a time I posted some Rhett and Link for you, an internet-based musical comedy duo, and people seemed to enjoy it. So here's more! Behold, the T-Shirt War. T-Shirt War was actually my second choice behind the far more hilarious Butt Drugs, but perhaps Butt Drugs aren't as safe for work. Still, funny stuff. Butt Drugs.

The Queue is actually a bit short today, since a majority of the questions we've been receiving require rolling bones and gazing into a crystal ball to answer. If you have a non-Cataclysm question for us, please ask in the comments below!

busuan asked...

"Why is there almost no sound effect for a warrior's shouts? In Diablo II, the similar shouts come with awesome sound effects. But in WoW, warrior shouts merely generate a visual cue. If Blizzard though effect were annoying to other people, they could have restricted the effects as self-only."

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