WoW Archivist
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WoW Archivist: The allure of classic-era WoW
Earlier this year, the team behind the extralegal classic-era realm “Nostalrius” announced that they would make their source code and tools available to the public. They said that they were disappointed by Blizzard’s response…
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WoW Archivist: Gadgetzan
Blizzard began teasing Hearthstone players about Gadgetzan this fall. First we got a billboard/postcard-ish image that read “Greetings from Gadgetzan. It’s as clean as it is safe!” The design mirrors a famous billboard at…
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WoW Archivist: More Champions from early WoW
Legion‘s class champions are a diverse bunch, from a lightspawn to a ghost and even a Vrykul mead-brewer. Some are brand new to the game’s story. Others have been with us ever since the early…
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WoW Archivist: Class Champions from early WoW
Legion’s Class Halls offer a huge variety in Champions, from faerie dragons to titan watchers, a sludge belcher, a primate monarch, and even a giant talking, shambling rock. They span the entire history of…
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WoW Archivist: Classic’s world bosses
Legion‘s demon invasions have given us the most world bosses the game has ever seen. Not since the Gates of Ahn’Qiraj opened up have we fought so many powerful enemies in the open world. The…
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WoW Archivist: Systems patch controversies
Six expansions, six system patches. Each and every one has seen its share of controversies. Legion‘s finally went live last week, providing a much-needed defibrillation to WoW‘s heartbeat. While the community has rejoiced at…
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WoW Archivist: Classic’s Naxxramas and the Scourge event
As Blizzard reminded us last week, June 20 marked the 10th anniversary of patch 1.11, Shadow of the Necropolis — the release that gave us WoW‘s first incarnation of Naxxramas. Almost no one playing…
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WoW Archivist: Dalaran
In classic WoW, players exploring the Alterac Mountains encountered a massive purple dome clearly made out of some kind of magical energy. It was one of the most startling sights to explorers of Azeroth…
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WoW Archivist: Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker
Legion‘s artifact weapons have placed more emphasis than ever before on the tools we do battle with. They will give us spec-defining abilities and some even have their own spell animations. Given that these…
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More iconic abilities returning in Legion
Blizzard’s approach to class design in Legion centers around the “distinctive identity” of a class and its specializations. While past expansions have pruned abilities from classes, Legion looks to diversify a class’s specs with spec-unique skills…
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