Archive for October, 2009

PTR Patch 3.3: Patch notes updated

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

The patch notes for the patch 3.3 PTR have been updated. This latest iteration of the patch notes gives, in particular, warlocks and rogues some of the love that they've been waiting for (although I'm sure it won't be enough for some/most). Some highlights: Deadly Poison: In addition to its existing effects, ...

Swagvault AION NA/EU Beginner’s Guide – Chapter I

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

  I. Introduction Unlike WOW, AION is a war game rather than raid game. In terms of equipments or quests design, AION is inclined to PVP rather than PVE. II. Most Concerned Issues — Class Selection Players who care about PVE, may ask which class can easily level up? Players who care about PVP, may ...

Patch 3.3 PTR build 10571 details [Updated: Tier 10 relics]

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

A new PTR for patch 3.3 has just been pushed through on the testing servers. Most of the classes have seen some tweaks and changes. At first glance, the biggest winners (not whiners) appear to be mages and shadow priests. Some other big changes include the druid spell Rebirth dropping ...

Peter Molyneux on WoW’s reward system

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

You probably know Peter Molyneux's name if you've been playing video games for any significant amount of time -- he's the mind behind such classics as Populous and Dungeon Keeper, all the way up to Black and White and the current Fable series. He recently gave a talk to the ...

The indomitable LFG chat channel

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

The first thing I thought when I saw the new LFG interface coming in patch 3.3 was what I said on last week's podcast: that's cool, but where's the LFG channel? If you remember way back during patch 2.0.1, when Blizzard originally released the LFG system, there was quite a ...

Defeating the anxiety of running your first instance

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

  One of my favorite WoW blogs, HoTs and DoTs, has a great post up about Dungeon Groups 101 -- the very basics of running instances. You may think that there's nothing more basic to the game than getting in an instance with four people and taking down a few bosses ...

Chill of the Throne: Dodge nerfed 20% in Icecrown Citadel

Friday, October 30th, 2009

In patch 3.3 Blizzard is implementing a 20% dodge reduction via a spell that will be present in Icecrown Citadel's raid called Chill of the Throne. As Daelo points out, if your tank had 30% dodge, he now has 10%. They are doing this in order to negate the spike ...