A streak of minor news considering each and every 9.1.5. feature, as well as announcement of PTR transpired this week throughout news sites. Of course Blizzard gets a shitstorm here too, but for a change, a number of positive reactions as well. The improvement numbers are really great and address so many issues, from new … Continue reading 9.1.5. Quality of Life Improvements: My Thoughts

The final Sanctum of Domination wing went live, and I ran a number of alts through LFR, so I'm ready to share the impressions. First of all, it's heavily loaded with lore action scenes and dialogues. I actually liked a lot what was going on in the encounter itself, the fight is a well executed … Continue reading Sanctum of Domination: A Peep into The Reckoning

Once you see the final raid cinematic on the first night when a raid goes live, the climactic encounter seems so far from LFR perspective. And yet: here we are, tomorrow I'm finally pummeling the big bad's face! As always, the six weeks of the first wings have come and gone in a bliink of … Continue reading Trivia: Sylvanas Incoming

If you're reading this blog for a while, you may have grasped the idea that I have three major lures in World of Warcraft. One, is obviously lore and the world as a whole that I've been a fan of and felt at home since 90s franchise installments. So be it good or bad, I'm … Continue reading Me & Transmog Collections: Why Do They Matter?

We haven't seen Sylvanas encounter yet in LFR, but Shackles of Fate appeared to be That One Level so far as classified by TV Tropes. While the first two wings quickly changed into no-brainer cleans after people learned a couple of important things, Shackles of Fate by the end of the second week live still … Continue reading Sanctum of Domination: A Peep into Shackles of Fate

As I'm playing both games pretty actively now, I decided I may write split posts considering my progress. Naturally, the blog is first and foremost WoW-devoted, so this part always comes first. WoW My raiding last week was not quite successful - except for a couple of weapons, there was little to boast about. Also … Continue reading Trivia: WoW and FFXIV Whereabouts

Today I want to talk about my recent FFXIV experience and how it beats with WoW gameplay. The deeper I'm in the Square Enix game, the better I understand one simple thing that I picked up very soon. If we take franchises, WoW would be more like Lord of the Rings, where armies and kingdoms … Continue reading Final Fantasy XIV: My Pre-Reset Shelter

And so comes the grand finale of 9.1. patch - Chains of Domination. First of all, the gameplay was good :) No kidding, no sarcasm - I really liked this chapter. As little things were left to tell, Blizzard did not push it in their usual manner - go grab some relic in Korthia to … Continue reading What Lies Ahead: The Final Chapter

The pace of acquiring raid transmogs is actually pretty amazing in this patch and raid! Cloth and chainmail toons are almost there, and plate/leather armors got just 3 items each left. And raid wing 3 is not even opened yet! The great thing is that I expect Sylvanas to give us some hard time in … Continue reading Trivia & Plans

*spoilers ahead The last but one lore piece of 9.1. Chains of Domination naturally refers to the last remaining Covenant - Kyrian and Bastion. The introduction quest naturally made me cringe - as they've woven in a Torghast run. Luckily, it was not too tedious or long: all we had to do is to cover … Continue reading A New Path: Bastion/Uther Chapter