Tag Archives: gear
Historicity and WoW
In his excellent book “Man in the High Castle”, Philip K. Dick talks about items and historicity: She said, ‘what is “historicity”?’ ‘When a thing has history in it. Listen. One of those two Zippo lighters was in Franklin D. Roosevelt’s pocket when he was assassinated. And one wasn’t. One has historicity, a hell of [...]
Where PvP Gear Often Helps
Yesterday, I talked about How to Read PvP Gear for PvE, and shortcuts on how to evaluate PvP gear when it comes to enhancing your PvE set. The big takeaway from the article was: use PvP gear to patch your PvE set, not for overall gearing. Today, I’ll list as many of the commonly-patched cases [...]
How to Read PvP Gear for PvE
Continued from yesterday’s Intro to Using PvP Gear for PvE. (I apologize in advance for the formatting, I don’t have the patience for proper html coding.) PvP gear is typically heavy on the following stats. I’ll explain how each matters in PvE.
Intro to Using PvP gear in PvE
Raids and instances are PvE. Battlegrounds and Arena are PvP. You get to play multiple ways with the same toon, it’s really fun! The cool thing about WoW is that even in PvP, with no group, you can get gear to help you in PvE. This article is written for the PvE player looking to supplement [...]
Emblem Strategy for the Super-Casual