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A WoW player's guide to The Old Republic
Joystiq by Matt Daniel on Jan 20th 2012 10:30AM Whether you're a longtime World of Warcraft player or someone who's just recently tried the game and fallen in love with it, you're probably aware that there are other MMORPGs out there. Recently, the game that's … |
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Ben Shaw, Blind Veteran, Plays 'World Of Warcraft' In Partnership With 'Guide …
Huffington Post An veteran who lost both eyes in the Iraq war has mastered the computer game "World of Warcraft" thanks to the help of a fellow player who acts as his personal "guide dog," according to World of Warcraft Insider. Ben Shaw lost his vision in 2008 when a … |
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The Queue: The serviceman and the "guide dog"
Joystiq by Michael Sacco Jan 13th 2012 at 11:00AM Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Mike Sacco will be your host today. Seriously, guys, if you didn't read Lisa's … |
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"Guide dog" player and guild embrace sightless guildmate, steer team to victory
Joystiq WoW Insider: Reading the links Nico provided in his news tip makes it easy enough to see the fire and determination that's brought Ben back to playing WoW, but what about you, Owen? How did you come to play World of Warcraft in the first place? … |
The Darkmoon Faire is in full swing again, from now until Jan. 7. The event has run into some issues this month, but it’s still a grand ol’ time overall. Many of you are still working on your Darkmoon Faire achievements, however, and others still have yet to step onto the new Darkmoon Island at all.
So what can you do at the Faire? What games are there to play? What achievements can you earn? All of those questions and more are answered in our Guide to the new Darkmoon Faire. Don’t miss it.
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Don’t forget WoW Insider’s guide to the Darkmoon Faire originally appeared on WoW Insider on Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Every week, WoW Insider brings you Shifting Perspectives for cat , bear , restoration and balance druids. Balance news comes at you every Friday — learn how to master the forces of nature, and know what it means to be a giant laser turkey! Send questions, comments, or requests to tyler@wowinsider.com or @murmursofadruid.
And we’re back once more! In our last edition, we went into some of the tricks that you can use in order to boost your DPS in the first four encounters of Dragon Soul. This time around, we’ll be rounding out the rest of the encounters from the instance. Overall, the second half is a bit more challenging than the first half, both in terms of DPS requirements and raid coordination. This is where you’re going to have to push yourself the most, so be prepared to pull out all the stops.
Ultraxion
Continue reading Shifting Perspectives: Balance druid guide to Dragon Soul, part 2
Filed under: Druid, Raiding, (Druid) Shifting Perspectives
Shifting Perspectives: Balance druid guide to Dragon Soul, part 2 originally appeared on WoW Insider on Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Every week, WoW Insider brings you Gold Capped, in which Fox Van Allen and Basil “Euripides” Berntsen aim to show you how to make money on the Auction House. Feed Fox’s ego by emailing him, tweeting him at @foxvanallen, or sacrificing your first-born to him. And be sure to catch the return of Basil and Fox’s podcast, Call to Auction!
Here at WoW Insider, we’ve been on a beginners’ class guide kick. But after taking the time to put together my shadow priest leveling guide (and after reading the warlock leveling guide written by my less talented coworker), I realized that we didn’t have any kind of leveling guides for professions. Time to fix that! After all, you need professions to make money.
But first, the most important question: What professions should your character choose? The best answer is always going to be “whatever appeals to you most” — but if you’re a magic-using, cloth-wearing class, I’d recommend you at least take a look at tailoring. By leveling it, you get access to Lightweave Embroidery, one of the best level 85 buffs in the game for casters.
Of course, you can level tailoring on any character, and a lot of the craftables you make can be sold at a profit. But if that character can’t use the buffs from the profession, you’re missing one the key benefits to max leveling a profession.
Continue reading Gold Capped: A tailoring leveling guide
Filed under: Economy, Cataclysm, Gold Capped
Gold Capped: A tailoring leveling guide originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Gold Capped: A tailoring leveling guide
Joystiq The one item that has consistently sold well throughout World of Warcraft history are bags. Everyone needs them. But not all bags sell. The only bags that sell to any reliable extent are those that contain a minimum of 16 slots. … |
Every week, WoW Insider brings you Shifting Perspectives for cat , bear , restoration and balance druids. Balance news comes at you every Friday — learn how to master the forces of nature, and know what it means to be a giant laser turkey! Send questions, comments, or requests to tyler@wowinsider.com or @murmursofadruid.
Overall, the first four bosses of Dragon Soul are a fun lot that focus more on your ability to raid overall and less on your specific capabilities. There is a solid chunk of movement in them, so you should be prepare to deal with that. Practicing how to drop Mushrooms while on the move is a huge asset in this raiding tier. Styling this week’s advice after McCurley’s 5-second strats, I’ll briefly detail the encounter and any tricks that you should know about heading into the game. Keep it simple, after all.
Morchok
Continue reading Shifting Perspectives: Balance druid guide to Dragon Soul, part 1
Filed under: Druid, (Druid) Shifting Perspectives
Shifting Perspectives: Balance druid guide to Dragon Soul, part 1 originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Every week, WoW Insider brings you Lichborne for blood, frost, and unholy death knights. In the post-Cataclysm era, death knights are no longer the new kids on the block. Let’s show the other classes how a hero class gets things done.
So the news that pandarens can’t be death knights in the new expansion is a bit of a bummer, but it does mean you can start a new death knight right now without worrying about missing out on a new race choice. If you’ve read my guide to death knight racial abilities, you probably have a good idea of what race to roll, too. With that done, you’ve already taken the first step into a larger world.
Death knights, of course, start at level 55 and have that starting experience, which for the most part is pretty intuitive. You’ll get more talent points as you finish quests, which can be fun in that you get your goodies a lot faster than other classes, but frustrating in that you don’t have as much time to get used to everything. Luckily, we’re here to help.
This guide isn’t about maximizing your DPS at the raiding level or even the dungeon level; it’s about getting you to level 85 as smoothly as possible. With that in mind, let’s look at each talent spec and what they have to offer, starting with my favorite leveling spec, frost.
Frost is a great leveling tree (if there’s a best leveling tree, this is it) because not only does it have On A Pale Horse, which allows you to move between mobs and quest objectives faster, but it has Lichborne for emergency heals and Howling Blast for superior AoE capability.
Continue reading Lichborne: A guide to leveling your death knight in the Cataclysm era
Filed under: Death Knight, (Death Knight) Lichborne
Lichborne: A guide to leveling your death knight in the Cataclysm era originally appeared on WoW Insider on Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.