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It comes with raiding guilds. It just does.
It’s called drama.
Where people freak out, yell things on Vent, and TYPE THINGS IN CAPITAL LETTERS.
There is no avoiding it.
Anathema downed Lurker last night. Again. It took several tries before it went well, and on the second last attempt there were some pretty big freakouts.
A couple people flipped [...]

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World War One, all over again

Ever since 2.3, there have been some major changes to Alterac Valley.
These changes, I think, were supposed to make it more strategical, and try to end the endless zerg rushing of pre-2.3 AV.
The very first iteration of AV was a monstrosity, filled with random NPCs, and even a random rampaging Troll. It has undergone many, [...]

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AFK!!!

I experienced my very first AFKers in Arathi Basin today.
I was shocked. I was horrified.
I burst into tears at this heresy. Here we were, 11 horde strong, trying to fight off 15 alliance. For the entire battle, alliance held 2 bases, and horde held two bases, and there was always one or two nodes that [...]

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The Ultimate Raid

Sure, you may have cleared Serpentshrine Cavern. You may have beaten the Eye, finished Hyjal, and even managed to take down Illidan himself.
But are you ready?
Are you ready for the ULTIMATE test of your mettle, your abilities to withstand such incredible and chaotic forces, and yet still maintain control and do your job?
I am, of [...]

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How To Not Pull Threat

A very real danger to any DPS class is the risk of pulling aggro from your tank, and thus getting yourself horribly squashed, and potentially wiping the party.
If you have mad DPS, but keep pulling aggro and getting killed 15 seconds in, you are useless. Worse than useless, you are a liability to the party.
Don’t [...]

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Patch 2.3.2

Arena season 2 doth draw to an end, heralding the start of a new season of bloodshed and gnashing of teeth.
Less than a quarter moon’s cycle from now, a new season of slaughter will begin.
And lo, in this season of killing, a voice descended from the heavens, and did announce in a blue voice:
“I am [...]

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Arenas on the PTR

Thanks to Anathema and the joy that comes from raiding and shooting fireballs at Lootreaver, I will probably NOT be spending a lot of time within arenas on the live servers.
I will most likely be doing my competitive arenas on the test realms.
Here is my thinking:
Respeccing every week or so from raiding fire, to PvP [...]

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A Spartan way of Life

So.
Fire in PvP.
I’ve been specced fire on the Public Realms for a couple weeks now, and I feel it is only fair that I provide a somewhat more in-depth analysis of how it plays out at 70.
Well…. where to start?
The first thing you notice is that the damage you can unleash on hapless foes is… [...]

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Vanity

I’d like to take a break from our usual Magery programming, and discuss !!!FASHION!!!
The Dungeon sets for mages prove to be mostly an exercise in sadness.
Dungeon Set 1 (or Magister’s Regalia) is a futile attempt to try and visualize a high level armor set. It’s garish red and purples produce a horrendous effect that seems [...]

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World of Magecraft, Volume IV

Sorry this was so long in coming.
Now, for this issue of Magecraft, we are going to assume that you, lovely mage, have just reached level 70. So now what?
Well, first off we’re going to go over the standard builds for level 70 mages. You’ll see these referenced on the forums as “10/48/3″ and “LOL 17/0/44 [...]

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