Tag Archives: lets all hate on the melee

New(ish) content: 5-mans

My machine has become as unto a phoenix, resurrecting from its own charred remains. So this weekend I got a shot at the new 5-mans, hit the LFR, and even got to raid a little. So. This post is presented … Continue reading

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Perspective

“We live on the film-thin transition layer between molten radioactive rock and hard vaccuum, orbiting a gigantic fusion reactor. Too much perspective is dangerous.” Tonight my priest gets his first real shot at Ragnaros. I’ll be very disappointed if we … Continue reading

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Ups and downs

So the 4.3 PTR is up, and it looks like the designers have chosen to rework existing buffs to provide more of a melee buff, rather than simply applying an ICC-style buff to the Deathwing raid. Specifically, they’re increasing the … Continue reading

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Faces and the people who smash them

Arioch recently dusted off her DK alt. Apparently she doesn’t deal well with playing melee DPS. My gf has the same issue… the druid that she’s levelling as a healer was originally a cat, since that was what was recommended for … Continue reading

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In absentia

As expected, our raid group got Ragnaros down last night. Unfortunately, I wasn’t there. Gf was, though. Looks like it’s still a pretty impressive fight. Got offered a raid spot for tonight for my warrior alt. No other plate in … Continue reading

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Just when you thought it was safe to come out…

Joy of joys! Ghostcrawler stated flat-out in an interview that they know melee are seen as unfavourable this expansion, so tier 13 is going to give melee a slight dps buff. But wait… what’s this? Very next paragraph talks about … Continue reading

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