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Racing To The Level Cap: A Cost-Benefit Analysis

Nov 19

Posted by Cayleb in Achievements, Cataclysm | No Comments

As long as there are Realm Firsts to be had, the hype and excitement around them seems unavoidable. Cataclysm has its share of firsts to achieve early on in the expansion, just as Wrath did.  Already, players are asking questions:  Will heirlooms work until level 85?  (No.)  Will they stop working as soon as you hit 80 or right before you hit 81?  (As soon as you hit 80.)  Can we stock up on completed dailies to turn in right after midnight on December 7?  (Yes.)  How long will the leveling from 80-85 take?  (Depends.)

The question that really hasn’t been asked is this:  What are the pros and cons of trying to get a Realm First! Level 85 Feat of Strength?  That’s the question I’ll attempt to answer here.  In truth, the answer is highly subjective and may vary greatly from person-to-person, but this post will at the very least provide a comprehensive review of the potential costs and benefits of trying for this acheivement, along with my take on the matter. Read the rest of this entry »

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Some Link Love and a Cleanup in Aisle Five

Nov 13

Posted by Cayleb in Achievements, Altoholism, Cataclysm, Community, Dungeons | No Comments

Ongoing Cleanup

First and foremost, I’d like to thank my loyal readers, both of you.  Without you, this lowly blog would fade into complete obscurity, dropping from the 1297389473rd most read of all the websites on the internet to 1297389474th.  You’re doing a good thing.  In service to you, I’m going to be cleaning up my link rolls over the next week or so, removing some dead/inactive blogs and adding others.  Not other dead blogs, though.  That would be silly.  As a favor to me, if either of you know of any great Paladin-, Alt-, or Achievement-related blogs that I’ve missed, or just some favorite WoW-related blogs of yours that I’ve missed, please let me know in the comments.

For right now, though, I’m going to share some link love (after the jump) on this fine Saturday.

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Beta Imminent – How To Opt-In

May 13

Posted by Cayleb in Cataclysm | No Comments

Bornakk:

Get those opt-ins ready for the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm closed beta! The sundering of Azeroth is nigh, and you don’t want to be left out in the cold of Northrend when you could be enjoying the sun-drenched beaches on the goblin isle of Kezan. To ensure you’re opted-in and eligible as a potential candidate, you’ll need a World of Warcraft license attached to your Battle.net account, have your current system specifications uploaded to the Battle.net Beta Profile Settings page, and have expressed interest through the franchise-specific check boxes.

So get your opt-ins set up, updated, and ready; we’re worgen real hard to get the beta going soon!

Link: https://www.battle.net/account/management/beta-profile.xml

Step 1 - Have a World of Warcraft License (duh.)
Step 2 – Go to the link above and download the program, let it scan you and assmilate… I mean assess your computer’s basic settings. It will then automatically upload those settings to Battle.net.
Step 3 – Go back to that link and make sure the settings are listed and the check box for Warcraft-universe betas is checked.

Resistance is futile. Or surprisingly easy. I’m never sure which.

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Does Anyone Feel a Draft?

May 12

Posted by Cayleb in Cataclysm | No Comments

If you’re wondering what happened to my recent post on Uldum, it has been removed from the public portion of this site.  It any any other postings regarding information leaked from the Cataclysm alpha will be unviewable until such time as the NDA is lifted.  I am doing this voluntarily and of my own accord.

I haven’t received any sort of request from Blizzard to pull down recent posts that contained leaked Cataclysm information.  In fact, they haven’t contacted me directly at all.  But they did contact mmo-champion. I figure if he’s not gonna fight them, what chance would I stand?  I don’t have an army of lawyers or even a legal department, unlike Blizzard Activision, Inc.

A video game is not worth going into personal bankruptcy, nor is it worth my losing sleep over the threat of litigation.

Like Boubouille, I am requesting that no spoilers, links to spoilers, and (especially) links to leaked alpha builds/servers/sandboxes be posted in the comments section here.  (Not that I think any of my five readers would do such a thing, but it must be said.)  Any such comments will be removed immediately and result in week-long bans of the commenter’s IP address(es).

There.  My @$$ is now officially covered.

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