<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"><channel><title>WoW Insider</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com</link><description>WoW Insider</description><image><url>http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif</url><title>WoW Insider</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com</link></image><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.</copyright><generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><itunes:author>WoW Insider Show</itunes:author><itunes:image href="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/20081111-cfhuyc88yn5751m2sk7qifcpee.jpg" /><itunes:summary>Every week, the WoW Insider Show brings you news and views from the World of Warcraft and the site that covers it all, WoW Insider.  We introduce a panel of rotating guests, including bloggers from WoW Insider and other WoW blogs, and many popular personalities from around the WoW community.  From the live listener chat and polls during the show, to the emails direct from listeners (reach us at theshow@wow.com), right on to the "meat" of the show -- in-depth discussion of the most popular news and posts on WoW Insider -- the WoW Insider Show is a terrific source of news and entertainment about what's going on with Blizzard and their World of Warcraft.  Listen live every Saturday at 3:30 pm Eastern on our Ustream page (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wow-insider-show) or subscribe to the feed and let us know what you think by reviewing the show right here in iTunes.</itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Games &amp; Hobbies"><itunes:category text="Video Games" /></itunes:category><item><title>Blood Pact: Catching up on Patch 5.3</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/20/blood-pact-catching-up-on-patch-5-3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/20/blood-pact-catching-up-on-patch-5-3/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/20/blood-pact-catching-up-on-patch-5-3/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/warlock/" rel="tag">Warlock</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/" rel="tag">(Warlock) Blood Pact</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/mists-of-pandaria/" rel="tag">Mists of Pandaria</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Blood Pact Catchup on Patch 53 MON" data-src-height="350" data-src-width="580" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/2013/05/skydragon.jpg" style="margin:4px" /></div>
<em>Every week, WoW Insider brings you </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/"><em>Blood Pact</em></a><em> for </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/affliction"><em>affliction</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/demonology"><em>demonology</em></a><em>, and </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/destruction"><em>destruction </em></a><em>warlocks. This week, </em><a href="mailto:megan@wowinsider.com"><em>Megan O'Neill</em></a><em> is free to pet battle all day, e'ry day.</em><br />
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I tried to gauge when Patch 5.3 would hit so that I'd end the series on World of Logs just in time, but unfortunately I overestimated and the new patch has cut me off. With my original plan of posts, I'd be a week short, but now...uhhhh it might be a halftime break.<br />
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In case you've missed the World of Logs posts so far, here's a recap:
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	<li><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/29/blood-pact-world-of-logging-warlocks-part-1/">A brief overview</a> of ranking and the combo of how to tell what warlock or pet you would or should be looking at,</li>
	<li>Looking closer <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/06/blood-pact-wol-locks-and-damage-done/">at some of the graphs</a> on World of Logs, and</li>
	<li>How to use <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/13/blood-pact-buffs-and-debuffs-for-warlocks-and-logs/">the buffs and debuffs graph</a> to gauge proper cooldown or proc usage, as well as a basic understanding of what stats (for trinket procs) do for each spec.</li>
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I intend to explore some warlock-specific examples using the expression editor to dive deep into the combat log, but I'm not sure I can fit it all into one post. I'll finish the series off with a deeper look at the damage done tables and how the spells spread for each spec in general raid encounter styles.<br />
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But this week? This week is a little shorter and lighter while we go over what Patch 5.3 means for warlocks.<p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/20/blood-pact-catching-up-on-patch-5-3/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Blood Pact: Catching up on Patch 5.3</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/20/blood-pact-catching-up-on-patch-5-3/">Blood Pact: Catching up on Patch 5.3</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Mon, 20 May 2013 14:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/20/blood-pact-catching-up-on-patch-5-3/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20575073/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/20/blood-pact-catching-up-on-patch-5-3/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>chaos-bolt</category><category>demonic-gateway</category><category>DoT</category><category>DoT-damage</category><category>ember-tap</category><category>featured</category><category>fire-and-brimstone</category><category>guide-to-locks</category><category>guide-to-warlocks</category><category>health-funnel</category><category>intellect</category><category>lock-guide</category><category>lock-info</category><category>lock-talents</category><category>mastery</category><category>player-versus-player</category><category>pvp</category><category>resilience</category><category>siphon-life</category><category>twilight-ward</category><category>unending-resolve</category><category>warlock-guide</category><category>warlock-info</category><category>warlock-talents</category><category>wow-lock</category><category>wow-lock-info</category><category>wow-locks</category><category>wow-warlock</category><category>wow-warlock-info</category><category>wow-warlocks</category><dc:creator>Megan O'Neill</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Blood Pact: Buffs and debuffs for warlocks and logs</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/13/blood-pact-buffs-and-debuffs-for-warlocks-and-logs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/13/blood-pact-buffs-and-debuffs-for-warlocks-and-logs/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/13/blood-pact-buffs-and-debuffs-for-warlocks-and-logs/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/warlock/" rel="tag">Warlock</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/" rel="tag">(Warlock) Blood Pact</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/mists-of-pandaria/" rel="tag">Mists of Pandaria</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Blood Pact Buffs and debuffs for warlocks and logs MON" data-src-height="350" data-src-width="580" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/2013/05/2corruptiontargets.jpg" style="margin:4px" /></div>
<em>Every week, WoW Insider brings you </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/"><em>Blood Pact</em></a><em> for </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/affliction"><em>affliction</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/demonology"><em>demonology</em></a><em>, and </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/destruction"><em>destruction </em></a><em>warlocks. This week, </em><a href="mailto:megan@wowinsider.com"><em>Megan O'Neill</em></a><em> is almost free for summer. Almost.</em><br />
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The last two weeks have been on simple topics like <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/29/blood-pact-world-of-logging-warlocks-part-1/">glancing at a raid parse</a> on World of Logs (WoL) or <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/06/blood-pact-wol-locks-and-damage-done/">looking at the various graphs</a> WoL has. Before we dive into the actual combat log itself with the expression editor, I'm going to take a stop at what buffs and debuffs are going on in the fight. This information is still broad in scope and can apply to almost anyone, but it's still important foundation knowledge for warlocks and logs.<p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/13/blood-pact-buffs-and-debuffs-for-warlocks-and-logs/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Blood Pact: Buffs and debuffs for warlocks and logs</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/13/blood-pact-buffs-and-debuffs-for-warlocks-and-logs/">Blood Pact: Buffs and debuffs for warlocks and logs</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Mon, 13 May 2013 09:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/13/blood-pact-buffs-and-debuffs-for-warlocks-and-logs/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20566009/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/13/blood-pact-buffs-and-debuffs-for-warlocks-and-logs/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>buffs</category><category>crit</category><category>debuffs</category><category>featured</category><category>guide-to-locks</category><category>guide-to-warlocks</category><category>haste</category><category>intellect</category><category>lock-guide</category><category>lock-info</category><category>lock-talents</category><category>magic-vulnerability</category><category>mastery</category><category>procs</category><category>spellpower</category><category>trinket</category><category>uptime</category><category>warlock-guide</category><category>warlock-info</category><category>warlock-talents</category><category>world-of-logs</category><category>wow-lock</category><category>wow-lock-info</category><category>wow-locks</category><category>wow-warlock</category><category>wow-warlock-info</category><category>wow-warlocks</category><dc:creator>Megan O'Neill</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 09:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Should you be playing a warlock?</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/07/should-you-be-playing-a-warlock/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/07/should-you-be-playing-a-warlock/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/07/should-you-be-playing-a-warlock/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/warlock/" rel="tag">Warlock</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/wow-rookie/" rel="tag">WoW Rookie</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Should you be playing a warlock" data-src-height="350" data-src-width="580" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/2013/05/blizzard-gnome-warlock-art.jpg" style="margin:4px" /></div>
We've said before that there's a <em>WoW</em> class for every type of player and if you find yourself a bit drawn to the darker side of <em>WoW</em>, perhaps <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/warlock/">warlock</a> is the one for you. Warlocks have a unique playstyle in the game: they're a bit like mages, in that they're cloth-wearing casters, and a bit like hunters, in that they rely on pets. And yet they don't play very much like either class, relying on DoT (damage over time) spells and channeled spells to do damage and restore their own health and mana.<br />
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So is it time to go over to the dark side and level a warlock? Let's look at what the class has to offer.<br />
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 <strong>Just what is a warlock?</strong><br />
As mages are master of the arcane, warlocks are masters of the dark arts, focusing on shadow and fire spells. They summon demonic minions, place curses on their enemies, and drain health from their opponents, and can even send the most fearsome of warriors running in terror. Their abilities are powered not only by their mana pool, but will sometimes cost health, which warlocks can drain from their foes as they die. They do their damage at range, using curses, banes, DoTs, drains, AoEs, and direct damage spells. Warlocks also offer a good amount of utility to a group with conjured Healthstones (which restore health on use) and Soulstones (which can bring a dead player to life) as well as their curses (which cause a variety of negative effects on a monster).<p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/07/should-you-be-playing-a-warlock/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Should you be playing a warlock?</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/07/should-you-be-playing-a-warlock/">Should you be playing a warlock?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Tue, 07 May 2013 13:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/07/should-you-be-playing-a-warlock/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20560047/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/07/should-you-be-playing-a-warlock/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>featured</category><category>guide</category><category>how-to-play-wow</category><category>new-to-world-of-warcraft</category><category>noob-guide</category><category>rookie-guide</category><category>warlock</category><category>warlock-minions</category><category>warlock-pets</category><category>world-of-warcraft-guide</category><category>world-of-warcraft-help</category><category>world-of-warcraft-noobs</category><category>world-of-warcraft-rookies</category><category>wow-class-guide</category><category>wow-getting-started-guide</category><category>wow-guide</category><category>wow-help</category><category>wow-noob-guide</category><category>wow-noobs</category><category>wow-to-play-world-of-warcraft</category><category>wow-warlock</category><category>wow-warlock-guide</category><category>wow-warlock-minions</category><category>wow-warlock-pets</category><dc:creator>Elizabeth Harper</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 13:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Blood Pact: WoL, 'locks, and damage done</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/06/blood-pact-wol-locks-and-damage-done/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/06/blood-pact-wol-locks-and-damage-done/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/06/blood-pact-wol-locks-and-damage-done/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/warlock/" rel="tag">Warlock</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/" rel="tag">(Warlock) Blood Pact</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/mists-of-pandaria/" rel="tag">Mists of Pandaria</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Blood Pact General damage done on World of Logs MON" data-src-height="350" data-src-width="580" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/2013/05/wolgraph1.jpg" style="margin:4px" /></div>
<em>Every week, WoW Insider brings you </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/"><em>Blood Pact</em></a><em> for </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/affliction"><em>affliction</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/demonology"><em>demonology</em></a><em>, and </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/destruction"><em>destruction </em></a><em>warlocks. This week, </em><a href="mailto:megan@wowinsider.com"><em>Megan O'Neill</em></a><em> wants to coin WoL'lock, but isn't sure if she should.</em><br />
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<a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/29/blood-pact-world-of-logging-warlocks-part-1/">Last week</a>, I started off with some basics of World of Logs (WoL) regarding warlocks. I started to write a column to go spec by spec, but later I realized that might become a game of find and replace with the different buffs or DoTs important to each spec. So instead, this week is another general World of Logs lesson with a little more specific caster DPS focus with warlock flavor. We'll just build up to the nitty gritty spells next week.<p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/06/blood-pact-wol-locks-and-damage-done/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Blood Pact: WoL, 'locks, and damage done</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/06/blood-pact-wol-locks-and-damage-done/">Blood Pact: WoL, 'locks, and damage done</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Mon, 06 May 2013 13:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/06/blood-pact-wol-locks-and-damage-done/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20558396/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/06/blood-pact-wol-locks-and-damage-done/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>analysis</category><category>analyze</category><category>AoE</category><category>area-of-effect</category><category>cleave</category><category>damage-by-spell</category><category>damage-done</category><category>damage-taken</category><category>featured</category><category>guide-to-locks</category><category>guide-to-warlocks</category><category>lock-guide</category><category>lock-info</category><category>lock-talents</category><category>multi-target</category><category>multidot</category><category>player-details</category><category>single-target</category><category>source</category><category>target</category><category>warlock-guide</category><category>warlock-info</category><category>warlock-talents</category><category>world-of-logs</category><category>wow-lock</category><category>wow-lock-info</category><category>wow-locks</category><category>wow-warlock</category><category>wow-warlock-info</category><category>wow-warlocks</category><dc:creator>Megan O'Neill</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 13:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Blood Pact: World of Logging warlocks, part 1</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/29/blood-pact-world-of-logging-warlocks-part-1/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/29/blood-pact-world-of-logging-warlocks-part-1/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/29/blood-pact-world-of-logging-warlocks-part-1/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/warlock/" rel="tag">Warlock</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/" rel="tag">(Warlock) Blood Pact</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/mists-of-pandaria/" rel="tag">Mists of Pandaria</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
	<img alt="Blood Pact Logging 'locks, part 1 MON" data-src-height="350" data-src-width="580" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/2013/04/loggerheader.png" style="margin:4px" /></div>
<em>Every week, WoW Insider brings you </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/"><em>Blood Pact</em></a><em> for </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/affliction"><em>affliction</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/demonology"><em>demonology</em></a><em>, and </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/destruction"><em>destruction </em></a><em>warlocks. This week, </em><a href="mailto:megan@wowinsider.com"><em>Megan O'Neill</em></a><em> wonders how many logs would a warlock log if a warlock could log logs?</em><br />
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Occasionally I get a request to look through someone's raid log on <a href="http://worldoflogs.com/">World of Logs</a> for warlock improvement. Sometimes it's for a guild applicant and sometimes it's for another tweeter. A thing I've thought about doing for a long time is a World of Logs 101 on warlocks -- <em>both </em>for warlock players <em>and</em> for non-warlock raid leaders.<br />
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I'm starting with the bare basics: how to tell warlocks apart on a World of Logs parse and exploring the DPS rankings. (It's actually not that difficult anymore!)<p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/29/blood-pact-world-of-logging-warlocks-part-1/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Blood Pact: World of Logging warlocks, part 1</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/29/blood-pact-world-of-logging-warlocks-part-1/">Blood Pact: World of Logging warlocks, part 1</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/29/blood-pact-world-of-logging-warlocks-part-1/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20550876/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/29/blood-pact-world-of-logging-warlocks-part-1/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>affliction</category><category>combat-log</category><category>demonology</category><category>destruction</category><category>dps-ranking</category><category>featured</category><category>grimoire</category><category>guide-to-locks</category><category>guide-to-warlocks</category><category>lock-guide</category><category>lock-info</category><category>lock-talents</category><category>raid-log</category><category>raid-parse</category><category>spell-school</category><category>warlock-guide</category><category>warlock-info</category><category>warlock-talents</category><category>which-pet</category><category>world-of-logs</category><category>wow-lock</category><category>wow-lock-info</category><category>wow-locks</category><category>wow-warlock</category><category>wow-warlock-info</category><category>wow-warlocks</category><dc:creator>Megan O'Neill</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Blood Pact: The chaotic influence of haste</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/15/blood-pact-the-chaotic-influence-of-haste/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/15/blood-pact-the-chaotic-influence-of-haste/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/15/blood-pact-the-chaotic-influence-of-haste/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/warlock/" rel="tag">Warlock</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/" rel="tag">(Warlock) Blood Pact</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/mists-of-pandaria/" rel="tag">Mists of Pandaria</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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<em>Every week, WoW Insider brings you </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/"><em>Blood Pact</em></a><em> for </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/affliction"><em>affliction</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/demonology"><em>demonology</em></a><em>, and </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/destruction"><em>destruction </em></a><em>warlocks. This week, </em><a href="mailto:megan@wowinsider.com"><em>Megan O'Neill</em></a><em> may play affliction in-game, but really she's a destro 'lock IRL.</em><br />
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I'm starting to dislike hit rating again. Previously, with reforging, it was totally possible to sit there with 14.96%, 14.97%, 14.98%, 14.99%, or the occasional rare times I nearly hit fifteen-even, just off by a mere handful of rating points. Now, with the huge amounts of stats on our gear, I feel like we're approaching Wrath-era hit rating juggling, where a new piece means you're way under hit cap or way over hit cap.<br />
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This is not a fun stat balancing. Hit is coming back around to the pre-reforge era where it it's actually irritating to balance, not just annoying.<br />
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But I don't want to talk about <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/11/05/blood-pact-zeroing-in-on-the-purpose-of-spell-hit/">spell hit</a> this time. I want to talk about the very-coolness of haste.<p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/15/blood-pact-the-chaotic-influence-of-haste/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Blood Pact: The chaotic influence of haste</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/15/blood-pact-the-chaotic-influence-of-haste/">Blood Pact: The chaotic influence of haste</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/15/blood-pact-the-chaotic-influence-of-haste/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20540288/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/15/blood-pact-the-chaotic-influence-of-haste/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>backdraft</category><category>chaos-bolt</category><category>chaotic-energy</category><category>critical-strike</category><category>DoT-damage</category><category>featured</category><category>fel-flame</category><category>guide-to-locks</category><category>guide-to-warlocks</category><category>haste</category><category>incinerate</category><category>lock-guide</category><category>lock-info</category><category>lock-talents</category><category>mana-regeneration</category><category>mastery</category><category>more-DoT-ticks</category><category>warlock-guide</category><category>warlock-info</category><category>warlock-talents</category><category>wow-lock</category><category>wow-lock-info</category><category>wow-locks</category><category>wow-warlock</category><category>wow-warlock-info</category><category>wow-warlocks</category><dc:creator>Megan O'Neill</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Blood Pact: Kanrethad's defeat at mortal hands</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/01/blood-pact-kanrethads-defeat-at-mortal-hands/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/01/blood-pact-kanrethads-defeat-at-mortal-hands/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/01/blood-pact-kanrethads-defeat-at-mortal-hands/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/warlock/" rel="tag">Warlock</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/" rel="tag">(Warlock) Blood Pact</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/mists-of-pandaria/" rel="tag">Mists of Pandaria</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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<em>Every week, WoW Insider brings you </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/"><em>Blood Pact</em></a><em> for </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/affliction"><em>affliction</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/demonology"><em>demonology</em></a><em>, and </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/destruction"><em>destruction </em></a><em>warlocks. This week, </em><a href="mailto:megan@wowinsider.com"><em>Megan O'Neill</em></a><em> celebrates one year at WoW Insider with a fel fire victory.</em><br />
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I promise, I won't put <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/07/how-to-get-green-fire-on-your-warlock-in-patch-5-2/">unfortunate spoilers</a> in the header this time.<br />
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One of my favorite Blood Pacts to write was <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/07/blood-pact-those-who-are-not-afraid-to-wield-power/">a narrative</a> based around our spells and the hints of <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/01/mists-of-pandaria-learn-new-lore-from-in-game-book-legacy-of-th/">a fascinating possible subplot</a> just for warlocks. Instead of writing a traditional, straightforward guide for the final boss in the quest for green fire -- <a href="http://www.icy-veins.com/forums/topic/1710-kanrethad-guide-warlock-green-fire-video-and-guide-by-ackthal/">Ackthal's already written a great one</a> -- I want to celebrate my personal victory with the quest and another special occasion with this story post.<br />
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See, this is my 53rd Blood Pact. I believe <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/bloggers/tyler-caraway/">a certain moonkin</a> now owes me a crown for the longest reign as WoW Insider's Defense <strike>Against</strike> With the Dark Arts professor.<br />
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For the sake of space, I've obviously shortened the story down from my actual experience with the final fight. But many of the elements are there, from spell details to actual NPC roleplay (none of the NPCs' dialogue is mine). Jump behind the cut to catch the story.<p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/01/blood-pact-kanrethads-defeat-at-mortal-hands/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Blood Pact: Kanrethad's defeat at mortal hands</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/01/blood-pact-kanrethads-defeat-at-mortal-hands/">Blood Pact: Kanrethad's defeat at mortal hands</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/01/blood-pact-kanrethads-defeat-at-mortal-hands/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20524047/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/01/blood-pact-kanrethads-defeat-at-mortal-hands/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>codex-of-xerrath</category><category>council-of-the-black-harvest</category><category>featured</category><category>fel-fire</category><category>green-fire</category><category>guide-to-locks</category><category>guide-to-warlocks</category><category>jubeka-shadowbreaker</category><category>kanrethad-ebonlocke</category><category>legacy-of-the-masters</category><category>lock-guide</category><category>lock-info</category><category>lock-talents</category><category>pit-lord</category><category>warlock-guide</category><category>warlock-info</category><category>warlock-talents</category><category>wild-imps</category><category>wow-lock</category><category>wow-lock-info</category><category>wow-locks</category><category>wow-warlock</category><category>wow-warlock-info</category><category>wow-warlocks</category><dc:creator>Megan O'Neill</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Blood Pact: To summon or not to summon, that's the question</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/25/blood-pact-to-summon-or-not-to-summon-thats-the-question/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/25/blood-pact-to-summon-or-not-to-summon-thats-the-question/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/25/blood-pact-to-summon-or-not-to-summon-thats-the-question/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/warlock/" rel="tag">Warlock</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/" rel="tag">(Warlock) Blood Pact</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/mists-of-pandaria/" rel="tag">Mists of Pandaria</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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<em>Every week, WoW Insider brings you </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/"><em>Blood Pact</em></a><em> for </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/affliction"><em>affliction</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/demonology"><em>demonology</em></a><em>, and </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/destruction"><em>destruction </em></a><em>warlocks. This week, </em><a href="mailto:megan@wowinsider.com"><em>Megan O'Neill</em></a><em> scraps another attempt at Kanrethad to discuss being a pet class instead.</em><br />
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Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous pet bugs in encounter design like jumping down into Nefarian's pit in <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/zone=5094">Blackwing Descent</a> so your pet then did nothing but stand in the middle, or to take up <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/spell=18540">Doomguards</a> against a despawning abyssal <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/npc=46753">phase 3</a> in Throne of the Four Winds -- and by opposing end them: to die, to <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108503">sacrifice</a>.<br />
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To <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108503">sacrifice</a>, perchance to DPS; Aye, there's the rub, for in that sleep of death, what meter-topping dreams of 5.0 may come, when we have shuffled off this mortal coil (no, not <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108396">that one</a>!), must give our developers pause.<br />
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My terrible warlock Shakespeare adaptation aside, we've had the ponderings about how tied to pets warlocks should or shouldn't be. As I continue to throw myself at Kanrethad's own demonic stampede, I've had some thoughts about the subject.<p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/25/blood-pact-to-summon-or-not-to-summon-thats-the-question/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Blood Pact: To summon or not to summon, that's the question</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/25/blood-pact-to-summon-or-not-to-summon-thats-the-question/">Blood Pact: To summon or not to summon, that's the question</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/25/blood-pact-to-summon-or-not-to-summon-thats-the-question/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20516021/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/25/blood-pact-to-summon-or-not-to-summon-thats-the-question/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>affliction</category><category>archimonde</category><category>chaos</category><category>demon</category><category>demonology</category><category>destruction</category><category>featured</category><category>fel-energy</category><category>fel-magic</category><category>grimoire-of-sacrifice</category><category>grimoire-of-service</category><category>grimoire-of-supremacy</category><category>guide-to-locks</category><category>guide-to-warlocks</category><category>gul-dan</category><category>guldan</category><category>imp-swarm</category><category>kanrethad</category><category>kil-jaeden</category><category>kiljaeden</category><category>lock-guide</category><category>lock-info</category><category>lock-talents</category><category>mannoroth</category><category>pet</category><category>pet-class</category><category>warlock-guide</category><category>warlock-info</category><category>warlock-talents</category><category>wild-imp</category><category>wow-lock</category><category>wow-lock-info</category><category>wow-locks</category><category>wow-warlock</category><category>wow-warlock-info</category><category>wow-warlocks</category><dc:creator>Megan O'Neill</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Blood Pact: A pewpewer's notes from tanking and healing</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/18/blood-pact-a-pewpewers-notes-from-tanking-and-healing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/18/blood-pact-a-pewpewers-notes-from-tanking-and-healing/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/18/blood-pact-a-pewpewers-notes-from-tanking-and-healing/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/warlock/" rel="tag">Warlock</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/" rel="tag">(Warlock) Blood Pact</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/mists-of-pandaria/" rel="tag">Mists of Pandaria</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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<em>Every week, WoW Insider brings you </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/"><em>Blood Pact</em></a><em> for </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/affliction"><em>affliction</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/demonology"><em>demonology</em></a><em>, and </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/destruction"><em>destruction </em></a><em>warlocks. This week, </em><a href="mailto:megan@wowinsider.com"><em>Megan O'Neill</em></a><em> muses about tanking, healing, and why she really does play a DPS.</em><br />
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I have a confession: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/15/once-a-tank-always-a-tank/">I was once a tank</a>. Technically I could have been half a tank, because I think I healed just as often, but once upon a time I rolled a druid with the intent of getting a melee DPS perspective.<br />
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One night in <em>Wrath of the Lich King</em>, my first guild had some trouble with kiting the adds on <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/npc=15932">Gluth</a>. So we upped the tank count to 3: the paladin tank moved to the back for holy tag with the undead while the former-bear warrior walked me through my feral spellbook as I sat in bear form on that pipe. I think it was the extra <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/spell=6807">Mauls</a> that hooked me. I became a bear tank with a branch-waving offspec.<br />
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I have fond memories of alt or PUG raids where I had cooldown-busting health pools and hero-bear resurrections between <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/npc=34796">Gormok's</a> death and <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/zone=4722">the arena</a> entrance of <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/npc=35144">Acidmaw</a> and <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/npc=34799">Dreadscale</a>. But as my guild tore apart in the beginnings of Icecrown Citadel, I've been back to pewpewing from the back as a warlock. My bear is merely an alt.<br />
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But my bear has made my warlock a little stronger.<p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/18/blood-pact-a-pewpewers-notes-from-tanking-and-healing/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Blood Pact: A pewpewer's notes from tanking and healing</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/18/blood-pact-a-pewpewers-notes-from-tanking-and-healing/">Blood Pact: A pewpewer's notes from tanking and healing</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/18/blood-pact-a-pewpewers-notes-from-tanking-and-healing/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20507011/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/18/blood-pact-a-pewpewers-notes-from-tanking-and-healing/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>demonic-circle</category><category>ember-tap</category><category>featured</category><category>frostbite</category><category>guide-to-locks</category><category>guide-to-warlocks</category><category>healthstone</category><category>lich-king</category><category>lock-guide</category><category>lock-info</category><category>lock-talents</category><category>megaera</category><category>pathwerk</category><category>pure-dps</category><category>pure-dps-class</category><category>rampage</category><category>rejuvenation</category><category>skull-banner</category><category>soul-swap</category><category>soulshatter</category><category>spell-haste</category><category>stormlash</category><category>symbiosis</category><category>tanking</category><category>threat</category><category>unending-resolve</category><category>vengeance</category><category>warlock-guide</category><category>warlock-info</category><category>warlock-talents</category><category>wow-lock</category><category>wow-lock-info</category><category>wow-locks</category><category>wow-warlock</category><category>wow-warlock-info</category><category>wow-warlocks</category><dc:creator>Megan O'Neill</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Blood Pact: On the usefulness of SimulationCraft</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/11/blood-pact-on-the-usefulness-of-simulationcraft/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/11/blood-pact-on-the-usefulness-of-simulationcraft/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/11/blood-pact-on-the-usefulness-of-simulationcraft/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/warlock/" rel="tag">Warlock</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/" rel="tag">(Warlock) Blood Pact</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/mists-of-pandaria/" rel="tag">Mists of Pandaria</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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<em>Every week, WoW Insider brings you </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/"><em>Blood Pact</em></a><em> for </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/affliction"><em>affliction</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/demonology"><em>demonology</em></a><em>, and </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/destruction"><em>destruction </em></a><em>warlocks. This week, </em><a href="mailto:megan@wowinsider.com"><em>Megan O'Neill</em></a><em> will tell you how she became the princess warlock of a continent called Pandaria by switching to saur'lock spec.</em><br />
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You know me: I play a warlock spec that starts with a 'D' only over several dozen copies of my cold, dead body. I'm diehard affliction whether the spec is on top or not. But that doesn't mean I don't ever pay attention to the DPS simulations. I just think the vocal playerbase hedges their bets a little too much on what comes out of the BiS heroic simulations.<br />
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Fortunately for me, <a href="http://www.totemspot.com/vb/content.php?r=143-5.2-Interview-with-Greg-Street">Ghostcrawler also feels</a> players put too much emphasis on SimulationCraft when it comes to spec balance in PvE. Does this mean SimulationCraft is not valuable? No, it just means that players should be more aware of what's going into a particular simulation and how to interpret whatever data comes out.<p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/11/blood-pact-on-the-usefulness-of-simulationcraft/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Blood Pact: On the usefulness of SimulationCraft</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/11/blood-pact-on-the-usefulness-of-simulationcraft/">Blood Pact: On the usefulness of SimulationCraft</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/11/blood-pact-on-the-usefulness-of-simulationcraft/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20496137/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/11/blood-pact-on-the-usefulness-of-simulationcraft/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>DoT-tick</category><category>DPS-meter</category><category>featured</category><category>guide-to-locks</category><category>guide-to-warlocks</category><category>haste</category><category>haste-breakpoint</category><category>legendary-meta-gem</category><category>lock-guide</category><category>lock-info</category><category>lock-talents</category><category>raid-log</category><category>raid-parse</category><category>simulation</category><category>simulation-craft</category><category>simulationcraft</category><category>sinister-primal-diamond</category><category>theoretical</category><category>warlock-guide</category><category>warlock-info</category><category>warlock-talents</category><category>world-of-logs</category><category>wow-lock</category><category>wow-lock-info</category><category>wow-locks</category><category>wow-warlock</category><category>wow-warlock-info</category><category>wow-warlocks</category><dc:creator>Megan O'Neill</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ghostcrawler and Daxxarri talk classes in patch 5.2</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/08/ghostcrawler-and-daxxarri-talk-classes-in-patch-5-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/08/ghostcrawler-and-daxxarri-talk-classes-in-patch-5-2/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/08/ghostcrawler-and-daxxarri-talk-classes-in-patch-5-2/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/druid/" rel="tag">Druid</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/hunter/" rel="tag">Hunter</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/mage/" rel="tag">Mage</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/paladin/" rel="tag">Paladin</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/priest/" rel="tag">Priest</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/rogue/" rel="tag">Rogue</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/shaman/" rel="tag">Shaman</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/warlock/" rel="tag">Warlock</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/warrior/" rel="tag">Warrior</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/death-knight/" rel="tag">Death Knight</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/monk/" rel="tag">Monk</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/mists-of-pandaria/" rel="tag">Mists of Pandaria</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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	With the advent of patch 5.2, <em>World of Warcraft</em> Lead Systems Designer Greg Street "Ghostcrawler" and Community Manager Daxxarri have been posting a series of class overviews and changes. <a href="http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/8950514">Part one</a> went up on Tuesday, covering death knights, druids, and hunters. <a href="http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/8950522/Patch_52_Class_Reviews_%E2%80%93_Part_2-3_6_2013">Part two</a> was posted Wednesday evening and covers mages, paladins, and priests. <a href="http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/8980103/Patch_52_Class_Reviews_%E2%80%93_Part_3_____-3_7_2013">Part three</a>, on rogues, shaman, and warlocks, went up yesterday evening, and <a href="http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/8980104/Patch_52_Class_Reviews_%E2%80%93_Part_4______-3_8_2013">part four</a>, covering warriors and monks, was posted earlier today. For many classes, most of the changes involve PvP balancing as well as trying to improve a number of talents in some way to make them more useful and thus more attractive to players, at least situationally. If you're curious about either the philosophy of class balance design or just want to know what happened to your class this patch, make sure to check it out.</div>
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What I love about these posts is that little glimpse of insight they provide into the thought process that goes into balancing the class mechanics in a game like <em>World of Warcraft</em>. I'll be honest, I'm glad I'm not one of the people involved in that job. To me it seems like an endless headache to try and make sure all classes are different enough to feel unique, but similar enough such that a raid or dungeon group isn't punished for lacking one indispensable class, and I wouldn't have the patience for it. But I certainly admire and respect those who do!
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<em>Every week, WoW Insider brings you </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/"><em>Blood Pact</em></a><em> for </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/affliction"><em>affliction</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/demonology"><em>demonology</em></a><em>, and </em><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/destruction"><em>destruction </em></a><em>warlocks. This week, </em><a href="mailto:megan@wowinsider.com"><em>Megan O'Neill</em></a><em> maybe decides that commenter-suggested Zul'duar is the better name than Thund'uar for the troll-like Ulduar raid instance, Throne of Thunder.</em><br />
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I mentioned <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/25/blood-pact-reputable-sources-of-warlock-loot-in-patch-5-2/">last week</a> that I'd discuss the changes for warlocks while listing out loot in the new raid instance. I may have fibbed a little. I tried to slide in patch change discussion without it reading like I shoved two posts into the space of one, and I miserably failed.<br />
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You can read <a href="http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/8226552#class_warlock">the latest patch notes </a>for yourself, but the PvE DPS gist is that affliction's <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108503">petless power</a> days are diminished if not over and demonology might be the new top dog. PvP warlocks might be more interested in <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/spell=111397">Blood Fear's</a> metamorphosis from an offensive fear to the <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/spell=16689">Nature's Grasp-like</a> Blood Horror and <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108366">Soul Leech's</a> change from a trickle heal to a stacking shield.<br />
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Regarding of whether you chase Conquest or Valor Points, we warlocks will have a major problem in patch 5.2. I'm not talking about the endless debates of <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/07/how-to-get-green-fire-on-your-warlock-in-patch-5-2/">whether fire should be green</a> or whether warlocks should always have a minion at their side.<br />
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I'm talking about the removal of the imp ability <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/spell=6307">Blood Pact</a>, due to <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/spell=109773">Dark Intent</a> gaining the 10% Stamina buff to its effect. Future warlocks will wonder what this column is named for!<p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/04/blood-pact-thundering-on-and-on-about-raid-gear-in-patch-5-2/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Blood Pact: Thundering on and on about raid gear in patch 5.2</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/04/blood-pact-thundering-on-and-on-about-raid-gear-in-patch-5-2/">Blood Pact: Thundering on and on about raid gear in patch 5.2</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/04/blood-pact-thundering-on-and-on-about-raid-gear-in-patch-5-2/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20482006/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/04/blood-pact-thundering-on-and-on-about-raid-gear-in-patch-5-2/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>council-of-elders</category><category>dark-animus</category><category>durumu</category><category>Durumu-the-Forgotten</category><category>featured</category><category>guide-to-locks</category><category>guide-to-warlocks</category><category>horridon</category><category>iron-qon</category><category>ji-kun</category><category>jinrokh</category><category>lei-shen</category><category>lock-guide</category><category>lock-info</category><category>lock-talents</category><category>loot-table</category><category>megaera</category><category>patch-5.2</category><category>patch-5.2-raids</category><category>primordius</category><category>ra-den</category><category>thousandfold-hells</category><category>throne-of-thunder</category><category>thunderforged</category><category>tortos</category><category>twin-consorts</category><category>warlock-gear</category><category>warlock-guide</category><category>warlock-info</category><category>warlock-loot</category><category>warlock-talents</category><category>wow-lock</category><category>wow-lock-info</category><category>wow-locks</category><category>wow-warlock</category><category>wow-warlock-info</category><category>wow-warlocks</category><dc:creator>Megan O'Neill</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Blood Pact: Reputable sources of warlock loot in patch 5.2</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/25/blood-pact-reputable-sources-of-warlock-loot-in-patch-5-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/25/blood-pact-reputable-sources-of-warlock-loot-in-patch-5-2/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/25/blood-pact-reputable-sources-of-warlock-loot-in-patch-5-2/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/warlock/" rel="tag">Warlock</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/" rel="tag">(Warlock) Blood Pact</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/mists-of-pandaria/" rel="tag">Mists of Pandaria</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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	<em>Every week, WoW Insider brings you <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/">Blood Pact</a> for <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/affliction">affliction</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/demonology">demonology</a>, and <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/destruction">destruction</a> warlocks. This week, <a href="mailto:megan@wowinsider.com">Megan O'Neill</a> splits the warlock loot over two weeks to keep things light.</em></div>
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Various people have been referring to Throne of Thunder as Thund'uar, a name I fully intend to steal and use. It's just a perfect blend of the new raid and its supposed raid model, Ulduar, with the expected troll-like apostrophe thrown in for good measure.<br />
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But this week I won't be listing out the Thund'uar loot drops; I'll just drop in with a lighter piece covering gear miscellany and the new faction offerings. Next week, we can discuss how the PTR patch buffs and nerfs fit in with the expected performance of warlocks in Tier 15 while listing out the loot, instead of dropping a lump of lists in your lap.<p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/25/blood-pact-reputable-sources-of-warlock-loot-in-patch-5-2/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Blood Pact: Reputable sources of warlock loot in patch 5.2</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/25/blood-pact-reputable-sources-of-warlock-loot-in-patch-5-2/">Blood Pact: Reputable sources of warlock loot in patch 5.2</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/25/blood-pact-reputable-sources-of-warlock-loot-in-patch-5-2/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20471845/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/25/blood-pact-reputable-sources-of-warlock-loot-in-patch-5-2/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>factions</category><category>featured</category><category>guide-to-locks</category><category>guide-to-warlocks</category><category>kirin-tor-offensive</category><category>lock-guide</category><category>lock-info</category><category>lock-talents</category><category>patch-5.2</category><category>regalia-of-the-thousandfold-hells</category><category>reputation</category><category>shado-pan-assault</category><category>sunreaver-onslaught</category><category>throne-of-thunder</category><category>tier-15</category><category>valor-gear</category><category>valor-point-gear</category><category>valor-points</category><category>warlock-guide</category><category>warlock-info</category><category>warlock-talents</category><category>wow-lock</category><category>wow-lock-info</category><category>wow-locks</category><category>wow-warlock</category><category>wow-warlock-info</category><category>wow-warlocks</category><dc:creator>Megan O'Neill</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kill dragons solo to ride more dragons</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/18/blood-pact-kill-dragons-solo-to-ride-more-dragons/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/18/blood-pact-kill-dragons-solo-to-ride-more-dragons/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/18/blood-pact-kill-dragons-solo-to-ride-more-dragons/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/warlock/" rel="tag">Warlock</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/" rel="tag">(Warlock) Blood Pact</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/wrath-of-the-lich-king/" rel="tag">Wrath of the Lich King</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/cataclysm/" rel="tag">Cataclysm</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/mists-of-pandaria/" rel="tag">Mists of Pandaria</a></p><div>
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	<em>Every week, WoW Insider brings you <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/">Blood Pact</a> for <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/affliction">affliction</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/demonology">demonology</a>, and <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/destruction">destruction</a> warlocks. This week, <a href="mailto:megan@wowinsider.com">Megan O'Neill</a> beats up internet dragons for fun, for mounts, and maybe as a little catharsis.</em></div>
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I've already done some <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/04/knocking-out-naxxramas-for-pets-and-more/">Raiding with Leashes</a> <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/12/17/blood-pact-soloing-the-vanilla-raids-for-pets-and-more/">vanilla raid posts</a>. The next logical step would be Burning Crusade soloing, but I've tried and failed to make a glorified loot list more interesting to read, since BC content tends to be more "walk in and win" nowadays than an actual soloing contest.<br />
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So, while I wrangle out an adventure in tiers four to six, I will talk about killing dragons solo as a warlock in order to grab dragon mounts.<br />
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I'm not talking about dragons that require friends by your side to complete: e.g., Deathwing's <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=77067">two dragon</a> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=77069">mounts</a>, Ultraxion's <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=78919">mount</a>, completing a <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=71086">dragonstick</a>, or Al'Akir's <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=63041">dragon drop</a>. Al'Akir has actually <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrmfTy-RHiI">been soloed</a> before by a warlock, but you'll need friends in order to clear his <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=5575">genie council</a> first. I'm talking dragons you can go beat up by yourself.<p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/18/blood-pact-kill-dragons-solo-to-ride-more-dragons/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Kill dragons solo to ride more dragons</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/18/blood-pact-kill-dragons-solo-to-ride-more-dragons/">Kill dragons solo to ride more dragons</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/18/blood-pact-kill-dragons-solo-to-ride-more-dragons/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20448112/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/18/blood-pact-kill-dragons-solo-to-ride-more-dragons/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>altairus</category><category>azure-drake</category><category>black-drake</category><category>blue-drake</category><category>drake-of-the-north-wind</category><category>featured</category><category>guide-to-locks</category><category>guide-to-warlocks</category><category>halion</category><category>lock-guide</category><category>lock-info</category><category>lock-talents</category><category>malygos</category><category>onyxia</category><category>sartharion</category><category>slabhide</category><category>solo</category><category>soloing</category><category>tenebron</category><category>twilight-drake</category><category>virtreous-stone-drake</category><category>warlock-guide</category><category>warlock-info</category><category>warlock-talents</category><category>wow-lock</category><category>wow-lock-info</category><category>wow-locks</category><category>wow-warlock</category><category>wow-warlock-info</category><category>wow-warlocks</category><dc:creator>Megan O'Neill</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Patch 5.2: Warlocks will be able to toggle green fire off and on</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/08/patch-5-2-warlocks-will-be-able-to-toggle-green-fire-off-and-on/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/08/patch-5-2-warlocks-will-be-able-to-toggle-green-fire-off-and-on/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/08/patch-5-2-warlocks-will-be-able-to-toggle-green-fire-off-and-on/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/warlock/" rel="tag">Warlock</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/mists-of-pandaria/" rel="tag">Mists of Pandaria</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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	WoW Insider's warlock columnist <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/bloggers/megan-oneill/">Megan O'Neill</a> wrote a <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/07/how-to-get-green-fire-on-your-warlock-in-patch-5-2/">spoiler-heavy summary</a> of the apparently epic warlock-only quest for green fire. She told the tale of her continuing struggle, involving various demons, not least some of the denizens of the Black Temple.<br />
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	Every warlock talking about this questline has spoken about how devilishly hard it becomes, how incredibly unforgiving the last boss is, and discussed whether it actually needs a nerf before going to live servers. At the time of writing, I only know of one warlock who has completed it.<br />
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	But after all that work, what if green fire wasn't as great as you thought? Despite all your hard work, what if you decide that your <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/spell=29722">incinerates</a> just aren't fiery enough? It's often said that it's not easy being green, so what if you want out?</div><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/08/patch-5-2-warlocks-will-be-able-to-toggle-green-fire-off-and-on/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Patch 5.2: Warlocks will be able to toggle green fire off and on</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/08/patch-5-2-warlocks-will-be-able-to-toggle-green-fire-off-and-on/">Patch 5.2: Warlocks will be able to toggle green fire off and on</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/08/patch-5-2-warlocks-will-be-able-to-toggle-green-fire-off-and-on/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20454123/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/08/patch-5-2-warlocks-will-be-able-to-toggle-green-fire-off-and-on/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>get-orange-fire-back</category><category>green-fire</category><category>green-fire-mists-of-pandaria</category><category>green-fire-quests</category><category>turn-off-green-fire</category><category>ungrateful-warlock-gits</category><category>warlock</category><category>warlock-quest</category><dc:creator>Olivia Grace</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How to get green fire for your Warlock in Patch 5.2</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/07/how-to-get-green-fire-on-your-warlock-in-patch-5-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/07/how-to-get-green-fire-on-your-warlock-in-patch-5-2/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/07/how-to-get-green-fire-on-your-warlock-in-patch-5-2/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/warlock/" rel="tag">Warlock</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/mists-of-pandaria/" rel="tag">Mists of Pandaria</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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Are you sure you don't want green fire? Quite sure? Positively sure? Absolutely, one hundred percent sure?<br />
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Don't lie to me like that. You want it. You <em>want</em> to do the end of this questline, because it's so badass. I was spinning circles in my seat and giggling maniacally at how Kanrethad completely wiped the roof of the <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/zone=3959">Black Temple</a> with my body for two hours straight, because it was so much fun to be challenged not merely as a player, but as a whole warlock. You're going to use abilities you've almost never used before in this questline, and you're going to love all of it.<br />
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I hope I don't have to say it too much, but <strong>spoilers ahead</strong>.<p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/07/how-to-get-green-fire-on-your-warlock-in-patch-5-2/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>How to get green fire for your Warlock in Patch 5.2</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/07/how-to-get-green-fire-on-your-warlock-in-patch-5-2/">How to get green fire for your Warlock in Patch 5.2</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/07/how-to-get-green-fire-on-your-warlock-in-patch-5-2/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20431399/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/07/how-to-get-green-fire-on-your-warlock-in-patch-5-2/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>akama</category><category>altar-of-damnation</category><category>black-temple</category><category>codex-of-xerrath</category><category>council-of-the-black-harvest</category><category>doomguard</category><category>featured</category><category>fel-fire</category><category>felfire</category><category>felspark-ravine</category><category>green-fire</category><category>guide-to-locks</category><category>guide-to-warlocks</category><category>jubeka-shadowbreaker</category><category>jubekas-journal</category><category>kanrethad-ebonlocke</category><category>legacy-of-the-masters</category><category>lock-guide</category><category>lock-info</category><category>lock-talents</category><category>metamorphosis</category><category>observer</category><category>ruins-of-farahlon</category><category>sealed-tome-of-the-lost-legion</category><category>vim-gol</category><category>vimgol</category><category>warlock-guide</category><category>warlock-info</category><category>warlock-talents</category><category>wow-lock</category><category>wow-lock-info</category><category>wow-locks</category><category>wow-warlock</category><category>wow-warlock-info</category><category>wow-warlocks</category><dc:creator>Megan O'Neill</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Blood Pact: Knocking out Naxxramas for pets and more</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/04/knocking-out-naxxramas-for-pets-and-more/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/04/knocking-out-naxxramas-for-pets-and-more/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/04/knocking-out-naxxramas-for-pets-and-more/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/warlock/" rel="tag">Warlock</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/" rel="tag">(Warlock) Blood Pact</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/wrath-of-the-lich-king/" rel="tag">Wrath of the Lich King</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/mists-of-pandaria/" rel="tag">Mists of Pandaria</a></p><div>
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	<em>Every week, WoW Insider brings you <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/">Blood Pact</a> for <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/affliction">affliction</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/demonology">demonology</a>, and <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/destruction">destruction</a> warlocks. This week, <a href="mailto:megan@wowinsider.com">Megan O'Neill</a> has too much fun standing in floor fire while in Metamorphosis trying to get Deadly Boss Mods to yell warnings in Demonic.</em></div>
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I have to admit, the <em>Mists of Pandaria</em> reason for soloing old raids is trying to match my <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/spell=30146">minion's</a> weapons to <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/bloggers/matthew-rossi/">Matthew Rossi's</a> <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/the-care-and-feeding-of-warriors/">warrior columns.</a> Unfortunately, the only thing I have is <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=19364">Ashkandi</a>. My new mission is to get <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=63679">Reclaimed Ashkandi</a> for a complete <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/spell=112870">Wrathguard</a> set to properly mock warriors with.<br />
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You've probably read <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/12/10/blood-pact-speccing-for-old-world-raids/">how to spec for old raids</a> and you might have your own Ashkandi (or two) from visiting old Blackwing Lair <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/12/17/blood-pact-soloing-the-vanilla-raids-for-pets-and-more/">for some pets</a>. Now, let's finish up <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=7934">Raiding with Leashes</a> and other achievements in Naxxramas.<p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/04/knocking-out-naxxramas-for-pets-and-more/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Blood Pact: Knocking out Naxxramas for pets and more</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/04/knocking-out-naxxramas-for-pets-and-more/">Blood Pact: Knocking out Naxxramas for pets and more</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/04/knocking-out-naxxramas-for-pets-and-more/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20447046/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/04/knocking-out-naxxramas-for-pets-and-more/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>featured</category><category>guide-to-locks</category><category>guide-to-warlocks</category><category>lock-guide</category><category>lock-info</category><category>lock-talents</category><category>warlock-guide</category><category>warlock-info</category><category>warlock-talents</category><category>wow-lock</category><category>wow-lock-info</category><category>wow-locks</category><category>wow-warlock</category><category>wow-warlock-info</category><category>wow-warlocks</category><dc:creator>Megan O'Neill</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Blood Pact: Taking care of your DoTs</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/29/blood-pact-taking-care-of-your-dots/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/29/blood-pact-taking-care-of-your-dots/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/29/blood-pact-taking-care-of-your-dots/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/warlock/" rel="tag">Warlock</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/" rel="tag">(Warlock) Blood Pact</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/mists-of-pandaria/" rel="tag">Mists of Pandaria</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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	<em>Every week, WoW Insider brings you <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/">Blood Pact</a> for <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/affliction">affliction</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/demonology">demonology</a>, and <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/destruction">destruction</a> warlocks. This week, <a href="mailto:megan@wowinsider.com">Megan O'Neill</a> admits to problems with DoT clipping (*gasp*) and finds a way to fix it.</em></div>
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Every warlock has at least one damage over time effect to take care of. Destruction has Immolate. Demonologists flip between Corruption and Doom (Metamorphosis), though I suppose you could count <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/spell=47960">Shadowflame</a> off Hand of Gul'dan as one. Affliction is the "DoT spec," starring Agony, Corruption, Unstable Affliction, with appearances of Haunt.<p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/29/blood-pact-taking-care-of-your-dots/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Blood Pact: Taking care of your DoTs</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/29/blood-pact-taking-care-of-your-dots/">Blood Pact: Taking care of your DoTs</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/29/blood-pact-taking-care-of-your-dots/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20439988/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/29/blood-pact-taking-care-of-your-dots/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>afdots</category><category>agony</category><category>corruption</category><category>curse</category><category>curse-of-the-elements</category><category>dark soul</category><category>DarkSoul</category><category>doom</category><category>ellipsis</category><category>featured</category><category>fortexorcist</category><category>guide-to-locks</category><category>guide-to-warlocks</category><category>haunt</category><category>immolate</category><category>lock-guide</category><category>lock-info</category><category>lock-talents</category><category>needtoknow</category><category>pandemic</category><category>proc</category><category>raven</category><category>shadowflame</category><category>unstable-affliction</category><category>warlock-guide</category><category>warlock-info</category><category>warlock-talents</category><category>weakauras</category><category>wow-lock</category><category>wow-lock-info</category><category>wow-locks</category><category>wow-warlock</category><category>wow-warlock-info</category><category>wow-warlocks</category><dc:creator>Megan O'Neill</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Should green fire be prestigious?</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/21/should-green-fire-be-prestigious/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/21/should-green-fire-be-prestigious/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/21/should-green-fire-be-prestigious/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/warlock/" rel="tag">Warlock</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/" rel="tag">(Warlock) Blood Pact</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/mists-of-pandaria/" rel="tag">Mists of Pandaria</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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<em>Every week, WoW Insider brings you <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blood-pact/">Blood Pact</a> for <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/affliction">affliction</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/demonology">demonology</a>, and <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/destruction">destruction</a> warlocks. This week, <a href="mailto:megan@wowinsider.com">Megan O'Neill</a> wishes the mages would stop sending out the bad voodoo vibes to everything she owns so she can buy new fun things for her birthday instead of old replacements. </em><br />
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There's plenty to look for through the datamining, but the question on everyone's mind is, "How do I start the questline?" Trust me, when someone finds out, I'm sure the internet will explode about it. It'll probably be on a Monday, during my other job's hours, and right after this column posts, knowing my luck.<br />
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But before I get into an all-out walkthrough of the questline, I want to discuss one thing: does green fire <em>have</em> to be <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/15/warlock-green-fire-quest-reward-and-more/">exclusive</a>? Is exclusivity required for meaningfulness?<p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/21/should-green-fire-be-prestigious/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Should green fire be prestigious?</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/21/should-green-fire-be-prestigious/">Should green fire be prestigious?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/21/should-green-fire-be-prestigious/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20431396/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/21/should-green-fire-be-prestigious/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>accessibility</category><category>brawlers-guild</category><category>challenge</category><category>dragonwrath</category><category>dreadsteed</category><category>dreadsteed-of-xoroth</category><category>drop-rates</category><category>fangs-of-the-father</category><category>featured</category><category>fel-fire</category><category>felfire</category><category>green-fire</category><category>grinding</category><category>guide-to-locks</category><category>guide-to-warlocks</category><category>hard-work</category><category>legendaries</category><category>legendary</category><category>legendary-weapons</category><category>lock-guide</category><category>lock-info</category><category>lock-talents</category><category>mounts</category><category>prestige</category><category>questlines</category><category>raiding</category><category>warlock-guide</category><category>warlock-info</category><category>warlock-talents</category><category>wow-lock</category><category>wow-lock-info</category><category>wow-locks</category><category>wow-warlock</category><category>wow-warlock-info</category><category>wow-warlocks</category><dc:creator>Megan O'Neill</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Warlock green fire quest reward and more</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/15/warlock-green-fire-quest-reward-and-more/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/15/warlock-green-fire-quest-reward-and-more/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/15/warlock-green-fire-quest-reward-and-more/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/warlock/" rel="tag">Warlock</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/mists-of-pandaria/" rel="tag">Mists of Pandaria</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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	The exclusive warlock quest to nab green fire now has a quest reward to go with it. Not the expected green fire, but an actual piece of gear. <a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/3084-Green-Fire-Quests-Voidbinders-R%20emoved-in-5-2-PTR-Class-Balance-Blue-Posts-Comic">MMO-Champion</a> managed to dig up <a href="http://ptr.wowhead.com/item=93387">Akama's Seal of Courage</a>, which is the reward for helping Akama out in the Black Temple -- presumably part of the Black Temple portion of the warlock quest. But how does a clever warlock obtain the quest in the first place?<br />
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	We don't really know just yet. We do know that according to Ghostcrawler's tweet pictured above, it's not going to be something that players can grab immediately. There is a peculiar and interesting aspect to this whole chain, however, and it's in the form of Deathwing's meddling kiddo. That's right, Wrathion is somehow involved in the chain, according to quest information found over on <a href="http://ptr.wowdb.com/quests/classes/warlock?filter-reqlvl-min=90">WowDB</a>. Why, exactly, Wrathion is so invested and involved in what warlocks are up to is also up in the air. For more information on the quest chain, Wowhead has a <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/news=207372/5-1-epic-warlock-questline-lfr-open-and-elegon-hotfixes">detailed guide</a> available -- beware, spoilers abound!<br />
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	Even though we don't have the total picture just yet, the bits and pieces that have been dug up via datamining are making it much harder to ignore my long-forgotten warlock alt. The thought of wielding green fire is pretty cool of course, but it's more the story potential in the chain that fascinates me. Just what are those shadowy masters of demonic entities up to, anyway? Time will tell.<br />
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</div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/15/warlock-green-fire-quest-reward-and-more/">Warlock green fire quest reward and more</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/3084-Green-Fire-Quests-Voidbinders-R%20emoved-in-5-2-PTR-Class-Balance-Blue-Posts-Comic>Read</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/15/warlock-green-fire-quest-reward-and-more/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20429819/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/15/warlock-green-fire-quest-reward-and-more/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>black-temple</category><category>class-quests</category><category>green-fire</category><category>green-fire-quests</category><category>lock-info</category><category>patch-5.2</category><category>warlock-info</category><category>warlock-talents</category><category>wow-lock</category><category>wow-lock-info</category><category>wow-locks</category><category>wow-warlock</category><category>wow-warlock-info</category><category>wow-warlocks</category><category>wrathion</category><dc:creator>Anne Stickney</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>