Category Archives: Off Topic

Off Topic, Opinion

Don’t worry, I’m still Huntering

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Despite my absence from this blog (and Twitter, etc.) I want you to know I'm still around. I'm still playing WoW when I get the time and I'm still raiding. My absence from the community is hard to explain without getting too personal. It boils down to some heavy stuff happening IRL and not having … Continue Reading ››
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The Legion has not claimed me

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I apologize for the extended absence. I've been extremely busy IRL and any time I've had to write about Hunters has gone to my bi-weekly Blizzard Watch columns. Things have calmed down a bit and I should be able to get some regular posts going again. The good news is... I didn't really miss that … Continue Reading ››
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Getting ready for patch 6.2

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I think I'm just about ready.  Here's a summary of my preparations.
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WoW’s patch 6.1 anti-aliasing options compared

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There was a vocal minority of players who were pretty upset when the old MSAA options were removed in patch 6.0 in favor of visually inferior (in most cases) post-processing AA options. Heck, Blizzard even wrote a technical blog explaining why they decided to remove MSAA. In short, their reasoning behind its removal … Continue Reading ››
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Looking back at 2014: The first year of Eyes of the Beast

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I started Eyes of the Beast just 10 months ago, but it feels much longer! It all started when WoW Insider cut their class columns (I was the current writer of Scattered Shots), and I decided that I wanted to continue writing about my favorite class. In my attempt to come up with a clever … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News, Off Topic, Opinion

Ready for Highmaul

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I've been keeping busy enough in game that I almost forgot that World of Warcraft has this thing called raiding. Also, is it just me or does it seem a lot longer than 2.5 weeks since launch? Feels like at least a month for me. At any rate, I am ready to jump into normal … Continue Reading ››
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Camping Poundfist for the Sunhide Gronnling mount

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When Jeremy Feasel (Muffinus) first mentioned on Twitter that there would be a bunch of new rare spawns with 100% drop mounts with varying degrees of rarity, I just knew that the Sunhide Gronnling was going to be the rarest of them all. Subjectively, I think the coolness factor of the other mounts also … Continue Reading ››
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First 5 days of Warlords: Gearing up, garrisons, and hunter stuff

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I know it's been a few days since I've posted, but I've got a good excuse with, you know, Warlords coming out and all. I was thankfully immune from most of the launch issues.  I was there at the first minute, and with a group of guildies I managed to get ahead of the main crowd. I … Continue Reading ››
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Looking back at BlizzCon, looking forward to Warlords

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While I think this was definitely Blizzard's best BlizzCon yet, it wasn't my best BlizzCon. Why? Not enough WoW! 😥 One of the highlights for me was actually the World of Warcraft: Looking for Group documentary they premiered yesterday. It was great! I highly recommend watching that if you haven't yet. The WoW … Continue Reading ››
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Getting things done before 6.0

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Well, patch 6.0 is now less than 2 weeks away. And I'm still procrastinating. Not all of my pre-Warlords goals have been met yet, but I'm making progress.
Complete: Brawler's Guild
Funnily enough, I ended up spending over 10k for my invite because I purchased it shortly after the Brawler's Guild came out. Then I did … Continue Reading ››