Tag Archives: warrior

Slash and burn

Scorched earth is the term, I believe. My character list on my server is down to 9 again, but with the loss of 3 lvl 85s. Yes, 3. The mage I couldn’t play, the rogue I wouldn’t play, and the … 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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Uptime

Follow-up raid for the warrior happened last night. We got Rhyo, Alys and Majordomo down. Got given some ilvl 378 crossbow off Rhyo. Agi-based and it doesn’t have any of the hit or exp that my Zanda bow has, so … 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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Face-smashing!

Saturday’s raid was a good change of pace. No-one’s survival to worry about other than my own, no worrying about being out of range of folks taking damage, etc. We got 3 bosses down – not bad for a team … Continue reading

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Nuke ‘em from orbit; it’s the only way to be sure

It appears that while blizzard insists that vampires don’t exist in WoW – *cofICCbloodquartercof* – the belief in them is still widespread amongst characters, particularly melee and tanks. Now, it may just be flashbacks to those annoying feigning zombies in … Continue reading

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More weight!

I like melee classes. Casters just don’t feel visceral enough. An exception can be made for the shadowpriest using a questing rotation, because the sheer viciousness of spells like mind spike, mind blast and (my favourite) shadow word death is … Continue reading

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OMG imba

When I rolled my first toon for WoW, it was a dwarven prot warrior. Seemed like a good choice – my playstyle has always tended toward outlasting the enemy, so plate, shield and defensive talents were the way to go. … Continue reading

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