Archive for the ‘Wrath of the Lich King Miscellaneous’ Category

Worgen /welcome video from IgroMir 2009

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

So we wanted to be sure that you all got to see this before Blizzard has YouTube pull it. You probably have about 30 minutes at best. So go at it! The video below the break shows some introductory worgen moves from the recent Russian IgroMir 2009 demonstrations Blizzard had ...

This is getting a little silly…

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Night Elf Mohawks and Mohawk Grenades? I should know by now that Blizzard can throw a curve ball better than anyone, but the announcement of Mr. T hacking into the World of Warcraft and handing out completely whimsical, nonsensical items still caught me by surprise. Any Blizzard fan knows that ...

The long road ahead

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Standing atop the corpse of the slain Kologarn, Bozaza of <Fluffy Bunny> on Shadow Council contemplates the challenges that lie ahead in Ulduar. For example, which looks more badass, the Dragonsteel Faceplate or its Ironbark counterpart? Will she ever find anything to match the Shoulderguards of the Solemn Watch? And ...

Icecrown raid access progression

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Blizzard has just released a lengthy statement on the way the new Icecrown raid in patch 3.3 will be progressively accessed. Some of the key points: Icecrown Citadel is going to be broken up into four distinct sections: The Lower Spire, Plagueworks, Crimson Hall, and Frostwing Halls. We plan on releasing ...

Background downloader to be enabled

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

According to Eyonix, the background downloader for patch 3.3 will begin its work soon. There were some reports that it was turned on yesterday for a short time, when it began to deliver a roughly 450mb pre-patch file. However this time, Blizzard is turning it on for good. Eyonix points out ...

Does class matter?

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Every Monday Scott Andrews contributes Officers' Quarters, a column about the ins and outs of guild leadership. Hello, fellow officers! This week I received an interesting question in my mailbox. It's not something I've really thought about before, but I think it's worthy of discussion. Here it is: Hi Scott, I had e-mailed ...

Achievements and you

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Ah, achievements, that funny little meta-game where everything's made up and the points don't matter. Why, oh why, do we flock to World of Warcraft's achievement system so? Of course, we all look forward to achievements with particularly lucrative rewards (or at least interesting titles), but many of the game's ...