Hard Enrage
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Hard Enrage 9 – Raiding in the age of LFR
Now that LFR's been available for a while, we've gotten a chance to see its effect on raiding culture. It offers a quick and simple alternative to traditional raiding. But when players have the ability to kill Deathwing without much difficulty, on their o
Hard Enrage 9 – Raiding in the age of LFR
Now that LFR's been available for a while, we've gotten a chance to see its effect on raiding culture. It offers a quick and simple alternative to traditional raiding. But when players have the ability to kill Deathwing without much difficulty,
Hard Enrage 8 – Exploiting in 4.3
The (planned) final raid content of Cataclysm is out, and we can finally get revenge on Deathwing for not giving us Stood in the Fire earlier. The race to world first for this tier began, and some guilds tried to take a shortcut through the LFR system. So
Hard Enrage 7 – End of Expansion Burnout
While a blizzard impeded us from talking about Blizzard, we have returned to talk about the new features announced at BlizzCon. We discuss the addition of Pokémon to World of Warcraft, PVE scenarios, the reintroduction of world bosses, and the possibilit
Hard Enrage 6 – Tier 12 content nerfs
Firelands was nerfed. Drastically. With little warning. On both normal and heroic. Without new content available to replace it, and not long after it was released. Kingfox and Trunchok QQ at length about the nerfs, discussing why we're not happy abou
Hard Enrage 5 – Policies for casualcore raiders
This episode we discuss all of the news that broke right after we recorded our last episode; the announcement of 4.3, the end of the expansion's raid cycle, what the transmogrifier and void storage will actually be, and the major changes to tanking. For
Hard Enrage 4 – Raid performance tracking websites
We speculate about the recent trademarking of "Mists of Pandaria" by Blizzard, and the screenshot posted to Facebook of Ethereals. Edit: Since the episode was recorded but before it was posted, the Void Storage and Transmogrifier were both explained. See
Hard Enrage 3 – Loot Systems
Whether your raid group does it for the people or the purples, you need to have a reasonable system to give the loot out. This episode we discuss a variety of loot systems, including Suicide Kings, DKP, loot council, and the ever popular /roll. We debate
Hard Enrage 2 – Recruitment
Is your guild trying to blaze your way through Firelands but needs some fresh blood to follow in DREAM Paragon's footsteps? Everyone wants to join a top guild, but how do you fill out your raiding roster when your guild is not the hotshot of your realm?
Hard Enrage 1 – Scheduling
Our premiere episode is ready. Thank you to Steve for the theme song, Brian for his engineering and fantastic editing work, and our producer Chris! - This week we introduced ourselves, covered raiding news and hotfixes relevant to raiders,