Bows (World of Warcraft)

Bow database
http://www.wowdb.com/items/weapons/bows

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Guild Wars 2: Weapon and Armor Stats Explained

http://www.guildwars2junkies.com/2012/08/23/guide-weapon-and-armor-stats-explained/

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Guild Wars 2 Weapons

Ten Ton Hammer talks about how weapons work in GW2.
http://www.tentonhammer.com/gw2/guides/basics/weapons

Here's a guide to making Legendary Weapons, with pages and pages of comments.
http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/64363-legendary-weapons-guide/

A list of all legendary weapons in GW2, plus crafting recipes and the "gifts" needed.
http://segmentnext.com/2012/08/30/guild-wars-2-legendary-weapons-crafting-recipes-guide-gift-recipes-and-where-to-find/

A guide to weapons for Necromancers.
http://www.necrobator.com/necropedia/necromancer-weapon-guide/

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Guild Wars 2: Classes and Weapons by Role

Here's a chart that spells out how each classes' weapons work with various roles in GW2.  This seems to be based on the beta, by the way.
http://www.guildwars2junkies.com/2012/03/01/weapon-set-themes-by-class-infograph/

Here's the chart alone.
http://www.guildwars2junkies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/GW2-Weapon-Themes-and-Roles.jpg

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Guild Wars: Inscription Weapons

"An inscription is a salvageable upgrade component that can be applied to equippable primary or off-hand weapons with an inscription slot."  Here are a list of the inscription types, how to get them, etc.  http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Inscription

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Guild Wars One: Maps, Weapon Finder, and Beginner's Guide

The Guild Wars Guru has a nice collection of maps at this site, plus a "collector finder" that perports to find the weapons with the attributes you need.
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/sjeng/index.htm

This page has a collection of articles aimed at the beginning player.
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/new-player-s-center-id227.php

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Kingdom of Amalur: Epic Gems List with Bonuses

A forum listing of various epic gems, including their stats bonuses.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/991144-kingdoms-of-amalur-reckoning/61893663/689822860

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Kingdom of Amalur: Accessories, Armor and Weapons Locations

Lists of locations for the following items:
Accessories (Amulets and Rings)
http://segmentnext.com/2012/02/10/kingdom-of-amalur-reckoning-unique-accessories-locations/

Armor
http://segmentnext.com/2012/02/10/kingdom-of-amalur-reckoning-unique-armor-locations/

Guide to Armor Sets, detailing the bonuses, etc.
http://segmentnext.com/2012/02/10/kingdom-of-amalur-armor-sets-guide/

Weapons
http://segmentnext.com/2012/02/10/kingdom-of-amalur-reckoning-unique-weapons-locations/


Note that some items are not where the lists say.  It may be some loot is random or the lists may just be wrong in places.


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Skyrim: Crafting Daedric Armor

Apparently most Daedric armor must be crafted by high level characters.  Here is a list of the different types you can make along with their raw materials and stats.
http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Daedric_Armor_(Skyrim)

There appear to be two kinds of Daedric armor, regular and Legendary.  This article has a video on the process.
http://justforgamer.blogspot.com/2011/11/skyrim-daedric-armor-how-to-create.html

Here are a list of Daedric weapons.
http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Daedric_Weapons_(Skyrim)

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Skyrim: Weapons UPDATED

Here's a list of magic weapons. There are no locations listed, unfortunately.  The long table lists Name/ID#/weight/value/charge cost formula/enchantment on weapon.
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Imperial_Bow_of_Ice#Imperial_Bow_of_Ice

I've found a shorter list with locations here.  The descriptions are geared toward where to find the weapon more than what it does.
http://www.realsg.com/2011/11/guide-skyrim-unique-weapons-detailed.html

UPDATE:  Another list of unique weapons and their locations.
http://segmentnext.com/2011/11/14/elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-unique-weapons-location-guide/

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Rogues and Weapon Speed

How the speed of a weapon impacts various rogue builds.
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/09/encrypted-text-weapon-speed-analysis/

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Weapons for the Paladin

Gamingnoobie went looking for tips on weapons for his/her new paladin and found this site that spells out clearly what you need for each spec and why.
http://www.ehow.com/how_2187599_choose-weapons-world-warcraft-paladin.html

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Tank Weapons in Patch 3.3

A prioritized list of weapons available in Patch 3.3 that tanks can use, broken down into 10 man and 25 man.  The author intends this to also be used by raid leaders to decide who really "needs" what piece of gear.  There's a link to his threat values list at the end in Further Reading.
http://pwnwear.com/2010/01/25/tanking-weapons-in-3-3/

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Haste Weapons for Resto Druids

Lissanna talks about the best haste weapons for resto druids and where to find them.
http://www.restokin.com/2009/12/haste-weapons-for-resto-druids/

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You Know You Are Undergeared When...

You know you may be undergeared in the Northrend when you run the Gear Wish List app and your Kaluk fishing pole comes up as your top weapon.

True story says the Solo MMO Player with a deep sigh.

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Lore (with Spoilers)

This morning found two postings that center on WOW lore.  The first is full of spoilers!  WOW Insider points us to Scrolls of Lore which has compiled all sorts of worgen starting zone information from the tidbits that Blizzard has dropped. I'm linking to WOW Insider instead of directly to Scrolls of Lore so you can decide just how much you want to read before Cataclysm hits.
http://www.wow.com/2009/12/04/worgen-starting-zone-preview-from-scrolls-of-lore/

World of Matticus' had a nice article up about that details the history of legendary weapons in the game with some lore background about each.  You can read a bit about weapons that were greatly lusted over in the original version of the game all the way up to the new Shadowmourne two handed axe.
http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/12/04/return-of-the-truly-legendary-items/

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The Basics of Training (Spells, Abilities, Professions)

WOW Insider just posted an article that summarizes all aspects of training for new players.  There are links to lists of class trainer locations, hints on how to train dual specs, and information about riding, weapons and professions trainers.  This is a good reference article, up to date as of Patch 3.2.
http://www.wow.com/2009/11/18/wow-rookie-training-up/#continued

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The Feral Druid Tank

Karthias looks at Nurturing Instinct as a talent to help heal his feral druid tank in cat form. Note that this is from 2008. Read the comments for more insight.
http://teethandclaws.blogspot.com/2008/04/more-on-nurturing-instinct.html

A discussion from 2007 about how a bear tank can heal without shifting out of bear form.
http://vnboards.ign.com/wow_druid_class/b22777/105202468/p1/

More about bear tanking threat rotations from Karthias from May 2009.
http://teethandclaws.blogspot.com/2009/05/bear-threat-rotations.html


A feral druid talks about how to improve as a tank.
http://feralconfessions.wordpress.com/2009/02/13/this-tank-sucks/

Loot scales for Patch 3.1 (we are currently operating under Patch 3.2).
http://teethandclaws.blogspot.com/2009/04/loot-weighting-for-31.html

Feral druid PvP tactics against various classes (from 2006!).
http://thedruidsgrove.org/wow/forums/archive/index.php/t-10803.html

Karthias posts his feral druid gear worksheet here.  It's a Google document so anyone can see it no matter what computer flavor they use.  Note the Bear Only and Cat Only pages at the bottom.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pdnkV0444wHn_grOhx1RkNg

A Karthias macro to keep from accidentally switching out of bear form.
http://teethandclaws.blogspot.com/2008/12/poison-pill-macros.html

Big Bear Butt's video guide to leveling your weapon skill as a feral druid.
http://thebigbearbutt.com/2009/02/20/leveling-your-weapon-skill-the-video/

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A Rogue Compares Daggers

The rogue Slice and Dice has done extensive testing on the in-game dummy to see what weapon speed is needed for each hand for PvE play.
http://samueltempus.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/dagger-conundrum/

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Rogues' Weapon Swapping Increases DPS

Zaltu over at Big Hit Box has written an article about how rogues can swap weapons to increase their DPS.  This sounds like something that needs good timing and a lot of practice but if you are a rogue, you'll want to at least read the article.
http://bighitbox.com/index.php/2009/10/weapon-swapping/

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