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The state of DPS following patch 4.0.6

Friday, February 18th, 2011

With Patch 4.0.6 now live for almost a week there is enough data starting to trickle through to take a look at and see just who benefited the most from the patchy goodness. Now, leading up to the patch, there was a lot of doom and gloom, particularly in the Hunter community, where the Survival [...]

Worgen or the case for aesthetics over numbers

Monday, January 24th, 2011

My recent post on choosing the ‘best’ race for the Hunter class caused me to reflect on my decisions. For min/max’ing there’s little doubt that the 1% increased chance to critically hit makes the Worgen the number one choice for Alliance Hunters. For non-min/max’ers there are other factors to consider though, and for me the [...]

The King is dead and the Cataclysm is here

Monday, December 13th, 2010

I’m probably not the only one that is feeling Shattered right now. In case you’ve set up house under a rock, Cataclysm is here, it has happened. There’s a very angry dragon flapping about raising heck. Among other things, the XP bar has appeared at the top of my screen for my level 80 characters.

The Celestial Steed swindle of 2010

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

I was cooling my heals in Dalaran on the weekend when I started to see a heap of people riding around on these glittery little ponies. While their appearance didn’t do a whole lot for me — in my opinion they look like someone attacked a little girls ‘My Little Pony’ with a supernatural bedazzler [...]

Welcome aboard

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

My adventures in Azeroth began some time toward the end of 2008. I began my journey as a fresh faced little night elf hunter, running around with my bow and arrow, taming pets, shooting stuff and getting into the occasional skirmish with the Horde (they drew first blood, not me!). I’ve seen patches, I’ve seen [...]