Segment 51: Old Friends Revisited

Let’s look at the pre-Cata add-ons covered in the Emporium once more, quickly, and see what’s still useful. Any dates referenced here will be 2011 unless otherwise stated.

From the top:
Omen3 – Outdated. I’ve personally moved to Skada.
Carbonite – Updated January 25th.
Decursive – Updated March 4th.
Grid – Use Healbot.
Mage Fever – Updated February 14th. Use Curse to get the latest version.
Lorack’s DK Optimizer…

Those of you who listen to the podcast know all about my deep concern for the state of the game, but today my concern has reached a whole new level. Lately, I’ve been seeing great and dedicated players and friends quit the game left and right (5 of my good friends have quit the game and from what I’ve been hearing it seems like more are following), an overload of negative comments on the blogosphere…

Segment 50: Add-ons for Shaman

I have been informed that, during the per-class segments, I somehow contrived to miss the shaman. Let’s correct that right now.

The shaman is a hybrid support class, providing DPS via spellcasting or melee, or healing. In addition, the shaman can place totems to provide additional benefits to the party or deal additional damage to enemies.

To help your shaman in his chosen role, I’ve put together a…

Segment 35: Starting Over

As I write this, it has now been almost a week since patch 4.0.1 went live. Anyone who has been through a major World of Warcraft patch before knows that this means instability, numerous server restarts and mini-patches, and broken add-ons for several days. For add-ons, it can be even longer, depending on how complex the changes are, and if the add-on developers are still maintaining their products. In this…

That’s right. Posted just minutes ago. Guilds will not be allowed to invite members after 600. Guilds with current memberships higher than that will still be intact but will not be able to invite new members until they drop themselves below 600.

Let the fallout begin. If you’re a part of a large guild, it’s about to get scary for you.

Here is the full post from Mumper:

“We will be introducing a new,

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Blizzard has released a new version of the World of Warcraft Cataclysm Beta client for download through Battle.net. I for one am pretty bummed about this because it is slowing down my testing and blogging about Cataclysm.

I have limited time to get into the Beta and today I am greeted with this download which will prohibit me from getting back in until at least tomorrow.

There are some interesting features with the new…

Voice Enhancing Steroids

The Pros and Cons of Real ID
We look at positives and negatives regarding Real ID.

Talents and Specializations
Blizzard announced a complete overhaul of the talent system. We discuss.

Icesnake’s Addon Emporium
Icesnake is back this week to bring us the addon: Lightheaded

Listener Email & Comments
We mention some of the things that you, our great listeners, had to say this week.

LoreDucation with Evinrue
Evinrue discusses the…

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This post comes to us courtesy of our listener Kurg from the Kargath server. He has some ideas on how to make fishing more interesting.

I have noticed a big question lately has been: how can blizzard make fishing more interesting? One suggestion might be to make fishing more in depth like a crafting profession. For example, fishing lures could be created by recipes. A player could make certain lures with recipes and those…

Murlocs are for realz!

Murlocs are real!
Handfish species of fish that look like murlocs.

Remote Auction House details
Thanks to a comment from Hiruu, we got to the bottom of what the charges are for in regards to remote services.

Healing in Cataclysm
We look at how healing is changing in Cataclysm.

Icesnake’s Addon Emporium
Icesnake is back this week with the addon RaidBuffStatus

Evinrue’s NPC of the Week
Evinrue…

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Listen To Your Mother.

Mobile Auction House
The Mobile Auction House is coming soon: is it worth the money?

Female Worgen Screenshots
Are they killer werewolves or sexy foxes?

Putricide Strategy
We give you our tips on the Professor Putricide encounter in Icewing Citadel

Listener Email & Comments
We mention some of the things that you, our great listeners, had to say this week.

Predicting the Bosses of Cataclysm
Evinrue joins us to…

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Good Cop / Bad Modem

Cataclysm Professions
Blizzard officially released information regarding Cataclysm profession changes. We put our two cents in on the subject.

Good Cop / Bad Modem
Blizzard flexes their NDA muscle and we discuss

Icesnake’s Addon Emporium #21
Icesnake is back this week with the addon SkillScore

Listener Email & Comments
We mention some of the things that you, our great listeners, had to say this week.

Ruby Sanctum
We…

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There was a thread on Maintankadin asking about what people’s hopes were for Cataclysm. I started writing a response there and I quickly saw it wasn’t going to fit, so I made it a blog entry.The developers did a fantastic job with Wrath of the Lich…

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Icecrown Citadel 5-Man Dungeon
We examine some of the early details that have come out about the Icecrown Citadel 5-Man Dungeon that is coming out in World of Warcraft Cataclysm.

Goblins, Worgen, and the future of the Horde
Cataclysm will bring us the new Goblin and Worgen starting areas…

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Even before class changes were announced, I had questioned why the undead (Forsaken) can’t be paladins.  Many of the bravest paladins fell to the Lich King and thus could be reborn as a Forsaken.  Though the light may have left these people for a short time, I don’t think it would be too big of a leap to suggest that they could find the light again.

With regards to the Light leaving the Forsaken,…

Surely we all know that Blizzcon is in the works right now, as I write this. People are looking around for details on all of the little tidbits of information that we have received so far, and right now they have not actually given us much in the way of details.
There is going to [...]

It’s official! Not just rumor anymore.

At Blizzcon Chris Metzen announces that Cataclysm is coming next and they debut the trailer at Blizzcon.

The old world is rocked by the cataclysm and is reformed. The maelstrom is churning between the continents.

The Goblins have found new allies with the horde.
The Worgen have found new allies with the alliance.

New Race/Class combinations are official!

Level Cap raised to 85.

New secondary skill Archeology!…