Speculating on a new resource system for Hunters

As we said on the podcast this weekend, one of the most interesting things to come out of the Hunter Q&A last week was that vague about “long-term plans” to “[remove] the need for hunters to rely on a different resource system then mana.” That one kind of came out of nowhere, and the answer [...]

Choose My Adventure: Turpen dings 45

WoW.com readers, it’s up to you to decide the fate of Turpen the Gnome Warlock with Choose My Adventure. Casting your vote toward the many aspects of Turpen and make him your own! Well, not literally. He belongs to Alex, but you know what we mean.
Well, it took longer than I had hoped, but Turpen [...]

Ghostcrawler on class representation and balance

Ghostcrawler has a nice exchange on the forums (and it’s not marked “Not Tracked”, so you know he wants us reading this one) about how much of a role class representation actually plays in class balance. Obviously, balance itself plays the biggest role in class balance — if (using GC’s completely hypothetical example) Feral Druids [...]

The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Where the Action is Not

The Care and Feeding of Warriors once more shuffles forth clad head to toe in clanking metal, devoid of holy light, harnessed death magic or any of that fancy stuff, to bash things about until they cough up shiny pixels. Matthew Rossi has been bashing things about for their loot since January of 2005. He’ll [...]

The Daily Quest: Patch 3.2, Ulduar, and newbies

We here at WoW.com are on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.

Cold Comfort takes a look at how the upcoming Patch 3.2 might change how your guild does things.
Lowered Expectations took the new 5-man dungeon, Trial of the Champion, for a spin.
If you use Binklestein [...]

Shifting Perspectives: Why (or why not) to play a Druid

Every week (sort of), Shifting Perspectives explores issues affecting Druids and those who group with them. This week, in the anticipation of a patch likely to bring many new players into the fold, we descend into the depths of an ancient library in pursuit of Druidic history, lean back in our chair considering the modern [...]

The Queue: Crossroads

Welcome back to The Queue, WoW.com’s daily Q&A column where the WoW.com team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Adam Holisky will be your host today.
This queue is certified Panadaran free.
Enjoy it while it lasts.
Today’s reading music The Crossroads by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Every time I’m in the Crossroads I think of that song.
Yokumgang [...]

The Queue: Nice Crown! edition

Welcome back to The Queue, WoW.com’s daily Q&A column where the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Mike Sacco will be your host today.
Queue, queue, queue. Everyone must be really excited for the eventual 3.3 patch, because we’ve got a ton of questions about Arthas and Icecrown today. What the [...]