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11-22-2008, 12:21 PM
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Each Saturday, Arcane Brilliance (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/Arcane-Brilliance/) conjures forth a column all about Mages (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/mage/). You may well wonder: what does Arcane Brilliance do the rest of the week? The answer--up until a couple of weeks ago--was travel through time, righting the wrongs of the past. It was all very heroic, lent itself handily to an episodic format, and Dean Stockwell (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001777/) was prominently involved. Then Wrath (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/wrath-of-the-lich-king/) happened. Now? Well, now Arcane Brilliance pretty much just hangs around in <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?zone=3483" />, ganking Death Knight (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/death-knight/) noobs. Trust us, it's just as heroic, in its own way.
I trust we, as a nation of Mages, are all happily churning our way through the new content, gazing about us in wonder and amazement at the majesty of Northrend, and then nuking the crap out of that majesty. I know I am. Just about everything about the Wrath experience has been positive for me so far. The visuals are incredible, the quests are fun and rich with lore, and the music is phenomenal. I could (and have) spend hours just wandering about Dalaran (http://www.wowhead.com/?zone=4395), taking in the ambiance, feeling all kinds of magey. Seriously, Blizzard (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/Blizzard/), I'm starting a slow-clap right now, and it's all for you.
One thing you've likely noticed as you've quested your way north is that almost everything you do seems to grant you reputation with some new faction or another. If you're anything like me, your first questions were probably "where might I find the quartermasters for these factions," and "what do they sell that is made of cloth and dripping with spellpower?" For a nice overall guide to the basics of these new factions, I'd urge you to check out our own Alex Ziebart's (http://www.wowinsider.com/bloggers/alex-ziebart/) Wrath 101 (http://www.wowinsider.com/tag/Wrath101/) posts about the subject. They can be found here (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/21/wrath-101-factions-and-reputation/) and here (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/21/wrath-101-the-oracles-and-the-frenzyheart-tribe/). After the jump, we'll be focusing on the rewards these new factions offer that are specifically valuable to Mages.Continue reading Arcane Brilliance: Wrath reputation rewards for Mages, part 1 (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/22/arcane-brilliance-wrath-reputation-rewards-for-mages-part-1/)
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Each Saturday, Arcane Brilliance (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/Arcane-Brilliance/) conjures forth a column all about Mages (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/mage/). You may well wonder: what does Arcane Brilliance do the rest of the week? The answer--up until a couple of weeks ago--was travel through time, righting the wrongs of the past. It was all very heroic, lent itself handily to an episodic format, and Dean Stockwell (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001777/) was prominently involved. Then Wrath (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/wrath-of-the-lich-king/) happened. Now? Well, now Arcane Brilliance pretty much just hangs around in <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?zone=3483" />, ganking Death Knight (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/death-knight/) noobs. Trust us, it's just as heroic, in its own way.
I trust we, as a nation of Mages, are all happily churning our way through the new content, gazing about us in wonder and amazement at the majesty of Northrend, and then nuking the crap out of that majesty. I know I am. Just about everything about the Wrath experience has been positive for me so far. The visuals are incredible, the quests are fun and rich with lore, and the music is phenomenal. I could (and have) spend hours just wandering about Dalaran (http://www.wowhead.com/?zone=4395), taking in the ambiance, feeling all kinds of magey. Seriously, Blizzard (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/Blizzard/), I'm starting a slow-clap right now, and it's all for you.
One thing you've likely noticed as you've quested your way north is that almost everything you do seems to grant you reputation with some new faction or another. If you're anything like me, your first questions were probably "where might I find the quartermasters for these factions," and "what do they sell that is made of cloth and dripping with spellpower?" For a nice overall guide to the basics of these new factions, I'd urge you to check out our own Alex Ziebart's (http://www.wowinsider.com/bloggers/alex-ziebart/) Wrath 101 (http://www.wowinsider.com/tag/Wrath101/) posts about the subject. They can be found here (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/21/wrath-101-factions-and-reputation/) and here (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/21/wrath-101-the-oracles-and-the-frenzyheart-tribe/). After the jump, we'll be focusing on the rewards these new factions offer that are specifically valuable to Mages.Continue reading Arcane Brilliance: Wrath reputation rewards for Mages, part 1 (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/22/arcane-brilliance-wrath-reputation-rewards-for-mages-part-1/)
http://www.wowinsider.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.wowinsider.com)Arcane Brilliance: Wrath reputation rewards for Mages, part 1 (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/22/arcane-brilliance-wrath-reputation-rewards-for-mages-part-1/) originally appeared on WoW Insider (http://www.wowinsider.com) on Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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