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What Cataclysm Got Right

Tweet I can’t say that Cataclysm was a complete dismal experience. As we head towards Mists of Panderia and end the year with patch 4.3 and kill Deathwing, I wanted to reflect on some of the positive aspects of Cataclysm … Continue reading

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Why Cataclysm Can Be Considered A Dismal Failure

Tweet Since day one in hearing what was going to happen with Cataclysm, I had an inkling that the expansion would be a miserable failure. The numbers don’t lie folks and the massive drop in subscriptions can be attributed to … Continue reading

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Gearing Up A Level 80 in Cataclysm

Tweet Since Cataclysm has been out for a while and that most people probably don’t do Lich King raids any longer (except for past achievements), there is a basic issue of gearing up a new toon after finishing Northrend. I … Continue reading

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Tempest Keep First Try

Tweet After reading that Tempest Keep was doable solo, I decided to give it a shot with my two friends. First note: LOTS OF GOLD DROP. Great place to farm if you want to do something outside of Heroics and … Continue reading

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Making Progression With My Warrior

Tweet Since this weekend was rather slow in terms of people being on, I decided for the most part to push my warrior finally. I finally managed to get her over the hump of level 60 with some power leveling … Continue reading

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Why Dailies *ARE* A Good Game Mechanic in World of Warcraft

Tweet There was an interesting topic on the Blizzard discussion boards that I could not post to since the limit was reached. However, the original post described dailies as being a poor design to World of Warcraft because “it feels … Continue reading

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Why Power Leveling and Instance Grinding Isn’t the Best Method for Leveling in WoW

Tweet A while back when I was leveling my first few toons on a PVP server, I got into leveling via instance grinding. At first, it was pretty fun because you just had to learn the instance and “go with … Continue reading

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Why Level Caps in Games Sucks

Tweet I’ve never been a fan of level caps in RPGs. AD&D had them in many games. If you bought something like the original Pools of Radiance Gold Box edition, you were limited to 8 or so on average. Only … Continue reading

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Mist of Panderia Announced at BlizzCon 2011

Tweet As anticipated the latest expansion to the World of Warcraft series was announced at BlizzCon 2011 on Friday. My first reaction after seeing the introduction of the Panda (or rather Panderan) race was: WTF?????? Quite honestly, I thought it … Continue reading

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Almost Done Gearing My Paladin; Next My Hunter

Tweet I’m almost through the various dailies on the Molten Front! Talk about an epic pain in the rear! But I managed to accomplish a pair of great things tonight. First, my Paladin now has revered status with the Dragonmaw … Continue reading

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