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WoW
Dungeon changes for The War Within add some strange new Affixes (but keep Sanguine)
World of Warcraft: The War Within gets the typical batch of new dungeons, but not too much will be changing in dungeons themselves — we’re doing the…
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Diablo 4
How to replace your Diablo 4 Legacy gear (without nerfing yourself in the process)
With Diablo 4 patch 1.4.0‘s intense itemization changes, your Eternal characters have stash tabs chock full of the newly-tagged Legacy gear you can no longer upgrade.…
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Diablo 4
Spend less time sorting and more time slaying with Diablo 4’s improved itemization system, coming with Season 4
Diablo 4 is about to upend itemization with a new philosophy that stresses quality over quantity. These changes do a lot to streamline gear, with fewer…
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WoW
Dragonflight Season 2 shakes up the Mythic+ affix pools — now with even more changes
Ever since Blizzard replaced Challenge Modes with Mythic+ dungeons in Legion, there have been pools of affixes — additional effects like Grievous or Storming that each…
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WoW
The biggest problems creating tank shortages in Mythic+ dungeons and how to fix them
One of the most persistent complaints among people running Mythic+ dungeons in World of Warcraft is how hard it is to find a tank. Unless you’ve…
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Diablo
Will Diablo 4 have an Elective Mode for character builds?
The Diablo development team has been holding to their commitment to communication following the Diablo 4 announcement at BlizzCon. So far, we, the community, have enjoyed…
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Diablo
An early look at itemization in Diablo 4: Affixes and the demise of Ancient Legendaries
Lead Systems Designer David Kim came back with the promised post on Diablo 4‘s itemization, and it does not disappoint. An important caveat which bears repeating,…
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BlizzCon
If you like Mythic+ in World of Warcraft, Diablo 4 has you covered with Dungeon Keys
World of Warcraft has certainly taken its fair share of ideas from the Diablo franchise: random legendary drops, the whole idea of socketing gems into loot…
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WoW
Mythic+ dungeon cheat sheet: keystones, affixes, and how to deal with them
Mythic+ dungeons in World of Warcraft are a great way to challenge your group or get some of the best gear available. Their difficulty comes from…
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WoW
Legion Challenge Mode affixes datamined
Back at BlizzCon, the World of Warcraft developers teased Keystones as a new approach to Challenge Mode dungeons. Upon finding and using a Challenger’s Keystone, you’re…
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