WoW.com (formerly WowInsider.com) has got to be the ultimate website for all thing World of Warcraft. It has served as my daily magazine which gives me my daily fix of WoW. Even after I’ve long gone thrown this game in place of my day job, I still go to the site and chew on whatever is in there.
Favorite posts:
Around Azeroth – Azeroth comes alive in with these user-submitted photos. FUN!
Resto4Life has been by far my favorite Druid Resto blog ever. It’s sad to note that she has stopped updating the site and stopped playing (maybe?) because she has to commit to her family. However the site contains A LOT of very informative posts for everything resto. I like the design and the drawings, I’m a big fan and so are many others.
Favorite post:
http://greedygoblin.blogspot.com/
I first came across the Greedy Goblin when I was researching for ways other people used the Auction House to make gold. After learning the gold making secrets from this guy, I have amassed my own personal retirement fund in WoW. Kidding. It helps to learn how this guy makes gold in the game. However, you shouldn’t copy his techniques blindly. Apply it, contextualize, and execute it depending on your current situation.
Favorite post:
http://wowenomics.wordpress.com/
I’m an investment banker and equities trader by day and anything with the word economics inside the World of Warcraft means $$$ and gold to me so this site definitely is one of the blogs I frequent to catch up on the latest in WoW commodity price action. They talk about Titanium Ore in the way Wallstreeters talk about gold breaching the $1000 mark recently.
Favorite post:
All ye Hunters, unite! This site is one of the great communities out there that are for hunters and by hunters. Make sure to listen to their podcasts and participate as well! There are lots and lots of insights and tips/tricks to be learned from here.
Favorite post:
http://aworldofwarcraftblog.blogspot.com/
This blog is astonishing in its detailed posts. Screenshots of what Night Elf Druid Wranggar does on a daily basis really liven up the blog posts. Blogs like this make World of Warcraft more life like and real to people.
Favorite Posts:
The More Daily’s Series – I like this one in particular because even if I find myself getting bored at times doing daily quests, he seems to be enjoying himself a lot!
I’m really into blogs which detail things (however mundane they may be) they do in the world of Azeroth. This site has some incredible screenshots! Just like me he/she quit raiding already to settle for something more..hmmm peaceful?
Favorite posts:
Brewfest Achievements 2009 – I really like the way he/she narrates his/her experiences. This post really made me remember my own brewfest experience back when there were still no achievements!
I like this tag line “Where /excitement meets /panic”. I like the way he intersperses WoW-related blog posts with real life musings. It doesn’t get boring at all. Also check out his guides on raiding for newbies which is one of my all time favorite posts by /Faulsey
Favorite Posts:
Raiding Guide for Newbies Series
I initially liked this blog because of the dark layout. My guess is that he uses a Warlock as his main since there are a couple of good Warlock guides in here. But this blog is as real as it can get. He discusses some of the things that sets him back (I hope he has overcome this already) like his marriage and some of the guildies that he’s having trouble with. His blog is worth reading. I’m still looking forward to seeing more personal posts from him and his wife.
Favorite Posts:
Setbacks, Progress, and Lifetime Friends
http://asaradragon.blogspot.com/
It really is nice to find real people out there behind the computer screen typing up their experiences both in the World of Warcraft and in real life. This lady is a mother of 2 and yet she still plays! That’s amazing!
Favorite Post:
Back to work again?! – I really like this because I know what it feels like to squeeze in some time to play World of Warcraft after a hard day’s work!
This is another blog I come to read quite often primarily because of the strategy guides he has written for Anub’arak. He’s a level 80 night elf druid with lots of experience. I also like the header in the page with cartoon drawings of WoW characters.
Favorite posts:
http://awakeninginprogress.wordpress.com/
If you want to take time off from your hardcore WoW experience then do yourself a favor and read Kel’s blog. IT IS THERAPEUTIC. I love her honesty in her posts and it’s nice to read about her experiences in WoW (which started when she borrowed her boyfriend’s account. lol) Glad she likes the game!
Favorite post:
Disregard the Emote Plix – this is just really funny lol
This blog is one of the most well laid out WoW blogs I’ve seen in a long time. I like how Phoenix (author’s name) sometimes becomes philosophical in her posts and asks, “Should we Kill Arthas?” I have my own thoughts on that but give it a read and post your thoughts on his blog post!
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Another very well laid out World of Warcraft blog. This blog is a collection of WoW players who have such great passion for the game. They specialize in MELEE combat so if your toon does melee then read this blog as they offer some special tricks and strategies! Because I used to be a shaman, I frequent the shaman feeds a lot.
Favorite post:
http://bullcopra.blogspot.com/
I like this blog because it asks the hard questions. He philosophizes on “What if WoW wasn’t anymore” which incidentally is my favorite post written by this blogger. The blog is evenly spaced out with posts that are WoW related and real-life related. You better check this out!
Favorite post:
http://gramstead.wordpress.com/
It is nice reading blogs of casual players for a change. I went from hardcore raider to casual player in a month just because I have some commitments in real life (like a day job, yes). There’s plenty of room for casual players in WoW as the game has been “nerfed” in order to make it “easier” for most. I like the balance so far. This blog narrates his experiences in balancing real life with WoW life.
Favorite post:
Cataclysmic Predictions from a Casual
Are you seeing a pattern here? Another Casual player blog! This time the author melds casual playing with raiding! Definitely a very very difficult thing to do! I’ve done this myself but have strictly limited my play time to 10-mans as 25-mans are more difficult to manage. On top of this, he is a father to 3 children :D
http://dechionsplace.wordpress.com/
I like blogs that tell stories of WoW characters. Dechion’s place narrates the stories of all of his alts since he is a self-confessed altaholic. He is also a father of 3 and a loving husband to a “WoW hating wife”.
Needless to say, he does a pretty good job with letting us know of his characters’ progress.
Favorite posts:
Leveling Guide for Alchemy 1-450
http://restodruiddell.blogspot.com/
This is one of the best laid out WoW websites out here on the interwebz. The blog is Delleyntar’s, a Druid on the US Server Dalaran. The author has several videos on the right hand side of the page which are about druid healing mostly. They are educational especially for resto players since resto healing rotations are explained very well. There’s excellent commentary as well on the videos. Very good job. I would love to schedule an interview with this player soon.
Favorite post:
http://wishfullthought.blogspot.com/
In real life, it is usually the wife who puts up with the husband’s World of Warcraft ‘addiction’. In Escapist Scrawl’s blog, it is the other way around. She is a mother to 4 children and a wife to a husband that “barely puts up with [her] mmo addiction”. The blog is a simple chronicling of her characters in the World of azeroth. Refreshing and relaxing at the same time. Go check it out!
Favorite post:
September edition what I’ve been doing
http://4thehorde.wordpress.com/
This blog has several writers and all of them are equally fun to read! I’m a big fan of WoW blogs with in-game screenshots of their adventures. The screenshots make their blog more believable and at the same time more “life like”. I’m a little biased for this blog because I am primarily for the horde.
Favorite post:
My Orc Knuckles Bring All the Gnomes to the Yard – in an obvious reference to the song “Milkshake” ..damn right it’s better than yours.
If you’re looking for some awesome WoW humor then you can’t go wrong with WoWFailBlog.com. I always visit this site whenever I want a good WoW laugh lol. Go check it out as well! The author also posts some fun stuff that are not wow related just to mix it up.
Favorite post:
Lady Jess’s blog really stands out as one of the best laid out personal/WoW blogs out there. The screenshots are amazing (she must have a really wicked graphics card) and really add life to the blog. She’s more of a casual raiding player (nice!) and she’s detailed some of her raids quite well. Very fun read!
Favorite post:
Casual Guild Strolls Into Ulduar
Birdfall’s blog has got to be one of the more philosophical World of Warcraft blogs out there. I LOVE IT. The posts are a combination of WoW experiences interspersed with real life experiences. She meshes the two quite well. Girls are really owning it when it comes to WoW blogs!
Favorite Post:
Generalize me or the “Casual/Hardcore Feud”
Molsan is a level 80 protection Paladin on the Earthen Ring server. The layout is very clean and mainly the blog is about tips and tricks and guides for the Paladin. But most players can learn from his experiences as well. Some of his posts are wonderfully philosophical too.
Favorite post:
The Real Stories Behind Soulless Welfare Epics
http://musingsofanutjob.blogspot.com/
This blog is a nice simple and relaxing read on the experiences of a casual player. I’m guessing that this guy is going to turn into an altaholic soon. He has a mage and rogue and has now rolled I think a new toon in a different server. I like the fact that he has time to play WoW along with his son.
Favorite post:
http://houseofstormrage.com/stardancer/
I have never done role playing in World of Warcraft aside from joking around with my cousins and friends inside the game. This blog contains some places to visit in the game as well includes great role playing tips for the RP player.
Favorite Post:
http://oneofthesealts.blogspot.com/
Just by looking at the title of the blog, one can easily guess that this player is yet another altaholic. The author quickly differentiates his alts from the others by saying that they’re not like the others. I thought that was real funny. Anyway, I like reading this guy’s updates because aside from breaking the 70k gold goal/barrier he set for himself, he is now detailing his life experiences as a healer. Go check them out.
Favorite Post:
http://pedrolucasgoestowow.blogspot.com/
I like reading this guy’s blog because I believe he’s a hardcore raider. He blogs about his raid experience and gives out valuable tips and advice. It doesn’t hurt that he writes it in a fun way too. He has a nice flying mount to boot too haha
Favorite Post:
25 raids and the Many People Problem
http://www.permanentlylost.com/
I love the honesty I find in this blog. One of his recent posts he seems like he’s burning out from the raiding. To quote him, “…it just stopped being fun” But the good news is that he hasn’t quit playing (unlike me, lol) and has leveled his Mage to 55. His main is a Resto Druid (nice!)
Favorite post:
How do you Balance WoW and Parenthood?
The Random Ravings of Warcraft is a blog written with very good humor. If you’re in the office and would like to just relax and have a good WoW laugh or a light WoW read then visit this guy’s blog. Along with many others, this guy is a self-confessed altaholic.
Favorite post:
Rawrcast is one of the great WoW Podcast communities out there. You should definitely check it out especially when they’re live! What i’m most impressed with is the fact that one of their writers have achieved Lore Master! This, I think is one of the more difficult achievements to finish!
Favorite Post:
http://www.reflectionsfromthepond.com/
Reflections from the Pond contains the opinions and musings of a somewhat casual WoW player. The author thinks that it’s pretty cool to blog about WoW life experiences and so she began his/her blogging journey in 2007.
Favorite post:
http://seedogblog.wordpress.com/
See Dog Blog is a personal WoW blog that also gives you the author’s tips and tricks and of course his experience inside the game. He also has his own youtube channel so you may want to check out some of his videos already. His blog is fairly new but there are a couple of interesting posts in there already. He also promised that he’ll be releasing/writing a mining related money making guide.
Favorite post:
World of Warcraft Gold: The Mindset
http://aggronaut.housestalwart.com/
Tales of the Aggronaut has one of my favorite layouts of any blog – utilizing both in-game screenshots and original artwork. The author has been an MMO player since Everquest and has brought his MMO expertise to the game. You can check out some of his cool guides and read about his experiences in the game as well.
Favorite Post:
Congratulate him as he has surpassed the 40,000 reader mark! – Very impressive!
This polish player has a couple of guides in there that are pretty neat and insightful! You definitely want to check them out. If you’re a protection warrior you can check out his tips and tricks in soloing as one. What I like most about this blog is his relatively long posts. He seems to really take time with each article and lay it all out in there. A must read.
Favorite post:
Soloing as a Protection Warrior
http://thebarrenschat.wordpress.com/
The barrens chat is pretty unique to horde players so my heart is pretty close with this one. The Barrens Chat is basically brain farts of the author’s wow experiences and insights about the game and its players. He provides witty/funny in-game screenshots as well.
Favorite post:
http://ctrlaltwow.blogspot.com/
Control alt WoW simply is the ultimate podcast community for people who are altaholics. Listen to these guys and you’ll hear REAL people who are passionate about the game. Who knows you may become part of it too as a guest?
Favorite post:
http://1serialsblog.wordpress.com/
The Serials’ Blog is one of the good WoW blogs out there that does rated R superstar comments. Kids do not read this blog. The author writes mostly about his World of Warcraft experiences as well as his life outside of the game.
Favorite post:
I love the real honesty I find in personal WoW blogs and The Stoppable Force is no exception. A very laid back layout design matches well with the WoW blog posts and real life blog posts of the author. The topics are very light and mostly constitute his WoW experiences and updates. It’s nice to see him progress in the game too.
Favorite post:
I have a special inkling for Shaman blogs. For one, Shamans are almost quite extinct. lol just kidding but compared to Mages and Rogues, Shamans do not have strength in numbers in this game after they got the receiving end of some major nerfs pre-bc. Anyway this shaman blog is one of the best I frequent every now and then. He has some insights in the latest Shaman updates as well as his experiences with respeccing to Enhancement! (He is primarily an Elemental player)
Favorite post:
http://flameshock.blogspot.com/
Ahhh another fellow shaman! I love reading Shaman blogs because I can relate to them fully! The author has been playing WoW for the longest time as he’s been there even during the beta stages! He blogs mostly about his experiences and opinions about shamans and the game in general. He also puts in nice little in-game screenshots to liven up his articles. Good job!
Favorite post:
Shaman Wrath Reputation Rewards
http://dkdeathgoddess.blogspot.com/
I’ve rolled a death knight before but only because I wanted to catch a glimpse of the great arthas! Anyway this blogger is a female (hmm yes, female) Alliance death knight and also blogs about her experiences in-game. She writes pretty well too! Check out her stuff!
Favorite post:
http://www.theoverpowereddruid.blogspot.com/
This blog focuses on the resto druid. How come Resto druids are more popular than resto shamans?? Must be the tree form. Anyway, this is a blog you should definitely go to if you want to learn the basics of playing Resto druid. Check out the right hand side of the page for the guide links.
Favorite post:
http://www.casualhuntering.com/
I am extremely proud of casual players because they’ve done something that I have consistently failed at — playing and enjoying WoW while keeping my day job. The author of this blog is a married guy with 3 kids and yet he still manages to play and update his blog. He offers some neat tips and tricks for Hunters and other classes as well as some cool insights about the game. Recently, he just posted a guide for Hallow’s Eve!
Favorite post:
Warcraft, Digital dungeon of Obsession?
http://www.pinkpigtailinn.com/
What is it with female players and their ability to reflect on the game with much better clarity than their male counterparts? I like this blog because aside from being very well written and nicely laid out, the author really takes the time to think through the topic, dissect it, and put it all together for the reader’s enjoyment.
Favorite post:
Why I don’t want to hear another “WoW is too easy” statement
http://www.frostnova.ch/tachyon/blog
Talk about awesome screenshots. This guy has one of the best looking screenshots I’ve seen in a long time! The blogger is a frostmage and shares his experience and insights as well as tips on playing Frost. Just take a look at his PVE Mage guide and you’ll see graphs that he made on his own. Talk about dedication and QUALITY.
Favorite post:
Tachyon’s PvE Arcane Mage Guide
http://twistedfaith.wordpress.com/
Another very well designed and written blog. Natarumah, the blogger who owns Twisted Faith, is to quote from her “shadow specced from the day she was born.” HOT. You can tell from her blog that she brings in a lot of Shadow Priest experience. Read all about her insights and experiences in her blog!
Favorite post:
http://www.strengthofearth.com/
OOPS another SHAMAN blog! But this one deserves a mention because for the shaman player, the info here is just priceless! Learn about spell rotations that maximizes your DPS, glyphs, etc. all for the Shaman. Although content is relatively few at this point, expect him to add some more. The good thing is that he’s very much committed to his Shaman and that can only result into more insights about the class.
Favorite post:
Windfury, Flametongue, and Weapon Speeds
This isn’t really a blog but what the hell. This is an interesting take on World of Warcraft influenced pick up lines. I don’t suggest that you try this in your local bar. But DO try it on Blizzcon and let’s see what happens. lol
Favorite post:
“My totems might only last 5 minutes, but I can go all night.” LOL
Anyone you think was left out of the list? Just post them below and i’ll add them up!
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