WoW Insider http://wow.joystiq.com WoW Insider http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif WoW Insider http://wow.joystiq.com prods@weblogsinc.com (Weblogs, Inc. Producers) (Weblogs, Inc. Web Support) en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. View our terms of service here: http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/ Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/ <![CDATA[WRUP: A moment of silence for 38 Studios]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/25/wrup-a-moment-of-silence-for-38-studios/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/25/wrup-a-moment-of-silence-for-38-studios/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/25/wrup-a-moment-of-silence-for-38-studios/#comments Image Every week, just at the start of the weekend, we catch up with the WoW Insider staff and ask them, "What are you playing this week?" -- otherwise known as: WRUP. Join us to see what we're up to in and out of game, and catch us in the comments to let us know what you're playing, too!

In case you've been living under a rock the last 24 hours or so, one of the biggest stories in the gaming world right now is the collapse of 38 Studios and Big Huge Games. We didn't really cover it, since we're a World of Warcraft-focused site, but we're all gamers here. It stings to see an MMORPG crash and burn, but it hurts even more to see the devastation that the sudden fall of two companies in the industry has caused.

The situation for folks at 38 Studios is somewhat grim right now, though that's nothing new. Most of them had been working without pay since the beginning of the month. A lot of them were depending on the health insurance their job provided -- coverage which has since expired. All of them were just like us -- gamers at heart who just wanted to do something really cool to entertain you. Twitter has been rallying to help, but it's impossible to look at the situation without wishing there was something more you could do.

Beyond the employees, there are a lot of other victims of this debacle too. The taxpayers of Rhode Island are on the hook for a massive loan made to keep 38 afloat -- a loan which could total over $112 million by the time all is said and done. That's a $100 charge to every man, woman, and child currently living in the state. A number of Rhode Island officials who stuck their necks out for 38 have resigned in disgrace, though arguably, they had a lot to be disgraced over. I guess what I'm saying is that it's a bad situation all around.

Well, almost all around. One of the few people who got away clean, ironically, is company founder Curt Schilling, the baseball player who inexplicably started a video games company. He wrote himself a $4 million check from the 38 Studios bank account a few months ago, money that could have -- and should have -- gone to pay his employees that he watched work without pay. As someone from "Red Sox Nation," I feel I have the right to say this: Screw that guy.

So yeah, before we head into this week's WRUP, I want to have a brief moment of silence for 38 Studios and all the folks who were hurt by its downfall.

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]]> 38-studiosbig-huge-gamescurt-schillinggaming-industryrhode-islandscrew-that-guywhat-are-you-playingWRUP (Fox Van Allen) Fri, 25 May 2012 20:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[A First Look at Mists of Pandaria Professions: Engineering]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/a-first-look-at-mists-of-pandaria-professions-engineering/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/a-first-look-at-mists-of-pandaria-professions-engineering/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/a-first-look-at-mists-of-pandaria-professions-engineering/#comments Image Every week, WoW Insider brings you Gold Capped, in which Fox Van Allen and Basil "Euripides" Berntsen aim to show you how to make money on the Auction House. Feed Fox's ego by emailing him, tweeting him at @foxvanallen, or sacrificing your first-born to him.

I've said it before and I'll say it again -- if you're not having fun while playing World of Warcraft, you're doing it wrong. Sure, raiding is great, and so is having pockets full of gold. But if you don't find either of those fun, then why bother? Find something that is fun.

Fun, of course, is what the engineering profession is all about. It's certainly not about money, after all -- engineers make very few things that non-engineers can use. But while you're struggling to make money in MoP, you'll at least be getting a lot of new perks to enjoy while doing all that struggling. There are cool new pets, new conveniences, new gear, a new world-altering device, and even new mounts -- yes, mounts with an s!

Exciting times are most definitely ahead for engineers. So strap on your goggles and have a robot roll up your sleeves -- we're going to dive right in.

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]]> blingtron-4000depleted-kyparium-rocketeasy-goldengineeringengineering-previewfarming-guidefeaturedg91-landsharkgeosynchronous-world-spinnerghost-iron-dragonlinggoblin-glidergoldgold-farminggold-guidegold-makinggold-stratgold-strategygold-stratsgold-tipsmechano-hogmists-of-pandariamists-of-pandaria-engineeringmists-of-pandaria-professionsmoprainier-wolfcastleretinal-armorsteam-filled-balloonthermal-anvilworld-of-wacraft-money-makingworld-of-warcraft-easy-goldworld-of-warcraft-goldworld-of-warcraft-money-making-guidewormhole-generatorwow-easy-goldwow-goldwow-gold-farmingwow-gold-guidewow-gold-legalwow-gold-reviewswow-gold-strategywow-gold-tipswow-moneywow-money-guidewow-money-making-guide (Fox Van Allen) Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[WRUP: Diablo 3 Diablo 3 Diablo 3 Diablo 3 Diablo 3]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/wrup-diablo-3-diablo-3-diablo-3-diablo-3-diablo-3/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/wrup-diablo-3-diablo-3-diablo-3-diablo-3-diablo-3/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/wrup-diablo-3-diablo-3-diablo-3-diablo-3-diablo-3/#comments Image Every week, just at the start of the weekend, we catch up with the WoW Insider staff and ask them, "What are you playing this week?" -- otherwise known as: WRUP. Join us to see what we're up to in and out of game, and catch us in the comments to let us know what you're playing, too!

Diablo III, man. Diablo III.

Diablo III Diablo III Diablo III Diablo III, Diablo III. Diablo 3? No, no, no: Diablo III.

So, Diablo III -- What aRe yoU Playing? This week's Diablo III: What's your preferred Diablo III class?

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]]> diablo-3everyone-is-playing-diablo-3what-are-you-playingwrup (Fox Van Allen) Fri, 18 May 2012 19:30:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Spiritual Guidance: The new shadow priest trend of backtracking]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/16/spiritual-guidance-the-new-shadow-priest-trend-of-backtracking/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/16/spiritual-guidance-the-new-shadow-priest-trend-of-backtracking/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/16/spiritual-guidance-the-new-shadow-priest-trend-of-backtracking/#comments Image Every week, WoW Insider brings you Spiritual Guidance for discipline, holy and shadow priests. On alternate Wednesdays, shadow priesting expert Fox Van Allen comes from out of the shadows to bask in your loving adoration.

I spent a long time trying to come up with the perfect word for what's happening to shadow priests on the beta right now. At first I thought up déjà vu, but that didn't seem quite right (and shut up, I know that's a phrase, not a word). Then I got bored and played Civilization 5 for a while. Then I made a sandwich.

I don't know where I'm going with any of that, but I did eventually settle on a word: backtracking. That's what happening with shadow priests -- Blizzard is revising the class and hastily making a retreat on just about every unpopular decision it's made over the last few months in the beta. Two weeks ago, Blizz did it by backing down on its decision to axe Devouring Plague. This week, it's backtracking again, giving us back yet another thing it had axed going into MoP.

Is that a good thing or a bad thing? In a sense, both. But we'll get into that shortly.

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]]> devouring-plaguedivine-insightfeaturedglyph-of-dark-bindingguide-to-priestsmists-of-pandariamoppriest-guidepriest-infopriest-talentsshadowshadow-priestshadow-priest-dps-spiritual-guidanceSHADOW-PRIEST-SPIRITUAL-GUIDANCEshadowy-apparitionwow-priestwow-priest-infowow-priests (Fox Van Allen) Wed, 16 May 2012 13:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[WRUP: Fox Van Allen's Getting Your Kids into Commercials!]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/11/wrup-fox-van-allens-getting-your-kids-into-commercials/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/11/wrup-fox-van-allens-getting-your-kids-into-commercials/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/11/wrup-fox-van-allens-getting-your-kids-into-commercials/#comments Every week, just at the start of the weekend, we catch up with the WoW Insider staff and ask them, "What are you playing this week?" -- otherwise known as: WRUP. Join us to see what we're up to in and out of game, and catch us in the comments to let us know what you're playing, too!

There are only two weeks left until yours truly packs up and moves cross-country from Boston to California. But not just anywhere in California -- Los Angeles. Hollywood! The next time you see me, I'll be a star! Why? Because I've been watching Mel Kane's Getting Your Kids into Commercials nonstop. I think I finally have all the know-how it takes to be a showbiz kid!

Do you look at your child as a financial burden? Then you're doing it wrong. It's time to take that toddler and monetize him through the magic world of commercial acting!

Don't know where to start? Well, no worries -- Mel Kane's Getting Your Kids into Commercials is here to help. Mel will teach you all the key aspects of being a showbiz parent: how to punish your child when they mess up their lines, how to punish your child when they miss their mark, and how to punish your child when they look bored and clearly don't want to be there acting. And most importantly, Mel will teach you how severely to punish your kids when they don't read that week's WRUP. (Very severely! WRUP is totes important!)

So, that's that. While you get your kids browbeat into shape, the rest of us will be here What aRe yoU Playing our hearts out to avoid the wrath of our own showbiz parents. This week's bonus question: With the recent announcement that cross-realm zones are coming to Mists of Pandaria, I've been in a very nostalgic mode. So, I want to know: What's your favorite low-level zone?

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]]> what-are-you-playingwrup (Fox Van Allen) Fri, 11 May 2012 19:30:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Should you change professions for Mists of Pandaria?]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/08/should-you-change-professions-for-mists-of-pandaria/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/08/should-you-change-professions-for-mists-of-pandaria/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/08/should-you-change-professions-for-mists-of-pandaria/#comments Image Every week, WoW Insider brings you Gold Capped, in which Fox Van Allen and Basil "Euripides" Berntsen aim to show you how to make money on the Auction House. Feed Fox's ego by emailing him, tweeting him at @foxvanallen, or sacrificing your first-born to him.

Last week here in Gold Capped, I gave you a sneak peek at the alchemy profession in Mists of Pandaria, including some of the new potions, flasks, and transmutes available to those willing to put in the work. That column apparently got a lot of you thinking, because immediately afterward, I got no fewer than three emails from players asking if they should change their professions to alchemy -- or more generally, whether or not they should switch to a better profession.

It's a question to which there's no easy answer. Each profession has the potential to be profitable -- some more so than others, sure. But one person might make millions of gold from inscription, for example, while another player struggles to make a few silver.

Aside from knowledge (which you're all getting right here from Gold Capped, natch), what's the biggest factor regarding a profession's profitability? It's your playstyle. Certain professions lend themselves to the weekend Auction House warrior, while others reward daily persistence. So what profession is right for you? And should you change to that profession for Mists of Pandaria?

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]]> easy-goldfarming-guidefeaturedgoldgold-farminggold-guidegold-makinggold-stratgold-strategygold-stratsgold-tipshow-to-make-money-in-mists-of-pandariamists-of-pandariamists-of-pandaria-professionsmopnew-professionsprofessionsswitching-professionsworld-of-wacraft-money-makingworld-of-warcraft-easy-goldworld-of-warcraft-goldworld-of-warcraft-money-making-guidewow-easy-goldwow-goldwow-gold-farmingwow-gold-guidewow-gold-legalwow-gold-reviewswow-gold-strategywow-gold-tipswow-moneywow-money-guidewow-money-making-guide (Fox Van Allen) Tue, 08 May 2012 09:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[WRUP: Final Jeopardy!]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/04/wrup-final-jeopardy/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/04/wrup-final-jeopardy/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/04/wrup-final-jeopardy/#comments Every week, just at the start of the weekend, we catch up with the WoW Insider staff and ask them, "What are you playing this week?" -- otherwise known as: WRUP. Join us to see what we're up to in and out of game, and catch us in the comments to let us know what you're playing, too!

I know how it is. All week long, you've been workin' for the weekend. You want a new romance. You're going off the deep end. You need a second chance. Well, don't worry. We've been looking to see if it was you. We've been wanting you to come through. We're hoping it will all work out. We've been waiting for you to hold out. I have no idea what any of the above means -- but man, was it catchy when Loverboy said it.

Anyway, it's time for WRUP, the magical part of that weekend you've been workin' for. Our writers are just itching to tell you what games they're sitting down to play this weekend. What's that? You want to be a part of the show? Well, c'mon baby, let's go. Feel free to share with us what you're playing, too.

It's not a true WRUP without a bonus question, so this week's category is ... [20TH-CENTURY LITERATURE]. Think about that and write down your wager. We'll be back with the question right after this.

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]]> (Fox Van Allen) Fri, 04 May 2012 19:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Spiritual Guidance: The return of Devouring Plague, and our new shadowy friend]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/02/spiritual-guidance-the-return-of-devouring-plague-and-our-new/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/02/spiritual-guidance-the-return-of-devouring-plague-and-our-new/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/02/spiritual-guidance-the-return-of-devouring-plague-and-our-new/#comments Image
Every week, WoW Insider brings you Spiritual Guidance for discipline, holy and shadow priests. On alternate Wednesdays, shadow priesting expert Fox Van Allen comes from out of the shadows to bask in your loving adoration.

In case you haven't noticed, the shadowformed Spiritual Guidance is a once-every-other-week thing now. Normally, I'm cool with that. But man, these past two weeks have been killing me. Last week, there were changes. Big changes. Huge changes! And this week -- more huge changes! Groundbreaking changes! Stunning, jaw-dropping changes! Unbelievable ...

Okay, I digress. But there's no exaggeration here. The changes over the past two weeks have been huge. Old friends are making a comeback. New friends are on the way. Shadow priest PvP is changing forever. And shadow priest mastery has been completely overhauled -- twice.

We've got a lot of catching up to do, kids. I'll introduce you to our new friend in just a bit (not that Dawn Moore and Matt Low haven't already let the cat out of the bag), but first, an old friend has been waiting to say "hi." Ladies and gentlemen, make our oldest of friends feel welcome -- a round of applause, please, for Devouring Plague.

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]]> archangelDevouring-Plaguefeaturedguide-to-priestsmindbendermists-of-pandariamists-of-pandaria-betamists-of-pandaria-talent-changesmoppriest-guidepriest-infopriest-talentspsyfiendshadowshadow-priestshadow-priest-dps-spiritual-guidanceshadow-priest-spiritual-guidancewow-priestwow-priest-infowow-priests (Fox Van Allen) Wed, 02 May 2012 14:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[A first look at Mists of Pandaria professions: Alchemy]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/30/a-first-look-at-mists-of-pandaria-professions-alchemy/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/30/a-first-look-at-mists-of-pandaria-professions-alchemy/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/30/a-first-look-at-mists-of-pandaria-professions-alchemy/#comments Image Every week, WoW Insider brings you Gold Capped, in which Fox Van Allen and Basil "Euripides" Berntsen aim to show you how to make money on the Auction House. Feed Fox's ego by emailing him, tweeting him at @foxvanallen, or sacrificing your first-born to him.

One of the most common questions I get as WoW Insider's (other) resident Auction House guru is this: What professions are going to be the best in Mists of Pandaria? Arguably, there's no absolute right or wrong answer to the question -- after all, each profession is going to have its pros and cons. (I like to hedge my bets by giving different alts different professions to have a max level of each profession.)

That said, one of my favorite professions for the early days of any expansion is alchemy. It's likely one of your favorites, too, and there's no mystery as to why -- transmutes. In the earlier days of Cataclysm, it wasn't rare to see Truegold sell for more than 1,000 gold apiece. That provided a small profit to any alchemist, but for those lucky enough to see bonus procs, a single transmute could turn a 4,000 gold profit or better. Not bad for about 20 seconds' worth of work.

Of course, that was then; this is now. Will alchemy remain as stupidly profitable in the early days of Mists of Pandaria? Only one way to find out -- ladies and gentlemen, it's time to datamine! To the beta!

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]]> alchemistalchemyalchemy-specializationseasy-goldelixirsfarming-guidefeaturedgoldgold-farminggold-guidegold-makinggold-stratgold-strategygold-stratsgold-tipsmaking-money-through-alchemymists-of-pandaria-elixirsmists-of-pandaria-flasksmists-of-pandaria-potionsmists-of-pandaria-transmutesmop-eliixrsmop-flasksmop-potionsmop-transmutestransmuteworld-of-wacraft-money-makingworld-of-warcraft-easy-goldworld-of-warcraft-goldworld-of-warcraft-money-making-guidewow-easy-goldwow-goldwow-gold-farmingwow-gold-guidewow-gold-legalwow-gold-reviewswow-gold-strategywow-gold-tipswow-moneywow-money-guidewow-money-making-guide (Fox Van Allen) Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[WRUP: The WoW Insider TV show]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/27/wrup-the-wow-insider-tv-show/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/27/wrup-the-wow-insider-tv-show/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/27/wrup-the-wow-insider-tv-show/#comments Every week, just at the start of the weekend, we catch up with the WoW Insider staff and ask them, "What are you playing this week?" -- otherwise known as: WRUP. Join us to see what we're up to in and out of game, and catch us in the comments to let us know what you're playing, too!

Here's a question, ladies and gents: What's your favorite TV show? Are you a fan of the recently renewed Fringe? Perhaps you're more the American Horror Story type? Maybe you British blokes care for Coronation Street, Blue Peter, or The Chase? (Look at the American pretending he knows stuff about British culture -- isn't that cute?)

Surely none of you said your favorite show was TMZ, even though that's an actual show that really exists on TV in real life. Apparently, someone thought it would be a great idea to take a celebrity gossip site and turn it into an awful TV show. (P.S.: I am so sorry for sharing the above clip with you.) But that's not the only terrible idea floating out there on television -- after all, someone is turning that I Can Haz Cheezeburger nonsense into a TV show, too.

So, that got me thinking -- if any website out there can wind up being a poorly rated TV show, why not ours? Why can't there be a show that revolves around our wacky escapades? We literally could not be worse than TMZ. Never mind that it's a bad idea to put folks like Mike Sacco and Mat McCurley on TV. I'm ready to be famous. Not like I-write-for-the-internet famous, but B-list reality show famous. It's time.

While you're waiting for good ol' Fox to make his TV debut, why don't you WRUP with us? This week's bonus question: What kind of parties have you been to ... er, I mean, what are you doing in the MoP beta right now?

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]]> what-are-you-playingwrup (Fox Van Allen) Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Spiritual Guidance: My least favorite ability in the game and the MoP beta]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/18/spiritual-guidance-my-least-favorite-ability-in-the-game-and-t/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/18/spiritual-guidance-my-least-favorite-ability-in-the-game-and-t/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/18/spiritual-guidance-my-least-favorite-ability-in-the-game-and-t/#comments Image Every week, WoW Insider brings you Spiritual Guidance for discipline, holy and shadow priests. On alternate Wednesdays, shadow priesting expert Fox Van Allen comes from out of the shadows to bask in your loving adoration.

The big news of the week is, of course, the launch of patch 4.3.4. But for us shadow priests, there's nothing interesting under its hood. Our rotation doesn't change; our stat weights don't change. It's just business as usual.

But what's going on over at the Mists of Pandaria beta -- well, there's plenty of shadow priest news coming from there. New buffs are in the mix. There are new talents as well, and one buff that was long missing from the beta has finally returned.

With the good comes the bad, though. One new talent that shadow priests are likely going to be pressured to take closely mirrors my least favorite ability currently in the game. Well ... really, "least favorite ability" doesn't go far enough -- let's call it my most despised ability. Can you guess what it is?

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]]> detonate-mushroomdruid-talentsfeathers-from-heavenfeaturedguide-to-priestsleast-favorite-talentmists-of-pandariamopmost-despised-talentmost-hated-talentpriest-guidepriest-infopriest-shadow-spiritual-guidancepriest-talentsshadowshadow-priestshadow-priest-dps-spiritual-guidanceSHADOW-PRIEST-SPIRITUAL-GUIDANCEshadow-priest-talentswild-mushroomwow-priestwow-priest-infowow-priests (Fox Van Allen) Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[3 items to unload and 3 to stock up on before Mists of Pandaria]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/16/3-items-to-unload-and-3-to-stock-up-on-before-mists-of-pandaria/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/16/3-items-to-unload-and-3-to-stock-up-on-before-mists-of-pandaria/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/16/3-items-to-unload-and-3-to-stock-up-on-before-mists-of-pandaria/#comments Image Every week, WoW Insider brings you Gold Capped, in which Fox Van Allen and Basil "Euripides" Berntsen aim to show you how to make money on the Auction House. Feed Fox's ego by emailing him, tweeting him at @foxvanallen, or sacrificing your first-born to him.

As we approach the end of the Cataclysm expansion -- there are maybe four months left -- playing the Auction House gets a bit trickier. There's less enthusiasm on the part of buyers. More scary, though, is that the launch of Mists of Pandaria is about to render a lot of markets obsolete. It happened in Wrath and in The Burning Crusade too -- those potions and flasks that were top of the line suddenly became worthless. Gear that once cost thousands of gold could be had for hundreds. It's the nature of our in-game hobby. If you sit on stock, you're going to lose a fortune. (Shamefully, it happened to me out of laziness.)

But not everything is set to crash. A few select items are going to increase in value, if not in the days leading up to MoP, then shortly after launch. These are the items you need to fill your bank tabs with. But which ones are they? What should you sell ASAP, and what should you buy?

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]]> buying-petseasy-goldEmbersilk-Clothfarming-guidefeaturedgoldgold-farminggold-guidegold-makinggold-stratgold-strategygold-stratsgold-tipsinscription-inklow-level-inkmaelstrom-crystalmists-of-pandariaMOPmysterious-fortune-cardspandatimequeens-garnetselling-petsvanity-petswhat-to-buywhat-to-sellworld-of-wacraft-money-makingworld-of-warcraft-easy-goldworld-of-warcraft-goldworld-of-warcraft-money-making-guidewow-easy-goldwow-goldwow-gold-farmingwow-gold-guidewow-gold-legalwow-gold-reviewswow-gold-strategywow-gold-tipswow-moneywow-money-guidewow-money-making-guide (Fox Van Allen) Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[WRUP: Get there early and save!]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/13/wrup-get-there-early-and-save/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/13/wrup-get-there-early-and-save/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/13/wrup-get-there-early-and-save/#comments Every week, just at the start of the weekend, we catch up with the WoW Insider staff and ask them, "What are you playing this week?" -- otherwise known as: WRUP. Join us to see what we're up to in and out of game, and catch us in the comments to let us know what you're playing, too!

I don't care if it's slated to be 72 degrees and sunny tomorrow here in Boston -- this weekend is going to be terrible. Why, you ask? Because this weekend isn't a PAX East weekend. Mat McCurley isn't crashing on my couch, eating pizza and doing nerd stuff. And the staff of WoW Insider isn't entertaining a crowd of people during a live show. That's the real downer.

Mat worked feverishly to entertain the hell out of an estimated 300 PAX convention-goers last Saturday. Thankfully, he had the foresight to video record the whole thing. You can only watch 10 minutes of it, but they're the only visually important minutes anyway. You should watch it, even if only for the fact that the stunningly handsome Fox Van Allen is in the mix. (Check out the full audio podcast.)

Anyway, though this weekend is sure to be less interesting than the last, we still need to WRUP. Today's bonus question: What's your favorite independent video game?

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]]> PAXPAX-eastpax-east-2012what-are-you-playingWRUP (Fox Van Allen) Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Meet the new million-gold jewelcrafting mounts]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/10/meet-the-new-million-gold-jewelcrafting-mounts/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/10/meet-the-new-million-gold-jewelcrafting-mounts/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/10/meet-the-new-million-gold-jewelcrafting-mounts/#comments Every week, WoW Insider brings you Gold Capped, in which Fox Van Allen and Basil "Euripides" Berntsen aim to show you how to make money on the Auction House. Feed Fox's ego by emailing him, tweeting him at @foxvanallen, or sacrificing your first-born to him.

I had an absolute blast with Mat McCurley, Mike Sacco, and Alex Ziebart at PAX East 2012 this weekend. If you've been living under a rock, the four of us put on a great live panel discussion in front of about 200 to 300 excited fans. We met our fans (you!), gave away a ton of crazy awesome prizes (including immortality as a WoW Trading Card Game card), and had a lot of fun. We also discussed the big news of the day, which was the new Mists of Pandaria beta patch.

There's a lot of news in there for class columnists. But of interest to us as those who make and break the WoW economy, we've unearthed a new mount for jewelcrafters. And another mount for jewelcrafters. And another. And another. And yet a fifth. Yes, you heard me -- there are no fewer than five new JC mounts in the beta files.

If any jewelcrafters in the audience are salivating, they have a right to be. These new mounts could be a veritable bonanza for those who take the time to craft them. And they could wind up saving the World of Warcraft economy at the same time.

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]]> easy-goldfarming-guidefeaturedgoldgold-capgold-farminggold-guidegold-makinggold-stratgold-strategygold-stratsgold-tipshow-to-make-money-from-jewelcraftingjewelcrafting-mountjeweled-onyx-panthermillion-goldpantherworld-of-wacraft-money-makingworld-of-warcraft-easy-goldworld-of-warcraft-goldworld-of-warcraft-money-making-guidewow-easy-goldwow-goldwow-gold-farmingwow-gold-guidewow-gold-legalwow-gold-reviewswow-gold-strategywow-gold-tipswow-moneywow-money-guidewow-money-making-guide (Fox Van Allen) Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[WoW Insider's PAX East/Boston survival guide]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/05/wow-insiders-pax-east-boston-survival-guide/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/05/wow-insiders-pax-east-boston-survival-guide/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/05/wow-insiders-pax-east-boston-survival-guide/#comments Image Heading into Boston for PAX East? Well then, welcome -- you're visiting Fox Van Allen's hometown. Be sure to wipe your feet first. And pay no mind to that dude on the bicycle making the siren noise -- he's just part of the ambiance.

If this is your first time at PAX East -- or really, your first time in Boston -- you might be a little bit overwhelmed by this fair city I call home. But don't be! Boston is one of the nicest, cleanest cities in the United States (no, seriously). It's also one of the safest. If you're spending every waking hour at the convention hall, you're seriously missing out.

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]]> bostonguide-to-bostonguide-to-pax-eastpax-2012pax-eastpax-east-2012wow-insider-showwow-insider-show-live (Fox Van Allen) Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Spiritual Guidance: First hands-on look at the Mists of Pandaria shadow priest]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/04/spiritual-guidance-first-hands-on-look-at-the-mists-of-pandaria/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/04/spiritual-guidance-first-hands-on-look-at-the-mists-of-pandaria/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/04/spiritual-guidance-first-hands-on-look-at-the-mists-of-pandaria/#comments Every week, WoW Insider brings you Spiritual Guidance for discipline, holy and shadow priests. On alternate Wednesdays, shadow priesting expert Fox Van Allen comes from out of the shadows to bask in your loving adoration.

Beta access, sweet, delicious beta access. After weeks of waiting, I'm finally in the Mists of Pandaria beta. And man, does it taste sweet. Sure, in reality, I'd only been waiting a few weeks to get in. But when you're not in the beta and it seems like everyone else is, those weeks can feel like an eternity.

But you likely don't care about my emotions (you cruel, sadistic readers, you). You care about shadow priests and the changes made to them in the beta. And believe me, there are a lot of changes to shadow priests coming for MoP.

Yeah, I know, we've discussed a lot of those changes here in Spiritual Guidance. But already, there are changes to those changes. And frankly, the latest batch of changes is shocking. Every single spell that we hold dear is seeing a major change to it. Shadow Word: Pain, Vampiric Touch, Vampiric Embrace, and even Shadowy Apparitions -- it seems no spell is safe.

Are these changes the end of the world? Maybe they are. But you should know by now that I'm not going to tell you anything definite about that until you follow me after the break.

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]]> cascadecascade-priest-spellfeaturedguide-to-priestshalohalo-priest-spellholy-novamists-of-pandariamists-of-pandaria-shadow-priestsmoppriest-guidepriest-infopriest-mists-of-pandariapriest-talentsshadow-orbsshadow-priestshadow-priest-dps-spiritual-guidanceSHADOW-PRIEST-SPIRITUAL-GUIDANCEshadow-word-painshadowy-apparitionspectral-guisevampiric-touchwow-priestwow-priest-infowow-priests (Fox Van Allen) Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Mists of Pandaria: Glyphmas 2012 for scribes is right around the corner]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/02/mists-of-pandaria-glyphmas-2012-for-scribes-is-right-around-the/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/02/mists-of-pandaria-glyphmas-2012-for-scribes-is-right-around-the/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/02/mists-of-pandaria-glyphmas-2012-for-scribes-is-right-around-the/#comments Every week, WoW Insider brings you Gold Capped, in which Fox Van Allen and Basil "Euripides" Berntsen aim to show you how to make money on the Auction House. Feed Fox's ego by emailing him, tweeting him at @foxvanallen, or sacrificing your first-born to him. And be sure to catch the return of Basil and Fox's podcast, Call to Auction!

Once upon a time, all was quiet throughout the land. Players had made glyph choices throughout Wrath, and they were good. Scribes made decent money.

Then came patch 4.0.1. The opening salvo of Cataclysm, the Shattering, didn't just break the world. It broke players' glyph setups, as well. A slew of new glyph options were added to the game. Players had to choose nine glyphs, up from six. At the very least, everyone had to buy three new glyphs. For glyph sellers, times were good -- so good, in fact, that the magical time post-patch 4.0.1 was dubbed Glyphmas.

We've already been told that major changes will be coming to glyphs once more for the pre-Mists of Pandaria patch 5.0.1. Prime glyphs are disappearing. A whole slew of new minor glyphs are being added to the game to promote fun. The opportunity for another Glyphmas is clearly present.

But will scribes experience the same kind of gold rush they did at the end of the last expansion? What's different this time around? And what, exactly, is the best way to prepare to cash in?

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]]> easy-goldfarming-guidefeaturedglyphmasgoldgold-farminggold-guidegold-makinggold-stratgold-strategygold-stratsgold-tipsinscriptionmaking-money-through-inscriptionmists-of-pandariapatch-5.0patch-5.0.1scribesworld-of-wacraft-money-makingworld-of-warcraft-easy-goldworld-of-warcraft-goldworld-of-warcraft-money-making-guidewow-easy-goldwow-goldwow-gold-farmingwow-gold-guidewow-gold-legalwow-gold-reviewswow-gold-strategywow-gold-tipswow-moneywow-money-guidewow-money-making-guide (Fox Van Allen) Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[This is the most bizarre and entertaining Dave Kosak interview ever]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/01/this-is-the-most-bizarre-and-entertaining-dave-kosak-interview-e/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/01/this-is-the-most-bizarre-and-entertaining-dave-kosak-interview-e/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/01/this-is-the-most-bizarre-and-entertaining-dave-kosak-interview-e/#comments Imagine this: You run a fairly influential Asian fan site. You're offered the chance to interview WoW's Lead Quest Designer Dave Kosak, but there's a catch -- Kosak speaks English, and you really don't. An in-depth conversation is out. What's a fan site to do?

Well, the folks at Player's Cut TV came up with a pretty interesting and entertaining solution: Ask Kosak a series of rapid fire, yes-or-no questions about Mists of Pandaria. They even gave Kosak a pair of discs to hold up: a circle for yes, and a red X for no. It's like watching the dude play through some kind of game show bonus round.

A lot of the questions asked in the video have been already asked elsewhere, so you might not get a whole lot of new information out of the video. But it's damn fun to watch.
It's open warfare between Alliance and Horde in Mists of Pandaria, World of Warcraft's next expansion. Jump into five new levels with new talents and class mechanics, try the new monk class, and create a pandaren character to ally with either Horde or Alliance. Look for expansion basics in our Mists FAQ, or dig into our spring press event coverage for more details!

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]]> blizzard-interviewdave-kosakkosak-interviewlead-quest-designermists-of-pandariamopworld-of-warcraft-interviewwowyoutube-interview-dave-kosak (Fox Van Allen) Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[WRUP: A bunch of cool cats]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/30/wrup-a-bunch-of-cool-cats/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/30/wrup-a-bunch-of-cool-cats/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/30/wrup-a-bunch-of-cool-cats/#comments Every week, just at the start of the weekend, we catch up with the WoW Insider staff and ask them, "What are you playing this week?" -- otherwise known as: WRUP. Join us to see what we're up to in and out of game, and catch us in the comments to let us know what you're playing, too!

Ah, the weekend! That magical time of the week when all you cool cats get out there on your choppers and ride.

But more importantly for our purposes here at WoW Insider, the weekend means it's time to WRUP. That's when we check in with our WoW Insider writers to see what it is that they're doing this weekend. This week's bonus question: When Mists of Pandaria Pet Battles launch, who's going to be your go-to pet?

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]]> what-are-you-playingwrup (Fox Van Allen) Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[WRUP: Want to be a part of the MoP beta? You have the power!]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/wrup-want-to-be-a-part-of-the-mop-beta-you-have-the-power/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/wrup-want-to-be-a-part-of-the-mop-beta-you-have-the-power/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/wrup-want-to-be-a-part-of-the-mop-beta-you-have-the-power/#comments
Every week, just at the start of the weekend, we catch up with the WoW Insider staff and ask them, "What are you playing this week?" -- otherwise known as: WRUP. Join us to see what we're up to in and out of game, and catch us in the comments to let us know what you're playing, too!

Well, certainly you all have read the news -- the Mists of Pandaria beta is open. And you're probably not in it. I mean, after all, if you were, wouldn't you be spending your time this evening playing it instead of reading this nonsense?

But still, for those of us who are beta free, you cannot give up hope -- for, you see, you have the power. You have ... crystals! Look at them longingly. Hold them close to your face. Now hold them slightly away from your face. Now have someone look at you from a different angle. Do you feel the power? Are you surrounded by glowing light? You'll find that crystals power truth!

I'm pretty confident that the secret to getting in this MoP beta hinges on proper crystal usage, so don't give up hope if you're not in yet. Just spend several hours a day holding and hoisting crystals. And while you're waiting for the power (that you already have, mind you -- you have the power), you can tell us what you're playing this weekend. And finally, you can answer our bonus question: If you could have any in-game ability to use in real life, what would it be?

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]]> crystalsweekly-roundupwhat-are-you-playingwrup (Fox Van Allen) Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Gold Capped: Transferring to a new server]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/21/gold-capped-transferring-to-a-new-server/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/21/gold-capped-transferring-to-a-new-server/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/21/gold-capped-transferring-to-a-new-server/#comments Every week, WoW Insider brings you Gold Capped, in which Fox Van Allen and Basil "Euripides" Berntsen aim to show you how to make money on the Auction House. Feed Fox's ego by emailing him, tweeting him at @foxvanallen, or sacrificing your first-born to him. And be sure to catch the return of Basil and Fox's podcast, Call to Auction!

In the game world, just as in the real world, prices of even the most basic of materials fluctuates based on your location. A hamburger in Beverly Hills costs more than a hamburger in Milwaukee. Heck, just about everything costs more in Beverly Hills -- that's just the way it goes. Your dollar is simply worth less there.

But what if we were going to move from Milwaukee to Beverly Hills? We could just brace ourselves and accept that we're going to have to pay more for hamburgers. Or, we could load up our car with hamburgers and resell them for a profit when we arrive.

That concept is probably a bit disgusting -- I wouldn't recommend a cross-country trip with a car filled to the brim with ground meat. But when it comes to realm transfers, the idea's right on the money. On some realms, gold is worth more. On other realms, the stuff you buy with gold is worth more. Making the most out of a server transfer (or indeed, making a realm transfer with the goal of making in-game money from it) is a skill that could make you rich overnight -- literally.

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]]> easy-goldfarming-guidefeaturedgoldgold-farminggold-guidegold-makinggold-stratgold-strategygold-stratsgold-tipsmaking-gold-by-server-transferingserver-transfertransferring-serversworld-of-wacraft-money-makingworld-of-warcraft-easy-goldworld-of-warcraft-goldworld-of-warcraft-money-making-guidewow-easy-goldwow-goldwow-gold-farmingwow-gold-guidewow-gold-legalwow-gold-reviewswow-gold-strategywow-gold-tipswow-moneywow-money-guidewow-money-making-guide (Fox Van Allen) Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Spiritual Guidance: Brainstorming the future of shadow priest glyphs]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/21/spiritual-guidance-brainstorming-the-future-of-shadow-priest-gl/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/21/spiritual-guidance-brainstorming-the-future-of-shadow-priest-gl/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/21/spiritual-guidance-brainstorming-the-future-of-shadow-priest-gl/#comments Every week, WoW Insider brings you Spiritual Guidance for discipline, holy and shadow priests. On alternate Wednesdays, shadow priesting expert Fox Van Allen comes from out of the shadows to bask in your loving adoration.

If you're anything like me, you've spend a good chunk of your time this week reading all the great coverage of the Mists of Pandaria here at WoW Insider and at our friends' sites, as well. There wasn't any shadow priest news to be found, but one thing definitely caught my eye: The Great Glyph Overhaul of 2012.

Wait, what's that? Another glyph overhaul?

To be sure, the glyph overhaul that came with Cataclysm was largely painless and uninteresting from a shadow priest perspective. But here's the exciting part of The Great Glyph Overhaul of 2012: It's all about fun. Blizzard is removing the boring, must-have aspect of glyphs by eliminating prime glyphs and making minor glyphs much more fun.

How? Well, Blizzard's super-cool treatment of druids offers a couple of clues.

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]]> featuredguide-to-priestsminor-glyphsmists-of-pandaria-speculationmoppriest-guidepriest-infopriest-talentsshadowshadow-orbsshadow-priestshadow-priest-dps-spiritual-guidanceshadow-priest-minor-glyphsSHADOW-PRIEST-SPIRITUAL-GUIDANCEspriestwow-priestwow-priest-infowow-priests (Fox Van Allen) Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[WRUP: Mists of Pandaria spoiler alert]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/16/wrup-mists-of-pandaria-spoiler-alert/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/16/wrup-mists-of-pandaria-spoiler-alert/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/16/wrup-mists-of-pandaria-spoiler-alert/#comments Every week, just at the start of the weekend, we catch up with the WoW Insider staff and ask them, "What are you playing this week?" -- otherwise known as: WRUP. Join us to see what we're up to in and out of game, and catch us in the comments to let us know what you're playing, too!

Oh my God, you guys.

You're forgiven if you don't know the ins and outs of our relationship with Blizzard. But right now, Editor-in-Chief Alex Ziebart and The Queue superstar Mike Sacco are in Irvine, California. They're getting a special insider look at the Mists of Pandaria expansion from Blizzard itself.

But here's the problem: Though we have a ridiculous amount of unbelievably amazing information, we're not actually allowed to share it with you yet. We're under a press embargo. It's driving us crazy.

So in the interest of maintaining our relationship with Blizzard, we're going to spoil every other thing we can that isn't Mists of Pandaria. So -- spoiler alert! Today's WRUP combines the fun of telling everyone what you're playing with the fun of ruining stuff for other people.

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]]> mists-of-pandariamopspoiler-alertwhat-are-you-playingwrup (Fox Van Allen) Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:30:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[How to fix professions for Mists of Pandaria: An open letter to Blizzard]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/12/how-to-fix-professions-for-mists-of-pandaria-an-open-letter-to/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/12/how-to-fix-professions-for-mists-of-pandaria-an-open-letter-to/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/12/how-to-fix-professions-for-mists-of-pandaria-an-open-letter-to/#comments Every week, WoW Insider brings you Gold Capped, in which Fox Van Allen and Basil "Euripides" Berntsen aim to show you how to make money on the Auction House. Feed Fox's ego by emailing him, tweeting him at @foxvanallen, or sacrificing your first-born to him. And be sure to catch the return of Basil and Fox's podcast, Call to Auction!

Ladies and gentlemen who love the economic arts, today's column isn't for you. It's an open letter to Blizzard's game developers, with me begging on bent knee for them to improve our collective professions for Mists of Pandaria. Of course, you're free to read it too. In fact, I hope you do and add to it in the comment section.

Don't get me wrong, this isn't a letter of complaint. Blizzard got an awful lot right this expansion, and I'm not going to be shy giving credit where credit is due. But there's always room for improvement. So let's roll up our sleeves, point out what needs fixing, and then hold the folks at Blizzard responsible for what we get next expansion.

So, you with me? If so, let's begin.

Dear Blizzard,

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]]> easy-goldfarming-guidefeaturedfixing-professionsgoldgold-farminggold-guidegold-makinggold-stratgold-strategygold-stratsgold-tipsmists-of-pandamists-of-pandariaprofessionsworld-of-wacraft-money-makingworld-of-warcraft-easy-goldworld-of-warcraft-goldworld-of-warcraft-money-making-guidewow-easy-goldwow-goldwow-gold-farmingwow-gold-guidewow-gold-legalwow-gold-reviewswow-gold-strategywow-gold-tipswow-moneywow-money-guidewow-money-making-guide (Fox Van Allen) Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[WoW guild master apparently a really good qualification for running Best Buy]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/11/wow-guild-master-apparently-a-really-good-qualification-for-runn/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/11/wow-guild-master-apparently-a-really-good-qualification-for-runn/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/11/wow-guild-master-apparently-a-really-good-qualification-for-runn/#comments Normally, when electronics retailer Best Buy chooses a new executive vice president and president for Best Buy Digital and Global Business Services, WoW Insider doesn't cover the event. Still, one little tidbit in the Best Buy press release announcing the promotion of Stephen Gillett caught our eagle eyes:

Gillett, an avid gamer, is widely considered one of the most innovative Guild Masters in World of Warcraft, the massive multi-player online role-playing game where millions of gamers enter a virtual world creating guilds, engaging socially, questing and celebrating achievements.

I'm not sure I've ever heard of the guild that Gillett leads, but it's probably a really awesome one. And I bet that Lisa Poisso will be grabbing him for a 15 Minutes of Fame column soon. Still, it's cool to see a press release actually treat World of Warcraft as something to be proud of, rather than a really embarrassing thing you have to hide from your date because you're afraid she'll think you're a nerd.

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]]> best-buystephen-gillett (Fox Van Allen) Sun, 11 Mar 2012 14:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[WRUP: A star-studded event featuring Power Ranger David Yost]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/09/wrup-a-star-studded-event-featuring-power-ranger-david-yost/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/09/wrup-a-star-studded-event-featuring-power-ranger-david-yost/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/09/wrup-a-star-studded-event-featuring-power-ranger-david-yost/#comments Every week, just at the start of the weekend, we catch up with the WoW Insider staff and ask them, "What are you playing this week?" -- otherwise known as: WRUP. Join us to see what we're up to in and out of game, and catch us in the comments to let us know what you're playing, too!

Well, it's time to write WRUP again. Really, it's one of the most stressful days of the week. I only get one chance to share a miscellaneous video dredged up from the bowels of the internet, and if it's not good, I run hundreds of thousands of weekends.* So which to choose? Rapping Joan Rivers? Welcome to Paducah? Or something risqué that will no doubt get me fired from having to do WRUP, ending the living nightmare once and for all?

(*Estimated page views may not match actual WRUP readership.)

Oh, by the way, if you're a fan of the video I share each week on WRUP, you should go visit my friends at Everything is Terrible. They're curators of the awful, responsible for about 80% of the videos I use here for WRUP. And they're coming to a town near you to air their newest video. If you've never been to an Everything is Terrible show, you haven't lived. Seriously. Do it.

In the meantime, it's the weekend, and that means it's time to WRUP. What are you doing this weekend?

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]]> everything-is-terriblewhat-are-you-playingwrup (Fox Van Allen) Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Spiritual Guidance: 5 things I want for shadow priests in Mists of Pandaria]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/07/spiritual-guidance-5-things-i-want-for-shadow-priests-in-mists/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/07/spiritual-guidance-5-things-i-want-for-shadow-priests-in-mists/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/07/spiritual-guidance-5-things-i-want-for-shadow-priests-in-mists/#comments Every week, WoW Insider brings you Spiritual Guidance for discipline, holy and shadow priests. On Wednesdays, shadow priesting expert Fox Van Allen comes from out of the shadows to bask in your loving adoration.

We're exactly one week away from the big Mists of Pandaria press event. What does it mean, exactly, that Blizzard is giving Team WoW Insider a major reveal? It means that we're getting closer and closer to that magical day the beta opens and, of course, the magic day that MoP hits store shelves and goes live to the public.

In the meantime, there's a lot of development going on behind the scenes. But what kind of priorities are the development team working under? What priorities should it have? What do you want out of your spec in Mists of Pandaria? And does your priority make the list?

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]]> featuredguide-to-priestsmists-of-pandariapriest-guidepriest-infopriest-talentspsyfiendshadow-priestshadow-priest-dps-spiritual-guidanceSHADOW-PRIEST-SPIRITUAL-GUIDANCEshadowfiendwow-priestwow-priest-infowow-priests (Fox Van Allen) Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Can the WoW economy tolerate a cartel?]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/05/can-the-wow-economy-tolerate-a-cartel-monday/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/05/can-the-wow-economy-tolerate-a-cartel-monday/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/05/can-the-wow-economy-tolerate-a-cartel-monday/#comments Every week, WoW Insider brings you Gold Capped, in which Fox Van Allen and Basil "Euripides" Berntsen aim to show you how to make money on the Auction House. Feed Fox's ego by emailing him, tweeting him at @foxvanallen, or sacrificing your first-born to him. And be sure to catch the return of Basil and Fox's podcast, Call to Auction!

One of the coolest things about studying the WoW economy -- at least for me -- is that there are a lot of interesting parallels between the fictional game world of Azeroth and the real world. Today, we're going to examine a very curious topic we've never discussed here before: cartels.

Writer Nick sent in an email last week, posing a very interesting hypothetical question:

Let's say you have a max level druid, I use druid as an example as they can fulfil all roles. To the best of your ability, you contact as many druids as possible on the server, which ideally would spread via word of mouth, and recruit your server's entire populace of druids into a single guild, a druid cartel if you will. From then on, if ANYONE on your server wants a druid for their raid, arena etc. they pay a premium to the guild in which profits are pooled, and all benefit. Perhaps you could have a comprehensive price structure in which say an ilvl 397 druid is at a higher premium than an ilvl 384 druid.

Do you think this idea is at all feasible, and does it go against any Blizzard rules? I can't help but giggle at the potential repercussions of something like this on any given realm.

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]]> easy-goldfarming-guidefeaturedgoldgold-farminggold-guidegold-makinggold-stratgold-strategygold-stratsgold-tipsworld-of-wacraft-money-makingworld-of-warcraft-easy-goldworld-of-warcraft-goldworld-of-warcraft-money-making-guidewow-easy-goldwow-goldwow-gold-farmingwow-gold-guidewow-gold-legalwow-gold-reviewswow-gold-strategywow-gold-tipswow-moneywow-money-guidewow-money-making-guide (Fox Van Allen) Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[The Queue: Live, from Hollywood, it's the Fox Van Allen show]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/04/the-queue-live-from-hollywood-its-the-fox-van-allen-show/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/04/the-queue-live-from-hollywood-its-the-fox-van-allen-show/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/04/the-queue-live-from-hollywood-its-the-fox-van-allen-show/#comments Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. The stunningly handsome Fox Van Allen will be your host today.

I'm sure some of you are already familiar with my travels, but I've been in California since Tuesday. The last few days, I've been checking in at the Venice Beach offices of Tecca (my new day job), and yesterday afternoon, I went down to Irvine to get lunch with Mike Sacco.

Of course, no trip to southern California would ever be complete without a trip to The Price is Right. I met up with actress Michele Morrow in Hollywood, and after a few mimosas, an afternoon of pricing games, and a cocktail at lunch, we went back and recorded a brief vlog. (What a terrible word that is. Vlog.) Enjoy.

Oh, wait -- what's that? I have to answer your questions today, too? What nonsense is this? I'm supposed to be vacationing.

Darren asked:

Do you think Blizzard will take a few minutes while working on Mists and reduce the level requirement for the Outland cooking and fishing dailies? Its kinda dumb that they arent available until you character is already in Northrend.

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]]> chrono-triggerfeaturedgatoghostcrawlerguideitem-squishmichele-morrowoutland-cooking-dailiesoutland-fishing-dailiesqaquestion-and-answerracialsresistancesthe-price-is-rightvlogwow-answerswow-daily-answerswow-daily-questionswow-guidewow-player-questionswow-q-and-awow-questions (Fox Van Allen) Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[WRUP: The Price, in this selected instance, is probably not right]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/02/wrup-the-price-in-this-selected-instance-is-probably-not-righ/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/02/wrup-the-price-in-this-selected-instance-is-probably-not-righ/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/02/wrup-the-price-in-this-selected-instance-is-probably-not-righ/#comments
Every week, just at the start of the weekend, we catch up with the WoW Insider staff and ask them, "What are you playing this week?" -- otherwise known as: WRUP. Join us to see what we're up to in and out of game, and catch us in the comments to let us know what you're playing, too!

This past Wednesday, I got to spend the day with Michele Morrow in Los Angeles. For those who don't know, she's not just a WoW-lebrity aiming to be cast as Lady Sylvanas in the upcoming WoW movie. She's and honest to goodness real celeb, having appeared in a number of horror movies and on TV.

With yours truly in Hollywood, I figured it was time to do as the locals do -- both Michele and I headed to CBS Television City to try our luck at landing a starring role on daytime TV via The Price is Right. There was lots of waiting involved, but the payoff was pretty cool. We got front row seats and plenty of camera time. (You're welcome, America.)

But enough about dinette sets, cars, and the thrill of Plinko -- that episode won't air until March 29. We need to live in the now. And living in the now means it's time to roll up our sleeves and WRUP like we've never WRUPed before.

So, ladies, gents, and misshapen gnomes -- what in the heck are you playing this weekend?

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]]> michele-morrowthe-price-is-rightwhat are you playingwhat-are-you-playingWhatAreYouPlayingwrup (Fox Van Allen) Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Spiritual Guidance: The Mists of Pandaria and the fate of DoTs]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/29/spiritual-guidance-the-mists-of-pandaria-and-the-fate-of-dots/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/29/spiritual-guidance-the-mists-of-pandaria-and-the-fate-of-dots/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/29/spiritual-guidance-the-mists-of-pandaria-and-the-fate-of-dots/#comments Every week, WoW Insider brings you Spiritual Guidance for discipline, holy and shadow priests. On Wednesdays, shadow priesting expert Fox Van Allen comes from out of the shadows to bask in your loving adoration.

Last week, we took a somewhat in-depth look at the latest incarnation of the Mists of Pandaria talent calculator. Part of the conversation was about shadow priest staple Mind Blast, but it was Devouring Plague that got you all really talking -- more specifically, the fact that Devouring Plague doesn't appear to be in the current MoP shadow build.

Is Devouring Plague really gone for good? The question is serious enough that it deserves a detailed look at the evidence. Tremble, ye priests -- things do not look good.

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]]> devouring-plaguedot-changesDOTsdots-being-removed-from-wowDPguide-to-priestsis-devouring-plague-being-removedmists-of-pandariamists-of-pandaria-DOT-changesmists-of-pandaria-talent-changesmopmop-changespriest-guidepriest-infopriest-shadow-spiritual-guidancepriest-talentsshadowshadow-priestshadow-priest-dps-spiritual-guidanceshadow-priest-spiritual-guidancewhat-happened-to-devouring-plaguewow-priestwow-priest-infowow-priests (Fox Van Allen) Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[How to make gold on a small realm]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/27/how-to-make-gold-on-a-small-realm/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/27/how-to-make-gold-on-a-small-realm/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/27/how-to-make-gold-on-a-small-realm/#comments Every week, WoW Insider brings you Gold Capped, in which Fox Van Allen and Basil "Euripides" Berntsen aim to show you how to make money on the Auction House. Feed Fox's ego by emailing him, tweeting him at @foxvanallen, or sacrificing your first-born to him. And be sure to catch the return of Basil and Fox's podcast, Call to Auction!

Last week, you responded surprisingly well to my column about fixing the economies on smaller servers. There are some big ideas in there, from merging Auction Houses to allowing the creation of buy orders.

But there's a problem with big ideas -- they're unlikely to be embraced quickly. A lot of you are stuck on slow, economically depressed realms, and little about your realm's economy is going to change soon. But don't give up hope. It is possible to make money on a smaller realm that sees low economic activity.

How? With a little bit of creativity, you can actually turn the problems of a smaller realm into avenues for profit.

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]]> easy-goldfarming-guidefinding-AH-buyersgoldgold-farminggold-guidegold-makinggold-stratgold-strategygold-stratsgold-tipshow-to-play-ah-on-small-servermaking-money-on-small-serverssmall-serverworld-of-wacraft-money-makingworld-of-warcraft-easy-goldworld-of-warcraft-goldworld-of-warcraft-money-making-guidewow-easy-goldwow-goldwow-gold-farmingwow-gold-guidewow-gold-legalwow-gold-reviewswow-gold-strategywow-gold-tipswow-moneywow-money-guidewow-money-making-guide (Fox Van Allen) Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[WRUP: Just say no to Brandon Tartikoff]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/24/wrup-just-say-no-to-brandon-tartikoff/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/24/wrup-just-say-no-to-brandon-tartikoff/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/24/wrup-just-say-no-to-brandon-tartikoff/#comments Every week, just at the start of the weekend, we catch up with the WoW Insider staff and ask them, "What are you playing this week?" -- otherwise known as: WRUP. Join us to see what we're up to in and out of game, and catch us in the comments to let us know what you're playing, too!

Dumb. Creepy. Lame. Stupid. Life-ruining.

These are all words to describe Bloodthistle. (Conveniently enough, they also describe Tyler Caraway.) Bloodthistle is all the rage amongst inner city blood elf youth. A cheap, quick buff that makes your magic stronger.

But it comes at a price. Bloodthistle withdrawal. Not only does it slash your intellect, but it's the number one cause of terrible public service announcements starring Brandon Tartikoff.

If a Thistlehead tries to get you hooked, get a teacher! Or just tell them: you're not a chicken -- they're a turkey. That line will burn. That line will burn them so bad.

You know why you don't need the thistlejuice? Because you've got a pretty sweet natural high right here in WRUP. Hearing what your favorite WoW Insider writers are up to this weekend is an unrivaled head rush. And seeing them answer this week's bonus question, where I ask them to tell me how the story for World of Warcraft is going to end? Pure nirvana.

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]]> brandon-tartikoffjust-say-nowhat-are-you-playingwrup (Fox Van Allen) Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Spiritual Guidance: The Mists of Pandaria pre-beta shadow priest]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/22/spiritual-guidance-the-mists-of-pandaria-pre-beta-shadow-priest/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/22/spiritual-guidance-the-mists-of-pandaria-pre-beta-shadow-priest/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/22/spiritual-guidance-the-mists-of-pandaria-pre-beta-shadow-priest/#comments Every week, WoW Insider brings you Spiritual Guidance for discipline, holy and shadow priests. On Wednesdays, shadow priesting expert Fox Van Allen comes from out of the shadows to bask in your loving adoration.

In case you haven't noticed, WoW Insider's class columnists have been on a pretty big Mists of Pandaria kick lately. It's because Blizzard just released a pretty big update to the talent calculator. Certain spells got shifted around; certain spells got changed.

I'm damn starved for MoP info, so naturally, I was eager to pore over all the new changes. But admittedly, I was a little bit disappointed. There's not a whole lot of new information for shadow priests since the last time we talked last MoP back in November.

But perhaps that is the news. There were some shocking omissions last time, namely Mind Blast and Devouring Plague, two spells that help define shadow priesting. I was quite confident we'd see both of them again -- their omissions from the MoP leveling experience just had to be accidental.

But here were are, four months later. Guess what's still not in the game?

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]]> guide-to-priestsMists-of-Pandaira-Talent-Calculatormists-of-pandariamists-of-pandaria-shadow-priestspriest-guidepriest-infopriest-shadow-spiritual-guidancepriest-talentsshadowshadow-priest-dps-spiritual-guidanceshadow-priest-spiritual-guidanceshadow-priestswow-priestwow-priest-infowow-priests (Fox Van Allen) Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[5 not-so-simple ways Blizzard can fix the World of Warcraft Auction House]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/21/5-not-so-simple-ways-blizzard-can-fix-the-world-of-warcraft-auct/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/21/5-not-so-simple-ways-blizzard-can-fix-the-world-of-warcraft-auct/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/21/5-not-so-simple-ways-blizzard-can-fix-the-world-of-warcraft-auct/#comments Every week, WoW Insider brings you Gold Capped, in which Fox Van Allen and Basil "Euripides" Berntsen aim to show you how to make money on the Auction House. Feed Fox's ego by emailing him, tweeting him at @foxvanallen, or sacrificing your firstborn to him. And be sure to catch the return of Basil and Fox's podcast, Call to Auction!

Is the World of Warcraft economy broken? Not for everyone. Plenty of people get exactly what they need out of the existing WoW economy. High volumes. Quick sales. Strong profits.

For some, though, the economy is terribly broken. Plenty of folks are marooned on low-population servers with economies that crawl (if an economy even exists at all). There are few sellers and even fewer buyers. These players need help, and Blizzard isn't acting.

But what exactly can Blizzard do to help? Simple, small solutions won't help -- problems this big call for major action. And that's exactly what today's column is all about: major reforms to the WoW economy, any single one of which could right a ship that, for thousands of players, is sinking. For broken servers, a fix. For servers with humming economies, reforms that actually improve things and make the economy better and more fun.

So what are we waiting for? Let's roll up our sleeves and get to work.

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]]> auction-houseeasy-goldfarming-guidefeaturedfixing-the-auction-housefixing-the-economygoldgold-farminggold-guidegold-makinggold-making-guidegold-stratgold-strategygold-stratsgold-tipsguideprofession-guideworld-of-wacraft-money-makingworld-of-warcraft-easy-goldworld-of-warcraft-goldworld-of-warcraft-money-making-guidewow-craftwow-craftableswow-craftingwow-crafting-guidewow-easy-goldwow-goldwow-gold-farmingwow-gold-guidewow-gold-legalwow-gold-makingwow-gold-reviewswow-gold-strategywow-gold-tipswow-guidewow-itemswow-makewow-moneywow-money-guidewow-money-making-guidewow-professions (Fox Van Allen) Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Breakfast Topic: What pieces would you like to see included in World of Warcraft Monopoly?]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/18/breakfast-topic-what-pieces-would-you-like-to-see-included-in-w/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/18/breakfast-topic-what-pieces-would-you-like-to-see-included-in-w/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/18/breakfast-topic-what-pieces-would-you-like-to-see-included-in-w/#comments Blizzard recently unveiled an officially-licensed World of Warcraft Monopoly game to the public at Toy Fair 2012 in New York City. We don't know all the details, but we do know that Blizzard wants us all to vote on what playing tokens we want included in the game.

Granted, Blizzard's giving us a lot of cool choices, from a metallic murloc to a pewter clockwork gnome. But it feels like we need more options. Where are all the boomkin corpses? And why can't I play as Garrosh? I really want to play as Garrosh.

What do you think about the World of Warcraft Monopoly game? Are there any playing pieces you wish were included but aren't? And of the game pieces that Blizzard wants you to consider for inclusion in WoW Monopoly, which is your favorite?

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]]> facebookfeedgame-discussiongamer-discussionmonopoly-wow-editionworld-of-warcraft-discussionworld-of-warcraft-monopolyworld-of-warcraft-topicswow-discussionwow-hot-topicswow-issueswow-monopolywow-topics (Fox Van Allen) Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[WRUP: Tyler's Valentine's Day wish]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/17/wrup-tylers-valentines-day-wish/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/17/wrup-tylers-valentines-day-wish/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/17/wrup-tylers-valentines-day-wish/#comments Every week, just at the start of the weekend, we catch up with the WoW Insider staff and ask them, "What are you playing this week?" -- otherwise known as: WRUP. Join us to see what we're up to in and out of game, and catch us in the comments to let us know what you're playing, too!

One of my most popular WRUP columns ever was Mat's Birthday Wish, the tale of one WoW Insider writer's most magical birthday ever. And by most popular, I mean that it got about one-quarter the number of page views that a typical version of The Queue gets. (Such is the life of the lowly WRUP writer!)

Well, this past Tuesday was Valentine's Day. I grabbed my X-acto knife once more to create an expression of "love" for my boyfriend. (Love being in quotation marks here, since we are talking about boomkin blogger Tyler Caraway here.) Above, you can see the front of the card. We've hidden the inside of the card after the break to try and trick you into giving us more pageviews.

Oh, and we've also got the usual "What are you playing?" stuff after the break, too, including our answers to this week's bonus question: Who's your in-game valentine?

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]]> (Fox Van Allen) Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Preparing a money making strategy for Mists of Pandaria]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/17/preparing-a-money-making-strategy-for-mists-of-pandaria/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/17/preparing-a-money-making-strategy-for-mists-of-pandaria/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/17/preparing-a-money-making-strategy-for-mists-of-pandaria/#comments Every week, WoW Insider brings you Gold Capped, in which Fox Van Allen and Basil "Euripides" Berntsen aim to show you how to make money on the Auction House. Feed Fox's ego by emailing him, tweeting him at @foxvanallen, or sacrificing your first-born to him. And be sure to catch the return of Basil and Fox's podcast, Call to Auction!

Yes, I know, Mists of Pandaria is a long way off -- too long for most of us WoW addicts. But in terms of making money, no event will mean more to your bottom line than the MoP launch. New patches and expansions are where fortunes are won and lost. If you dream of getting to 1 million gold (or even a more modest figure), the best time to do it are the few days and weeks following the launch of a new expansion.

If you're going to take advantage of the Mists of Pandaria gold rush, you're not going to want to wait until the last minute. You're going to want to work out a plan now, so you know exactly what to buy and what to make.

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]]> easy-goldfarming-guidefeaturedgoldgold-farminggold-guidegold-makinggold-making-guidegold-stratgold-strategygold-stratsgold-tipsguidemists-of-pandariamoppreparing-for-mists-of-pandariaprofession-guidewhat-to-stock-up-on-for-mists-of-pandariaworld-of-wacraft-money-makingworld-of-warcraft-easy-goldworld-of-warcraft-goldworld-of-warcraft-money-making-guidewow-craftwow-craftableswow-craftingwow-crafting-guidewow-easy-goldwow-goldwow-gold-farmingwow-gold-guidewow-gold-legalwow-gold-makingwow-gold-reviewswow-gold-strategywow-gold-tipswow-guidewow-itemswow-makewow-moneywow-money-guidewow-money-making-guidewow-professions (Fox Van Allen) Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Spiritual Guidance: Is the tier 13 shadow priest bonus really worth it?]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/15/spiritual-guidance-is-the-tier-13-shadow-priest-bonus-really-wo/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/15/spiritual-guidance-is-the-tier-13-shadow-priest-bonus-really-wo/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/15/spiritual-guidance-is-the-tier-13-shadow-priest-bonus-really-wo/#comments Every week, WoW Insider brings you Spiritual Guidance for discipline, holy and shadow priests. On Wednesdays, shadow priesting expert Fox Van Allen comes from out of the shadows to bask in your loving adoration.

I get a lot of email at my WoW Insider account. Granted, most of the emails I get are intriguing business deals from the African continent. But I get real mail too, and lately, I've been getting a lot of mail about our four-piece tier 13 bonus.

Oh, no! My Tier 13 four-piece bonus isn't as good as I thought it would be! My wallet's too small for my fifties, and my diamond shoes are too tight!

Signed,
Everyone

I haven't answered the mail publicly yet, because I couldn't imagine the concerns being valid. After all, could it really be worth it to keep two-piece tier 12 over four-piece tier 13? But with so many of you concerned ... hey, maybe there's something to this. Maybe it is worth keeping your two-piece tier 12.

I decided sit down with a pen and paper and find out for myself.

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Spiritual Guidance: Is the tier 13 shadow priest bonus really worth it? originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]> 4pc-tier-13class-helpfeaturedfour-piece-tier-13guideguide-to-priestspreist-infopriest-guidepriest-talentsshadowshadow-priestshadow-priest-dps-spiritual-guidanceshadow-priest-guideSHADOW-PRIEST-SPIRITUAL-GUIDANCEshadow-priest-tier-13shadow-tier-13shadowfiendshadowy-apparitiont12t13talenttalentstier-12tier-13world-of-warcraft-class-guideworld-of-warcraft-guidewow-class-guidewow-class-helpwow-guidewow-priestwow-priest-infowow-priestswow-talent-guide (Fox Van Allen) Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[WRUP: Supplies are limited -- act now]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/10/wrup-supplies-are-limited-act-now/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/10/wrup-supplies-are-limited-act-now/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/10/wrup-supplies-are-limited-act-now/#comments Every week, just at the start of the weekend, we catch up with the WoW Insider staff and ask them, "What are you playing this week?" -- otherwise known as: WRUP. Join us to see what we're up to in and out of game, and catch us in the comments to let us know what you're playing, too!

At my age, there's nothing I treasure more than spending time with my grandkids. But my overactive bladder has ... other ideas. It used to stop me in my tracks. Now, thanks to my little secret -- WRUP -- I can get back out there and start enjoying life again. What a terrific National Secretaries' Day gift!

And making eggs? What a hassle! First you need to get water! Then you need to turn on the stove, risking severe burns and structure fires! Isn't there an easier way? Now, there is -- WRUP! What aRe yoU Playing uses space-age technology to make cooking eggs a breeze. Makes a great graduation gift.

This commemorative WRUP is struck in 24-karat gold. You and your family can cherish the memory of what your favorite WoW Insider writers were playing on Feb. 11 and 12, 2012. What a great way to teach your children video gaming history. One or two WRUPs is not enough -- you're going to want to buy three, five, 10, or more. Because once this WRUP is minted, it will never be minted again. Makes a great Arbor Day gift!

If there's one company that's mastered the art of the promotional tie-in better than us here at WoW Insider, it's Blizzard. There are promotional WoW drinking cups. There are shirts. Plushies. And soon, there is even going to be a World of Warcraft Monopoly game. It left us asking the question: What's next?

So in addition to the usual What are you playing? question, that's precisely what I asked our columnists: What promotional tie-in will Blizzard come up with next?

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WRUP: Supplies are limited -- act now originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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