Warcraft

"A few months back, I was deep in a heated mount-collecting race with a fellow raider when the Flametalon of Alysrazor dropped during a transmog my significant other and I were on," writes submitter Fizzl of Convert to Raid Sha on Aerie Peak (US-A).

Today's list of hotfixes is pretty short, but there are a few major issues that have been addressed. The Iron Maiden's health has been reduced by 25% on Raid Finder difficulty, which should reduce the length of the encounter. In addition, events in Ashran are no longer on individual timers -- events are now randomly selected at regular intervals.

If you were so inclined, you could argue that totems were counting down the hours until they got removed from the game as soon as Enhancement was made a viable spec in The Burning Crusade. I wouldn't make that argument myself, but it sure does sound convincing when you look at it the right way. Sort of sideways, maybe squint a little.

A new short story has been released on the official website. The Code of Rule, by Ryan Quinn, gives us one of those chunks of lore we were missing from the development of Warlords of Draenor's story -- how exactly the ogres of Highmaul allied with the Iron Horde in the first place.

RNG is short for random number generator, and its the randomness when you do something like roll for loot, or even the randomness that determines whether a certain piece of loot even drops - whether loot is set to personal, or you're using master looter, there's always some randomness because a boss doesn't drop everything it could drop when you kill it.

Submitter Darius recently discovered that one thousand feet above Stormwind is not the ideal place to pose for a photograph.

Person A versus Person B is a conflict. Throw Person B's significant other into the mix and you have a quagmire. This week on Officers' Quarters, we've got gquits, drama, and a dash of cybercrime.

Some hotfixes last longer than other - the recent hotfix to PvP damage that reduced it across the board by 10% has already been reverted. Why? Well, apparently players really, really hated the way it changed PvP.

Blackrock Foundry loot is being increased in ilevel, Bashiok reveals on the forums

In the comments for my introductory column the other week, I had a few folks ask me to write a 101 guide for those new to the spec and tanking in general. Considering this is only the second protection-flavored Lightsworn post, that sounds like an excellent idea!