May 08

So, Blizzard’s great new security dongle is a fantastic idea.
Except it only ships to the USA. Not impressed, Blizzard. :/
Also, in honour of my favourite tank:

He knows who he is. :)

May 08

I just read a very interesting post on WoWInsider talking about what roleplayers want that Blizzard’s not giving them.
In summary, the article said that what RPers want
…is customization. They want to create items and spaces which are all their own, not just appreciate the events and stories that Blizzard comes up with. They want […]

May 08

So, it’s official: Diablo 3 is the next Blizzard game. I’m having a heart attack and dying of not surprise, as Zazu would say; the rumours pointing to this announcement had become almost overwhelming over the last couple of weeks.
The haters and the forum trolls are alive and well, of course, but personally I’m excited. […]

May 08

(aka the WoW Trading Card Game Loot Guide)
There are a number of fun vanity items in the game that you can’t actually get in the game, and I often see questions about how you get them.
The World of Warcraft Trading Card Game is published by Upper Deck Entertainment, in collaboration with Blizzard. It’s a […]

May 08

Bellwether of 4 Haelz recently posted about her woes with Ahune, the summonable boss who’s around during the Fire Festival. I commented there, agreeing and saying that I think Ahune is tuned too hard, and I want to elaborate on that here.
I’m sure plenty of people can comment and say they PUGged Ahune with no […]

May 08

In the spirit of my motivational post about the Lunar Festival back in February: here’s why you should do the Fire Festival content:
Experience.
The XP rewards are astounding! As part of the content, you can run around Honoring the fires of your faction, and Desecrating the fires of the enemy faction, and there are 30+ fires […]

May 08

So, the Midsummer Fire Festival has just started, and it’s been newly revamped with the kind of content familiar to those who played around with last year’s Hallow’s End and Brewfest holiday festivals. There’s lots of flavourful fluff and some nifty non-combat rewards.
Rather than write up a guide myself, I’m just going to provide a […]

May 08

So. If you had access to Blizzard’s devs for a day, and you could make any one change in WoW - trivial or significant, but not game-transforming - what would you pick?
I have a few favourite answers to this question, but I’m interested to hear what everyone else would pick, too. I’ll post my answers […]

May 08

So, I got this in my mail today, from “WOWgmEU@blizzard.com”:
Subject: WoW Blizzard Europe - Personal Info verify
Greetings,
We are writing to inform you that we have bad Personal info. To refresh you Personal info fallow this link: [redacted, but it certainly weren’t blizzard.com or worldofwarcraft.com]
Please do not reply to this email as you will receive an […]

May 08

I’d just like to take a moment enthuse about a new podcast on the WoW blogging scene: Twisted Nether. It’s hosted by Fimlys of Asleep at the WoW, and Breana of Gun Lovin’ Dwarf Chick, and it focuses on news from the WoW-o-sphere and the WoW-blog-o-sphere. Fim and Bre are always worth listening to, and […]