Archive for April 16th, 2009

Twinking post patch 3.1

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

The twinks were a little doom-and-gloom before the patch, but it seems like the end of the world has come and gone, and they're still interested in twinking. As Drayner over at Twinkinfo predicted, all of the changes on the PTR went live: enchants have level requirements, as did profession ...

The Wordy Warrior’s 10 ways to make your guild love you

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

The Wordy Warrior has added to their series of "10 Ways..." posts with today's 10 Ways to Make Your Guild Love You. Whereas her first couple of posts in the series were aimed at the rank and file of a guild or raid, aiming to warm up to your raid ...

Zarkmark tries to help you rate PuG players

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

There have been a number of sites lately, especially with the recent rise in endgame pickup groups, designed to help you find and examine potential PuGgers quickly. But none of them have made it quite as easy as Zarkmark, a site that allows you to quickly rate anybody you come ...

Hotfixes for Conflagration and Ulduar

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Servers are still getting stabilized, players are reporting bugs left and right, and in general, it's the day after patchmas. So it's not too surprising that we're seeing some hotfixes. So far, here's what Blizz have let us know about: Ulduar: XT-002 Deconstructor's heart aggro radius lowered to 60 yards. Trash before XT-002 ...

Several mods interfering with chat display

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Most of my mods are working pretty well in patch 3.1, even if it's no longer as easy to update them. However, there is one bug that bit me that seems to be widespread enough to be worth a mention: various types of messages not showing up in the chat ...

Guild Wars: New Anniversary Content Preview

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Arenanet has revealed new content that Guild Wars players can expect to see in the upcoming fourth birthday celebrations. 28 April is the official fourth birthday of Guild Wars, and in addition to the usual annual events including Birthday Cupcakes, the Shing Jea Boardwalk and fourth year miniatures, players can look ...

The9 Ltd Down 22% On Reports It Lost World Of Warcraft License

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

The9 Ltd. (NCTY) American depositary shares dropped 22% in recent trading as unconfirmed reports said the company's chief executive has told employees the company is losing its license on the blockbuster videogame World of Warcraft. Chinese media source JLM Pacific Epoch cited Sina reports that the Shanghai-based online gaming company has ...