And the Race is On!

A standard question many new players ask is “what class should I play?” followed immediately by “what race should I play?”
Hence some people’s utter disappointment they couldn’t play Undead Druids or Draeni Warlocks.
But it got me thinking here… with LK inevitably coming down the pipes, and all the changes it’s bringing, what is going to [...]

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Changing of the Guard

By now, I’m sure you’ve heard of the change in LK that will change all the buffs/debuffs so that multiple classes can have them.
Case in point, Fel Intelligence, a buff that increases Intellect and Spirit, just not as much Intellect as AI does, or as much Spirit as DS does. And all these various buffs/debuffs [...]

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In the Spirit of Things…

So here’s that gear list that was mentioned, after the jump, so those who don’t want to get crit by a massive list don’t have to be.
And no, I did not provide a wowhead link in there. What can I say, I’m a bad blogger.

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Ex-Spirit-mentation

Well, I can’t post one right now because Warcrafter, the awesome tool I used for the previous post, is currently down.
Internal Server Errors, my sweaty troll arse.
I can try to remember what things are…
Ok, the T4 mage had the staff from… something, full T4 set (meaning that, yes, a successful run of Gruul’s and Bagtheridon [...]

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What a Spirited Argument!

For the sake of these numbers, I am going to use three “mages”: one in T4 and equivalent gear, one in T5, and the last in T6/Sunwell. For each, their mana regeneration will be calculated as self-buffed, and fully raid buffed.
Self Buffed:

Arcane Intellect
Mage Armor
Spell Damage food (i.e. Crunchy Serpent)
Flask of Blinding Light
Superior Wizard oil

Raid Buffed:

Everything [...]

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Spirit, Here to Stay and Getting Greedy

Spirit is the topic of the day, such as it is…
Long regarded as the stupidest mage stat to ever exist, it has been the source of a great deal of hatred from the mage class. More specifically, it’s inclusion on tiered mage gear made us quiver with rage at the warlocks who got higher everything [...]

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Akismet Goes OM NOM NOM

As a new blogger, I always checked my akismet comments. Ya never know if a legitimate reader suddenly found his/her comment eated oop.
But vigilance, like flowers and virility, fades with time, and now, I only check “flagged as spam” comments about once every two or three weeks. It’s not something I look forward to… I [...]

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AV Isn’t Dead Yet!

So last night, I hopped into AV, expecting a standard mindless zerg.
There is, after all, that trinket that costs 40k honour that everyone is trying to get.
I join in a couple minutes late, cursing as I ran out the door… trapped in front of an alliance zerg. Great. Just great.
Check the map… about 10 on [...]

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Full Circle, Finally (Technically ‘My PvP is Bigger than Yours Part III)

So why do people continue to play battlegrounds, not enjoy, not participate, yet spend literally hours on them?
Well, as I’ve said before, they do it for currency. Whatever attitude they have, the fact is, they need to and want to be arena viable. That means they have to have the best gear available to them, [...]

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My PvP is Bigger than Yours, Part II

We’ve all met these people. I can say with 100% certainty that we’ve all met a Noob, and that most of us have met a “Pro”… but you probably didn’t notice the “Pro”.
By their very nature, Noobs are loud and obvious. Easy to spot, easy to remember, and we all stop stories about their antics.
“Pro”s, [...]

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