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 [...]
Tag: The Burning Crusade
The problem with badges
May 15, 2010
I hate the badge system in World of Warcraft. It’s the result of an issue Blizzard saw in The Burning Crusade expansion. But was it really an issue to begin with?
The issue was that plenty of statistics showed that only the very tip of the iceberg that is the WoW playerbase got to beat the [...]
WoW And I Are Done Professionally
December 3, 2009
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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 [...]
Faction Leaders and why you should hate them
August 31, 2009
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Thrall is a noble character, and I guess pretty much everyone who plays Horde agree that he is a good and honorable leader. The other leaders in the Horde (Cairne, Sylvanas, Vol’jin, and that blood elf guy) are not nearly as important.
Alliance on the other hand had a distinct lack of notable leaders. Tyrande Whisperwind is [...]