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]
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WoW Factor: Fighting against the Legion and the end of the world
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....
WoW Factor: The storm upon the Broken Shore
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...
WoW Factor: The Legion prepatch brings the storm front
On some level, it honestly feels weird to be excited by this patch in World of Warcraft. There's no new stuff to actually do,...
WoW Factor: Titanforged items and content relevance
If you've missed discussion of it elsewhere (including on this here site, even), World of Warcraft is rolling out a new system for item...
WoW Factor: The hope I have for Legion
Every week, in Final Fantasy XI, the three main player nations are competing in a form of passive PvP known as conquest. The nation...
WoW Factor: How to get ready for the Legion pre-patch
As of the time that I'm writing this, we don't know when the Legion pre-patch will hit World of Warcraft. I had to double-check...
WoW Factor: Alternative content release models for WoW and beyond
It has been noted in the past that I am a big fan of having big, show-stopping expansions released for games. I will not...
WoW Factor: Content gaps, polish, and the Legion release date
The past few weeks have been pretty well packed, both in a personal and in a professional sense, so it's easy to sort of...
WoW Factor: Nostalrius, copyright, and player demand
If you haven't been following the latest Legion testing - which, at the end of the day, is just a series of iterative updates...
WoW Factor: A totally legitimate history of World of Warcraft
Editor's note: We're sorry to report that Eliot appears to have fallen through some sort of wormhole when this column was due. Maybe a...
WoW Factor: The problem with Garrisons isn’t Garrisons
When World of Warcraft rolls away from the inexplicable inclusion of alternate Draenor for good, it will also mean bidding farewell to the elements...
WoW Factor: Levels and legends in the Legion alpha
The alpha testing for World of Warcraft's next expansion rolls on, with the vague hope that we might actually have a beta tag by...
WoW Factor: Is this the time Blizzard’s changes stick?
Well, folks, I promised you that this week I would talk about my further impressions playing through the Legion alpha. But then I spied...
WoW Factor: Being positive vs. being honest in games criticism
Today's column is about the time I tackled my father and stormed out of the house. It is also about World of Warcraft. It...
WoW Factor: Thoughts from inside the Legion alpha
Tuesday brought along a big surprise for me in the form of access to the Legion alpha test. I had pretty much resigned myself...
WoW Factor: Why Legion’s alpha/beta label is a hair worth splitting
The Legion alpha is back, and it is still an alpha. And I want to to stress, not for the first time, that I...
WoW Factor: The importance of class fantasies
Here's a fun thought exercise for you all: explain the differences between Fire Mages and Destruction Warlocks in World of Warcraft. But before you...
WoW Factor: The view from outside the Legion alpha test
I've been paying rapt attention to the ongoing-though-paused World of Warcraft Legion alpha tests  because said tests are looking good. That's a positive. Whilst the actual...
WoW Factor: Legion testing is an exercise in absurd decisions
One of my favorite bits from The Office is when Michael is having his budget explained to him. You don't need to know the...
WoW Factor: The look of the Legion class previews
Last week was a pretty fun ride, I have to say. Leaving aside everything else we had to chew on after a weekend's worth...
