Spoiler Alert: There’s a fair bit of discussion about the new Mage talent trees. It’s limited to theory, analysis and scenario discussion. Fairly strict game mechanics focus. The most recent Cataclysm beta push brought with it the overhaul to class talent trees. It’s all part of a grand design – remove the talents that everyone…
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Casting Your Net Wide
It’s a strange thing when your perspective of the world changes. For me, the RealID Saga of the last few days has shown me just how much the simple game of Warcraft means to people. It’s also shown me just how much people are prepared to give up to take a stand or prove a…
Polymorph or Polydeath?
Spoiler Alert: Discussion of Mage talents in Cataclysm, focusing on one new talent in particular. I feel like I’m almost betraying my class by raising this discussion. We’ve been handed a gift almost, a rare glimmering tool that would be oh-so-nice to have. But I don’t like it and really hope that it doesn’t make…
My You’re a Tall One
Over in Dalaran they’ve been breeding their Gnome Mages big. I mean, really big. Bigger than a Tauren, and you have to admit that’s pretty big. Of course I’m not expecting you to take it on trust, so I’ve included a handy picture of just how big these Gnomes can get. In fact, they can…
Cataclysm: New Mage Experience
Spoiler Alert: In-depth description of changes to the Mage class, levelling experience and spell ranks and usage. I’ll also be touching on the Cataclysm talent trees. Note that as I’m not in beta the content here is largely based on recounts and information gathered from elsewhere. The floodgates have opened and the Beta has begun….
Review – Warcraft: MAGE
Expanding on an initial series of manga exploring some of the stories and myths in the Warcraft universe, Blizzard have moved on to produce a series of books focusing on the ten in-game classes. Published by the popular Manga form Tokyopop, the volumes are created by a mix of story writers and artists. The second…
Scorched Fingers
Earlier on in the week I put up an article about going back to my old fire spec on my mage. It was basically a brain dump – this is what I’m doing, this is how it works, this is what I remember. Unfortunately, mid dumpage I got something wrong. To be fair, it isn’t…
The Flaming Boomerang
Ever since patch 3.3.3 was released I’ve been thinking of switching back to my Fire spec. It made me feel nostalgic about the early days of Warcraft, where I originally levelled as a fire mage. I only deviated from this spec for parts of both Molten Core and Naxxramas, sticking with fire throughout Burning Crusade….
Half-Baked
Every so often I come up with this idea that seems really amazing in theory, but incredibly dorky in practice. Like the Gnomish Mage’s Mana Pie. This image by me is free for you to reuse under CC-BY-SA 3.0 Yes, I know, I need professional help…
Gazimoff the Librarian
I’d scarcely believe it myself, but Mana Obscura is now three months old. It’s come a long way in such a time and is an incredible amount of fun to do, but it’s starting to groan at the seams a little now. It needs a careful eye cast over it, a little tweak and clean…