Where the hilts at?

In my guild, one guy got a Battered Hilt on patch night, and that’s been it. No more hilts for anyone so far, and most of us (me included) have never actually seen one drop.

Fall of the Lich King Trailer: So how easy will it be to kill Arthas?

So how easy will it be to kill Arthas? In this era of universally accessible raid content, Stormstrike holds out hope that Blizzard will balance its playerbase’s insatiable appetite for purples with the need for an appropriately epic battle to end such an important lore storyline. Usually, it’s a bad thing when guilds bang their heads against an encounter — this time, Stormstrike is hoping for it.

Patch 3.3 will feature a revamped tutorial system to help new players ease into the game

I think this is an important change. Sure, we can make jokes about “noobs” but a lot of people who try WoW out for the first time have no experience with MMOs, and let’s not forget this game has a wide-ranging demographic. Off the top of my head, I know a 67-year-old grandmother who plays [...]

Back With A Brand New Rap

Not really. But I have returned to write this blog, after a long (and much needed) respite from the game. If you’re like me and you’ve played World of Warcraft for any number of years, burnout may be a familiar sensation. I started playing the game in the early stages of the Burning Crusade, and [...]

The Wrathgate Questline is Epic

Cheers to Blizzard. While I really enjoy the lore of WoW, I don’t think Blizzard has always done such a great job of projecting the overarching storyline throughout the game’s quests. Leveling up in The Burning Crusade, it was easy to remain oblivious to major characters like Illidan Stormrage or Kael’Thas Sunstrider.  Quests that literally [...]

Going for the Explorer title

The coolest new title in Wrath of the Lich King? “…of the Nightfall.” But since my guild’s still got people leveling up and others gearing for raiding, implementing advanced strategies in a 10-man Sartharion fight is at least a couple weeks off. In the meantime, I decided to follow the lead of some of my [...]

Soloing the Elites

Shamans have always been considered a traditionally weak solo class. In fact, I’m sure if I had leveled a Hunter or a Warlock before my Shaman, I would never have had the patience to level the class. With the pet classes, you can pull two or three mobs three levels above you and dispatch all [...]

Instances: The Nexus

From WoWWiki: The Nexus (formerly Ice Caverns) is a level 71-73 wing of the Nexus Dungeon Hub in the Borean Tundra. The dungeon layout is very open. You can go into different “wings”, but the final boss Keristrasza, a captured red dragon, can only be freed from her ice prison when you kill the previous [...]

By the numbers

Here’s my statline upon entering Northrend: Attack Power: 1955 Crit Chance: 28.46% Expertise: 8 (2%) Hit Rating: 109 Stamina: 9886 Mana: 5894 Pre-3.0, before Agility was converted to give Shamans 1 AP per point of Agility (and Strength was changed from 1 Str = 2 AP to a 1:1 ratio), I was sitting at a [...]