Tag Archives: Musings

From Azeroth to Middle-Earth: United Colours of Clown Outfits

One thing that both Lord of the Rings Online and WoW have in common: the garish fashion sense that results from collecting the gear from quest rewards, skirmish tokens and crafting. To wit:  Yes, unfortunately, that live embodiment of a … Continue reading

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SW:TOR, My Line in the Sand

Star Wars: The Old Republic featuring Tatooine as a newbie zone? Just say no. Continue reading

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The Four Learning Styles and How They Can Help Team Progression

Are any of these familiar? Some of your players simply never seem to read strategies posted to the website? Some others, no matter how, will always forget about vital buffs or die to ground fire at least once? When you … Continue reading

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As the Year Turns

And here we are, on the brink of 2009, and as usual, it’s time to look back at what changes the year brought. One year ago, the hot topic in the WoW blogosphere was still the PvE / PvP opposition … Continue reading

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Lore Creators and Item Designers Should Talk to Each Other

My paladin is halfway to 76 now, and it seemed like a good time to start browsing the various Wrath factions and the rewards they offer. Indeed, a good idea, since I spotted two walrus people rewards available at level … Continue reading

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Getting Wrath Off Retail? Slightly Risky Business

My nominal office (when I’m not gallivanting around abroad) is at half a stone throw distance from an airport. Which contains, despite some people’s notion about the backwardness of Switzerland, a bunch of shops. One of which, amazingly enough, happens … Continue reading

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This is Why Being an Explorer Type Keeps the Game Enjoyable for Years

Nibuca over at Mystic Chicanery has a fascinating post up about the current stage of the Wrath opening world event, and the reaction of most of his guildies. I’m currently again away on travels so I’m missing all of the … Continue reading

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Will 3.1 Dual Specs Become the Rug Under Which Design Issues Will Be Swept?

As you’ve heard already, Blizzard plans to bring an option to switch between two specs at the drop of a hat (probably out of combat) including switching your gliph selection in the process. A neat feature on the surface, right? … Continue reading

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Armchair Theorycrafting: the lackluster Wrath Healadin

With time and many tweaks and adjustments, the WotLK beta has wrought many changes from the initial beta outlook. As we get closer to patch 3.x and its class overhauls, I took a long, hard look at the current state of the healadin.
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