Blessing of Kings

Perhaps it's a side-effect of Transmogrification, but Blizzard artists seem to be more willing to make "polarizing" sets with ...

I saw an interesting post at Keen and Graev's about  respecs . I somewhat agree with the idea that making it easy to switch roles at the...

I was thinking about making it hard to respec, and that led me to thinking about how "group-centric" specs get the shaft because t...

Firelands Nerf I have to say that I was expecting Blizzard to nerf more gradually. 5% to 10% nerfs, not 15% to 25%.  Ah well, it is what i...

So Blizzard has informed us that Firelands will start seeing nerfs shortly. Unlike T11 content, these nerfs are coming in advance of 4.3, an...

Holy Paladin raid AoE healing needs a bit of a boost. But the problem with the current Holy paladin design is Beacon of Light. Beacon of Lig...

A number of commenters on  A Transient Endgame  have suggested that the Transient endgame shouldn't be the same as raiding, that it shou...

Blizzard is asking for class feedback on the official forums. I'm posting my response here as well. 1. What type of content do you foc...

In the  last post , we concluded that Transient players are not likely to be converted into Extended players. But they still need an endgame...

I'm going to respond to the comments on the Blueprint for Endgame, but I find it requires a little set up first . There are many divis...

I've been debating how to structure this post. Should I discuss what I see wrong with the current endgame, and then look at solutions? O...

Jinxed Thoughts talked about Blizzard's desire to smooth the first 30 minutes of gameplay for more casual players. She espouses a view ...

Hasbro is going to be publishing a very interesting variant on the board game Risk. It's called Risk Legacy. One of the fundamental a...

Should starting content be instanced ? Most games say no, though that leads to over-crowding on launch day. Some games, like Age of Conan...

Alternate Title: Molten Core was merely a setback. I really like the new Ragnaros fight. I'm not 100% sure why though. It's no...

I was reading Tobold about The Old Republic and how certain story choices give you certain Light Side or Dark Side points and how some gear...

I rather miss Divine Intervention. For those who don't know, Divine Intervention was a spell that killed the casting paladin, but rem...

Well, it looks like I'm the only one, but I don't think cosmetic gear is a good idea. I talked a bit about this in 2007 . Your ch...

Ghostcrawler has written a post on upcoming tank changes in WoW. The changes can basically be broken down into two items: Tank threat is b...

There's been a fair amount of chatter recently about Namaste's upcoming game/system, Storybricks . The tech they are talking about l...