Cross-Battlegroup Battlegrounds?!

I’ve just learned that come Cataclysm, battlegrounds will no longer be limited to servers from a particular battlegroup, but rather, a region. I mean… holy s**t! From the Official WoW Forums: We’re currently expecting both normal and rated battlegrounds to be cross-battlegroup (within a region) for the launch of Cataclysm. So, players queueing from anywhere in north america (for example) …

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Ketchup Day

Err… I mean, catch up day. I had to take a little time off from the site, so I’m now planning on tending to many of the unanswered comments and forum posts. I try to be johnny on the spot with that stuff, but sometimes I get buried. Don’t take it personal if I haven’t replied to you yet, sometimes …

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I’m weeping as I type this…

News has just reached me of Ronnie James Dio’s passing this morning. This comes as such a shock to me, since last I’d read he seemed to be doing quite well in his ongoing battle with stomach cancer. He and those close to him appeared quite optimistic about his eventual slaying of the dragon, in addition to his return to …

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SC2 Beta invite update

Seems as if my issue may be Mac-specific. Here’s a thread in the official Blizzard Forums started by another person questioning the legitimacy of the e-mail. Here’s the blue response: Thank you for providing us with the header, Thewilly. This is a legitimate invitation; however, it appears as if the game was not properly applied to your account. Accordingly, I …

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No More Mortal Strike for Hunters in Cataclysm?

Looking over the Warrior class preview for Cataclysm, I noticed an interesting bit that suggests hunters may be losing their mortal strike. Overall, heals cast by players in Cataclysm will be a lower number relative to players’ health than the current game. So to make the Mortal Strike debuff less mandatory but still useful in PvP, Mortal Strike will reduce …

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