I’m Alive, Damnit!
Matticus writes about dead WoW Blogs. I’m not dead. I was on vacation, remember?
And since Steptoe actually suddenly reappeared, I’m also back in the game and made level 54 [...]
Wrath to End PvE / PvP Gear Dispute
One of the gripes most often heard during Arena Season 2 and Season 3 from part of the hardcore raiding crowd was about the fact that Arena gear was recoloured tier gear, so that an Illidan-killing hero wouldn’t really appear remarkable when walking in areas where arena dancers gathered.
Full Tokenization of Dungeon Drops Idea Spreading
In the wake of Tobold’s latest thoughts on providing more incentives to guild loyalty, fellow blogger PΘtshΘt came up with quite similar ideas I’ve been putting forward, to remove the impact of sheer luck from instance drops and replace the loot tables with token drops.
Reader Question: Best Moments in WoW?
One of our regular readers would like to continue verifying how deep the often stark contrast between my favourite hardcore blogging antagonist Stop and me is running, and wrote us both asking to define our best moment in WoW
Catering to the Casuals Indeed
As most of you will have noticed by now, Blizzard, in yet another clear demonstration that the hardcore whining raider-fabricated myth of the complaining casuals is just that, a myth, kowtowed to the tiny but vocal minority and added arena rating requirements both to most S4 arena gear but also, in a slightly more surprising move, to the S4 honour gear.
When Sports Are Played Out in the Courtroom
So the next America’s Cup will be a 2-boat competition between Alinghi and Oracle. This hasn’t been decided gentlemanly between sportsmen valuing competition and a challenge. It has been ruled by a judge.
Matticus Channels Cosmo: 16 New and Sexy Additions in 2.4
Well, Matt, I’m not suffering from writer’s block, but I take your challenge nonetheless.
PvE Preforms for Heroics
One of the complaints in the never-ending PvE vs PvP debate is that the lure of honour gear empties the pool of people willing to run heroics.
I’d argue that heroics stopped being an attractive proposition for many players when the key requirements lowered the bar, even if that sounds a bit counterintuitive. In practice, though, [...]
Random thoughts on Welfare and Patch 2.4
With reliable predictability, the 2.4 test patch notes brought a new round of QQing on the topic of loot distribution.
The debate has, however, not evolved at all since last time, and the same cheap shots get thrown around. As usual, of course, it’s a tiny but vocal fringe of hardcore PvE players doing all the [...]
Blessing of Kings on Raids
Regular readers will remember I’ve often found myself in arguments with Blessing of King’s Rohan, even quite vehemently so, mainly on topics where two cultures clash, like raiders and pvpers, or casual-dedicated-hardcore players.
It is however worth noting that Rohan isn’t just one of the leading experts on paladins in PvE, he is also one of [...]
Good Grief, Get a Grip!
Dear fellow gamer,
You are playing a MMOG. Your accomplishments are something you do for your own sake, for your own enjoyment and for your own pleasure. And yes, sometimes it will garner you some recognition of other players.
You want to be admired for what you did? Log off. Go outside.
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