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WoW Moviewatch: Play Your Class
It's a new patch, a new expansion looms, and everything's crazy. Crazy! Well, reader Taitrina spotted this video on YouTube and felt like it was perfect for today. I have to say I agree. Oh, certainly, we've covered Play Your Class previously, and we're no stranger to the dulcet tones of Silver Letomi. But while we're all busy mourning the lack of paladin auras and the old talent system, Play Your Class definitely feels like it hits the right nostalgic spot. Interested in the wide world of machinima? We have new movies every weekday here on WoW Moviewatch! Have suggestions for machinima we ought to feature? Toss us an email at moviewatch@wowinsider.com.
Lost Pages of Taborea: The importance of learning to play your role
This past week I was working on a couple of planned articles when I saw Josh Myers' post on WoW Insider about being a middle-ranged DPSer. I think the gist of the article was that we shouldn't look at another player's class and keep asking for buffs, skills or stats that would give another class more direct output to even out the equation. Not being able to pump out the most DPS is not a bad thing. This falls right in line with the subject of class balancing that I've been talking about with some astute players on the Runes of Magic forum. I wish I could take credit for this, but it was midknight129 from the RoM forum who said -- to paraphrase -- "Classes don't have to be equal; they just should be equitable." Any player should want to play his class because he enjoys the skills and abilities that his preferred class provides, but he should also want a class that will hold up when compared to the other classes. This is especially true in a PvP environment. It's just hard sometimes to compare the damage-dealing capability of a Priest to that of, say, a Scout. All of this brings me to the idea of learning to play specific roles around intermittent patch updates and skewed mechanics. Can we enjoy our favorite class in such a gear-heavy MMO without worrying about maximum damage or healing output?
