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Totem Talk: Restoration predictions and set bonuses for tier 16

Every week, WoW Insider brings you Totem Talk for elemental, enhancement and restoration shaman. Want to be a sultan of swing healing? A champion of Chain Heal? Totem Talk: Restoration, brought to you by Joe Perez (otherwise known as Lodur from World of Matticus and content creation at InternetDragons.TV), shows you how. Recently we’ve been

Patch 5.4 PTR: More spell changes to facilitate warlock talent nerfs

Warlocks around the world have been weeping at the Patch 5.4 PTR intended nerf to Kil’jaeden’s Cunning and Mannoroth’s Fury. Blizzard Community Manager Lore had already posted an explanation for the tier 6 talent nerfs and some unseen PTR mechanics that were not in the patch notes to help aid warlocks in recovering DPS lost

Weekly news roundup with Panser of TradeChat

TradeChat’s Panser returns with this week’s WoW Insider news recap, where we look back at the hottest news from the past week and whatever other kickin’ rad things may have come our way. And if you didn’t notice, this recap is coming on a Tuesday! Is this a new thing? Why yes, yes it is.

Patch 5.4 PTR: Arena tie-break system revamp with a 1,000% damage buff

Blizzard Senior PvP Designer Brian Holinka tweeted over the weekend in response to a player who sent over this image of a buff on his character on the PTR. “The Crowd Chose You!!!” is a buff that, as you can see from the tooltip, gives huge additional damage, as well as preventing that player from

The Queue: Blue cheese

Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Adam Holisky (@adamholisky) will be your host today. I’m not sure why Blue Cheese wasn’t listed as the best cheese in the world yesterday. But anyways, we’ve corrected the mistake. Because Blue

Around Azeroth: A knife in the back

An all-rogue guild seems like something of a disaster waiting to happen, but Vile Thorn of Defias Brotherhood (US-H) makes it work … with an admittedly high collateral damage toll. Submitter Arli sent in this screenshot demonstrating Vile Thorn’s traditional method of showing guild pride. The guy who’s currently dead with a guild banner sticking

Breakfast Topic: How did you choose your guild?

The people you play with make up the heart and soul of your World of Warcraft experience. They’ll make the game a delight you keep coming back to or a misery you can’t escape soon enough. What this comes down to is that who you’re guilded with makes or breaks your game experience. A bad

Last Week in WoW: Bursting with PTR news edition

Happy Tuesday morning everyone. The big news of the week is, of course, the advent of the patch 5.4 PTR, and with that comes the avalanche of sweet, sweet PTR news. There’s so much of it we can’t even fit it into one category in our roundup. Thus, with no further ado, I’m just going

DevJuice: iOS/Android PortKit translates visual metaphors

The clever folk over at Kintek have posted a handy system-to-system guide for anyone working in the mobile development space. This metaphor overview quickly references how items like buttons, switches, one-of-n selection, and other common interface items are expressed by default in the target arenas. You’ll find items from Android, iOS 6, and iOS 7

Daily Deals for June 18, 2013

It’s time to save some of that hard-earned cash with our Daily Deals, featuring a handy list from Dealnews and our own hand-picked selections that include some sweet deals on iOS and OS X software (all prices are USD). Prices are subject to change. Deals from Dealnews StackSocial: [Mac Software] The Name Your Own Price