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Mists of Pandaria: New Titles, News Round Up
Mists of Pandaria has new titles, rewards from everything from completing raid achievements to collecting pets! We've listed all the new titles below and their sources Don't forget, with account-wide titles now, many if not all of these will be account-wide in Mists!
<Name>, The Beloved
: Raise 70 reputations to Exalted. Ghostcrawler clarified on Twitter that friendship bars, such as
Nat Pagle
, count as factions as well--making this a bit easier.
<Name>, Delver of the Vaults
: Complete
Heroic: Will of the Emperor
.
Farmer <Name>
: Exalted with the Tillers.
<Name> the Fearless
: Complete
Heroic: Sha of Fear
in Terrace of Endless Spring.
<Name>, Master of the Ways
: Raise your cooking to 600 and complete
Master of Pandaren Cooking
.
<Name> the Relic Hunter
: From
Is Another Man's Treasure
. In addition to rare spawns bringing quirky flavor to MoP, there are rare objects hi
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Mists of Pandaria: Druid Class Preview
Today's preview covers the
Druid
class! We've got a ton of things to share in this preview, including
3D models for all specs and fur colors, and screenshots of all the vanity glyphs. We also have the usual breakdown of changed class abilities, a visual preview of the new PvE and PvP tier sets, and an updated table for all the
ability swaps. For those wondering what
, the new level 87 ability actually does--the Druid casts it on a fellow player, and based on the class and spec, the Druid and player each get a new ability!
Armor Sets
LFR
Normal
Heroic
Challenge Mode
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Mists of Pandaria: Warrior Class Preview
Today's Mists of Pandaria class feature covers
Warrior
s. We have previews of all the new armor sets as well as screenshots of vanity glyphs and a list of ability changes! New abilities include
, and level 90 talents are
Avatar
,
, and
Storm Bolt
.
Also, if you like reading up on class changes,
Ghostcrawler joined twitter yesterday
. So far, nothing new, but his feed is quickly turning into another Beta Class Analysis thread with clarifications on achievements and abilities.
Armor Sets
LFR
Normal
Heroic
Challenge Mode
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Mists of Pandaria: Rogue Class Preview and Build 16048 Spell Changes
We continue our Mists of Pandaria class previews with a look at
Rogue
s today. Blizzard has stated in the past that they are quite happy with Rogue core mechanics, resources, and niche specialties, but there are still some interesting changes. Most notably, poisons have been extensively reworked and rogues bring more raid buffs than in the past.
There was a very minor beta patch today, so we've put the spell changes under the cut!
Armor Sets
LFR
Normal
Heroic
Challenge Mode
Spaulders of the Thousandfold Blades
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Mists of Pandaria: Hunter Preview and New Tames
Today's class preview covers
Hunter
s in Mists of Pandaria. Besides new abilities and talents, we'll take a look at the new pet classes Hunters can tame. In addition, Hunter Challenge Mode and PvP gear looks completely different since the first time we previewed it.
Armor Sets
LFR
Normal
Heroic
Challenge Mode
Yaungol Slayer's Spaulders
Yaungol Slayer's Legguards
Yaungol Slayer's Headguard
Yaungol Slayer's Gloves
Yaungol Slayer's Tunic
Yaungol Slayer's Spaulders
Yaungol Slayer's Legguards
Yaungol Slayer's Headguard
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News Round Up: Shorter Raid Cooldowns, Darkmoon Rabbit, 5.0.4 Class Mechanics
Now that 5.0.4 is live and players have had time to try out the new abilities, there's been many blue posts over the long weekend clarifying class mechanics and procs for abilities, weapons, and trinkets. You may also have noticed that some long cooldowns in 5.0.4 reset between raid encounters like
Rebirth
: there are plans to have even more 5+ minute cooldowns function this same way.
Also of particular note:
The Darkmoon Faire is back in town and brings with it
Darkmoon Rabbit
. This ferocious rabbit requires a large raid to take down and drops
Darkmoon Rabbit
one lucky player can win. Everyone in the raid is awarded
That Rabbit's Dynamite!
.
Raid Cooldowns
Most long-term cooldowns are not reset when a raid encounter ends. The ones we specifically wanted to hit were the battle rezes and the big, raid-wide cooldowns like
Bloodlust
and
Alter Time
. The question we asked ourselves was: would a reasonable, progression-oriented but not world-first guild delay their next pull by several minutes to wait for X to come off of cooldo
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Mists of Pandaria: Mage Class Preview and Build 16030 Spell Changes
There's a beta patch today for MIsts of Pandaria, but it's a small patch so we're going to post our mage class preview as well!
Hit the break to see the spell differences, and read today's class preview first! For today's class preview, we'll look at
Mage
s. Each of the three iconic playstyles has undergone changes, opening up signature abilities to all specs. There's also a bunch of quirky minor glyphs, including one that summons elemental pets.
Armor Sets
LFR
Normal
Heroic
Challenge Mode
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Mists of Pandaria: Death Knight Class Preview
Today's class preview covers
Death Knight
. Tier armor was changed slightly since we last previewed it, and there are several mechanics changes and additions, such as a 1 sec base GCD and
. There are also some fun cosmetic glyphs and Corpse Explosion is back.
Armor Sets
LFR
Normal
Heroic
Challenge Mode
Plate
:
Chestguard of the Lost Catacomb
Faceguard of the Lost Catacomb
Handguards of the Lost Catacomb
Legguards of the Lost Catacomb
Shoulderguards of the Lost Catacomb
Battlegear
:
Breastplate of the Lost Catacomb
Gauntlets of the Lost Catacomb
Greaves of the Lost Catacomb
Helmet of the Lost Catacomb
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Mists of Pandaria: Warlock Class Preview
We continue our Mists of Pandaria class previews with a look at
Warlock
s today. Warlocks were not the most popular class in Cataclysm and Blizzard has made a ton of changes--from abilities to awesome new spell graphics--to entice players back. We have armor previews of PvE and PvP gear, summarizes of the new ability resources for each spec, a look at the new warlock pets, and screenshots of new spell effects. And be sure to check out our updated
talent calculator
which displays all specialization abilities and glyph choices!
New Armor
LFR
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Heroic
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5.0.4 Survival Guide
With the release of Patch 5.0.4, a number of features and changes that aren’t strictly in the continent of Pandaria will be added to the game. I’ve drummed up this guide (with the help of a lot of other people) to ensure you’re prepared for the patch, aware of how it will impact your characters and experience, and ultimately get you into and enjoying the improvements the patch brings as quickly as possible.
You Are Prepared!
With any large patch, you’ll want to ensure you have it pre-downloaded, and ready to start up the game for the first time when it goes live. The 5.0.4 patch has been available on our
background downloader
for a couple weeks now, and if you haven’t yet, you’ll want to ensure you have the majority of the patch data downloaded before its release on August 28. The
Background Downloader FAQ
can help answer just about any question for how to get this done. To verify you have the patch fully downloaded already, just run the BackgroundDownloa
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Mists of Pandaria: Shaman Class Preview
With Mists of Pandaria a month a way, we'll be previewing each class: their armor sets, changed abilities, cool spell graphics, and new talents. Today we'll take a look at
Shaman
. Most notably, there's been many changes to totems, level 90 talents are
,
Primal Elementalist
,
Elemental Blast
, and the new level 87 ability is
Ascendance
.
Armor Sets
LFR
Normal
Heroic
Challenge Mode
Battlegear:
Firebird's Cuirass
Firebird's Grips
Firebird's Helmet
Firebird's Legguards
Firebird's Spaulders
Vestments:
Firebird's Faceguard
Firebird's Handwraps
Firebird's Legwraps
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Mists of Pandaria: Klaxxi Reputation Guide
Note: We have updated this guide for Patch 5.4 and reposted it in our
guide section
.
We'll continue looking at Mists of Pandaria reputations with
The Klaxxi
today. It's a good thing we didn't preview too many earlier, as this latest patch introduced many more rewards for each faction.
In addition, there's been a number of blue posts over the past few days:
There's a sale going on this weekend, following the recent one to transfer realms last week. This weekend, it's 25% off character race changes!
Some bad news if you haven't finished the Brewfest meta: the holiday this year will require you to be 89 to kill
Coren Direbrew
, so you'll have approximately 10 days to reach 89. There are new ilvl 470 versions of the trinket, so it would be OP if you could queue pre-Mists:
Brawler's Statue
,
Mithril Wristwatch
,
Thousand-Year Pickled Egg
,
Coren's Cold Chromium Coaster
,
Bubbliest Brightbrew Charm
,
Bitterest Balebrew Charm
.
Class feedback continues on the new level 75 Rogue talent,
Sting Like a Bee
, the Beta Class Balance Analysis thread, and a closer look at Monks.
Beta raid testing will finally inc
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Mists of Pandaria: Shado-Pan Reputation Guide, News Round Up
Today we have a news round up on more beta class balance analysis, as well as the guild mentoring program, old raid gold nerfs, and role of beta testing. With the
release date
for Mists of Pandaria, there's been a flurry of MoP-related posts as well, including Blizzard's very own beta key sweepstakes--they will be giving away 2,000 keys each week for five weeks.
We also have a spotlight on the Shado-Pan, a new faction in Mists of Pandaria with some epics and fun vanity rewards!
The
Shado-Pan
protect Pandaria from the imprisoned Sha--no small task. They are found wearing their distinctive navy-and-red armor throughout the borders of Pandaria in Kun-Lai Summit and Townlong Steppes. Rewards include some ilvl 489 epics as well as flavor items at both Honored and Exalted, such as breakable boards and mounts.
Patch Changes
5.4 Changes
Valor Points
gear now costs
Justice Points
, existing ilvl 458 gear is now 75% cheaper, and no gear purchasable with a currency requires reputation.
5.3 Changes
Players will not need Revered with [fa
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News Round Up: Fireworks in Azeroth Today, 5.0.1 PTR Coming Soon
The Midsummer Fire Festival comes to an end very soon, and Azeroth is celebrating with fireworks today! Besides hourly evening firework shows, there are also special festive NPCs in major cities that have set up tables with mugs and kegs--if you /dance with them, they'll give you
Celebrate Good Times!
and +10% to all stats. Meanwhile, the goblin guards in Booty Bay are all asleep.
Holiday fireworks vendors in capital cities sell a variety of interesting types like
Midsummer Ground Flower
, as well as exclusive accessories like
Red Sparkler
which can only be bought today.
Ziggle Sparks
by the Alliance flight master in Booty Bay.
Lillian Singh
in Stormwind's Trade District.
Kizzak Sparks
in Orgrimmar's Drag.
Jaxxil Sparks
in the Ratchet inn.
Wizbang Booms
in Ironforge.
Midsummer Fire Festival Ends with a Bang
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News Round Up: Beta Raid Preview, Ghostcrawler Class Feedback, Tides of War
In today's news round up, we've got visual previews of the Mogu and Mantid raid bosses open for testing on beta! We also have the corresponding Encounter Journals toggled for all featured bosses.
As far as blue posts, Ghostcrawler has answered many more questions on the Beta Class Balance Analysis thread, which we've organized by topic, as well as clarified PvP Power. Blizzard also announced the release of the latest Warcraft book,
Tides of War
, which focuses on Jaina Proudmoore, and did a summer spotlight on Blackrock Mountain.
We also have a preview of the new
Collector's Edition vanity items
, so be sure to check them out!
Imperial Vizier Zor'lok
Zor'lok shrieks his proclamations so they're heard throughout the sprawling mantid palace. He is the Voice of the Empress, and his words alone inspire the insectoid race's warriors to give their lives without question. Unwaveringly loyal, Zor'lok will stop at nothing to defend his beloved matriarch, regardless of the corruption within her.
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News Round Up: Account-Wide Mounts, Beta Raid Preview, No Level 90 Premades
In today's news round up, Blizzard confirmed that UI addons will be enabled in the next beta build, and that many expensive and multi-seat mounts like
Reins of the Traveler's Tundra Mammoth
will be account-wide in Mists of Pandaria--great news for players that purchased mounts and then switched mains! We also have some new posts from Ghostcrawler from the Beta Class Balance Analysis thread, this time on Moonkins, Hunters, and Ignite-like mechanics, as well as a preview of the new TCG set.
In addition, we have a preview of the Mogu'Shan Vaults raid testing from June 25th, as well as the Encounter Journal. If you're interested in trying out these raids, you'll have to level up to 90 yourself instead of waiting for premades--Blizzard stated yesterday that they won't be available anytime soon. There are two more bosses scheduled for testing today as well.
Raid Testing
On June 25th, both
Gara'jal the Spiritbinder
and
The Spirit Kings
were open for testing in
Mogu'shan Vaults
. We were able to test
The Spirit Kings
and have the the full Encounter Journal for both bosses in 10-player mode (with some heroic abilities) under the cut.
The Spirit Kings
is a council-style boss, with four Mogu enemies. You fight them one at a
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Mists of Pandaria: New Cosmetic Glyphs
Many cosmetic glyphs have been added recently to beta, especially for Monks and Priests! We've taken screenshots of them all for you. Be sure to check out our
past posts
for even
more spell animations
.
One particularly fun minor glyph is
Confession
, which can be cast on any friendly target and rewards you with whispers like "I go into dungeons not to make Azeroth a better place, but just for loot." and "I have "borrowed" things from my guild bank." Other minor vanity glyphs include mages getting pets to match their specs, hunters shooting fireworks, and shaman turning into spectral wolves.
Flaskataur
, a large Tauren who sells all glyphs for your class, has been moved from Temple of the Jade Serpent to Stormwind, Orgrimmar, and Valley of the Four Winds.
Hunter
Charred Glyph
: Teaches you the ability Fireworks. Launch fireworks from your gun, bow or crossbow.
Hunter Fireworks Blue Dots (DND)
Hunter Fireworks Red Streak (DND)
Hunter Fireworks Roman Candle (DND)
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New Mists of Pandaria Quests and News Round Up
As part of last week's beta patch, we datamined some more quests and NPCs! Be sure to add your comments and screenshots if you're in the beta :)
Click here for the latest additions!
Some points of interest:
Jewelcrafting dailies are up, such as
The Finer Things
. Quests reward 1
Zen Jewelcrafter's Token
.
Several Halfhill dailies are added, such as
Replenishing the Pantry
, which reward
Ironpaw Token
.
A few quests are tied to pet battles, such as
Got one!
.
We also have a news round up: the most interesting part is that the daily quest cap
will be removed
in Mists, but there's also class feedback for Paladins, Shamans, and Warlocks, as well as thoughts on different generations of gamers enjoying WoW.
Daily Quest Cap
Current plan is to remove the daily quest cap completely for ship. Just like what you see in the beta now. We literally have 100's of daily quests at level 90 and we want to make sure that players can pick and choose what they want to do.Not really. We honestly think it would be worse to a
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Mists of Pandaria: Guild Preview and News Round Up
Guilds have been getting new perks, rewards, and achievements on beta this past month. While there are no new guild levels, there are some new guild rewards like special shirts (
Member's Shirt
) that reflect your guild design.
General Information
Three
Guild Challenge Mode Dungeons
can be completed each week for guild experience beyond the daily cap. Each one rewards 10000 guild experience and .
Five
Guild Scenario Challenges
can be completed each week for guild experience beyond the daily cap. Each one rewards 10000 guild experience and .
Some guild perks like
Have Group Will Travel
have been removed.
Guild Vendors
Guild vendors have some new items for sale.
Guild Glory of the Pandaria Raider
rewards
Reins of the Thundering Jade Cloud Serpent
for .
Thundering Serpent Hatchling
is a reward for completing
Challenge Conquerors: Gold - Guild Edition
There are three types of guild shirts:
Pandaren Embassy
rewards Artisan shirts:
Artisan Initiate's Shirt
,
Artisan Member's Shirt
,
Artisan Officer's Shirt
.
Scenario Roundup
/
Scenario Roundup
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Mists of Pandaria Spell Animations
Since we
last covered new spell animations
, there's been even more visual changes to class abilities! Minor glyphs on the beta have awesome cosmetic effects, new spells have distinctive looks, and classes like Monks and Warlocks continue to get a lot of flair.
We didn't want any class to feel left out, so we made sure to highlight cool visual effects for every class this time, as well as providing ability descriptions and level information so you'll know exactly how to spec to look good!
Big thanks to
Esoth
and
Binkenstein
for letting me take pictures of their beta characters.
Be sure to click the tabs to see your favorite classes' visual changes!
Death Knight
Charred Glyph
, minor glyph: When used outside of combat, your Horn of Winter ability causes a brief, localized snow flurry.
Glyph of the Geist
, minor glyph: Your Raise Dead spell summons a geist instead of a ghoul.
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