March 10, 2010 :: Posted by - Stompalina :: Category - Community, PVE, Raiding
You may recall our frequent updated on The Raidmovie project being produced by Kevin Michael Johnson, in cooperation with TankSpot.com. I wanted to follow-up to make sure everyone knows, there are only 29 days left on Kickstarter drive. If you haven’t made a pledge, please check out the details surrounding the production, and the beneifts of becoming a sponsor.
Additionally, we are looking forward to having Kevin on for a brief interview this weekend. If you have any questions you would like to ask about The Raid, contact the sack!
Lastly, a new video has been released this week featuring Lady Raiders. Collectively they discuss the stereotypes surrounding female gamers, the luster of MMO raiding, and how much joy they get in kicking masoganist asses!
March 03, 2010 :: Posted by - Eulixe :: Category - PVE, Raiding
Reading through the official WoW EU forums earlier today, I stumbled across a post regarding the current progression system that is in place within Wrath. The main issue that was brought up was to do with the ease of gearing up your freshly dinged 80. Obviously this topic isn’t anything new, but there was an interesting point brought up that I’d like to give my 2 cents on.
The issue was to do with the large volume of Wrath content that is skipped by the majority of fresh 80’s nowadays. Instead of a streamlined progression from Heroics -> Naxxaramas -> Ulduar -> ToC -> ICC, most players, if not all, opt for the alternative of badge farming. A week or two of heroics, and as long as you’re gearing correctly, there’s a good chance you’re ready to hit up ICC-10. The downside of this being, all you’re doing before you start raiding in ICC, is grinding the same heroics you’ve done, time and time again. However, when comparing this to the Naxx/Ulduar route… are Heroics not the lesser of two evils? Read more…
February 22, 2010 :: Posted by - Stompalina :: Category - PVE, Podcast, Raiding
This week Haf and Stomp turned a bad week into an amazing one! Find out how Bound earned the spot as the second Horde guild on Staghelm to earn The Orb Whisperer achievement. Catch up on the latest news surrounding upcoming hotfixes and the new 3.3.3 PTR! And, listen to the 9-line (559.949.RAWR) calls left for the hugesack!
30-minute AFTERSHOW – Get to know Haf and Stomp, catch some RL questions offered up by the LIVE audience!
Warlock Round Table Discussion – With members of #1 US Guild – EXODUS – and, Nibuca of Twisted Nether Blogcast. To be released later this week…
Staghelm Raiding Round Table Discussion – With members of #1 Staghelm and top 100 US Guild – Reawaken, and more TBA! Watch the wesbite and twitter for LIVE details!
During the month of February, tweet #WOWBONK to enter and win our best giveaway yet, a [Foam Sword Rack] Loot card from WootLoots.com. Bonk your friends! Bonk your enemies! Either way, bonk your twitter first to win this amazing prize!
January 14, 2010 :: Posted by - Stompalina :: Category - Community, PVE, Raiding
A guild member sent me a link to a promotional video put together by the producers of a new World of Warcraft documentary that is currently in the early stages of production. It is called The Raid, and from the look and feel of the early video, it will be a great representation of the life, love and passion behind the players and guilds within World of Warcraft.
Rawrcast has already made a contribution to support the planned production of the film, and I would recommend that others do the same. By supporting the film you not only are a part of production of the movie, but there are also membership benefits like donor status on TankSpot.com, movie posters, production notes, etc.
I am excited to see who all is involved onscreen and behind the scenes. With the support of our amazing online community, this is bound to be an amazing representations of our lives in-game, and our love of raiding.
November 25, 2009 :: Posted by - Rhabella :: Category - PVE, Raiding
With 3.3 fast approaching and it being the final content patch of this expansion, some of us will be lucky enough to experience the full wrath of the Lich King, but the expansion has brought about another wrath, one far more menacing than its namesake, and it is the wrath of the moron.
Bob Knight and WoW
Back during the talking tank round table, cdeagle and I exchanged comments in the chat room about tanking prowess. We both, if I remember correctly, likened tanking to running a Bob Knight motion offense. Nothing is more mesmerizing as watching a Bob Knight team, an old school 70-80’s Indiana Bob Knight team, run a well executed motion offense. Read more…
Before we get started, let’s all agree to shelve our own individual notions of difficulty. It is, after all, a totally subjective notion and what could be difficult to one player can be a cakewalk to another. Excellent! Now that that’s settled, we can talk about the joy and utter despair that is progression raiding.
My guild has recently started attempting Heroic ToGC (25 man) and last night was our first real success. We managed, with the aid of several resilient Paladins and Shamans that were the last members of our raid left standing, to down Icehowl. We spent a couple of hours adjusting our strategy (plant totems here, park imps here, space out approximately 15 yards, etc) and after lots of frustrating wipes, we succeeded! Read more…
Well, it may have taken a couple months but Onyxia has become the new Vault of Archavon (maybe Onyxia isn’t quite as easy but it’s widely pugged and players with two brain cells to rub together can easily make some type of contribution to the raid). That said, there are some moments even in pugs, where the sheer cliff of incoming failure stands before you and forces you to make a decision. Am I going to give this a shot or no? I wrote about this in a previous post but some of the issues that I ran into in this particular pug raised some new questions.
First off, it was immediately clear that several players in the raid were already saved to the instance. What was unclear was the reason why players couldn’t check their raid lock outs to see if they were saved (several players cycled in and out of the raid and we continued to get the saved to the instance warning message). Questions about who was locked out were greeted with silence or simply players dropping group. Needless to say, this was not an auspicious start. Read more…
November 06, 2009 :: Posted by - Plectical :: Category - PVE, Raiding
Off Nights. Everyone has them, no one likes them. Maybe your girlfriend just dumped you or you picked up the flu but there are just some nights when your play is not up to snuff. Here’s a personal story of one of my off nights.
The Context
I’d taken a few days off of WOW to build up some credit at the girlfriend store (dinner and a movie buys you some quality play time) and was chomping at the bit to get back in and play. I checked the raid calendar for the night and saw that my guild had several raids scheduled for that night (Onxyia, TOTC 25, and TOTC 10) and I had signed up for them all. Perfect.
October 10, 2009 :: Posted by - Plectical :: Category - Community, Raiding
Pugging. A dirty word to some WoW players, and a way of life for many others. One truth is self evident for every pug; Your mileage may vary. Many players prefer not to pug at all, the reason being that groups work best with players whose skill level is comparable and whose play style is familiar. But what happens when you have to pug?
Circumstances abound where pugging becomes necessary. Maybe you couldn’t attend your guild’s raid that week or maybe you belong to a casual guild that doesn’t raid at all. Whatever the reason, many players find themselves pugging content with a group of unknown players. With that in mind, I’ve come up with a quick list of things you can do to make the experience as painless as possible. Read more…
This week Haf and Stomp welcome Veneretio to the show to talk tank. Together they discuss the intricacies of Block Value, Block Rating, and many of the new itemization changes slated for Cataclysm. Ven also shares some of his more memorable raiding highlights from year past, and gives a few tips to up in coming tanks and raid leaders.
This week the Rawr Crew also welcomes Cornelious0_0 who is continuing the Under the Hood segment series, tackling PC performance related issues and questions. And, we are also graced by another installment of Instances with the Inquisitor. These, and many other ongoing segment series are provided by members of our Rawr Crew, and they welcome your comments, feedback and questions to include in future segments. Read more…
You may recall our frequent updated on The Raid movie project being produced by Kevin Michael Johnson, in cooperation with TankSpot.com. I wanted to follow-up to make sure everyone knows, there are only 29 days left on Kickstarter drive. If you haven’t made a pledge, please check out the details surrounding the production, and the beneifts of becoming a sponsor.
With 3.3 fast approaching and it being the final content patch of this expansion, some of us will be lucky enough to experience the full wrath of the Lich King, but the expansion has brought about another wrath, one far more menacing than its namesake, and it is the wrath of the moron.
