“We need to get bigger guns. BIG FUCKING GUNS!” – Dick Durkin, Split Second It’s true. It doesn’t matter what spec, or whether we prefer to solo, raid, or PvP, all warriors want bigger guns. Bigger axes. Bigger spikes on their shoulders. It’s a warrior thing. And of course we always wish we could do [...]
Archive for February, 2009
What every warrior wants
Posted in tanking, warcraft, tagged 3.1, disparity, more damage, new tanking paradigm, off tanking, protection warriors on February 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ulduar, or a box of cookies?
Posted in warcraft, tagged 3.1, chocolate hob nob, ulduar on February 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ramses on the US WoW forums does some cost-benefit analysis for patch 3.1. He asks the all important question: Which would you rather have, Ulduar or a box of cookies? To which I answer: It depends if they are chocolate hob-nobs or not.
Class tweaking patches are like Christmas
Posted in general mmo, warcraft, tagged 3.1, class tweaks, faith, patch notes, presents, raid spot anxiety, risk on February 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m still underwhelmed at the prospect of a class tweaking patch when we’re bored of heroics and rapidly getting boreder (is that a word?) of the raid content. And colour me massively underwhelmed at the prospect of no more casual/ 5 man content due for the Ulduar patch (post is about halfway down, sorry I [...]
Our game is female friendly, we have wonderwoman!!!
Posted in general mmo, tagged dc online, female friendly, gender assumptions, superheroes, support roles, wonder woman on February 10, 2009 | 12 Comments »
This is an article I spotted on MTV Multiplayer: DC Universe Devs explain why their game is female friendly! Even before reading this, I’m thinking that this is going to be a hard sell. Superhero comics, whilst having a strong female following, have not been traditionally ‘female friendly’. And the ones which have bucked the [...]
Arachnophobia!! And raiding summary
Posted in tanking, warcraft, tagged 10 man, achievement, arachnophobia, giant spiders, I hate spiders, tactics on February 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Arrrgh, I hate spiders. It’s not a fully blown phobia but it is a reaction that goes beyond logic. Arrgh spider!! Must get it out of here KILL KILL Arrrrgh! Possibly accompanied by involuntary squeaking noises (on my part, not the spider). I could happily live without every MMO designer in existence being almost as [...]
LOTRO: living the fanfic dream?
Posted in lotro, storytelling, tagged boring lone lands quests, boromir, burglar, legendary weapon, lotro, moria, review, runekeeper, sean bean, storyline quests on February 8, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Lord of the Rings Online is a game that you either love or hate. This will largely revolve around how you feel about Tolkein’s world. If you love it, you’ll put up with the duller parts of the experience and revel in the fantastic parts. If not, you’ll spend a lot of time being bored [...]
It’s been a bad week
Posted in general mmo, tagged escapism, hope, mmos, recession on February 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s been a rough few months for a lot of people. The economy is in nosedive, fuel and food prices are rising, and no one is unaffected by any of it. This last week, we’ve heard more about redundancies in the gaming sector. Mythic, THQ, and there will be more. I read about them with [...]
Miss Manners Guide to Tanking Etiquette
Posted in general mmo, tanking, tagged main tank, off tank, raid tanking, tanking as a team, tanking etiquette, taunt on February 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The main difference as a tank between running instances and tanking in raids is that in raids you get to work with more people. In a raid, you are part of a tanking team. You will very likely have a private tanking chat channel, which will be used for assignments as well as small talk. [...]
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