Solo MMO Player: April 26, 2010

Monday, April 26, 2010

Part one of a series about Survival Hunters.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/26/scattered-shots-survival-101-part-1/

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FigurePrints, the company that does 3-D statues of your characters, is now offering smaller busts. Smaller version, smaller price tag.

Here is the company website.

Another company does posters or mouse pads of your characters.

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Draw graffiti all over your raid using the Augmented Virtual Reality (AVR) addon. This article talks about whether this is really useful or just another thing to help you avoid knowing a raid, and whether this is something Blizzard will ban.
http://www.ixobelle.com/2010/04/avr-addon.html

UPDATE: Patch 3.3.5 will make this mod unusable.
http://www.wow.com/2010/05/20/blizzard-to-break-the-avr-mod-in-patch-3-3-5/

Reaction to this. Apparently this mod makes the game easier for folks who are hard of hearing or who are vision impaired. I can see why Blizzard would want to keep them out of the game. [Glares at Blizzard.]
http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2010/05/21/a-fond-farewell-to-avravre/

UPDATE #2: WOW Insider reacts to the ban.
http://www.wow.com/2010/05/28/ready-check-avr-is-dead-what-did-we-learn/

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Blizzard has announced the rules for raiding for Cataclysm.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/26/cataclysm-raid-progression-refinements/

UPDATE: A clarification of how raid progression will work.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/26/cataclysm-raid-progression-update/

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