Thursday, September 3, 2009

How to Create Images to Use in-Game

Lots of useful information here for those who like to create thumbnails or image addons, including file formats, pixel sizes, etc.
http://dreambound-druid.blogspot.com/2009/09/creating-graphics-for-use-in-wow.html

This is an achievement creator.
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/08/13/achievement-creator-dukelupus-com/

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Soloing Steamvault in the Coilfang Reservoir

Darth Solo tackles Steamvault as a Beastmaster Hunter which I believe is a Level 80.  He talks strategy which makes this of interest to any solo player.
http://wowalone.blogspot.com/2009/09/solo-ing-coilfang-reservoir-steamvault.html

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All About Priests

World of Matticus is laying out the priest character and all the variations (holy, discipline, etc.) in great detail.  There are currently three parts to this guide.  Part one is talents for PvE priests.http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/06/06/healing-priest-guide-part-1-talents/

Part two is how to build a spec.
http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/06/16/priest-guide-part-2-how-to-build-holy/

Part three covers the writer's discipline spec which is not a standard one.
http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/08/26/priest-guide-part-3-how-to-build-discipline/

Part four will be about macros.  It's not up yet but I will update this blog entry when it is.

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Detailed Aion Review

This review is by a gamer who played it in the closed beta version.
http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/08/26/aion-beta-review-from-a-wow-players-perspective/

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Guildwatch At Long Last

Guildwatch appeared a bit late this week, but your weekly dose of drama has finally arrived.
http://www.wow.com/2009/09/02/guildwatch-into-the-coliseum/

The winner of this week's Class GM award goes to Scarred of NC Gaming who was accidentally passed a stack of shards which he promptly sold in Trade Chat.  Yes, he really is the GM of NC Gaming.  Or at least he was.  I imagine he might have been demoted after this event.

The Take the Mount and Run Award goes to Korron who went on a raid with his/her guildmates.  Someone rolled Greed of 100 and the Ashes of Al'ar rare mount dropped, but Korron wanted both and took them, quit the raid, quit the guild, changed his/her name and has vanished into unknown realms.  Guildwatch's columnist thinks there must have been bad blood already but I think this is just Greed Personified.


Horde Smash Good wins the Run Away from This Guild award when they /gkicked a bunch of folks from the guild, including one poor guy who had been away from the game for a bit while he was in the hospital.  


As usual there is a lot of raiding and guild recruiting going on, just not on the Solo MMO Player's realm.

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Cccchanges (Faction, Forum, Argent Tournament Problems)

Lots of new stuff happens in WOW all the time. Here's a quick list of the most significant changes this week.

The paid faction change service is up and running, so if you want to be Horde instead of Alliance (or vice versa) pay the gold and you are good to go.  You can change your name and appearance, too.  Note there are mount and reputation restrictions, there isn't a server transfer involved and some folks won't be allowed to switch if their server is already tilted too far to the side they want to join.  Read the fine print in the second link.
http://www.wow.com/2009/09/02/faction-change-service-now-available/

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/faction-change/index.xml

Blizzard has opened a Cataclysm forum.  Speculate there to your heart's content but don't forget to push for the original game to be put in the Caverns of Time so it is still playable.  It would be a crime to lose it so give Blizzard the idea that having original content still available will keep players paying them.
http://www.wow.com/2009/09/02/official-cataclysm-forum-opens/

There have been problems with jousting in the Argent Tournament which are described here as well as some ways to avoid them.  Blizzard promised to "address" these.
http://www.wow.com/2009/09/02/patch-3-2-2-5-man-coliseum-joust-woes-to-be-addressed/

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Raid Bosses That Test Healers

WOW Insider has published the first in a series about bosses that strain healing skills the most. I will update this blog entry when more in this series is published.
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