Wowhead Weekly Review (April 27 - May 2)

Live Publié 03/05/2009 à 02:14 par MasterOfDisguise

BlogForumsDisclaimer: Opinions presented in the Wowhead Weekly Review are not necessarily those of Wowhead.com or its staff members.News

Blog ZAM Rolls Out 'Free Realms' Site by Malgayne <Voice of the Wowhead>. He brings us the news of a newly released MMO game and the new ZAM site for it: Free Realms. It's been developed by Sony Online Entertainment and Malgayne provides us with the most important links, the homepage, the ZAM site and more.
Blog Comic Quiz Contest! by MasterOfDisguise.Our Content Writer drops by and informs us of an official lore contest over on the American World of Warcraft site. It deals with the lore told in the Wildstorm comics featuring the adventures of Varian Wrynn and his two companions.

In-Game

Blog Taking an MMO Vacation? by Arideni <Nervous Nelly>. He wonders why players keep coming back even though they decided to not play the game any longer the game or took a break. What magical quality does World of Warcraft have that keeps drawing people back?
Thread GLBT community in wow by Infleto. Infleto asks us about the GLBT (which is an abbreviation of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered) community and would like to know if this community would have problems with the rules set up by Blizzard or encountered problems with heterosexual players (harassment or else). Won't you help him out?
Thread Fun names (Gimme ideas) by ArmoredGidion. ArmoredGidion is looking for funny names and macro combos for him and his fianceé. See if you can come up with some good ideas!
Thread Achievement Discussion by RaidHealer. RaidHealer enjoys achievements greatly, and has posted a "talk thread" on achievements (Do you think we'll get an Achievement board soon?) and would like to chat with others on achievements. (Phew, I've mentioned this word five times!) Maybe you would like to partake as well?

Classes

Thread - Rogue 3.1 Revealed: What you need to know to be awesome in 3.1. by CeeKay.He has posted a guide on the new rogue in Patch 3.1. It covers the changes made, the suggested specializations for each tree and a FAQ which was made on the Elitistic Jerks' forums.
Thread - Warlock Warlock 3.1 Tanking Guide by Blightman.Yes, you read it right. Warlock tanking. This is a guide to Warlock tanking in Heroics and Raids. Enjoy.

Guides

Blog - Children's Week Children's Week Guide (May 1 - May 7) by Miyari <Adorable Bearorcat Overlord>. She has composed a very helpful and informative guide on the seasonal Children's Week event, starring the available quests and the achievements.
Thread - Hunter Hunter PvP Guide in 3.1 by Nanex. He has written a Hunter guide dedicated to PvP combat which was long missed in the Hunter board. It includes talents, glyphs, gear and pets for each of the three talent trees, Beast mastery, Marksmanship and Survival. Nanex even gives tips on class-specific fights!
Thread - Mage Mage PvP guide by Achloryn. Just like the above Hunter guide, he has written one for Mages giving tips on class versus class fights and telling us his opinions on various talents.

Lore and Fan-Fiction

Thread Lightand Death (Page 9) by MorecofRivendare. His ninth installment of the Light and Death series is here. Enjoy the continuation!
Thread Possible Roleplay Armor Sets by Samboda. Samboda has written a nicely composed spreadsheet listing nearly all armor sets which can be used for roleplay purposes. It takes different armor sets and levels into account.
Thread The discovery: The story of a blood elf: Part 1 by geniusfork. Aaaand, here's another little short story!
Thread New Class idea: Keeper of Nature by Eveko. He has posted an idea of another new class, similar to the centaurs in Moonglade.
Thread Light and Death (Page 10) by MorecofRivendare. The final part of Chapter one of the Light and Death series has appeared!
Thread Chronicles of the Forsaken: Chapter 3- The Dragons by Girlcaster. He/She has released the third part of the Chronicles! Will you check it out?

Off-Topic

Blog World of ...Papercraft? by Queggy. He finally got promoted to a Blogger and has written his first blog. Queggy introduces us to Pascal, a papercrafter (someone who makes 3D models out of paper), Pascal especially enjoys making models from the World of Warcraft. Queggy passes us over Pascal's tips on papercrafting for the ones who want to try it out for themselves and he encourages them to post their results!
Thread Greasemonkey: 3D WoW armory char with Wowhead Item Comparison by chezandre. He has coded a very useful user-javascript for Greasemonkey, which is a Firefox addon. It lets the user port characters from the WoW Armory to Wowhead in order to view the character in 3D using the Item Comparison feature. If you like it, you could look for more scripts specifically for Wowhead in Corgan's thread, Greasemonkey: Addons for Wowhead.
Thread Weekly Debate #6: Team America, World Police by Boottspurr.
The Weekly Debate is continuing! This time we discuss the role of the US, whether it's reasonable or bad.