At WoW Insider today there was a post about gear, and whether Blizzard should implement a level above legendary. This sparked a variant of the “lolepix” conversation in the comments, where various people proposed making epics “more like they were in vanilla”, where only the best of the best1 had purple gear. Everyone else was… Continue reading I want polkadot epics with bold underline italic ALL CAPS
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Nostalgia? Recidivism? You decide.
Sorry, can’t resist this. It’s officially a year since my first post here on Mysterious Buttons1 so I’m pretending that’s a good excuse for incoherent ramblings. A post from the end of May 2010 was a slightly cryptic acknowledgement that I’d moved servers, joined a new guild and taken part in my first raid. About… Continue reading Nostalgia? Recidivism? You decide.
For Alas: Why, how and who
It was Alastriona’s birthday blogaversary the other week and in celebration she offered post topics to any who wanted one. As one of her dedicated internet stalkers sidlers, I gleefully requested and received one. Here’s what she said: Alrighty then. Hearkening back to when I first introduced myself, you hadn’t really raided anything at all.… Continue reading For Alas: Why, how and who
New old encounters
Lich King 22%. Five raiders and friends leave. Don’t want to write about that 🙁 — I’ve never done a complete run of Naxxramas. By the time I was levelled and had joined a raiding guild, some people were already complaining there wasn’t anything to do in ICC. Excepting the odd weekly quest to kill… Continue reading New old encounters
Don’t let me break your raid
First up: go read this post about the recruit-a-friend system by Alas if you haven’t already. In it, she argues that the triple experience bonus you get when playing with your RAFbuddy is a bit too much, and contributes to the number of people bimbling around at level 80 in search of a clue (any… Continue reading Don’t let me break your raid