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All the World’s a Stage: So you want to be an Alchemist
February 23rd, 2009 
Too many people roleplay alchemy as a glorified fast food restaurant, with typical phrases such as, “Would you like some healing potions to go with your strength elixir?” or “If you give me just one more herb I could throw in a mana potion too…” Of course, the game mechanics often put us in the salesman position. Limited supply and demand force us to compete with other alchemists for herbs and customers, so to some extent we may have to deal with the capitalist food chain to matter what we do.
But there’s so much more to an alchemist than just magical boosts and bonuses! An alchemist has the potential to be the other mad scientist! Why should they let engineers have all the fun? Just because engineers can craft their own vehicles and whatnot doesn’t mean that alchemists don’t have something (or someone) of their own to experiment on.
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Ready Check: Sartharion plus 3 Drakes
February 23rd, 2009
Last week we provided an outline of the Sartharion encounter, promising to deliver more detail this week on how to beat the boss with all three of his drake companions alive at the pull. This is commonly called ‘hard mode’ and, although it’s not for the faint hearted, it’s by no means impossible either. However, excellent co-ordination and DPS are required in order to keep the fight under control and things can quickly degenerate into chaos.
When to attempt 3 drakes
Is your guild or raid group ready to even try 3 drakes? There’s no hard-and-fast rule that says ‘you need to be this awesome to leave three drakes alive’. If you’re thinking about trying it, we’d hope that you’ve already killed Sartharion, probably with one or two adds already alive. You’ve cleared Naxx and are decked out in gear, you have a diverse pool of people to draw from, and you can communicate with each other. That’s all you need, really, although a couple of things can help, including a well geared tank and complementary DPS.
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The Queue: Extreme Edition
February 20th, 2009
Welcome back to an extreme late night edition of The Queue. What’s so extreme about it? Read on after the break. Why is it coming out so late at night? Well, I’ve been busy today. I’ve finished up leveling my last two characters while two of my accounts are linked via the recruit-a-friend program. Now my Paladin and Warlock are level 60, and my set is complete. WTB account wide achievements now, please. “K. Thx. Bai,” as the kids like to say.
Dan Asked…
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