Entries in 'World of Warcraft'

Fix for Headless Horseman Crash

I don't know about you, but I'm tired of crashing every time I mouse over the Pumpkin Shrine during the Headless Horseman event. One workaround that seems to have worked is the following. When you enter the dungeon, issue the following script command in your chat window: /script GameTooltip.Temphide = function() GameTooltip:Hide() end; GameTooltip:SetScript("OnShow", GameTooltip.Temphide); [...]

Categories: General · World of Warcraft

WoW 4.0 Nameplate Fix

Until recently, I was one of the people suffering from disappearing enemy nameplates in World of Warcraft since the 4.0.1 patch. Fortunately, I was able to find a fix. Copy and paste the following commands in your chat window: /console bloattest 1 /console spreadnameplates 0 /console bloatnameplates 1 /console bloatthreat 1 You can find more [...]

Categories: General · World of Warcraft

Warcraft Pet Collection Tracker

One of my little side hobbies in World of Warcraft is collecting vanity pets. These are the little companions that run around behind you and offer absolutely no value to you other than their looks. Any pet collector knows that the definitive guide on minipets is Brianni's WarcraftPets.com. Brianni (AKA Brian Brolin) has added an [...]

Categories: Pets

Old Crafty

There I stand in the murky waters of Orgrimmar having just fished up Old Crafty. I've got the rascally little devil in my off-hand. And yes, that's my pet chicken swimming under water. It took me two sessions to fish up Old Crafty. In total, I caught 132 fish before earning the achievement. The drop [...]

Categories: General

Know Your Class (Death Knights Don't Need Spell Power)

The other day, the Dungeon Finder was kind enough to pair me up with an "interesting character." This level 61 death knight had queued as a tank. He was fully specced into unholy which isn't an impossible tanking spec, but unholy tanking seems to be the least popular option. Unfortunately, this "tank" had none of [...]

Categories: Classes