World of Warcraft Gone Wild

World of Warcraft Addiction Clinic Opens

2009-09-02T05:44:00.000-07:00

An internet and online video game clinic opened in Washington to treat gamers for addiction. World of Warcraft became one of the most cited games for addiction in a study recently*.

Video Game Clinic

Death Knight Build: Blood With Permanent Ghoul

2009-07-27T19:52:00.000-07:00

There are an array of interesting and useful Death Knight builds. Death Knights are truly a diverse and flexible class, with talents that include high DPS, tanking, off tanking or main tanking, counter spells, kiting, and self healing.

One interesting build that we found was a Blood build with permanent ghoul and blood worms. Sounds good? Well, it is. The ghoul stays up and helps with stun, kiting, dps and ranged melee attacks. The blood worms do DPS and heal the DK.

Death Knight, raid DPS, perma-ghoul, blood worms: 44/0/27

Link: Blood worm, perma ghoul raid DPS DK

Vault of Archavon, VOA

2009-05-11T20:05:00.000-07:00

Map: Vault of Archavon, VOA

Macro Help: Quick marking with macro plus key binding

2009-03-31T09:58:00.000-07:00

This macro lets you mark a target quickly. It uses a keybinding along with the macro button.

1.) First create the macro:

/script SetRaidTarget("mouseover", n)

2.) Bind a visual reference using the number key:

1. Yellow 4-point Star
2. Orange Circle
3. Purple Diamond
4. Green Triangle
5. White Crescent Moon
6. Blue Square
7. Red "X" Cross
8. White Skull

Macro: Target Self with Bandage

2009-03-31T10:52:00.000-07:00

Target yourself and then auto heal self with bandages.

/use [target=player] Heavy Netherweave Bandage

Macro Help: Auto Assist Tank

2009-03-31T09:55:00.000-07:00

If the tank is attacking a target ( that can be attacked ) and is not dead, here is a macro to assist the tank:

1.)

/target [target=focustarget, harm, nodead]

2.)

#show Attack
/target [target=focustarget, harm, nodead]
/startattack

Zooming Out Really Far ( To Pluto )

2009-03-31T09:48:00.000-07:00

Zoom out using a macro:

/console CameraDistanceMax 25
/console CameraDistanceMaxFactor 2

If you feel like returning to your normal view, or encounter difficulties with your zooming spaceship, the following commands may be of use:

/console CameraDistanceMax 15
/console CameraDistanceMaxFactor 1

Just type them into chat and you'll be all set!

( Found in the WOW Forums. Posted by Blizzard employee )

Naxxramas Rogue daggers

2009-02-12T22:19:00.000-08:00

Sinister Revenge	226	80	Daggers	171.1	1.8	0
Webbed Death	213	80	Daggers	156.4	1.4	0
Twilight Mist	213	80	Daggers	156.7	1.8	0
Murder	213	80	Daggers	156.7	1.5	0
Anarchy	213	80	Daggers	156.4	1.8	0
Knife of Incision	200	80	Daggers	143.3	1.8

Rogue Weapon Swap

2009-02-12T22:10:00.000-08:00

We have been looking for great rogue tricks. Recently we were given a good tip and also found this on a form as well. It is a weapon swap--changing a dagger for the initial attack for a sword ( post ambush ).

Macro ( Case sensitive )

/cast Ambush (rank X)
/script WeaponSwap "(Name of sword here)","(Name of dagger here)"

Also, for helpful Rogue talent tree achive help:

http://www.wowwiki.com/Rogue_Talents

Death Knights in PVP: Ownership

2009-01-20T10:39:00.000-08:00

In PVP combat Death Knights are one of the top classes. Most all top 2V2 arena teams contain a Death Knight and a Paladin. One of the reasons Death Knights are so fierce in PVP is that they have counter spells against all other classes.

For PVP there are two specs that you should use: Unholy and Blood.
( Frost Death Knights On PVP: WTB Healer )

Weakness:
- susceptibility to snare and root effects

To close the gap during PVP:
- must rely instead upon either Death Grip to close the distance gap or Chains of Ice

[ MORE TO COME. This article is a fragment. ]

Naxxramas

2009-01-20T10:08:00.000-08:00

Naxxramas History

An ancient Nerubian ziggurat, Naxxramas was torn free from the ground by agents of the Lich King to serve as Kel'Thuzad's base of operations as he spreads the plague throughout Lordaeron.RtD 3 Other sources say Obrahiim, the Traveler, a great skeletal architect, was pivotal in the conception of Naxxramas,[2] hinting that it was altered or retooled.

Due to his fighting a war against the Scarlet Crusade, the Argent Dawn, the Forsaken and the Humans of the Alliance, as well as constant incursions of adventurers from every race and nation into the Scourge-controlled Plaguelands on a daily basis, the forces of Kel'Thuzad have been severely taxed to maintain the security of his necropolis. But now the gates of Naxxramas are open, and Kel'Thuzad's new forces are rapidly sweeping away all opposition to the Scourge.

Details:

- Accessible only by flying or ritual of summoning.

- The format of Naxxramas is a necropolis model.

- The 10-man version will usually require 2 tanks, 3 healers and 5 DPS, in mostly level 80 blues. As a general gear check, lvl 80 blues should suffice. It is advised for tanks to have 20k+ Unbuffed health and 21k+ Unbuffed armour, as well as being defense capped.

- LOOT: Naxxramas loot includes the Tier 7 raid sets, which are based on the Tier 3 raid sets that dropped in the original Naxxramas.

Level 1 Gnome raid on Hogger April 2006

2008-12-31T11:53:00.000-08:00

Hogger gets owned by a lvl 1 raid in April 2006. Of course this has been done tons of times, but its fun to watch for those who havent been part of it.

Warrior Protest 2005

2008-12-31T10:34:00.000-08:00

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Warrior protest in January 2005.

Welcome to World of Warcraft Gone Wild

2008-01-18T13:54:00.000-08:00

We will be posting tips, specs, weapon specs, talents and traits of World of Warcraft.

Kazzak Is Aggro'd into Stormwind and Becomes Invincible -- kills everyone and server is reset

2009-01-18T17:30:00.000-08:00

Old video ( but still funny )

Quatiloo and other Horde friends kite mob boss Kazzak into the Alliance city, Stormwind to reek havoc. This video is Pre-BC. Kazzak goes into god mode a.k.a. supreme mode and kills everyone in Stormwind. Kiting Kazzak took about 45min or so ( as stated on the wow forum ). The server was the Ner'Zhul server. In god mode, whenever the boss kills anything he gains 70% of his health back.

Death Knights and Pallies ALWAYS on top for PVP

2009-01-18T15:53:00.000-08:00

Well, it is official. Almost every single #1 arena team contains Death Knights and Pallies. We haven't been able to find a single #1 arena team that wasn't a Pally / Death Knight combo. (Death Knights are the dominant OP class all-around, perhaps because Blizzard wants to boost hours players spend in-game--creating a rat race to level yet another toon.)

Ret. Paladins have long been OP with an incredibly efficient mana usage, unbeatable stun plus DPS for PVP, and an I-WIN bubble. You will often see a Pally in the middle of four enemy players simply taking for ever to die, while muttering" LOL or ROFL.

Unfortunately, this makes the game dull. Yes, it will boost traffic, since many players who were once Shamans, Hunters, Warlocks, and Priests will now have to ditch their under-powered classes and level one of Blizzard's "chosen" classes. But this will also cause players to become fed up with the bull shit and spend less hours trying to get an 1800+ PVP rating.

Shamans, Hunters, Warlocks, and Priests are now non-PVP classes. Of course there are excepts. There are players who can muscle it out and join a PVP team to get a decent spot.....ONLY if those teams contain a Pally, Mage, Druid or Death Knight. Druid s optional or borderline.

This will cause those under-powered classes to cease to exist. For example, look for Elemental or Retro. Shamans or Shadow Priests...yes there are a few, but compared to Paladins(?).

Nude Toons Dance: WOW Girls Gone Wild

2009-01-18T22:30:00.000-08:00

Gnomes!?!?!

OK. So this pic shows a protest of naked gnomes that eventually lead to the crash of the Argent Dawn server on World of Warcraft. These gnomes were in mass protest for problems with the warrior spec.

Help me get better at WOW!

2009-01-18T17:24:00.000-08:00

Here are some helpful tools for learning about wow:

http://www.wowarmory.com/
Look up raid info, weapons and gear, other players and PVP ladders.

http://www.wowhead.com/?zones
Help me find where to level! Here is a list of zones and corresponding level requirements for honor.

Biggest Naked World of Warcraft Party Screenshot

2009-01-18T17:56:00.000-08:00

Naked Trolls: In-game Craziness

2009-01-18T17:58:00.001-08:00

Deadly Gladiator's Mutilator

2009-01-18T17:53:00.000-08:00

Deadly Gladiator's Mutilator
Binds when picked up
DaggerOff Hand
197-367 DmgSpeed 1.80
(156.7 damage per second)
+64 Stamina
Durability: 0 / 75
Requires Level 80
Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 29
Equip: Improves your resilience rating by 28
Equip: Increases your attack power by 86

ITEM LEVEL: 213

SOLD BY:
"Argex Irongut" "70" "Tanaris"
"Nargle Lashcord" "75" "Crystalsong Forest"
"Kezzik the Striker" "70" "Netherstorm"

Great Rogue Dagger "Sinister Revenge"

2009-01-18T17:34:00.000-08:00

Dagger: Sinister Revenge

Sinister Revenge
Binds when picked up
DaggerOne-Hand
246-370 DmgSpeed 1.80
(171.1 damage per second)
+36 Agility
+42 Stamina
Durability: 0 / 75
Requires Level 80
Equip: Improves hit rating by 37
Equip: Improves haste rating by 24
Equip: Increases attack power by 98.

Find this dagger in:
"Kel'Thuzad"
"83 Boss"
"Naxxramas (Heroic)"
"Low (15% - 24%)"

Happiness Is A Warm Gun - Nah Just The World Server Is Down

2009-01-18T17:49:00.000-08:00

Happy Tidings From WOW

Blood Death Knight For PVP or PVE

2009-01-18T16:54:00.000-08:00

Question:

Is Blood spec. for Death Knight bad for PVP? Also, is Unholy the best PVP spec?

+++Here is a decent answer we found from blog posts: BY: MessiQ on thottbot.com/v4296892

Blood is far more a single target dps build and self healing build and as such lends itself to easier boss dps but harder group PvP damage.

Unholy is more about AoE damage and DoT's and lends itself to plowing head-long into a group of players and popping all your A.O.E. spells to generate some serious dps numbers although struggles for single target damage accordingly (it can do but risks aggro in instance groups due to high threat).

Frost is a good mix of the two with good CC measures thrown in as well (can do some extra AoE damage but can generate nice numbers on single targets too - although very reliant on crits rather than constant damage).

Get Married on World of Warcraft

2009-01-18T16:28:00.000-08:00

Yes, in fact people do get married in-game: both real and virtual. Some players marry their toons, yet have no real world commitment what-so-ever.

So, to get married, I need a ring. Does WOW have non-combat rings?

Yes, here is a list:

Mood Ring (1 gold) - "It's blue, wait, it's green!"

Cubic Zirconia Ring (5 gold) - "Trust me, she'll know."

Silver Piffeny Band (10 gold) - "Nothing says sorry like Piffeny."

Miniscule Diamond Ring (25 gold) - "Hey, it's still a diamond."

Flawless Diamond Solitaire (50 gold) - "Will you marry me?"

The Rock (100 gold) - "It's Huge!

The Rock
Finger
"It's huge!"
Item Level 60
Auction: 263 Gold 83 Silver
Vendor value: 25 Gold
Vendor cost: 80 - 100 Gold
Source: Vendor