Necrall

Fear me for I am Necrall, bane of gnomes, designer of all things tea cup related, plain awful PVPer. No really I managed to make a spell backfire and kill myself once, true story. I'm a warlock and Officer of The Firm. Likes: Levelling Alts, creative writing, designing, games, designing games, food and memes (NEDM). Dislikes: Vegetables, boredom, rainy weather, buggy games, Twilight.

Devil’s Advocate – Cata’s First Raid

Wrath has served us well, gave those of us who’d never seen it the chance to do Naxxramas, it gave us the awesomeness of Ulduar, the trash-free Trial of the Crusader and the cool Icecrown Citadel. But its time has come to an end, in a matter of months we’ll be sitting down to try the first raid of Cataclysm.

*deep breath*

I hate to be the bearer of bad news… But the first Cata raid is going to be pretty easy.

Now before you get your panties all up in a bunch and hit the forums to QQ allow me to explain now only why it will happen, but why it must happen.

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Devil’s Advocate – Do I want WoW to stay as the dominant MMO?

Interesting question I seen on MMO-Champion. Do I want WoW to stay on top?

World of Warcraft is a game I’ve sunk years into and spent a lot of money on, in subscriptions and expansions. I’ve made some very good friends there, friends I’ve carried out of the game and into the real world. I’ve written articles about the game, reviews about it. I’ve written a comic about it and various game design articles about various features of WoW.

I have invested a lot into this game. But do I want it to stay on top?

The answer is No.

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A Cup of Tea: Scarlet Monastery Boosting

Based on a true story…… One day in a Scarlet Monastery boost.

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Devil’s Advocate – Class Balance

Now we get to something that brings everyone’s blood to a boil at least once. Class Balance. The balance of barricades, the seesaw of strength, the whack-a-mole of warfare, like the game Lights Out.

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FAILPUG! Heals? I’m a BLOOD DK!

Ahh the daily Heroic. Fifteen minutes of relaxed pew pew to get my 2 shiny Frost Badges. But alas, all is not well with today’s run. Today we get… the jerk tank.

Now the jerk tank is a peculiar species, it is a jerk and it is a tank. Hence the name: jerk tank. But you can’t just kick him cause the group needs tank. But what happens when a fight occurs between tank and healer? This is what happened.

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Devil’s Advocate – Warlocks > You

Funny guyWhat does a noob and a rogue have in common? They both pick locks.

On the news tonight, a funny guy was found dead in what appears to be an agonizing manner with strange Shadow Bolt related injuries. More on this later, now for the weather.

Funny guy had it coming to be honest. Only an idiot mocks his superior to his face. Oh you’re unaware of this? Yes it’s correct, Warlocks are your superior. We rule over you in every way. Since I am a compassionate and understanding overlord allow me to tell you why.

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Devil’s Advocate: Epic not really Epic

Eh? Epic not really epic? They look purple to me… Oh I see! You meant in the “They’re so common, they’re not epic anymore” category. Ah right… But how and why? Let’s look at that.

Once upon a time instance bosses dropped greens, not blues. Rares were pretty damn rare and epics were unheard of. Someone who had an epic was the centre of attention with everyone inspecting him and patting him on the back and ooing and aahing over how much of an awesome player he must be to have gotten an epic.

What changed? Most would argue it’s that the game has gotten easier and epics are being handed out like candy. But is that what really happened? Or is there more to it?

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