Healer representation in the Proving Grounds
After writing yesterday's article on tank representation in the level 100 Proving Grounds, I got curious about whether the lopsided statistics there were similar to what you'd find in other roles, and started digging further.
The Queue: Lore, the guild, boosted characters, webcomic, and Bethesda
Welcome back to The Queue.
Totem Talk: Enhancement and the last true hybrid
Despite my earlier flirtations with other classes and my continued love of several others, Shaman is still my preferred class and the one that I tend to think of as mine in World of Warcraft. I've taken breaks from it before, but I've always kept my eye on it just the same. And it took me a startlingly long time to realize that there was a good reason for it: Shaman is the last vestige of a class design that's kind of moved on from the game as a whole, especially when you're playing Enhancement. As specs become more and more rigid and settle characters more firmly into roles, Enhancement winds up still containing some of that flavor of the earliest days. It's a hybrid. It's always been a hybrid. And with a decade of the game gone, I would argue that it's the last true hybrid left in the game.
Breakfast Topic: Will you Tweet from WoW?
It's official: Twitter is coming to the World of Warcraft in patch 6.1. But will we all be using it? After a decade of using World of Warcraft completely Twitter free... we've got to wonder if we really need social media seeping into our favored form of escapism.
Argi raises more than 1.9 million for Red Cross
I still haven't quite figured out what the battle pet Argi is, exactly -- I think, were anyone to use the words "space goat," they would best apply to the little guy.
Heroes of the Storm action figures coming to a store near you [Updated]
As with all things Blizzard, we don't have a release date, but we do know that NECA is going to be rolling out a line of Heroes of the Storm action figures.
Tank representation in the Proving Grounds
News broke recently of a brewmaster monk player named Big reaching a record 198 waves in the tank version of the Proving Grounds.
Officers’ Quarters: Raiding in Warlords
Officers' Quarters has returned! Thank you all for your overwhelming support of the new site. It has allowed me to bring this column back. Many of you have been asking about it on Twitter and Patreon, and I'm very happy to debut the new incarnation here on Blizzard Watch.
The Queue: Lightning round
Today is a rapid fire edition of The Queue.
Breakfast Topic: What Warcraft items do you want in real life?
I really need a plush Pepe in my life, I've decided.



