Engineering motorcycles to be BoE
I met a player in the beta a few nights ago riding one of the brand-new Engineering ground mounts, and he was kind enough to pose for a few pictures and chat with me about it. At the time he confirmed that the mount was being sold in Dalaran for a [...]
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Engineering motorcycles to be BoE
I met a player in the beta a few nights ago riding one of the brand-new Engineering ground mounts, and he was kind enough to pose for a few pictures and chat with me about it. At the time he confirmed that the mount was being sold in Dalaran for a [...]
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Spirit beast pet family on Wowhead (Updated)
Over on Mania’s Arcania, sharp-eyed commenter Goofball Jones noted an interesting tidbit: there’s a new family of pets on Wowhead’s WotLK site. Spirit Beasts. What do they look like? No clue yet, but one commenter noted the new skins for cats in Zul’Drak and posted a tantalizing screenshot from [...]
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Judgements of the Wise and Replenishment
This is the one change from the last Beta build that got the Paladin community in an uproar. Replenishment was intended to standardize mana battery mechanics and free the buff from a difficult cycle of scaling DPS. I’m not so hot on the change, but I understand the rationale behind [...]
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New abilities at level 6
When you reach level 6, you’ll get Thorns, another nice Druid buff that unfortunately only lasts 10 minutes, and Wrath (rank 2).
As we suggested before, you’ll have to be a bit more careful on casting now, since your new Wrath uses 35 Mana per cast, but your combat spell sequence [...]
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Hunter Specs
Beast Mastery (a.k.a BM)
How to Spot: Their pet is gigantic and red. This is a result of Bestial Wrath, a talent that temp buffs their pet when used. You’ll also see a Ferocious Inspiration buff show up on you when grouped with them– it ups your damage when the pet scores a crit.
They Can: [...]
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Inscription details: Glyphs, runewords, and more
We found out a little bit about inscription and what materials it might need when the Wrath of the Lich King beta debuted last week, and yesterday we learned that they will be helping Enchanters use the auction house, but we were still left wondering about what was originally promoted [...]
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Lichborne: PvP, grinding, the Unholy tree, and you
Every weekend in Lichborne, Daniel Whitcomb will take you through the ever-changing (Beta) world of World of Warcraft’s first hero class, the Death Knight.
With a new Beta Build on the test servers, Death Knights have received a massive amount of talent changes. Many of them have been [...]
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RoleCraft: The Languages of RP – Elvish
The Languages of RP – Elvish
“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world” – Ludwig Wittgenstein
Elves have been a staple of fantasy roleplaying games for ages beyond those many of us today have witnessed. Through the years, so many mystical elements have been both uncovered and [...]
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WoW: Arena Play and eSports
Looking to create an eSports empire akin to their dominance in the MMO market, Blizzard sent Tom Chilton to Got Frag for a discussion of arenas and PvP. Here’s a teaser:
The idea of “eSports” has been a big part of Blizzard’s corporate strategy, what impact do you think eSports has on [...]
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