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Theo’s Thoughts #39: WoW Loses 1.3M Subs
Last week in a quarterly report, Blizzard Entertainment announced that their giant MMO, World of Warcraft, had lost 1.3 million subscribers. This news, as is...

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by Ted Racicot 11 years ago11 years ago

Last week in a quarterly report, Blizzard Entertainment announced that their giant MMO, World of Warcraft, had lost 1.3 million subscribers. This news, as is almost expected, has created a lot of talk especially among the community. Like always, whenever bad news surfaces about WoW, the internet is flooded with people saying that World of...

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Theo’s Thoughts #38: Patch 5.2’s LFR Difficulty
Last week, the fourth and final wing of the Throne of Thunder became available to players. With all of the LFR now available, it is...

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by Ted Racicot 12 years ago12 years ago

Last week, the fourth and final wing of the Throne of Thunder became available to players. With all of the LFR now available, it is fair to start comparing this patch with the previous patches. One of the first difference that jumps out is the difficulty. It seems, at least at first, that each wing...

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Theo’s Thoughts #37: “Heroic” Solo Content
With Mists of Pandaria, one of Blizzard’s main goals is to give players more content they can do by themselves or within small groups. This...

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by Ted Racicot 12 years ago12 years ago

With Mists of Pandaria, one of Blizzard’s main goals is to give players more content they can do by themselves or within small groups. This is shown with many of the new features, such as the Brawlers Guild and Scenarios, as well as the new emphasis being placed on dallies. With so many new ways...

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Theo’s Thoughts #36: Return of the Upgrade Vendor
Patch 5.2 has been live for less than a month, yet Blizzard is already giving information out for the next patch. The biggest news that...

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by Ted Racicot 12 years ago12 years ago

Patch 5.2 has been live for less than a month, yet Blizzard is already giving information out for the next patch. The biggest news that has been released is that the upgrade vendor, which was recently removed will be returning for PvE gear, allowing players to upgrade gear using Justice and Valor points. What is...

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Theo’s Thoughts #33: An Idea for Classes in the Next Expansion
Mists of Pandaria’s second major patch, 5.2, is on the horizon. This patch has many players excited with new things such as dailies, a new...

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by Ted Racicot 12 years ago12 years ago

Mists of Pandaria’s second major patch, 5.2, is on the horizon. This patch has many players excited with new things such as dailies, a new raid, and many other changes to the game. For now, much of the community is just waiting for this patch to come out. I know it is a long ways...

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Theo’s Thoughts #32: PvP Changes in 5.2
Patch 5.2 is on the horizon for World of Warcraft, and with it many changes that has the community excited. Among these changes are a...

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by Ted Racicot 12 years ago12 years ago

Patch 5.2 is on the horizon for World of Warcraft, and with it many changes that has the community excited. Among these changes are a new raid and a new daily quest hub. Another change that will come is to how PvP gear will be achieved. Honestly, I think it is about time Blizzard changed...

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Theo’s Thoughts #31: Questing as End Game Content
With the announcement of the next World of Warcraft patch, there has been a lot of excitement around the community. As an avid forum goer,...

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by Ted Racicot 12 years ago12 years ago

With the announcement of the next World of Warcraft patch, there has been a lot of excitement around the community. As an avid forum goer, I have been doing my best to keep up on this conversation. While doing so, something caught my attention. A couple of posts, whether trolling or not, claimed that the...

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Theo’s Thoughts #30: Looking Back on Tier 15
Today, World of Warcraft’s Facebook page released a teaser-photo saying that patch 5.2 will be coming to the PTR in early January. With this patch,...

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by Ted Racicot 12 years ago12 years ago

Today, World of Warcraft’s Facebook page released a teaser-photo saying that patch 5.2 will be coming to the PTR in early January. With this patch, among other things, will be Tier 15, the second raiding tier of Mists of Pandaria. With the next tier’s release on the horizon, I feel it is a good time...

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Theo’s Thoughts #29: Five Features I’d Love to See in WoW
Over the years, Blizzard has added many features to improve World of Warcraft. Some of these features are uniquely ideas from Blizzard, while others are...

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by Ted Racicot 12 years ago12 years ago

Over the years, Blizzard has added many features to improve World of Warcraft. Some of these features are uniquely ideas from Blizzard, while others are things from other games that Blizzard has tweaked to make them work in WoW. Regardless of how they came to be, Blizzard always does a good job of adding new...

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Theo’s Thoughts #28: World of Casualcraft
As with most games, especially giant MMO’s like World of Warcraft, it is hard to please everybody. In WoW, an example of this is the...

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by Ted Racicot 12 years ago12 years ago

As with most games, especially giant MMO’s like World of Warcraft, it is hard to please everybody. In WoW, an example of this is the division between “casual” and “hardcore” players. It seems whenever a new patch comes out there is always someone complaining: “Oh Blizzard is just catering to the casuals” or “Man, Blizzard...

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