Lodur did a great job last week when he recruited 4 additional players. The catch? They were all melee players. We snagged a Rogue, a Paladin, Warrior and an Enhancement Shaman. Our melee roster now looks something like this: 4 Warriors4 Rogues2 Paladins2 Enhancement Shamans Gunship 2.0 turned into a challenge with just 6 ranged … [Read more of this article]
Is Team Melee the New Hotness?
Did Cataclysm fail?
So, you’ve probably seen a number of these posts around lately, and to be honest you shouldn’t be too terribly surprised. We’re at the end of a cycle, with the last raid tier coming out soon and people already looking forward to the next expansion and the promise of bouncing pandas. The topic lately is … [Read more of this article]
Battle.net Authenticator Changes, Don’...
So in-case you missed it, there was a recent change to how our accounts are authenticated, here it is again for you again if you didn’t see it. If you use an authenticator – and we hope you do – you may soon notice that an authenticator prompt may not appear with every login. We’ve … [Read more of this article]
Valor cap the new softlock? Lodur’s op...
Yesterday we got news that the valor cap is being lowered from1,250 valor points to 980. This may seem like an insignificant change by itself, but it comes among a series of others as well. The maximum number of Valor Points awarded for completing Rise of the Zandalari dungeons remains at 980. The maximum number … [Read more of this article]
WoW Premium services: Yes/no/murloc?
Over the course of a game’s lifetime, things change. Features are added, pricing models change, content evolves. Blizzard’s fantasy epic World of Warcraft is no different. The game has been around for over six years at this point, and in that time we’ve seen many things change. Remember when the game was first released? There … [Read more of this article]
Patch 4.1 Dungeon Finder Call to Arms, Lodur...
Unless you missed it, Blizzard has announced an idea that they wish to implement in an attempt to shorten queue times and address the tank and healer shortage that has been plaguing the LFD for a while now. Here’s the actual blue post for you, Source In patch 4.1 we’ll be introducing Dungeon Finder: Call … [Read more of this article]
No player is an island
The phrase “no man is an island” may be something you’ve heard before. It originates from a poem or meditation from John Donne, an English poet, priest and a major representative of the metaphysical poets of the time. Here’s the original poem; “All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man … [Read more of this article]
Thespius’s State of the Dungeon/Raid
There’s been a lot of great conversation about how things are tuned in regards to Cataclysm Heroics and Raids (meaning normal Raids, I haven’t seen Hardmodes yet). This is starting to dip into the usual “Casual vs. Hardcore” debate, which I think is not what this entire argument is about. This game has made leaps and … [Read more of this article]
Lodur’s Response to the “Paragon...
Following the recent world first heroic Sinestra kill by Paragon, players have been pouring over their logs determining their raid composition and the numbers necessary to succeed in such an encounter. One thing of note is that the raid Paragon took was assembled without any shaman of any spec or flavor. This has caused a … [Read more of this article]
It Came from the P.U.G.: The Teacher
We’ve all been in this situation at least once. You get the queue for the LFD to pop, hit the button and are invited to a group that is already in progress. You see them corpse running back to the instance without even the first boss down. What do you do? Do you bail, leaving … [Read more of this article]




