Wednesday, January 13, 2010

What Quests Have I Finished/Not Finished? (Addons)

WOW Insider talks about EveryQuest, an addon that takes advantage of the new information Patch 3.3 makes available on your quests to tell you what's complete and what isn't.  There are lots of screenshots to show how this works.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/12/addon-spotlight-everyquest/

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The Solo Frost Mage and Icecrown Citadel

How and why and where to enter Icecrown Citadel as a frost mage.  I am not clear how much of this applies to other mages but it looks like a personal challenge instead of a routine trip to me.  Of course, all solo players are challenging themselves and learning their characters thoroughly.
http://spicytunas.com/2010/01/frost-mage-pve-solo-farming-icc-rep/

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Theory Crafting: Priests and Inspiration

Using crit and inspiration to heal.
http://snarkcraft.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/zusterke-on-inspiration/

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Monday, January 11, 2010

Most Popular Level 80s and Their Trees

News on which classes (and which tree among class) are most popular at Level 80 currently (hint:  DKs and Paladins).  There are some disclaimers but it is an interesting read.
http://armorydatamine.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/appetite-for-destruction/

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Guild Mergers: How To and How Not To

If you run a guild or want to, you'll want to read what Gold Comfort says.
http://blog.cold-comfort.org/guild-mergers/

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Icecrown Citadel's Gunship Battle Details

Details of this new part of Icecrown Citadel from WOW Insider.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/10/ready-check-gunship-battle/

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Sunday, January 10, 2010

Mage Enchantment Recommendations

WOW Insider's Arcane Brilliance column recommends enchantments for mages who are in Northrend with some cheaper alternatives for the mage who hates spending gold.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/10/arcane-brilliance-enchanting-your-mage/

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Icecrown Citadel Videos and Other Information

The Weekly Marmot posts instance videos, particularly new information about the Icecrown Citadel battles and bosses.  This is a good place to find information about new instances.  Click on the Movies tab to see a complete listing of all the videos.
http://www.tankspot.com/

The Guides tab looks interesting.  There are instance guides, a guide to Arena, a big section on tanking (and shorter ones on healing and DPS) and even a technical section to help you deal with lag and security.  There is also a forum and sponsored blogs.  In other words, this is a site worth exploring.  I'm adding it to the list of favorite links, calling it Tankspot Videos.

UPDATE:  Gravity is collecting good guides to Icecrown Citadel plus achievement guides on his blog.  Here's the address.  Click on the # sign or the blog name to go to the guide there.
http://pwnwear.com/2010/01/20/guides-to-icecrown-citadel/

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Saturday, January 9, 2010

Hardware Roundup

WOW Insider says Razer has updated the software for their 12 button gaming mouse called the Naga so that key mapping is possible.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/08/razer-naga-now-supports-key-mapping/

Here is more about the Naga from the Razer website.
http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-mice/razer-naga/

Razer  also has a new gaming mouse compatible with Macs.  It's called the Imperator.
http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-mice/razer-imperator/

In other hardware news, a Kotaku story led me to this Steam hardware survey that shows what hardware Steam users own.  Thanks, Luke!  (If you don't know already, Steam is a game download service run by Valve, the makers of the classic Half-Life series and also Portal.)
http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/

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Friday, January 8, 2010

More Class Changes Incoming?

http://www.wow.com/2010/01/07/upcoming-class-and-item-balance-changes/

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