Cataclysm，World of Warcraft，Guides and Raid Strategies

Richard Knaak, author of several great Warcraft books include the War of the Ancients and the Day of the Dragon, will be writing the script for the upcoming new Warcraft Manga “Legends.” We’ve previously covered this when some sketch cover art was released at the New York Comic Con 2008, but we haven’t seen the final front cover until now. The first manga story line he wrote about Warcraft revolved around the events leading up to patch 2.4 in the Sunwell Plateau. I picked up all three of the books in a archived version over Christmas, and it was quite a good read. I’m definitely looking forward to picking this one up, and according to a Blizzplanet page, the release date is scheduled for August 1st, 2008. The artwork pictured to the right (click for a higher resolution image) looks pretty cool, and appears to be an Orc Rogue. Since the book is called Legends, we can assume it’s about some legendary figures in Warcraft. I would take a wild guess that the Orc pictured is Thrall, but I could be wrong, and feel free to disagree with me.

This week, The Care and Feeding of Warriors looks back at the legacy of the Warrior class through the original game and two expansions. Matthew Rossi remembers when Taunt cost rage. Remember that? Makes you shudder, doesn’t it? I don’t mean crotchety guys in stained overalls working on your car. No, what I’m talking about is the foundation of the warrior class itself, those abilities that are holdovers from the very beginning of the game. It’s hard to remember sometimes, with a game that changes and flows with time the way WoW has, that things were once very, very different… I still remember when they fixed the bug that kept dodges, parries and blocked attacks from generating any rage, hoo boy was that one a killer for warriors… and some of our abilities date back to the very beginning of the game or shortly after it. (Pummel was removed in patch 1.1.0, for instance, and returned in patch 1.2.0, when Maraudon was introduced.) I personally have a very hard time remembering not having Pummel, which is probably because I didn’t use