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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]

Stepping back across time.

How I got married through World of Warcraft

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I've mentioned a lot of times, in passing, how my wife and I connected in part through World of Warcraft. But I've never actually...
Looking closer.

WoW Factor: Breaking up is surprisingly easy to do

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The classic break-up line is "it's not you, it's me." It is, of course, usually a lie, and it often gets followed up shortly...
If we do get a new race, of course, everyone knows my biggest suggestion.

Why World of Warcraft’s item level scaling is really, really, dumb

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This has been a very stupid week. I know this because any other week, World of Warcraft completely destroying the reason for acquiring new...
Just absolute galaxy brain

WoW Factor: The good and the bad of World of Warcraft’s patch 7.2 date

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Boy, this is a time I am glad to be wrong. I was outright worried that Blizzard was going to hold patch 7.2 for...
AHHHH

WoW Factor: Where do we go after WoW Legion?

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So at the risk of being dinged for spoiling the current World of Warcraft expansion, let me say this: Azeroth is not going to...
Herp to the derp.

WoW Factor: Examining World of Warcraft’s 7.2 update

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Patch 7.2 is the first real content patch that we've gotten for World of Warcraft post-Legion. Obviously, 7.1 wasn't devoid of content, but it...
Local Panda Recalls When She Was Special.

WoW Factor: The state of professions in Legion

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The state of World of Warcraft's professions in Legion is a weird one because it's obvious how much work has gone into crafting for...
No, you don't get it, she has no eyes.

WoW Factor: New classes in a post-Legion world

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So World of Warcraft patch 7.1.5 is out now... but I'm going to be honest, that doesn't feel like much of anything. It's there,...
This plan sure worked!

WoW Factor: A wishlist for 2017 in World of Warcraft

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This year has been a pile of garbage and I'll be glad it's over. It's not that I'm convinced 2017 will be any better...
True strength is inside. But leveling should really help.

WoW Factor: 2016 in review for World of Warcraft

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Talking about World of Warcraft in 2016 is really different because the game had two different years this year. And unfortunately for anyone trying...
Everybody dies.

WoW Factor: Looking forward to World of Warcraft 7.2

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It's been a little while, friends, but that happens. Last time I was making bets about what we'd see for World of Warcraft at...
Bet on it.

WoW Factor: BlizzCon betting odds

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My original plan this week was to talk a little bit about patch 7.1, but two things have made that less than possible. The...
Herp to the derp.

WoW Factor: Sargeras, the Legion, and World of Warcraft lore on the cosmic scale

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Patch 7.1 is just around the corner for World of Warcraft, and it makes me just a little bit anxious. Why? Because the expansion...
Herp to the derp.

WoW Factor: A WoW Legion wishlist

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Legion is humming along nicely as we near the two-month mark. It's still got that decent balance of having enough to do that you're...
This is less annoying, sure.

WoW Factor: The state of WoW’s dungeons and how we got here

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I've still been having a blast in Legion over the past few weeks. Nithogg might have been unkind to me by offering me no...
Unseen.

WoW Factor: Assessing the zones of WoW Legion’s Broken Isles

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I've now made my way through all of the zones in World of Warcraft: Legion twice. There's something to be written about that, which...
Just absolute galaxy brain

WoW Factor: Assessing WoW after two weeks of Legion

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All right, so it's actually closer to a week and a half. I'm torn between an eye-rolling "it's only been a week and a...
Would you like to see something unsettling?

WoW Factor: Sticking the landing of the Legion expansion

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Next week, folks, it's go time. The expansion arrives, and so forth. My impressions of the expansion will start going out on Monday, but...
Curb Your Enthusiasm theme plays

WoW Factor: Fighting against the Legion and the end of the world

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I honestly don't know what the Burning Legion's strategy is in World of Warcraft right now when it comes to picking places to invade....
No, you don't get it, she has no eyes.

WoW Factor: The storm upon the Broken Shore

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I sometimes get asked why I don't do more stuff within betas when I have access to them. To answer that, all I can...

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