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Lost Interest in WoW Today
I was pretty pumped in getting back into World of Warcraft since last week’s project had finished. However, for whatever reason, something just clicked with me tonight and I felt really bored with it. I had been reading various forum posts and youtube videos that weren’t the most positive. Not sure if that killed my…
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The Person Possibly Responsible for World of Warcraft’s Subscription Loss Has Been Identified
Blizzard posted a “post mortem” on the dungeon and raid encounters for Cataclysm. Outside of the confused, constant redesign of the talent tree and character classes by Ghostcrawler (who, imo, is also partly to blame for various problems in Cataclysm), Scott “Daelo” Mercer might be considered one of the people responsible for World of Warcraft’s…
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600 Let Go Over at Blizzard
My friend pointed out how 600 employees were let go by Blizzard. Most were not developers but sections that were over staffed. Without question, part of the decision most likely was due to the massive subscription loss in the past year (around 1.8 million). While the finger pointing has occurred, you cannot deny that at…
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Biggest World of Warcraft Feature Request: Age Based PuGs!
You’ll run into them. The little under age asshole kiddies who have no consciousness about society. Mom and Dad don’t put limits on their computer usage so these little bastards freely troll the game and cause grief to various players, who are just trying to get some gear, play the game and whatnot. What can…
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Current Progress in Patch 4.3
So far patch 4.3 for World of Warcraft has been the best part of the expansion thus far. Yes, things were greatly simplified but you always have to realize that not everyone is great. For instance, I did LFR today where some jackass griefer kept pulling mobs and wiping our group. Since we didn’t have…
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Upgrading Gear for Patch 4.3 Continued
As I gear up my toons in patch 4.3 for World of Warcraft, I wanted to share my own experiences as I geared up my various toons with the current expansion for those who might share my play style. First off, if you’ve read my blog, I am a casual gamer. I don’t consider myself…
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How to Get Into the New Cataclysm (Patch 4.3) Heroics
Patch 4.3 has done some good things for casual players in making gearing up for the final death wing battle a lot simpler compared with the previous patches. However, there is a major caveat: if you don’t meet a certain item level, you won’t be able to get into the new Heroics. So what happens…
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What Cataclysm Got Right
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 (there were a few). Tauren Paladins There were quite a few new race/class combinations but I…
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Why Cataclysm Can Be Considered A Dismal Failure
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 the fact that the game did a lot to alienate people. Now, some say that because…
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Gearing Up A Level 80 in Cataclysm
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 found that for my first toon or two, it was difficult for the first few quests…