Friday, December 4, 2009

Arcane Mage Guide to PvE

From the WOW Forums, a guide to the arcane mage (with rotation).
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=19820881780&sid=1

Another arcane mage guide to PvE from October 2009 (Patch 3.2.2)
http://www.frostnova.ch/tachyon/blogArticle.do?action=view&id=35487744

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Mages at 80: Guide to Raiding

From the WOW Forums, a guide to playing a Level 80 mage (dated December 2009).
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=18031073739&sid=1

Guide to end game raiding for mages (dated June 2009).
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=18031238370&sid=1

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Mage PvP Tips for Battlegrounds

Undated but extensive tips for mages doing PvP against specific classes.  Note the other mage guides in left hand column.  (Most seem outdated to me.)
http://www.epic-warcraft.com/magepvpguide.php

Tips for mages playing PVP on the battleground, dated April 2008.
http://internet-games.suite101.com/article.cfm/wow_mage_pvp_guide

Solo mage tips from the same site.  Very basic.
http://videoonlinegames.suite101.com/article.cfm/wow_mage_tips

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Gear Pollution and Raid Progression (with Charts!)

Fascinating discussion of how Blizzard has designed raids in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion.  If you are interested in game design, read this.
http://wowhats.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/gear-pollution/

UPDATE:  Codi adds to the discussion on the topic of Rewards.
http://moarhps.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/re-gear-pollution/

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Ten Ton Hammer Feral Druid Guide

Ten Ton Hammer talks feral druids in this installment of their theory crafting guide to various classes (dated September 2009).
http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/74432

They've also recently done a general druid gear guide.  It doesn't look as useful to me but new druids might want to take a look at it.
http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/druid/equipment

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