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@Celestalon Is this the Class changing push? or is this not yet the right build?
2 days ago by @MrMaelzo
@MrMaelzo These patch notes contain the aforementioned changes. They're ahead of the current PTR build.
2 days ago by Celestalon, Technical Game Designer
I wish you all the best of luck in acquiring the "Angelic" music track.
2 days ago by Jeremy Feasel, Senior Game Designer
@holinka @WarcraftDevs In 6.1, will you allow guild raid groups of 40 to queue into Ashran with the new changes?
4 days ago by @tempest3461
@tempest3461 Yes. If a member of your raid queues for Ashran, all other members of that raid will queue up for the same Ashran.
3 days ago by WarcraftDevs, Official
@WarcraftDevs Concerning: Class Xmog sets from Salvage. Why bother adding them to the game at all if some parts can't be xmogged? (Esp monk)
4 days ago by @load2326
@load2326 The items are invisible and we don’t allow transmog to invisible items at this time. We included them for completeness.
3 days ago by WarcraftDevs, Official

Blackrock Foundry Strategy Guides

6.1 PTR Patch Notes

Selfie Toy and Jukebox Music

New Blood Elf Models

Method's Mythic Brackenspore Guide

Wowhead Class and Boosted 90 Prepatch Guides, Blizzard Video Guides, October 20th Hotfixes

posted 2014/10/20 at 1:02 PM by perculia

Warlords of Draenor Class Guidesupdated role guides

As many classes will have a different playstyle at 100 due to additional perks and talents, we've released these guides with their level 100 information so you can see how everything fits together. If something feels off with your class in the prepatch, it may be solved at 100 with additional mechanics.

The guides contain valuable prepatch information, including a summary of what's changed in the prepatch and enchanting/gem info at level 90, since you can't access the Warlords versions just quite yet.

Guides

Death Knight: DPS (Frost/Unholy) and Blood

Druid: Feral, Balance, Guardian, and Restoration

Hunter: Hunter DPS Guide (Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival)

Mage: Mage DPS (Arcane, Fire, Frost)

Monk: Brewmaster, Mistweaver, and Windwalker

Paladin: Holy, Protection, and Retribution

Priest: Healing Priest Guide (Disc/Holy) and Shadow Priest

Rogue: Rogue DPS (Assassination, Combat, Subtlety)

Shaman: Elemental, Enhancement, and Restoration

Warlock: Warlock DPS (Affliction, Demonology, Destruction)

Warrior: Warrior DPS Guide (Arms/Fury) and Protection Warrior

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Wowhead Interview with Lead Game Designers Cory Stockton and Ion Hazzikostas, Oct 17th Hotfixes

posted 2014/10/17 at 2:33 PM by perculia

We're giving away two BlizzCon ticket-holder exclusive Faerie Dragon Plushies and four BlizzCon Virtual Tickets! All you have to do to win is tell us what new thing you're enjoying most in patch 6.0.2 in the comments below!
More details after the Video!

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Guide to How Wowhead Can Help You in the Prepatch, Wowhead Interview with Lead Game Designers 10/17

posted 2014/10/16 at 12:16 PM by perculia

very hard updating the site for Warlords of DraenorSo. Many. Pets.MountacularWarcraftLogs

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Warlords of Draenor Alpha Now Playable: Frostfire Ridge, Garrisons, New NPCs and Quests

posted 2014/06/04 at 5:25 PM by perculia

7pm: Added more items to the Warlords database including Dance Hat and Magic Bunny Hat!12:30pm: Added a summary of quest highlights.11:30am: Added quests to the Warlords of Draenor database!12:05am EST: Added new NPCs and Battle Pets to the database.11:40pm EST: Added Garrison buildings and follower screenshots.11:00pm EST: Added Battle Pet sources.9:20pm EST: Added Frostfire Ridge screenshots.9:10pm EST: Added UI changes and screenshots.9pm EST: Added Blizzard blog describing F&F specifics.HogsWoW's 10th AnniversaryClick here to see the latest additions to our Warlords database!Watch live video from Wowhead on TwitchTVFrostfire Ridge and UI Changes

Keybindings are a lot nicer in alpha, there are different sections for each type so you don't have to scroll through a huge list.

Bags now have filters as well as a "Clean up Bags" option that resorts your bags. Junk items now have a gold coin image on their icon so you know to sell them.

The in-game shop option now has Warforged Nightmare and Grinning Reaver for sale.

The Dungeon Journal now has a new role description section for bosses.

The map and quest log interface have been merged together. Bonus objectives for specific areas show up as swords on the map.

Mounts now show mounts you can't use in a certain zone as red.

There is a new achievement category, Legacy, and MoP Challenge Mode achievements like Challenge Conqueror: Gold are there. According to Twitter, this is a new category for deprecated achievements.

The basics of the Toybox UI are in, under a new Collections button.

There are lots of jumping games in the style of the Timeless Isle--chests located on cliffs that require some planning to reach. These contain Garrison materials.

The World map automatically turns transparent when it's open if you move.

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Artcraft: Transmoggable Class Relics and Other Accessories

posted 2014/05/20 at 10:19 AM by oliviadgrace

Artcraft: Class Accessories

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News Roundup: Win a Brew Pup, Patch 5.4.8 Tomorrow, Significant Tweets, Warlords Guides Update

posted 2014/05/19 at 6:31 PM by oliviadgrace

ZAM Needs Your Feedback!Alterac Brew PupsAlterac Brew Pupscomplete the surveyhere

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Blizzard Launches Level 90 Crash Course Videos

posted 2014/05/19 at 12:02 PM by oliviadgrace

Level 90 Crash Course Videosa series of videosWowhead's Level 90 Class Guides

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Guide to Item Changes in Warlords of Draenor

posted 2014/05/16 at 5:53 PM by perculia

Warlords Profiler

Just go to http://www.wowhead.com/list and enter your character's name and realm on the left-hand side for "Lookup Battle.net Profile."

It will display your gear with up-to-date stats, including columns for self-buffs and raid-buffs.

Armor

When referring to "Armor," Blizzard is describing the following gear slots: helm, shoulders, chest, wrist, hands, waist, legs, feet.

Armor changes primary stats (Agility, Intellect, Strength) and set bonuses based on your spec. There is no "strength plate" or "intellect plate"--simply plate that changes based on your role.

Secondary stats for armor remain unchanged when switching between specs. This means that if you really want different combinations of secondary stats for each spec, you need multiple items for each slot.

When looking at an item's tooltip, you will see multiple primary stats on it now--with the stats that don't benefit your spec hidden. So for example, Vest of Forceful Fury would have Intellect hidden if a Guardian Druid wore it, and Agility hidden if a Balance Druid wore it.

On item pages, you can imitate Warlords of Draenor tooltip behavior by going to "Showing tooltip for " and changing the class/spec to see the stat colors change.

Spirit is no longer found on gear classified as Armor. It is only found on Non-Armor in Warlords.

Non-Armor

When referring to "Non-Armor," Blizzard is describing the following gear slots: Neck, Back, Rings, Trinkets, and Weapons.

These items are more specialized. Spirit is found on items suitable to healers, and Bonus Armor is found on items suitable to tanks. These items do not change primary stats based on spec.

Gear Changes in Warlords of DraenorGear AugmentationsThere are three ways players can get better-than-expected stats for a particular item

Warforged: The item is +6 ilvls higher.

Extra sockets: sockets will be used much more sparingly in Warlords.

Tertiary stats: Movement Speed (Increases your movement speed), Indestructible (Causes the item to not take durability damage), Leech (Causes you to be healed for a portion of all damage and healing done), Avoidance (Reduces your damage taken from area-of-effect attacks). We already saw some of this with Siege of Orgrimmar trinkets like Juggernaut's Focusing Crystal for Lifesteal and Frenzied Crystal of Rage for Cleave. These are also considered bonus stats and aren't part of an item's regular stat budget.

It will be very rare to get an item that has all three augmentations at once.

All Highmaul and Foundry gear, including Tier 17 set gear and LFR.

Loot from WoD world bosses.

Garrison loot from invasions and missions.

Dungeon loot from heroic bosses and the Challenger's Strongbox.

Regular dungeon gear can have a tertiary stat.

Honor PvP gear can be Warforged.

Uncommon-quality quest rewards can be up to 20 ilvls higher, and rare-quality quest rewards can be up to 10 ilvls higher.

Crafted Warlords gear.

Conquest ilvl 660 PvP gear.

Apexis vendor gear.

Legendary rings.

World-drop BoEs.

Random Stats

Crafted Warlords gear.

Garrison loot from invasions and missions.

Challenge Mode rewards in Challenger's Strongbox.

of the Fireflash, Crit/Haste

Peerless, Crit/Mastery

of the Savage, Crit/Multistrike

of the Quickblade, Crit/Versatility

of the Feverflare, Haste/Mastery

of the Deft, Haste/Multistrike

of the Aurora, Haste/Versatility

of the Merciless, Mastery/Multistrike

of the Harmonious, Versatility/Mastery

of the Strategist, Versatility/Multistrike

of the Guileful, Crit/Bonus Armor

of the Windshaper, Haste/Bonus Armor

of the Noble, Mastery/Bonus Armor

of the Stormbreaker, Bonus Armor/Multistrike

of the Stalwart, Versatility/Bonus Armor

of the Fanatic, Spirit/Crit

of the Zealot, Spirit/Haste

of the Diviner, Spirit/Mastery

of the Herald, Spirit/Multistrike

of the Augur, Spirit/Versatility

New StatsThere are new secondary stats

Versatility Increases damage and healing, and reduces damage taken

Multistrike Grants two chances for your damage and healing effects to fire an additional time, each at 30% effectiveness

Bonus Armor is only found on tank-appropriate Non-Armor pieces. This increases the tank's armor.

Readiness and Amplify initially were planned to be secondary stats, but were later scrapped.

Tertiary/Minor

Movement Speed: Increases your movement speed

Indestructible: Causes the item to not take durability damage

Leech: Causes you to be healed for a portion of all damage and healing done

Avoidance: Reduces your damage taken from area-of-effect attacks.

Changed and Removed StatsWarlords of Draenor Alpha Patch NotesPrimary Stats

Agility and Intellect no longer provide critical strike, as Strength does not and that caused balancing issues.

Agility users get Critical Strikes as compensation.

The base chance to critically strike is now 5% for all classes.

Weapon Scaling

Each point of Agility or Strength now grants 1 Attack Power (down from 2). All other sources of Attack Power now grant half as much as before.

Weapon Damage values on all weapons have been reduced by 20%.

Attack Power now increases Weapon Damage at a rate of 1 DPS per 3.5 Attack Power (up from 1 DPS per 14 Attack Power).

Attack Power, Spell Power, or Weapon Damage now affect the entire healing or damage throughput of player spells.

Dodge and Parry

Active mitigation has been a tanking model that has worked out well, so Dodge and Parry is kept on the low side.

Dodge and Parry are removed and have been converted into Critical Strike, Haste, or mastery on armor pieces, or Bonus Armor on non-armor pieces. In addition, all players now have 0% chance to be dodged and 3% chance to be parried. Tanks receive an additional 3% reduction in chance to be parried.

You can't get Dodge and Parry from gear anymore, but you can get it from other stats and some abilities like Sanctuary.

The amount of Dodge gained per Agility has been reduced by 25%, and the amount of Parry gained per Strength has been reduced by 25%.

Hit and Expertise

Hit and Expertise are removed and have been converted into Critical Strike, Haste, or Mastery on existing gear. In addition, all players now have a 100% chance to hit and 0% chance to glance when fighting creatures up to 3 levels higher.

For gems, enchants, and all consumables, hit has been converted to critical strike, and expertise to haste.

Secondary Stats

Haste: Spell Haste %, Melee Haste %, and Ranged Haste % are just simply Haste.

Crit: Spell Crit %, Melee Crit %, and Ranged Crit % are just simply Crit.

Spirit is no longer found on armor pieces.

Warlords ProfilerGear SquishRobes of Riven Dreams on liveRobes of Riven Dreams in WarlordsEnchants and Gems

Fewer items can be enchanted in Warlords, and the goal is to have enchants feel like a bonus instead of something mandatory. The only Warlords enchants are for amulets, rings, capes, and weapons.

Old enchants cannot be used on items above ilvl 600, such as Greater Precision

Meta gems and socket bonuses aren't found on Warlords gear, and many fewer items will have sockets in Warlords of Draenor. This was announced at BlizzCon.

All gem sockets in Warlords are prismatic, and Warlords gems do not have colors--they work in any color socket.

Like gear, enchants and gems are scaled down in Warlords of Draenor, which the database reflects.

Item Data ChangesKorven's Crimson Crescent

6.0 Siege of Orgrimmar items and Warlords Tier 17 items like Korven's Crimson Crescent now have raid difficulty bonuses. All of our comments and screenshots have been consolidated and moved over to these new pages in 6.0 to reduce database clutter.

Warlords of Draenor quest items like Frostwolf Hunting Crossbow now display uncommon, rare, and epic versions. When completing a Draenor quest, the reward has a low chance to be rare or epic.

Warlords of Draenor dungeon items like Robes of Swirling Light now display a Heroic option as well as bonuses that modify the required level and item level. The same item can drop in most dungeons--just scaled appropriately to the dungeon's difficulty and intended level.