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March 10th, 2009

Every Wednesday, Chase Christian of Encrypted Text invites you to enter the world of shadows, as we explore the secrets and mechanics of the Rogue class. This week, we’ll be talking reputation gear available in Northrend Rogues are like butterflies. We soar between currents of air, our paths seemingly chaotic. We serve no master, no [...]

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March 10th, 2009

Every Wednesday, Chase Christian of Encrypted Text invites you to enter the world of shadows, as we explore the secrets and mechanics of the Rogue class. This week, we dive deep into the 3.0.9 patch changes for Rogues. I remember where I was at when I read the 3.0.9 patch notes when they were forwarded [...]

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March 10th, 2009

Welcome to another edition of Encrypted Text! This week I’m continuing the class leveling guide started by Elizabeth, covering levels 21 to 40. I’ve only leveled characters on a PvP server, so I know when I hit 20 or so it’s time to abandon the safe land of Care Bears for the contested areas where [...]

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March 10th, 2009

Every Wednesday, Chase Christian of Encrypted Text invites you to enter the world of shadows, as we explore the secrets and mechanics of the Rogue class. This week, we’ll discuss what stats are important for raiding Rogues in today’s end-game. Wrath’s first true raid instances come in the form of a level 60 raid instance [...]

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March 10th, 2009

Last week, we looked at what stats are important for a PvE Rogue, and how those stats interact with each other and why they’re important. To summarize, hit and expertise ratings are very important until you reach a few key milestones, after which the pure damage options like Agility and Attack Power become more attractive. [...]

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March 10th, 2009

Welcome back, fellow rogues! Everyone on the site has been going into a leveling guide frenzy, and it’s our turn to cover the earliest possible levels. However, I rolled my rogue … well, I rolled my rogue a long time ago. An embarassingly long time ago. Suffice it to say that when I rolled my [...]

A lot of men are awful at WoW. So are a lot of women. As you read through the following article you may have a gut reaction to either wholeheartedly agree or wholeheartedly disagree; I would hope that — in either case — you catch the nuance of my arguments. This is a gender issue [...]

This weeks editorial is about a topic that I just had to find my way through this past few weeks. It is one that many players either struggle with at some emotional level or take far too casually. While not getting teary over the changing of guilds, it is something that I take very seriously [...]

What makes a good MMORPG? This is a question that is heavily debated on every video game message board out there. Everything is listed from removing RPG elements to free ice cream. However, is this really the question that should be asked? Truly is there even an answer to this mystical magical question? Why yes, [...]

In most MMOs if you want to play, you have to pay. Its just a part of the game. There are the exceptions out there like Guild Wars and a few others, but the standard MMO has a monthly fee. In this editorial I look at the following questions and answer them from my point [...]