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Dec 2, 2008

Chinese MMO accused of stealing art from World of Warcraft, others

Posted by Mike Schramm in General 6 comments

Filed under: Rogue, Items, Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, Blizzard, News items

A Chinese browser-based MMO named Aurora Blade has been accused of lifting art and design work from a few other MMOs, including Ragnarok Online, Maple Story, and yes, even World of Warcraft. You can judge for yourself in the comparison above (the little [...]


Dec 1, 2008

Ask WoW Insider: Instance running 101

Posted by Mike Schramm in General 4 comments

Here’s a question for you all from Percinho about my absolute favorite thing to do in game: five man instances. He and his guildies are about to run their very first instance (or they were when he sent this to us at ask@wowinsider.com), and he wants to know your very best tips for instance running:
For [...]


Dec 1, 2008

On the search for Heavy Frostweave Bandages

Posted by Mike Schramm in General 4 comments

One of the weirdest changes in Northrend so far is the way First Aid training works, strangely enough. Used to be that once you hit a certain level, you could just go run to the trainer to train up the next wave of bandages (or you could buy a manual from a trainer somewhere), but [...]