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New Site Feature: Tracking Collections on Wowhead
A few weeks ago, we released a new feature letting users track
their quest progress
on database pages and search results. You loved it and asked for more, so we expanded the tool to track even more things!
In addition to quests, you can now track a character's collected
mounts
,
pets
,
achievements
,
recipes
, and
titles
across Wowhead.
Just pick a character and save it on Wowhead via the
Profiler
, click on the green resync icon next to their name to make sure it's completely updated, and click on the Red Heart/Pin option to get started. When you visit pages or get a list of results, you'll now see your collection progress as well as modified tooltips showing what you've completed or still need to collect.
You can
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5.4.2 Patch Notes and Hotfixes
Patch 5.4.2 Hotfixes
Classes
Hunter
General
Deterrence
modified by the talent
should now correctly provide immunity to physical interrupt effects.
Revive Pet
now has a casting time of 2 seconds (down from 4 seconds).
Talents
Resolved an issue where Battle Pets were incorrectly receiving the
talent.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Paragons of the Klaxxi
Hisek the Swarmkeeper
will no longer hit players with Fire if the channel effect of
Aim
is broken.
Korven the Prime
will now always apply
Vicious Assault
's bleed effect to the target of his
Shield Bash
, and will pull the tank towards them during
Vicious Assault
if they're over 12 yards away.
Skeer the Bloodseeker
will now only pull the tank towards them if they're over 13 yards away (up from 12 yards away).
Throne of Thunder
[li
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Hearthstone Closed Beta Patch Notes for Build 1.0.0.4217 and Ranked Play Details
The Hearthstone closed beta patch notes were updated today, with some huge changes for players.
The special BlizzCon 2013 card has been added! This card can summon Power Chord cards: , , . It also has the achievement
Ready to Rock
.
Players can now abandon one
quest
per day now.
Completely new Ranked Play system!
Each month of Ranked Play is a season.
There are 25 new ranks and minion portraits for each level.
Players gain and lose stars for wins and losses. These stars determine your rank.
Players who are already the top rank (Rank 1: Innkeeper), have an additional ranking system: Legend. These players have a legendary orange mana crystal and have their region-wide ranking displayed.
Rewards will be added in the future, such as alternate card backs and Golden Heroes.
Several overpowered cards received nerfs based on recent gameplay:
, [card=10
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Blizzard In-Game Shop Live, Many Mounts and Pets 50% Off
The Blizzard In-Game Shop made its debut today in
Patch 5.4.2
! Players can purchase all the Blizzard Store mounts and pets directly in-game. All you need to do is select an item, click on Buy Now when purchasing details appear, and enter in your password. The item will automatically appear in your inventory and a confirmation receipt will be sent to your Battle.net email.
Currently, you cannot gift mounts and pets in game to other players, and if you already have an item, an error message will appear when you try to buy it.
Many mounts and pets are currently 50% off as well! This sale goes until
January 1, 2014 at 11:59 p.m. PST
.
Sale items:
Mounts ($12.25, normally $25):
Armored Bloodwing
,
Winged Guardian
,
Celestial Steed
,
Heart of the Aspects
, and
Swift Windsteed
.
Pets ($5, normally $10):
Lil' K.T.
,
Soul of the Aspects
,
Lil' Ragnaros
,
Lil' XT
,
Cinder Kitten
,
Cenarion Hatchling
,
Pandaren Monk
,
Moonkin Hatchling
.
Click the cut for Blizzard's official post
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Flex Mode Scaling Changes, Talk Azeroth Episode 20
Talk Azeroth Episode 20: Gearing in Warlords of Draenor
Olivia dives deep into the gear changes coming in Warlords of Draenor and dissects the implications of all the new systems -- long tail gearing, shifting primary stats, spirit as a secondary stat, loot drama and much more as well as hitting your viewer questions from last week's Garrison episode. If you want to get in touch with Olivia, email her on olivia@zam.com
Flex Mode Scaling Changes
At BlizzCon, we'd discussed some improvements to our Flexible scaling system that would minimize the existence and impact of any real or perceived "breakpoints." Our design goal has always been for the system to be neutral with respect to group size. Specifically, you should never feel encouraged to turn away interested players whose skill/gear level matches the rest of the group's, basic role composition constraints notwithstanding. But at the same time, you shouldn't feel like you need to go out and grab warm bodies if you have a perfectly serviceable raid already assembled. Clearly we have not yet fully realized those goals.
In genera
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New Hearthstone Build: Card Changes, Elite Tauren Chieftain Added
Blizzard posted patch notes yesterday for a new beta build that hit very early this morning. All of the card changes should be reflected in our
Hearthhead database
, and the patch also added the special BlizzCon 2013 card . This card can summon Power Chord cards: , , .
There were also new arena ranks datamined in the patch. Arena ranks now go up to 12.
GLOBAL_ARENA_MEDAL_0 Novice Key
GLOBAL_ARENA_MEDAL_1 Apprentice Key
GLOBAL_ARENA_MEDAL_2 Journeyman Key
GLOBAL_ARENA_MEDAL_3 Copper Key
GLOBAL_ARENA_MEDAL_4 Silver Key
GLOBAL_ARENA_MEDAL_5 Gold Key
GLOBAL_ARENA_MEDAL_6 Platinum Key
GLOBAL_ARENA_MEDAL_7 Diamond Key
GLOBAL_ARENA_MEDAL_8 Champion Key
GLOBAL_ARENA_MEDAL_9 Ruby Key
GLOBAL_ARENA_MEDAL_10 Frostborn Key
GLOBAL_ARENA_MEDAL_11 Molten Key
GLOBAL_ARENA_MEDAL_12 Lightforge Key
Click the cut for the card changes!
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Wowhead's Patch 5.4.2 Guide
Patch 5.4.2 is scheduled to go live on Tuesday, December 10th and this mini-guide covers all the patch changes and additions.
While this patch has no major new content, it has several big quality-of-life improvements for players:
cross-realm/faction mail for account-bound items and a cross-realm raid browser
. There were also some in-game store improvements, as well as the frosty Mage-only
Bipsi's Bobbing Berg
.
The in-game Blizzard Shop is now live today as well
, along with a huge sale on most mounts and pets!
5.4.2 PTR Patch Notes: Updated December 9
Shop Now Available
You can now browse and purchase a bevy of mounts and pets directly from within World of Warcraft through our newly added Shop interface.
We've made it possible for you to receive your new pal right in your inventory (or via mail if your inventory is full). Just click the Shop icon on the menu bar once you've logged in to a character, and you'll be able to pick out a new friend to add to your collection and start your adventures together
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The Entitled: Guide to All Titles
This guide covers all the titles in WoW from the serious to the silly, organized by topic and linked to their achievement and basic source details. Collecting titles became easier in Mists of Pandaria with account-wide titles and achievement progress.
Account-Wide Changes
In Mists of Pandaria, many titles became account-wide, meaning alts can use titles they haven't individually earned as long as they're at the minimum level it could be acquired at. For example, a level 80 alt could wear
<Name>, Death's Demise
if another character on the account earned it.
Only a handful of titles aren't account-wide, most notably RBG titles,
Justicar
,
Conqueror
, and
of the Shattered Sun
.
The other major change was account-wide progress on meta-achievements like
What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been
. Players can work on holiday, PvP, and raid meta-achievements across characters now, instead of repeating the achievements on any character that needed the rewards.
A few notable exceptions include
Master of Pandaren Cooking
, [
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5.4.2 PTR Patch Notes - December 5, WoD Group Finder Clarifications
Blizzard updated the 5.4.2 PTR Patch Notes with some fixes to
Siege of Orgrimmar
encounters.
is also now affected by healing debuffs, and Winter Veil toys that can attack each other like the
MiniZep Controller
and upcoming
Crashin' Thrashin' Flyer Controller
can now fight it out in Sanctuary areas, like Shattrath.
CM Lore also posted a lengthy clarification on the difference between the cross-realm functionality coming to the existing Raid Browser tool in 5.4.2 and the completely new Group Finder feature coming in 6.0.
The cross-realm raid finder coming in 5.4.2 allows players to queue Siege of Orgrimmar flex raids and world bosses cross-realm.
The Group Finder coming in 6.0 will let players create cross-realm groups for pretty much anything, not just raids. It will also not be buried in the UI, like the Raid Finder tool.
You can read more about the cross-realm raid browser, which is testable on the PTR,
here
.
Click the cut to read the new patch notes and group finder clarifications!
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"Warcraft" Film Casting Announcement, 5.4.2 PTR Build 17645
Legendary Entertainment
announced some major cast decisions today
for the upcoming "Warcraft" film. The longer announcement in
Variety
is linked below.
Lead actor
Robert Kazinsky
is a huge Warcraft fan, tweeting today that "As a career WoW player, 463 days /played, it's pretty much my ultimate job. proud to be a part of something that is such a major part of me" (
Source
), and "I had every class at 80 and 85, currently have five 90's, main is a DK and has been since 3.1, one of the good ones though" (
Source
).
For more details, check out our coverage of last month's
BlizzCon panel for the film
.
Variety
Announcement
Legendary Entertainment has tapped Ben Foster, Toby Kebbell and Rob Kazinsky for the lead roles in “Warcraft,” with Dominic Coop
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Animated Golden Cards on Hearthhead, Comment to Win a Beta Key!
Hearthstone key winners have been emailed! Check
this page
for a list of winners.
Animated Golden Cards
Golden cards in Hearthstone are hard to get and look amazing--besides gorgeous artwork, they have unique animations!
Now you can preview the golden animations right here on
Hearthhead
! On every
card page
, you'll find an animated Golden card next to the basic version.
We're really excited about this addition and to celebrate, we're giving away
50 Hearthstone beta keys
in this post. Just leave a comment in this post with a link to your favorite animated card on
Hearthhead
to enter! Entries must be made by noon PST on Friday, December 6th.
Additional Mechanics
We've also added a bunch of new card mechanics so it's easier to find the card types you need! These mechanics aren't official ones from card tooltips--we've created them on our own based on popular deck st
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5.4.2 PTR Patch Notes
We've gotten a few small PTR builds this past month, and finally got official patch notes for 5.4.2 today. It's good to have a refresher on the cool cross-realm raid browser and improved mailing system coming soon, and there's the new tidbit that you can place raid markers while dead now.
As expected,
Karazhan 2: Eclectic Boogaloo
datamined earlier today did not appear in the official notes.
Classes
Warrior
General
Intervene
no longer removes movement-impairing effects on use. The talent
will continue to remove movement-impairing effects.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Cross-Realm raid browser now has new categories for Mists of Pandaria World Bosses (Celestials and Ordos) and Flexible raid difficulty for
Siege of Orgrimmar
.
The cross-realm raid browser is accessed through the 'Social Pane' (bound to the O key by default) and look for the 'Raid' tab on the bottom right.
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5.4.2 PTR: Build 17636 Spell Changes, Iron Skyreaver Model, New Sounds
Iron Skyreaver
3D Model
Click the image to view the animations in our 3D modelviewer!
New Sounds
Many of these sounds are named "chimeramount," implying they're tied to the mount above. The last few are named "treasuregoblinpet" which could most likely be tied to
Treasure Goblin's Pack
.
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December 2nd Hotfixes, Blizzard Sale Extended, WoD Scaling Tweets
Last night, there was only one hotfix but it was a big one--the Celestial world bosses got a significant health nerf if you're in a small group. This should also greatly help players who need to kill all four for
The Emperor's Way
and were frustrated that they couldn't get a decent-sized group together. The larger the group is, the more their health will increase.
December 2nd Hotfixes
Blizzard
The Celestials (
Chi-Ji
,
Niuzao
,
Xuen
, and
Yu'lon
) have their health reduced to 25% of original health. If more than 10 players from the same faction are engaged with the Celestial, their health will scale up. The health increase will cap at 100% of their original health with 40 players.
Celestalon Tweets
After
Ghostcrawler announced that he was leaving Blizzard
last week, Technical Game Designer
Celestalon
has taken over the role of answering PvE questions on
Twitter
. Here are some of the most interesting recent tweets:
[quote="Celestalon" blizzar
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Vanity Collections: Guide to WoW's Tabards
This guide helps you find the perfect tabard to match your transmog or new armor! We've organized all the tabards by their source, as well as by expansion. We've also provided thumbnails of all the tabards--click on them to view them in our 3D modelviewer.
Tabards currently take up a lot of bag space, but there may be plans to consolidate them as a
collection in Warlords of Draenor
, similar to mounts and pets.
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Blizzard Black Friday Sales
There's some great deals going on this weekend for Blizzard games--perhaps you'll even get a second copy of WoW to
unlock the new Recruit A Friend rewards
.
If you're perfectly happy with the games you have and are looking for something to do, don't forget that
Pilgrim's Bounty is going on in-game
for easy cooking skillups, and you can now
listen to WoW sounds and music right here on Wowhead
!
<div class="detail"><p>Avoid the (zerg) rush at the mall and go digital with your holiday shopping. For a limited time, you can <a href="
https://battle.net/shop/en-us/product/category/digital-games?games=wow
,starcraft" target="_blank">save up to 75%</a> on digital copies of select Blizzard games:</p>
 
<p>SAVE up to 75% on World of Warcraft</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="
https://battle.net/shop/en/product/world-of-warcraft"
target="_blank">World of Warc
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Official Announcement: Ghostcrawler Leaving Blizzard
You know that part at the end of raid night when the final boss is dead and you’re done handing out loot and everyone kind of goes their separate ways? Yeah, this is one of those times.
We just came off of a great BlizzCon. We had so many different games to talk about, and we were thrilled at the reception of Warlords of Draenor. It was great to meet or reconnect with so many of you. I love BlizzCon dearly, which makes it so hard to tell you that this will be my last one, or at least my last one up on stage. An opportunity has come my way, and I have made the very tough decision to move on from Blizzard.
I wanted to thank all of you for being a part of this grand quest. I have said a hundred times that having passionate gamers, including the angry ones, is a far better place to be than having a community that doesn’t care. You all care. Like us, you want the game to be the best that it can be. So I ask you to keep on providing your feedback. I promise (and I rarely promise!) that the developers care very much about what you have to say.
I’ll be out there, and I can’t imagine it will be that hard to find me.
Hugs,
Ghostcrawler
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New Site Features: Quest Tracking, New Sounds and Music, Guide Improvements
We've got another batch of new site features that we're excited to share with you before the holiday weekend! To check out everything our team has been working on, visit the
What's New
page.
Warcraft Sounds and Music
Really like a zone's music? Want to brush up on what a boss' deadly ability sounds like? We've added spell sounds and zone music to Wowhead pages!
Spell pages with associated sounds include:
Boss Emotes:
Boss Emote Anachronos 03
Sound Effects:
Wind Chime
Music tied to items:
Disco Ball
You can also visit a zone's page now, like
Ashenvale
, to hear all the music associated with it.
Quest Tracking Improvements
We've added a new way for players to see if they've completed certain quests or not. You can look up a character's progress on quest pages now!
All you have to do is import a
Battle.net Character
via the Profiler, and then go to you
Profiles tab
on your
UserPage
and click on the heart icon to the left of one of your profiles to "pi
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Talk Azeroth Episode 19, New In-Game Store Additions on PTR
The
latest 5.4.2 PTR build
added
cobwebs and skeletons back to Karazhan
, but more importantly, it greatly improved the in-game Blizzard Store. This goes along with some new datamined
globalstrings
covering store transactions yesterday.
The PTR store now has categories for Mounts, Pets, and Consumables, as well as a Featured Item page. The
most recent Blizzard Store items
, the
Enchanted Fey Dragon
and
Alterac Brew-Pup
, aren't added to the store yet, but the other mounts and pets are. Another neat feature is that you can view the 3D model for all of the items.
[screenshot id=390014 widt
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Patch 5.4: November 25th Hotfixes, Patch 5.4.2 Build 17614 Spell Changes
Patch 5.4.2 PTR
Phases:
Changes:
Karazhan RestorationMedivh's Big Birthday Bash:
Mails:
New:
Your recruited friend!:
Great news! Your recruited friend logged in during your absence with a character named %s on the realm named %s. Add this character to your friend list to see them next time they log in. Have fun, and happy hunting
Your recruited friend!:
Great news! Your recruited friend logged in during your absence with a character named %s. Add this character to your friend list to see them next time they log in. Have fun, and happy hunting
Globalstrings:
New:
BLIZZARD_STORE_BUY_EUR:
: Select
BLIZZARD_STORE_LICENSE_ACK_TEXT_USD:
: User Acknowledgment: By clicking the Buy Now button below, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the terms and conditions regarding this transaction (including the Terms of Sale, Refund Policy, and Privacy Policy) and confirm this purchase. <<Placeholder USD TOU link>>
BLIZZARD_STORE_LICENSE_ACK_TEXT_ARS:
: User Acknowledgment: By clicking the Buy N
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