First and foremost, I just have to share about my fun evening last night. I had a blast last night recording episode 48 of Blessing of Frost. Through thick and thin, power outtages, and EST / CET time differences, we persevered! There were no hickups I swear *whistles* It was 10pm and I was camped out in my bedroom. Specificially so I could hide from my parrots and dog’s annoyances. I had 2 laptops, 1 iPad, and 1 iPhone in front of...

Today, we heard from Blizzard that on maintenance taking place the week of January 31, all Dragon Soul encounters will be nerfed with a “Power of the Aspects” spell, that provides a 5% boss HP reduction and a 5% boss damage reduction. Exact Blizzard words were: During the scheduled server maintenance on the week of January 31, the Dragon Soul raid will become enveloped by the “Power of the Aspects” spell, reducing the health and...

Dragon Soul is upon us! This is the next in my short rundown (and videos) of our boss kills in Dragon Soul. As of now, we’ve been knee-deep in progression and gone 2/8 heroic modes. In this quick and dirty guide, I’ll be focusing on the new airship battle, called Warmaster Blackhorn  If you are looking for other bosses, check here.  Warmaster Blackhorn Basics This encounter was one of the first fights we found in DS that was...

… not that kind of quickie – get your mind’s out of the gutter people! Just a quickie update on me, the guild, and things in general.  First, an update on me. Wow has real life and hardcore raiding really kicked me in the ass. Not only has my free time suffered, but also this blog and my swtor blog. I haven’t been updating as much as I used to and I’m sorry to everyone for that. But have no fear, I’m...

Dragon Soul is upon us! This is the next in my short rundown (and videos) of our boss kills in Dragon Soul. As of now, we’ve been knee-deep in progression and gone 2/8 heroic modes.   If you are looking for other bosses, check here.  In this quick and dirty guide, I’ll be focusing on Ultraxion. Ultraxion Basics This encounter was not very complicated at all, it was all a very few important mechanics for healers and entire...

Raid Finder: To queue up for the Dragon Soul raid, and at the click of a button, join a random group of 24 people to fight an incredibly gimped version of raid bosses for a chance at 384 shiny purples. Take the Poll! It’s been over a month now that this new feature has been live. It’s had a chance to sink in with the community. What YOU think of the raid finder addition now?  Please feel free to add your comments at the...

I played a few MMOs in my history. I started with Guild Wars, though switched to WoW when I bought a mac book pro.  Once I went WoW I never really went back. Sure, I alpha and beta tested Warhammer but got bored soon as it came out to live. Then I toyed around with Rift, even bought the collectors edition. It was so non-impactful to me that I don’t even remember why I stopped playing only a few weeks from launch. That’s...

It’s very important (and sometimes the most important) when evaluating logs to look at different things for different classes. Not every class has the same toolkit or heal the same. Here’s what I look for when evaluating a disc priest in a 10 man raiding environment.  As an example, I’ll use my own logs from Monday night’s Dragon Soul raid + a fellow random disc priest for comparison. Active Time Spent...

Dragon Soul is upon us! This is the third in my series of short rundown (and videos) of our boss kills last week. As of last night, we have gone 8/8 so far in progression  If you are looking for the first three bosses, look here and here!  This time, I’ll show you Hagara.   Hagara Tips This encounter was not very complicated at all, it was all about switching to the right adds quick enough (e.g. immediately) and managing a...

Dragon Soul is upon us! This is the second in my series of short rundown (and videos) of our boss kills last week. As of last night, we have gone 8/8 so far in progression  If you are looking for the first two bosses, look here!  This time, I’ll show you Yor’sahj.   Yor’sahj the Unsleeping Tips This encounter was not very complicated at all, it was all about switching to the right adds quick enough (e.g....