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New Blizzard Store Pet Coming Soon
Blizzard just shared this cute picture of a fire kitty on their
facebook
with the tagline "This adorable, fired up little kitty is seeking a new caretaker. Adoption details coming soon!"
Seems like a great match for
Fandral's Flamescythe
!
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Patch 5.0.5b Live Today, Valor Point Acquisition, Heroic Method Kills
The first three bosses in Mogu'shan Vaults open on LFR difficulty today on EU servers.
Check out our
exclusive Method kill videos
to learn the fights!
In addition, Method is currently working on heroic progression this week, and will be rebroadcasting their heroic kills over at Twitch! You'll be able to watch them here starting at 17:00 CET / 07:00 (AM) PDT:
http://www.twitch.tv/sco
http://www.twitch.tv/rogerbrown
http://www.twitch.tv/leeds
There's also a small but much-needed patch today that will allow players to interact with in-game objects again such as healthstones, archaeology digsites, and lootable mobs.
We will be releasing a patch on Wednesday October, 10 beginning at 8:30 a.m. PDT to resolve an issue that could sometimes prevent players from interacting correctly with in-game objects.
As the patch is relatively small, patching time should be minimal. See you in Pandari
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Hotfixes: October 9th
<p> </p>
<ul>
<li>General
<ul>
<li>Vengeance should now ramp up more quickly. Avoidance will now grant Vengeance based on the average damage of the avoided NPC auto-attack, instead of just refreshing existing Vengeance. This does not apply to enemy special attacks.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<ul>
<li>Classes
<ul>
<li><strong>Monk</strong>
<ul>
<li>Detonating Zen Sphere now does progressively less damage when more than 10 targets are affected.</li>
<li>Zen Pilgrimage: Return now ensures that the journey is round trip.</li>
<li>Rising Sun Kick now always properly applies the Mortal Wounds effect to targets it damages.</li>
<li>The healing generated by Spinning Crane Kick has been reduced by 30%.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Paladin</strong>
<ul>
<li>Execution Sentence can no longer be cast while Hexed.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Priest</strong>
<ul>
<li>Spirit of Redemption will no longer sometimes prevent players from rolling on items.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Warlock</strong>
<ul>
<li>The Warlock Season 12 4-piece PvP set bonus will no longer cause Warlocks that have assum
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Mogu'shan Vaults: Exclusive Method Videos, LFR Unlocks Today
Mogu'shan Vaults
on LFR difficulty unlocks today on US servers. It is split up into two sections, each consisting of three bosses. You will need an
460 ilvl
to queue up.
Normal mode was open last week, and if you cleared all the bosses on that difficulty level, you can begin heroics this week.
Heart of Fear
and
Terrace of Endless Spring
will not be available until October 30th on Normal Difficulty.
Check out our
Mogu'shan Vaults Raid Preview
for a look at the Dungeon Journal, loot lists, and armor models of all the encounters.
Our friends at
Noxxic
have also just released a cool tool that we wanted to share with you:
DPS Rankings
. This is a quick way for players to see what each spec is capable of doing in end-game raiding and how they rank up, including DW/2H comparisons for Frost Death Knights, Fury Warriors and Windwalker Monks. If you're not sure how to spec for your first raid, this tool may help you out!
Exclusive Method Videos
<Method> cleared
Mogu'shan Vaults
this past week: they were kind enough
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Wowhead Reddit AMA, October 9th
Curious what the people are like who make Wowhead run? Ever wanted to ask us something but felt it seemed off-topic in a blog's comments? With Mists of Pandaria two weeks old and everyone using Wowhead for help, we thought it would be a great time for you to get to know the people behind the site more!
Ashelia and I will be doing an AMA at 10 a.m. PDT over at /r/WoW.
We'll link the thread here when it goes live--be sure to up-vote any questions you'd really like us to answer! Looking forward to seeing your questions.
Edit: it's live!
http://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/117cac/wowhead_ama
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Vengeance Hotfix and Starlight Ink Trades
Vengeance Hotfix
Daxxarri
A hotfix will be applied to adjust how Vengeance stacks for tanks of all classes:
Vengeance should now ramp up more quickly. Avoidance will now grant Vengeance based on the average damage of the avoided NPC auto-attack, instead of just refreshing existing Vengeance. This does not apply to enemy special attacks.
This will be noted in the next hotfix update, but we wanted to let you know immediately, as this change will be applied sometime today.
Ink Trading
Nethaera
Beginning after the maintenance on Tuesday, October 9, ink traders will be converting from accepting Blackfallow Ink to accepting Ink of Dreams and Starlight Ink will become available for purchase. If you’re still holding on to your Blackfallow Ink, your time to trade it in is running short.
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Battlegrounds Preview: Temple of Kotmogu and Silvershard Mines
With the new PvP season underway this week, we thought it would be a good time to highlight the two new battlegrounds:
Temple of Kotmogu
and
Silvershard Mines
. They're both level 90 battlegrounds for 10 players, with interesting twists on familiar battlegrounds like Arathi Basin and Warsong Gulch.
Check out our list of PvP gear you can purchase
here
.
Temple of Kotmogu
During the lost days of ancient Pandaria, the ruling mogu built temples not unlike themselves – immense in size, vast in scope, and steeped in forces as old as the ground beneath their feet. Stony statues of the mogu still glare down from their long-vacant temples, and echoes of their supremacy persist to the present day. Inside the autumnal Temple of Kotmogu, a vicious melee has erupted over artifacts the mogu left behind: treasures older than the bloodlines of human kings and the clans of orcs, orbs of power that have bathed in the energies of Pandaria for ages. Will they bring the might of the mogu to the Horde or Alliance?
Overview
:
A team wins when 1600 points are reached. Points are gained when players co
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City Exploit Hotfixed
Nethaera
Earlier today, certain realms were affected by an in-game exploit, resulting in the deaths of player characters and non-player characters in some of the major cities. This exploit has already been hotfixed, so it should not be repeatable. It's safe to continue playing and adventuring in major cities and elsewhere in Azeroth.
As with any exploit, we are taking this disruptive action very seriously and conducting a thorough investigation. If you have information relating to this incident, please email hacks@blizzard.com. We apologize for the inconvenience some of you experienced as a result of this and appreciate your understanding.
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Pet Battles: Wild Battle Pets by Zone
Capturing wild battle pets is a new way to obtain companion pets in Mists of Pandaria, and it is one of the primary ways of acquiring pets for your pet battle team.
Wild battle pets can be tracked on your minimap: you can have your team fight them for experience, or capture one at low health to add it to your collection. Pet families have strengths and weaknesses against other types, so choose your opponents wisely. There are different versions of each pet--some with more stats than others--so you could get lucky and end up capturing a really strong version! There's also many
achievements for capturing wild battle pets
.
We've made tables below of all the wild battle pets, organized by continent and color-coded by type. With this chart, you can see what pets are unique to various zones, and also which pet types are pretty scarce--Dragonkin and Mechanical especially. All the data was taken from our
interactive battle pet map
and our
visual battle pet database
, so be sure to check them out for more information!
Uniqu
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Mists of Pandaria Hotfixes: October 5th
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; ">October 4</span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>General
<ul>
<li>The Sha of Anger now respawns more frequently, but less predictably.</li>
<li>Galleon can no longer be taunted, and both he and his companions are now more dangerous.</li>
<li>The cost to learn Battle Pet Training has been reduced from 100 gold to 10 gold.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<ul>
<li>Classes
<ul>
<li><strong>Druid</strong>
<ul>
<li>Fixed an issue where Stampeding Roar could sometimes be cast in any form.</li>
<li>Resolved several issues with the spell Nature's Vigil.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Death Knight</strong>
<ul>
<li>The Chillblains talent now works properly with Chains of ice. Casting Chains of Ice on a target will apply both the Chillblains snare and the Chains of Ice rooting effect.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Mage</strong>
<ul>
<li>Mages have learned to stop hitting themselves with Nether Tempest.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Monk</strong>
<ul>
<li>Resuscitate now casts correctly in Arenas.</li>
<li>Chi Torpedo is now a full body effect, targeting friends and foes
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Patch 5.1 PTR Coming Soon
While Mists of Pandaria already comes packed full of some of the most diverse and expansive World of Warcraft content to date, we’re staying true to our goal of delivering new content faster. With that in mind, we’re pleased to share that the first major Mists of Pandaria content update, Patch 5.1, is well underway.
In fact, our plan is to release a build of patch 5.1 on the Public Test Realms soon so you can experience it for yourself! Initially, the PTR build won’t include all of the 5.1 patch content, but here’s a glimpse of the major features that are already in the pipeline.
Patch 5.1 Features
Pandaria and the War of Conquest
While members of the Horde and the Alliance have been busy exploring the exotic continent of Pandaria, Garrosh and Varian have been gathering their forces in preparation for the struggle to exert the influence of the Horde and the Alliance over these long-lost lands. Players who have quested through Pandaria will see forces of both factions arrive in force on the shores of the unspoiled continent, bringing the tensions between the Horde and the Alliance in
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News Round Up: Mogu'shan Vaults Streaming, Reputation Changes
Following our recent announcement that we're partnering with
Method
, we're pleased to bring you more streams of them raiding
Mogu'shan Vaults
tonight--see what the fights are like before your guild starts raiding! You can check out more points of view on our updated
Streams page
.
Blizzard also announced some exciting reputation changes today
for a future patch
--it will be easier to acquire reputations on alts, plus the Revered to Exalted grind has been sped up.
Method: Mogu'shan Vaults
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New Site Feature: Method Livestreams
We're proud to announce a partnership with
<Method>
, one of the oldest standing hardcore raiding WoW guilds in the world.
We've embedded
Method's streams here on Wowhead
so you can watch them run challenge modes, do their dailies, PvP, and even tackle the newest raids! Check out the livestreams of Method's raiders, including
Method's GM Sco
.
With
Mogu'shan Vaults open this week
, now is a great time to check out the fights if your guild is still gearing up to raid.
Check out our livestream page (under the "Even More" section of the "More" menu) at:
http://www.wowhead.com/streams
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Raid Preview: Mogu'shan Vaults
Mogu'shan Vaults
opened October 2nd on Normal difficulty, with LFR and Heroic difficulty unlocked next week. We've got the loot tables and dungeon journal below for each boss, as well as 3D models of all the armor and weapons.
Mogu'shan Vaults
is reached only by flying. It is located in northern
Kun-Lai Summit
, jutting out of a mountain overlooking Zouchin Village. It is marked on the map as "Mogu'shan Terrace"--not to be confused with
Mogu'shan Palace
in
Vale of Eternal Blossoms
.
There are six bosses in
Mogu'shan Vaults
:
The Stone Guard
Feng the Accursed
Gara'jal the Spiritbinder
The Spirit Kings
Elegon
Jan-xi
Gear from
Mogu'shan Vaults
is slightly lower than that of the other Tier 14 raids:
LFR
: 476
Normal
: 489
Heroic
: 502
In addition, Tier gear does not drop from
Mogu'shan Vaults
. The only way to obtain it this month is to kill the world bosses
Sha of Anger
and
Galleon
. Sha-Touched weapons for
legendaries
do not dr
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Patch 5.0.5 Hotfixes: October 2nd
General
Players no longer require Honored reputation with Mists of Pandaria factions to purchase gear with Justice Points.
The reputation requirement to purchase certain pieces of Mists of Pandaria Valor Point gear have been reduced from Revered to Honored. These include:
The Klaxxi
- neck items
Golden Lotus
- rings
Shado-Pan
- cloaks
The August Celestials
- bracers
The item level of Mists of Pandaria gear that is purchased with Justice Points has been raised from 450 to 458.
The item level of Mists of Pandaria gear that is purchased with Honor Points has been lowered from 464 to 458. As a result, the quality color of these items has been changed from Epic to Rare. However, the PvP Power and PvP resilience of these items has been increased significantly so these items retain their previous degree of effectiveness in PvP.
Mists of Pandaria PvP item vendors were tired of getting the dook kicked out of them. Their health has been increased significantly.
The item level requirement to queue for Mists of Pandaria Hero
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Justice and Honor Gear ilvl Changes
Many players felt that the new
PvP rewards released today
were a bit overpowered, especially compared to Justice Point gear. The PvP gear had sockets while Justice Point rewards did not. In addition, the PvP gear had a much higher ilvl than the rewards you'd traditionally choose from Justice Points.
Blizzard released that the fastest way to gear up for PvE was to PvP, and changed the gear ilvls around in today's hotfix.
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We’re working to adjust current Justice and Honor gear to better align with intended values. Currently it’s more lucrative to run Battelgrounds for ilvl 464 epics, and convert all Justice to Honor to gear up. While some crossover is fine, the most optimal way to gear for PvE doesn’t make sense to happen through PvP.<br /><br />This hotfix will ideally go out today, and once applied will change all Justice and Honor items (including those already purchased) in the following ways:<br /><br /><span class="underline">Justice Items</span><br /><ul>Current
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Season 12 PvP Preview
Season 12, the latest PvP season, starts on
October 2nd
. There are new Honor and Conquest quartermasters selling ilvl 464-483 gear. This gear is pretty good for increasing your ilvl and starting dungeons--unlike past expansions, the PvP stats do not cut into the PvE itemization.
There are two new PvP stats in Mists: PvP Power and PvP Resilience. PvP Power increases the damage you do to other players as well as the healing you do to other players in PvP situations. PvP Resilience continues to be a defense stat. These two stats will only work in PvP situations, helping to ensure that PvE gear will remain weaker. Yon can filter by these stats now in our database.
New Vendors:
Honor Quartermasters, selling ilvl 458 gear:
Lok'nor Bloodfist
,
Hayden Christophen
. Dreadful weapons were datamined with unique models but are not in-game currently.
Conquest Quartermasters, selling ilvl 483 gear and ilvl 470 weapons:
Doris Chiltonius
,
Lucan Malory
. Weapons require 0
earned to purchase.
Glorious Conquest Quartermasters, selling reskinned ilvl 483 gear that requires a 2200 RBG/Arena rating:
Acon Deathwielder
,
Ethan Natice
.
Initiall
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Faction Justice Gear Hotfix
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We've just applied a hotfix that removes the faction requirements for Justice gear.<br /><br />Shado-Pan and August Celestial factions will no longer require Golden Lotus faction to purchase this gear. This will allow players who have reached level 90 to have additional sources of item level (ilevel) 450 gear to progress into the Dungeon Finder Heroic dungeons more readily. <br /><br />Players who are looking to purchase this gear should seek out the following vendors:<br /><br /><strong><span class="underline">Townlong Steppes:</span></strong><br /><ul><li>Shadow-Pan - Rushin the Fox in Shado-Pan Garrison</li><li>All - Lo Pin in Niuzao Temple</li></ul><br /><br /><strong><span class="underline">Vale of Eternal Blossoms:</span> </strong><br /><ul><li>August Celestials - Sage Lotusbloom or Sage Whiteheart in the Horde and Alliance Shrines </li><li>Golden Lotus - Jaluu the Generous in front of Mogu’shan Palace</li></ul><br /><strong><span class="underline">Dread Wastes:</span></strong> <br /><ul><li>Klaxxi - Ambersmith Zikk in Klaxxivess</
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Mists of Pandaria: Starting Your Legendary
To view an updated version of this guide for Patch 5.1, please click
here.
There's a new legendary quest series in Mists of Pandaria and anyone that's 90 can begin working on it. Multiple people in your raid can work on it at the same time, and it can even be completed in LFR. We'll show you what you need to get started this week.
A few things set this apart from past legendaries:
All players in a raid can work on the legendary questline at the same time.
Legendaries are for everyone. Players complete quests for legendary gems, which are then socketed into Sha-Touched weapons from raids. There are nine weapons classified as Sha-Touched, covering all possible specs.
With this system, guild are only limited by the number of Sha-Touched weapons they see each week.
Legendary gems can be placed into weapons from LFR. Quest items can also be looted in LFR.
This legendary series will span the expansion, with more elaborate rewards each tier.
The reward for this first tier is an epic weapon with a legendary gem, not an actual legendary weapon.
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Mists of Pandaria: Reputation Quick Facts (Updated for 5.4)
This guide provides quick facts for every Mists of Pandaria faction: where their quartermaster is located, how to gain reputation, and rewards. You can visit Wowhead's faction pages for more information, as well as our reputation guides, which have been updated for 5.4.
Eight factions originally shipped with Mists of Pandaria: four have epic gear rewards, while the other four have quirky vanity items. All have epic mounts and detailed tabards as Exalted rewards.
In later patches, two factions have been added for the Alliance and Horde (four total), as well as a raid-related faction and Timbermaw-style reputation grind.
Reputations are a bit different to grind in Mists of Pandaria--the old system of equipping a tabard and farming dungeons has been removed. Tabards only serve vanity purposes now and reputation is gained by doing daily quests. Each faction has a compelling story behind it and the daily quests are interesting and varied, such as completing a racecourse on a cloud serpent.
Patch 5.4 Reputation Changes
Justice Point and Valor Point gear no longer requires reputation and has undergone cost changes.
The Golden Lotus ha
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