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Pandemic Legion, champions of the last two Alliance Tournament’s triumphed once again this weekend, completing a hat trick as they are now your Alliance Tournament champions three years in a row. HYDRA, who were absolutely trumped by Pandemic Legion took second place, while Darkside and the amusingly named WE FORM VOLTRON took third and fourth places respectively.
Pandemic Legion received 50 billion ISK, gold medals all around, and 50 Adrestia Heavy Assault Cruisers for their win. HYDRA took home 25 billion ISK, silver medals for all participants and 50 Utu Assault Frigates. Darkside received 25 billion ISK and bronze medals, and WE FORM VOLTRON received 10 billion ISK for fourth place.

Read more about the fateful final match between Pandemic Legion and HYDRA here

Questing for gold is the backbone of the World of Warcraft  economy. All the gold out there has to come from somewhere, and with the trifling amounts that drop from mobs most of it comes from quests.

Grinding quests for gold is the lowest level of the gold-making food chain, but you need to start somewhere. The gold you make here is going to be used to fuel your professions and to develop a pool of cash that you can invest in-game for a profit. Making gold from questing is recommended only for players that have no other way of getting gold and who have overhead costs that they need to pay such as gearing their characters, leveling professions, or purchasing epic flying.

Because questing is such an inefficient way to make gold, your primary objective is going to be getting your quests out of the way as quickly as possible and doing quests that give you the best bang for your buck. Here’s a quick list of things to check for:
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The folks over at Paragon Studios have announced that their “mirror universe” style expansion, Going Rogue, will be available for purchase on August 17th.

NCsoft and Paragon Studios, publisher and developer of the world’s most popular comic book-inspired MMORPG City of Heroesâ„¢, are pleased to announce that players will have the opportunity to cross the line between  good and evil on August 17, 2010 with the release of City of Heroes Read the rest of this entry »

Unlike other expansions before it, Cataclysm will rend the world we know so well apart, then piece it back together again to create an Azeroth that is largely unrecognizable from the one we hold so dear. To really drive the point home Blizzard has been releasing new information and screenshots almost weekly giving us a taste of the impending changes. As this information has been released it’s easy to see that Cataclysm will truly be an expansion pack unlike any other.

With every expansion pack, players always tend to look back and reminisce about the supposed good old days. Wishing, hoping, and dreaming that things had never changed. I’m as guilty of this as anyone else, dredging up fond memories, revisiting places that once held importance, and lamenting that things will never be quite the same. However the changes made in the past will look like mere child’s play compared to what Cataclysm has in store for us.
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Shaman – Elemental

Tier 1

Convection (5 ranks available) – Reduces the mana cost of your shock, Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Lava Burst, and Wind Shear spells by 2/4/6/8/10%.
Concussion (5 ranks available) – Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Thunderstorm, Lava Burst and shock spells by 1/2/3/4/5%.
Tier 2

Call of Flame (3 ranks available) – Increases the damage done by your Fire Totems and Fire Nova by 5/10/15% and damage done by your Lava Burst spell by 2/4/6%.
Elemental Warding (3 ranks available) – Reduces all damage taken by 2/4/6%.
Elemental Devastation (3 ranks available) – Your non-periodic offensive spell critical strikes will increase your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 3/6/9% for 10 seconds.
Tier 3

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