Archive for March 13th, 2009

Great Warrior literature

Friday, March 13th, 2009 34 views

This thread, sent to us by reader Talmar (thanks!) is probably the best QQ thread I've ever read. Not because it's full of substantive criticism about the class, but just because it's got lots of references meant for literary nerds like me. The styles of Kafka, Shakespeare, Camus, Wilde, and ...

Immortal is the toughest raiding achievement in the game

Friday, March 13th, 2009 58 views

This is extremely interesting. Guildox is a site that tracks raiding progression solely based on earned raiding achievements -- they check the Armory entry of your guild, and then add them to a list of who's toppled which instances and when. But they recently sent us a note about some ...

Ghostcrawler on 3.1 healing team raid composition

Friday, March 13th, 2009 61 views

Ghostcrawler has outlined the way in which healing teams will be chosen and organized for Ulduar in both 10 and 25-man raids, and it's very encouraging. In 10-man Ulduar, GC expects that we'll want to bring three healers, and claims that they "intend for you to be able to take any ...

Master of Warsong Gulch

Friday, March 13th, 2009 92 views

Warsong Gulch. The game's oldest Battleground. I still remember those days when it was only possible to queue up in the Barrens (or in Ashenvale, if you were Alliance) and enemies made sport of players zoning out of the Battleground like so much sitting ducks. It's still going strong, as ...

New Spirit Beast discovered on the PTR

Friday, March 13th, 2009 147 views

Beast Masters around the world, rejoice! A new species of Spirit Beast has been tracked down on the Patch 3.1 PTR, which should alleviate the hunt around Sholazar Basin. This is a real Spirit Beast, by the way, and not the wooden (albeit wonderful) pull-toy that BRK has available through ...

ViperNotify and aspect swapping

Friday, March 13th, 2009 49 views

  Scattered Shots is your weekly guide to improving your Hunter skills, brought to you by Jessica "Lassirra" Klein of The Hunter's Mark, covering a variety of Huntery topics. Today, we'll be talking about how to effectively swap between aspects to improve your performance. Pike from Aspect of the Hare published a ...

Warhammer Online Shuts Down 63 Servers

Friday, March 13th, 2009 103 views

I remember when Warhammer Online came out last September. It was the greatest thing to ever hit the PC MMO world, and World of Warcraft was not long for this world. At least, that's what everybody was saying then. After a very successful few weeks in retail, WAR sales started ...