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Social Study: The Wrath Effect Part 1
Social Study: The Wrath Effect Part 1
This is a guest post by Mimetir, an oversized owl of a raid leader on The Venture Co (EU). You can find her twitter feed . Here’s a dangerous statement: Wrath of the Lich King (Wrath) made World of Warcraft/Crack/Crass(WoW) too easy. It’s one you’ve heard before, of ...
Social Study: The Wrath Effect Part 2
Social Study: The Wrath Effect Part 2
worldofmatticus.com — This is a guest post by Mimetir, an oversized owl of a raid leader on The Venture... Co (EU). You can find her twitter feed . We broke off looking at the Wrath Effect last time for a chance to let the ringing die from our ears and to gather our thoughts. Thank you to the many of you who ... (more) Social Study: The Wrath Effect Part 2
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Because Angry Rants Make Me Feel All Warm and Fuzzy Inside
Destructive Reach — ... The first one was an awesome guest post by Mimetir on World of Matticus.  You really have to read it to get the full impact of its awesomeness, but this particular statement hit me hard ...

WoW is Too Hard - A Casual's Perspective
Blog of Corruption — ... Recently the topic was brought up again in a post in World of Matticus by a guest blogger Mimetir. Memetir's main point was that the ease of content meant that players could easily jump in once reaching 80 and not really know what they're doing. Larissa (sorry, hon, I don't do accents) ...

Social Study: The Wrath Effect Part 2
World of Matticus — ... We broke off looking at the Wrath Effect last time for a chance to let the ringing die from our ears and to gather our thoughts. Thank you to the many of you who shared your opinions – and latterly, posts – both ...

Counterpoint: Wrath Saved WoW Raiding
World of Matticus — This is a guest post by Thespius, a raiding Priest and blogger of Healer By Nature. With all of the talk going around that Wrath of the Lich King made things significantly easier and therefore "killed the game", I wanted to bring another perspective into the mix.  I believe that Wrath SAVED WoW.  Yes, that’s right, I said it.  I’m happier playing WoW now that the game has changed. I will whole-heartedly agree that the difficulty level has ...

The Significant Owl Goes Hoot in the Blog
World of Matticus — ... in the blog, at least. And yes, I do shine my beak, thank you. Nothing strikes terror into an opponent more than the eerie glow of an eclipse proc reflected in the beak of an overgrown bird I tell you. Matticus has kindly invited me to make something of a more permanent nest here as a regular member of the team, along with Thespius. I’m grateful to many of you for sharing thoughts and comments on my posts so far, which have looked at hybrids, looting and social Wrath. I’ve enjoyed the discussions which have come out of you ...

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