Like the title suggest (thanks Christian Bale), I’m done with World of Warcraft. But what is different from the other three or four times I have quit, this time I think it’s serious. And what is more, I think I’m done with MMOs as well.
MMOs are just too time-consuming. It requires you to devote all your [...]
by Matt on December 3, 2009
I understand that when you play a class you often find yourself glancing at a player of another class but the same role, and dreamingly start to wish you also had ability X, Z, and Y. “I would give up my X for their Y!” you will shout with longing sadness in your voice and do a [...]
by Matt on October 24, 2009
I got this horrible feeling in my gut that Blizzard is doing this simply because of statistics. It was shown back in The Burning Crusade that only a tiny, tiny percentage of the playerbase got to enter the highest raid instances and clear them. The percentage was way higher than in vanilla WoW, but it [...]
by Matt on October 7, 2009
And with just a wave of the wand by the gnome wizard, the beautiful human warrior disappeared from sight in a cloud of smoke. When the smoke settled in her stead stood a huge creature, looking what a cow would look like if they could walk on two legs and roll a warrior. Two huge horns crested its skull, and [...]
by Matt on October 6, 2009
So after wiping on Onyxia with three different PUGs yesterday I had some slight reservations about future PUGs. But, upon hearing the call for a tank, I could not resist.
I must admit I entered the place with the full expectation to wipe at least two times before maybe killing her. I put some emphasis on [...]
by Matt on September 25, 2009
So yesterday brought patch 3.2.2 for World of Warcraft, and the much anticipated Onyxia revamp. Brought all the way from being a raid encounter for level 60s in vanilla WoW to a PUG’s nightmare for level 80s. I think the encounter is tuned perfectly (or at least the 10 man version which is the one [...]
by Matt on September 24, 2009
There has been a scam going around World of Warcraft for a while. In fact there is a post on WoW.com about it from June 4th.
Basically someone will spam trade chat with an offer for a Spectral Tiger Mount. What make this scam extra devious is that the one spamming is usually a previous victim from [...]
by Matt on September 22, 2009
I was recently healing in a Vault of Archavon PUG raid, and although we wiped on Emalon (but killed Koralon) it wasn’t the wipe in itself that made me see red, it was the behavior of the top DPS.
During the kill of Koralon several of the raid members noticed with respect how one of the hunters [...]
by Matt on September 20, 2009
I really need to get myself the epic flying mount. Or possibly improve my memory. Probably both.
I left Dalaran on my normal flying mount, which to my defense look exactly like the gryphon you use on flight paths. My destination was a mob just south of Dalaran for an Argent Tournament daily. It’s a slow mount [...]
by Matt on September 17, 2009
With my alt warrior hitting level 80 the last week the dilemma of all fresh max-level character presented itself once again to me, and with the familiar feeling of being kicked in the face by a horse. I’m talking about entering the PvP grind. I recently did it with my druid, and after having collected [...]
by Matt on September 14, 2009