Ashbringer contradictions…   Not sure if this has been posted before, as I only recently entered the beta, but discussion with a friend made a few points pretty clear.   This is what’s in vanilla WoW-   You go to Naxxramas and defeat the Four Horsemen, one of which is Highlord Alexandros Mograine, the original wielder of the Ashbringer. You loot the Corrupted Ashbringer.   The Corrupted Ashbringer whispers to whoever is holding it, revealing that the Renault Mograine boss from SM Cathedral betrayed his father [Alexandros]. You bring the Corrupted Ashbringer to SM Cath and it begins a scripted event. Friendly Alexandros Mograine shows up and messes up Renault.   High Inquisitor Fairbanks, the hidden boss in Cath, says that the Corrupted Ashbringer is beyond repair. He tells you to go to Outland and find the other son of Mograine to forge a new

Thurs August 21 7:30PM   I will be running a PUG Hyjal, people permitting, on thursday August 22th at 7:30PM EST on NORTHREND (pve).   I prefer level 72+ folk (primarily because I believe it takes at least 2 levels to determine a decent spec and obtain greens/blues from questing/instances that compare to t4/t5), with exception of those who already have experience with hyjal (extensive and gear to prove it), in which case 70+ is fine.   I am also looking for 1-2 people who would be willing to help coordinate and run the thing. I have (sadly) tons of experience running Hyjal, but with 1-2 other experienced leaders it will make handling PUGs easier.   Loot will be rolled on — I am going on my DK and would love special consideration for a cat’s edge, but will leave that up to the group to decide if and when we kill the retard-check Archimonde (no

CPU Intensive – Beta Client not optimized? Hey guys.   I run an Intel Xeon eight core machine, (2008 Mac Pro). I have 4 gigs of ram and a 512mb Graphics card (NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT).   World of Warcraft is hardly a challenge for this machine. I can run 3 clients of Warcraft at the same time and barely break a sweat.   However in this new Beta Client, my normally silent machine seems to be running it’s fans very loudly, which seems impossible. Granted the game is more CPU intensive, but this is ridiculous.   Trust me. The machine’s a beast.   Anyone else experiencing this?

Breakfast Topic: Unexpected Changes in Patch 3.0.2   There’s a mailbox missing in Silvermoon! I know, I know. There are a lot of mailboxes in Silvermoon City, but I really liked this one near the bank in The Bazaar area. I must have missed this in the patch notes. And why would they get rid of it anyway? If anything, I think they should add more mailboxes to the old world cities. But I’m lazy. Running on mountless/travelformless alts is a chore. On a good note, I seemed to have totally missed that Marks of Honor were going to be on the Currency tab in the character screen instead of taking up precious bag space until i actually logged in yesterday. Yay more bag space! My favorite surprise in Echoes of Doom, however, was discovering that my Herbalist now has a new self-heal over time spell: Lifeblood. It’s instant cast and has a 3 minute cooldown.

Around Azeroth: Goodbye to you   I’ll let Fendrieon of Thunderhorn do the talking on his picture. “Just a parting shot taken on the last day of 2.4.3, including 3 things never to be seen again: Naxx 40, Amani Warbear, and a warrior with ONLY one weapon.” I’m sure Matthew Rossi says amen to the latter. Do you have any unusual World of Warcraft images that are just collecting dust in your screenshots folder? We’d love to see it on Around Azeroth! Sharing your screenshot is as simple as e-mailing  with a copy of your shot and a brief explanation of the scene. You could be featured here next! Remember to include your player name, server and/or guild if you want it mentioned. We strongly prefer full screen shots without the UI showing — use alt-Z to remove it. Please, no more battleground scoreboards.  

New item tabs for Ammo/Shards   I’ve got an idea. How about working it into inscription? “50% Chance on shot to consume no ammunition.” That would be a welcome addition. The problem with that is it’d probably be a major glyph, and it’d also naturally be “required” since ammo is such a stringent problem for the class. I don’t see Glyphs becoming as semi-permanent as, say, talents, and consequently having a glyph that works as a “fix” for a basic class problem isn’t really productive, nor interesting. The whole idea with Inscription is further customization, beyond what talents are even capable of doing; it provides the player with interesting choices. Making a glyph that “solves” the ammo issue isn’t an interesting choice, it’s a requirement and every single Hunter would