How do you think your class is viewed/treated by NPCs?

This stemmed from a pondering about how my rogue might be viewed/treated by NPCs – after all, if someone calls you “roguish” [...]]]> Anea from Obeying the Muse thought up this week’s topic, asking us how we thought NPCs reacted to our character’s class.

How do you think your class is viewed/treated by NPCs?

This stemmed from a pondering about how my rogue might be viewed/treated by NPCs – after all, if someone calls you “roguish” it really usually isn’t a comment. Would a warlock be treated with a sneer? A priest/paladin with extra respect?

Might this depend on the NPC (a guard, a vendor, flight master, quest giver) and the circumstances?

Participating were:

Strumwulf from Strumwulf’s Page of Stories and Ideas

Ringo Flinthammer of Flinthammer Hall

Daraia of Daughter of Ravenholdt Manor

Anslym of Bag Overflow

Typh of Point Blank AoE

Calsong of Mind Spike

Pndrev of Prime Time Casual

Aaaaand for this week’s Shared Topic, we talk about working together, as a team, in a raid setting. What can different roles do to assist each other? How can dps players help their healers (beyond the obvious not standing in fires)? How can various dps classes help each other perform? Blog about it and share the link in the thread at Blog Azeroth!

A quick peak at other upcoming topics:
What would you change in the UI with Cataclysm?
What mementos have you kept and why?

We’re running really low on Shared Topics, so if there’s a topic you’d love to see discussed across the blogosphere, suggest it over at Blog Azeroth. We love new Topics!

Mount rewarding meta achievements are here to stay, [...]]]> What crazy stunts do you remember pulling in Vanilla (or early Burning Crusade), just for fun? Are you disappointed that there aren’t any achievements for killing old school bosses in an alternative way? Ryyus of I Gem Crit has just the Shared Topic for you!

Mount rewarding meta achievements are here to stay, But what if achievements Look like if they were around from classic forward? So i figured, make some metas for older raids or instance clusters, Name and design some achivements puns and all and design a reward fit for them (no flying mounts in MC etc) This seems like, for one Pun GOLD also a nice way of being nostalgic without open “IN MY DAY!” talk.

Proposing interesting achievements were:

Ryyus of I Gem Crit

Relevart of Relevart’s Druid Reliquary

Natarumah of Twisted Faith

Mishaweha of Me, Myself…and all of them

PixelatedExecutioner of Pixelated Executioner

Excandersham of Excandershams Wow Guides

This week’s Shared Topic is an opportunity to pull out your RP skills, or not if RPs not your thing there’s still plenty to say, as you describe how NPCs view your character’s class. Have fun getting creative and exploring the relationships characters have with various NPCs. And when you’re done, post a link to your work in the thread at Blog Azeroth so we can all read it.

As for upcoming topics, be on the lookout for:
Group relations: how to assist/protect
What would you change in the UI with Cataclysm?
What mementos have you kept and why?

The first topic, from two weeks ago, was suggested by Nenunial of The Rambling Draenei Death Knight. Giving us an opportunity to show off our drawing (or at least our screenshotting) skills, she proposed posting a screenshot or fanart and talking [...]]]> You get another two for one Shared Topic package deals this week!

The first topic, from two weeks ago, was suggested by Nenunial of The Rambling Draenei Death Knight. Giving us an opportunity to show off our drawing (or at least our screenshotting) skills, she proposed posting a screenshot or fanart and talking a bit about it.

You know the saying, a picture tells a thousand words? It’s true! But, for us WoW players, that also extends to screenshots and fanart.

So, include a screenshot, some fanart, or even some art that you create yourself, and tell what it reminds you of. Does it make you smile? Remember a hilarious circumstance in a heroic with some guildies? Or even mutter to yourself, “They really should nerf ___insert class here___”?

Be inspired by screenshots and WoW artwork, and blog about it!

Participating were:

Nenunial of The Rambling Draenei Death Knight

Relevart of Relevart’s Druid Reliquary

RestoDude of RestoDude

Feraltree of FeralTree

Mishaweha of My, myself… and All of Them (she cheated and did a second post too)

Ringo Flinthammer of Flinthammer Hall

Erinys of The Harpy’s Nest

Pndrev of Prime Time Casual

Anaia of Tears of a Goddess

Amaranth of Love and War in Azeroth

Anslym of Bag Overflow

Poptart of Poptartica

Aestiah of She Can’t DPS

Anexxia of Bible of Dreams

Aaand for last week’s Shared Topic, Anexxia was inspired by the new guild features in Cataclysm and asked us what we thought could increase (or decrease!) our rep with our guild.

While the details around the Guild system are being held close to the vest by Blizzard, I think we all have some opinions about what should give you rep with your guild. Or even, perhaps what should give you NEGATIVE rep.

Sharing their ideas were:

Anexxia of Bible of Dreams

Relevart of Relevart’s Druid Reliquary

Revoemag of Siphoned Life

Morynne of Marks-365

Variant Avatar of Variant Avatar

Excandersham of Excandersham’s Wow Guides

Redhawks of Redhawks’ Gaze

Psynister of Psynister’s Notebook

Zalduun of Blessing of Fish

As for this week’s Shared Topic, we’re coming up with Achievement ideas. But not just any achievements- classic WoW achievement. Take a walk through memory lane and think up some possible achievements for the bosses in the Old World Raids, for some of the more interesting quests or more! After you blog about it, be sure to share a link to your post in the thread at Blog Azeroth.

And just in case you’re curious about some upcoming topics, here are the next three:
How your class is viewed
Group relations: how to assist/protect
What would you change in the UI with Cataclysm?

My idea is that we roleplay a scene with a mount your character has. It can be anything from how you acquired [...]]]> Storytellers took last week’s Shared Topic by storm after Strumwulf of Strumwulf’s Page of Stories and Ideas came up with the great idea of RPing a scene with your favorite mount:

My idea is that we roleplay a scene with a mount your character has. It can be anything from how you acquired the mount to its death.

Getting imaginative were:

Sturmwulf of Strumwulf’s Page of Stories and Ideas

Ringo Flinthammer of Flinthammer Hall

RestoDude of RestoDude

Anaia of Tears of a Goddess

Erinys of The Harpy’s Nest

Zalduun of Blessing of Fish

Mishaweha of Me, myself…and all of them

Elkagorasa of Elkagorasa the Casual

Firestorm of She Can’t DPS

Herc of Herc the Merc

Apple of Apple’s Little Corner of Azeroth

Amaranth of Love and War in Azeroth

Big thanks to everyone who participated for your great stories!

This week’s Topic is also something artistic, but from a different angle. Pick out a screenshot or some artwork you did yourself and share the memories or story behind. Be sure to share a link to your post in the thread at Blog Azeroth.

As for other upcoming topics, we have:
What Should Give You Guild Rep?
Classic Meta achievements.
How your class is viewed

We’re running a bit low on topics, so if there’s something you’d like to see discussed across the Blogosphere, don’t be shy to make a suggestion at Blog Azeroth!

Obviously, whether or not to advertise the skills we’ve learned from an online video game depends on the job in question. But even when they don’t directly apply to your professional life, lessons from WoW still come in handy from time to time. Sindei, [...]]]> Would ever consider placing anything WoW-related in your resume?

Obviously, whether or not to advertise the skills we’ve learned from an online video game depends on the job in question. But even when they don’t directly apply to your professional life, lessons from WoW still come in handy from time to time. Sindei, from 6 Inch Heals, suggested that, as last week’s Shared Topic, we mention some of the thing we’ve learned from World of Warcraft.

What has the World of Warcraft taught you? Did you learn about economics from playing the Auction House? Or learned the value of household chores from doing dailies? Or maybe WoW has impacted your real life in some other way. Maybe you even met your significant other in Azeroth! Write about something you’ve learned from WoW, or some other way it’s affected you in the real world.

Participating were:

Pndrv of Primetime Casual

Pindleskin of Misguilded

Sindei of Six Inch Heals

Sarindre of Through the Eyes of a Tree

Jaedia of The Lazy Sniper

Mashugana of My Two Alts

Kava of Evil Tree

Herculano of Herc the Merc

Poneria of Fel Concentration

Anexxia of Bible of Dreams

Gazimoff of Mana Obscura

Missed last week’s topic? That’s ok! You can always write a post and link back to it in this post. Or even better, join in this week’s topic! This week, we get into creative RP mode as we play out a scene with our favorite mount. Everyone who takes part in the topic then links back to their post in the appropriate thread at Blog Azeroth.

Also be sure to check out some other upcoming topics:
A Picture Tells a Thousand Words
What Should Give You Guild Rep?
Classic Meta achievements

[...] wondering how other healers feel. Where do you draw the line on shifting the priority of someone’s heals down (or refusing to heal [...]]]> It’s the (relatively) age old question that Ecclesiasticaldisc from Ecclesiastical Discipline brought up for last week’s Shared Topic: is it ever ok for a healer to let someone die?

[...] wondering how other healers feel. Where do you draw the line on shifting the priority of someone’s heals down (or refusing to heal them all together)? Is it if they upset you personally? If they are consistently standing in the fire? If they have lame dps? If they aren’t managing their aggro? If they go afk for fifteen minutes in the middle of a boss fight? Is it only when it’s jeopardizing the entire group’s success? I believe there is a point for every healer, but where does the gray area fall? Does anyone really heal the jerk who is offensive and stands in fire when there is anyone else who needs healing?

While I’m curious about healer opinions, I also think this is an interesting question for tanks and dps. When do you think it’s fair if a healer lets you die? Do you trust your healers or do you worry they will let personal feelings or pet peeves guide their choices? Do you feel like a healer stating (in advance of a pull) that they will not heal until an issue hindering the group is resolved is fair? As a tank, do you feel you need or appreciate the support of a healer to handle dps who aren’t doing their job? Do you feel aggravated when someone even suggests that a behavior could be bad enough to result in said person not getting healed?

I know this can be a loaded issue, and I am very open to opposing viewpoints. If you want to argue that you should heal everyone equally based on their hp and incoming damage, regardless of any other considerations, I’d love to hear your reasoning.

The context I’m imagining is a random PUG five man normal or heroic at any level, but feel free to answer in any way that moves you.

Alternate Questions: Who *really* has the control over the pace and progress in a five man PUG? How do you – in your own role – fix a group dynamic that is obviously failing and causing people to die? Do you feel like you are more likely to listen to the direction of a tank or a healer in a PUG five man?

As one would expect from such a debatable topic, a lot of people got involved! Here’s the list of participants:

Typhoonandrew from TyphoonAndrew’s – Eye of the Storm

Zan from Altoholic Anonymous

Ekagorasa from Elkagorasa the Casual

Apple from Apple’s Little Corner of Azeroth

Relevart from Relevant’s Druid Reliquary

Herculano from Herc the Merc

Ringo Flinthammer from Flinthammer Hall

Amaranth608 from Love and War in Azeroth

Sindei from Six Inch Heals

Dwarven Pinball from the Dwarven Pinball

Aura from Priestage

Garona from PVE Rogues

RestoDude from RestoDude

Erinys from The Harpy’s Nest

Mishaweha from Me, Myself…and All of Them!

Vrykerion from Oddcraft

Calsong from Mind Spike

Angelya from Revive & Rejuvenate

Zabine from Life in the Soul Well

Razorstorm from The WoW Storm

Malevica from Type H for Heals

Ophelie from The Bossy Pally and the Giant Spoon

This week, our Shared Topic revolves around the things we’ve learn from WoW. They could be funny things, they could be serious things, they could be random things, just things we’ve learned during the course of our World of Warcraft gaming experience. Write about it on your blog and leave a link to your post in the thread at Blog Azeroth!

Some other upcoming topics include:
RP a scene with your Favorite Mount
A Picture Tells a Thousand Words
What Should Give You Guild Rep?

With the football world cup approaching quickly, nations around the globe get hyped up in a frenzy, waving flags, painting their faces in national colours and generally acting crazy.

In contrast to [...]]]> For last week’s Shared Topic, Pndrev of Primetime Casual came up with a highly imaginative and very actual topic: Worldcup Warcraft!

With the football world cup approaching quickly, nations around the globe get hyped up in a frenzy, waving flags, painting their faces in national colours and generally acting crazy.

In contrast to that, the rather serene atmosphere of Azeroth, where everybody is waiting for something big to happen, something Cataclysmic. Now imagine: What if, instead of laying waste to two continents, Deathwing actually came up and said “Let’s determine which race of Azeroth is best once and for all – by having the World Cup of Warcraft!”

Faction rivalries are set aside, each race is on it’s own, supporters are flooding to the capitals and embarking in ships to see their teams play.

Which race would win the Cup, and how?
Which crowd favourite dark horse would face them in the finals?
Which seemingly unbeatable team gets sent home after a devastating and surprising defeat in the first round?

Note: For fluff reasons you may include Worgen, Goblins, Murlocs, Dark Irons, Gnolls and whatever else seems to make up a large enough demographic while being reasonably intelligent.

Read all about it from

Jaramon at DeathCoil.org

Chyllyphylly at /elfis

Calsong at MindSpike

Pndrev at Primetime Casual

MelfinatheBlue at The WoW Noob

This upcoming week’s topic is about PvP and leaders in the battlegrounds. In every battleground, one person is appointed leader. Should that person have the responsibility to lead the group? What if the leader is inexperienced with pvp and battlegrounds? Should someone take over? Let the discussions begin! Then be sure to post a link to your post in the thread at Blog Azeroth.

Curious about upcoming topics? Check out
When should a healer let someone die?
What has WoW taught you?
RP a scene with your Favorite Mount

So I’ve been a bit fail these days with the Shared Topics write ups. While moving and backpacking doesn’t affect my ability to keep on top of Blog Azeroth stuff, apparently working full time does. [...]]]> This week you get two Shared Topics for the price of one! That’s right! Today’s your lucky day!

So I’ve been a bit fail these days with the Shared Topics write ups. While moving and backpacking doesn’t affect my ability to keep on top of Blog Azeroth stuff, apparently working full time does. I promise I’ll do better next time. Now on with the Shared Topics of the past two weeks!

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The last few months of Wrath are upon us. Raids are winding down, players are taking breaks from the game, we’re all impatiently awaiting Cataclysm. Some of us are getting ready for it, some us of…not so much. How about you, asks Nexdominus from There Will be Blood, what are you doing to prepare for Cataclysm?

What are you doing if anything to get ready for cataclysm?

Sharing what they’re doing (or not doing) are:

Morynne from Marks 365

Elkagorasa from Elkagorasa the Casual

Avatar from Variant Avatar

Glassofwater from Not So Overpowered

Lissanna from Restokin

Qieth from Qieth’s Quips

Icedragon from Druid Main

Korzik from The Throne Room

Garona from PvE Rogues

Erinys from The Harpy’s Nest

Anslym from Totem Tossing

Nexdominus from There Will Be Blood

Herculano from Herc the Merc

Phylea from Northrend and Beyond

Anexxia from The Bible of Dreams

Tarinae from A Healadin’s Tear

Sindei from Six Inch Heals

Gazimoff from Mana Obscura

As for our latest Topic, Ardol from WoW Philosophized wants us to get up close and personal (sorta) by Sharing our favorites. Favorite what? It doesn’t matter. Just our favorites.

The idea of this shared topic is to write a post about your favorite something(s). Maybe it could be your favorite movies, favorite books, or if you wish to write about WoW, your favorite quests, favorite abilities, etc. I won’t limit this to being in just list form; if you wish to expound on one particular tv show or dungeon, go right ahead. The true purpose of this kind of topic would be to help your readers get to know you as a person, but to focus on one particular aspect of who you are and what you like, and to see who agrees or disagrees with you.

Kai from Ranged Rantings

Firemantony from Warcraft Taught Firehouse-style

Glassofwater from Not So Overpowered

Ardol from WoW Philosophized

Pndrev from Primetime Casual

Daraia from Daughter of Ravenholdt

Jasyla from Cannot be Tamed

Erinys from the Harpy’s Nest

Alamara from Almost Epic

Garona from PvE Rogues

Ecclisasticaldisc from Ecclesiastical Discipline

Sindei from Six Inch Heals

Nimbs from Walking With Daggers

Tarinae from A Healadin’s Tear

This upcoming week’s Shared Topic is another Cataclysm-related topic. Sort of. With slowing down of the game, the same-old-same-old-I-can’t-wait-until-the-expansion, many of us are getting to be in a bit of a slump. Many, but not all! What are you doing to keep the pre-expansion blues from getting you down? Be sure to blog about it and post the link in the thread at Blog Azeroth!

Want a sneak peak of upcoming topics? Here are the following three topics:
What needs to die in a fire in Cataclysm?
Worldcup Warcraft
Battleground Leaders

Last night, I had an idea for a shared topic that is a little bit different to your usual shared topic. I’ve posted about it [...]]]> Last week’s Shared Topic took a number of bloggers to various hidden corners of Azeroth after Jaedia from The Lazy Sniper challenged the blogosphere to an Explorer’s Task.

Last night, I had an idea for a shared topic that is a little bit different to your usual shared topic. I’ve posted about it here if you’d like a little more detail, but basically, the idea is to take your character out into Azeroth and Outlands, pick a few zones to visit, take a few screenshots maybe, tell us how your character reacts to their surroundings, explore the little bits of lore. It’s really quite open to your own interpretation, but it is an invitation to get out there and write about what you see.

Sometimes when levelling, we bypass things, be it the fallen Old God in Darkshore, or just the Murlocs on the coast. How often do you stop to look around and think?

Participating were:

Poneria from Fel Concentration

Zalduun from Blessing of Fish

Jaedia from The Lazy Sniper

Windsoar from Jaded Alt

Angelya from Revive & Rejuvenate

Raven1981 from WoWTitans.net

Nenunial from The Rambling Draenai Death Knight

Anexxia from The Bible of Dreams

Lunaire from Lunaire’s World of Warcraft

This weeks we’re attacking the sometimes touchy topic of helping new players. Do you help new players? If so, how? Let us know by writing a blog about it and reporting back to the thread at Blog Azeroth!

Want to know which Shared Topics are coming up? Check out:
Getting Ready for Cataclysm… or Are You?
Tell us your favorites
Conquering The Pre-Expansion Slump

After a long day of adventuring, where’s your favorite town to hang up your weapon, take off your boots or slippers and curl up [...]]]> At the suggestion of Windsoar of Jaded Alt last week’s Shared Topic was all about the cities and towns of Azeroth, the good, the bad and the in-between.

After a long day of adventuring, where’s your favorite town to hang up your weapon, take off your boots or slippers and curl up with a glass of wine? (Or a skin of whatever swill you undead people drink.. how does that work anyway? I wouldn’t think you’d need food and water, but I see you nomming as much as the rest of us.)

What town makes you want to turn your charger around and race for the next outpost? Where you know the bedbugs WILL bite, and the slop on your plate will likely leave you with indigestion?

Be as flexible as you like! Capital cities, towns or outposts–even that little wayside moonwell in on the edge of Ferelas is fair game!

Participating last week were:

Elkagorasa from Elkagorasa the Casual

Windsoar from Jaded Alt

Shodaran from Shodaran’s Law

pndrev from Primetime Casual

Manroth from @runtime

Anslym from Totem Tossing

Eryns from Harpy’s Nest

Larisa from The Pink Pigtail Inn (another post of hers on the topic can be found here)

Amaranth608 from Love and War in Azeroth

Khraden from Illumination

Nenunial from The Rambling Draenei Death Knight

Redhawks from Redhawks’ Gaze

Jaedia from The Lazy Sniper

Anexxia from Bible of Dreams

This week, our Shared Topic remains on the geographical side of things, but encourages us to step out of the Azeroth’s beaten paths. Explore Azeroth, take some pictures and share your discoveries on your blog! Then report back to the thread at Blog Azeroth with a link so we can all read about your adventures.

Want to take part in another Shared Topic? Here’s a sample of the next upcoming topics.
Helping New Players
Getting Ready for Cataclysm… or Are You?
List your favorites!

Our pool of upcoming topics is getting smaller, so if you’ve been toying with the idea of suggesting a new Shared Topic, now’s a great time! (Of course, it’s always a great time to suggest a new Shared Topic, but now is especially a great time.) Just post your idea in the Shared Topics forum on Blog Azeroth and one of the moderators will add it to the queue.

No matter how much most of us claim to “blog for ourselves”, we almost all get a bit of a rush every time a post of [...]]]> I apologize for the delay in posting this, I’m in the process of moving across the country and things are crazy hectic! Now, on with the show!

No matter how much most of us claim to “blog for ourselves”, we almost all get a bit of a rush every time a post of ours receives a new comment. Anea from Oh look, an alt! wondered if the satisfaction that comes from receiving comments (or the fear of receiving negative comments) hinders our ability to express ourselves to our full intent and proposed, as a Shared Topic, would no comments make us better bloggers?

One of the things that can make us happiest as bloggers is seeing e-mails notifying us of comments on our blogs. However, if we took that away – and the influence it may have over our writing – would we become better bloggers?

Would writing what it really is you want to write make you truer to the purpose that you started the blog for? To write exactly whatever is in your head, rather than worrying about whether or not anyone will find it “interesting” or “good enough” to comment on? For the joy of writing?

Or are comments integral to your blogging experience and if you don’t have them, you don’t write?

Sharing their thoughts this week are:

Lissanna from Restokin

Ardol from WoW Philosophized

Pewter from The ‘mental Shaman

Rilandune from Heroically Random!

Cornelious from Techadin

Khraden from Illumination

Borsk from Borsked

Tryssta from The Snobby Blood Elf

Windsoar from Jaded Alt

Artie from Blade Barrier

Gazimoff from The Mana Obscura

Dwarven Pinball from The Dwarven Pinball

Tarinae from A Healadin’s Tear

Psynister from Psynister’s Notebook

Demeternoth from Deme the DK

Ophelie from The Bossy Pally and the Giant Spoon

Lunaire from Lunaire’s World of Warcraft

This week’s Shared Topic takes a look at the 1-10 level bracket. Considering that many accounts never reach level 10, we explore the first few levels that come after the “create new character” screen. What do we like about them, what don’t we like? How could they be improved?

To take part, head over to the thread at Blog Azeroth!

Want to participate in a different Shared Topic? Here’s a sample of the topics coming up:
What to do when your raid is canceled
Best and Worst Cities in Azeroth
An Explorer Task

Blizzard has been on [...]]]> This week’s Shared Topic addresses an issue omnipresent in the game: the relationship between gold selling, gold buying and account hacking. After seeing two of her guildmates getting hacked, Tarinae of A Healadin’s Tear suggested we write about the topic of gold buying and where this gold comes from:

Blizzard has been on the fast track to promoting account security lately. They all new options for when accounts are compromised, they offered pets for authenticators, they made several posted awareness sheets, etc.

But running parallel to that is the amount of gold sellers we see.

I have seen two of my guildmates hacked already this year by devastatingly experienced hackers. I was going to construct a post about the ugly truth behind gold buying. Do I know anyone who buys gold? No, but I know people who suffer the consequences. I did it once.

I want to try to make sure people are aware of what happens when a gold seller needs to fill an order…they don’t create this stuff out of thin air.

So I thought I would promote it as a shared topic so you can share any (hacking or other) experiences you have to help raise awareness. People expect blizzard to say this stuff…but we are just players….real players with real experiences.

Speaking up about this are:

Zalduun from Blessing of Fish

Morynne of Marks 365

Tarinae of A Healadin’s Tear

Krikket of So Much WoW, So Little Time

Gazimoff from Mana Obscura

Nexdominus from Death Knight Tank

Sycopat from Sycopat’s Sibilancy

Pndrev from Primetime Casual

Alamara from Almost Epic

Windsoar from Jaded Alt

Artie from Blade Barrier

Daraia from Daughter of Ravenholdt Manor

Jaedia from The Lazy Sniper

Fantastic participation as usual!

For this upcoming week’s Shared Topic, we’re going to be talking about blogging, more specifically about comments. Are they helpful or do they get in the way of us speaking our mind? Share your thoughts on your blog and be sure to report back to the thread on Blog Azeroth!

Want a taste of some Shared Topics to come? Check out:
Leveling 1 to 10
What do you do when your raid is cancelled?
The Best and Worst Cities/Towns

Pieces from Blasting Away come up with the idea of (hypothetically) starting over [...]]]> Say you got sucked into a time warp. Or your account vanished. Or you moved to a different server zone. Or you just wanted a fresh start. How would you go about starting all over? What would you do differently?

Pieces from Blasting Away come up with the idea of (hypothetically) starting over for last week’s Shared Topic:

If you had the chance to start all over again in WoW, but your char is already level 80, or level 1 depending on if you like to level or not :>. What class would you pick? What race? What faction?
Why would you pick that class/race/faction?

And most of all what would you plan to do with it? Raid, PvP or just hang out in Dalaran?

It just fascinates me what people would do if they would be given the option to start all over again on the highest level, would you pick the same class you play now or would you make your secret wish of playing (say) a mage come true?

Once again (yay!), a lot of bloggers spoke up on the topic:

Totalia from WTB World of Warcraft

Pieces from Blasting Away

Zalduun from Blessing of Fish

Glassofwater from Not so Overpowered

Valgav from Casual Addict

Typhoon Andrew from The Eye of the Storm

Khraden from Illumination

Razorstorm from The WoW Storm

Aleph from The Seasonal Raider

Talfrund from Leveling Resto

Dwarven Pinball from The Dwarven Pinball

Gazimoff from The Mana Obscura

Pewter from The ‘mental Shaman

Sadysm from Flash of Sadysm

Jaedia from The Lazy Sniper

Kaelynn from Azure Shadows

Erinys from The Harpy’s Nest

Angelya from Revive & Rejuvinate

Tryssta from The Snobby Blood Elf

Sindei from Six-Inch Heals

Elkagorasa from Elkagorasa the Casual

Jen from Stories of WoW

Vash from Big Bad Pauldrons

Alamara from Almost Epic

Cazenovia from Hybrid Love

Saniel from Primal Precision

Falross from Scattered to the Winds

Ophelie from The Bossy Pally and the Giant Spoon

The week we get our social consciences going as we raise awareness about buying gold and the consequences that it has on players. To take part in the Shared Topic, check out the thread at Blog Azeroth!

Not feeling inspired but still want to join in the fun? Here’s a sample of some upcoming Topics you can take part in:
Would turning off comments make us better bloggers?
Leveling 1 to 10
What to do when your raid is cancelled?

Looking for a way to experience Noblegarden outside of game, a way that doesn’t involve sitting around and obsessively clicking on eggs?

Angelya from Revive & Rejuvenate is hosting a Blog Noblegarden Egg hunt to celebrate the season! Between now and April 4th, bloggers will be hiding fancy eggs on their blogs [...]]]>

Looking for a way to experience Noblegarden outside of game, a way that doesn’t involve sitting around and obsessively clicking on eggs?

Angelya from Revive & Rejuvenate is hosting a Blog Noblegarden Egg hunt to celebrate the season! Between now and April 4th, bloggers will be hiding fancy eggs on their blogs for all (bloggers and readers alike) to find. On Easter Sunday (April 4th), Angelya will reveal the list of participating blogs and the hunt for eggs will begin!

The first two egg-hunters to find them all will receive a character portrait drawn by the talented comic and Warcraft fan artist Mason Cole!

To participate as a blogger or to find out more, get in touch with Angelya on her event post, on twitter (@angelya_eu), by email (wowegghunt at gmail dot com) or on the thread at Blog Azeroth before Midnight GMT, Saturday April 3rd.

Happy hunting!

Anea from Oh Look an Alt! thought of this great Shared Topic idea:

If you were given the option, would [...]]]> Bloggers! If Blizzard added the possibility of adding blog links on Armory, would you post a link to your blog on your character(s)’s profile? Would you dare or would you say “no way!“?

Anea from Oh Look an Alt! thought of this great Shared Topic idea:

If you were given the option, would you post a link to your blog on your main’s armory profile?

Why/why not?

Sharing their thoughts are:

Windsoar from Jaded Alt

Rajjs from The Angry Alt

Erinys from The Harpy’s Nest

Ophelie from The Bossy Pally and the Giant Spoon

Fealen from Cow and Bones

Tarinae from A Healadin’s Tear

This upcoming week, we reminisce about moments of awe we’ve experienced in the game, that wonderment we felt during our early days, before being maximum level and decked in epics became matter-of-fact. To take part in the topic, drop by the Shared Topic forum on Blog Azeroth!

In case you were wondering (and I know you were!) about other upcoming Shared Topics, be sure to check out:
If you had to start the game all over…
Raising Awareness about Gold Sellers
Would a lack of comments make us better bloggers?

Last week, Oath from Dressed to Cuddle [...]]]> When we’re out and about the offline world, every now and again we accidentally overhear other people’s conversations. Especially when those conversations are about WoW… Our ears perk up and we feel the overwhelming urge to ask the ultimate question: “Which server do you play on?”

Last week, Oath from Dressed to Cuddle suggested that, as our Shared Topic, we should talk about conversations about WoW we happen to overhear in the offline world:

Have you ever been out and about, minding your own business, having a casual conversation with a friend and fellow WoW player about the latest patch or last night’s dungeon, then some random stranger comes up to you and says something like, “Hey, I’m sorry, I couldn’t help but overhear, but do you guys play WoW? I’ve got a level XX [race] [class] on [server]“?

I’ve probably had two handfuls of people come up to me in real life, either overhearing I play WoW from conversation, or seeing that I’m wearing my Warlock shirt or Horde sweater, and strike up a conversation with me about the game.

While places of congregation abound, such as a gaming convention, comic book shop, or GameStop, the topic persists more of an unprecedented setting. I ran into an Alliance member at a mall outside of the restrooms and we had a heated debate about Varian Wrynn. A guy started a conversation with my cousin and me at a sushi bar because my cousin and I were discussing ICC. A friend and I were at dinner at an expensive restaurant, and I was telling her about my spec, as she was leveling a warlock, and our waiter chimed in about his warlock.

Have any of you out there in the blogosphere had this happen? If so, what was your experience like? Was it just a pleasant conversation or did you face off with a passionate member of the opposing faction?

Sharing their experiences were:

Jaedia from The Lazy Sniper

Artie from Blade Barrier

Glassofwater from Not So Overpowered

Oath from Dressed to Cuddle

Cranky Healer from The Cranky Healer

Ophelie from The Bossy Pally and the Giant Spoon

Next week, we tackle another topic that involves talking about WoW, but in a very different setting. Instead of WoW in the real world, we discuss whether or not we’d link to our blog in on our character’s WoW armory page.

Other upcoming topics include:

Moments of Awe in WoW (or, World of Awecraft)
If you were starting over in WoW, what would you do?

If you would like to take part in these or any other Shared Topics, please drop by the forum whenever! And even if you don’t want to take part in the Shared Topics, you are still welcome to drop by Blog Azeroth to say hi and chat with some very cool people!

I was lying in bed the other day, thinking…. and I [...]]]> Tired of boring, repetitive raid bosses? I know I am! This week’s Shared Topic encouraged our imaginations to run wild as we design our own, personalized boss fights. Sephrenia from Guild Mum is the one to thank for this very creative topic:

I was lying in bed the other day, thinking…. and I wondered what sort of boss I would be if I was a boss in WOW. Would I be an easy loot giving boss like Loot Reaver, Chess Event, Gunship, or would I be a really hard one, like STUPID ROTFACE who is driving us crazy at the moment, or Shade of Aran was in Karazhan for our guild many moons ago? What would my special abilities be? What loot would I drop?

Sharing their takes are:

Sephrenia from Guild Mum

Pheadra from DI the Tank

Exanna from OMG…Priest!

TwilliK from Arcane Envoy

Zan from Altoholic Anonymous

Dristanel from The Physician’s Log

Windsoar from Jaded Alt

Ophelie from The Bossy Pally and the Giant Spoon

Next week’s Shared Topic has a more futuristic flavor as we stop to think about the effect Cataclysm will have on our gameplay as well as the game changes we’d like to see.

To be part of any of the Shared Topics, stop by the forum at Blog Azeroth and take your pick from the many upcoming and past topics!

If you gave your character a voice, how would a conversation between you and them go?

In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, Dristanel came up with a fantastic Secret Admirer idea! It sounds like a lot of fun and a great way to get to know some fellow bloggers!

Similar to Christmas’ Kris Kringle, interested bloggers can get in touch with her to be secretly paired with another blogger. [...]]]>

In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, Dristanel came up with a fantastic Secret Admirer idea! It sounds like a lot of fun and a great way to get to know some fellow bloggers!

Similar to Christmas’ Kris Kringle, interested bloggers can get in touch with her to be secretly paired with another blogger. Each participant then puts up a post on their own blog regarding the event and linking to the other bloggers. The purpose of this is two-fold: exposure for the community, and something the secret admirer can respond to. Said admirer then does so under an anonymous handle, adding poetry, flattery or other warm fuzzies, giving one subtle hint about their identity in each, for a total of three comments.

The first person to get back to Dristanel with a correct guess as to the identity of their admirer will win a small prize! At the end of the event, folks can make a new post with a final ‘open declaration of blog love’ for their assigned person, and of course links to the other posts if they so desire.

Sign ups run until Thursday (February 10th) and the event will take place over the weekend!

For more information and to sign up, you can get a hold of her at Blog Azeroth, at The Physician’s Log or via email at physicianslog at gmail dot com.

So after about a month of broken computer, it still can’t run WoW, which means I have to find other things to do to waste time. Which [...]]]>
When you’re not playing WoW, what do you do? That was the theme of this week’s Shared Topic topic, suggested by Nim from Anhk = Life:

So after about a month of broken computer, it still can’t run WoW, which means I have to find other things to do to waste time. Which got me wondering how other people spend their WoW time when they can’t play WoW.

Eager to share their thoughts on time spent away from the game were:

Malfean from Raided M
Nim from Anhk = Life
Jen from Stories of WoW
Shawndra from Escapist Scrawl
Ophelie from The Bossy Pally and the Giant Spoon

The current week’s Shared Topic brings us right back into the game, and invites us to reveal a glimpse of our role playing side by posting a conversation with our character. Quite a few bloggers have stepped up to the challenge already and it’s bound to be an interesting week for Shared Topic posts!

Check out the Shared Topics forum at Blog Azeroth to join in on this or other Shared Topics!