Healing Again (Again)
Hi, my name is Njessi, and I work miracles. I used to work miracles all the time as a priest healer in WoW, and then I joined Team Dps. I had forgotten what that feels like and damn, it’s good. … Continue reading »
Tag Archives: World of Warcraft
Setting Goals And Priorities For Game Events
I love world events, but I am not a fan of the pressure to complete all the things in a limited timeframe. At times like this, though, I remind myself that I’m an adult and I can simply choose NOT … Continue reading »
It Is Predictably Easy To Make Me Happy
Guys, you know what I’m going to say. 2.1 is dropping probably on Tuesday – and it’s going to be fucking amazing. 1. Character recustomization. OK, I know that some of y’all are peeved about cartel coins, and some are … Continue reading »
Meters Epeen
So, gulp, we started using meters. It has been interesting. Now, you say, didn’t you play WoW? Weren’t there meters all the hell over there? Well, yes, but I was playing a healer at the time… and while healers use … Continue reading »
Adversity Makes You A Better Player: Leveling Without Healing
If you had been sitting in my computer room around January of this year when I was leveling my Jedi Knight, you would have heard the swears flying, and it mostly sounded like this: Why the fuck don’t we get … Continue reading »
Hutts, You Say?
For those of you living under a rock1 SWTOR has announced that we can start preordering the next expansion and I am all over that. Preordering today, yo. Not so much because of the early access2 but because I’ll probably … Continue reading »
Why Is This Life Day Holiday Different Than Other Holidays?
Yes, I know, I’m borrowing from Passover 4 questions, and that’s in March. Shut up. On other holidays we participate in activities. On this one, we um… don’t. If there’s no in-game event, is it an event? Or a “celebration?” … Continue reading »
Dude, Where Are My Comms?
With 1.4, story mode EC gives no black hole comms from bosses or chests. Same with Terror From Beyond Story Mode. We probably would have known this sooner, or even been able to discern it from the patch notes, if … Continue reading »
Theoretical DPS
Things I don’t miss about WOW: Meters Cookie cutter specs, where if you don’t use it, you FAIL Highest theoretical DPS Seriously, I may kick in the crotch the next person who talks about highest theoretical DPS. This concept is … Continue reading »
A First Look At SWTOR Mr. Robot
OK, boys and girls, get psyched because we now have Mr. Robot for SWTOR. Those of you who used it in WoW will say “oh yeah that” but for those who are not familiar – Mr. Robot is a simulation … Continue reading »
Customer Service Fail
What Happened OK, as you might have heard me yabbering, while taking screenies with the UI down, I then put the UI back up, and the UI refused to come back up, my character locked up, it was generally unpleasant, … Continue reading »
I Am Underwhelmed By Support Of Community Building
Normally, I don’t do a “U SUCK (insert game development company here)” because it doesn’t do any good. But things have been so thoroughly bungled in this launch that I have to say something or I’ll explode. No, it’s not … Continue reading »
Where in the Galaxy are the Female Gamers?
I’ve been obsessed with polls lately, mostly so I don’t create a cookie cutter toon right out of the box. I found on the official forums a really super-complete poll about gender/species/class/role/alignment. According to said poll, 20% of players plan … Continue reading »
Character Creation: A Tale of My Idiocy
Just to get this out of the way… this does NOT give away any beta information. It’s just a commentary on my own inability to handle character creation in any game in a calm manner. I do not want to … Continue reading »
Putting Fingers In My Ears and Humming LA LA LA
LA LA LA I CAN’T HEAR YOU! So every few days, my husband will announce to me “you’ll never guess what they’re doing in SWTOR!” and proceed to tell me about the newest tidbit of information he read somewhere or … Continue reading »