Archive for July, 2010

Short break

Hi guys, Just a short note to say I’m taking a bit of a break from the game and computery stuff in general, to give my wrists a chance to heal up, and because I probably should have a break now while it’s quiet. I also need to focus on work and some RL stuff

Cataclysm talent update, armor specialisation

Courtesy of mmo-champion, here are the latest changes to the druid talent trees. I imagine they are long from being finished yet, so as always, take with a grain of salt and don’t assume they will look exactly like this at release. [...]

Debuff: Cubital Tunnel Syndrome

So.. fairly certain I have Cubital Tunnel. Imagine smacking your funny bone – you know that feeling? Now imagine that the feeling never goes away. Ever. HAPPY FUN TIMES. Waiting on x-rays to make sure it’s not an issue with my neck, but my doctor is pretty sure it’s carpal/cubital – I have some tingling

Blizz dev chat on Twitter – druid question roundup

Another Blizzard dev chat on Twitter today – here are the druid-related questions and answers. Full questions are here. Q. Will druids finally get shapeshifting on a separate global cooldown like hunter aspects & warrior stances? A. We have no plans to remove shapeshifting from the global cooldown. Shapeshifting can be used to escape Root

Wanted: more Resto Druid blogs

Just a quickie guys – I am updating my blogroll (down on the right, there).

Have I missed you? Please let me know. [...]

Cataclysm: the brand spankin’ new 31pt talent trees

Today’s new beta build brings us the first glimpse at the ripped-apart-and-rebuilt talent trees, courtesy of mmo-champion. A summary of the changes to talent trees in Cataclysm: Each tree/spec has been reduced to 31 point length. There are more than 31 points in each tree, but the last talent is the “31 point talent”, the

BRK druid shirts – one week only

Public service announcement: BRK is selling druid shirts for one week only. [...]

Casual Kingslayer

I was browsing the forums this morning and noticed a post called “Casual Kingslayer“.

Back in TOC, my 10 man guild ran “organised PUGs” of 25man TOC, including heroic modes – which, at the time, put us briefly at 3rd on the server progression ladder, or something similar. So I’m always interested to see “casual” or weekend raiders getting through content.

(Note: this is not a “casual vs hardcore” post) [...]

Slayer of Dragons

:P

A hollow victory

We won; no real names on the forums.

It’s a hollow victory though – because (like many others) I feel that something has changed, now. They hid the knowledge of the Real ID plan from us. When they introduced it in-game, I thought it was a nifty thing. I’d missed my cross-server buddies. I liked using it. But, shortly after that, they announced the forums plan – which, obviously, had been in planning for a long time – so why did they pretend that Real ID in your friends list was the full extent of the plan for now? [...]