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Suggested Reading: Of latency, an Isle of Giants battleground, the Darkspear Rebellion, Rehgar Earthfury and Varian, Deepwind Gorge, and draenei

Posted by Peter (Devee) on May 30, 2013
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What am I doing here?, Chris Anthony, Duct Tape and a Prayer, 5/29/13.

This post is more a “journal” type entry, but I found it very interesting to hear about the effect severe latency and bandwidth limitations has on playing MMOs.

What Have I Done, Prinnie Powah, That Was an Accident!, 5/23/13.

Here’s an amazing idea – a dinosaur-themed battleground set on the Isle of Giants. Yes, please!

Know Your Lore: The Alliance and the Darkspear Rebellion, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 5/26/13.

Why does the Alliance have less lore leading to the Darkspear Rebellion? Because they don’t need another reason to go after Garrosh Hellscream.

Know Your Lore, Tinfoil Hat Edition: The Durotarian Candidate, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 5/29/13.

What’s up with Rehgar Earthfury and Varian?

#226 First Impressions of the Barrens Battlefield, Spencer Nozell, Be MOP, 5/27/13.

Check out Spencer’s first look at the new 5.3 quests before reading mine (hopefully) on Friday.

Deepwind Gorge: Simple strategy guide, Olivia Grace, WoW Insider, 5/23/13.

Nice primer to the new battleground.

Injecting draenei culture into mainstream Azeroth, Lisa Poisso, WoW Insider, 5/23/13.

Another interesting article about a race-themed RP guild.

Suggested Reading: Of talent trees, variable group sizes, the Curse of Flesh, order and balance, patch 5.3, and more

Posted by Peter (Devee) on May 23, 2013
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Levelling [sic] and Talent Trees, Rohan, Blessing of Kings, 5/20/13.

Rohan thinks we should bring back talent trees with talents every level for leveling purposes. However, he proposes that at max level, you have every talent, but the talents give the abilities that a class gets while leveling currently. This would make it simply a way of choosing what you get first while leveling. It’s a great idea!

Variable Group Size, Rohan, Blessing of Kings, 5/19/13.

Another interesting idea, but one that’s likely more difficult to implement.

Know Your Lore, Tinfoil Hat Edition: The Curse of Flesh, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 5/121/3.

What if the Curse of Flesh was a way for the natural Azeroth to assimilate the Titan’s external creations?

Know Your Lore, Tinfoil Hat Edition: Celestials, Ancients and Aspects, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 5/19/13.

Anne posits that the Ancients and Celestials are Azeroth’s natural response and balance to chaos and the Old Gods. This is a great article, so please read it!

5.3 Escalation Patch Notes, Rygarius, World of Warcraft Blog, 5/20/13.

The official patch notes.

Patch 5.3 PvP changes, Olivia Grace, WoW Insider, 5/21/13.

I’m just getting annoyed at all the changes now.

All-orc clan leader offers fierce perspectives on RP, world PvP, and Garrosh, Lisa Poisso, WoW Insider, 5/9/13.

These are true orcs!

Know Your Lore: Gul’dan, Doomhammer, and the nature of the Horde, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 5/21/13.

Garrosh and Doomhammer are more alike than you might think.

The false memory of WoW’s difficult past, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 5/10/13.

Was Vanilla WoW more difficult or just more annoying?

WoW Archivist: Launch classes’ 9 biggest aggravations, Scott Andrews, WoW Insider, 5/10/13.

If you weren’t sure just how much better the game is now, give this article a read.

Suggested Reading: Of Ragnaros, Karazhan, the New York Times, role playing, the Sunwell, and beauty

Posted by Peter (Devee) on May 9, 2013
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WoW Moviewatch: Lore According to Ragnaros, Dawn Moore, WoW Insider, 5/7/13.

There are two sides to every story. This is Ragnaros’ side.

Know Your Lore: Karazhan and why we went there, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 5/8/13.

I didn’t know much about Karazhan, so this was fairly interesting to me. The comments are good too.

New York Times crossword references World of Warcraft, Robin Torres, WoW Insider, 5/2/13.

“World of Warcraft event.” Four letter word. Ah, come on, it starts with ‘R’!

Inside the fabulous world of blood elf roleplaying, Lisa Poisso, WoW Insider, 5/2/13.

Selama Ashalanore is an exciting blood elf roleplaying guilds. Themed RP guilds always sound so fun to me!

Know Your Lore: Anveena Teague and the Sunwell, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 5/5/13.

Who is the girl floating about the Sunwell?

The top 10 most beautiful spots in WoW, Sarah Pine, WoW Insider, 5/8/13.

This wouldn’t be identical to my list, but it still shows some nice locations.

Suggested Reading: Of going AFK, dungeons and scenarios, WoW being easy, and more

Posted by Peter (Devee) on March 20, 2013
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How 5 minutes AFK cost one WoW player 476,000 gold, Elizabeth Harper, WoW Insider, 3/19/13

After leaving his computer for five minutes, a man returns to find that his son spent 476,000 gold on pets on the AH.

Dungeons versus Scenarios, Rohan, Blessing of Kings, 3/17/13.

In this articles, Rohan compares dungeons and scenarios. He considers loot rewards and design time among other aspects. He makes some great commentary.

Dungeons versus Scenarios, Part II, Rohan, Blessing of Kings, 3/18/13

The follow-up to his previous post.

Draztal ends the “WoW is too easy now” argument in a long and beautiful post, Adam Holisky, WoW Insider, 3/18/13.

Draztal basically explains that the game is completely different now. His post is worth reading. However, I do want to point out that Holisky repeatedly says the read the whole article even though it’s long. It’s not long, but this tells you something about our attention spans.

A guide to looting the Troves of the Thunder King, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 3/16/13.

If you’re struggling in the scenario, give this guide a read.

WoW Archivist: 11 moments from WoW’s history that should become scenarios, Scott Andrews, WoW Insider, 3/15/13.

Scott has some interesting ideas, but I can’t say I agree with all of them. I should write my own post on the subject.

Feathermoon Horde players organize massive cross-realm RP event, Lisa Poisso, WoW Insider, 3/15/13.

This sounds like a really cool RP event. It’s happening today, so if you can make it, go check it out!

What if all raids were end game raids?, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 3/15/13.

Rossi considers what the game would be like if all raids were for the current max level. It’s an interesting idea, but I doubt it’ll happen.

War is All Hell: The use of moral ambiguity in Warcraft, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 3/14/13.

War is full of moral ambiguity. Do you allow many to die to save a larger number? WoW seems to lack this in its leaders.

Advanced Video Settings: From Grayscale WoW to Vulcan Blood, Adam Holisky, WoW Insider, 3/18/13.

If you’d like to play around with your graphics, this could be interesting information.

Suggested Reading: Of moms, 5.2, dailies, babies, Varian, Garrosh, Linken, and more

Posted by Peter (Devee) on February 7, 2013
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A Gift of a Fish, Arioch, clearcasting, 2/6/13.

Arioch tries his hardest to give his mom a new pet.

Patch 5.2 Prep: Get ahead of the game, Kristin Marshall, WoW Insider, 1/28/13.

Ensure you’re ready for the patch!

How to get green fire for your Warlock in Patch 5.2, Megan O’Neill, WoW Insider, 2/7/13.

Spoilers abound, but Megan gives us a look at what warlocks will do to get their fel fire.

We don’t need daily quests anymore, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 1/25/13.

I’m all for unlockable content, but I’m not sure I like the daily system tied to reputation. Maybe I should post about this later…

Patch 5.2 honors El’s Anglin’, adds sea monster and new battle pets to fishing, Alex Ziebart, WoW Insider, 1/24/13.

It looks like a new NPC, El, joins the Anglers. Great!

Around Labor and Delivery: Pride and joy, Elizabeth Wachowski, WoW Insider, 1/31/13.

They named their kid Jaina. Seriously.

Around Azeroth: Sweet dreams?, Elizabeth Wachowski, WoW Insider, 1/24/13.

I wish I knew who lived there.

Know Your Lore: The evolution of Varian Wrynn, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 2/3/13.

If you’ve noticed that Varian has changed quite a bit and want to know more about why, give this a read.

Know Your Lore: The genesis of Garrosh Hellscream, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 1/27/13.

If you’re interested in the history of Varian, you’re probably interested in the history of Garrosh as well.

WoW Archivist: It’s a secret to everybody — the Linken quest line, Scott Andrews, WoW Insider, 2/1/13.

This was a fun quest line, and I enjoyed reading about it even though I completed it.

Roleplaying the mundane side of the Alliance, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 1/26/13.

Even if you don’t roleplay, Anne gives a nice summary of how the Alliance races are feeling.

Funcom wants to feature your music in The Secret World, MJ Guthrie, Massively, 1/29/13.

If only I had musical talent.

Will Patch 5.2 kill PvP twinking?, Olivia Grace, WoW Insider, 1/24/13.

I’m not sure how it would kill twinking, but I think scaling players levels to the highest level of their PvP bracket is pretty cool! (And scaling in PvP works well in TOR.)

Patch 5.2: Valor and Conquest Points will be reset, Olivia Grace, WoW Insider, 2/6/13.

Valor converts to Justice, and Conquest converts to Honor. That’s normal. What’s different is that current Valor gear will still cost Valor. Rewards from 5.0 factions will be at a 75% discount and rewards from 5.1 factions will be at a 50% discount. That’s great, but then why take all of our Valor away? I understand the predicament in wanting to ensure people don’t get ahead, but that sucks a little.

Direhorn mounts coming to patch 5.2 as reputation rewards, Elizabeth Harper, WoW Insider, 2/5/13.

Yes, yes, yes!

Suggested Reading: On avoiding endgame, expectations, cities, the Emerald Dream, 5.2, and more.

Posted by Peter (Devee) on January 24, 2013
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Thunderforged Items and Loot Incentives, Rohan, Blessing of Kings, 1/23/13.

Will thunderforged items boost 25-man raiding? Rohan doesn’t think it’ll be enough.

On Why I’m Not Level 90, Cynwise, Cynwise’s Warcraft Manual, 1/22/13.

Cynwise has plenty to do in WoW despite not hitting 90.

The 300 Stat Food Question, Matticus, World of Matticus, 1/21/13.

How much can a GM expect from raid members?

The Metaphorical Tale of Two Cities, Spencer Nozell, Be MOP, 1/21/13.

Do the capitals of Orgrimmar and Stormwind and their changes reflect their respective factions?

Roleplaying the mundane side of the Horde, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 1/19/13.

Mundane? Not at all! Anne explores the political landscape of the Horde.

Mists of Pandaria is our Emerald Dream expansion, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 1/17/13.

Mists of Pandaria explores the same themes the Emerald Dream expansion would have, but the Emerald Dream expansion wouldn’t have worked.

Patch 5.2 PTR: Reputation gain changes, Matt Low, WoW Insider, 1/17/13.

In 5.2 we can champion a faction through the reputation interface and gain reputation with that faction from your first dungeon and scenario of the day! Woo!

WoW Archivist: Many memes, handle it, Scott Andrews, WoW Insider, 1/18/13.

Explanations of some of the many memes from WoW. Now where’s my moose?

Elder charms only apply to 5.0 raids in Patch 5.2, Olivia Grace, WoW Insider, 1/23/13.

New items, Mogu Charms of Fate, will take their role for the 5.2 raid.