Spooncraft

As I have said before in the past, this zone has the potential to be something really great. Kalgan recently posted a list of changes coming to the zone as they focus their energy on it, trying to make it test ready.
Here’s a quick update on some of the things coming to Wintergrasp over the [...]

Lake wintergraps (as most of you know) is pretty much one of my main drives for the expansion pack. A player named Azurai in the Beta wrote a VERY good post with tons of feedback fully knowing that Wintergrasp is still in it’s infant stages for development. She got a reply from Blizzard not too [...]

The title says it all. New ladder, 4 new seasons, let’s get ready to rumble.
We want to provide some information about the direction of the Arena system. Upon the release of Wrath of the Lich King, players will find they are still able to access the Arena system at level 70 for rated matches. Those [...]

Just a fair warning for anybody looking at these images. This is still the beta and the first we’ve seen of any PVP gear in the Wrath of the Lich King. Everything is subject to change and I am not bothering at all posting the honor point costs for anything because they are 99% likely [...]

I completely forgot to post these and instead of just rediting the already long (due to gallery scroll) post where we looked deeper into Lake Wintergrasp, I’m making this new post altogether.
These videos come via Blizzplanet, where they wrote some decent reviews and have more screenshots and other such things for you to browse.

BGs are some of the most fun I’ve taken part in while PVP-ing in the World of Warcraft. Oh sure people will wax poetic about the wonders of Tarren Mill and Southshore and world PVP, but honestly that fun ends after a few seconds. Now this sounds kind of crazy coming from me (being the [...]

PVP right now is one of the most vivid and important parts of the game to me. Sure there are times where I’d rather see content (when it’s new and shiny and I haven’t seen it obviously) but as soon as the afterglow fades it’s all about PVP for me.
There isn’t much going on right [...]

Badge of Justices / Arena & Honor Points in WotLK will be handled differently than they currently are.
~The current Badges of Justice should still be obtainable via level 70 heroic dungeons after Wrath of the Lich King launches but only used for level 70 gear. We currently plan to continue with a badge type of [...]

Oh my heart, please this is too much win for one man to handle. MORE PVP! (Don’t worry my PVE friends I haven’t forgotten you, there be stuff coming up soon for thee)
Here are some screenshots of the new Battleground in Wrath of the Lich King aptly named Strands of the Ancients which is a [...]

YES! This (and Death Knight) is the reason I am so freaking gung ho for the Wrath of the Lich King. Even got some images for you folks! If anybody else besides me has ever played a FPS game like Unreal Tournament and Tribes, then those vehicle bays where I can only hope siege weapons [...]

There have been a number of questions recently on what exactly falls into the category of Win Trading in Arena matches, and therefore what is and is not considered acceptable, so we would like to provide some clarification on what is considered fair gameplay in Arena matches.
The act of Win Trading may be described as [...]

Jayde says it best, I seem to get the “Dear in the headlights” look 90% of the time I run into an alliance. Which is how I imagine a lot of players are going to react when they run into a Death Knight in live. Here is a video of some pretty straightforward steamrolling.
There isn’t [...]

Living in Miami Florida and only a few hours (if that) drive South of Orlando, I was strongly considering attending this event to try and cover it but alas, money and work schedule kind of threw a big wrench in the works. Here’s the excerpts from MMOC.
Gotfrag.com posted a long and very interesting preview of [...]

This is downright hilarious. I mean seriously fucking hilarious. I remember a long time ago me and the wife tried to uel each other while completely and utterly destroyed by alcohol and mind altering substances. I think by the end of the night I was laughing on the floor in tears, while she was running [...]

A lot of people can say the same thing as me on this subject. Lake Wintergrasp and the revitalization of world PVP is a VERY BIG FUCKING DEAL in the coming expansion.
Already a lot of people are pretty much dismissing the entire project with worries and jaded cynicism that it’s going to be just like [...]

June’s month long poll is done. At 202 (million) votes we have the results. I’m happy to say that (by a small margin) World PVP took the 1st place as to what PVP changes people wanted most in Wrath of the Lich King.
Good news is that they’re getting their wish. With the introduction (and finally [...]

Wrath of the Lich King - Northrend BG Preview from el'anon on Vimeo.

Ahh PVP. The lifeblood. Blizzard actually gave us some pretty good insights to the PVP game coming up in Wrath of the Lich King.
Like my previous posts this is a massive dump of information but it’s been organized into something less painful to read. Click “Read More” to see the full post as all of [...]

Just a little quickie update for you folks. Barrage incoming after this post.
The US PTR realms are now up and running with the latest 2.4.3 Patch. We are no longer testing Brewfest. We may run another test of Brewfest or other holidays later in the test phase watch this forum for more information. (src)
There is [...]

This is going to make mages and warlocks both very happy. I on the other hand would normally be bothered since I normally go purge happy whenever I see a warlock or mage, but at least this way I conserve a little more mana.
Mages

Frost Armor, Ice Armor, Mage Armor, and Molten Armor are no [...]

I posted this exact information a while back so I’m just reposting this to make sure all you folks still at work have something to look forward to when you get home.
Another refresher for you all broken down quite nicely by the folks over at WOR. This is all about the gear, armor, weapons, and [...]

With season 4 coming on June 24th, we want to remind everyone about the requirements for individuals and teams to be eligible for the end of season rewards.
Teams will need to meet both of the following requirements to be counted and considered as potential recipients of any rewards. A team that does not meet these [...]

I don’t know about you all but I am actually pretty pissed at the way the current system works for BG queues. Maybe I’m just being nostalgic but I really miss the days before cross server battlegrounds. There were guilds devoted to PVP. You had a sort of fame throughout your server. There was actual [...]

Phase 2 of the 2008 World of Warcraft Arena Tournament’s second qualification round has begun. Tournament participants have had ample time during the practice phase to hone their strategies, try various team compositions, and gain experience playing with their team. It’s now time for the real games to begin again for the last chance to [...]

So my people, you wanted pictures? Visual? Images? Informationz!?
There’s a new poll up, you should vote!
I enjoy big grand holy crap entrances so let’s start this off with a big bang. Hopefully once we get to use these bad boys there will be some pretty big bangs. Keep in mind that the current plan is [...]

It’s Tuesday, doctor’s appointments, meetings, reports, yeah man it’s busy as piss. Glad that the servers are down anyway, my little reign of terror in Arathi Basin has a slight reprieve. I’m working on editing and making tasteful the WotLK stuff so bear with me. In the meantime here’s some comedy.

A new page of Teh Gladiators is out, go check it out. This is one of the few really solid quality WoW comics out there.

This is something you merciless Gladiators and such should pay attention too, else you be left without your armored netherdrake.
We’ve updated the Season 4 two-week notification announcement thread to include a very important point of clarification.
Here’s the original thread

It’s very important for players who feel that they may be eligible for the end-of season rewards, [...]

This video really made me laugh because it brought back some memories. Back in classic WoW me and my buddies used to get together every other week and throw a little LAN party at somebody’s house. Usually meant heavy drinking, modded out Unreal Tournament, and then Starcraft or WoW group PVP. Some of the most [...]

Gnomes have a pretty powerful racial although for the longest time it was unabated and I would argue a little bit imbalanced in a PVP sense. A while back there were some changes and today we’ve got some complaints probably by somebody who was just ill informed. Anyways here’s the low down on Escape Artist.
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