Archive for August, 2008

WotLK Opening Cinematic

Blizzard just released the opening cinematic for WotLK, and I have to say it’s pretty wicked. You can head to their page to download the HQ version. I usually measure cinematics like this in terms of “chill moments”, and there were three in here for me. First was when Arthas’ eyes lit up and began [...]

The BC Trench

One of the many things that interests me about WoW is the economy and how it responds to the different changes that Blizzard makes to the game. For instance, when the Sunwell Isle came with Patch 2.4, and the number of available dailies increased dramatically, the economy boomed. In fact, it boomed so well that [...]

First Look At WotLK Gear

Just about everyone who played WoW before BC came out remembers the huge, huge jump in gear quality that came with the Outlands. Nearly every piece of gear that I had on my warrior was replaced by the time I was done questing in HFP, and even my GM sword was replaced around level 65. [...]