Mage Stuff

Blood Pact: The Soulburning warlock

Filed under: Warlock, Analysis / Opinion, News items, (Warlock) Blood Pact, Cataclysm

A familiar necrotic stench fills the air as sights and sounds fade into a fog of Fear. Your hope is not that the warlock considers you a friend among foes, but that he has a use for you — for that is [...]

Cataclysm Beta: Tier 11 set bonuses revealed

Filed under: Druid, Hunter, Mage, Paladin, Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Warlock, Warrior, Analysis / Opinion, Death Knight, Cataclysm

Another week sees another beta patch, this one build 12942, and it’s a doozy. Why do I say that, you ask? Well, for example, we’ve got our first look at the Tier 11 set bonuses thanks to the mighty [...]

Arcane Brilliance: Mage AoE in Cataclysm, part 1

Filed under: Mage, (Mage) Arcane Brilliance, Cataclysm

It’s time again for Arcane Brilliance, the weekly mage column known for its special five-alarm chili recipe. It’s a delicate blend of three different conjured beans, spiced up with Fireballs, Scorches, and slow-cooked over a smoldering Flamestrike, loaded with lamb, bacon, and the occasional roasted monkey, glazed with a [...]

Blood Pact: Destruction warlock changes in the beta

Filed under: Warlock, (Warlock) Blood Pact, Cataclysm

Echoes of distant incantations fade through the stagnant air, announcing the warlock’s departure. His maddening enslavement is no more, and fearful citizens once entrapped in darkness now fill the streets in celebration. But such revelry is hollow, for with the warlock lies the protection of his Blood Pact — [...]

Blood Pact: Destruction warlock changes in the beta

Filed under: Warlock, (Warlock) Blood Pact, Cataclysm

Echoes of distant incantations fade through the stagnant air, announcing the warlock’s departure. His maddening enslavement is no more, and fearful citizens once entrapped in darkness now fill the streets in celebration. But such revelry is hollow, for with the warlock lies the protection of his Blood Pact — [...]

Arcane Brilliance: Things I’m going to miss

Filed under: Mage, Analysis / Opinion, (Mage) Arcane Brilliance, Cataclysm

It’s time again for Arcane Brilliance, weekly mage column extraordinaire, and source of 99% of your daily recommended allowance of warlock hate. It’s also rich in vitamin D. If you’re wondering where you can get the other 1%, the answer is inside-out cheeseburgers. Very tasty, and [...]

Arcane Brilliance: These are a few of my favorite things

Filed under: Mage, Analysis / Opinion, (Mage) Arcane Brilliance, Cataclysm

It’s time again for Arcane Brilliance, the weekly mage column from the author of Don’t Break My Sheep: Diary of an Angry Mage and 101 Ways to Cook Warlock.
This is going to be slightly shorter and even more rushed than usual, guys, because new baby. I’d [...]

Arcane Brilliance: The early levels for Cataclysm mages

Filed under: Mage, Analysis / Opinion, (Mage) Arcane Brilliance, Cataclysm

It’s time again for Arcane Brilliance, the weekly mage column that loves warlocks. Arcane Brilliance loves warlocks so much. It loves them right in the face. With a Pyroblast. Can you feel the love? Does it feel like your heart is melting? And like your brain [...]

Blood Pact: Demonology changes in the beta

Filed under: Warlock, News items, (Warlock) Blood Pact, Cataclysm

Bloody tears stream from the eyes of the hopelessly insane, huddled silently in wait and separated from reality by the voices echoing within their minds. The whispers speak their names in bidding, and the horror lies not in their sinister calling but in knowledge of a dreaded [...]

Blood Pact: Demonology changes in the beta

Filed under: Warlock, News items, (Warlock) Blood Pact, Cataclysm

Bloody tears stream from the eyes of the hopelessly insane, huddled silently in wait and separated from reality by the voices echoing within their minds. The whispers speak their names in bidding, and the horror lies not in their sinister calling but in knowledge of a dreaded [...]