WoW.com http://www.wow.com WoW.com http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.wow.com/media/feedlogo.gif WoW.com http://www.wow.com prods@weblogsinc.com (Weblogs, Inc. Producers) support@weblogsinc.com (Weblogs, Inc. Web Support) en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. View our terms of service here: http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/ Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/ <![CDATA[The Queue: Panda-monium edition]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/the-queue-panda-monium-edition/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/the-queue-panda-monium-edition/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/the-queue-panda-monium-edition/#comments Welcome back to The Queue, WoW.com's daily Q&A column where the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Michael Sacco will be your host today.

Here's a Queue question straight from me to me: What do me and panda bears have in common? The answer is rings around our eyes, though I'm pretty sure that pandas have them genetically and not from staying up until seven in the morning watching Veronica Mars.

But of course, what does that question have to do with The Queue? I could say "I guess you'll just have to read on! Excelsior!", or I could just tell you that it's because people asked about Pandarens today. Let's start off with some basic questions first, though.

iamnotacarebear asked:

The question i have is with this increase of running the heroics, is the red heroic drake going to be removed? I would hate to see this happen, but i wouldn't be surprised.

Good question, IANACB!

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]]> druidsheroicspaladinspandarenpandarensshamanssilver-handthe-queue SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Michael Sacco) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:15:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Patch 3.2 PTR: Finding the Raptor Pets]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/patch-3-2-ptr-finding-the-raptor-pets/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/patch-3-2-ptr-finding-the-raptor-pets/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/patch-3-2-ptr-finding-the-raptor-pets/#comments For those of us who like to collect stuff in WoW, one of the cooler announcements for patch 3.2 was the inclusion of a whole new set of raptor hatchling pets, dropped around the world by rare and elite raptors. Of course, it was also an announcement of dread for serious collectors who can tell horror stories of killing thousands upon thousands of slimes and dragons for rare pets before. But will it be all as bad as that? WoW fansites have been on the case.

Mania, maven of Hunter pets, has also been looking into the drop rates and drop mobs, and has compiled a handy chart on her blog. Between Mania and the news on Warcraft Pets, it seems we can mostly confirm that the rare raptors (such as, for example, Takk the Leaper) will always drop their pets, while those that drop only off elites have a very rare drop rate more similar to the aforementioned slimes or dragons.

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]]> breannihatchlinghatchlingsmaniamanias-arcaniaobsidian-hatchlingobsidian-raptorpatch-3.2patch-3.2-changespatch-3.2-wowpetsptrptr-newsraptorraptor-hatchlingsraptor-petraptor-petsrarerare-mobsrare-petsrare-raptorsrare-spawnstakk-the-leapervanity-petswarcraft-petsworld-of-warcraft-patch-3.2wow-3.2-changeswow-new-patchwow-patchwow-patch-3.2wow-patch-newswow-ptr-news SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Daniel Whitcomb) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:30:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[The Five Rs of Character Revitalization]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/the-five-rs-of-character-revitalization/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/the-five-rs-of-character-revitalization/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/the-five-rs-of-character-revitalization/#comments http://toomanyannas.com/feature/five-r%E2%80%99s-of-character-revitalization/So I've talked recently about life as an RPer, and how we seem to interact with our characters just a bit differently. Sometimes, whether we like it or not, a certain character and their back story just grab hold and won't let go, and we find ourselves coming back again and again, just to see where the story leads.

Of course, sometimes the character goes just the opposite way, and no matter what you do, your stories fall flat and you don't feel enthusiastic about logging on. It may be because you can't stand the character's personality anymore, it may be because your normal group of friends has hit an RP rut or even taken a break for a while themselves, it may be a variety of other things. Recently, Anna of Too Many Annas wrote a pretty awesome article about how to refresh a flagging RP character using 5 Rs: Relax and Rest, Reintegrate, Refresh the Character, Retcon, and Reroll/Reskin.

What's sort of cool about this list is that you can even apply a lot of the principles to characters in general, even if you're a non-RPer. Anna's covered the RP angle pretty well, so I'll mostly focus on this other angle.

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]]> annabreakcharactergender-changerefreshreintegraterelaxrerollreskinrestretcontake-a-breaktoo-many-annas SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Daniel Whitcomb) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:30:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Two Bosses Enter: Jedoga Shadowseeker vs. King Dred]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/two-bosses-enter-jedoga-shadowseeker-vs-king-dred/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/two-bosses-enter-jedoga-shadowseeker-vs-king-dred/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/two-bosses-enter-jedoga-shadowseeker-vs-king-dred/#comments
Two Bosses Enter ... but only One Boss Leaves, in WoW.com's series of fantasy death matches. This season's bosses come from the five-man instances of Wrath of the Lich King.

While last week's Two Bosses Moorabi/Trollgore matchup was downright gory, this week's battle appears no less likely to end up in a bloody mess. This week, we'll see King Dred of Drak'tharon Keep tear into Jedoga Shadowseeker and her minions inside Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom.

The ground rules:
  • Assume that the opponents share similar levels, health pools and comparative overall damage output.
  • In order to give Jedoga access to her minions, we'll set this deathmatch in her stomping grounds in Ahn'kahet - but we'll provide that King Dred arrives on the scene with a raptor posse of his own.
  • Don't get caught up in gameplay mechanics and what actual players might do in each encounter.
  • Focus on the three S's: style, story and scale.
Can a ruthlessly bloodthirsty priestess hold off a rampaging Devilsaur? Join us after the break to cast your vote for who you think will emerge this week's victor.

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]]> featuredlorewow-bosswow-boss-battlewow-bosseswow-lore SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Lisa Poisso) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:30:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Preparing for BlizzCon: Protect yourself against Con Crud]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/preparing-for-blizzcon-protect-yourself-against-con-crud/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/preparing-for-blizzcon-protect-yourself-against-con-crud/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/preparing-for-blizzcon-protect-yourself-against-con-crud/#comments
BlizzCon approaches! Preparing for BlizzCon is your regular source for tips on how best to prepare for Blizzard's gaming extravaganza.

Every con I have ever been to, gaming-related or otherwise, has resulted in a bunch of people getting sick afterward -- usually including me. I've heard it called Con Crud, confluenza and the grunge. Whatever the name, it's pretty much the same: cold and flu symptoms that lay you low after attending a convention. As we've discussed before, I'm no doctor, but there are some experts out there with tips on building your immune system in the weeks before BlizzCon.
  • Sleep: Get 7 to 8 hours a night. Sufficient sleep helps us reduce stress on our bodies, which makes them stronger for fighting illnesses. It also helps us maintain a healthy weight. Late night raiding sessions and/or small children make this more difficult, of course, but it's a worthy goal.

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]]> 2009-blizzconblizzard-blizzconblizzconblizzcon-09blizzcon-2009blizzcon-wowconfluenzaconventionhealthimmunitypreparing-for-blizzconthe-crudworld-of-warcraft-conventionwow-blizzconwow-convention SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Robin Torres) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:30:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Phat Loot Phriday: The Boreal Guard]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/phat-loot-phriday-the-boreal-guard/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/phat-loot-phriday-the-boreal-guard/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/phat-loot-phriday-the-boreal-guard/#comments
Haven't done a shield in a while, so here's a cool-looking one to try for in Ulduar this weekend.

Name: The Boreal Guard (Wowhead, Thottbot, Armory)
Type: Epic Shield
Armor: 7960 (223 Block)
Attributes:
  • +39 Strength, +92 Stamina. Pretty standard for a tanking shield.
  • Two sockets: Red and Blue. This is what pretty much puts this baby over the top in terms of endgame tanking shields -- get some extra Strength, Stamina, and/or Defense in there, and this shield matches up against stuff that drops from the very hardest bosses in the game.

Gallery: Phat Loot Phriday

The Boreal GuardTouch of MadnessSilent FangFang of OblivionIronmender

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]]> fat-lewtfat-lootphat-lootphat-loot-phridayshieldtankingthe-boreal-guardulduarWorld-of-warcraft-itemsworld-of-warcraft-lootwow-itemwow-itemswow-loot SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Mike Schramm) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:30:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Finding Blizzard's Cataclysm]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/finding-blizzards-cataclysm/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/finding-blizzards-cataclysm/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/finding-blizzards-cataclysm/#comments The other day, we posted that Blizzard had trademarked the name "Cataclysm," and right after that, the community exploded with speculation: is it the name of WoW's next expansion, Blizzard's next-gen MMO, or some other project? Nothing is guaranteed yet (is it ever with Blizzard?), but the Internets have pretty much landed on the new expansion as the answer. "Cataclysm" actually means "a momentous and violent event marked by overwhelming upheaval and demolition," but it also has a pretty specific relation to water, and that's got lots of people thinking that it's the name of the Maelstrom expansion. In fact, The Sundering, or the world event in Azeroth's history where the Well of Eternity was destroyed and the Maelstrom (that swirly thing in the middle of the map) was created, was referred to as "the Cataclysm." So there you go -- pretty solid evidence, even though, as I said, nothing is guaranteed until we hear it from Blizz.

Stropp's got an interesting piece of speculation that says though "Cataclysm" is still probably the next expansion, the event the word refers to has yet to happen. He claims that if Blizzard really wants to speed up the 1-50 leveling process, they should just destroy Old Azeroth as we know it, and just have all the new characters start at level 50. That would be pretty nuts, but then again, Blizzard's never shown a real affinity for the old content, and by the next expansion, we'll be heading up to level 90 or even 100.

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]]> azerothblizzblizzardblizzconcataclysmexpansionloremaelstromnext-gen-mmospeculationsunderingwell-of-eternitywow-cataclysmwow-expansionwow-lorewowcataclysm SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Mike Schramm) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:30:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Wrath of the Who?]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/wrath-of-the-who/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/wrath-of-the-who/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/wrath-of-the-who/#comments I love this comic from the very talented miggy over at WoW Ladies, not only because it's funny, but because she's got a point. Back when the Battle for Mount Hyjal instance in the Caverns of Time appeared in game, we all wondered why we were going there in the first place -- unlike the other CoT instances, there were no dragons to fight or strange factions messing with the continuum. All that could happen in there is that we'd screw everything up and ruin time as we know it (and given all the wipes that went on in there, we probably did). But with the Argent Tournament, Blizzard seems to have gone even further: not only is there no clear reason for us to do it, but we're actually ignoring the threat at hand.

As you know if you've read Sacco's excellent (and completely spoilerrific) guides to the Coliseum raid and the Tournament 5-man, there is a tacked-on reason we're doing all of this stuff, and it's that the Horde and Alliance want to send their strongest people to go after Arthas, and the Tournament is a way of sussing out who's most worthy. But though that makes for some great lore cutscenes, doesn't it still undermine Arthas' strength? How powerful can the guy be if there are so many people lining up to kill him we have to fight over it?

Don't get me wrong, we're definitely looking forward to the Coliseum, and it's definitely brought some interesting things and rewards to the game. Just like CoT, in the light of the lore and the MMO genre at large, it's a great addition. But it is funny that the great Lich King's main tactic seems to be to have us fight it out between ourselves way before we ever bother taking a shot at him.

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]]> 5-manargent-tournamentbattle-for-mount-hyjalblizzardcaverns-of-timecomiccrusaders-coliseumemo-arthasfunnylich-kinglootlorepatch-3.2raidingsillytactictirionwow-patch-3.2wrath-of-the-lich-king SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Mike Schramm) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:30:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[How the 3.2 Emblems changes will affect the game]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/how-the-3-2-emblems-changes-will-affect-the-game/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/how-the-3-2-emblems-changes-will-affect-the-game/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/how-the-3-2-emblems-changes-will-affect-the-game/#comments As we've heard, patch 3.2 will seriously streamline the Emblems system, allowing players to pick up Ulduar-level Emblems even just by running Heroics. Though lots of the other patch 3.2 changes have taken the spotlight lately, the Emblems change is definitely still a big deal, and while lots of "hardcore" players are up in arms about the changes (they had to raid for the same gear that people will now be able to get just by running Heroics, and even the brand new Emblems of Triumph gear will be attainable through Heroic dailies), other players are just confused by the whole thing. Fortunately, if you haven't yet wrapped your head around what all the changes mean, Clearcasting has a really excellent, thorough writeup about the Emblems changes, both explaining what you'll be able to get from where, and why Blizzard has decided to do things this way.

The biggest fear seems to be that players who have never raided before will start walking around in Ulduar- or even Coliseum-level gear, and they'll get invited to raids based on their gear, only to find that they're clueless about what to do. But I like Arioch's point there: does that mean we don't have clueless raiders now? Of course we do -- the gear you're wearing doesn't say anything about what you've done now, and it'll say even less after the patch. Players are already requiring achievements, and even that doesn't necessarily guarantee you're a good player.

Will there be bad PuGs after the patch? Of course, and there are bad PuGs now, too. But this is definitely a helpful change for anyone with alts, and while yes, it will allow non-raiders to get better gear, and it will probably bring raiders back into Heroics more often, it still won't affect those who are raiding at the highest levels. They'll still get the best gear earlier than everyone else, so if that's what's important to them, they've got nothing to complain about.
Patch 3.2 will bring about a new 5, 10, and 25 man instance to WoW, and usher in a new 40-man battleground called the Isle of Conquest. WoW.com will have you covered every step of the way, from extensive PTR coverage through the official live release. Check out WoW.com's Guide to Patch 3.2 for all the latest!

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]]> analysisclearcastingcrusaders-coliseumeasy-modeemblemsemblems-of-conquestemblems-of-triumphgearheroicspatch-3.2patch-3.2-changespatch-3.2-wowptrraidingtriumphulduarworld-of-warcraft-patch-3.2wow-3.2-changeswow-new-patchwow-patchwow-patch-3.2wow-patch-newswriteup SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Mike Schramm) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:30:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[2v2s will still be in Patch 3.2, with exceptions]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/2v2s-will-still-be-in-patch-3-2-with-exceptions/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/2v2s-will-still-be-in-patch-3-2-with-exceptions/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/2v2s-will-still-be-in-patch-3-2-with-exceptions/#comments
One of the more controversial parts of the Patch 3.2 PTR was the decision to remove the 2v2 bracket from serious arena play. In the 3.2 patch notes thus far it was said that "The newest season of Arena gear can only be purchased if you meet the requirements with your 3 or 5-player team rating. Rating requirements from 2-player teams can still be used to purchase the previous season of gear."

That effectively killed off the 2v2 bracket.

However today, Blizzard has done an about face on the issue. Sort of. Not that this is a bad thing, mind you. They're listening to feedback and this patch is in testing. The fact that they're willing to make such a major change based on feedback they've received is a great thing.

So as of today, your 2v2 rating will count towards your ability to purchase gear, etc... It will mean something. However the following exceptions apply:
  • The current season's weapons will not be available for purchase with your 2v2 rating
  • The current season's shoulders will not be available for purchase with your 2v2 rating
  • Your 2v2 rating will not count towards the Gladiator title/rewards
The full announcement after the break.

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]]> 2s2v22v2sarena-ratingbornakkbreakingpatch-3.2patch-3.2-changespatch-3.2-wowratingratingsworld-of-warcraft-patch-3.2wow-3.2-changeswow-arenawow-arena-ratingwow-new-patchwow-patchwow-patch-3.2wow-patch-news SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Adam Holisky) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:25:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[WoW Moviewatch: Illegal Danish 3 Prelude]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/wow-moviewatch-illegal-danish-3-prelude/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/wow-moviewatch-illegal-danish-3-prelude/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/wow-moviewatch-illegal-danish-3-prelude/#comments

Adroit machinima fans are probably already aware that Myndflame has been diligently working on the third installment Illegal Danish. The premise of this new Illegal Danish is that Van Kraken has created his ultimate brew, the Flask of Ten Thousand Souls. The flask is so powerful that only by combining it with the power of the Illegal Danish can it be consumed without fear of death. The bad news for Van Kraken, though, is that it can only be used by a gnome. So, obviously, Van Kraken needs to find and corrupt a gnome to do this deed. The new movie looks to be the same riotous fun as the previous Illegal Danish films, so it was pretty exciting when we learned Myndflame released the Illegal Danish 3 Prelude.

The prelude focuses on the star character, an ambitious gnome named Dirti. In this series of events, he undergoes a dark transformation into "Dirti G", making him incredibly powerful under the supervision of the sinister Van Kraken. If you didn't realize it right away, this prelude is a parody of Blizzard's own preview for StarCraft 2. I'm obviously a pretty big fan of the video, and it actually made me (briefly) considering a new Rogue.

Check out the preview yourself by clicking here. It's definitely worth your time.



Interested in the wide world of machinima? We have new movies every weekday here on WoW Moviewatch! Have suggestions for machinima we ought to feature? Toss us an e-mail at machinima AT wow DOT com.

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]]> clint-hacklemanguide-to-machinimahacklemanillegal-danishillegal-danish-3machinimamoviesmyndflameworld-of-warcraft-moviesworld-of-warcraft-videoswow-created-movieswow-fan-movieswow-guidewow-machinimawow-machinima-guidewow-movie-guidewow-movieswow-video-guidewow-videos SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Michael Gray) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Gaikai promises to stream PC games like WoW straight to your browser]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/gaikai-promises-to-stream-pc-games-like-wow-straight-to-your-bro/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/gaikai-promises-to-stream-pc-games-like-wow-straight-to-your-bro/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/gaikai-promises-to-stream-pc-games-like-wow-straight-to-your-bro/#comments David Perry is one of those game developers who doesn't do anything small -- he started out with a company called Shiny Entertainment, responsible for great old games like Earthworm Jim, MDK, Messiah, and the Enter the Matrix movie tie-in game, and nowadays he's moved on to the MMO market, where he's developed all kinds of crazy ideas (including, we're not kidding, a dance MMO). This is the kind of guy who has ideas and chases them down.

His latest idea is a system called Gaikai, a "game streaming service" that allows players to jump right into any PC games they'd like, no installation or hard drive space necessary, online. There are a number of services like this springing up lately, including the much-discussed OnLive, where instead of depending on your local hardware to render and produce the game you're playing, you just send and recieve information with a remote server. As you can see above, Gaikai is focusing on PC games, and anyone who's planning on running a PC gaming service has to include World of Warcraft. Starting at about 6:00 into the video above, he shows off a version of WoW that requires no installation or loading at all; just sign in and play.

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No one denies that trolls are naturally cannibalistic, or that they seem to spend half their time making war on other troll tribes. So how did they get to be one of the most populous races in Azeroth? Our submitter Fakawot accidentally discovered the answer to this question when fighting Broggok in Hellfire Citadel. The beholder boss mysteriously perished while trying to devour Fakawot alive. Trolls must secrete some sort of toxin, similar to that of the poison dart frog, that is deadly to everything but other trolls. I suspect it's some sort of potent combination of patchouli and bong water, but that's just a guess.

Do you have any unusual, beautiful or interesting World of Warcraft images that are just collecting dust in your screenshots folder? We'd love to see them on Around Azeroth! Sharing your screenshot is as simple as e-mailing aroundazeroth@gmail.com with a copy of your shot and a brief explanation of the scene. You could be featured here next!

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]]> around-azerotharoundazerothgalleryscreen-shotsscreenshotsworld-of-warcraftworld-of-warcraft-picturesworld-of-warcraft-screenshotsworldofwarcraftwowwow-screen-shotswow-screenshotwow-screenshotswow-ss SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Elizabeth Wachowski) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[One Boss Leaves: Moorabi outgores Trollgore]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/one-boss-leaves-moorabi-outgores-trollgore/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/one-boss-leaves-moorabi-outgores-trollgore/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/one-boss-leaves-moorabi-outgores-trollgore/#comments
Two Bosses Enter ... but only One Boss Leaves, in WoW.com's series of fantasy death matches. This season's bosses come from the five-man instances of Wrath of the Lich King.

It was a bloody job, but someone had to do it - and that someone was Moorabi. The High Prophet of Man'toth made a mammoth mess as he gored Trollgore in this week's Two Bosses Enter, One Boss Leaves. Sixty-five percent of readers handed this week's deathmatch to the Ice Troll. Spectators Heilig, Rowan and Grinton mulled it over from the stands:

Heilig: You're all forgetting the adds. Moorabi has no way to deal with the adds. If he ignores them, Trollgore gets buffed dramatically as the adds stack up and the Consume stacks to ridiculous levels. If he kills them, he gets raped by Corpse Explosions. There's a reason you tank Trollgore away from the person handling the adds, you know. Moorabi has no way to deal with this. Trollgore wins by a mile.

Rowan: He has Quake and Ground Tremor -- that's two AoEs! With adds being non-elite, he can easily pulverize them before they get too close to Trollgore. Moorabi wins this, hands down.

Heilig: Ground Tremor is close range, and Quake is primarily a stun. The adds wouldn't die until they got to Trollgore, whereupon he would explode the corpses right into Moorabi's trunk. Game over.

Grinton: What this fight comes down to is a battle of tusks. And though Trollgore would start off with the upper lower-bite, it's hard to beat what that pachyderm is paching (badum-tish!). Also, to respond to Heilig, Moorabi has two abilities to control adds. So between the stomping and the tusks, Moorabi wins by a long shot.

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]]> featuredlorewow-bosswow-boss-battlewow-bosseswow-lore SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Lisa Poisso) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Breakfast Topic: World of Dancecraft]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/breakfast-topic-world-of-dancecraft/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/breakfast-topic-world-of-dancecraft/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/03/breakfast-topic-world-of-dancecraft/#comments
New tier sets and Arena gear are cool, new 5-man content is awesome, and a new Battleground is almost too good to be true. We're being hit with a flurry of new content it's easy to forget that Blizzard still has to introduce those new dances they teased us with before Wrath of the Lich King was released. I just remembered all of this when the world saw one of its pop icons pass on last week, the inspiration for the unmistakable Night Elf male dance. The King of Pop will be missed, and I'm happy that he at least got an homage in my favorite game.

Just like the Night Elf male dance, many of the racial dances are inspired by some real world choreography -- Tauren males rock out like bananas dancing Peanut Butter Jelly Time; Draenei males do the Tunak Tunak Bollywood-style; Orc males can't be touched while doing the hammertime; Blood Elf females do their intoxicating Britney moves; and Blood Elf males relish every opportunity to display their Dynamite masculinity. As you can see above, the female Night Elf dance is a poor man's version of Alizée's live performance of J'en Ai Marre.

If and when Blizzard does manage to put out those dance studios, what new dances would you like your characters to learn? Maybe something from Ok Go? How about some modern dance as a nod to celebrated choreographer Pina Bausch who recently passed on? Too avante garde? Perhaps Chubby Checker's twist deserves an homage, too. If that April Fools joke wasn't so downright silly we might even see some Azerothian Jabbawockeez. Share your thoughts with us, and even if you're not all that interested in dance, you have to admit that French pop isn't the worst way to start the day.

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]]> AlizeeDanceDance-StudioFrench-pop-starRacial-Dance SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Zach Yonzon) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Tweetcraft lets you tweet from Warcraft]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/tweetcraft-lets-you-tweet-from-warcraft/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/tweetcraft-lets-you-tweet-from-warcraft/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/tweetcraft-lets-you-tweet-from-warcraft/#comments Twitter is all the rage right now -- it's the easiest, quickest way to let anyone interested know what you're up to, and because it's so popular, it's also no surprise that we've seen quite a few Twitter and World of Warcraft mashup apps. wowTwitter is a separate update service just for news about your characters, WoWHorn is a script that lets you Tweet when you hit certain achievements, and though services like PlayXpert have let you Twitter from the game before, TweetCraft appears to be the first standalone application designed to do just that. After installation, it works the same way as an addon, though it's actually not -- addons can't directly connect to the Internet, so TweetCraft instead uses an outside script to read and write tweets into settings files, which the ingame addon then reads to get and send your tweets. It gets complicated, but you don't need to know all that to install and use it -- when you run the setup app, it'll put everything in the right places for you.

As with all third-party applications, you should install and run this one at your own risk -- the FAQ has more information if you're wondering how things are stored or whether the app is secure. The app is completely open source, which means anyone who wants to can read the code, so if the author of the app was doing anything sneaky, we'd know about it. And yes, right now the app is not violating the ToS, but of course that's enforced according to Blizzard's whims, so again, use it at your own risk. If you're not interested in using this app, you can always update your status here on WoW.com using our own addon -- it's not Twitter, but it will let your friends keep track of you in Azeroth!

But TweetCraft does look to be a clever, solid way to access and post to Twitter from right inside your World of Warcraft game. If you've been looking for a one-stop solution like this, there you go. Do be sure to follow us over on Twitter, too, if you haven't yet -- you never know when we might tweet something you'll want to see.

Update: Apparently the app on default tweets all kinds of things you probably don't want to (like changing zones). There is probably a settings switch somewhere, but as always, user beware.

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]]> addonazerothcodecodingingameinstallationopen-sourcescriptstandalonestandalone-applicationtechnicaltweetcrafttweetstwitterworld-of-warcraftwow-twitterwowhorn SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Mike Schramm) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Battle.net registration now online in China]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/battle-net-registration-now-online-in-china/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/battle-net-registration-now-online-in-china/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/battle-net-registration-now-online-in-china/#comments World of Warcraft has, as you have probably heard, been offline in China for a while now. Even though The9 originally said they'd transfer over their servers to NetEase, they later decided to fight it out, leaving WoW offline for a matter of weeks. And it isn't quite up yet, but they're getting there -- this (very roughly) translated article says that Battle.net servers are now up and running, so Chinese players can now at least sign in to Battle.net, if not into the game itself. We already went through the same thing here in the US and the EU, so Azeroth should be back online in China any day now.

Meanwhile, the poor folks at The9 have not been doing so well -- they were on top of the world last year, but when World of Warcraft up and flew the griffon out of there, they lost the majority of their business. A new AP article has them revising their expected earnings down by an "estimated 55 to 75 percent." Ouch.

Let that be a lesson, NetEase. Keep your instances running and your downtime low, because if Blizzard pulls the plug on a game you're running, they'll be taking a ton of money with them.

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]]> azerothbattle-netblizzardchinachineseearnings-estimateseuloweredneteasenewsofflineonlineregistrationthe9transferupdateusworld-of-warcraftwow SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Mike Schramm) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Blizzard gives sneak peek at Tier 9]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/blizzard-gives-sneak-peek-at-tier-9/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/blizzard-gives-sneak-peek-at-tier-9/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/blizzard-gives-sneak-peek-at-tier-9/#comments
Blizzard put up a preview of a couple of Tier 9 sets over at the Under Development section of the official website, and they look pretty interesting. As previously suspected, the Tier 9 armor sets seem to share visual characteristics with the same armor class. In the examples that Blizzard shows, the Horde Shaman and Hunter -- both mail-wearers -- are similar in appearance. Two other examples are the Alliance Priest and Warlock, cloth-wearing classes, who look largely similar.

The good news with these faction-specific armor is that the design team has put a decent effort into making the sets somewhat distinguishable from one another. For example, the Horde Shaman's shoulders are reminiscent of the Earthfury Epaulets from Molten Core, distinct from the chitinous design of the Horde Hunter. The Alliance Priest and Warlock designs are a lot closer to each other, however. But don't take my word for it... head over to the Under Development page and check out the previews for yourself. I'm pretty stoked and can't wait to see the rest of the sets!
Patch 3.2 will bring about a new 5, 10, and 25 man instance to WoW, and usher in a new 40-man battleground called the Isle of Conquest. WoW.com will have you covered every step of the way, from extensive PTR coverage through the official live release. Check out WoW.com's Guide to Patch 3.2 for all the latest!

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]]> Newspatch-3.2patch-3.2-changespatch-3.2-wowTier-9world-of-warcraft-patch-3.2wow-3.2-changeswow-new-patchwow-patchwow-patch-3.2wow-patch-news SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Zach Yonzon) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:10:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[The Queue: Nice Crown! edition]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/the-queue-nice-crown-edition/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/the-queue-nice-crown-edition/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/the-queue-nice-crown-edition/#comments Welcome back to The Queue, WoW.com's daily Q&A column where the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Mike Sacco will be your host today.

Queue, queue, queue. Everyone must be really excited for the eventual 3.3 patch, because we've got a ton of questions about Arthas and Icecrown today. What the heck, guys! BUT YEA, I SHALL ANSWER THINE PLEAS.


m_rydelis asked:
I have a question here, so as I remember from Warcraft TFT, Lich King was left to freeze on Frozen Throne, and in WotLK cinematic we see him on it, so did it just melt down, or something happend, because there is no such thing as Warcraft as Frozen throne now.

Icecrown Citadel was built over the Frozen Throne, and Arthas has apparently done a lot of construction on Icecrown Glacier since TFT and especially since the opening cinematic. The Frozen Throne likely still remains inside of the fully-constructed Icecrown Citadel, but we'll definitely see when 3.3 launches.

Cyrus asked:
Do we even know if there's going to be a 3.4? Has Blizzard announced it, or are people assuming it just based on the number of content patches in BC? Maybe progression will just go OS, Naxx, EoE, Ulduar, Argent Coliseum and Icecrown.

The plan is for there not to be a 3.4. Blizzard has stated time and time again that the plan is for Arthas to be the final boss of the Wrath cycle and for Icecrown Citadel to be the final content patch of the Wrath cycle. The next expansion should be approaching much sooner than the wait between vanilla and BC (and BC and Wrath) as well, so this timeline could work out fine provided that the 4.0 train keeps rolling as it should. Blizzcon should clue us in as to how things are progressing in that regard, so keep your eyes open.

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]]> additional-instancesarthasemblemsicecrown-citadelicecrown-glacierqueuethe-queue SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Michael Sacco) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[It came from the Blog: We flamed the Eastern Kingdoms]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/it-came-from-the-blog-we-flamed-the-eastern-kingdoms/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/it-came-from-the-blog-we-flamed-the-eastern-kingdoms/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/it-came-from-the-blog-we-flamed-the-eastern-kingdoms/#comments
The Eastern Kingdoms were flamed and we had fun doing it. Our It came from the Blog event last Saturday was actually two events: an all levels event followed by a mounted/flightpathed event. Many players took my advice and created Death Knights, giving the lowbies plenty of protection for the run through dangerous territories. Mike Schramm, Allison Robert and Daniel Whitcomb all joined in on the fun.

The lowbie event honored all of the flames from Falconwing Square to Hammerfall, with a couple of desecrations on the side. The mounted event took to the flightpaths and completed the Flame Keeper of Eastern Kingdoms achievement. I also got the unofficial achievement for running into every fence along the way. Running + typing = hard.

A pictorial journal of our fun is in the gallery below. And I used the wow.com addon to upload my activity for the event. I wish I had used the in-game blog feature to annotate it, but I will next time. If you use the addon to upload your It came from the Blog activity, it will show up in the guild log as well.

I'm thinking of trying video for future events. Maybe Turpster can give me some pointers. Allison does a good job with her videos, too. Would you watch It came from the Blog videos?

Gallery: IcftB: Midsummer 2009 -- EK

The GatheringFalconwing SquareRegroup!GhostlandsTranquillien

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]]> eastern-kingdomsguild-eventguild-eventsmidsummermidsummer-fire-festivalwow-com-guildwow-dot-com-guildwow-eventwow-eventswow-insiderwow-insider-guildwow-insider-guild-eventwowinsider SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Robin Torres) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[The Daily Quest: Ain't no silverback girl]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/the-daily-quest-aint-no-silverback-girl/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/the-daily-quest-aint-no-silverback-girl/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/the-daily-quest-aint-no-silverback-girl/#comments
We here at WoW.com are on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.

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]]> creature-featuredeathknight.infofel-firegorillaguild-leadershiplorecraftedmystic-chicanerypatch-3.2slow-wolf SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Alex Ziebart) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Why won't Blizzard let me change my race?]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/why-wont-blizzard-let-me-change-my-race/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/why-wont-blizzard-let-me-change-my-race/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/why-wont-blizzard-let-me-change-my-race/#comments
I want an Orc. More specifically, I want my Blood Elf Death Knight to become an Orc. I know, I should've chosen the right race to begin with, but he's now Level 80 and it's too late. I don't want a pretty boy Death Knight, which was obviously a bad idea to begin with considering they infest Dalaran and the rest of Azeroth like metrosexual cockroaches, but I made a mistake and I regret it. I seriously want to change my character's race. I'd consider rerolling, but it's a Death Knight.

Paid character customization is nice and all, but it won't let me change my race. At first I was fine with it because I thought it would create all sorts of problems from quests to factions to racial mounts... but then Blizzard drops a bombshell of an announcement: faction changes are coming to Azeroth! Implicitly, this meant being able to change races, too. Nethaera squashes that idea with a resounding 'No'. Players could only change to the opposing faction's race, which is weird. No, really, it's weird. I mean, I'll be able to transform my Horde Blood Elf Death Knight into an Alliance Draenei but I can't make him an Orc? Why not?

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]]> character-customizationdarn-you-blizzard-i-want-my-orcpaidpaid-character-customizationpaid-faction-changepaid-race-changepaid-servicesracewow-races SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Zach Yonzon) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Twisted Nether Wiki compiles a nice list of WoW utilities]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/twisted-nether-wiki-compiles-a-nice-list-of-wow-utilities/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/twisted-nether-wiki-compiles-a-nice-list-of-wow-utilities/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/twisted-nether-wiki-compiles-a-nice-list-of-wow-utilities/#comments A few folks over at the Twisted Nether Wiki have done a great thing and compiled a nice full list of all of those little online WoW utilities that we talk about every once in a while. From character improvement tools like Be Imba! to resources like Kaliban's Loot Lists and even humor sites like WoWBash, if it's online, WoW-related, and worth visiting more than once, it's on this list.

And of course it's a wiki, so even if it's not on that list, you can add it. But it is cool to have all of those resources in one place -- we mention them, obviously, when there are updates to share, but if you don't bookmark them when you hear about them, they might have fallen off your radar. There are so many great and well-designed tools out there for players to use that something like this, tracking them all, is great to have.

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]]> addonsbe-imbabluetrackersbookmarkcharacter-developmentcharacter-trackingediteditskalibans-loot-listslistresourcessitestoolstwisted-nether-wikiutilitieswebwikiwowbash SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Mike Schramm) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[European free character migration now open]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/european-free-character-migration-now-open/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/european-free-character-migration-now-open/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/european-free-character-migration-now-open/#comments Good news, Europe is once again feeling some free character migration love. Blizzard has announced a week-long migration event in an attempt to balance out factions on specific servers. So if you've been looking to migrate, this might well be a good time.

Free character migration is available from July 1st till the 7th which gives you a week to decide if you make the move or stay put. As usual, Blizzard could well end the migration when their desired faction balance on each realm is achieved.

So who can move and where? If you're Alliance and currently playing on the European realms Burning Legion, Grim Batol, Ravencrest, Sylvanas and Silvermoon (PvE) you can move to the Horde-heavy servers of Magtheridon and Vek'nilash. Meanwhile if you're Horde, and on Al'Akir, Kazzak, Magtheridon and Stormscale, you have the option of transferring to the Alliance-dominated realms of Burning Blade, Neptulon, Tarren Mill and Trollbane.

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]]> allianceeuropeeuropean-realmseuropean-serversfree-character-transferfree-character-transfer-europefree-character-transfersfree-character-transfers-europehordehorde-vs-alliancemigration SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Lesley Smith) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:50:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Small changes]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/the-care-and-feeding-of-warriors-small-changes/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/the-care-and-feeding-of-warriors-small-changes/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/the-care-and-feeding-of-warriors-small-changes/#comments
Each week, The Care and Feeding of Warriors looks at the warrior class, the dizzying highs, the devastating lows, and the agony and ecstasy of plate wearing, rage using toons everywhere in Azeroth, Outland and Northrend. Matthew Rossi is our slightly demented, hirsute guide to all things warrior. We're not kidding, the guy's really hairy. Like a sasquatch, really.

Okay, first off, a confession: I'm cheating on my fury spec.

I have been since the option to have dual talent specialization came out, actually. See, I tanked all through original WoW and The Burning Crusade (to be fair, I tanked as an arms or fury warrior because I could in MC and BWL) and so I figured, what the heck, I'll go prot for my offspec and tank some heroics. After an initial hiccough where I actually specced arms for some fights and fury for others, I settled back into a standard prot build for tanking heroics for friends. Then summer hit, and we all know what happens in summer: people suddenly want to go outside and froilic in the sunshine and you're sitting there waiting to raid with 22 people and no tanks. So what do you do?

Well, you strap on all that offspec tanking gear you collected 'just in case' and you tank Ulduar, that's what you do. Over the past couple of weeks I've tanked more than I've been DPS That's not the problem, however. It's not that I've been tanking that has me bothered... it's that I liked it. A lot.

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]]> class-helpguideguide-to-warriorsProtectiontalenttalentsTankTankingwarrior-guidewarrior-infowarrior-talentsworld-of-warcraft-class-guideworld-of-warcraft-guidewow-class-guidewow-class-helpwow-guidewow-talent-guidewow-warriorwow-warrior-infowow-warriors SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Matthew Rossi) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Scattered Shots: Climbing Hunter talent trees]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/scattered-shots-climbing-hunter-talent-trees/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/scattered-shots-climbing-hunter-talent-trees/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/scattered-shots-climbing-hunter-talent-trees/#comments Welcome to Scattered Shots. I am Eddie "Brigwyn" Carrington from The Hunting Lodge and I'll be your tour guide each Thursday as we explore what makes our Hunters tick and how we can make them better.

I've read comments here, over on the Official Forums, and other Hunter blogs and forums saying how Blizzard is forcing Hunters to spec either as Survival or Marksmanship. I always find this a hard argument to support, especially since it is Blizzard that has continued to give us three different talent trees that we can spec into. But as always, there seems to be a preferred talent spec.

To me the blame isn't Blizzard but us Hunters always looking to squeeze out every ounce of DPS out of our class and remain on top of the damage meters. (Go ahead let the flames begin, but hopefully you'll give me a chance here.) We go out of our way looking, experimenting, and testing different build combinations to find the one magic build that gives us top DPS. Once we have found that, we tend to forget that we really can play all three builds. No, they all won't perform the same. And if you are in a progressive, hardcore, min/max raiding guild, well then stick with the spec-du-jour. But if you are like the majority of the players out there, you probably want to play something that better fits your play style. Like Goldilocks and the Three Bears, it has to fit just right.

So let's look at the different Talent Trees, discuss a bit about what makes each one tick. Then look at the currently recommended builds and shot rotations for each spec.

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]]> beast masteryBeastMasteryclass-helpguideguide-to-huntershunter-guidehunter-infohunter-talentsmarkmanshipsurvivaltalenttalentsworld-of-warcraft-class-guideworld-of-warcraft-guidewow-class-guidewow-class-helpwow-guidewow-hunterwow-hunter-infowow-hunterswow-talent-guide SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Eddie Carrington) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Warlock Q&A with Ghostcrawler and pals]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/warlock-qanda-with-ghostcrawler-and-pals/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/warlock-qanda-with-ghostcrawler-and-pals/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/warlock-qanda-with-ghostcrawler-and-pals/#comments
Blizzard just released their Warlock Q&A with Ghostcrawler and pals. This follows in the series of many others, which you can find in WoW.com's Guide to Patch 3.2.

Some of the highlights of this Q&A session include:
  • Blizzard is considering giving different models to Warlock pets.
  • Blizzard wants to make the Warlock experience more different from that of a Mage.
  • Affliction and Destruction are doing good damage, Demonology is lagging behind.
  • Warlocks are underrepresented in PvP currently, this needs to be fixed.
  • Basic idea for the new Soul Shard system: Soul Shards will provide a combat (damage) boost, but should not be something Locks need to farm. This change will be beyond Patch 3.2., with more information ideally at BlizzCon 2009. A new Soul Shard system sure would be a Cataclysmic event, right?
  • Soulshatter cooldown is going to be lowered to 3 minutes.
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]]> breakingghostcrawlerq-and-aqawarlockwarlock-q-and-a SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Adam Holisky) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:17:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Shadow Priest questions answered]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/shadow-priest-questions-answered/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/shadow-priest-questions-answered/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/shadow-priest-questions-answered/#comments Shadow Priests have been up in arms all over the official forums recently, and it seems to have reached a bit of a breaking point. Rather than waiting for the official Priest Q&A in the developers' Q&A series, Ghostcrawler chimed into an unofficial Q&A thread to give some insight. Since it's unofficial, the questions asked are very direct and specific, aimed at the posters in that thread rather than the playerbase as a whole. Still, the tone is mostly the same: Don't expect major announcements while reading the thread, it's more a discussion on class direction and philosophy rather than patch news. That being said, there is some good news in the whole thing. Some bad news, too.

I strongly recommend reading the whole thing on the official forums, but I'm going to pull out some bits and pieces here.

The first big thing that jumped out to me was in response to a question regarding Haste and DoTs. Have they considered DoTs scaling with Haste? Ghostcrawler says... yes! It's something they're apparently actively discussing. That doesn't guarantee we'll see it, but the fact that they're talking about it is promising.

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]]> devouring-plaguedispersionghostcrawlerignis-the-furnace-masterkologarnmind-blastmind-flaypriest-q-and-apvepvpq-and-aquality-of-liferaidingsearing-lightshadow-priestshadow-priest-q-and-ashadow-word-deathslag-potstone-gripulduarvampiric-touchxt-002 SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Alex Ziebart) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[WoW Moviewatch: A Death Knight's Tale - The Battle for Light's Hope Chapel Cinematic Movie]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/wow-moviewatch-a-death-knights-tale-the-battle-for-lights-h/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/wow-moviewatch-a-death-knights-tale-the-battle-for-lights-h/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/wow-moviewatch-a-death-knights-tale-the-battle-for-lights-h/#comments
Today's WoW Moviewatch is a little bit of a repeat, but in an odd way. Shadowline1990's A Death Knight's Tale - The Battle for Light's Hope Chapel Cinematic Movie is another revisit version of the Death Knight closing cinematics. You might recognize Shadowline1990 as the guy who made The Culling of Stratholme - a WoW Cinematic Movie. This movie is, admittedly, more of the same idea.

Shadowline1990 took pieces of the in-game animations and voiceovers, and tried to make it into a more compelling cinematic experience. Shadowline1990 isn't the first person to do this with the Death Knight storyline, though, and he's very upfront to say he gives credit to Invisusira for having given the story this treatment first.

I'm not sure if Shadowline1990 knocked A Death Knight's tale out of the park the same way he did The Culling of Stratholme. While I think he did a (generally) good job with it, it didn't scream to me the same way Culling did. The video is attractive and well pieced together. The final product feels a little too-full. It seemed to drag on a little bit, but some of that is caused by the slower cadence of the voice acting.

In other great news, Shadowline1990 reports that his follow-up to Culling of Stratholme piece is nearly done. So, ultimately, there's a lot of good news to be had from him right now.


Interested in the wide world of machinima? We have new movies every weekday here on WoW Moviewatch! Have suggestions for machinima we ought to feature? Toss us an e-mail at machinima AT wow DOT com.

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]]> a-death-knights-taledeath-knightguide-to-machinimamachinimamoviesshadowline1990the-battle-for-lights-hope-chapelworld-of-warcraft-moviesworld-of-warcraft-videoswow-created-movieswow-fan-movieswow-guidewow-machinimawow-machinima-guidewow-movie-guidewow-movieswow-video-guidewow-videos SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Michael Gray) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[China's gold farming ban not really a ban]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/chinas-gold-farming-ban-not-really-a-ban/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/chinas-gold-farming-ban-not-really-a-ban/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/chinas-gold-farming-ban-not-really-a-ban/#comments The other day, we reported on China's recent ban on trading real currency for virtual goods, and it was hailed as the end of gold selling in the MMO world. Unfortunately, it may not actually play out that way. While this would put a stop to some gold selling, it won't stop all of it thanks to a convenient little loophole.

That loophole is the fact that their law has no jurisdiction over foreign transactions. While it absolutely can put a stop to these transactions on Chinese soil using Chinese servers and Chinese currency, Chinese goldfarmers can still happily (well, probably not happily) scrounge up gold on American realms and sell it to American players. Most likely, this new law won't have an impact on the gold selling industry whatsoever. The people being impacted are those crafting their games on a model of microtransactions rather than a subscription model. Developers, not gold farmers, will be harmed by this. A game like Free Realms is no longer a feasible option in China.

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Matt took this screenshot while leveling a tauren alt through Mulgore. I'm not sure if this is a bug or just a good angle, but it looks completely natural, as if the shadows themselves were encroaching on Thunder Bluff, feeding off the essence of all that is good and pure until the residents are nothing but shades of their former selves. Forgive me: I'm in a horror-movie mood ever since discovering that this abomination is apparently inhabiting the sewers under my favorite restaurant. (Warning! Link is not for those with weak stomachs or people who have recently played Dead Space and still have nightmares about amorphous blobs coming out of walls!)

Do you have any unusual, beautiful or interesting World of Warcraft images that are just collecting dust in your screenshots folder? We'd love to see them on Around Azeroth! Sharing your screenshot is as simple as e-mailing aroundazeroth@gmail.com with a copy of your shot and a brief explanation of the scene. You could be featured here next!

Remember to include your player name, server and/or guild if you want it mentioned. Please include the word "Azeroth" in your post so it does not get swept into the spam bin. We strongly prefer full screen shots without the UI showing -- use alt-Z to remove it. Please, no more battleground scoreboards, gold seller ads, or pictures of the Ninja Turtles in Dalaran.

Gallery: Around Azeroth

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]]> around-azerotharoundazerothgalleryscreen-shotsscreenshotsworld-of-warcraftworld-of-warcraft-picturesworld-of-warcraft-screenshotsworldofwarcraftwowwow-screen-shotswow-screenshotwow-screenshotswow-ss SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Elizabeth Wachowski) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Preparing for BlizzCon: Minicards -- social networking in person]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/preparing-for-blizzcon-minicards-social-networking-in-person/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/preparing-for-blizzcon-minicards-social-networking-in-person/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/preparing-for-blizzcon-minicards-social-networking-in-person/#comments
BlizzCon approaches! Preparing for BlizzCon is your regular source for tips on how best to prepare for Blizzard's gaming extravaganza.

The last time I went to BlizzCon was two years ago and I was woefully unprepared. I regretted multiple times that I didn't have some form of business card with me. But this year I am ready if Tommy Tallarico approaches the WoW.com writers again asking for cards. Squeeeeeeee!

It was particularly silly of me to not bring any sort of card, considering I went there to work. But even if you are only going to play, a minicard or the like is a very good idea. I used moo.com because they have a good reputation and a nice interface with flickr.

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]]> 2009-blizzconblizzard-blizzconblizzconblizzcon-09blizzcon-2009blizzcon-wowconventionminicardsmoocardsnetworkingpreparing-for-blizzconworld-of-warcraft-conventionwow-blizzconwow-convention SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Robin Torres) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Breakfast Topic: Is Blizzard doing faction change the right way?]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/breakfast-topic-is-blizzard-doing-faction-change-the-right-way/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/breakfast-topic-is-blizzard-doing-faction-change-the-right-way/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/02/breakfast-topic-is-blizzard-doing-faction-change-the-right-way/#comments
Blizzard can pull off some real surprises sometimes. This whole thing about Paid Faction Changes came totally from left field, and even though we know players have been asking for it I don't think any of us really expected that it would happen. For the precognitive among us, did you think they'd do it this way, though? For one thing, was the demand for such a service so huge that Blizzard opted to devote precious developer time to making it happen? It's definitely not an easy thing to pull off.

Despite Blizzard answering some concerns about the future service, there are still more questions relating to Achievements, quests, reputation, and more. What happens to faction-specific mounts? Lore nerds are boggled by the story behind a possible change -- can everything really be explained by some Goblin invention? That seems like such a cop-out, doesn't it? Wouldn't it be better (and cooler) to implement a long and epic quest chain to change factions? Sure it would be confusing to see Orcs hoisting the Alliance banner or Humans yelling 'For the Horde!', but wouldn't it be easier to implement?

Lore-wise, it makes more sense, too. It's not uncommon to see particular races switch allegiance. It's much stranger to transmogrify from, say, a Troll to a Gnome. What are your thoughts on this planned service? Are you happy to have it as a paid option, which would be quick and painless (although your wallet may say otherwise) or would you prefer a long-winded in-game quest chain? Maybe you have some ideas on how it could work. Sound off!

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]]> character-customizationfaction-changegoblin-inventionspaidpaid-character-customizationpaid-faction-changepatch-3.2wow-factionwow-faction-changeswow-paid-service SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Zach Yonzon) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Ready Check: Kologarn, Iron Council, Auriaya]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/01/ready-check-kologarn-iron-council-auriaya/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/01/ready-check-kologarn-iron-council-auriaya/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/01/ready-check-kologarn-iron-council-auriaya/#comments

Ready Check is a twice-a-week column focusing on successful raiding for the serious raider. Hardcore or casual, Vault of Archavon or Ulduar, everyone can get in on the action and down some bosses. Today, we step back a little and look at endgame in the context of sports.


The time is nigh. You've brought down the hellish tank called Flame Leviathan, released Razorscale from unimagine torment, and put down Ignis the Furnace Master. With fire in your bellies and laughter in your voice, you've shuddered and deconstructed the Deconstructor. You've right clicked the teleportation widget, and have brought yourself to the Antechamber of Ulduar.

We'll be talking, in this installment of Ready Check, about:

The first trash mobs in this area aren't too bad. You can have a Warlock banish the elemental, which might save your tank a little angst. When you see the big guys (Rune Etched Sentries), you might want to brush up a bit of coordination. The big guys place fire runes on the ground. In the grand tradition of raids everywhere, don't stand in the runes' circles or you'll die. The big guys also jump around, so this is a "cuddle" fight -- if everyone's standing on top of the tank, you'll have a little easier time of it.

I actually like to go up the stairs right away, and go face down . . .

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]]> auriyaguideguide-to-raid-leadingiron counciliron-councilIronCouncilkologarnleadershipraid-guideraid-leaderraid-leader-guideraiding-guideraidsulduarwow-guidewow-guide-to-raid-leadingwow-raid-leaderwow-raidingwow-raids SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Michael Gray) Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Faction Changes Q&A]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/01/faction-changes-qanda/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/01/faction-changes-qanda/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/01/faction-changes-qanda/#comments
Perhaps the biggest news in the past week -- aside from 'Cataclysm', that is -- hasn't been Patch 3.2 itself but a service Blizzard has apparently been working on for some time. Paid faction changes. We received quite a number of tips about it and even saw our story make a cameo on Attack of the Show. Players have been asking for something like this for a while, and there have been incidents of entire guilds rerolling from scratch to defect.

Of course, with the shocking news comes a lot of questions, so Nethaera hops on over to the forums and answered a few concerns that players had. The biggest bummer for me was that I couldn't change race within my own faction! So... let me get this straight... I can change faction and become a totally different race but I can't swap my Blood Elf Death Knight into an Orc? Blasphemy! Unfortunately Blizzard doesn't think choice of race isn't something you can regret unlike faction choice. Anyway, more answers after the jump...

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]]> answersdarn-you-blizzard-i-want-my-orcfaction-changeforumsNethaerapaid-faction-changeq-and-aquestionsrace-change SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Zach Yonzon) Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:40:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[Blogatelle signs off]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/01/blogatelle-signs-off/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/01/blogatelle-signs-off/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/01/blogatelle-signs-off/#comments One more major WoW-related blog has closed its doors. Too Many Annas, among others, notes that Blogatelle has called it quits, saying that Sean and Jess over there both feel they've come to the point where they've run out of things to say. While the blog itself is definitely a nice achievement -- it was an excellent blog centered on roleplaying (we've mentioned it before here on the site as an excellent resource for RPers) -- they will unfortunately leave a number of series behind, including the Katafray project, which followed a roleplaying Paladin up through the levels in Azeroth. As Anna says, they definitely deserve a hat tip, both for giving the RP community a solid and steady blogging voice, and for being accessible enough to bring in new RPers.

This closing follows the shuttering of a few other WoW blogs lately, most famously those of BRK and Resto4Life. You might say three is a trend, sure, but on the other hand, we've seen a lot of blogs and podcasts grow as well lately. Four years in, there are going to be all kinds of people in the community, in all kinds of places regarding their interest to the game. Anyone who sees a few bloggers step away to do other things and cites it as a sign that the game is on its last legs needs to keep looking. We're sorry to lose some popular bloggers, but it sure looks from here like the community is stronger than ever.

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]]> blogblogatellebloggersbrkcommunitygrowthjesskatafraykatafray-projectpaladinpodcastsreadersresto4liferoleplayingrprpersseantoo-many-annas SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Mike Schramm) Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[July's Brew of the Month: Stranglethorn Brew]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/01/julys-brew-of-the-month-stranglethorn-brew/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/01/julys-brew-of-the-month-stranglethorn-brew/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/01/julys-brew-of-the-month-stranglethorn-brew/#comments
It's July 1st, which means you can head out to Nagrand and pick up your free gems the nearest mailbox and pick up this month's brew, assuming you have a Brew of the Month membership! This month we have the Stranglethorn Brew, which is certainly more interesting than the various "teehee you farted/burped/barfed/burped again" brews. Upon drinking the Stranglethorn Brew, you get a buff called Jungle Madness! Exclamation point included. It causes your character to hallucinate for awhile, and be attacked by spectral Jungle Gnomes. If you don't have a Brew of the Month membership, you can watch a video from Wowhead poster VBub that shows the brew in action at the end of this post. Just click the 'read more' link at the bottom.

Assuming they don't change the brews for next year, our beertastic journey will be coming to an end pretty soon. There's only one brew left that we haven't seen, which is the Draenic Pale Ale. After that, we're back to the Binary Brew unless they decide to put out a whole new batch of 12 brews, and I somehow doubt that will happen. Is anybody else hoping the Draenic Pale Ale is truly epic, considering it marks the entire year we've been drinking these crazy things?

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Our friends over at The Guild are hard at work on season 3 -- if you've been following their Twitter feeds, you'll have seen that shooting is underway en masse, and while we haven't yet heard when they'll be done, it sounds like they're already keeping some long hours over there. Such long hours, in fact, that tempers are apparently flaring on the set -- as you can see above, director and editor Sean Becker has become a victim of Felicia Day's (substantial?) wrath, and been fired from the show.

Ok, not really -- they're just joking around. But even if he's kidding about what's in that "guild 3 master" box, we at least know there is a season 3 master, and that sooner than ever, we'll be able to see just what happened when Codex took that out-of-body sprint at the end of season 2. Can't wait to see it.

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]]> behind-the-scenesdirectoreditorfelicia-dayfunnyguildhumorsean-beckerseason-3setshootingthe-guildthe-guild-season-3urkel-dancevideoweb-serieswow-the-guild SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Mike Schramm) Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[The Daily Quest: They really are]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/01/the-daily-quest-they-really-are/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/01/the-daily-quest-they-really-are/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/01/the-daily-quest-they-really-are/#comments
We here at WoW.com are on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.

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]]> burnoutexodusexploitsfunnyguideguide-indexjokesmoonkinmore-epicsnew-contentthe-daily-questtier-9world-of-matticusworld-of-warcraft-infoworld-of-warcraft-linksworld-of-warcraft-siteswow-guidewow-guide-indexwow-indexwow-infowow-informatwow-linkswow-site-indexwow-sites SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Mike Schramm) Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:00:00 EST WoW.com <![CDATA[The Queue: You are slightly more prepared than you were]]> http://www.wow.com/2009/07/01/the-queue-you-are-slightly-more-prepared-than-you-were/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/01/the-queue-you-are-slightly-more-prepared-than-you-were/ http://www.wow.com/2009/07/01/the-queue-you-are-slightly-more-prepared-than-you-were/#comments
Welcome back to The Queue, WoW.com's daily Q&A column where the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Alex Ziebart will be your host today.

That's a trailer we haven't seen in awhile, huh? It's relevant today, I promise! Besides, a little nostalgia is always fun. If I have one grievance with Wrath of the Lich King's cinematic, it's that they didn't give us an incredibly corny catchphrase to spout for nearly two years.

Discolando asked...

"Is there any substance to the rumor I've recently read that patch 3.3 will contain another yet unknown raid instance, and patch 3.4 will contain Icecrown Citadel? It does seem more logical to 'finish' the expansion with the advertised antagonist instead of a deux ex machina like patch 2.4 gave us."

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