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Archive for March, 2010
Two Bosses Enter: Grand Champions gang up on Marwyn; Eadric faces Lich King
Mar 31st
Two Bosses Enter … but only One Boss Leaves, in WoW.com’s series of fantasy death matches. It’s a brand new season and a brand new format, introducing judges from WoW.com and the WoW community at large — and of course, your votes. Grab a seat, and let’s get ready to rumble!
Last week’s matchup between Marwyn and the entire ToC PvP Champions team was a good set-up for this week’s deathmatch between Eadric the Pure and the Lich King (5-man version). It’s all about balance. Yes, lore comes into play. But inside the Thunderdome, lore isn’t the only factor. Every point must be balanced against the others.
This week, a group of five adventurers — the ToC Grand Champions — made short work of Marwyn (just as your own groups probably do whenever you face Marwyn in a random). Step into the Thunderdome with us after the break, where we’ll hear the judges’ decisions and consider what many of you have been waiting for: the first of many bouts involving some version of the Lich King himself. Oh yes, it’s finally time … And in the words of Dr. Dealgood: “Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls … Dyin’ time’s here.”
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Lichborne: Blood tanking basics
Mar 31st
Welcome to Lichborne, your weekly peek at the world of the death knight. This week, Matt Rossi fills in to talk about tanking on a blood death knight. This is not a 101 post, but an even more basic look.
I run heroics and 10 man raids on my death knight. There’s simply only so much time in the day and I already raid pretty heavily on my warrior, so when I began seriously leveling a death knight I knew I would probably want to play something I felt very comfortable with. And so my flirtation with blood was born. While frost has seen some love in the most recent patch, I’m still not much for the DW DK style, and I’ve never really like the pet management of unholy, so I currently have two blood specs on my DK, a DPS spec and a tanking spec.
What I’ve always loved about blood is its strong self-healing and physical damage based nature. As a blood tank, you end up taking advantage of these aspects of the tree, which provides strong single target threat, good AoE threat and solid cooldowns and survivability. While it doesn’t have the snap AoE threat of a Howling More >
PAX Power Points Returns! – DDO: Eberron Unlimited
Mar 31st
The Pax Point Promotion Is Back! We received a tremendous response to the special PAX Power Points point bundle we offered this past weekend (6,900 points for $49.99). But, it seems that not everyone got a chance to take advantage of this deal because they were too busy hanging out with us at PAX (great to meet you, by the way).
So, here’s everyone’s last shot at this incredible deal of 6,900 points for $49.99. We’re putting this back in the DDO Store for the rest of today, March 31, 2010. Get it now or regret missing this deal (yet again). It’s up to you. We’re doing our part. Seriously, this offer is over when the calendar flips over to April.
Encrypted Text: My favorite rogue addons
Mar 31st
Every Wednesday, Chase Christian of Encrypted Text invites you to enter the world of shadows, as we explore the secrets and mechanics of the rogue class. This week, we talk about my favorite rogue addons, and how to use them to improve your WoW experience. It’s about time I wrote this guide, as I’m pretty sure I promised it all the way back in fall of 2009. My planned column posting schedule was completely upheaved with the announcement of the patch 3.3 Vanish fix (which ended up being vaporware), and so I never got around to the topic of rogue addons. Luckily for you, I’ve had the opportunity to work with several new addons in the meantime!
Now, I’m going to preface this guide with the disclaimer that I haven’t had the chance to test every rogue mod out there, so if you have a favorite, please post it in the comments. I’m always looking for the best mods out there, and once I’ve found one that solves a particular problem, it can be a while before I go looking to replace them. With ICC becoming a more of a regular farm raid and less of a great unknown, I’ve had more free time More >
Aion : NCwest – Les Guérisseurs d’Âme d’Atréia corrompus !
Mar 31st
Du vendredi 2 avril midi au 5 avril midi, le prix de la guérison d’âme sera considérablement réduit.
Le bruit est remonté jusqu’à nos oreilles que Fergus McGreedy a dépensé le reste de sa fortune à distribuer des pots-de-vin à tous les Guérisseurs d’Âmes d’Atréia. Par conséquent, les banquiers Shugo qui étaient après lui ont organisé une chasse au lutin : une forte récompense sera attribuée à quiconque capturera Fergus vivant.
Notre envoyé spécial à décroché une interview exclusive de McGreedy en pleine cacophonie de soirée bien arrosée. So Irish !
“Je connais quelques petites *hic* bestioles qui ont été comme qui dirait, euh, libérées *hic* pendant my little ballade dans Atréia. Depuis, je suis ready pour une fight tout la temps.*hic* Mais ces memories ne sont pas si funny qu’à l’époque *hic* il faut dire que j’étais une toute petite lutin les pieds dans la bouse de bra-AAAAH ! MA CHOPE EST VIDE ! HEY… SERVEUSE ! BIERE! PLUS DE BIERE ! Ya oui ! Merci biocoup!
Okay, donc, je disais *hic* quand ces petites bêtes essayaient de me transformer en brochette de lutin (hmm j’aime bien les brochettes), elles avaient l’air plus… moins méchantes. Well *hic* je suis très fatigué de run More >
The Classifieds: Fun stuff to do with a dragon
Mar 31st
The Classifieds brings you weekly updates on guild happenings, raid progression rankings, player milestones and more. Have guild news or a Random Act of Uberness to share? E-mail TheClassifieds@wow.com.
Bored between ICC raids? Looking for some fun to pass the time until Cataclysm? Why not three-man Onyxia? Three players from <Under the Influence> and <Alliance Regulators> on US Kul Tiras-A recently took down the 10-man version of the ol’ girl herself. The eloquently named Humandude and his partners in crime, Mastarjuice and Darkdaemon (two paladins and a ’lock), pulled out the kill in 25 minutes after nine wipes and buffs including scrolls, drums, flasks and their own group buffs.
“Our strat was to have the warlock focus on the big adds while occasionally seeding down the whelps,” Humandude reports. “Consecration and our tank’s Seal of Command DPS tank spec took care of the majority of the adds. Our warlock, after (we killed) the big add, took a few shots at Onyxia and dotted her up, then went back to his focus fire and Seed rotation. On a side note, he was destruction, because we needed replenishment.”
More on the Onyxia take-down plus several other feats of meta-gaming magic, this week’s massive set of More >
Aion : NCwest – Les forums font peau neuve la semaine prochaine
Mar 31st
Le 6 avril, les forums officiels de NC West-Aion vont connaitre de nombreux changements avec une nouvelle version plus complète, avec de nombreuses fonctionnalités ajoutées.
La semaine dernière, nous vous avons annoncé qu’une nouvelle version des forums officiels verrait bientôt le jour. Les habitués des forums actuels ont surement déjà lu cette nouvelle et ont commencé à faire des sauvegardes de leurs messages les plus importants.
En effet, la mise en place de ces nouveaux forums ne nous permettra pas de conserver les messages de l’ancienne version et nous vous recommandons de sauvegarder au plus vite ce que vous souhaiteriez conserver.
Les nouveaux forums verront le jour mardi 6 avril 2010 à midi heure de Paris.
Cette nouvelle plateforme sera basée sur vBulletin. Ces forums offriront ainsi un plus large éventail de fonctionnalités que les anciens. Ce changement permettra aussi à l’équipe communautaire de bénéficier de meilleurs outils de communication qui bénéficieront aussi aux autres départements de NCsoft.
Certaines de ces nouvelles fonctionnalités incluent :
- Un outil de suivi des messages des équipes de production
- Des signatures
- Un panneau de configuration utilisateur
- Un système de messages privés
- Un système « d’abonnement » à certains fils de discussion
- Un calendrier
- Une protection anti-spam
- Une option de personnalisation des titres
Merci de sauvegarder dès maintenant vos messages les plus importants ! More >
EverQuest II : Message du producteur d’EQII
Mar 31st
Le producteur de EQ2 nous parle de l’amélioration des performances et l’arrivée prochaine de nouvelles mises à jour concernant Halas et les shaders 3.0, l’itemisation dans Sentinel’s Fate et la promotion des champs de bataille et bien plus encore …
Je vais m’essayer à quelque chose de nouveau et tenter de montrer vers quel niveau d’exigence nous voulons amener EverQuest II. Je tiens à préciser que ce dont nous allons parler en est encore à la phase de planification ce qui veut dire que cela n’est pas dans les notes de mises à jour et est donc passible de modification. Ceci dit, notre prochaine mise à jour est planifié courant mai.
Nous avons prévu beaucoup de choses pour cette mise à jour, la moindre de ces choses étant de continuer à améliorer les performances du jeu. Certains serveurs ont un peu du mal avec une charge supplémentaire liée aux retours de joueurs, les champs de bataille, l’augmentation des objets dans la base de données, etc. et du coup ils ne réagissent pas très bien. C’est la priorité numéro un de notre équipe technique. Ils travaillent énormément avec l’équipe en charge des opérations sur la base de données pour trouver ce qui provoque ces problèmes More >
Final Fantasy XIV: "Life in Eorzea #1" Video Blog Features Gameplay Footage
Mar 31st
Square Enix has released the first video in a new video blog series focused on life in Final Fantasy XIV's world of Eorzea. The video, which is appropriately titled "Life in Eorzea #1" features almost three minutes of gameplay footage, as well as commentary, though the commentary is in Japanese.
The good folks over at FFXIVCore have translated said commentary, be sure to check that out.
I'd have loved to translate it myself, but unfortunately the only thing I could make out was "Oooh! Chocobo!" and "Kawaiiiii!" (cute).
We've got the video right here at MMORPG.com, check it out here!
Final Fantasy XIV: "Life in Eorzea #1" Video Blog Features Gameplay Footage
Mar 31st
Square Enix has released the first video in a new video blog series focused on life in Final Fantasy XIV's world of Eorzea. The video, which is appropriately titled "Life in Eorzea #1" features almost three minutes of gameplay footage, as well as commentary, though the commentary is in Japanese.
The good folks over at FFXIVCore have translated said commentary, be sure to check that out.
I'd have loved to translate it myself, but unfortunately the only thing I could make out was "Oooh! Chocobo!" and "Kawaiiiii!" (cute).
We've got the video right here at MMORPG.com, check it out here!