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Saw this over at WoW Insider so I figured it’d do some good to have it here. I’m not much for addons (I only run with Scrolling Combat text, Bagnon, and Atlas/Loot) but I know a lot of you readers out there can’t live without your cyborg setup. So enjoy this list [...]

I am starting this series of threads to inform our readers where to go for instances for their given level.  You don’t want to walk into The Oculus at level 70 and you wouldn’t want to be spinning your wheels in The Nexxus at level 79. So here is a helpfull guide to get you [...]

As I reported way back in the Beta, Orgrimmar has indeed been attacked! Our Warchief has called for WAR! In the Valley of Honor (where the new arena and PVP battlemasters are) there has been a massive attack by hundreds of gigantic abominations and frsot wryms! Highlord Saurfang (the dad), Thrall, Sylvanas, Garrosh Hellscream (son [...]

Cryptic words from Nethaera aren’t too uncommon, but in this context I can clearly see she’s being sarcastic. Now I don’t mean that in a negative sense mind you, this Scourge invasion has been incredibly sweet. For those of us bringing alts turned mains to level 70 it’s been a Godsend.
People will find any reason [...]

Blizzard’s gone and made the home page for World of Warcraft (www.worldofwarcraft.com) all fancy and pretty for the Wrath of the Lich King release on Thursday.
Also in an atempt at keeping servers stable before Wrath of the Lich King this Thursday, Blizzard has opened up a brand-new US PvE realm called Fizzcrank. So far, according to [...]

I are confused, didn’t they just say yesterday that there would not be a direct download of the expansion pack on Nov. 13th? Now it’s apparently going to be ready for launch. You can read the original post here in German, but I’m expecting a US announcement sometime today.
Normally I really wouldn’t be so concerned [...]

You saw some of this information already as I posted it a while back during the Beta and again while I was at Blizzcon this year through my youtube videos. Here’s Blizzard’s official update on the World of Warcraft Community site.
The Ring of Valor
In the Horde capital of Orgrimmar, proving one’s worth through the crucible [...]

In preparation for Wrath of the Lich King, we will be performing an 8 hour Armory maintenance beginning on November 6, at 6AM PST. The extensive changes and feature additions in Wrath of the Lich King mean that we also have to update the Armory to reflect those changes. As part of the maintenance, all [...]

Update: Got another 2 hours tacked on due to unforeseen issues with today’s maintenance. I blame Republicans and Paladin nerfs.
Mighty big wampum Patch notes. This is pretty much the official precursor to the Wrath of the Lich King, all of the Beta changes that had not made it to live just yet are now activated [...]

This is massive. There’s a lot of PVP news as well as developmental work going on in Wrath of the Lich King being reported. Some major game changes too, the list is pretty long so just check for the colors and scroll through for keynote you’re interested in.

Red: PVP
Green: PVE
Yellow: General

Patch 3.0.3 release date
The plan [...]

I’m not too keen on critisizing Blizzard in a negative light, but this is plain fucking stupid. We are going to eat each other alive on this thing. Nothing good can come of this. I cannot see a single positive aspect coming from this. Even more so the folks that have been worrying that they’re [...]

If your server is crashing and burning then time to jump ship folks. Blizzard is opening up 22 US servers for free character migration. Or if you’re Horde and guildless you can come to Altar of Storms and join the Spooncraft crew!
We will be offering free character moves from a selected high population realm to [...]

I was thinking that with all this scourge stuff going on and an official introduction of Grand Apothecary Putress, it’s be a great time to show you all again what the Battle for Undercity is. There is a lot going on now even if you can’t see it. Blizzard is doing an incredible job shaping [...]

Whatever your experience with this event, it’s over. In the short short time I placed the poll on the sidebar asking if this was a good event or a bad event, and so far it seems that a few more of you like it than dislike it. Personally, they could have done better.
I would have [...]

Howdy folks. This is a  little update for those of you not sitting at level 70 or perhaps wanting to help gear out an alt with some pretty rare and strong instance loot. Just like last time the Scourge invaded Azeroth, there are new and unique bosses in several undead-esque instances.
Sever: Lv. 21 Abomination in [...]

Alright ladies and gents, got another update for you. Holy shit two updates on a Sunday that’s unheard of.
There are new quests available from any commoner in a main city. The quests send you to some folks right outside of A’dal’s room, who will then send you to your faction leader. During this FedEx style [...]

I went over last night all the stuff going on now with the Necropolis’ attacking, the new boss in Kara (can’t FUCKING believe a Hunter beat me for that thing…), and the scourge plague spreading even faster.
Well if you haven’t experienced it yet, all hell is breaking loose.

The duration for you to turn into a [...]

Alright folks here’s my next update.
The main phase of the Zombie Invasion has begun!

The infection now lasts 2 minutes instead of 5 so expect even more plague spreading.
Necropolis from the pre-Naxxramas events are back throughout the world! The undead scourge are everywhere! The pre-naxxramas mini-boss in Stratholme is also back and still drops his level [...]

There are a lot of changes coming up including the great Paladin nerf (I really don’t think it’s so bad honestly) as well as the Hunter changes to aspects and such.
Death Knights got a little tweaking in the way of DPS increase in Blood. Druids got some barely noticeable drops in their DPS for feral [...]

It’s a pretty touchy and frankly, ugly subject right now. With the mass merging of raid buffs, the typical raid composition has been tossed out the window and there are many more opportunities for the average raider to find a spot come Wrath of the Lich King.
Our goal was not to remove anything unique from [...]

My first character was a Paladin that I dumped at about level 33 before taking up the first Spooner (Warrior) so the class itself has always had a really strong spot in my heart. So now that I’ve been playing my Paladin a lot more I can really see a lot of what the community [...]

Via MMOC, there’s a new boss in the game. This information was data-mined off the Beta and it appears to be pretty legit. Major props to Boubou for figuring this out.
The next phase of the WotLK world event will feature a new boss located in Karazhan: Prince Tenris Mirkblood. Tenris is part of <The San’layn>. [...]

With Death Knights using what appears to be a modified energy system (think being a rogue with 3 energy bars and a rage bar), and feral druids pretty much being rogue clones in cat form; what’s the actual reason that rogue’s combo points are built on the target and not the player?
Personally I think that [...]

Somewhat related and somewhat different. I figured I’d lump both of these topics into the same post.
I wanted to start talking about healing because it’s on our radar. But we are considering some major changes, so it is going to be a long term design and not something we’ll patch in a week or two. [...]

Nessaja should be writing this right now not me, bah! Could use some feedback from mages that visit the site, I can’t remember the last time I even had a mage other than Nessaja comment here. A little bit of prospective would be nice. Right now from an untrained point of view, I think Arcane [...]

This has always been something I wanted to get since the game first came out and the mount made available. Baron Rivendare (the original Death Knight Boss in WoW) has such a slim chance to drop his own epic land speed mount as well as runeblade. Blizzard has seen fit to increase the drop rate [...]

Druid
Consequences of 10% armor increase on bosses for feral druids
It will hurt Feral dps, but we also needed to hurt Feral dps a little. Cats with a cat spec really hurt stuff now.

It will be a slight threat nerf to bears and warriors (and DKs and paladins slightly less) but tank threat is so enormous [...]

Zombies + Durability Damage
I just take off all my gear. Your gear stats will not help you as a zombie. (src)
Zombies can talk to each other regardless of their faction
Zombies are members of the Scourge and can communicate with one another. It makes you wonder where else in the world zombies will find friends. (src)
That’s [...]

So much fun. Here is how you get infected by the plague :

Pick up one of the Suspicious Crate in Booty Bay, trying to loot one will instantly infect you.
Stay in one of the poison cloud used by zombies
Get damaged by a zombie.

When you’re infected, you can either run to a nearby Argent Healer or [...]

UPDATE: There are crates in Booty Bay that when clicked on will infect you with the Plague! The Cult of the Damned is starting to kick it up! I won’t be disappointing them muahahahaha BRAINS!
Via MMOC
As I write this news, it looks like the pre-Wrath of the Lich King world event has been started on [...]