WoW
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!
Arcane Sanctum: Blackrock Foundry Iron Assembly and Blackhand’s Crucible for mages
Welcome to another installment of Arcane Sanctum! This week, we’ll be finishing up our look at Blackrock Foundry with the final four bosses. These include all three encounters in the Iron Assembly and Blackhand himself in Blackhand’s Crucible.
Webcomic Wrapup: From Q&As to Let’s Plays
Can’t keep up with all of the great WoW-centric (and WoW-adjacent) webcomics out there? We’re rounding up the latest editions of your favorites here so you can catch up on the week all in one place. Do you have a favorite webcomic that focuses on WoW or any other Blizzard games? Tell us about it in the comments!
BlizzCaps: To fight the horde, singing and crying
Listen, I'm not trying to dictate anyone's taste in music. I understand that everyone likes different things. Heck, I had "I Wanna Be Rich" by Calloway on my iPhone for about two years, until the shame of it finally broke me.



