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News Roundup: World of Warcraft 4.1.0A Fast Patch Notes, Blizzard Posts
Blizzard has just released a minor live client patch that includes a few major bugfixes that couldn't simply be hotfixed. In addition, Blizzard poster Slorkuz talks PvP as angry forumgoers point out that they're basically never going to be happy with PvP balance in WoW. And life goes on...
Notes for all World of Warcraft patches can be found
here
.
Patch 4.1 hotfixes can be found
here
.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue that sometimes caused player to disconnect when zoning into another location.
The title Blackwing's Bane awarded for defeating Nefarian on Heroic difficulty is now selectable again by characters who have earned it.
The targeting reticule should no longer disappear when players cast spells.
Resolved some issues that were causing Movement Enforcement Errors.
Resolved an issue affecting death knight runes after switching specializations.
Party member positions should show up corr
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Maingear's New Tier of Gear Contest: What Was Your Favorite Tier Set?
UPDATE: Day #1 is closed. Day #2 is
over here
. The post is locked to prevent further entry.
Thanks to the wonderful folks at
Maingear
, we're holding
a contest
this week through the weekend for a custom built desktop PC: the powerhouse known as the
F131
. With a sleek exterior and a powerful interior, this rig is any World of Warcraft player's dream. Of course, there's even more to sweeten the pot:
Razer
has thrown in a
Naga™ Epic Mouse
and a
Megalodon™ headset
as a prize for the runner-up--as well as four
Razer Naga™ Molten Special Edition MMO Gaming Mice
for daily prizes.
So listen c
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Patch 4.2: Tier 12 Armor Variations and 3D Models
We've datamined some recolors for tier 12 from the latest PTR 4.2 patch. There are no new tier sets to see except Warrior, but each tier that was already previewed has three shades of color (except Hunters, which have four). It's possible these could be the difference in color from non-heroic and heroic, 10 or 25 (like Ulduar's 8 and 8.5 was), or possibly even PvP models. An interesting comment a Wowhead poster presumed is that they could even be colored based on what talent tree you've specialized the majority of your points in--which would make a lot of sense, given the naming conventions on the PTR.
Anyway, we won't know until we get more information, but they're worth looking at. Some of them are certainly a lot less fiery and I hope they see the light of day.
Paladin
View in our model viewer: | | Palad
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Patch 4.2 Preview: Tier 12 Set Bonuses
Our friends at
WoW Insider
tipped us off that the set bonuses for tier 12--the embarrassing part is that they were in our database all along. Some of us have been working for fourteen hours straight now, though, and aren't that observant. OK? OK.
Two important things to note here. First, some of the set bonuses are ridiculously overpowered and some are extremely underpowered. Let's hope that these will be changed since this is the beginning of 4.2's PTR; as it stands, they are far from balanced. Second, Blizzard went a little wild with the fire theme this set of tier. This is sort of an interesting take on tier procs and certainly welcomed as a change, but it's also a little redundant. Fire damage on fire mobs? Thankfully this isn't vanilla--they would be immune.
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News Roundup: Hotfixes (May 2-4), Hippogryphs on the Ground, and More
Just a few new Blizzard posts today in the midst of all of the exciting 4.2 PTR goodies! Blizzard has snuck in a handful of Cataclysm hotfixes, the iDevice / Android Mobile Armory app now features (for a limited time) free guild chat for all realms, and Blizzard posters tackle player concerns such as allowing all flying mounts to function as ground mounts in "no-fly" zones and more! Check out the full Blizzard posts after the break!
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Patch 4.2 - PTR Build 14002 - New Models
If you like models, you're in luck. We've got a ton of models for you to view from the PTR's latest patch. Remember to click on the thumbnails to expand and get them in full 3D--they look better and you'll be able to see the details clearer, like how the
Horn of the Vicious War Wolf
has pouches on his saddle and tons of details.
From these pictures, it also looks like Hallow's End will be getting a revamp or at least a new pet. Black and orange kittens in witch hats look pretty awesome. The Winged Lion pet will probably go with the Winged Lion mount from last patch; it will be interesting to see when these land in the store together and if he's tied to another plush. Oh, and that bizarre looking whelp? How legendary indeed. (It's most likely
Lil' Tarecgosa
, a reward for completing
Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest - Guild Edition
.)
Companion Pets
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Patch 4.2 - PTR Build 14002 - New Items, Spell Changes, Icons, and Maps
The PTR is finally starting to come up and we have a lot of information to post. There are over a thousand latest additions, dozens of new icons, two new maps, and even tier 12 pieces starting to be datamined.
Notable Finds
:
The legendary quest is being slowly revealed by the changes to our database. This looks like a very detailed quest chain, similar to the first caster staff legendary.
Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest
will be the feat of strength,
The Nexus
is part of the quest to create it, and it's likely that
Seething Cinder
x60 and
Heart of Flame
are what is collected to forge the staff.
There will be four new vanity pets:
Hyjal Bear Cub
,
Crimson Lasher
,
Feline Familiar
, and
Lil' Tarecgosa
. The last one will be the guild reward for completing the legendary.
A lot of profession recipes have been added, similar to the craftable ones from TBC days. Some are BoP and some are BoE.
Pattern: Clutches of Evil
,
Pattern: Don Tayo's Inferno Mittens
,
Plans: Eternal Elementium Handguards
, and
Pattern: Boots of the Black Flame
are some examples.
Some pieces of tier gear were found, though they are not a set yet.
Sulfuras, the Extinguished Hand
returns--it's a little le
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Arena Passes for 2011 Now Open
It's that time of the year again--Blizzard has opened registration for the arena tournament realms where players compete for a chance to win exclusive prizes, including
Murkimus' Little Spear
and the elusive Vanquisher title. The title is worth getting for the sheer number of questions you'll get, we promise; for some reason, people always seem to think it's a bug with Twilight Vanquisher not displaying properly.
So are you competing this year seriously? Are you facerolling for that pet you've always wanted (he is pretty cute)? Or maybe you've already conquered past years and are passing this time? Let us know in the comments!
Oh and if you're just interested in the pet, it's 50 rated games to qualify by the end of the online qualifier.
Registration for the 2011 World of Warcraft
Arena Pass
is now open. Remember, this year all participants in the Arena Pass have a chance to earn the exclusive Armored Murloc pet as well as the exclusive "Vanquisher" title, so get your team together and be ready for fierce competition.
For more information on the 2011 World of Warcraft Arena Pass, take a look at [url=http
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Patch 4.2 Preview: Trinkets From Firelands
With 4.1 and 4.2 being split up last month unexpectedly, our database has a few vestiges of content that technically exist on live that don't drop yet. Of these items, the most important are the trinkets. Trinkets are probably World of Warcraft's most loved and hated item; they never seem to drop when you need them to. Firelands, of course, has its own set of new trinkets. While the PTR is not up yet for us to see what boss they will come from, we have them here for your viewing pleasure. We featured them a few months ago, but they got lost in the numerous updates made since.
Something interesting about this tier of trinkets is that they all have unique procs or on uses--there are also
a lot
of them, fifteen for each version of the raid. I wonder if one set of the trinkets is possibly from a quest reward that's different in normal and heroic, something akin to
Heroic Judgment at the Eye of Eternity
from Wrath of the Lich King's
Heroic Key to the Focusing Iris
.
Normal (ilevel 378)
Heroic (ilevel 391)
Ancient Petrified Seed
Ancient Petrified Seed
Apparatus of Khaz'goroth
Apparatus of Khaz'goroth
Essence of the Eternal Flame
Essence of the Eternal Flame
Eye of Blazing Power
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News Roundup: 4.2 PTR Soon, Crowd Control Changes and more!
Things have been a little quiet lately in the wake of the massive amount of 4.2 details Blizzard has shared with us lately, but today we've got confirmation from Zarhym that the 4.2 Public Test Realms will come up "soon" (most likely sooner than we think!), including all of the changes documented in the recently published
4.2 PTR Patch Notes
! Be sure to get the PTR client downloaded and ready for action - but don't worry, even if you aren't, we'll definitely be there for you guys providing you with up to the minute extensive coverage! :)
In addition, there's a few blue posts regarding dungeon difficulty (seems all anyone can talk about lately) and some clarification on the justification of the 4.2 change to crowd control. Personally, I think this change is awesome and I'm all for it - I've always hated the messiness of coordination and execution of crowd control (involving both friends
and
strangers) and this change is a welcome convenience. Of course, many players don't agree with the change and are making their opinions heard. Let's see what Blizzard has to say on the matter - and tell us what
you
think!
Patch 4.2 Public
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Cenarion Hatchling Giveaway Winners!
Wow! We got
over 3000
comments in
our Cenarion Hatchling comment to win giveaway
! I've gotta say, I'm impressed! You guys are most awesome.
It is with great pleasure that I announce the winners of the giveaway. These users wanted us to know all about their favorite companion pet, and now they'll have a happy
Cenarion Hatchling
to add to their collections! In case you guys were wondering, the most popular pet appears to be
Lil' Ragnaros
. Toasty!
User
Favorite Pet
Reason
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Elwynn Lamb
Find out!
lando87
Legs
Find out!
Kelveaux
Dark Whelpling
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Patch 4.2 PTR Patch Notes Now Available
As promised, the PTR is coming really soon. Like,
really
soon. Blizzard has hinted at this by posted the first wave of patch notes for it. This is exciting news for us here at Wowhead because it means our database will soon be overflowing with Firelands items and information! Read on to get a peek at what Blizzard has in store for us during this initial set of changes for 4.2. Personally, we think the most interesting change is definitely the crowd control changes because that's been needed for years. We also find the fact that Warriors will no longer require stances for certain abilities pretty interesting for both PvE and PvP situations.
As always, you can check out fully updated patch notes on Wowhead or click the break to read them right here in the post.
http://www.wowhead.com/patchnotes=4.2.0-ptr
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News Roundup: May 2nd Hotfixes and Blizzard Daily Posts
Some hotfixes were just posted for 4.2--a lot of minor quest changes and fixes to things that broke at 4.1's launch, nothing too important. Additionally, we have your roundup of daily blue posts in which they give advice on how to deal with bad players and tease to BoA gear eventually being cross-server at some point in the not too distant future!
Last but not least, there's also long list of all the shiny stuff they've been showing us lately as well which is always worth a second look.
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Cenarion Hatchling Giveaway - Comment to Win!
We here at Wowhead have three
Cenarion Hatchlings
and they need a good home in-game--preferably one that will take them out for a flight around Azeroth every now and then!
All you have to do is tell us what is your favorite vanity pet and why to be entered to win one
. We'll be picking the three lucky owners
tomorrow, May 3rd, at 2PM PDT
and emailing them their codes shortly after.
The rules are quite simple for this mini-contest:
You must be on a US or EU server.
You must have a Wowhead account.
You must comment on this post with your favorite vanity pet. Comments on Twitter and Facebook do not enter you to win.
We reserve the right to disqualify any entry. Other than that there are no restrictions, it's as simple as letting us know what your favorite pet is and why before tomorrow afternoon. Of course, if you already bought one of these hatchlings, you can still enter as well. The more hatchlings the merrier, we say--just give the code you get to a friend!
UPDATE: Contest is closed. Winners were announced
over here
. The post is l
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Cenarion Hatchling on Sale, 100% of Profits go to Japan Relief
Blizzard is doing Japan earthquake relief their own way--with a cute in-game pet!
We've been speculating for a while how Blizzard will help Japan out, but none of us imagined they'd do this!
Cenarion Hatchling
just went up at the Blizzard store for $10 USD with a notification that 100% of the profits for this pet will be going to the Red Cross. Let's hope a lot of WoW players buy this little guy and help out Japan in the process; it's truly a win-win for people who want to donate to a good cause and get a ridiculously cute vanity pet in the process. Blizzard definitely deserves some commendation for putting this out there to help Japan and making sure that
all
the proceeds go directly to the charity.
Are you buying one? US players can buy one
here
and EU players can buy one
here
.
We also have a minicontest up for this pet
over here
--do not reply to this post to enter, it will not count!
Introducing the latest World of Warcraft companion up for
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News Roundup: Ask the Devs #7, Wowhead Contest Winners, and Dungeon Journal Preview
Ask the Devs just started to take questions for their seventh installment and this time it's all about professions! Let's hope we get some better questions and answers than last week; it'd be interesting to see Blizzard's insight into balancing professions and their thoughts on archaeology in particular. EU players
can ask in this thread
while US players
should ask over here
.
4.2 Dungeon Journal FAQ
There's a new preview for the new Dungeon Journal feature that's supposed to be hitting World of Warcraft in 4.2. Sadly it doesn't tell us too much--essentially this feature looks like it will provide content a lot of fansites do, showing bosses and their abilities as well as providing an overview of an instance. Seems like it will be great for newer players, but more experienced ones will still prefer to use websites and forums for their information. It should be of an enormous help to pick-up groups, though. We can't wait for more information about it, so here's to hoping it gets a bigger preview soon!
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Blizz Blues - Ep 14 - Noblegarden MVP
Patch 4.1 has hit the live servers and all
Darnell
can think about is "gettin him summa dem eggs" during the Noblegarden event before being forced to face the flurry of random bugs and glitches elsewhere in Azeroth.
Click
here
to watch more episodes!
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The Weekly Marmot - Patch 4.1 Survival Guide
Another major content patch, another survival guide. This week I outline all the major features going in with Patch 4.1, so you don't miss anything!
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News Roundup: Latest Cataclysm Hotfixes, Dungeon Finder Change and more!
It's FRIDAY. Yet another day of awesome Patch 4.2 previews from Blizzard, including x and y, and a handful of new blue posts as well! Today's posts include the lateest Cataclysm hotfixes, a retrospective on the quality of Trial of the Crusader and a bit of input from Zarhym on just how "friggin' epic" Firelands is going to be. Who cares if there's "only" seven bosses, if those seven bosses and their encounters are
epic
, right?In addition to this reassurance, we've also a few posts about a few 4.1 changes that needed just a bit more clarification. Check 'em out!
Latest Cataclysm Hotfixes (April 28-29)
April 28-29
Classes
Some interrupts were still incorrectly missing targets. Wind Shear, Spell Lock, Counterspell, Mind Freeze, and hunter pet abilities Nether Shock and Serenity Dust should no longer miss.
Characters who mount up with a pet bar active should no longer lose control of the pet if they dismount while under the effects of any crowd control.
Priests
Divine Aegis will no longer produce a shield if the full heal that should cause it is a
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Patch 4.2: Tier 12 Armor Sets for Paladin, Mage, Rogue, Hunter, Death Knight, and Priest
This is probably the preview we've all been waiting for! Quests and zones are nice, but what everyone really wants to know is how they'll be looking for the next several months. Well, it's a mystery no longer for some classes; Blizzard just released a preview of how tier 12 armor sets will look for
Paladin
,
Mage
,
Rogue
,
Hunter
,
Death Knight
, and
Priest
. We'll let the images do the talking and have you form your own opinions in the comments as we're too busy staring at the hunter one and thinking about
Flamewalkers
--it has an
eye patch
and that's awesome.
All in all, 4.2 seems to really be living up to the anticipation it built. These recent previews have made it seem like Firelands will be a rewarding patch for raiders; the questlines look epic, the bosses look interesting, and
Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest
looks to be the most complex legendary since
Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian
. Even the daily hubs look engaging--Blizzard seems to have learned its lessons from Argent Tournament Grounds and the Isle of Quel'Danas.
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