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Brand New Cataclysm Info! (Some Major Stuff)
Ladies and Gentlemen! This past week I was afforded the opportunity to attend a
Press Event
at the Blizzard offices in Irvine. At that event we got access to a
lot
of new information about Cataclysm...information which we are now delighted to share with you!
Hang on to your hats, because there are some
big
changes waiting after the break—including a
new raid "downshifting system
, changes to the
Guild Advancement
system, and (bombshell) the complete
removal of the Path of the Titans
system!
All the info is after the break!
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New Cataclysm Zone Changes Video
On top of all the other fancy releases we've got tonight, we also have a brand new video for you!
We've got flyover footage of a bunch of different zones in Cataclysm, all laid out for you to see. Check it out:
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Blizzard Office Tour Gallery
Along with the rest of the fansites, I was afforded the opportunity to take a tour of the Blizzard offices. Obviously I wasn't allowed to take any pictures of sensitive documents (despite my best efforts), but I did get a few fun shots of what sets the Blizzard offices apart from most other companies.
There are a lot of shots I didn't include here—most of them pictures of hallways or offices, things that every company would have—but I did try and take special care to get pictures of the things that make the Blizzard offices special. I included explanatory captions wherever possible.
I apologize, as usual, for my lack of a decent camera. All these pictures were taken on a very old iPhone. =/
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Exclusive Interview With Ghostcrawler!
"No, you can't have a pony."So last week I had the chance to sit down with everyone's favorite Systems Designer,
Ghostcrawler
, and ask him a few questions.
I collected the questions using
your feedback
, and presented them to GC in a one-on-one setting. Perhaps his answers will inspire you, perhaps they will infuriate you—Mr. Street is nothing if not controversial. But nonetheless, here are the answers, straight from the crab's mouth!
Please note:
I have tried to preserve as closely as possible the conversational style of the interview, directly from the transcript. If we sound awkward, well...we're geeks. Cut us some slack.
Join us for the full text after the break!
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A Personal Aside
This has nothing to do with WoW, MMOs, or Wowhead, but it's very important to me personally so I wanted to take a moment to talk about it with you.
Some of you remember my brother, William. He blogs here occasionally under the name
SBMrClean
. He's also suffering from a chronic, debilitating, incurable illness called
Crohn's disease
.
Crohn's is an auto-immune disorder of the digestive tract. Basically what happens is that the antibodies in your digestive system go a little nuts, and they start attacking your body's own tissue. The results are abdominal pain, dietary restrictions, diarrhea/constipation, infections, and frequent surgery. William himself has been forced to have his intestines re-sectioned twice, at the age of 25.
Because of this, he and I are taking part in a fundraising walk this Sunday for the
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America
. I mention this here because we are still looking for pledges and donations, and anything you can provide will help.
If you're interested in making a donation, the site is here:
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Shaman Cataclysm Talent Changes Rundown
We've done a complete rundown of all the changes to the
Shaman
talents!
This is a step by step, hand-done comparison of all of the new talents in Blizzard's latest preview. Remember, there are a lot of typos and issues with the preview Blizzard originally provided us, so if some of these look weird, don't blame us!
As always:
this is a preview.
All of this is subject to change in the future, so don't get too attached. And you can find our Cataclysm talent calculator at the link below:
Talent Calculator:
http://cata.cuckhead.com/talent#h
The full run-down is after the break! And keep in mind, Ghostcrawler
wants your feedback
!
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Rogue Cataclysm Talent Changes Rundown
We've done a complete rundown of all the changes to the
Rogue
talents!
This is a step by step, hand-done comparison of all of the new talents in Blizzard's latest preview. Remember, there are a lot of typos and issues with the preview Blizzard originally provided us, so if some of these look weird, don't blame us!
As always:
this is a preview.
All of this is subject to change in the future, so don't get too attached. And you can find our Cataclysm talent calculator at the link below:
Talent Calculator:
http://cata.cuckhead.com/talent#f
The full run-down is after the break! And keep in mind, Ghostcrawler
wants your feedback
!
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Priest Cataclysm Talent Changes Rundown
We've done a complete rundown of all the changes to the
Priest
talents!
This is a step by step, hand-done comparison of all of the new talents in Blizzard's latest preview. Remember, there are a lot of typos and issues with the preview Blizzard originally provided us, so if some of these look weird, don't blame us!
As always:
this is a preview.
All of this is subject to change in the future, so don't get too attached. And you can find our Cataclysm talent calculator at the link below:
Talent Calculator:
http://cata.cuckhead.com/talent#b
The full run-down is after the break! And keep in mind, Ghostcrawler
wants your feedback
!
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Druid Cataclysm Talent Changes Rundown
We've done a complete rundown of all the changes to the
Druid
talents!
This is a step by step, hand-done comparison of all of the new talents in Blizzard's latest preview. Remember, there are a lot of typos and issues with the preview Blizzard originally provided us, so if some of these look weird, don't blame us!
As always:
this is a preview.
All of this is subject to change in the future, so don't get too attached. And you can find our Cataclysm talent calculator at the link below:
Talent Calculator:
http://cata.cuckhead.com/talent#0
The full run-down is after the break! And keep in mind, Ghostcrawler
wants your feedback
!
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Cataclysm Talent Preview!
Just last night, Blizzard gave us a sneak peek at some of the upcoming features in
Cataclysm
!
Now not all of these can be shared with you just yet. But we
did
manage to get ahold of some of the new Cataclysm talent trees—specifically, the
Druid
,
Priest
,
Rogue
, and
Shaman
trees!
So in celebration of this momentous occasion, we have set up a preview of our
Cataclysm Talent Calculator
! You can start creating new builds on the talent calculator immediately on this page:
Talent Calculator:
http://cata.cuckhead.com/talent
In just a short while we'll be posting a complete summary of all the differences we found!
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Echo Isles Preview on Official Site
Were you disappointed when the Gnomes got a poster and you didn't?
Now's your chance! Blizzard has posted the official preview of the
Echo Isles event
on the WoW Europe site, including (of course) a
high resolution poster
of the image to the right!
Come and check out all the info here:
http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/3p9/echoisles2.xml
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Remote Auction House Out of Beta
It's official: The WoW Remote Auction House is now fully live and out of beta!
This is both good news and bad news, of course, since by leaving beta that means it's now reached the point where we have to, you know,
pay
for it.
But the feature is live, and presumably bug free! For more details, check the link below:
http://www.wowarmory.com/wow-remote.xml
Update 6.07
- The beta has ended and the Remote Auction House is now live! Thank you to everyone who participated in helping us test this new feature. For more information on how to obtain the app and subscribe to the service visit
http://www.wowarmory.com/wow-remote.xml
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Upcoming Chat with Ghostcrawler
Ghostcrawler awaits your questions...
Edit:
The interview is complete, and I have all the answers I've gathered—but I'm under NDA not to release them until Saturday night at Midnight. Check back then for the interview—as well as a ton of new info on Cataclysm!
So tomorrow, I'm going to have the opportunity for a direct interview with
Ghostcrawler
right at the Blizzard headquarters in Irvine, CA!
I know you guys have questions for him about
Cataclysm
, but I want to make sure that I don't miss any of the big ones—so
please post your questions here!
I obviously can't guarantee I'll use them all, but I should be able to hit all the major ones.
Even someone else has already posted the question, go ahead and post anyway—it'll help me judge which questions are the most important.
So let's hear it! If you could ask Ghostcrawler anything you wanted... what would it be?
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June Features Recap!
It's the beginning of June, which means it's one again time for our recap of all the new features released this month!
Remember, you can always check up on what we've released recently by checking our What's New page:
http://www.cuckhead.com/?whats-new
TankSpot
is now a part of the
ZAM Network
—and we've added their videos to our
database pages
!
We've added a ton of
advanced zone features
and enhanced
quest maps
!
Our
PTR site
for patch 3.3.5 is now active!
We've added a
Professions & Skills
section to the database! Now you have a single location for
professions
,
secondary skills
and more, listing all the relevant info to that skill in one place!
We've added a page for all of our
special logos
!
We've consolidated the
drops
for all bosses into a single tab, with sub-categories f
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StarCraft II and Diablo III Forums Added!
I know we're not exactly your number one resource for this sort of thing, but we all know how many people here are looking forward to the release of StarCraft II—and the Diablo franchise is so intimately connected with WoW, gameplay-wise, that we decided it was best to have a place right here on Wowhead for you guys to discuss the Diablo and StarCraft game worlds.
In light of that, we'd like to present you with your very own
StarCraft II
and
Diablo III
forums! Any news, updates and info we have will automatically go there, and you now have a home for all StarCraft and Diablo-related discussion.
Enjoy!
StarCraft II forum
Diablo III forum
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New Contest: Dolby Audiophile Giveaway!
Are you an audiophile?
If so, you just might be interested in our
latest contest
!
This one is a two-week long extravaganza, and we're giving away some fancy new
Dolby-powered surround sound headsets
, as well as subscriptions to their new
Dolby Axon
service, and even a few
WoW timecards
!
Head on over to our contest page to sign up!
http://www.cuckhead.com/contest=the-dolby-audiophile-giveaway
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Operation: Gnomeregan and Zalazane's Fall on the PTRs
For those of you who wish to get a sneak preview of the upcoming
reclamation of Gnomeregan
, and the
retaking of the Echo Isles
for the Horde—now is your chance!
Nethaera has
announced on the forums
that these events are now open to PTR players. Go and create a PTR character if you want to give them a try yourself!
Remember, you can find the quest information in the
Pre-Launch
section of our
Cataclysm Guide
!
http://www.cuckhead.com/guide=cataclysm&prelaunch
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StarCraft II Race Guides on ZAM
I know this isn't a World of Warcraft-related post, but trying to pretend that we're not all flipping out over
StarCraft II
isn't going to fool anyone, so let's just call it straight, shall we?
Our friends at
ZAM
have posted a lovely series of guides to the new races in StarCraft II, so if you're interested in being at the top of your game when the doors open wide in June, you'd best take a look!
Protoss guide
Terran guide
Zerg guide
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Icecrown Citadel Raid Buff Up to 20%
As of today's maintenance, the Icecrown Citadel raid buff is up to a 20% damage increase (see
Hellscream's Warsong
and
Strength of Wrynn
).
Just as before, this is going to make the
Icecrown Citadel
encounters that much easier, so be prepared to see a new crop of guilds diving into the ICC content.
The buff should reach an astonishing
25%
on June 22nd, and
30%
on July 20th.
Remember, as before, you can always request that the buff be removed if you want to try the encounter in its most difficult form.
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A Look at WotLK Progression Statistics
Stompalina
from the Rawrcast tipped me off to an article they had up on their
website
that takes a look at progression statistics for WotLK.
I thought this was really interesting to look at—it tracks how quickly people progressed through the starting content in WotLK versus how quickly they progressed through ICC, and what percentage of players are actually completing the content, and draws some interesting conclusions about what we can expect to see in Cataclysm.
The article is here:
http://www.rawrcast.com/2010/05/wotlk-progression-statistics-looking-forward-to-cataclysm/
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