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The Daily Quest: Let's learn some stuff!
WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. I hope you pay attention to the video above; there may be a vocab test next Wednesday. Now that we've learned a little Norwegian, why don't we we learn some other useful stuff? Like things about Warcraft. How about we take a look at some posts from around the blogosphere and maybe learn a few things while we're at it? Kaliope's WoW Crafting Blog goes over transmogrification and how it's affecting sales of crafted items. Psynister's Notebook has a lovely guide to farming all those Darkmoon Artifacts while we wait for the next faire to show up. Restokin presents a wonderful guide for druid healers with tips for surviving patch 4.3. Lastly, if you're looking into starting a blog, Kiss My Alas has a short guide right up your alley with five tips for new bloggers. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our WoW Resources Guide for more WoW-related sites.
The Daily Quest: He says he's very sad
WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. The thing to remember when you're watching Freakazoid is that trying to make sense out of the nonsensical is an exercise in futility. The thing to remember with the new Raid Finder is that expecting organization and efficiency is also an exercise in futility. Embrace the nonsense and you'll love Freakazoid; embrace the chaos and you'll love the Raid Finder. Today, we've got a few more posts from around the blogosphere discussing the joys of the Raid Finder feature. Rank 4 Healing Touch has a wonderful guide on guiding your PUG to victory. Priest With A Cause tried out the Raid Finder and shares some thoughts on the experience. World of Matticus throws out an amusing list of 11 Raid Finder personalities you will never escape. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our WoW Resources Guide for more WoW-related sites.
The Daily Quest: Good for me
WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. So have you tried out the Raid Finder? Or maybe just the raid itself? Did you get any good stuff? Or heck, have you found your perfect transmogrification set yet? Patch 4.3 has been nothing but a ball of fun so far as far as I'm concerned, and everyone else seems to be having a good time too -- but that doesn't mean there's nothing to talk about, of course. Check out these posts from around the blogosphere for some frank 4.3 discussion. Orcish Army Knife points out that transmogging heirlooms isn't really that big of a deal. Tree Heals Go Woosh is uncertain how to feel about the new Raid Finder feature. Cynwise's Battlefield Manual goes over the new Arena season, PvP gear and epic gems. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our WoW Resources Guide for more WoW-related sites.
The Daily Quest: Faire and fairness
WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. Darkmoon Faire is pretty cool, but the music on the island is absolutely amazing. Though some are grumbling about the length of time it's going to take to grind out tickets, one thing's for certain -- this isn't going to be content that you can blow through and subsequently get tired of in two weeks' time. On the other end of the spectrum, the blogosphere's been abuzz with chatter about Raid Finder exploits and those who've taken advantage. Today, we've got a few posts that address both! Priest With A Cause shares some first impressions on the various features and personalities of Darkmoon Island. Gauss' Adventures in World of Warcraft highlights what was done about Raid Finder exploiting. Flavor Text plays devil's advocate with a fascinating piece in defense of exploiting. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our WoW Resources Guide for more WoW-related sites.
The Daily Quest: Dragon Soul-searching
WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. One week into patch 4.3, and my raid guild is already 7/8 in normal mode 25-man content. Keep in mind, we aren't really one of those hardcore progression guilds; you could probably get away with calling us semi-hardcore. Three nights a week of raiding isn't a lot in the grand scheme of things. It seems a bit odd that we're so far through the raid already, but at the same time, it's normal mode content. Speaking of Dragon Soul, today we've got a collection of posts from around the blogosphere discussing the latest raid to hit the world of Warcraft. Dwarven Battle Medic shares some first impressions with the Dragon Soul raid. Jinxed Thoughts has some thoughts and impressions of every encounter in the raid. Falling Leaves and Wings dispels a few myths about raiders and offers a brief and simple guide to killing Yor'Shaj in the new Raid Finder. Blessing of Kings thinks that Dragon Soul is correctly tuned, at least from the 25-man normal mode perspective. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our WoW Resources Guide for more WoW-related sites.
The Daily Quest: A bit of intellectual discussion
WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. Let's take a break from all the patch 4.3 commentary. Well ... sort of. Today I've got three very different sort of posts from around the blogosphere that talk about an assortment of subjects. While two discuss 4.3 in a roundabout kind of way, the third is a long look into the nature of corruption and the various corruption-themed story arcs in WoW. All three are pretty insightful, that's for certain! Sheep the Diamond discusses the nature of time travel in fiction, particularly in WoW. Herding Cats talks about the fine line between too easy and too difficult when it comes to heroics. Parallel Context takes a look at the Burning Legion and the cycle of corruption in WoW. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our WoW Resources Guide for more WoW-related sites.
The Queue: Shades.app
Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Mike Sacco will be your host today. It's late (early?) and I'm tired, so I'm just using Fox's WRUP header for today's Queue header. Deal with it. jaymccowan13 asked: On top of Wyrmrest Temple, why is Kalecgos the only one without a title in his name? Normally, one gets a title from doing something of note, and Kalecgos hasn't done much yet as Aspect of Magic. Nor will he apparently have the opportunity to! Womp, womp.
The Daily Quest: 4.3 impressions and more
WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. One of the highlights of the new 5-man heroics was hearing Illidan affirm the fact that yes, I was prepared. It was a nice little wink back to the Burning Crusade trailer, and it made a heroic that was already wildly entertaining even more fun. So how are you liking the new patch? We dug up a few posts from around the blogosphere with some first impressions of the patch, the raid, and more. Priest With A Cause shares some first impressions of the new heroics, void storage, and transmogrification. The Grumpy Elf is actually not grumpy at all about the new Raid Finder feature. Cannot Be Tamed has a first look at the Dragon Soul from a healing druid's perspective. Big Bear Butt did not have everything go as he expected. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our WoW Resources Guide for more WoW-related sites.
The Daily Quest: So much to do, so little time
WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. Have you made yourself pretty yet? Seen the new heroic dungeons? Or are you like me and gleefully rolling around in all the new bank space you've gotten since void storage went live? Regardless of what you're doing in patch 4.3 right now, there's still plenty left to discover -- and today, we've got some posts from around the blogosphere with guides to the various new things you'll find in the new patch. Icy Veins has a wonderful series of guides to everything you'll ever want to know about the Dragon Soul raid. MMO Melting Pot offers a comprehensive look at the new rogue legendary daggers, including how long it'll take to get them. Dreams of Iso'rath presents a lovely guide to the basics of building a set for transmogrification. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our WoW Resources Guide for more WoW-related sites.
The Daily Quest: More patch 4.3 info
WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. Unless you've been living in a cave for the last several months, you ought to be keenly aware that Blizzard is just about ready to unleash patch 4.3 upon us all. With transmogrification, void storage, a new island to explore, three new heroics, a brand new raid boss, a multitude of class changes, a new legendary, and a new level of raid difficulty, patch 4.3 has something for just about everyone! Except for those living in caves. You can pretty much continue your cave existence, if that's really up your alley and all that. Today we've got a few more posts from around the blogosphere with guides and discussion for the upcoming patch. MMO Melting Pot has a guide to everything you ever wanted to know about the new Raid Finder feature. Achievements Ahoy has a lovely list of patch 4.3 gear for holy paladins. Orcish Army Knife has been busily working away on a list of non-raid weapons that look suitably cool for the new transmogrification feature. Lastly, Gauss' Adventures in World of Warcraft has a delightful list of tongue-in-cheek reasons you might fail at knowing what is happening in the upcoming patch. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our WoW Resources Guide for more WoW-related sites.
The Daily Quest: Room for improvement
WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. Despite nearly being done with this tier's worth of content, there is always room for improvement -- whether it be beefing up DPS, getting better at dodging bad stuff, or heck, just making gold. Or in the case of Dumass, shown above, there's a lot of room for improvement. I mean ... loads. Today we've got a few posts from around the blogosphere with suggestions and advice for improving your game. Falling Leaves and Wings offers a pretty good method for fixing archaeology. Authorized to Ramble has a quick and easy macro for watching focus targets. Pugnacious Priest gives us a list of the seven most annoying sounds in game -- and a way to get rid of them! Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our WoW Resources Guide for more WoW-related sites.
The Daily Quest: On the brink of patch 4.3
WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. Patch 4.3 has a ton of really lovely new music. From the haunting melodies in the Well of Eternity instance to the jaunty tunes of Darkmoon Island, there is an amazing amount of new stuff to listen to. While I know most people don't do it, I'd suggest when the patch hits, take a minute, turn your music up, and listen to the tracks in the new areas -- they're gorgeous. Speaking of the upcoming patch, we've got a few posts from around the blogosphere discussing what 4.3 has in store. Gauss' Adventures in World of Warcraft talks about the importance of patch 4.3. Cynwise's Battlefield Manual discusses the changes to conquest point rewards in Battlegrounds. The Stories of O has a list of loot priorities for healing priests in patch 4.3. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our WoW Resources Guide for more WoW-related sites.
The Daily Quest: Let's talk about the good old days
WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. If you've never seen Illegal Danish before, man, you are missing out. It was one of the first machinima I ever watched, and it's still just as funny years later. Speaking of things from years ago, Blog Azeroth had a shared topic suggested by Mia over at the Chronicles of Mia that posed a good question: If you could bring back any feature of WoW from days gone by, what would that be? Here are a few bloggers with some answers to the question. Harpy's Nest has a few suggestions from the good old days, including same-server AV matches. Jaded Alt thinks first aid and bandages have fallen into disuse and wishes they'd be more useful. Anuillae's Analytical Assertions confesses a longing for days of old and portals to anywhere. The Daily Frostwolf thinks life would be nicer with fewer flight paths, among other things. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our WoW Resources Guide for more WoW-related sites.
The Daily Quest: Let's talk about murdering each other
WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. I am really, really terrible at PvP. There's a reason I don't do Arenas: Because I am 100% fully aware that this is not and will most likely never be a strong suit for me. My idea of PvP on my rogue is Run in screaming my fool head off, spam Fan of Knives, desperately hope there is a healer behind me. Rather than bang my head against the wall, I will continue quietly stepping out of the way and letting other far more capable people do the PvP. And there are a heck of a lot of capable people out there, too. Let's check out a few posts from around the blogosphere about PvP and the upcoming end to the Arena season. Cynwise's Battlefield Manual talks about the end of this season and what PvPers should do to prepare for the next. Healer Aggro shares some thoughts on PvP from a discipline priest's perspective. Welcome to Spinksville wonders do we really need to separate PvP and PvE servers? Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our WoW Resources Guide for more WoW-related sites.
The Daily Quest: Let's talk about this right meow
WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. My very first character ever back in vanilla WoW was a druid. I loved the class, even though it took me a while to get the hang of it. But once the whole aspect of being able to shift in and out of various forms to survive darn near anything kicked in, I was relatively unstoppable. I switched from Alliance to Horde after hitting level 60, and from druid to priest. But I still loved druids, and I loved raiding with them. One of the top druids in my vanilla raiding guild was simply brilliant; he was a healer, but he'd swap between forms all the time if there was something he could do to help. And that was the druid class to me, in a nutshell -- the extreme versatility of being able to do just about anything because you could simply shift forms. I loved it. I still love it, and I have two druid alts, though I rarely play them these days (not enough time in the day). There've been some pretty interesting conversations around the blogosphere about the state of druids in the upcoming expansion, however, well worth reading. Falling Leaves and Wings points out exactly what the resto druid community is concerned about. Restokin has a two-part post detailing what exactly is wrong with having a melee moonkin. Tree Heals Go Woosh calmly tells druids not to panic. In large, friendly letters. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our WoW Resources Guide for more WoW-related sites.
The Daily Quest: Squish
WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. Not only is the subject of gear inflation intriguing, it also gives me the perfect excuse to throw in some Kids in the Hall. And any day that I can use Kids in the Hall is a good day in my book. Today we've got some posts from around the blogosphere discussing gear inflation and proposed solutions. Jinxed Thoughts ponders the idea of just ditching the value-based stat system. The Grumpy Elf gives several good reasons why smaller stat increases are a good option. Shattered Beginnings wonders whether stat increases are really that important to players. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our WoW Resources Guide for more WoW-related sites.
The Daily Quest: Interesting thoughts and reminders
WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. I'm not wearing any socks. Don't worry, it's not important. What is important is the stuff I've gathered together from around the blogosphere today, including 4.3 reminders and thoughts on stat inflation and the endgame. OutDPS has some 4.3 reminders for folks, including those of the hunter-specific variety. Restokin gives us some thoughts on the recent post by Ghostcrawler discussing stat inflation. Mana Obscura shares a guest post discussing the necessity of endgame content. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our WoW Resources Guide for more WoW-related sites.
The Daily Quest: Music, memories and heirlooms
WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. See? I told you -- no Rebecca Black here, just some Cure. Today we've got a roundup of posts from around the blogosphere on a variety of topics: memories and music, heirlooms, and other interesting things. Too Many Annas takes a deeper look into the music behind WoW and what makes it so good. Psynister's Notebook has an amazingly useful guide to heirloom gear for those on trial accounts that would like to twink. Cannot Be Tamed highlights some of the most interesting boss mechanics we've seen in WoW. Gauss' Adventures in World of Warcraft points out the change to the Scroll of Resurrection. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our WoW Resources Guide for more WoW-related sites.
The Daily Quest: Yes, we have no more pandas
WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. Finding a Monday song on Monday's edition of TDQ meant that I felt like finding a Wednesday song for today. Don't worry, Rebecca Black will not be making any appearances in this column, I swear. Anyway, I found this mellow number from Simon and Garfunkel, because Wednesdays are pretty mellow for me, generally speaking. Speaking of mellow, we're taking a step back from the panda-monium for a breather and relaxing with some nice Hallow's End screenshots and posts from around the blogosphere. Elfi's World serves up a collection of Hallow's End screenshots highlighting the holiday. Red Cow Rise also has a giant helping of Hallow's End screenshots. I love Hallow's End. It's such a visual holiday. Kamalia Et Alia shows off a collection of various in-game costumes from Hallow's End festivities. Big Bear Butt takes a discussion about Hallow's End disappointments into an insightful post musing on the mechanics and design that go on behind the scenes as we work on achieving various goals in game. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our WoW Resources Guide for more WoW-related sites.
The Daily Quest: It's just another panda Monday
WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. You're welcome for the Bangles earworm. It's Monday and ... well, everyone is still talking about pandas here and there. It's a hot-button topic, apparently! Today we've got a few more reactions from around the blogosphere regarding the new expansion -- and pandas, of course. Tree Heals Go Woosh discusses both sides of the reactions in a Zen-filled panda post. Cynwise's Field Notes talks about the potential for seriousness in the upcoming expansion. Blessing of Kings ponders the potentials of Pandaren and hopes for understated humor. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our WoW Resources Guide for more WoW-related sites.
