Time for some silliness. We have this thing in guild that we like to call the “Michael Bay” strategy. Yes, after the film director. It references his subtle interplay of interlocking dialogue, careful blocking and delicate camerawork that mesmerises the player into … Let’s start again. The Michael Bay technique. Blow it up, kill it… Continue reading Michael Bay
Category: Things I’m learning
On “fit”: part one
We had a guildie quit recently because we thought we were casual but really we were hardcore1 which left me foaming a little, mostly because I particularly hate the terms “casual” and “hardcore”. But it did get me thinking about the notion of fit and guild culture, particularly as we also recently asked a trial… Continue reading On “fit”: part one
New things to do
So I’ve found some new fun stuff to do, but you’ll probably think it’s an odd time to do it. My autophobic banker-DK, Tremble (pictured there before he found himself a decent tailor) has carefully ironed and bagged his fine daywear and picked up his old sword, and is now learning all about threat, tanking… Continue reading New things to do
Link: The transition to cataclysm
A great post over at Do not try this at home about the transition from Wrath, to 4.01, to Cataclysm: …the inevitable point of a vertical expansion is to take the “very powerful” characters from the previous stage and turn them into “kinda rather weak” characters in the next stage, so the cycle of power… Continue reading Link: The transition to cataclysm
The intermittent paladin
Urgh. This post has turned into a monster. In this I’m talking about why I’m not playing quite as much at the moment, and a bit about retribution paladin DPS. Since the 4.01 patch hit, I’ve been a fairly infrequent visitor to the World of Warcraft. Partly that’s down to being busy with other things;… Continue reading The intermittent paladin