2010 Blogroll Thingy Update

Yar update be live! I really shouldn’t have stayed up so late to do it either… If anyone is missing drop a comment, or poke me on twitter, or send an email, or tell a friend of a friend to nudge me in the right direction. Things to note, lots of new people that I…

Onward to the Future!

It’s that time of year again, where the year closes to an end and reminiscing is rampant in the blogosphere. I started pulling together my thoughts on WAR over the past year by tracking the patch notes and different changes we’ve had, but that ended up being a little over 1000 words, and I had…

Inevitable T5, or not

Tier 5 It seems like an inevitability at this point. RR gain has been drastically increased, up to RR80 at least. Captains medallions (the blue ones with a big V on them) dropping off RR80+ players are a dead giveaway. The introduction of green gear for RR80+ as RvR drops, a little miffed there isn’t…

Non-WAR Gaming in 2010

My games of 2010 in order of rating. Fallout: New VegasIntentionally DNF. Game of the year. Does everything Fallout style perfectly. Rare bugs are excuseable. Content is excellent. VATS improvement is MUCH appreciated. Choices have serious implications, cannot kill everything to win. Perfect game for 2010. 10/10 EVE OnlineCurrent sub. Second drug of choice. Much…

Weighing In : Melee Healers

Or as we’ve grown accustomed to, these classes have been dubbed the Group Healers instead. It’s a double entendre as well, see not only can they effectively heal a whole group, but that’s about the number of players they can ignore in combat as well. Pretty cool I think. At least, they can if they’re guarded and…

Taking Mythic Steps

Small, frequent, reversible changes. Each one of these things is really important. The WP/DoK change, regardless of negative sentiment is actually quite small, one ability nerfed, one slightly buffed. Sure it has a large effect in the scheme of things, but it never should have been at that point. Just like BW/Sorc has been nerfed…

Love/Hate: A letter from an Archmage

(this guest post brought to you by @AndyBursh) Dear Disciple of Khaine and Warrior Priest,  I hate you, I really do, but I love you too damned much to stay mad at you. First things first: I’ve got to ask you how a 1s group heal that can heal for more than a 2.5s single…

Only Want Purple Numbers

Last night I did a pretty hard fail run of Lost Vale. We spent forever trying to pick up three players and the second tank crashed just before the spider boss. We had a pretty decent RR70 Runepriest healing but he hadn’t run LV in nearly a year. There was also an Archmage healing and…