Skill Mastery: Improved Fire Nova Totem
I’m having a lot of fun playing an Elemental Shaman in the Wrath beta. As Mike described in Skill Mastery: Thunderstorm, we have some fun new talents to play with and I hope we get to keep most of them. The new talent I’m highlighting today is Improved Fire Nova [...]
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8962, professionally speaking
There were a lot of profession changes in the latest LK beta build (8962). You’ve already seen what Inscription got, and if you’re anything like me, you’ve salivated over the new Engineered motorcycles. But what else in this build is particularly interesting, for the other professions?
· Tailoring got some new flying carpets [...]
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What’s the back story to Havoc’s creation?
I rolled on this server after taking a break from WoW due to frustrations with bad guild leaders and flaky members. It seemed my commitment to raiding was unmatched by those around me, and at the time I didn’t have five-plus hours a day to invest in WoW (busy [...]
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Breakfast Topic: Missed that one
Posted Aug 7th 2008 8:00AM by Mike Schramm
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Breakfast topics, Instances, Leveling
I was surprised to find out, as I’m sure you will be also, that our own Zach Yonzon admits he has never actually run Deadmines at the level it’s meant for — he’s always run it [...]
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Shaman Specs
Elemental
How to Spot: Totem of Wrath is the big one– it’s a totem that gives a crit buff, and can only be laid by Ele Shamans. Shamans who get the Clearcasting buff also have a few points in Elemental, if not all the way down.
They Can: Break out the spellcasting DPS, and churn out [...]
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Azeroth’s new plague, Potion Sickness
Bad (good?) news for Alchemists and the people that love (hate?) them. The latest Beta build has introduced something called Potion Sickness. The tooltip reads as follows: “Unable to consume potions until you rest out of combat for a short duration.”
In other words, you can drink one potion per encounter. The [...]
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Death Knights gain new rune set, new cosmetic changes
It’s been said that Death Knights are supposed to be a specifically recognizable class, part of their heroic bearing coming in that distinctness. We’ve already seen some of it with the inclusion of glowing eyes, and now there’s more implemented with these beta builds.
All Death Knight Races [...]
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RoleCraft: Roleplay Roll-Call
As the last days of 2007 pass by, I’ve been reflecting on the grand MMORPG adventures I have experienced this year through the eyes of my characters. It is my experience that solid roleplayers tend to have more than a few characters on tap, and will generally work to upkeep two or three [...]
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