One of my favorite things to do at the beginning of an expansion is search item databases and find out what is the best gear for my character to have in order to successfully start raiding. Yes, I truly am a nerd like that.

I’m sure I will do the same this expansion for my characters, but in addition I’m compiling resources for all classes and specs to help you all get prepared for…

I tried to log in to World of Warcraft this evening to get back to leveling my Priest only to find a 150mb download waiting for me.

It seems that Blizzard is giving us the patch again because there were some problems with people receiving it the first time. I must say, I love that Blizzard gives us content patches, but as someone who has a slow internet connection I can’t help but QQ a…

Daetur on the MMO-Champion Forums created an entry titled “What Wrath players need to know to not suck at Cata!” I found some good information in what he said, though I think it is less about sucking and more about getting back to the fundamentals of group play.

I’ve pulled out some of the key points from what Daetur said and I’ve added my own opinions here as well. Since I have been running…

Here is a map of the new Stormwind with locations of some NPC’s that you will need to get you started finding your way around town.

Thanks to Frostnut for putting this together for us. He’s giving the Alliance some love.

Yellow Star: Auction House
Purple Diamond: Bank
Orange Square: Flight Masters and Trainers
Red Triangle: Cooking/Fishing Dailies
White Triangle: Valor and Justice Point Gear Vendors
Red Star: Battle Masters
Blue Hexagon: Guild Vendor

Segment 38: Add-ons for Mages

This week we’re going to take a look at a few of the add-ons meant for mages, the glass cannons of the World of Warcraft. As always, be sure to get the latest version if you’re going to try these out; out-of-date add-ons may not work at all, or worse, they may do something completely different to what you want. Check out the links in the segment notes for…

Getting around Orgrimmar since The Shattering can be a little confusing at first. I wandered around aimlessly in search of NPC’s like the Flight Master, Justice Point Vendors, Bankers, Auctioneers, etc.

Since I searched and searched but couldn’t find any maps online that told me where to find the NPC’s in Orgrimmar that I was looking for, I’ve created a labeled starter map to help you find some of these key NPC’s in Orgrimmar…

We’ve known that this day would come. The day when Deathwing would rise from the earth, shattering it, causing cracks and tidal waves that will change the landscape of Azeroth forever.

How do you feel now that this day is about to arrive? For the most part I’ve been excited about the shattering and the changes that World of Warcraft is about to go through. It’s going to almost feel like a new game…

“Save a Gnome, Blame an Elf”

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Weekly Blues
WoW Best Buy Developer Chat, Wintergrasp and Tol Barad balancing, Rated Battlegrounds FAQ, More about Tol Barad

Druid Interview
Haavok from the Hyjac server is here to bring you Resto druid tips and information for 4.0.1

It Came From the Forusm
A poll…

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I pose this question to you based on the new “Community Unlockables” Feature that they have added to the new World of Warcraft Community Site.

If you partake in such activities as entering in contests, liking content on Facebook, sharing content on Twitter, you begin to unlock rewards for your faction.

By “Liking” and “Sharing” content on the site, taking the personality test, and submitting original images or videos to our contests,

…

Blizzard has released a blue post giving us everything we wanted to know about Rated Battlegrounds. Well, everything they think we need to know about Rated Battlegrounds, because someone somewhere is cooking up an obscure question for the forums at this very moment.

For me personally I am really excited about the Rated Battlegrounds. I enjoy the experience of PvP battles with objectives more than the arena experience where you see who can kill the…

I was going through my junk email folder a couple days ago and noticed that I had gotten several emails from Blizzard that said that my Battle.net password had been reset and I would need to click the link below to get a new password.

At first I thought, “What the heck, how is that even possible?” But then I thought, “Wait, I just logged in to WoW and my password works just fine. What…

Segment 37: Add-ons for Hunters

This week we’re going to look at add-ons meant for Hunters and their pets. There are many of them available, and I’m not planning an hour-long segment, so this will just skim the cream off the top, covering one or two of the various types available. For the full list, take a look at Curse; there’s a direct link in the segment notes.

Now, let’s give your…

“Gaggle of Goblins”

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Weekly Blues
Zul’Gurub as a questing zone, 310% riding for free, Region Battlegroups, new combat resurrection mechanic, goblin/worgen transfers.

Death Knight interview
We talk with Ceraphus from Variant Avatar about his thoughts on how to spec and glyph Unholy Death Knights for patch 4.0.1

**Level 80…

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“Wrath of the Lich King Retrospective”

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The Community Speaks
We mention some of the things that you, our great listeners, had to say this week and read reviews.

Wrath of the Lich King Retrospective
Jason, Modem and Evinrue discuss some of their favorite moments and disappointments from the last two years…

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Segment 36: Add-ons for Druids

This week we’ll take a look at add-ons meant specifically for that most versatile of classes, the druids. You really need to look at the blog to get the full benefit of this segment; everything I talk about here is linked in the blog. Be sure, before you try out any add-on, that it has been updated to at least WoW version 4.0.1

Any discussion of druid add-ons must…

This post is a follow up to the one that I wrote before patch 4.0.1 about how it was a great time to reinvent your user interface.

Since patch 4.0.1 has been released I have tried out a variety of addons to get my UI to where I feel comfortable with it. It still continues to evolve as old favorites get updated and new addons are developed, but for now this is my…

“If You See Deathwing He Will Kill You”

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WoWpedia Interview
We talk with Pcj from WoWpedia.org about their new site and why people should check it out.

Weekly Blues
Notes from BlizzCon 2010, Dungeons and Raids on Cataclysm, The Shattering World Event, Deathwing wreaking havoc and more.

Hunters Interview…

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