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Druid Tier 12 Preview and Other 3D Models
We have a preview of Druid Tier 12 armor up as well as some more 3D models to share with you from the PTR. Remember to view it in our model viewer through the java option rather than flash if you want to see particle effects and details--this feature recently received an overhaul so they're looking even better than before.
For items, maps, icons and spell changes from this build that hit earlier today, you can
check them out here
.
Druid Tier 12
Other Models
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Patch 4.2 - PTR Build 14040 - New Items, Spell Changes, Icons, and Maps
After an agonizingly slow Monday, Tuesday picks up the pace with another patch for the PTR. The legendary's stats are finally datamined, over fifty new items are in our database (including more tier previews), and we've got a lot of spell changes to show you as well.
Latest Additions
Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest
has appeared, sadly with hit rating and no proc yet (this is intended so we can't spoil ourselves too badly). It also looks like the legendary's other phases--
Branch of Nordrassil
and
Runestaff of Nordrassil
--are very nice items so the staff grows with you as you get into heroic progression like how
Shadow's Edge
was useful.
Avengers of Hyjal
is confirmed as a faction and has some rewards listed! Keep in mind it's likely that each class gets its own rewards and ones haven't been tied in for other roles than tanks.
Durable Flamewrath Greatcloak
Girdle of the Indomitable Flame
Stay of Execution
Adamantine Signet of the Avengers
Engineers get a new gun to make with some awesome flavor text:
Extreme-Impact Hole Puncher
!
If you needed another reason to love Blizzard,
Ragnar-O's
might work.
Tons of [url=http:
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World of Warcraft's Subscribers Decline and Blizzard Promises Quicker Expansions
Today's
Activision Blizzard earnings call
touched on quite a lot of World of Warcraft and its future as well as a little bit of Diablo III news.
During the call, Blizzard Entertainment's CEO mentioned that subscriber levels had fallen down to 11.4 million this March from its former peak of 12 million. Initially, this seems staggering, but it's important to remember that subscriber levels do not decline linearly and tend to fluxuate. Furthermore, it actually makes quite a bit of sense given two factors: RIFT's launch in March and the absense of a major content patch at that point of time. The new and shiny feeling of Catalysm was disappearing by March and we've only just gotten a new patch a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, 4.1 was fairly light on content for a patch--luckily Firelands will be this summer and it looks much beefier, so it's likely a lot more people will resubscribe to check it out at that point.
In response to the declining subscriber levels, Blizzard has
made some promises for WoW development speeds
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News Roundup: 4.2 PTR Premades, Arena Pass 2011, Official Site Updated
A new week begins with a few new posts from Blizzard! Players eager to dive into the new patch 4.2 content on the Public Test Realms will be happy to know that character transfers have been reset and you can now transfer premade characters decked out in the finest item level 359 gear! Blizzard has also revealed some timeline details on the process of this year's Arena Pass, where players pay to compete for glory, titles, and the adorable
Murkimus the Gladiator
!
Blizzard has also been extremely hard at work on improving their official website, offering all sorts of nifty new pages and resources for all players new and old! Check 'em out, and tell them Wowhead sent you! ;)
4.2 PTR Premades Now Updated, Transfers Reset
Greetings,I'm happy to inform you that we have just updated the premade character copy templates with shiny new 359 item level gear. In case you already used your character copies before this update we have reset your limits. Enjoy!
Public Test Realm FAQ
Download the Cl
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Maingear's New Tier of Gear Contest: What Achievement Are You Most Proud Of?
UPDATE: This contest is now closed. The post is locked to prevent further entry.
Day three of the contest
is over and the winner was
Yizelin
who told us how much he loved and feared the
Twin Emperors
as a Warlock tank. They will receive a brand new Razer Naga™ Molten Special Edition mouse--appropriately fiery for the coming patch!
With that news out of the way, the final day--day four--begins right in this post. Remember, each day is a new drawing for a
Razer Naga™ Molten Special Edition Mouse
--on Monday night, day five, we will be doing a grand and first prize drawing using the comments from all the days as entries. The grand prize is the powerhouse known as the
F131
by
Maingear
and the first prize is a
Naga™ Epic mouse
and a [url=
http://store.razerzone.com/sto
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Community Roundup: 4.1 Guides, AddOns, and the WoW Movie
Sundays are for sleeping in and watching Netflix in your pajamas all day. Also see: alt raids. Oh wait, that's just my Sunday. Your Sunday may be significantly more busy and involve more Mother's Day if you're celebrating.
Anyway, as a new Sunday feature, we have a round-up of some of the web's more interesting World of Warcraft posts over the past week or so.
Here at Wowhead, we have some good forum threads to read:
What as your first character (and what happened to it?)
,
Poseidus campers unite over here
, and
what icons really mean (besides looking like Lucky Charms)
.
There is also Perculia's fabulous guide to
shapeshifting trinkets
and our
3d models preview
(our model viewer got an overhaul on Friday so check 'em out in Java for more particle effects!).
Petopia has a great [url=
http://www.wow-petopia.com/cataclysm/patc
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Master Shapeshifters: A Guide to Character Disguises
Everyone’s favorite shapeshifting item is a Druid, hands down. But what if you want something a little more uncommon? Perhaps you’re looking for a fun disguise to use on boss-kill screenshots, or you’re just not that interested in trolls and would rather farm something else. How’s turning into a fish sound? A huge bug? A neon rock? Maybe you just want to be surrounded in a purple swirly shield instead? Whatever you’re interested in turning into, it probably exists in-game and we have it all laid out for you.
This guide breaks it down into playable race, creature, and object disguises, as well as items that give your character special effects. We’ve further organized these items by means of acquisition and noted some items that work while mounted or shapeshifted. Not all of these items will work in every zone, but they’re all interesting.
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Maingear's New Tier of Gear Contest: What is Your Favorite Encounter?
Day two of the contest
is over and the winner was
Ikestorm
who expressed a love for
Ghostlands
with not one but two forms of poetry! They will receive a brand new Razer Naga™ Molten Special Edition mouse--appropriately fiery for the coming patch!
With that news out of the way, day three begins right in this post. Remember, each day is a new drawing for a
Razer Naga™ Molten Special Edition Mouse
--on Monday, day five, we will be doing a grand and first prize drawing using the comments from all the days as entries. The grand prize is the powerhouse known as the
F131
by
Maingear
and the first prize is a
Naga™ Epic mouse
and a
Megalodon™ headset
th
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Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest Legendary Staff Quest Guide
Latest datamining
of the 4.2 PTR has revealed quite a few new quests, including Hyjal daily quests and (most importantly) new quests related to the
Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest
questline! We've put together a guide to the quest chain (as it currently exists) detailing the challenge players will have to undertake in order to complete this truly legendary adventure! There aren't very many details on the sources for the various quest items that will drop in
Firelands
, though Blizzard has stated that the quests will be challenging for the entire guild involved (which is why they'll all get that cute
Lil' Tarecgosa
)! It may be similar to creation of the
Shadowmourne
in that Heroic-difficulty kills will have a higher chance of dropping the required items, though it
shouldn't
require the guild to run 25-player content as before.
Not very many details have been revealed about the staff item itself, though Blizzard has confirmed that the stats and bonuses will favor offensive casters (DPS). They have also confirmed that the staff will feature the incredible effect of changing your character into a dragon. No details yet on how exactly
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Maingear's New Tier of Gear Contest: What is Your Favorite Zone?
UPDATE: Day #2 is closed. Day #3 is
over here
. The post is locked to prevent further entry.
Day one of the contest
is over and the winner was
Xella
who chose the rather infamous
Stormrage Raiment
. They will receive a brand new Razer Naga™ Molten Special Edition mouse--appropriately fiery for the coming patch! (Psst, Xella, I've already emailed you so reply so we can ship out your prize!)
With that news out of the way, day two begins right in this post. Remember, each day is a new drawing for a
Razer Naga™ Molten Special Edition Mouse
--on Monday, day five, we will be doing a grand and first prize drawing using the comments from all the days as entries. The grand prize is the powerhouse known as the
F131
by
Maingear
and the first prize is a [url=
http://store
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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!
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