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Interdependence in LotRO: Professions and Vocations
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Being an MMORPG, you'd think that Lord of the Rings Online (LotRO) would have the typical crafting system found in most other MMORPGs: Choose which Profession you'd like to focus on, toss some LotRO gold to an NPC to teach you that Profession, work on increasing your Profession's level by crafting items using materials, and sell the items for more LotRO gold. When you start... (posted by Epic 1 year 303 days ago.)
Enchanting Your Way to More WoW Gold

With the constant demand for Enchanting materials at the Auction House, Enchanters can earn a great deal of WoW gold through a variety of means. They can sell the materials they acquire using their ability to Disenchant items, and they can also choose to go on Trade chat and offer to do enchantments for free or for tips, so long as the customers provide the materials. Sometimes, though, selling Enchanting mats and... (posted by Epic 1 year 315 days ago.)
Should World of Warcraft Go Free to Play?

No, I'm not nuts, and I'm certainly not suggesting that Blizzard's seemingly unstoppable massively multiplayer online juggernaut switch from its current lucrative pay to play subscription model, at least not right now. But in two or three years from now, when the sheen has worn off the kick in the pants that is sure to be World of Watercraft Cataclysm, will it be worth considering the free to play path? ... (posted by Epic 1 year 315 days ago.)
Making the most out of your MMO

If youre trying to find tricks and tips on min / maxing or the fastest way to put an efficient raid party together, you are looking in the wrong place. Here we are going to explore the best ways for an informal player to get the best from nearly any tremendously multi-player web-based game. Having said that, regardless of whether you are already a hardcore WoW-head, these tips are worth their weight in WoW gold if youre... (posted by Epic 1 year 332 days ago.)
Free to Play, or Pay to Play, What's The Future?

Everyone Loves Free Is the big budget, high profile, pay to play MMO dying a long and painful death? There's no getting around the fact that the market and gamers can only support so many pay to play MMO's, and very few gamers have the time or money to play more than one MMO each month. In the past year we've seen Turbine's Dungeons and Dragons Online forced into transitioning into a free to play... (posted by Epic 1 year 335 days ago.)
Gift Ideas for the World of Warcraft Dad

Forget boring old mugs and t-shirts with "no.1 dad!" hastily scribbled across, todays dad is tech savvy and media hungry, and more than anything, he's a gamer. You want to show him you love him and you want to avoid that look of masked utter disappointment that flashes across his face when he unwraps yet another bundle of socks or car magazines, so listen up, and listen good to our great gift ideas for WoW-mad... (posted by Epic 1 year 338 days ago.)