Alex on November 7th, 2008

Significant changes they say (coming with a free respec, at your local trainer). Let’s have a look:
All War Bellows will now persist through the Black Orc’s death. This means that you will not have to recast a War Bellow after respawning or being resurrected.
Nice, especially if you’re like me and always forget to recast [...]

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Alex on October 13th, 2008

May apply to other classes. Your experience may vary.
Been looking at charts and reports all bloody day, so I guess some of that spilled over to this blog. Oops.

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Alex on October 9th, 2008

Dismayed by the speed at which Marauders kill single mobs? Bored with “kill ten mobs” quests? Solo-ing PQs taking forever? Well, it’s because you’re doing it wrong. Below, the proper way to quest for any self-respecting Black Orc.

Step 1: Get your weapons and tactics sorted out. I preffer to do it using sword&board and the [...]

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Alex on October 4th, 2008

Hello there, healers! Creepy goth Zealots, butt-ugly Shamans or even haughty Disciples of Khaine. How ya doin’? On behalf of all tanks, I’d like to tell you that you are indeed appreciated for your efforts. But you know how it is - a good healer is invisible. Only when the fecal matter hits the oscillating [...]

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Alex on October 2nd, 2008

Years ago, I was playing a pvp-focused IRE mud. I used to be completely crazy about it - the game was more fun than any text-based combat game had a right to be and the roleplaying community was just plain awesome.
Then I discovered the forums. Within a few hours, I found out that my class [...]

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Alex on September 26th, 2008

As soon as the game launched (and perhaps even earlier than that), the conflict on which weapon style to use sprung up. Some shield users quickly proclaimed that using a 2-handed weapon is going against your career role!1oneone whereas the big choppa lovers responded by posting themselves at the head of the fictional revolution against [...]

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Alex on September 26th, 2008

A few mastery points up the path of Da Toughest, you can take Ya Missed Me, a “no plan” to “gud plan” ability that will decrease the target’s physical damage. In order to use this, you’ll first need to block an attack, meaning you will need a shield. Then you can use it and it [...]

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Alex on September 23rd, 2008

Ho-hum. With this article, I’m hoping to kickstart a series focused on ways of stomping various Order careers and kicking their dogs (or lions in one case). We’ll start with the Bright Wizard, one of the squishiest foes you’ll meet on the field yet at the same time, one of the deadliest ones.
The Bright Wizard [...]

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Alex on September 21st, 2008

Meet Piggy, the best 15 gold I’ve spent so far.He’s stubby but rather fast and his tusks put mine to shame. We look ridiculous together but it’s all good fun. Waaaaagh.

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Alex on September 21st, 2008

Got to rank 20 today, after being part in the biggest keep siege I have yet to see. It was epic. Took roughly two hours and I suspect it involved upwards of 100 people. It was also murder on my poor laptop so I had to reduce the graphical details to minimum. Hence, I’ll spare [...]

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