Anne Stickney
Anne Stickney @Shadesogrey — Anne Stickney knows entirely too much about World of Warcraft lore, and would like to tell you all about it. Currently ensconced somewhere in the mountains of Colorado, Anne is the co-author of the World of Warcraft: Ultimate Visual Guide, as well as the author of the World of Warcraft Annual 2015, and the World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Strategy Guide.
by Anne Stickney on May 5, 2015 at 7:25pm @Shadesogrey
The latest schedule for this week's Hellfire Citadel raid testing has been released, with three different encounters scheduled for testing tomorrow afternoon. Note that the majority of these encounters will be tested at Mythic level difficulty, which requires 20 players to participate.
by Anne Stickney on May 3, 2015 at 12:00pm @Shadesogrey
Welcome to The Queue, the Q&A column for all things Blizzard related. If you have a question for the Queue, leave a comment and you may see it answered tomorrow!
Have I mentioned how much I like Khadgar’s writing setup? I mean it’s in the middle of a swampy mushroom and sentient-fungi-riddled nightmare, but the desk itself is awfully nice.
by Anne Stickney on May 3, 2015 at 8:00am @Shadesogrey
Earlier this week in Know Your Lore, I talked about why Grommash Hellscream should potentially stick around. I wasn't quite sure about his character after his Lords of War short, but what we've seen on Draenor kind of convinced me that I like the guy -- he's got potential.
by Anne Stickney on May 2, 2015 at 2:00pm @Shadesogrey
Story creation for a brand new character can be one of the most entertaining parts of roleplaying -- deciding what you want to play, and who you want that character to be.
by Anne Stickney on May 2, 2015 at 12:00pm @Shadesogrey
This week’s WoW leveling stream ended on a slightly perturbing note for me — I’d played through Stonetalon Mountains plenty of times on Horde characters, and always enjoyed the zone for its big climactic conclusion and subsequent bout of orc-tossing. But I’d never seen it on Alliance side. And Alliance side is awful. I felt horrible after finishing it, and what you didn’t hear on the stream was another full five minutes or so of exclamations about it. You can catch the leveling stream on Youtube now, if you’re interested. Anyway, on to your questions!
by Anne Stickney on May 1, 2015 at 3:00pm @Shadesogrey
It's not just Grommash's character we're looking at here -- it's the entire state of the Horde as we know it. Did the Horde need Garrosh Hellscream? Yes, it absolutely did, and now that he's gone, there's a void left behind that could be filled, oddly enough, by his father from another reality. But before you get me wrong here, I don't mean Grommash should fill that villain role. Far from it.
by Anne Stickney on April 29, 2015 at 9:15pm @Shadesogrey
A new release of patch 6.2 PTR patch note updates are now available, including several changes to professions and some tweaks to PVP. Alchemy, Fishing, Herbalism, Mining and Skinning all have new updates introduced, and all three gathering professions are now able to sometimes find Felblight, the new crafting reagent, while gathering materials in Tanaan Jungle.
by Anne Stickney on April 29, 2015 at 8:00am @Shadesogrey
In patch 6.2, we get to add shipyards to our garrisons in order to better assault Tanaan Jungle, fight the Iron Horde, and of course send our ships on missions to bring back all kinds of valuable loot.
by Anne Stickney on April 28, 2015 at 9:18pm @Shadesogrey
A short list of hotfixes for patch 6.1.2 have been released this evening, including a bug fix with one of the achievements for the current holiday event, Children's Week.
by Anne Stickney on April 28, 2015 at 4:55pm @Shadesogrey
Raid testing for Hellfire Citadel continues this week with four new Heroic difficulty encounters on Wednesday and Thursday. Tomorrow, players will be able to test the Heroic Hellfire High Council encounter, as well as Heroic Mannoroth. On Thursday, Hellfire Assault and Socrethar the Eternal will be available for testing.
