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Guild Wars 2 Giveaway on Guildhead
Our sister site
Guildhead
, a database for all your Guild Wars 2 needs, is holding a huge Guild Wars 2 giveaway with premium peripherals and retail game codes up for grabs! Enter now and you can win a SteelSeries Guild Wars 2 edition Headset, Mouse, Mouse Pad, and even a premium BenQ XL2420T monitor to behold the game’s stunning visuals!
This giveaway runs until
September 30th
and all you have to do is
login/register
and click the
Enter Now button on the contest page
.
Prizes
Grand Prize (1)
:
1x
SteelSeries Guild Wars 2 Gaming Headset
1x
SteelSeries Guild Wars 2 Gaming Mouse
1x
SteelSeries Guild Wars 2 Mousepad
1x
BenQ XL2420T Monitor
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Patch 5.0.5 Hotfixes: Cross-Realm Zones Fixed
Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to the recently released World of Warcraft patch 5.0.5. Hotfixes are updates we make on our end without requiring you to download a new patch. Some of the hotfixes below went live the moment they were implemented, while others may require your realm to be restarted to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. We will continue to update this list in the days to come as additional hotfixes are applied.
Patch Information
Support Guide
Patch Notes
Known Issues
Patch 5.0.5 Survival Guide
Tech Tips
September 12
General
The Ethereal Soul-Trader pet is now immune to player abilities.
We've made numerous
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Mists of Pandaria: Paladin Class Preview
Today's Mists of Pandaria class preview covers
Paladin
s. We have all the new tier gear and level 90 abilities listed, as well as cool graphics--like a talent that gives you the Ashbringer!
Check out our past class previews:
Death Knight Class Preview
Druid Class Preview
Hunter Class Preview
Mage Class Preview
Rogue Class Preview
Shaman Class Preview
Warlock Class Preview
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Former Players Eligible for Free Week of WoW
<div class="detail"><p>If you or your friends have taken a break from World of Warcraft, you may be interested to hear that for the next few weeks former players can come back to try the latest patch for a week free! To find out if you’re eligible just click here and <a href="
https://eu.battle.net/account/management/wow/claim-promotion.html"
target="_blank">claim your time.</a></p></br>
<p>If you’ve got a friend who hasn’t had a chance to try out WoW yet, don’t forget about our Recruit-A-Friend program. You can earn an epic flying mount – the swift and sleek Obsidian Nightwing – along with 30 days of game time, and your friend will get perks (including bonus XP and bonus levels) designed to make it easier for the two of you to adventure together. Visit <a href="
http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/services/recruit-a-friend/"
target="_blank">
http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/services/recruit-a-friend/</a>
to learn more.</p></br>
<p>You can also read our <a href="
http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/5739421/Patch_504_Survival_Guide-29_08_2012"
target="_blank">5.0.4 Survival Guide.</a></p></br>
<p>Learn more about the upcoming expansion to World of Warcraft:
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Patch 5.0.5 Notes, Jade Forest Preview
Today's a busy day for Blizzard! They're having a WoW Developer Reddit AMA at 5:30 PM PDT today, and they also just posted Patch 5.0.5 notes (mainly tooltip and bug fixes) and a preview of The Jade Forest, including screenshots and music samples!
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It’s been two weeks since <a href="
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/7045643/504_Survival_Guide-8_24_2012"
class="bml-link-url2">patch 5.0.4</a> was released and, with only two weeks to go until Mists of Pandaria takes the world by storm, we feel that this is the perfect time to give you access to the World of Warcraft development team. Tomorrow, Tuesday, September 11 beginning at 5:30 p.m. PDT, we’ll be conducting a live developer “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) on <a href="
http://www.reddit.com/r/wow/"
class="bml-link-url2">/r/WoW</a>. I’ll be on-hand to host the chat and will have Lead Systems Designer Greg Street, Lead Quest Designer Dave Kosak, Lead Encounter Designer Ion Hazzikostas, and Game Director Tom Chilton available to field your questions. <br/><br/>We’ll spend at least an hour working to answer everything possible.
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Mists of Pandaria Rare Spawns: Lost and Found Preview
We covered the
rare spawns of Pandaria
a few weeks ago, and thought it was cool how they dropped a bunch of unique vanity items like
Mr. Smite's Brass Compass
. We thought Blizzard really outdid themselves by returning to some of the detailed insanity of vanilla with quirky rare spawns.
Well, there's more.
For the
Lost and Found
Exploration achievement series, you'll loot rare items that are just
lying around
Pandaria--pulling them out of trees, opening boxes, exploring caves. It's like hunting for a rare spawns' loot, except the NPC step has been cut out! As for what you'll find:
BoA rare weapons--some with unique models for transmog.
Fun recipes including
Four Senses Brew
that gives the illusion that your character is wearing a red
Cursed Vision of Sargeras
(casters rejoice!)
Vendor trash like
Ancient Pandaren Woodcutter
with joking flavor text.
Useful profession perks like
Ancient Pandaren Fishing Lure
.
BoP rares, usually looted from a chest.
Items are still being added--there were several in the most recent patch--so right now not every object listed
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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
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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.
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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!
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Spaulders of the Thousandfold Blades
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Q&A with Blizzard's Creative Development Team
We're used to hearing answers about class balance in beta from Blizzard developers, but today we have some details about WoW's lore moving forward from the Creative Development team!
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The heroes of Azeroth have faced down many foes; blazing Elemental Lords freed from titanic prisons, mighty demons from beyond the stars, armies of shambling corpses and even eldritch gods who defy explanation. And yet, there exist only a chosen few equipped to deal with the powerful beast that is . . . Ask CDev. Through the heroic efforts of our brave loremasters here at CDev Publishing, we proudly present to you the answers to Ask CDev #3! We even managed to get them out before our stated deadline of “when the Andromeda galaxy collides with our own.”<br/><br/><strong><span class="underline">Here, there be dragons and magical beasts</span></strong><br/><br/><strong>Q:</strong> Wrathion constantly claims that he is the last black dragon, but what of Sabellian and the other black dragons in Outland (and even the Netherwing)? Did Wrathion somehow have them killed, or is he ignorant of their existe
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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.
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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: Raid Weapon Models Preview
We're finishing up our Mists of Pandaria weapon previews with a look at 3D models from raids. In addition to the Sha-Touched weapons we previewed recently, all other weapons from LFR, Normal, and Heroic difficulty have unique colors and intricate models. There's also an unexpected bonus--we found that some Tier 9 raid models made their way to Pandaria, even some that are unobtainable since the removal of attempt-based Tribute Chests.
For past model previews, check out our weapons posts on
PvP
,
Questing and Dungeons
, and
Crafting
.
Tier 14 Raid Weapons
Raid Finder
Normal
Heroic
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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.
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Patch 5.0.4: Account-Wide Achievements, Tier 13 Bonuses
We're taking a closer look at the new account-wide achievement system and some other changes we found while playing yesterday. Highlights include:
Realm-first titles are account-wide, like
Death's Demise
. Blizzard stated in the past that they weren't in favor of doing this, so this is a big surprise.
Dragon Soul is up to the 35% buff and
Glory of the Dragon Soul Raider
no longer requires
Heroic: Spine of Deathwing
and
Heroic: Madness of Deathwing
.
Many Tier 13 set bonuses changed in light of the talent tree revamp.
Have Group, Will Travel
and flask guild perks are gone.
Also be sure to check out our
extensive 5.0.4 patch guide
with information about new talents, Theramore's Fall, and the revamped dungeons!
Account-Wide Achievements, Titles, Mounts, and Pets
Account-Wide Achievements
Many achievements, titles, mounts, and pets are now account-wide in 5.0.4. Your achievement total will reflect the sum total of everything earned on all your characters. But
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Wowhead's Patch 5.0.4 Guide
5.0.4 is live today and we have an extensive guide to everything new! While there's no new raids or gear in this patch, many things will keep you busy. Class abilities, talent trees, and glyphs have been drastically changed, so it's good there's a month before Mists of Pandaria to familiarize yourself with the changes! If achievement-hunting is more your thing, all achievements are account-wide in 5.0.4, as well as many mounts, pets, and titles.
Below, you'll find consolidated versions of our 5.0.4 feature coverage, as well as patch notes, videos, class guides, and links to blue posts.
Patch Notes and Overview
The talent system received an extensive overhaul
: players get one talent every 15 levels now, for 6 maximum in MoP. Specialization and core class abilities have changed as well.
Prime glyphs are removed
and many new minor vanity glyphs are added.
Achievements are now account-wide
and some can even be completed across characters. In addition, many mounts, pets, and titles are account-wide as well.
It is not possible to earn
Valor Points
and [c
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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
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Heroic
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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: Battlegrounds and Bestiary Preview
Blizzard released several more Mists of Pandaria previews this weekend: two batttleground previews and additional information on the
bestiary preview page
.
The Mists of Pandaria previews just keep coming! We’ve just posted lots of info on
two new Battlegrounds
and
five new types of foes (and friends)
you’ll encounter in the new expansion.
First up, we have the
Temple of Kotmogu
, where the Alliance and the Horde clash over ancient artifacts that date back to the dawn of recorded history… and it’s up to you to secure the secret power of the mogu for your faction.When you’re done bashing orc or human heads in Pandaria, head on down to the newly opened
Silvershard Mines
in Str
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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!
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