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Officers’ Quarters: Cold calculations and raiding standards
Sometimes as officers we have to make decisions that disappoint certain guild members. This week's OQ covers setting raiding standards for social raiders and the possibility of flexible mythic raids.
BlizzCaps: The play’s the thing
"It's always bittersweet when one of our guild members gets deployed," writes submitter Gimmlette of Spectacular Death on Llane (US-A).
Hellfire Citadel raid testing schedule for May 6-8
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.
Lightsworn: Shaking up how WoW’s encounters are tanked
No matter how many moving parts an encounter has, how it is ultimately tanked can be boiled down to one of a few formulas that Blizzard repeats over and over again when designing fights. As human beings, one of our evolutionary survival skills is recognizing patterns – many times, if you're like me, you'll be tanking a new encounter and think to yourself “hang on, I've seen this before.”
Patch 6.2 PTR: New Darkmoon Items
This week begins the Darkmoon Faire, which runs from from May 3 until May 10th.
BlizzCaps: Into the great wide open
"Tonight I was extremely lucky in looting the Solar Spirehawk from Rukhmar," writes submitter Marconin of Convert to Raid Galleon on Aerie Peak (US-A).
Breakfast Topic: When’s it time to walk away from a game?
My relationship with World of Warcraft mirrors that of many others, I'd imagine.
Lightsworn: Healing the depths of Blackrock Foundry
Let's talk about healing our way through Blackrock Foundry and toppling Blackhand from his fiery crucible. We're looking at all 10 bosses today, so I'm going to keep things brief.
BlizzCaps: I’m doing the time … of my life!
I am so incredibly disappointed in this prison. From what I saw on Orange Is the New Black, I was expecting drama! Intrigue! Passion! Girls with secretary glasses and arm tattoos kissing other girls!