Category Archives: MMORPG

Achievement Name: Appropriate

Getting from prestige 1 to prestige 2 took about 2 weeks, and came with an achievement that really summed up my thoughts on the whole process: Taking the “Grand Marshal’s Medal of Valor” back to the king in Stormwind got … Continue reading

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What the well-dressed Draenei is wearing this season

WoW PvP continues to be an unbalanced and aggravating mess at times, but still offers the occasional feeling of triumph that makes the losses less important.  My goal is to get to Prestige rank 2 and unlock a new look … Continue reading

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Kick-Ball, Stick-Ball, KILL-THE-GUY-WITH-THE-BALL

(Do You Want To Play?) So, usually I pick up a new MMO, get to max level, play through all of the group content, do a little raiding and call it good.  I love MMOs – they’re basically “Checklist: The … Continue reading

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OK, NOW I Beat WoW

…OK, still not really, but I did finish one of the big parts of the Legion expansion, the class campaign.  This is a fairly long affair, largely because there are some mandatory timesinks in the middle – you need to … Continue reading

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I Beat WoW

Well, obviously I didn’t BEAT WoW, but I did get to level cap, which took almost exactly a month. I could have done it much more quickly, but there is just something irresistible about going back to old content and … Continue reading

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WoW: Legion, some early thoughts:

After completing my Artifact weapon quest the other night, I wasn’t really feeling in the mood to dive straight into questing, so I went and cleared out a few old raid zones instead.  Wrath of the Lich King’s Icecrown Citadel … Continue reading

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WoW: To Level 100…And Beyond!

No achievement spam today. (Well, maybe one.) Soloing the Dragon Soul raid – taking on Deathwing, the final boss of Cataclysm – is apparently dead simple for any level 100 character.  I did it at 95, and it turns out … Continue reading

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Hearthstone: I Am Not A Fan

Ok, so a little preamble: Normally when I talk about a game, I try to see both sides even when I’m not a fan, try to find the good in the bad, that kind of thing.  I strive for balance. … Continue reading

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WoW: The Pandaria Tour

Finished up my run through Pandaria’s dungeons with the last of the non-heroics last night, and reached another leveling milestone in the process: Mists of Pandaria was a weird expansion to run through doing only dungeons.  It took basically no … Continue reading

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WoW: A Bit of a Rave, a Bit of a Rant

So, some good progress in WoW over the last couple of days.  Got to level 86 and ran all of the normal-mode dungeons from the Cataclysm expansion along the way, then got started on Mists of Pandaria content.  Some rants … Continue reading

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