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Blizzard Details Patch 4.1: Rise of the Zandalari Features
Blizzard has posted a full Patch 4.1 preview, detailing all of the new changes and upcoming content we'll get with this latest patch! They've included links to previous blogs with extensive coverage of the various features we have to look forward to. Patch coming soon? Yes!
Blizzard has also posted the official patch notes, which you can find right here on Wowhead!
http://www.wowhead.com/patchnotes=4.1.0
Read on for Blizzard's full preview of Patch 4.1: Rise of the Zandalari!
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Blizzard Spotlights 4.1's Guild Finder Feature
Blizzard have just released some specific details about the upcoming
Guild Finder
system, which will be implemented in Patch 4.1! This feature first showed up on the PTR over two months ago, and we spotlighted it a bit in our
blog
. Since then, the tool has been more refined and this preview shows what we can expect at launch!
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News Roundup: Revisiting Old Content, Hunter Pet Sizing, Mobile Guild Chat
Just a few new Blizzard posts today, including some clarification on the new hunter glyph, another small art gallery update and more!
Today's topics include:
On Revisiting Old Content
Resizing Your Hunter's Pet in 4.1
Another Cataclysm Art Gallery Update
Blizzard's iOS Mobile Armory App Offering Free Trial of Guild Chat
Check out the full Blizzard posts after the break!
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News Roundup: Warlock Demons, Blizzard Contests, TCG Art Gallery Update, Garrosh
Blizzard, Y U SO QUIET? Not a whole lot of new blue posts lately worth mentioning, but Zarhym gave warlocks something to be excited about (even though we may not see it for many, many months) and Blizzard has been spending a lot of time updating their website art galleries. Also, contests - yay!
Today's topics include:
The Gender of Warlock Demons
You Are In Contested Territory : WoW Contests
Trading Card Game Art Gallery Now Open
Garrosh Hellscream: Then and Now
Check out the full Blizzard posts after the break!
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Blizzard's Fifth Q+A Answered: Achievements
Blizzard just posted the latest set of answers to their fifth developer Q+A! This latest session covers the topic of
Achievements
. Not my favorite Q+A by far, as many of the questions have really already been answered (even by recent 4.1 changes) but it should definitely interest all of the achievers out there!
Some of the topics of the questions they were asked include:
Account-wide achievements
Achievement points as a currency (still no, never, stop asking)
More exciting and "crazy" achievements
Mount rewards from achievements
Check out the full results of Blizzard's fifth Q+A after the break!
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BlizzCon 2011 Tickets Going On Sale May 21 & 25
Blizzard has just announced that
BlizzCon tickets
will go on sale
Saturday, May 21 at 10 a.m. PDT
and on
Wednesday, May 25 at 7 p.m
! Each ticket will cost
$175
USD (yes, $25 more than last year) and can be purchased through the official
BlizzCon website
. BlizzCon 2011 will take place on October 21 and 22 this year. Tickets will also be available for the BlizzCon Benefit Dinner, priced at $500 each.
Not planning on going to BlizzCon? Don't worry, you can still purchase the BlizzCon Virtual Ticket for online streaming coverage or the DIRECTV stream for televised HD content for $39.99 USD.
Mark your calendars! Tickets for BlizzCon 2011 will go on sale at on Saturday, May 21 at 10 a.m. PDT and on Wednesday, May 25 at 7 p.m. PDT through the official BlizzCon website (
www.blizzcon.com
). In addition, a limited number of tickets to an exclusive pre-BlizzCon Benefit Dinner will go on sale Saturday, May 28 at 10 a.m. PDT. BlizzCon tickets will be available at $175 USD each, while tickets to the BlizzCon Benefit Dinner (which include admission to the show) will be priced at $500
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Cryptozoic Shows Off New WoW TCG Loot Cards!
Log off of that alt and into the real world - we're talking World of Warcraft Trading Card Game here! Our friends over at Cryptozoic Entertainment have just given us the heads up on a spotlight of their latest expansion
War of the Elements
, which hits the shelves on April 26, 2011, and will be available in French, Italian, German, and English all on the same day! My favorite part? New
loot
cards!
I'm sure many of you have purchased packs in the past and been disappointed to find that the super-rare items were indeed as super-rare as advertised. Well, unlike previous World of Warcraft TCG expansions, Cryptozoic's
War of the Elements
set contains a common quality loot item that is no longer a consumable (such as the
Papa Hummel's Old-Fashioned Pet Biscuit
, though admittedly they were the best)! Instead, the common-quality loot item is now a
companion pet
! So even if trading card games aren't your thing (but they should be, really) you can still have a good chance at obtaining another companion for your collection!
The
War of the Elements
expansion includes loot cards rewarding three
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PTR Patch 4.1 Notes Updated (4/7)
The PTR Patch 4.1 Notes have just been updated!
Notable changes include:
Honor is now purchasable from the Justice Commodities Vendor at 250 Honor per 375 Justice.
Justice is now purchasable from the Honor Commodities Vendor at 250 Justice per 375 Honor.
Conquest is now purchasable from the Valor vendor at 250 Conquest per 250 Valor.
Druid
-
no longer increases physical damage taken.
Warlock
-
: The friendly target of this ability now receives 1% (stacking 3 times to 3%) periodic spell damage and healing bonus instead of 3% (stacking 3 times to 9%). The casting Warlock still receives 3% (stacking 3 times to 9%).
This latest update also included the information about the upcoming
Dungeon Finder Call to Arms
system!
General
Honor is now purchasable from the Justice Commodities Vendor at 250 Honor per 375 Justice.
Justice is now purchasable from the Honor Commodities Vendor at 250 Justice per 375 Hon
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Patch 4.1 - Build 13850 - New Items, Icons, and Updated Map!
A new patch has hit the PTRs and with it comes a few new items worth mentioning, as well as some new / changed icons and an updated Wailing Caverns map! Yeah, that's right - Wailing Caverns.
You might remember that the last major
PTR Patch Notes update
mentioned removal of the "maze section" of
Wailing Caverns
. The map has been updated to reflect this change.
New Items
We've also uncovered a few new items from this latest patch, including some which I'd assume are rewards players can obtain in the new goodie bags from the
Dungeon Finder's new Call to Arms system
!
Brilliant Blazejewel
Delicate Blazejewel
Shimmering Wyrmling
[li
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Patch 4.1 - PTR Build 13850 - Spell Changes
A new PTR patch has just been released, and with it came a few minor class changes.
Notable changes include:
: Holy damage buffed from 9% to 15%.
: Nerfed, warlock still gains 3% per stack and the linked target only gains 1% per stack. Down from 3%.
: In addition to it's current function, guild challenges will also reward gold that is deposited directly into the guild bank.
: Changed to only heal the target if the dispel is successful.
Be sure to check out this latest batch of PTR patch 4.1 spell changes after the break!
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Patch 4.1 Dungeon Finder: Call to Arms - Goodie Bags From Heroics!
Blizzard has just released
major
details about the latest changes to the Dungeon Finder coming in Patch 4.1! The Dungeon Finder will now detect which roles are in demand (*cough*tanks and healers*cough*) based on queue times. When certain queue times have been reached, a Call to Arms will go out for the desired role and players who queue and successfully complete a dungeon as that role will be rewarded with a special goodie bag (each time)! This goodie bag can contain:
Gold
Rare Gems
Flasks/Elixirs
Non-Combat Pet (Including cross faction pets!)
Rare Mounts (Including rare dungeon drop mounts!)
So what do you think? Will this help the Dungeon Finder queue problems? Will this cause more players to utilize dual specs to play their other roles and help out the queue timers? Or will we just end up with healers who can't heal (or won't heal) and tanks who don't have tanking gear? What do you think?
In patch 4.1 we'll be introducing
Dungeon Finder: Call to Arms
, a new system intended to lower queue times. Call to Arms will automatically detect which class role is curr
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PTR Patch 4.1 Notes Updated (3/30)
HUGE
update the the PTR 4.1 Patch Notes today, including some moderate class changes (including some revisions to previous Arcane
Mage
ability changes), some Cataclysm dungeon changes and tons of other interesting things!
Notable changes include:
The guild achievements for earning exalted reputation with factions (
Ambassadors
,
Diplomacy
, and
) have been fixed to now correctly count cumulative guild members with exalted factions. Previously, these achievements would only count exalted factions on one guild member.
Druid
:
has been redesigned slightly. Instead of a single charge absorption, it now places an absorption effect on the druid absorbing up to 35% of the druid's attack power (modified by mastery, if applicable) in damage and lasting 10 seconds. There are no longer any charges on the effect.
Druid
:
now also increases the healing done by the affected nature spell by 50%.
Priest
:
healing done has been increased by 35%. In addition, it has a new spell effect.
Flask of Steelskin
now grants 450 Stamina, up from 300. The Mixology bonus for alchemists remains at 120 stamina.
This l
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Bind to Battle.net Account Heirloom Items Coming in 4.1?
We were taking a peek at some of the
awesome Heirloom items
we discovered in today's PTR patch and noticed a majorly interesting detail: heirlooms will now
Bind to Battle.net account
! It seems that this feature has been added not only to the newly added heirlooms but to all previously implemented heirloom items as well! We have absolutely no idea how transferring these items between characters on different servers and whatnot will work, but we'll definitely update with any details we're able to find! Maybe we'll see a detailed Blizzard post on this real soon™!
We'll (of course) have our
PTR database
updated as soon as possible to support this change. :)
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Intel's Short Film "When I Was An Elephant"
Some of you guys might remember our
Gear Check
back in December covering
Intel's x25M Solid State Drives
, where we showed off some of the mad skills these drives pack and gave you guys some insight into how they can positively expect your World of Warcraft (and general computing) experiences. They've got some new SSDs coming out and we'll hopefully get more details real soon - we might even have another
contest
for you guys to look forward to!
For now, our friends over at Intel have worked with the
Rubbish
team to release a short film titled
When I Was An Elephant
. It's a quirky and avant-garde piece, especially when considering it's advertising Intel's solid state drives, but it's definitely worth checking out. Let us know what you think!
http://intelssdgaming.com/united-states/ssdfilm
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Patch 4.1 Guild Challenges Detailed by Blizzard
Blizzard has just recently released extensive details about the new Guild Challenges that are coming with Patch 4.1. Unfortunately, they aren't as robust as many players had hoped, but there's always opportunity for an update down the line! These challenges (as
we mentioned before
) task players with completing dungeons, raids and rated battlegrounds in guild groups for a large guild experience and monetary reward (at the appropriate guild level / reputation level).
Patch 4.1 will go live with three guild challenges:
Guild Raid Challenge:
Kill any Cataclysm raid boss while in a guild group. Requires at least 8 (in 10-player) or 20 (in 25-player) guild members in raid. Can be completed 1 time per week, rewards 3000000 guild experience.
Guild Dungeon Challenge:
Complete any Cataclysm regular or heroic dungeon while in a guild group. Requires at least 3 guild members in party. Can be completed 7 times per week, rewards 300000 guild experience.
Guild Rated Battleground Challenge:
Win a Rated Battleground while in a guild group. Requires at least 8 guild members in raid. Can be completed 3
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Latest Cataclysm Hotfixes (March 25 - March 29)
Just a tiny batch of new hotfixes, all of which were implemented between March 25 - March 29. Maybe Blizzard is finally running out of things to fix? Yeah, right. Don't worry, 4.1 will bring a whole new mess of changes and bugfixes all too soon! Nothing too incredibly interesting today, though I'm sure it was funny how players were using
prior to the fix, and I'll definitely welcome the lack of aggressive mobs near one of the more common
Uldum
archaeology digsites!
Dungeons & Raids
The Bastion of Twilight
A bug has been fixed that could cause
Flame Strike
during the Ascendant Council encounter (Heroic difficulty) to target an existing fire patch, instead of creating a new one.
Guilds
The guild perk "
" no longer allows players to summon guild mates inside dungeons, raids, Battlegrounds, or Tol Barad when the battle is in progress. It will also not function while the player is on any transport.
Quests & Creatures
Uldum
Hostile NPCs are no longer present at the Temple of Uldum once the cutscene from picking up "
Harrison Jones and the Temple of Uldum
"
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Guild Challenges Implemented on Patch 4.1 PTR
The
previously mentioned
guild challenges
have just started showing up on the PTR! You can rest assured that we'll have them added to our
PTR website
but for now you can take a look at the updated interface and get an idea of what kind of "challenges" we'll be facing! These challenges will be an awesome way to earn tons of guild experience and appear to have weekly caps -- For example, the Heroic dungeon challenge can be completed 7 times, most likely in a row with the changes to the
Daily Heroic system
! Sounds awesome to me!
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http://static.wowhead
.
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Wowhead & ZAM Now Hiring: Network Director
We've made an update to our
Jobs
to highlight a new job opening for which we are looking for candidates:
Network Director
.
This is a
full-time, contract, work-from-home
position. If you think you're the right one for the job, check out the requirements on our
jobs page
, and then send a copy of your resume to
jobs@zam.com
.
Please include any projects or samples of past work along with your cover letter, resume, and salary history in a separate document.
Thanks to you guys (our users), we're fortunate to have a group of professional enthusiasts working together to bring you a site that we hope makes your World of Warcraft experience a more pleasant one. We are excited at the opportunity to bring a new member into the inner sanctum of Wowhead and ZAM. We look forward to speaking with you further about the position! :)
http://www.wowhead.com/jobs
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PTR Patch 4.1 Notes Updated (3/22)
The PTR Patch 4.1 notes have just been updated!
Notable changes include:
All trade goods available for purchase with Honor or Justice Points from the associated commodities vendors have had their prices reduced by 50%.
Maelstrom Crystal
s are now available for purchase with Honor or Justice Points from the associated commodities vendors.
Players will now gain proper guild experience rewards for PVP objectives!
Many previously "locked" old-world dungeon objects no longer require keys.
Be sure to check out the full list of major class changes after the break!
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New Winged Lion Flying Mount "Coming Soon" To Blizzard Store
Too cool now for your
spectral pony
,
Johnny Awesome
? You're in luck! Blizzard have just posted a teaser screenshot on
Facebook
of what appears to be a finished version of the
winged lion mount
which was discovered in the Patch 4.1 files! This mount is apparently "coming soon" to the
Blizzard Store
! No word yet on price, date of availability, or whether proceeds will benefit any organizations (perhaps maybe for Japan relief?) but we'll definitely keep you guys posted.
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