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Blue Posts: MoP account-wide achievements, phasing, authenticator troubles, Battle.net Balance

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0000

Join us every weekday evening as Today in WoW runs down all the WoW news that you could possibly want. From comments from Blizzard's blues to the latest datamining info -- we've got you covered. Zarhym's judge-ness been taken up to the Dredd degree. Don't forget to check out The Daily Quest and our Weekly Podcast Roundup to find out what else is going on in the WoW community. And if you have a news tip, feel free to drop us a line and let us know. Blue posts WoW news from other sites News and features from WoW Insider Links from around the web Continue reading Blue Posts: MoP account-wide achievements, phasing, authenticator troubles, Battle.net Balance Filed under: Today in WoW Blue Posts: MoP account-wide achievements, phasing, authenticator troubles, Battle.net Balance originally appeared on WoW Insider on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

Spiritual Guidance: How to increase your HPS as a discipline priest

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0000

Every week, WoW Insider brings you Spiritual Guidance for discipline , holy and shadow priests. Dawn Moore covers the healing side of things for discipline and holy priests. She also writes for LearnToRaid.com and produces the Circle of Healing Podcast . I received an email three weeks back from a discipline priest who told me she thought her performance on the healing meters was too low. Though there wasn't any pressure on her from her guild to change what she was doing, she was bothered that her peers often outhealed her by a significant amount -- even another discipline priest with worse gear and a laggy computer. She told me she'd first noticed it at the start of Cataclysm , despite the fact that her performance on meters should have gone up with the change to combat logs (which allowed absorption from Power Word: Shield and Divine Aegis to register on meters). She kept up with her assignments regardless, and none of her targets ever died, but something just didn't seem right to her. The priest linked me her armory but said that she didn't think it was anything to do with her gear choices, which I agreed with upon my own inspection. She also described what she was casting, none of which seemed horribly egregious to me. What could be wrong? Continue reading Spiritual Guidance: How to increase your HPS as a discipline priest Filed under: Priest , (Priest) Spiritual Guidance Spiritual Guidance: How to increase your HPS as a discipline priest originally appeared on WoW Insider on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

Weekly Podcast Roundup: Jan. 30 – Feb. 5, 2012

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Every Monday evening, WoW Insider brings you a long list of WoW podcasts that were published the week and weekend before. If you don't see your favorite World of Warcraft podcast listed, just let us know in the comments. Be sure to leave a link to it, and we'll pick it up next week. All podcasts and content belong to their owners. WoW Insider is not responsible for what you hear, and some of the content may not be safe for work. All Things Azeroth Down a boss, crack a Coke The Instance Now, 5% off the regular nerf! Legendary Episode 63 Twisted Nether Blogcast Variant Ceraphus Continue reading Weekly Podcast Roundup: Jan. 30 - Feb. 5, 2012 Filed under: Podcasting , Weekly Podcast Roundup Weekly Podcast Roundup: Jan. 30 - Feb. 5, 2012 originally appeared on WoW Insider on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

Two Bosses Enter: Echo of Tyrande vs. Warlord Zon’ozz

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:00:00 +0000

In Two Bosses Enter , WoW Insider's series of fantasy death matches, bosses, leaders, and powerful figures of World of Warcraft face off in the squared circle. Your vote determines who wins and claims the season title. As the poll closes for last week's matchup . the Echo of Sylvanas from the End Time dungeon successfully trumped the second raid boss to be a part of Two Bosses Enter, Yor'sahj the Unsleeping. Looks like this unsleeper is being put down for the night, if you catch my drift. You don't? Oh, Yor'sahj lost. By 800 votes. Another surprisingly close match, considering who Sylvanas is. This week's matchup proves to be another fun one, especially for the commenters, who are doing their best to reconcile raid mechanics and 5-man mechanics while remembering that this is about spirit and fun. The Echo of Tyrande, leader of the night elves and caretaker of Nordrassil and the druid barrows, will have to pull out every trick in the book as she goes up against Warlord Zon'ozz, one of the two generals at the helm of the assault on Wyrmrest Temple. Now the fate of these two champions is in your hands. Who wins it, loyal readers and fans? Does the Echo of Tyrande have the strength of will to stand up against the madness of the Old Gods' servant Warlord Zon'ozz? View Poll Continue reading Two Bosses Enter: Echo of Tyrande vs. Warlord Zon'ozz Filed under: Two Bosses Enter Two Bosses Enter: Echo of Tyrande vs. Warlord Zon'ozz originally appeared on WoW Insider on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

Don’t forget that the Darkmoon Faire is live, too

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:00:00 +0000

At this point, it shouldn't be hard to remember when the Darkmoon Faire is active. This is our third month with the new Darkmoon Island. However, with both Lunar Festival and Love is in the Air in progress, we figure this friendly reminder can't hurt. It's incredibly easy to get caught up in the festivities with so many events happening at one time. Remember, your Darkmoon Faire achievement progress has been reset since last month. Don't wait until the last minute to take care of those! And if you need a little help with those achievements, we have a guide for that . Filed under: Events , News items Don't forget that the Darkmoon Faire is live, too originally appeared on WoW Insider on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

The curious case of Cataclysm potions

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:00:00 +0000

Remember how amazing cogwheels were? The concept was an inherently cool one -- engineers, much like jewelcrafters, could get their hands on something that would enhance their gear purely through their craft. For jewelcrafters, it's the ability to cut amazing gems, limited to the number they can use in their gear. For engineers, cogwheels were purchasable with crafted engineering items and could be used in a helm with cogwheel slots. You may be wondering why I'm using the past tense here. It's for good reason -- cogwheels are, essentially, a dead item. Introduced at the beginning of Cataclysm , they could be used in engineering crafted goggles, but that was it. Once players started raiding, those goggles were quickly replaced ... and we never saw anything with a cogwheel in it again. For something that had me really excited about being an engineer, the cogwheel was a letdown of sorts. But that's not the only thing that's been a little off, professionally speaking, with Cataclysm . Continue reading The curious case of Cataclysm potions Filed under: Analysis / Opinion The curious case of Cataclysm potions originally appeared on WoW Insider on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

How players are using cross-realm raiding to foster communities

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0000

With the introduction of cross-realm raiding in patch 4.3.2 and the Raid Finder, players have gone above and beyond in creating new and exciting server-less communities that bring in raiders from all over the world via Real ID grouping. While the Dragon Soul raid is not available currently for players using cross-realm raiding, all other raids and difficulties are, and there is no better time to go back to old content and finish off stuff during the wait until the next expansion. Sites like LFRaid.com and Twitterland Raiding are two communities that have sprung up quickly in this new cross-realm raiding world. Twitterland Raiding is a website created for the Twitter WoW community to form up groups for raiding across server lines. With a centralized place to express interest in raiding as well as no server structure or logistics to worry about besides Real ID names (which gets immensely easier with the introduction of BattleTags ), raiding can happen in greater volume and more quickly. Continue reading How players are using cross-realm raiding to foster communities Filed under: Raiding How players are using cross-realm raiding to foster communities originally appeared on WoW Insider on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

Officers’ Quarters: A gkicked player takes revenge

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Every Monday, Scott Andrews contributes Officers' Quarters , a column about the ins and outs of guild leadership. He is the author of The Guild Leader's Handbook , available from No Starch Press . Here at OQ, I receive emails all the time about people acting like jerks . Jerks are everywhere, and MMOs certainly have their fair share. Of all the jerks I've heard about, the player from this week's email has to be among the all-time worst. Fortunately, his terrible behavior has a bright side: By sharing this guild's story, other officers can avoid the same fate. From the start one of our members started to complain about the guild at the start of raiding early cata. However the officers and GM has brush it off as him being annoyed at the game because he hated the expansion. Things went from bad to worst when we started Firelands. He started to make plans to overthrow the GM of the guild and made fun behind him. He complains the GM is never there supporting the guild because he took a month off due to work reasons. He made fun of our progression even though we manage to get at least 1 heroic mode down. When we got to dragon soul he stop raiding with us all together. Which is fine because our guild is a casual raiding guild and members are free to choose to raid or not. However he complains even more that people in the guild are stupid and we won't ever progress. It got to the point where we kicked him from the guild but the problem didn't stop there. Continue reading Officers' Quarters: A gkicked player takes revenge Filed under: Officers' Quarters (Guild Leadership) Officers' Quarters: A gkicked player takes revenge originally appeared on WoW Insider on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

Drama Mamas: Choosing between raiding and friendships

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0000

Drama Mamas Lisa Poisso and Robin Torres are experienced gamers and real-life mamas -- and just as we don't want our precious babies to be the ones kicking and wailing on the floor of the checkout lane next to the candy, neither do we want you to become known as That Guy on your realm. In the video above, Candace's friends are off having fun without her. Since she is unwilling to find her own fun, she takes a portal to Mars to hang out with strangers -- and breaks into song. There are parallels with this week's letter (except for the song part). Hi Robin & Lisa, I'm finally writing in with my own dilemma. Since I started playing this game in mid-Wrath, I've played with my girlfriend and our mutual friend. We have a strong bond and truly enjoy playing together, and GF and I have even met our friend IRL. In Wrath, I led our 10 man raid group, and we loved every minute of ICC. Once the Cataclysm was upon us, we expected to continue raiding. However, things rarely work out as planned, and we missed T11 completely, mostly due to the dissolution of our guild. Eventually I became frustrated with lack of progress and quit the game for a while. Continue reading Drama Mamas: Choosing between raiding and friendships Filed under: Analysis / Opinion , Drama Mamas Drama Mamas: Choosing between raiding and friendships originally appeared on WoW Insider on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

Two Different Experiences, One Guild

FabGaimbval — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:00:21 +0000

Today I’m going to paint for you two pictures of different individuals. Both of them are in the same guild. Both are on the same raid team and are of the same member rank. Their raiding performances are comparable to one another. Player A: Soshal Crither Shows up a few minutes early before the raid. Sticks around after the raid discussing the evening. Posts interesting and relevant discussion/material on the forums. Players other games with guild members in addition to WoW forging stronger social ties. Has a strong presence. Player B: Hermy Stays quiet and doesn’t actively engage with many players in the guild. Promptly logs out right after raids and barely squeaks in before raid start for an invite. Rarely posts on the forums and only chimes in when they’re absent. Not a big fan of hanging out on Mumble during non raid nights. The point I want to make here is that while being a by-the-book player who does only what’s needed down to the letter can be acceptable, it doesn’t hurt to socialize every so often. I maintain a memorable impression of players who aren’t afraid of frequenting Mumble and touching base outside of raids. Can’t lay out a theory as to why, but I reckon it’s due to repeated exposure to their presence. Sharing additional interests with other players (in addition to WoW) can create a much better guild experience then simply playing the 9 to 5 career raider. Do you play other games with your guildies? "You miss 100% of the shots you never take." - Wayne Gretzky Thanks for reading a post from World of Matticus ! Check out the Matticast , the official companion podcast!