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Patch 4.0.1 is Here! (Official "My Server Is Down" Thread)
Patch 4.0.1
has finally been released! Feel free to leave your musings, conversations, and grumbling about how your server isn't up here.
For those waiting out the storm that would be this release, we have a complete
Guide
to the new patch, listing all the major changes along with guides and information on how they work!
http://www.cuckhead.com/guide=4.0.1
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4.0.1: Glyphs, Streaming and Class Changes!
Blizzard has gone on an announcement spree! Hopefully they are trying to hint 4.0.1 is tomorrow...
The first announcement concerns the changes to glyphs in 4.0.1. As many of you all know, the Glyph system is getting a complete overhaul. Each player will have 3 different kinds of glyphs:
Prime Glyphs
which increase which give a direct increase to abilities (such as
Charred Glyph
and
Glyph of the Orca
),
Major Glyphs
which augment spells or give them additional utility (like
Charred Glyph
or
Charred Glyph
), and
Minor Glyphs
which provide additional convenience or cosmetic changes (like
Glyph of the Luminous Charger
and
Charred Glyph
).
The next announcement is about the new Streaming Launcher. You'll notice that in the new launcher you will see a bar which changes colours. While the bar is red the game is downloading core game files and you won't be able to play just yet. Yellow means you can play but there will be a lot of downloading while playing, and game play will not be fast. Green means good to go and you should be able to play with very little download
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BlizzCon 2010: Tenacious D Performing Closing Ceremony
It seems Blizzard still has an extra surprise for all those attending BlizzCon!
Tenacious D
will be performing live during the closing ceremonies on the final day of the convention. For those who have
no clue
who Tenacious D is, the band was formed by
Jack Black
and
Kyle Gass
. Both of which you may remember from the movie
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
.
You can read the original press release after the break!
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BlizzCon Store Swag Online 48-Hour Pre-sale
Blizzard has announced they are going to have a
48-hour pre-sale
of all the items that will be available at BlizzCon this year! If you are a ticket holder you will be able to order your swag between 10am on October 9 and 9:59am on October 11 (Pacific Time).
But wait there's more!
Virtual Ticket holders will also be able to buy the exclusive loot this year
! They can order beginning on October 13th.
Heading to BlizzCon 2010? Planning to purchase some souvenirs at the show? From October 9 at 10 a.m. Pacific time until October 11 at 9:59 a.m., BlizzCon 2010 ticket holders will have the opportunity to purchase select BlizzCon 2010 store merchandise online (while supplies last). Items purchased through this sale will be shipped directly to your home, giving you more time to take in the panels, tournaments, and other events at the show. To participate, log in to the online
Blizzard Store
during the sale hours using the Battle.net account provided when you purchased your BlizzCon 2010 ticket (viewable in the buyer's Order History), and head to the
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New Archaeology Skill Page
We're constantly at work to bring you new and better Cataclysm-related tools, and today we've released one we think will be pretty helpful - a new
Archaeology
skill page! On the page, you'll see a list of each item you can piece together along with spell to create it, which contains the lore behind each item. Included in the page are how many fragments each artifact requires and what kind of keystones you can use to make it.
Archaeology
You can read up more about Archaeology on the official
Cataclysm Site
or in Wowhead's
review
of the profession!
PS: Ding 1000 posts!
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Cataclysm: Justice/Valor Point Drop Quantities
Nethaera
just posted an update on the forums about how many
Justice Points
you will get when you kill bosses in both Wrath of the Lich King and Cataclysm!
Let's get down to the meat and potatoes of this announcement: Lich King heroic bosses will give
16 Justice Points
while raid bosses will give
23 Justice Points
. Cataclysm bosses will give
75 Justice Points
in Heroic Dungeons,
75 Valor Points
on 10-player and
105 Valor Points
on 25-player.
You can read the full announcement after the break.
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Cataclysm Beta: New Data! Items, NPCs, and Quests
We have another new batch of data for your viewing pleasure! There are a whopping
242 new items
in the database, some of which are Arena Season 9 (
Vicious Gladiator's Dragonhide Helm
) and there are even some of the new relics (
Relic of Khaz'goroth
) for you to check out. We even have a large batch of new NPCs like this new critter the
Hairy Armadillo
!
You can check out all this and more on our latest additions page!
http://cata.cuckhead.com/search?q=date:2010-10-04
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It's Official! Cataclysm on December 7th
Blizzard released a press release on their website, announcing that World of Warcraft: Cataclysm will indeed be released on
December 7th
! It seems we were
right
in
guessing
the release date.
http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/press/pressreleases.html?101004
You can check out the entire press release after the break.
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Official Cataclysm Preview: Archaeology
Blizzard has posted a new preview of the new secondary profession in Cataclysm:
Archaeology
. Archaeology will be able to be learnt by anyone, led by the
Explorers' League
and the new horde faction
Reliquary
of Silvermoon. According to the preview you will be able to complete artifacts that in turn reward you with some awesome items, like
Scepter of Azj'Aqir
and
Fossilized Hatchling
.
You can check out the preview on Blizzard's Cataclysm Mini-Site.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com//cataclysm/features/archaeology.html
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4.0.1: New Flexible Raid Lockout System
A while ago, Blizzard announced that they would be changing the way raid lockouts work so players would no longer be required to raid the same content multiple times a week to increase progression. After a long wait,
Bashiok
has announced the new
Flexible Raid Lockout System
that will be introduced with 4.0.1. At launch, it will only be available for
Icecrown Citadel
and
The Ruby Sanctum
In these dungeons, you will only have to kill each boss once on any difficulty level to count toward a completion of the instance. For example, you could kill the first 3 bosses in Icecrown one night on 10-player and then the next night get 25 people together and kill
Deathbringer Saurfang
and the rest of the bosses. To help coordinate what bosses you have killed there will be a new UI element that shows you what encounters you have already defeated along with a way for raid leaders to link in chat what they have defeated.
You can check out the full announcement and some more examples by Bashiok after the break.
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Battle.net Introduces New Privacy Features
Nethaera
posted a rather big announcement that will hopefully please a lot of people who didn't like Real ID when it launched. Blizzard has introduced
new privacy options
to Battle.Net, including the option to opt-in or opt-out of the controversial "Friends of Friends" feature and the "Add Facebook Friends".
We'd like to make you aware of the new Real ID-related privacy options we've introduced to Battle.net. These options provide Real ID users with additional tools for customizing the service based on their preferences, enabling the ability to opt in or out of the Real ID "Friends of Friends" and "Add Facebook Friends" features or to turn off Real ID altogether.
Real ID offers an optional, convenient way for keeping in touch with real-world friends you know and trust, whether they're playing World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, or one of our future games. The "Friends of Friends" and "Add Facebook Friends" features provide you with even more options to stay connected while you play by making it easier for real-life friends to locate each other on Battle.net. You can easily enable or
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PC Gamer Interview with Wowhead
PC Gamer
has just published an interview with the Wowhead team over on their website as part of their Community Heroes series of interviews. Both
Skosiris
and
TheOnyx
take part in this interview and talk about subjects ranging from Wowhead's creation to things they'd like to see happen with World of Warcraft.
http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/09/27/community-heroes-the-wowhead-team/
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Cataclysm Beta (Build 13066) New 3D Models
We have another round of updates for those following our Cataclysm Beta
build 13066
updates today! This time we have some
3D models
for you all to check out. In this update we have models four different colours of Tier 11 Warlock gear. There are even some new hats for you to check out and some new recolours of Djinn mobs. You can check out all this and more after the break!
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Cataclysm Beta (Build 13066) New Data + Talent Calc Update
We've got another update for the mysterious Cataclysm Beta
Build 13066
- this time with a lot of new data! We've got several new achievements, mainly for the new heroic version of
Shadowfang Keep
, which includes achievements like
Bullet Time
and
Pardon Denied
. A new feat of strength was also added:
WoW's 6th Anniversary
. Does this mean we'll get Cataclysm before the next anniversary? Who knows, we can only hope!
We've also included an update to our
Talent Calculator
, so it's all up to date with the latest changed talents in this build!
You can view all the new and updated spells and abilities over on our
Latest Additions
section of the Cataclysm site!
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Cataclysm Beta (Build 13066) Maps & Icons
We have a
new build
for the beta servers, as of right now the servers haven't gone down for maintenance nor is this one actually downloadable through the client. But that doesn't mean we don't have some juicy new Maps and Icons for you! In the map area we have a few updated maps mostly with a few minor changes to the art and there is one new map this time of
Ahn'Qiraj: The Fallen Kingdom
, which I assume is the over-world area version of AQ40.
A large amount of new icons were added in this build - everything from new icons for
Leap of Faith
, Darkmoon Faire Cards, and even brand new icons for all the new currencies.
Just a quick note for everyone looking for an updated talent calculator and data for the rest of the site we should have all that updated later today, so stay tuned!
You can check out all the maps and icons after the break!
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Cataclysm Beta: Tol Barad Focus Test
Blizzard Developers will be on the beta realms on Monday September 27th at 4PM PST to test
Tol Barad
. You will need to be level 85 to join the battle and the timers between battles will be sped up so several games can be played during this testing period.
We are planning to do a focused playtest on Tol Barad on Monday the 27th at 4pm PST. We would like to get as many players out there on the beta to help us as possible. You must be level 85 to join the battle. We will speed up the game timer so we can play multiple games during the test.
I will make a new feedback post after we finish the test for everyone to post in. Feedback is very important for us at this point so please take your time and try to be as concise as possible with your findings.
Thanks for the help!
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Introducing Tag Specific RSS Feeds!
As you have noticed we have our blogs tagged for specific subjects such as
Cataclysm
,
3D Models
and
Guide
, and each one of those will show you specific news regarding that subject, but the good news is we added a feature where users can now subscribe to the brand new RSS feeds for any tag we use!
For instance, you can now follow all
Wowhead
related news on it's very own
RSS feed
.
To subscribe to any of these feeds it's very easy - in most modern web browsers all you have to do is visit the tagged page and click the orange RSS feed icon in your address bar and you're set to go!
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Blizzard Introduces Automated Account Recovery
Blizzard has announced a new feature part of their Battle.net website -
Account Recovery Form
. This new form will hopefully expedite your recovery process after being hacked by asking you some questions that only you may know the answers to and then proceeds to automatically attempt to recover your account! This new process will also issue you a password reset via email, and automatically enter a GM ticket for you. You won't see this ticket visibly in-game, but you will receive an email with the ticket number and any other information.
You can check out the new form on the Battle.net Website and you can read the original announcement after the break!
https://us.battle.net/account/support/secure-computer.html
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Cataclysm Beta: Heroics Now Available!
Valnoth over on the official Cataclysm beta forums has just announced that
Heroic Dungeons are now available
. To make it easier on players, all new pre-mades that are copied come geared in item level 333 gear which should be the minimum you need for these dungeons!
For your convenience we also have a list of all currently available heroics:
Shadowfang Keep
The Deadmines
Halls of Origination
Grim Batol
Lost City of the Tol'vir
The Vortex Pinnacle
The Stonecore
Throne of the Tides
Blackrock Caverns
So what are you waiting for? Go check them out!
Heroics are now available.
Furthermore, the Pre-made Character Templates should provide you guys with characters in level 333 Superior (blue) quality gear - which is the minimum expected gear level for succeeding in heroics. I
strongly encourage
you to copy over a new pre-made if you want to test heroics.
Available character copies should also be reset.
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Guild Chat Coming to Mobile Armory
Blizzard soon is going to be releasing an update to both the iOS and Android
Mobile Armory
application that will allow users of the
Remote Auction House
to chat with their fellow guild mates without being in-game! This also allow you to even use Whispers, Guild and even Officer chat!
Eventually this feature will be added to the web version of the Armory and players will be able to chat from anywhere!
You can read the post by Nethaera about the new feature after the break.
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