Archive for January, 2008

Hi2u WOW Insider!

So apparently my QQ post about lack of 25-man content was interesting enough to be featured on WoW Insider. I’m flattered! To be quite honest, I didn’t realize more than a handful of people actually ready this blog >.>
I’ve also been getting a few comments, both here and in the WoW Insider post, and rather [...]

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Official Forums in an MMO Community

Or, “How Tabula Rasa Made Me Love WoW General”
Most of you who check this site probably know me from Maintankadin, the Paladin Tanking forums for which I act as moderator and community manager. What you may not know is that I’ve been cheating a bit. Yes, I’m ashamed to admit it, but I’ve been having [...]

Monday, January 21st, 2008

WTB Sunwell PST

A little bit more bloggy and a little bit less tanky of an update today.
The Black Temple was released with Patch 2.1, itself released in May of 2007. Next week Tuesday will mark the 8-month point of no new 25-man content – 2 months longer than the gap between Blackwing Lair and Ahn’Qiraj, which previously [...]

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Parry: Warrior vs. Paladin

An interesting thought occurred to me the other day: Warrior tanking involves a lot more physical melee attacks than Paladin tanking, and those attacks can be parried. We have a 6% physical damage reduction from Imp. Righteous Fury, where Warriors have a 10% reduction. The question is, how much of that 4% advantage is reduced [...]

Friday, January 11th, 2008