So you’ve just recruited a new healer and need to integrate them into your healing line up. The question a lot of people have is how do you do this effectively? Well, it will obviously be different a little bit for every guild but I’d like to offer up some tips As a Leader Communication … [Read more of this article]

As Matticus has just reported, Daelo and the Dev Team have unveiled a new mechanic that tanks and healers are going to experience in Icecrown Citadel. The new mechanic is a skill called “Chill of the Throne”, and it’s applied to all enemies in the zone: The spell, called Chill of the Throne, will allow creatures to ignore … [Read more of this article]

Props to this guy for coining the term. Daelo announced earlier in the day the implementation of raid wide buff called Chill of the Throne. What does it do? The spell, called Chill of the Throne, will allow creatures to ignore 20% of the dodge chance of their melee targets. So if a raid’s main … [Read more of this article]

The PTR.  Public.  Test.  Realm.  It’s been our best friend and our worst enemy.  People will flock to it, and then people will cry outrage or joy at its contents.  Some avoid it like the plague, while others spend more time in its embrace than in the game itself. I have a huge innate sense of … [Read more of this article]

You can read my full impressions of the encounter over at WoW.com. Hope this works. 16:54 – Clearing trash right now. Reminds me of faction champs. 17:20 – Two attempts on the boat. 17:23 – Going to zerg Saurfang 17:25 – Nevermind, Saurfang gains more health back than we can DPS. 17:27 – Yeah, encounter’s … [Read more of this article]

Once you decide you’ve reached the raid-ready threshold, it’s time to find a place to do that.  Aside from the risky and unpredictable nature of PUGs, the most plausable option is a raiding guild.  Whether casual, progression, or hardcore elite, you’re bound to encounter some form of an application process. The process always varies from guild … [Read more of this article]

First things first I’d like to congratulate Matt on his Hammer of awesomeness! Matt and I were long talking about sitting on the 30 fragments and needing to get the mace completed.  Matt’s guild was not the only one to have problems deep into Ulduar. Unpossible on Zul’jin, my guild and my home was tearing … [Read more of this article]

Several weeks ago, the leaders of two guilds met together. Both had a serious problem. Both guilds had 2 players that had 30 fragments for Val’anyr but did not have the drive nor the personnel at the time to pull it off. An agreement was made to launch an operation into Ulduar to finish off … [Read more of this article]

Back at Blizzcon we received an announcement from the devs that they were implementing new ways to reduce the wrath of the “additional instance” boss, which was already in place on many realms at the time of the convention. As many of you may have noticed this seems to have gone off pretty well and … [Read more of this article]

Don’t recognize the new name being tossed around the site, do ya?  I hope it doesn’t scare you.  All will be well.  I’m going take a minute to get you acquainted with that sexy bald dwarf you’ll be hearing from more often. Hopefully, you’ve started to become familiar with some of my guest posts here, here, here, … [Read more of this article]