This is the view out my back door right now.  It’s still snowing.  And the power just did a little blink on and off.  So, naturally, I’ve been playing WoW. My priest finally hit 80 a couple of days ago and so I’ve ventured into my first heroics.  They’ve gone relatively well, although most people [...]

I’m kind of cheating here, since I’m pulling content from  WoW.com, but I thought this column and the comments that follow it were pretty interesting.  In it, the Drama Mamas discuss what to do when someone in your group says something racist or sexist or offensive in some way.  The suggested strategy is a good [...]

One thing I had not realized as a tank and/or dps was the level of resources one needs to have on hand to heal.  Sure, as a warrior or dk, I might have a few healing potions or flasks to enhance my health or my damage, but not always and certainly not for just a [...]

Many have complained that WoW has become mostly about the grind.  With the ability to gain experience and rewards that turn into gear through PvP, quests, and dungeons, the end result, some imagined endgame where your character has the perfect gear set, is what people focus on.  I took a step back in the last [...]

In the new dungeon system where one ends up running dungeons with complete strangers, failure happens more often than it did before and happens within a context that lacks any trust whatsoever.  On my 80 death knight, this has been less true, though I’ve seen new tanks and new 80s fail pretty royally.  As I [...]

With so much actual WoW playing going on, I almost forgot it was Wednesday.  Actually, I’ve pretty much lost track of the days.  I do know tomorrow is New Year’s Eve. So anyway, I’ve been leveling my priest a lot, even taking her into a dungeon or two to heal.  And she’s been doing pretty [...]

Many of my compatriots have noted how unsocial the groups are in the new dungeon system that automatically groups people together.  I have noticed the same, and in fact, that’s why I’m still doing runs with guildies on a regular basis.  The other thing about running with these anonymous groups is that they go so [...]

Yesterday, Patch 3.3 dropped. With it came new dungeons, new raids, and a whole new way of grouping up with people to run dungeons. It also came with extended downtime, tons of issues with people logging in, not being able to zone into instances and more. Even on a standard patch day, one can expect [...]

Of course, this week’s WoW playing was interrupted by Thanksgiving–where I had. no. internet. access. And then by the baking extravaganza (made almost $150, btw). Sometimes life intervenes in game playing, as it should, really. But sometimes, the game lags a bit. When that happens, when the game loses its luster, some people end up [...]

I’m continuing to level my priest primarily through PvP, with a few quests thrown in here and there. She’s at 48 now. I’m hoping to get her to 50 before the weekend since I’ll be switching back to my death knight on Sunday for the holiday achievements (more on that next week). I mentioned in [...]