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Who Doesn't Like a Good Treasure Hunt?
I posted about this contest on Saturday but it seemed like everyone glossed over it in the celebration of "Yay people are blogging again". This is very flattering, but it also doesn't get YOU any swag!
They are giving away an iPod Touch today, and there are VERY few people who entered into the contest. Your odds of winning are TREMENDOUSLY high right now, so I strongly encourage you guys to give it a shot!
Contest Page
Contest Announcement
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Aaaaand We're Back!
So I have difficulty imagining you haven't noticed, but for those of you who haven't: the blog has been a little slow lately! I'm embarrassed to let the guys publish a WWR this week, because the blog section of the listing will show...exactly
nothing
. :(
Now I can of course sit here and make a lot of excuses (I've been busy! Between moving and Blizzcon, and a death in the family, this is the first week since June that I've slept 4 nights in the same bed!)...but it's not excuses you want, it's blogs!
I have some editorial stuff coming next week that I'm pretty excited about, and that I should have some time to put my thoughts on paper now that I'm settle into the new place. But first...a
contest
!
Our sister site
ZAM.com
has arranged a contest with Flying Lab Software, publishers of
Pirates of the Burning Sea
. I know you guys are WoW players, but I maintain that everyone should try more than just one MMO, and this is a good opportunity—if you sign up for the 14-day tri
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Faction Changes Now Live!
Ladies and gentlemen, the time has finally come!
For a mere $30, you two can tear down the walls between Alliance and Horde, and contribute to a more wholesome, unified Azeroth. Now is the time to reach across the aisle, and move towards a more perfect union!
Critical Links
The Announcement
The FAQ
The Splash Page on the Main Site
The Faction Change Page
So strange that we ever saw this day. Those of you have read certain
previous blogs
of mine may understand my dilemma...
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BlizzCon: Behind the Scenes
While the major announcements were taking place on the floors of BlizzCon...another, more sinister drama was occurring behind the scenes.
Those of you who have been following this blog may remember that
TheOnyx
,
Skosiris
and I are Horde players. While on the convention floor, we got word of a certain gathering that was to occur—a gathering of the
Alliance
. And we couldn't let that stand...something had to be done.
An elite crack team of agents was assembled. Their mission: to
rickroll Blizzard
.
See the exciting, video conclusion after the break!
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Cataclysm Stat Revamps—GC Nerfs EVERYTHING!
So I'm going to go through and list some of the crazy changes that are being made to itemization here. I'll be elaborating more on this later, but here's the basic rundown:
Edit:
Because there seems to be some confusion: These changes are proposed changes to come with the next WoW expansion, called Cataclysm. These are still a long way off. When they come, they will also come with a complete revamp of existing gear, as well as a total reconstruction not just of the quests that lead you through the original zones, but of the zones THEMSELVES. Thousand Needles is being flooded. The Barrens is being split into two zones. Desolace is green and growing. Azshara is a lowbie leveling zone. Zones are being condensed so you spend fewer levels in each one. So have no fear. Everything is changing, but it's all changing TOGETHER. The whole game is getting redesigned for the new expansion—check out all the details on how in our
Recap
!
But in the meantime, let's take a look at the stat changes coming in the expansion!
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WoW: Cataclysm Recap
So this is the rundown for the new expansion!
All of my random thoughts are on the Twitter page here:
http://twitter.com/Wowhead
But I will also be listing them here in bullet points, to keep them organized. Join us after the break for some amazing news!
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Cataclysm Officially Announced!
So here's the rough run-down. It's pretty much as it was leaked, but here's the interesting stuff I thought:
Guild levelling, and Guild achievements
New Character Progression: "Path of the Titans". Not sure what this means.
New Secondary Skill: Archaeology
Rated Battlegrounds
Heroic Classic Instances: Deadmines and Shadowfang Keep
So it looks like everything MMO-Champion had was correct, but apparently Blizzard still managed to keep a FEW secrets. :)
The goblin lore looks interesting. It seems like the Horde Goblins will be a splinter group of island-faring goblins—similar to the Darkspear trolls—that were forced off their island by the incoming Cataclysm, and have fallen in with the Horde. It's possible, we'll have to see. :)
The full details are up on the World of Warcraft site here:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm/
Stay tuned for the next blog, when we hit up the preview panel!
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BlizzCon Day 1—and Wowhead Quest!
So I'm in my hotel room, packing my stuff up and heading down to the convention floor. I'm going to use this blog post to write down my random thoughts as we go on through the day, just in case some of you may be bored enough that they want to hear MY running commentary on their DirecTV broadcast. :P
Don't forget that for more immediate news and pictures—the kind I don't have to run up to the press room to publish—you can follow us on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/Wowhead
Bonus:
For those of you who are actually attending the convention, Wowhead has a quest for you!
If you manage to find one of us on the convention floor—you'll know us by our Wowhead T-shirts—then you get a card for a free month trial of
Premium
!
The updates will be coming after the break!
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More BlizzCon Info!
Our sister site
ZAM.com
has their own editorial coverage of Blizzcon going up this weekend, and they already have a few posts that are looking pretty awesome.
Specifically, the ones I wanted to bring your attention to were these:
Diablo 3 demo run-down
Fansite Summit recap
Photo gallery and goody bag contents
The full list of Blizzcon posts will automatically update as new ones are added, and can be found here:
http://www.zam.com/news/tags/BlizzCon_09
Enjoy!
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Fansite Summit Recap!
So now that I've gotten to sit back down at my computer and actually do some typing, I'm going to elaborate a little on some of the thoughts I mentioned in the previous
blog
, and on
Twitter
. I wasn't made for
Twitter
—I talk too much. :(
I'm also posting the (admittedly meager) gallery of photos I managed to take, though the majority of the time we were restricted from using cameras.
Read on!
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BlizzCon 2009 Fansite Summit!
So for those of you who don't know, this year (like last year) Blizzard is hosting an exclusive Community Summit for their official Fansites—like us. It's a pretty exclusive thing—only one representative from each site is allowed to attend, and this year it just happens to be me!
Now Blizzard is very particular about what we're allowed to show you and what we're not, but nonetheless I'll be putting on my journalism hat and taking pictures (where possible) with my terrible iPhone camera, and as I get the opportunity I'll be adding content to this blog post!
All of the coverage and updates will be after the break. In addition, don't forget to follow us on
Twitter
, since we may be able to get information up there before I can reach a computer and get it up on this blog post.
http://twitter.com/Wowhead
Warning:
There may (or may not?) be spoilers ahead!
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User Survey: Win a Free Trial of Premium!
Interested in a free one-month trial of the Wowhead
Premium Service
? :)
Wowhead, along with the rest of ZAM, has a survey up on SurveyMonkey right now, asking simple demographic questions. We're using it to give to advertisers, so they can run advertisements on the site that are for things that you might, you know, actually want to
buy
—ie, no more "Shoot the Duck". So if you're interested in giving Premium a trial run, or if you just want the ads on Wowhead to get better, go take our survey!
LINK REMOVED
Edit: We're all out of trial codes! Thanks to everyone who took the survey. :)
Please Note:
This is a one-month free trial of the ZAM Premium Service, which includes Premium access to
Wowhead
,
ZAM.com
, and
MMOUI / Wowinterface
.
Since it's a free trial code, it doesn't have any effect on users who are already Premium (though we would love to have you fill out the survey anyway).
Trial codes can only be used once per account.
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Official 3.2 Thread!
Double Edit:
That'll teach me to try going out to dinner on patch day! Blizzard has
confirmed
that faction restrictions on PvP servers have been removed, apparently as part of their transition into offering a
Faction Change
service. The post is here:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=19110291048&sid=1
Edit:
So an interesting article on
WoW.com
indicates that faction restrictions on pvp servers are currently disabled, and users can now create characters of any faction on a pvp server, no matter what characters they already have. No word yet on whether this is intentional—it certainly isn't in the patch notes.
So here's the official thread, y'all! 3.2 is today!
Here then, is a centralized location—to discuss changes, express your irritation at the nerfs, or to rail at Blizzard for not being able to get their serve
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League of Legends Beta! (DotA Fans Rejoice!)
So I don't know how many of your are fans of Warcraft III—I can hope there's at least a small number of you, judging by the comments on my first
Warcraft III related blog
.
Well, anyone out there who played Warcraft III online is likely ALSO to remember
Defense of the Ancients
—there was a good long stretch where nobody I knew would play anything else. :)
Well, all of you DotA fans may be interested to learn that there's a game coming out shortly called
League of Legends
, which is a free to play game based on the DotA mod, and our sister site ZAM.com has got beta keys to give away. If you're a DotA fan from way back, go sign up for the beta giveaway
here
!
The full story and signups are at
http://www.zam.com/coupon-lol.html
(COUPON LOL)
EDIT:
All the keys have been given out!
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Introducing Wowhead Premium
Here at Wowhead, we've dedicated a lot of time and effort to making sure that we can give you the best possible experience. We are proud—not only are we proud of the site, but we're proud to be a part of the community that has grown up around it. It's important to us to ensure that we continue to provide the same level of quality for the members of the community.
As a result, we've created a way to give our most loyal community members an enhanced experience: Introducing
Wowhead Premium
.
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Sam Raimi to Direct Warcraft Movie
So it looks like
SBMrClean
was wrong, in his tongue-in-cheek prediction—it looks as though the Warcraft movie has a director—and it's
Sam Raimi
.
Here's the press release:
http://www.blizzard.com/us/press/090721.html
Especially interesting is the fact that
Ain't It Cool
picked up the story first, after which it was picked up by
WoW.com
, and only THEN did the
official press release
come out—and you may notice there's a typo in the title. Looks like the leak caught Blizzard a little off guard. ;)
S
o what do you guys think?
Good decision? Bad decision? Hopefully we'll have the chance to post an opinion piece on the subject this week.
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A Little Off-Topic: Fallen Earth Beta
I know that the Wowhead Blog is not exactly a source for general MMORPG news, but this seemed cool enough to bring to your attention.
The guys over at
ZAM
have set up a partnership with the makers of
Fallen Earth
to get special Beta invites for ZAM users. If you're interested in giving the game a shot, head on over and check it out!
The original info is all posted here:
http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=18936
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Reduced Cooldown on Paid Character Transfers
Eyonix, on the official forums, has just let us know that they're changing the cooldown on paid character transfers from 30 days to 3 days, in an effort to lend a hand to people who make a character transfer they regret!
Lot of big changes coming up for transfers these days. I'm definitely curious to hear how you guys feel this is going to affect the game experience.
The original blue post is after the break!
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Warrior Q&A with Ghostcrawler
A little late on this one too! What with all the time we're spending on the
Profiler
combined with some big news we have for next week, and we're a little slower on the draw than usual this week. But here it is, the Warrior Q&A! Thanks to
MasterofDisguise
for helping me throw the blog together.
I can't comment much on the actual content here, Warrior is not a class that I play—the rage mechanic never really appealed to me, and the interview below indicates the same may be true of the developers!
You can read the entire interview after the break, or read the original one linked below:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/underdev/warrior.html
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WoW Armory for the iPhone: A Review
Now THIS is interesting. I assume all of you who are both Blizzard fans and iPhone owners have already heard the news, but for those of you who haven't: Today, Blizzard released the
WoW Armory app for the iPhone
. I'm a Mac user and an iPhone owner, so I thought I'd take the time to write a quick review.
I've also included a gallery of screenshots, and the text of the actual app info in the iTunes store. Check after the break to see all the info. :)
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