Tuesday, April 6, 2010

EPEEN Joke Goes Live

Hardy-har-har.
http://dreambound-druid.blogspot.com/2010/04/real-deal-epeen-mod.html

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Playing Old PC Games in Windows 7-Vista-XP

This program is essentially an updated front end to the DOSBOX emulator that allows one to play DOS games on recent PCs.  Thanks to Kotaku for mentioning this.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/12771/play-your-favorite-dos-games-in-xp-vista-and-windows-7/

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Becoming a Better Mage

Ways to become really good at playing a mage.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/03/arcane-brilliance-the-difference-between-good-and-great/

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Balance Druids and DoTs in Rotation

A discussion of how to make DoTs more useful in the balance druid's casting sequence (spell rotation).
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/02/shifting-perspectives-dots-a-different-direction/

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Chat Addons

Addons to make chat more something or other.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/02/addon-spotlight-chataclysm-friday/

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Guide to Noblegarden

Noblegarden starts April 4 and ends April 11.  Here are the details of collecting eggs, bunny ears and pets.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/02/the-overachiever-guide-to-noblegarden-2010/

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Cataclysm Class Previews, Rage for Druids and Warriors and Heroic Strike

Blizzard has announced they will preview class changes coming in Cataclysm shortly.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/06/cataclysm-class-previews-coming-soon/

They've also announced changes to how rage works for druids and warriors when Cataclysm hits.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/05/rage-normalization-in-cataclysm/

WOW Insider has posted a "quick and dirty" article about what this means for warriors.  I'll add the druid information here when it is written.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/05/a-quick-and-dirty-guide-to-rage-normalization-for-warriors/

WOW Insider had just posted an article about how rage was broken when it comes to warriors. You might want to read this for further background if you are not that familiar with rage.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/02/the-care-and-feeding-of-warriors-terror-fear-loathing-and-rag/

There will also be changes to heroic strike.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/05/heroic-strike-changes-in-cataclysm/

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The Death Knight as Healer, Spell Caster or Solo Player

Of course here we are most interested in how to play DKs as a solo raider, but...
http://pwnwear.com/2010/03/30/dk-tank-doing-solo-raid-content/

...Psynister is doing a series of articles on how to play a spell caster or healer with your death knight.  If you want to try this, here is the series:

Death Knight Spellcasters
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/03/24/play-styles-death-knights-for-spellcasters/

The DK Spellcaster in Icecrown Citadel
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/play-styles-dk-caster-used-in-icc-10/

Death Knight Healers
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/play-styles-death-knights-for-healers/

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Making a UI Sandbox (Windows 7 or Vista Only)

Complete instructions on how to create a sandbox (or testing environment) to play with your user interface before making it live.  Note that this only works with the latest PC software (Windows 7 and Vista).
http://www.nostockui.com/2010/03/making-a-world-of-warcraft-user-interface-sandbox/

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All About Maul (Druids)

Everything you ever wanted to know, plus a macro.
http://dreambound-druid.blogspot.com/2010/04/maul-melee-haste-and-maul-macro.html

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Where to Fly Mounts in Daralan (And New Recruit-a-Friend Mount)

As you know, mounts are not supposed to fly in Daralan but there are a few places where you can fly regardless of the warnings.  PimpYourDruid has made a list with instructions how to make this work in each location.
http://feralaggression.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/flying-mounts-in-dalaran/

By the way, Blizzard is going to have a new mount to give out in their Recruit a Friend program.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/06/new-recruit-a-friend-mount-coming-soon/

UPDATE on the Recruit a Friend Mount:  It's delayed.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/09/recruit-a-friend-rocket-mount-delayed/

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