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WoW Factor is Eliot Lefebvre’s column on an MMO you’ve probably never heard of: World of Warcraft. [Follow this column’s RSS feed]

Everybody dies.

WoW Factor: The great Superdata fall-off

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The one down side to working ahead is that sometimes your schedule gets nudged around more than expected. I promise that a further look...
AHHHH

WoW Factor: The zones that changed the most from Classic, Eastern Kingdoms edition

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We've got a little while until World of Warcraft actually drops its Classic server, but the nice thing is that those of us who have...
Actually call it a comeback.

WoW Factor: The smart World of Warcraft stuff from BlizzCon

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Let's get something out of the way first and foremost. I am not going to count Warcraft III: Reforged as a smart thing for...
Nothing else has worked.

WoW Factor: The dumb World of Warcraft stuff from BlizzCon

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It's easy to just think of this year's BlizzCon as having dumb stuff on display for Diablo, but let's be real here - there were...
It only became real very recently.

BlizzCon 2018: What the heck happened?

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Every year, I cover BlizzCon for Massively Overpowered. This is not new information; you've all seen my liveblogs running every year for quite some...
This plan sure worked!

WoW Factor: When long-term progress in World of Warcraft isn’t

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"When even the vanishingly tiny playerbase of your game that you've been catering to for years is getting tired... what's going to happen to your game?"
And here, we see yet another thing thrown away for no damn reason.

WoW Factor: We’re all farming Nature Resistance gear now

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First and foremost, I'd like to note that I am writing these columns consecutively and immediately, so all I can do is hope that...
Those are people who died, died.

WoW Factor: Examining excitement, accomplishment, and elitism in Battle for Azeroth

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It's been a while, and for good reason. But now that we're nearly three months into Battle for Azeroth, the World of Warcraft community...
Stormy weather.

First impressions of World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, part 4: Conclusions

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Part four covers expansion odds and ends plus the conclusion to our series: the problem with Azerite, progression, and why the expansion isn't bad, just weakly executed.
I AM SO GREAT! *clap* I AM SO GREAT!

First impressions of World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, part 3: Narrative

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Part three covers expansion story: narrative design, the text, the intended emotional reaction, good vs. evil, comparisons to Wrathgate, and how the game's cinematic presentation is let down by its plot.
Going nowhere, going nowhere.

First impressions of World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, part 2: Content

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Part two covers expansion content: the storyline, the new zones, the War Campaign, questing, rewards, Inscription, professions, dungeons, and environments.
Dead in the water.

First impressions of World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, part 1: Mechanics

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Part one covers chiefly the expansion's mechanics: the basics of leveling, the Heart of Azeroth, level scaling, Azerite powers, combat, spec changes, War Mode, and the campaign.
You may be my old favorite, but you don't get a free pass.

WoW Factor: World of Warcraft’s market saturation and the pull of vague memories

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Here's something a little different: Usually, before I write a World of Warcraft column (or any column), my assumptions and data are pretty firm...
Nothing else has worked.

WoW Factor: There’s no fixing this Battle for Azeroth story

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Let's be totally clear about something: There is no twist waiting for this World of Warcraft story. It doesn't exist. There's no way that...
Those are people who died, died.

WoW Factor: Dissecting the dumb plan in World of Warcraft’s War of Thorns

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There's a lot to be upset about with the World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth prepatch. There's stuff that just doesn't feel good any more...
AHHHH

WoW Factor: World of Warcraft’s Battle for Azeroth feels like Cataclysm all over again

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It took me a long time to identify what felt off about World of Warcraft's upcoming expansion. Something was definitely bothering me, but the...
The gates are closed to me.

WoW Factor: Things that actually worry me about Battle for Azeroth

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The Battle for Azeroth beta is here, at long last, and it feels like it might have come a little early in the process....
Actually call it a comeback.

WoW Factor: Speculative classes for the future of WoW

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If Allied Races show us anything, it's that World of Warcraft is really in no danger of running out of new races to throw...
Opposition.

WoW Factor: Updating data in the wake of Battle for Azeroth’s release announcement

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Hooray, we have a release date for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth instead of just a release window! And contrary to what many...
Local Panda Recalls When She Was Special.

WoW Factor: Allied races and a dearth of class choices

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Last week, we got confirmation that Kul Tiran Humans and Mag'har Orcs are coming to the Allied Race roster for World of Warcraft: Battle...

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