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"As a hunter, I really enjoy the Stampede talent and I like to have fun with it, especially right now since I'm playing Lone Wolf marksman and never see my pets," writes first-time submitter Michaela of Aerie Peak (US-A).

If you play a Rogue, and if you raid on that Rogue at any difficulty level, then sheath your poison-tipped weapons, grab a steaming mug of Thistle Tea and pull up a chair, my friends.

Submitter Morn has heard good things about the entheogenic properties of fel smoke.

"Last night I got my reputation with the Hand of the Prophet up high enough to be able to buy their cosmetic toybox item Karabor Councilor's Attire," writes submitter Paladave of Clan Wilkes on Garona (US-A). "I wasn't expecting to like the outfit as much as I do. In fact, with the nice circlet headgear, I actually felt more kingly than councilorly. That gave me the idea to stop by Varian's place and see how I measured up."

Have I mentioned lately how much I love the new character models — and the great facial expressions that came with them — introduced in Warlords of Draenor?

Glitterati of Spectacular Death on Llane (US-A) sent us this gem, along with this story of taking a very wrong turn in Icecrown Citadel.

If you've been playing World of Warcraft for a while, or were familiar with the Warcraft 3 game or tie-in books like Lord of the Clans and Rise of the Horde you were aware of a certain conception of orcs and their nature and identity.

When I agreed to fill in for my counterpart Elizabeth for the first half of this week, I didn't expect quite so many podlings would be involved.

Submitter Zchatten of Drakkari (US-H) regretted her choice in bodyguards after she ended up trapped in an infinitely empty dimension with the rotting corpse of Vivianne.

"It seems that everyone is destined to lose one of their first transports from their shipyard." notes submitter Ash.