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Battle.net Accounts!
So Blizzard appears to be moving in a more unified direction! Yesterday they announced the expansion of their Battle.net service. It looks like they're setting things up so that going forward you can log into WoW, Diablo III, Starcraft II, and all their upcoming betas with a single set of login information.
This is all well and good, of course, but what I'm
really
excited about is the ability to keep track of your CD Keys for
earlier
games, which will let you download and play games like Diablo II and Warcraft III on any computer. Anyone who's been a regular reader of this blog will know that this is an exciting prospect for me personally. Just be careful with your account information!
You can set up your Battle.net account here:
http://us.battle.net/account/creation/landing.xml
More info can be found on the Battle.net FAQ here:
http://us.battle.net/faq/index.html
The full announcement is after the break!
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Tier 8 Bonuses and Other Goodies
This, ladies and gentlemen, is the moment we have all been waiting for! The Tier8 armor sets for all the classes are no longer mystery. We now know how the sets look like, how they are named, but more importantly - what bonuses they give us!
Check the
Turtlenecks Are In This Year
for a video and some information about the way the sets look!
But before we move to the sets, there is a little teaser I would like to toss in here. Remember how at the end of each Arena Season the top teams were rewarded a Nether Drake mount with 310% bonus speed? Well, the reward for the next Arena Season is going to be a
Deadly Gladiator's Frostwyrm
!
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UI Changes Rundown Now Available
Blizzard has released some new info on all the different upcoming UI changes! Here's the official announcement:
New User Interface Updates
There are many new additions and changes coming in the near future for World of Warcraft. Alongside the hotly anticipated raid dungeon
Ulduar
, several new user interface features will be debuting, and we’ve put together a
preview of them
to let you know what to expect when the patch arrives.
Check after the break for a rundown of what you can expect to see.
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Wowhead Comic #14
Sorry folks, didn't have the time to make a full length comic this week. Busy busy busy!
But, as I had so much fun with the Boomkitty, I decided to go the other route.
Meet Mr. Bearhealz!
I wish I could draw more of these with other classes, but the druid forms were just so flexible..
Anyhoo. I stuck them together and made a
wallpaper
, purely for my own amusement, but I figured I'd add it to this blog post!
Widescreen (1920x1200)
Standard (1600x1200)
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Dark Riders, Tree Branches, & Evil Dudes--Oh, My!
My goal in writing entries such as this remains simple: to encourage readers to get back in the game and do those quests they never even knew existed, to explore and go where no other has so boldly gone before, and to come back here to tell us about their experiences or interpretations. If you like reading these entries help spread the word--it's bird! Er, blog--I MEAN BLOG! Tell your friends about our blog!
In my last entry I covered a lot of information concerning the history and origins of worgen. There is a plethora of lore surrounding the worgen and I fear we only got a glimpse of it last time. Follow along this week as we tackle the Dark Riders, Scythe of Elune, and some sinister wizard-wannabes, the likes of which you've always hated when leveling up. Ugh!
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New & Changed Icons in Patch 3.1 (Build 9684)
What does a new PTR build mean? Exciting icon changes, of course. In this new build (3.0.1.9684),
73
new icons were added, and
19
got tweaked.
All these icons are visible by browsing achievements, items, spells etc. on the site—but we thought you might appreciate having them all in one place for browsing. :)
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WoW Haiku!
A long time ago, at the height of my raiding career in Burning Crusade, I sat down and wrote the following sublime piece of poetry:
Raiding DPS
I hope you are a warlock
No? GTFO
I encourage you to contribute your own to my list of WoW haiku. The standard format is 5-7-5, and the person who contributes the best one may or may not win a gold plated skateboarding whale.
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Turtlenecks Are In This Year
So for those of you who have been following
MMO-Champion
—which you should be if you're interested in early warning info about the upcoming patch—you'll notice that Boubouille has posted the
final model preview
for the tier 8 armor sets!
He's posted a
YouTube video
showing a full 360 degree 3D view of each armor set, as well as a high-definition screenshot showing them on every race/gender combination.
The URLs are:
Original Post:
http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=43380.0
YouTube Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibjscQm0wBE&fmt=22
So what are your favorites and least favorites? I like the Shaman and Druid sets—Druid especially, I think it's nice to see a Druid wearing something that actually looks like
leather
. Warrior's pretty good too, it feels very Norse. Least favorites are the Paladin set (I know, right?) and the Rog
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Mommy, Where Does QQ Come From?
A little while ago I had a conversation with a user that got me thinking.
He was talking for a bit about how he didn't want Wowhead to turn into WowSpace, and that while he granted that the forums were a great addition to Wowhead, he also expressed frustration about troll posters, feeling that they caused the Wowhead forums to bring the overall quality of Wowhead down, rather than up.
Now, I don't mean to suggest that this user was QQing. He was expressing his honest opinion and I respect him for it. But it started to make me think about the nature of people, and why we complain about the things we do.
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What a Long, Strange Trip It's Going To Be
It appears that on the latest PTR build, Blizzard has removed the
Brew of the Year
achievement from the list of requirements for the
Brewmaster
meta-achievement—and by extension, for the mega-achievement
What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been
. Death Knights now no longer have to wait until 2010 for their shot at the
Violetter Protodrache
!
This is coming hot on the heels of another PTR change which was announced some time earlier regarding the
Fool For Love
meta-achievement (which, like the
Brewmaster
achievement, grants a title). For those of you who missed it, the notorious
Be Mine!
achievement which spawned so much drop-rate related controversy, has been nerfed: You now only need to find six[
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New Icons in Patch 3.1 (Build 9658)
Looks like
5
new icons were added in the latest PTR patch: 3.1.0.9658.
All these icons are visible by browsing achievements, items, spells etc. on the site—but we thought you might appreciate having them all in one place for browsing. :)
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Comic Honorable Mention - Avedral
One of our users,
Avedral
just won a honorable mention at Blizzard's fan comic contest. Here is the official announcement:
Here is the next honorable mention from
this month's
comic contest submissions. Remember, the contest will go on all year long, so don't miss your chance to win a copy of the World of Warcraft Battle Chest signed by both Vice President of Creative Development Chris Metzen and Art Director Chris Robinson, as well as a World of Warcraft 60 day pre-paid time card.
Keep those comics coming! Check out today's honorable mention from
Avedral
.
Here's a link to the
comic itself
, and a direct link to the
image by itself
(or just use the thumbnail to the right).
Congratulations to
Avedral
- we wish you sky-rocking success and many more notable entries, preferably - winning ones! :)
We are proud to have you
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There's No Such Thing as a Cheap Lunch
I feel like I might have been a little too down on PvP last time, so I'd like to continue my Street Fighter metaphor from my
last post
. To that end, I have a shocking revelation for many of you:
“Being cheap” doesn't exist in competitive games.
I, like everyone else, have fallen repeatedly to rogues in PvP situations where I've been simply stunlocked from 100% health until I die, and frequently even by rogues that have worse gear or are lower level than me, just like I've lost against people in Street Fighter that do nothing but jump kick/sweep.
We all know that classes have had balance issues in the past, and will continue to have balance issues in the future (though some might argue they're worse now than they have been), Blizzard isn't perfect, but when you get demolished in PvP by a Death Knight, ask yourself: Do you say, “Oh, well, it's a DK, so it doesn't count” or do you say, “Hmm, okay, what can I do differently next time to increase my odds of winning?”
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New Icons in Patch 3.1 (Build 9637)
Here are the
44
new icons that were added in PTR patch 3.1.0.9637. Feel free to use them as your Wowhead avatar.
All these icons are visible by browsing achievements, items, spells etc. on the site—but we thought you might appreciate having them all in one place for browsing. :)
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Title Status: Achieved!
I remember back in first days of Patch 3.0 and Wrath of the Lich King, when all the new titles were introduced, and all the fuss they created—all of a sudden people were rushing back to the old world, farming reputation, running instances...it was madness (
"Madness? This...is...WotLK!"
). I remember how I was digging through forums and websites, looking for all the titles, trying to learn whatever I can.
So now, a few months later, when everything is settled down, I decided to compose a nice little summary of all the obtainable titles. Just to make things easier for everybody else who, like me, decides to go and dedicate hours and hours to something, just so they can have a little something next to their name.
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Introducing ZAM.com!
Wowhead is proud to announce the launch of
ZAM.com
!
ZAM.com is a centralized news portal and game hub for MMOs of all shapes and sizes. Through this portal we'll be covering all sorts of MMO related content, including classic games like Everquest and Final Fantasy XI, new games like Warhammer Online or Age of Conan, as well as upcoming games and Free-to-Play projects. ZAM.com will serve as a hub for editorial content across the entire ZAM Network, as well as a portal for access to our other sites, including
Thottbot
,
WoWInterface
,
WoW Allakhazam
, and
Online Gaming Radio
.
Head on over to
ZAM.com
and take a look! The official press release is after the break.
Edit: For those of you interested in signing up, you can log in with your existing Allakhazam account if you have one. :)
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Wowhead Comic #13
"Oh, hey,
dual specs
, neato! Now... how do I switch? What does this button do-
OH GOD NO!
"
While drawing this I decided that a 'Boomkitty' would be the greatest class spec... ever. It's cute, and awesome.
Also, I've gone slightly insane.
That is all.
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Worgen - E.D. With Attitude
They are fearless. They are many. They are entire dimensions from home.
I'm talking about worgen, a race of wolf-men creatures which somewhat contrast the nature-loving furbolg (read about those furries
here
). Worgen are extra-dimensional creatures, as best our undead friends can tell, which exist for the sole purpose of destroying anything and everything they encounter. They were thought to be tame, or at least tame enough to be controlled for the purposes of good, but the worgen secretly mutinied against their new found masters.
Despite differences between furbolg, worgen, and myself there's one thing we all share in common—
we're really hungry!
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Wowhead: PTR 3.1 Site Now Available!
If you look at the top left corner of your screen, you may notice a little something new!
In the past, Wowhead has automatically added PTR content and changes to the live version of the site--which enables people to start planning right away, but unfortunately has caused no end of confusion. Considering how big this patch is (and how long we still have to go before it goes live), we're doing things differently this time. :)
Just like when we had a separate site for live servers and for WotLK back when it was in beta, we now have a separate site for live WoW servers and for the PTR. Any time there is a new patch available on the PTRs, you'll be able to get data from the new patch by going to
ptr.wowhead.com
. Just click the link in the corner to switch back and forth between the live and PTR sites!
This includes special features, like the
3.1 talent calculator
, as well as the
3.1 hunter pet calculator
. Go take a look!
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Holy Cow 30 Minute Hearthstone Cooldowns
This is a short post but I had to bring this up.
According to the legendary Eyonix, 3.1.0 will be removing the ability to "ghetto hearth" using instance groups. But it will
also
be changing the cooldown on hearthstones to 30 minutes.
The World (of Warcraft) changes again.
I will tell you what, guys. I'll bring this up with the designers. Though the hearthstone is reasonable, since many of you have become used to "ghetto hearth" style travel, it may be deemed an appropriate change.
I can make no promises.
Update: Alright, all -- we're going to make the cooldown on hearthstones 30 minutes when 3.1.0 releases. Enjoy your sweet victory.
Thanks to those who provided feedback constructively.
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