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ArenaNet's guide to GW2 Flame & Frost: Retribution
If you're excited about Guild Wars 2's Flame & Frost: Retribution, ArenaNet is one step ahead of you with a new guide they've provided on the game's site. This spoiler-free mini-guide covers today's Living Story release (with a spoiler-rific version toward the end) and provides a schedule of events for the Flame & Frost epilogue, starting May 12. Be sure to also read through today's patch notes for more details on Flame & Frost: Retribution.
15 Minutes of Fame: Raiding without their strats on
From Hollywood celebrities to the guy next door, millions of people have made World of Warcraft a part of their lives. How do you play WoW? We're giving each approach its own 15 Minutes of Fame. What happens when you don't study your raid strategies before raid time -- on purpose? Those wild and crazy guys in The Seven Scientists of Runetotem (US) have been raiding without their strats on again ... And that's just the way they like it. "The rule is, don't read any spoilers on a (raid) boss until we've killed it, and if you do, don't talk about them," explains guild member Neminem. "... This way, we actually get to figure out strategy for ourselves, instead of just regurgitating a strategy someone else came up with." In earlier WoW, so-called "blind raiding" has been a badge of honor limited to the few bleeding-edge progression guilds that literally race through beta and new-release content, plus a few, dogged hardest of the hardcore. The Seven Scientists are neither. This 10-man group is entirely composed of real-life friends, and maintaining a tight-knit yet relaxed social fabric takes priority over progression. Despite that -- or as we'll see, perhaps more accurately because of it -- tackling new content without spoilers is simply the way they've come to enjoy throwing down together. Today's culture of PuGs sees a lack of preparation as a social faux pas, at best, or an offense worthy of guildkicks and pug-blacklisting, at worst. The Seven Scientists simply enjoy having a go at the content under their own steam -- no hairshirts, no lengthy rulesets, no pressure ... and all fun.
One Shots: In the shadow of greatness
You know we can never stay away from Lord of the Rings Online for long. People just love to send in screenshots and show off just how gorgeous the game is! Today, however, we're featuring something we haven't seen as yet -- and while we'd love to tell you where it is, Twarsong swore us to secrecy about the location. As he said, he'd "like to preserve the surprise of when players happen across this location!" So, while we're staying spoiler-free, we can definitely appreciate the detail in this area, with light and shadow falling beautifully. Do you have a nifty area that you've found on your travels that you want to share? Is there something about your favorite world that really catches your eye? If so, we'd love to see it too! Just bundle up those screenshots and send them to us at oneshots AT massively DOT com along with a quick description. We'd love to share them.%Gallery-9798%
