Christian Thoma

The War Within expansion includes a brand new selection of gems for our gear, much along the lines of the gems we've seen in recent expansions.

I’ve written up two guides to gems this week, one for Cataclysm Classic and one for The War Within. And while they’re not hard to write per se, they require a lot of meticulous work and fact-checking which are not my favorite things to do. By the time I finish I want to immerse myself in a sensory deprivation chamber for an hour just so my eyes can listen to fragrances for a bit. Sadly I do not have access to one so I’ll need to content myself with my second favorite post-writing activity, video games.

ReMists is of course the big news alongside Cata Classic (which I’m skipping) but even though it’s been less than a week I’ve already made huge progress towards my goals. Which is good because I have a lot of other games to play — still need to finish Tales of Kenzera: ZAU and Persona 4: Arena Ultimax, and I’d like to get started on Unicorn Overlord. We’re also only a couple weeks out from Summer Game Fest 2024 — Assassin’s Creed: Shadows got a head start by announcing last week — and I’m sure there will more games added to my list that weekend. TL, DR: SO MANY GAMES.

So while I level my Goblin Hunter through remixed Pandaria let’s answer some questions!

Cataclysm Classic is on the way and as always a new expansion brings new enchants and new gems to give your character power above what gear can provide.

WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria will see players return to Pandaria's shores in a new leveling experience.

WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria starts today and for the next few months players will be able to experience Pandaria in a fresh new way that I've taken to calling Hyper-Chromie Time.

WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria starts this week and an interesting change is happening on the live servers as well: Pandaria raids and World Bosses have switched to daily lockouts instead of the standard weekly lockout while the event is active during the next few months.

World of Warcraft's latest patch 10.2.7 has a special treat for Hunters: a completely overhauled stable UI for managing pets.

Telogrus Rift has solved the issue of transportation among floating rocks perched at the edge of the Void by transforming your character into some sort of Void or Shadow creature. While it’s surely a creative solution, I can’t help but think doing it too often will result in extra shadowy appendages over time or a one-way trip into the neighboring abyss — and neither result seems ideal. Maybe Gryphons and Wyverns aren’t fond of all that black and purple?

That said, despite the clear and present danger to your character’s existence I do recommend partaking in the new patch 10.2.7 questline. It doesn’t take very long and you see the pieces of The War Within start to come together.

While I ponder whether an Earthen covered in tentacles would actually be a roper — no, not those ropers —  let’s answer some questions!

Dragonflight patch 10.2.7 is live!

In mid-May World of Warcraft players are getting a new temporary leveling experience called WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria, and as players who went through it the first time, there are a lot of things we're excited to experience again.