Archive for June, 2010
WTF is my Gearscore?
Jun 26th
Blizzard will be throttling the queries sent by Gearscore and similar mods, in an attempt to reduce lag (from the mountains of requests being sent simultaneously by all the GS users out there). Hooray! Lag is always an issue for me, as an Aussie, but anything that helps to reduce it is okay in my books.
Rather than go into why I like the change or what it will mean for all of us, I wanted to suggest that instead of using Gearscore, why don’t you try WTFismygearscore.com.
Instead of running an addon that causes lag and adds to your addon memory total, this nifty little website will give you a super quick assessment of someone’s gearscore, plus you can mouseover the instances they’ve done and see exactly what experience they have. [...]
Real ID friend-of-friend list does NOT show your character info
Jun 23rd
Blizzard’s Real ID FAQ is a bit vague on this subject, so I tested it out with two lovely volunteers, to see whether a friend of a friend would be able to see my character info.
Basically, I wanted to see what they could see, so I knew exactly what information was visible about me.
The answer: People on your friends’ friends lists can only see your real name, they cannot see your character details, location, etc. [...]
Topic du jour: Real ID, friends-of-friends, privacy
Jun 23rd
I’m excited about the Real ID system. I left behind a lot of friends on my US PvP server, because the timezone wouldn’t work for me, and I wanted to try Horde, too. Now I play Horde on an Oceanic server, but I miss my buddies back on Mannoroth.
With the new system, the people I’m already close to but can’t chat with in-game (due to cross-server and cross-faction boundaries) will seem as if they’re right there with me, on Cael.
Am I worried about FoF lists (friends of my friends) seeing my real name? [...]
A 10man raider in a 25man guild
Jun 22nd
I’ll come right out and admit it – I am a 10man raider playing in a 25man guild. In Cataclysm there is a pretty good chance I will be a 10man raider within my guild – regardless of what our main raid nights are used for. If the guild continues to do 25s, I may participate, but I feel drawn to the 10man format, and feel that in Cataclysm there will be an abundance of 10man runs, so I will have plenty of opportunities to continue to slay dragons.
Graylo posted about equity in Cataclysm raiding, and the balance (or lack of balance) between 10s and 25s, going forward. He wants to know why 25s and 10s have to be equal, in terms of rewards, etc. He makes some great points, but I had to pull one of them out to respond to, because I disagree very strongly. [...]
Cataclysm: Tree of Life hobble fail
Jun 15th
Warning: long rant. Also: talents aren’t final, etc – but I’m ranting anyway.
I’m not usually negative towards Blizzard. I think that on the whole they do a great job, and it’s rare that I get annoyed about anything they do. I enjoy their product, so it’s not in my nature to bash them. Yeah, I’m still disappointed about losing TOL as a form, but I know it’s inevitable so I’m not wasting too much energy getting angry about it. Getting mad doesn’t usually help – it’s not constructive, and screeching at Blizzard doesn’t make them want to listen to you.
However.. [...]
What keeps you coming back to Druids?
Jun 14th
Yesterday, I rolled another new druid, on another fresh server. Partly it’s because I love starting with absolutely nothing – no BOAs, no bags, no cash, no professions.. and building from the ground up. I discovered that the first few points of fishing can be a goldmine; fish up some tattered cloth and you can
*Official* Cataclysm Druid talent preview!
Jun 10th
A preview of our talents is up at MMO – no more speculating on leaks and rumours! Blizzard has sent select fansites this preview information. As always, this information is not final, but should give us a good insight into our talents for Cataclysm. For the full post, click here. I won’t repost the whole
Thinking of going druid in Cataclysm?
Jun 4th
That’s possibly a dumb question for most of my audience, since most of you are already druids. But! Maybe you’re not a druid, or maybe you are but you have a friend who wants to be a druid in the expansion? So if you’re an existing druid planning on going Worgen or Troll, or if
Back – downtime over!
Jun 3rd
Sorry for the few days of downtime – my host assigned my server a new IP, and things didn’t convert as automagically as they (and I) had hoped. Lately I’ve been enjoying a bit of a lull in the blogosphere, putting my feet up and going with it while the going’s good.. but I tell
My name is Emma and I live in Australia. I’ve been gaming on and off since I was about 11. I won’t tell you exactly how long ago that was, let’s just say long enough.