Archive for October 30th, 2009

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

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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 ...

Disenchanting in dungeons in patch 3.3

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Enchanting is probably the number one most complained about thing in patch 3.3 (or at least was until last night's nerf bat got the undead and paladins in an uproar). But hopefully this is all going to cool down a bit with what Bornaak just posted a short while ago. His ...

The Guild Halloween special

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The Guild is on holiday vacation this week -- instead of the latest episode in the series (which is episode 9, and will come out next week, we're told), they've posted a Halloween special video, which you can watch over on MSN or right past the break below. It's more ...

Win Grunty by answering 10 Escapist questions

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As part of their Halloween celebration, the Escapist magazine is giving away twenty Grunty the Murloc Marine codes to sharp readers able to answer their 10-question quiz about the World of Warcraft's Hallow's End event. Readers, who have to register at the site (go ahead, it's free), need to get ...

Patch 3.3 PTR: Gunship battle impressions

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I'm on a boat! That was the first thing that came to mind as I entered Icecrown for today's Gunship encounter that will be coming in patch 3.3. It was another fun fight against those foul Horde forces although there were a few slight bugs in the mix. Unfortunately, we weren't ...

Leeroy-related extras on recent DVD releases

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Recently two different movies have included their own versions of the world famous Leeroy Jenkins video in their DVD extras. Year One is the first -- the video, which you can watch after the link below, isn't a perfect reproduction, but it is funny to see Vinnie Jones and the ...

Like red but not quite

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Sometimes it takes a new character to rekindle your passion for the game. Daryi of Ghostlands has recently started working on a little priest to complement her hunter main, and she's been noticing the beauty of the lower level scenery. "On the ferry from Darkshore to Teldrassil, I noticed the ...