I played a Paladin for most of Burning Crusade. Mostly he was Holy, but I more than dibbed in the forbidden arts of Retribution and Protection as well. I guess you could say I got burned out, because all I did was heal, heal, heal, heal, heal… (*waves hands like Paul Barnett*) and it wasn’t fun. [...]
Random Party Horror Stories
Considering that we got some really nice changes coming to the Vote Kick system I though I would share my part of the horror stories.
I was running Drak’Tharon Keep on my warrior tank. A hunter decided to go AFK pretty much right after the first pull, and didn’t move from the spot. I tried to [...]
WoW’s Most Original Raid Encounters
Most of the raid encounters in World of Warcraft has the same basic concept. You got a boss, and you tank it until dead. Tank ‘n’ spank. Then you add a “gimmick” feature on top of the tank ‘n’ spank fight and get a standard raid encounter. Onyxia fears, Prince Malchezaar summons infernals, Flame Leviathan [...]
Anticipating the rated battlegrounds
When battling a raid boss I’m a stone-cold killer. I can manage my complex rotations, keep an eye on the raid, the chat, and talk about the weather on Teamspeak. When other people turn into wild chimpanzees that yell hysterically on Teamspek when we are about to down a boss for the first time I always manage to keep [...]
Beta testing? Yes No Maybe
Say if Blizzard were to invite me to their beta testing of the Cataclyms expansion, would I accept? Hard choice. Very hard choice.
On one hand I want to see everything new, changed, and prepare myself (my toon) for the real deal. I love the entire concept of Cataclysm, because at the very core I am [...]