Where have all the tank spots gone?
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 Posted in Bosses, Burning Crusade, Dungeons, Wrath of the Lich King | 4 Comments »A warrior, a paladin, a druid and a death knight walked into Icecrown Citadel. "Hey," said Tirion Fordring as they entered the antechamber. "Is this some kind of joke?" I've recently had occasion to go through my old screen grabs, and one ...
What content glut?
Friday, September 25th, 2009 Posted in Bosses, Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King | 3 Comments »A lot of people have complained that Lich King doesn't contain as much raid content as Burning Crusade. Personally, I think the problem is elsewhere. The first thing to do is dispel the myths surrounding the number of bosses available: Burning ...
Strategisin’
Saturday, January 10th, 2009 Posted in Burning Crusade, Dungeons, Wrath of the Lich King | 6 Comments »I remember my first time tanking a level 70 instance - it was Shadow Labyrinth. This was Shadow Labyrinth pre-nerf, of course. Pulls were very tightly spaced, with a mere split-second between a good and a bad pull, particularly when ...
Hang on, this all looks very familiar
Monday, November 3rd, 2008 Posted in Bosses, Burning Crusade | 1 Comment »As I predicted, Sunwell is still providing us with some challenge to take us into Lich King. Kalecgos was an interesting fight, I'll grant, and Brutallus can still hit quite hard, but one you sort positioning out on that fight ...
I’ve got to be kidding?
Monday, October 20th, 2008 Posted in Bosses, Burning Crusade | 6 Comments »Are you kidding me? You can't wait 4 weeks for a new challenge while less hardcore players get a chance to see the content you've been taking for granted? A friend of mine, who isn't so lucky as I am, asked me ...
I was Prepared…
Monday, October 13th, 2008 Posted in Bosses, Burning Crusade | 1 Comment »...but not for this. Illidari Council downed after only two nights (5 hours!) of raiding. I can say I've seen Illidan before patch 3.0.2. The fight's a lot of fun, for me, running around in circles avoiding AoE, spell reflecting ...
Mother Shazznabit
Friday, October 10th, 2008 Posted in Bosses, Burning Crusade | 1 Comment »Mother Shahraz down. Twice in three days - we got her down on Tuesday, and then again after the reset on Wednesday. I have to say, though, I'm disappointed with the encounter. The Black Temple is starting to look more and ...
A Difficult Easy Fight
Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Bosses, Burning Crusade | 1 Comment »Archimonde is one of the easiest fights in the game. It's also one of the hardest. The strategy is ridiculously simple - avoid dying for ten minutes, and do minimal dps - but execution is a problem. Any member of ...
…but Naaru don’t have arms!
Friday, September 26th, 2008 Posted in Burning Crusade, Dungeons | No Comments »Yesterday I was finally awarded something different. For the past few months, I've been wandering around Outland and Azeroth as Namthe of the More Money Than Sense. Now, at long last, I'm instead Namthe of the Too Much Time On His Hands. ...
What kind of day has it been?
Sunday, September 14th, 2008 Posted in Burning Crusade | 1 Comment »As I write this, I'm dowloading the last PTR patch that will ever be released for The Burning Crusade. In a few weeks, everything will start over again and I'll make a whole new set of assumptions about the future ...
