The Burning Crusade

Oct 14: Patch 3.0 release and Season 4 end date

Jizmo — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:49:08 -0500

Yesterday we found out that Season 4 will be suspended with the release of Patch 3.0. A snapshot of rating will be used to reward end of season rewards but the season will continue. Today Nethaera gave us their promised 2 week notice for the ending of Season 4. Reasoning says that October 14th will not only be the end of Season 4 but also the release of Patch 3.0.

World of Warcraft - Leveled 1-60 in under 20 minutes played.

ultimateq — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:20:55 -0500

Well it seems World of Warcraft just got a bit easier. This guy used the Recruit-A-Friend offer from blizzard to get himself a free paladin. Using the level grants to get from 1-60 in under 20 minutes played.

Patch 3.0: The Wrath before Wrath

Jizmo — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:49:16 -0500

Blizzard Poster, Eyonix, promised that a patch containing some Wrath features (including talents) will be released prior to the release of Wrath of the Lich King (source). Similar to the 2.0 release made before The Burning Crusade. Here is a list of some of the things to be included in the patch:

Poll: Why are Battle Grounds Uneven?

Jizmo — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:37:21 -0500

Battle Grounds do not have hisotry of being very even, in the Whirlwind Battle Group Alliance loses Eye of the Storm a lot more often than it wins. When I played on Stormreaver Horde was in a similar position. Several people have been kind enough to share their opinions publicly. Some people believe there are trends about who play Horde opposed to play Alliance:

What is: Power Leveling?

Jizmo — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:17:15 -0500

I've heard a lot of people say things like 'I'm powerleveling my friend” or “I'm going to powerlevel my character,” but what do they mean? This website even has several power leveling guides. To give a better idea of what people might be talking about, I've organized different types of power leveling into several categories:

Warriors are for...

Jizmo — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:35:16 -0500

If you have played a warrior past level 15 you probably already know they have been typecasted as tanks, even though they are poor tanks in the majority of 5-man instances. You've certainly received tells asking you if you'd 'tank arc' or 'come tank SV.' No, these folks aren't conducting surveys, they are assuming that you are capable of tanking and they want you to join them.

Brett Favre has to decide to come back to WoW or go to NY Jets

PoppaSmurph — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:12:59 -0500

After a lengthy process and a lot of conversation with the Green Bay Packer head coach, it has been decided that Brett Favre will not be joining the Packers for the 2008 season. After quitting his WoW Addiction this past month and coming out of retirement in the NFL, what will this future hall of fame quarterback do next?

New Zhevera Mount, 1-70 in 30 hours

Jizmo — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:25:12 -0500

Blizzard revealed a ridiculous program to encourage existing players to recruit new players. At first glance, this is going to seem like an April Fools joke, but remember it's August. It's very clear this isn't targeted at actual recruiting, more so at people who want more level 70 characters and unique mounts.

Coming soon: multi talent specs

Jizmo — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:44:35 -0500

Blizard mentioned again that they are reviewing a system to allow players to have 'two talent specs.' I have been a big critic of WoW getting easier and easier and easier but I'm actually anticipating this implementation.

The virtues of a Paladin tank

Jizmo — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:41:11 -0500

Tanking with a Protection Paladin is about the easiest and most effective thing I've found in World of Warcraft. I imagine there are a few things that compare, like afk'ing in AV for free honor or playing a sword/mace combat rogue. But let's stick to the incredible tanking powers of the Paladin. Keep in mind I'm still experimenting and continue to level my Paladin (level 68 at the time of this article), most of my time over the past 4 years has been behind a Warrior tanking, so here's how Paladins do it with so much ease: